Comments on: Pirate ransoms trickle down like Goldman bonuses http://maxkeiser.com/2010/01/02/pirate-ransoms-trickle-down-like-goldman-bonuses/ Financial War Reports Thu, 24 May 2012 09:59:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Gerry http://maxkeiser.com/2010/01/02/pirate-ransoms-trickle-down-like-goldman-bonuses/#comment-67303 Gerry Sun, 03 Jan 2010 23:08:49 +0000 http://maxkeiser.com/?p=4247#comment-67303 Difference between the two? Pirates are not state sanctioned. Goldman Sachs are. And violence/war is just the free market at it's freest. Somalia's market aggression only underlines how state endorsement is a useful veil for G-S.. It's the old a-cold-war-is-cooler-than-a-hot -one, so long as no one admits damages. Difference between the two?

Pirates are not state sanctioned. Goldman Sachs are.

And violence/war is just the free market at it’s freest. Somalia’s market aggression only underlines how state endorsement is a useful veil for G-S.. It’s the old a-cold-war-is-cooler-than-a-hot -one, so long as no one admits damages.

]]> By: Marc Authier http://maxkeiser.com/2010/01/02/pirate-ransoms-trickle-down-like-goldman-bonuses/#comment-67218 Marc Authier Sun, 03 Jan 2010 19:01:44 +0000 http://maxkeiser.com/?p=4247#comment-67218 No. Canada is a US colony and the unspeakable place where Uncle Sam's loves to buy all that crude oil going in California's Doctor cadillac. We have better Wal Marts and some are bilingual but it's the same crap MADE IN CHINA/CHINE. Great white empty with no culture. Nice but insignificant and boring as Stephen Harper, Don Cherry or Céline Dion. No. Canada is a US colony and the unspeakable place where Uncle Sam’s loves to buy all that crude oil going in California’s Doctor cadillac. We have better Wal Marts and some are bilingual but it’s the same crap MADE IN CHINA/CHINE. Great white empty with no culture. Nice but insignificant and boring as Stephen Harper, Don Cherry or Céline Dion.

]]> By: The Man from Glad http://maxkeiser.com/2010/01/02/pirate-ransoms-trickle-down-like-goldman-bonuses/#comment-67050 The Man from Glad Sun, 03 Jan 2010 11:54:20 +0000 http://maxkeiser.com/?p=4247#comment-67050 @@California Doctor, Not that Canada is a republic. @@California Doctor, Not that Canada is a republic.

]]> By: The Man from Glad http://maxkeiser.com/2010/01/02/pirate-ransoms-trickle-down-like-goldman-bonuses/#comment-67045 The Man from Glad Sun, 03 Jan 2010 11:46:39 +0000 http://maxkeiser.com/?p=4247#comment-67045 @California Doctor, A republic, not an empire. Every notice that no one really hates the Canadians? Not sure whether the US is prodding Saudi Arabia into attaching Yemen, or if it is backing Saudi Arabia expecting something in return. Saudi Arabia may be motivated by Sunni vs. Shia intolerance. One way and/or the other, I suspect this conflict figures in the broader currency war which currently dominates the Gulf. Just a few years ago, the US used Ethiopia to destabilize the central gov't. which had spontaneously arisen in Somalia. Now we're using the Saudis to exacerbate a civil war in Yemen. It's like we want these countries to be breeding grounds for terrorism. Or maybe this was all just to create another couple real estate bubbles. @California Doctor, A republic, not an empire. Every notice that no one really hates the Canadians?

Not sure whether the US is prodding Saudi Arabia into attaching Yemen, or if it is backing Saudi Arabia expecting something in return. Saudi Arabia may be motivated by Sunni vs. Shia intolerance. One way and/or the other, I suspect this conflict figures in the broader currency war which currently dominates the Gulf.

Just a few years ago, the US used Ethiopia to destabilize the central gov’t. which had spontaneously arisen in Somalia. Now we’re using the Saudis to exacerbate a civil war in Yemen. It’s like we want these countries to be breeding grounds for terrorism. Or maybe this was all just to create another couple real estate bubbles.

