Opera Glasses and Popcorn
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An Opera Glasses and Popcorn view of Politics and the Assembled Multitude...
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- Real independent observations on current events with a particular fondness for the follies of the Big Box Blahgers.
Deflates bloated egos like a champion fencer in a balloon warehouse.
- Alan Smithee
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"...polish on a mud wallow"
- Meteor Blades [May 24 at Mcat]
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"... doyenne of donkle deconstruction"
- Who is IOZ [January 2 2007]
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"... hardened professionals and their primary strength lies in their being completely unconflicted."
"... the primary difference is that on the level of criticizing other blogs and bloggers, they can actually do some damage."
"... Not what I look for in a liberal blog product."
- peeder - MLW, Daily Rant [3.24.07]
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on one stage reading their poetry"
"I think Allen Ginsberg standing up there reading - putting himself on the line - was one of the two bravest things I've ever seen. Remember, it was '55. People had crew cuts, and they looked at you like you were misplaced cannon fodder. The country was being run by Luce publications. It was a dangerous, cold, ugly time, and it was scary. . .
In all our memories no one had been so outspoken in poetry before. We had gone beyond a point of no return. None of us wanted to go back to the grey, chill, militaristic silence, to the intellectual void - to the land without poetry - to the spiritual drabness. We wanted to make it new and we wanted to invent it and the process of it as we went into it. We wanted voice and we wanted vision."
-Michael McClure
Over and over, in election year after election year, GE and MidTerms both… the Dems start to purr and preen, they stretch luxuriously - at just being TOLD they are going to win [...]
It never fails.
... in February of 2002, looking over the already joyless congressional stragglers willing to be drafted for duty… they barely dreamed, yet, it was even possible (Howard, a different person then, had not arrived to say it could be done)… but one thing was clear, we could not rely on the party to swing it. Could not. You could smell it, they would screw the deal. And I am not talking about Howard and primary issues here. By the end, that was a passing political story. Chuck it on the heap.
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Upshot? The Republicans make it thru. They hold on.
If you click on La Louche the picture or the words, it leads to the Amazon PayPage, a way to ... oh let's say help with the cat can deliveries.
Thanks to all who made the very kind suggestion.
S&P Downgrades Goldman Sachs, Bank Of America, Wells Fargo And Citigroup
S&P Downgrades Five More North American Banks, Incl. US Bancorp, Northern Trust
S&P Warns It May Cut Most European Banks, European Union Itself
Even Mike’s Blooby News -
Deutsche Bank, BNP May Be Cut by S&P
which is interesting, their selection, given that someone either
1.) is looking to knock off the head of Deutche or
2.) someone wants it to appear that way…
But there’s more…
JPMorgan’s Investment Bank Revenue ‘Flat,’ Chief Dimon Says
Look, man, here’s the deal. there’s OVER $700 TRILLION in “notional” derivatives out there. LIterally.
let me repeat and cite that from the BIS :OVER $700 TRILLION in “notional” derivatives out there…
glued together with ….____________________.?
And ALL our Thieves, lookin for a big score, needing one financially, the psychiatry of it all quite another matter, ALL of them CDS tied together, all of them owning blocks of each others shares, all of them ventured, coventured, directly or indirectly, all of them in inflated, commingled, conjured up, SPV’s Special Purpose Vehicles, all “credit facility” tied together, ALL OF THEM – when it was momentarily impolitic of the Fed to money-bomb New York, ALL of them bet on a quick fix coughed-up from Germany and China.
Well, they do know their heroin.
But I’m gonna tell ya right now, ever since the Corzine / MF implosion surfaced , I wake up every. day. – > wondering whether Merkel got whacked.
Corzine, the man, is nothing, a stooge.
A criminal who should go to jail, but a stooge nonetheless.
During his previous tenures, a face slapped on the Goldman Mafia, that particular branch of the banking cartel. Just as he was another cartelier’s face in the Senate, just as he was Gov-minding New Jersey, just as he was the face slapped on the MF Global swap shop, a carteliers front, for the very carteliers which funded him from the git and ran cash sweeps on it all the way down.
But they need the money now.
No, like they really REALLY need that skag, now.
They ain’t even bein’ particular.
I’ve been reading this shit very closely throughout the year..
All these TBTF scams from pod-person after Bernie Madoff pod-person “maybe we can get you in” hedgefunds built on suckers at the country club on down, all of these TBTF outlets are facing record redemptions: flight from mutual funds, cashing out insurance policies.. loans against retirements 401k’s and so forth, People still working are paring back hard on stock purchase plans and want whatever they can get in the take home pay. Mutual Funds have all sorts of complaints.on slow redemption processing. Not to mention as once reliable 30 day pays turn into 60 days late, then 90 and on. No, they done broke it.
