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ZOMBIE BANKS, BUBBLE BATHS & EPITAPHS

Pretty Boy grabbed a log chain, And the deputy grabbed his gun; In the fight that followed He laid that deputy down. Then he took to the trees and timber To live a life of shame; Every crime in Oklahoma … Continue reading

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PINOCCHIO,PROFITS & PEE WEE: ''another NICE mess''

At the G20 Summit in Toronto last week, the major accomplishment was the agreement on the ”Toronto Consensus”, which proclaimed in light of the Tsunami of fiscal stimulus hosed into a river of existing, and backlogged promises to spend, these … Continue reading

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GOD-MAN SACHS and ALMIGHTY DEBT

Its easy to think the God’s must be crazy. The lack of inaction, and sense of paralysis.The line always seems to go dead. In all likelihood, the Gods may have gotten involved with Goldman-Sachs; they went long on faith and … Continue reading

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SAY IT AIN'T SO JOE

”I always tell people that we human beings, in a way because of this intelligence, are the biggest troublemakers. Yet because of this intelligence, we also have the capacity to not only take care of ourselves but also to take … Continue reading

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COLLECTING ON SOME BAD DEBTS & SIDE BETS

”Last year, U.S. art historian Gary Radke proposed that two of the figures in the silver version of the sculpture — including the young male holding a tray on the far left, were created by da Vinci and called Youth … Continue reading

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SKEPTICALLY UNCERTAIN ABOUT THE CERTAINTY OF DOUBT

Certain quotations from Ludwig Wittgenstein’s ”On Certainty”  seem to imply that we can doubt everything: each statement that might be true still has some aspects that might make it possible to doubt it. Certainly, the issue of Goldman-Sachs and our … Continue reading

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SELL-OFFS & SELL-OUTS

”In an interesting side note to the much more publicized businesses involving John Paulson, Greece, and whatever else Goldman is currently getting tarred and feathered for, the bank was quietly slapped on the wrist by the SEC for violations related … Continue reading

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HOUSES OF CARDS

”In a series of damaging emails released yesterday, Tourre also compared the products to a “Frankenstein” monster that had “turned against his own inventor”. Other emails that emerged yesterday showed Lloyd Blankfein, Goldman’s chief executive, boasting about the money the bank … Continue reading

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BILLION DOLLAR BASH

The story of  Goldman-Sachs, the mystique of the firm and the interest, excuse the pun, it has created, lends much credence to the view of the powerful, influential, yet ultimately precarious and fragile role of the ”Court Jew ”; individuals … Continue reading

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ANXIETY AS SHARP AS A TOOTHPICK

What me worry?The Beats, the banks, the bulls and the bears. That the world might suddenly end is not a new anxiety, but an eternally recurring old anxiety that is continually renewed. The testimony of Lloyd Blankfein, CEO of Goldman-Sachs … Continue reading

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