]]> By: California Doctor http://maxkeiser.com/2010/01/02/pirate-ransoms-trickle-down-like-goldman-bonuses/#comment-67012 California Doctor Sun, 03 Jan 2010 07:54:25 +0000 http://maxkeiser.com/?p=4247#comment-67012 The Man from Glad - Sir, I enjoyed the exchange on the other thread. The never-ending war-on-whatever is nauseating in its wanton disregard of human life. Maybe the US can take a page out of Canada's play book and reel-in the military spending while insuring all citizens for health? The Man from Glad –

Sir, I enjoyed the exchange on the other thread.

The never-ending war-on-whatever is nauseating in its wanton disregard of human life.

Maybe the US can take a page out of Canada’s play book and reel-in the military spending while insuring all citizens for health?

]]> By: The Man from Glad http://maxkeiser.com/2010/01/02/pirate-ransoms-trickle-down-like-goldman-bonuses/#comment-67006 The Man from Glad Sun, 03 Jan 2010 05:34:36 +0000 http://maxkeiser.com/?p=4247#comment-67006 Somalia and Yemen have more or less quietly replaced Iraq and N. Korea in the Axis of Evil. We're now told the former pair is where the new generation of terrorists is being churned out. The civil war shaping up in Yemen, with Saudi Arabia and Iran supporting opposing sides, could be part of a larger plan to delay introduction of a Gulf Dinar. US support for Saudi Arabia in the conflict could translate into leverage useful in keeping OPEC's oil-for-USD policy in place. Report: McCain's Yemen visit led to anti-Shia war http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=111685&sectionid=351020206 Somalia and Yemen have more or less quietly replaced Iraq and N. Korea in the Axis of Evil. We’re now told the former pair is where the new generation of terrorists is being churned out. The civil war shaping up in Yemen, with Saudi Arabia and Iran supporting opposing sides, could be part of a larger plan to delay introduction of a Gulf Dinar. US support for Saudi Arabia in the conflict could translate into leverage useful in keeping OPEC’s oil-for-USD policy in place.

Report: McCain’s Yemen visit led to anti-Shia war

http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=111685&sectionid=351020206

]]> By: California Doctor http://maxkeiser.com/2010/01/02/pirate-ransoms-trickle-down-like-goldman-bonuses/#comment-66981 California Doctor Sun, 03 Jan 2010 01:13:59 +0000 http://maxkeiser.com/?p=4247#comment-66981 @ronron - ROTFL... Happy New Year....!!! @ronron – ROTFL… Happy New Year….!!!

]]> By: harry_w http://maxkeiser.com/2010/01/02/pirate-ransoms-trickle-down-like-goldman-bonuses/#comment-66937 harry_w Sat, 02 Jan 2010 20:26:33 +0000 http://maxkeiser.com/?p=4247#comment-66937 It's very generous of the G7 states to use their cut of taxpayers future earnings to pay off banks on liabilities generated through offshore vehicles structured to avoid paying tax to those states. It strikes me as parasitic, which in turn reminds me of the rhetoric of both communist left and fascist right in the twilight of the Weimar republic. All those old history essays about the politics and economy of the inter-war years become less academic in the midst of a present day financial-economic collapse. The lesson I take from the political decisions to prop up the international financial system in 2008-9 is 'It's the <i>political</i> economy (stupid)'. I wonder whether the general focus on the economic consequences of those measures leaves aside the political component. I think one of the advantages Max & Stacy have over other commentators is the ability to use comic licence to freely extrapolate from current events. Hence the concept of the neo-feudal casino-gulag economy; and it's logical corollary, the Peasant Party, that was the highlight of 2009 for me. :D It’s very generous of the G7 states to use their cut of taxpayers future earnings to pay off banks on liabilities generated through offshore vehicles structured to avoid paying tax to those states.

It strikes me as parasitic, which in turn reminds me of the rhetoric of both communist left and fascist right in the twilight of the Weimar republic. All those old history essays about the politics and economy of the inter-war years become less academic in the midst of a present day financial-economic collapse.