So here’s the Barry Boogie Boarder kicker set against this enormous volitility –
So there it is, Alice. War is Peace.
Re-Elect Governor Corzine. Obama 2012.
and so forth.
And Occupy the Capitol tomorrow.
”Record redemptions”…that makes sense…
I keep teazing Babe’olicious that I’m planning on attending the next gun show (and they’re always less the a month away in AZ) and getting me some “peacemakers” Our brilliant state lawmakers say it’s legal to buy fully automatic weapons if they are manufactured wholly within the state so maybe that’s the prudent investment for a new father…
Henh. Love the pic.
Caveat Lector: you’re likely to explosively vomit if you read the following blockquote:
Tucson Citizen
Gag. If it wasn’t for the non sequitur at the end, I’d still be gagging tomorrow just thinking about that.
They think people would vote for her in a completely CGI campaign to come, based on Bono is fixated on her.
Lordy.
With THE Bono(r), miracle worker of pop “music” and “culture” Gabby needs no CGI. He can be the Bergen to her Charlie McCarthy and even the newly transplanted Orange County republicans in Tubac will get her vote…maybe he can even intrepret her grunts and farts and formulate a “immigration plan” that is “humane” and “secures the border”
:barf:
He can lend her some sunglasses.
i’ve always suspected bono of faking his sun-glasses disease (aka photo-phobia) unlike say jim mcmahon
well, they did vote for two badly-drawn cartoons in a row for pretzel …
Truly. And they will again. Ladies and Gentlemen, step right up, please view the Right Wing of the stage, black cartoon, white cartoon. Vote for either. Or neither.
Corzine gets his 3rd Subpeona…
He and Sandusky should car-pool.
Well there is the expectation floating around that today at the House Agricultural committee hoe-down that he is going to take the fifth…
I also see “>they have the journo biz law shillage in place,
arguing essentially,that…. contractually…..
he was allowed to steal.
Worth a read for the quick decent summary of the financial gymnastics tho.. You know, a bit more sophisticated than the ole forklift thru the mini-mart plate glass window , shearing off the ATM machine, but, you know, not as typically well thought out, either. LOL.
Thanks for that article. The interesting thing about that article is that if you go one way on a trade, you better have everyone watching your back, cause your liquidity, and apparently all your clients’ assets, can disappear in a puff. MF Global, and Lehman before, essentially become the lowest tranche of the global debt pyramid.
Look, this is like a Holiday for me.
Corzien appearing @ 9:30 a.m.
Available on CSPAN. LOL.
I have another preview on it floating around, but yeh,
this deminimus just in from BloobyNews
Corzine to Tell Panel He Doesn’t Know Where Missing MF Global Millions Are
Sorry! No Idea! Gotta Go!
And “Millions” my ass.
Billions and Billions and Billions….the way this AIG Groundhog Day plays out. But yeh, looks like he is going to try and run a statement and shut his yap.
And this classic move…roping in his Board, …
sounds like he knows he’s goin down…
That last part is fantastic word play, as, technically, the PIIGS bonds haven’t “defaulted” at all. They just lost, oh, veritably ALL MARKETABLE VALUE while Brilliant, “No Idea”, There Goes The Margin Call Jon was using 40 to 1 Leverage on what now is known as a 7 billion dollar bet the EU would pay in full…
The rippling exposure, sorry, TSUNAMI, just from HIS node in the chain….. being a Quarter TRILLION.
For now….
Drip. Drip. Drip…….
There seems to be water coming thru the door.
Sounds like Bernie Madoff’s problem was that he couldn’t use “hypothecation”.
The House Ag Critters are all cool with it…
All falling over themselves to put the fix in…
All so shocked, exasperated, seeking – and offering explanations.
Any more lube necessary? LOL….A fuckin joke, really.
Tho not in DC, I’m hearing unusually heavy security for the halls.
.I didn’t have wireless where I was for a bit, tho we had the TV – .CSPAN didn’t even carry the opening live just had the morning blowhardy speeches till 10 AM……Watching it now online I can’t tell if Corzine spoke earllier tho prolly the afternoon, right?
After a nice lunch?
It’s all such bullshit.
What do we need to learn so that in the FUTURE …
That excreta.
Many are on the House Finance Committee, big beneficiaries from the American Bankers Association. Classic Duopoly Television if anyone is up to it…
It’s always “no one could have foreseen” and some version of the Learning Channel! Live Painful and an exercise in sweeping under the carpet.
Etc.
Thumbscrewed, garrote… whatever works. hey penile screw. whatever!!
speaking of penile scre3w, Sandusky made bail.
is this a great nation or what!?
Pennsylvania! Leading the Way!
To Alabama! And to what the legal dox are calling “enforced deviant sex”.
I think “rape” is a good, well understood word but… nto good enough for Penn State luminaries. Apparently.
