06 October 2011 ~ 2 Comments

Obama sides with banksters, not protesters

OK, we knew this all along, but I still winced when I read it in Firedoglake:

For perhaps the first time, President Barack Obama was forced to explain why there have been no prosecutions of Wall Street executives for their fraudulent actions during the run-up to the financial crisis. Asked by Jake Tapper to explain this behavior, Obama basically suggested that most of the actions on Wall Street weren’t illegal but just immoral, and that his Administration worked to re-regulate the financial sector with the Dodd-Frank reform legislation.

“Banks are in the business of making money, and they find loopholes,” the President said. Apparently forging and fabricating documents to prove ownership of homes that are subsequently stolen from borrowers is now a loophole.

The Occupy movement, as it spreads from New York City to all parts of the country, is shining a light on all those murky-minded Democrats who haven’t had the balls to speak up for the unemployed, the underemployed, the homeless, the near-homeless and all the other beleaguered people the Dem Party used to represent. More here.

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28 September 2011 ~ Comments Off

A bankster prerequisite: Scamming 101

Matt Taibbi explains why it’s accurate to think of crooked investment bankers — banksters — as scam artists as well as degenerate gamblers

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25 September 2011 ~ 2 Comments

Meet Lloyd Blankfein’s buddy, Officer Badass

The truism “A picture is worth a thousand words” is even truer in the video era. For stark evidence of out-of-control cops on Wall Street, click here

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31 August 2011 ~ 1 Comment

The repo man is bigger, badder than Irene

Was coverage of the hurricane too intense? A better question is why don’t politicians and the media put the same amount of energy into covering the economic disaster still unfolding right under their noses?

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25 August 2011 ~ Comments Off

Pesky lawyer still on banksters’ case

When it comes to describing the complacency of the Wall Street banksters, their disregard for the millions of people they defrauded and the ease with which they continue to push the right buttons in Washington in order to avoid restitution and prosecution… well, nobody does it better than Matt Taibbi.

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