The lesson I take from the political decisions to prop up the international financial system in 2008-9 is ‘It’s the political economy (stupid)’.

I wonder whether the general focus on the economic consequences of those measures leaves aside the political component.

I think one of the advantages Max & Stacy have over other commentators is the ability to use comic licence to freely extrapolate from current events. Hence the concept of the neo-feudal casino-gulag economy; and it’s logical corollary, the Peasant Party, that was the highlight of 2009 for me. :D

]]> By: Marc Authier http://maxkeiser.com/2010/01/02/pirate-ransoms-trickle-down-like-goldman-bonuses/#comment-66911 Marc Authier Sat, 02 Jan 2010 18:42:51 +0000 http://maxkeiser.com/?p=4247#comment-66911 Protest song for 2010. Obama too and all the bunch. Nice song. . http://market-ticker.denninger.net/archives/1808-As-The-Clock-er,-Worm-Turns....html Protest song for 2010. Obama too and all the bunch. Nice song. .

http://market-ticker.denninger.net/archives/1808-As-The-Clock-er,-Worm-Turns….html

]]> By: AgeingBabyBoomer http://maxkeiser.com/2010/01/02/pirate-ransoms-trickle-down-like-goldman-bonuses/#comment-66897 AgeingBabyBoomer Sat, 02 Jan 2010 17:27:56 +0000 http://maxkeiser.com/?p=4247#comment-66897 $100m is peanuts. If the pirates had serious money to launder, they would be buying up English football clubs. ABB $100m is peanuts. If the pirates had serious money to launder, they would be buying up English football clubs.
ABB

]]> By: The Underfundedmentalist http://maxkeiser.com/2010/01/02/pirate-ransoms-trickle-down-like-goldman-bonuses/#comment-66896 The Underfundedmentalist Sat, 02 Jan 2010 17:20:35 +0000 http://maxkeiser.com/?p=4247#comment-66896 'any difference between the two?' The difference is that Somalian wealth is trickling down, and Goldman can't compete with that. ‘any difference between the two?’
The difference is that Somalian wealth is trickling down,
and Goldman can’t compete with that.

]]> By: Brandon Sanks http://maxkeiser.com/2010/01/02/pirate-ransoms-trickle-down-like-goldman-bonuses/#comment-66894 Brandon Sanks Sat, 02 Jan 2010 17:17:21 +0000 http://maxkeiser.com/?p=4247#comment-66894 Goldman Sachs and JP Morgan rule thw world no doubt about it. The world must defeat them. Goldman Sachs and JP Morgan rule thw world no doubt about it. The world must defeat them.

]]> By: Marc Authier http://maxkeiser.com/2010/01/02/pirate-ransoms-trickle-down-like-goldman-bonuses/#comment-66869 Marc Authier Sat, 02 Jan 2010 15:24:53 +0000 http://maxkeiser.com/?p=4247#comment-66869 Like Haliburton in Dubai. The 1% rule. It's because all theses bums work for God. Like Haliburton in Dubai. The 1% rule. It’s because all theses bums work for God.

]]> By: whitemale08 http://maxkeiser.com/2010/01/02/pirate-ransoms-trickle-down-like-goldman-bonuses/#comment-66866 whitemale08 Sat, 02 Jan 2010 15:17:01 +0000 http://maxkeiser.com/?p=4247#comment-66866 Americans love being un-employed, homeless and starving to death as long as Goldman Sucks and AIG receives their massive bonuses. They believe that it's an American tradition to have paper-billionaires, like Warren Buffet, run gigantic Ponzi schemes through Goldman Sucks and ship their jobs overseas. THEY LOVE IT!!! AMERICANS LOVE BEING CONNED! Being conned is part of being a 'consumer'. Americans love being un-employed, homeless and starving to death as long as Goldman Sucks and AIG receives their massive bonuses.

They believe that it’s an American tradition to have paper-billionaires, like Warren Buffet, run gigantic Ponzi schemes through Goldman Sucks and ship their jobs overseas.

THEY LOVE IT!!!

AMERICANS LOVE BEING CONNED!

Being conned is part of being a ‘consumer’.

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