This hearing is RIDICULOUS.
You should see this sorority chick Jill Sommers that Obama appointed, a lobbyist from from the Derivitives and Swaps Association How’d that vote work out on obby and the Lobbyist ban BTW???
LOL…. I shouldn’t be too mean as the boy Chairman Obama appointed to CFTC, Gary Gensler, (the Goldman Sachs Underling of CORZINE) is hiding behind a statement of “non participation”. Not there. BUT! NOT a recusal! Says Jill! The Acting Senior Commissionerblubblubblub now….. And the Trustee sent some 70ish Perot Running Matish CPA who might as well be talking about when the next round of prune juice arrives. Oh it’s a trip.
We’re winning!! Closer and closer to home, all the time and every day.
I’ve read that is pretty much what the leadership of Japan sent out in missives, as the war wore on. IF ONLY we could hear and see ourselves.
Corzine Up now @ 1:1) EST
He looks BAD, nervous..
The USUAL.
If I remember, Bush’s appointees were all lobbyists from that Association, too.
Oh Corzine is heading for “the board, Sr traders and Executive Management” were i “involved in numerous meetings …”
LOL — Good Luck to ALL!!…
Oh here’s the implication of a rogue trading.
Cue some amiable kid in a cashmere sweater.
Now to questions where they get all het up for a while..
It’s getting better actually.
Hey can we move some of the Popcorn Futures into the Flopsweat Remediation Sector???
Welcome to the past, shooter at VTech. Barricaded apparently and has shot a couple… one of which is of course a cop.
Read more at:
Wash Po
Or visit washingtonpost.com.
In case there is not sufficient holiday spirit between all the lovely events… we have one of the more famous Wal Mart parking lot Black Thursday shooters, San leandro over in the East Bay a stick ‘em up in the parking lot (a car radio was at issue) and I think it was the first reported, anyway he is holed up in a house in San Leandro, had a hostage for a while… and the SWAT team apparently hustling the mother in … to.. do.. whatever it is Mothers do.
Well… do what you can I guess.
Joy To The World!
well cop at Vtech is dead.
And the Iranians are parading Little Davey (so cruel, how dare they).. and claiming they hacked the US signal to bring Davey in.
Shop til you drop!! And if things look shabby and frayed around the world, drink!
Quick somebody order some (made in china) kevlar “save Davey” sweaters and set up a website to sell them. We’ll make a killing
Stuff is realy popping today, and in Pakistan, masses of US oil tankers set ablaze – with Zardari in a mad dash to the ICU – in Dubai or some such place.
AND the US parking lot is vying with the home bathtub as “the most dangerous place”… the cop was shot in the Vtech parking lot. And the other victim is dead too.
Can this get better? I guessss so!
I remember the other day Pakistan had closed its borders “for security reasons” (nothing to do with U.S. drone strikes, nope, nope, nope), and there was a graf in the article about dozens of really flammable tankers just piling up on the Pakistan side of the border as the “security issues” were being sorted out.
Things just got sorted out a little.
A sorting job!
Model it after the Free Willie campaign.
We always have a marketing template.
xactly. Mebbe we can get Tom Hanks to “do” the voice of Davey and Deniro does an akmadinajad (sic) cameo in the FIRST movie (always hinkt FRANCHIZE!)
Soon to evolve to Free Santa, Free Traditional Christmas, Keep Christ in Christmas.
Poor dissassembled Davey will be forgotten.
that’s alright, come Easter time he can be resurrected in a pig in a poke Nukular egg hunt…
soon he’ll b wearing a niqab
a stealth chador!
Well that settles what to get for stocking stuffers this year:
(hung round the pallet fire in a barrel, ’cause chimeneys get foreclosed on with rest of the house)
Semi-auto pistols and ceramic tipped kevlar piercing rounds and AZ manufactured “endless” clips and gift cards for “Find a Bankster/Pinkerton bodygaurd” I-phone apps.
(paid for with copper stripped from aforementioned abandoned house)
Meanwhile Holder is being “grilled”
Joy to the Whirled.
As for congress.. I am amenable to moving on t the Mme Tussaud’s editiion. Wax works. How different would it be?
ya know, wax makes a lovely fire when it burns…
Jon Dirt
now he looks like a guy I could share a beer with…
mamamammaamama mia.
at Cpunch
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I am careflly avoiding another post there, from Nader. Entitled
Time to Save the Post Office
What can you do but hold the professional left in high disregard.
What can you do but hold the professional left in high disregard.
I realize that is a rhetorical question, but I suggest the following (tongue barely touching cheek):
Buy a slightly used, but traceable to Mexico, ATF firearm and help them (the professional left and right) find Jeebus?
well Holder said today, those guns will be involved in crimes for a long time to come.
Praise the LARD!
… and pass the ammo.
Neue
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