April 2010 Archives - 4/8

[OTE50] On the Edge . . . with Alex Jones

Posted on April 17, 2010 by stacyherbert| 89 Comments

Stacy Summary: Theft and fraud on the edge.

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Posted in Max Keiser Video, On the Edge

Tagged alex jones, max keiser, On the Edge, stacy herbert

[PMF] Really, Where’s Kenny Boy

Posted on April 17, 2010 by stacyherbert| 77 Comments

Stacy Summary: Sorry for the multiple postings last night on the last PMF blog entry on Where’s Kenny Boy?; there was a bug in the syndication. Maybe it was a sign that Kenny Boy has moved on to the afterlife and he was haunting our feed?? Nevertheless, it did attract quite a handful of emails from people wanting to get involved in the project, so all was not lost!

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Posted in Pirate Myfilm

Tagged kenny boy

Max Keiser – The “Goldman Sachs Are Scum” Video

Posted on April 16, 2010 by stacyherbert| 79 Comments

Stacy Summary: A golden oldie perfect for today.

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Posted in Max Keiser Video

Tagged goldman sachs scum, max keiser

SEC Charges Goldman Sachs with Subprime Fraud

Posted on April 16, 2010 by stacyherbert| 67 Comments

Stacy Summary: This is a surprise. Was it the record bonuses? Or the Gods’ Work thing? Mind you, these are just civil charges to which they will merely pay a fine. Now, the question is, where is the Dept of Justice with the criminal charges? Or will the perp walks be rolled out the month before mid-term elections? And can JPMorgan be far behind? They were pushing Magnetar’s similarly constructed CDOs to institutional investors (ie your pension fund) far and wide.

Goldman Sachs Charged with Fraud

Financial Shares Tumble on Goldman Charges

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Posted in Headlines

Tagged goldman sachs

US Military Warns of Massive Shortages of Oil by 2015

Posted on April 16, 2010 by stacyherbert| 154 Comments

Stacy Summary: Guess, they haven’t heard that you can easily grow oil up North where the little elves live? I also love how the article notes that the US military prefers to acquire local supplies of oil rather than rely on the unstable Middle East . . . gee, I wonder why the Middle East is so unstable??

The Single Biggest Buyer of Oil in World Warns of Massive Shortages by 2015

From MaxKeiser.com Images

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Posted in Headlines

Tagged 2015, oil shortages, us military

Best of the Blogs: IMF’s Bailout Facility, Run on Gold Bank & Public Records [UPDATED]

Posted on April 15, 2010 by stacyherbert| 119 Comments

Stacy Summary: What I’m reading while taking breaks from editing. Sorry if I have failed to h/t anyone! And let me know what you’re reading that hasn’t made it to this list.

Zerohedge: Ron Paul Grills Bernanke On The Massive Expansion to the IMF’s New Arrangement to Borrow

Jesse’s Cafe Americain: Jim Rickards: Possible Run on Gold Bank, Fed Bankrupt and Currency Endgames in US Debt Crisis

Mish: Mish Makes It Into the Official Public Record on WaMu Disaster

Karl Denninger: Death Spiral Intercept

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Posted in Headlines

Tagged bernanke, imf, mish, nab, public records, ron paul, wamu

[KR34] Keiser Report – Markets! Finance! Scandal! And Birgitta Jonsdottir!!

Posted on April 15, 2010 by stacyherbert| 74 Comments

Stacy Summary: In this episode we look at the scandals of Greece winning a loan; the exodus from Iceland while billionaire plunderers receive safe haven in London; and the dumping of US Treasury bonds as American consumers are about to get squished. In the second half of the show, Max talks to Birgitta Jonsdottir, a Member of Parliament in Iceland, about the Black Report into the country’s banking collapse.

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Tagged birgitta jonsdottir, greece, iceland, keiser report, max keiser, stacy herbert, us treasury bonds

‘Iron Man’ Bets Loom as CFTC Staff . . . Gamble They Land Hollywood Starlets?

Posted on April 15, 2010 by stacyherbert| 27 Comments

Stacy Summary: The male CFTC staff that is. And a few of the women, no doubt. But, two things: 1.) Max gets mention in the article; 2.) the very fact that this article has been written suggests inside information and/or cosy relationships with their regulators . . . for how do they know what CFTC staff are thinking?

‘Iron Man’ Bets Loom as CFTC Staff Said to Back Film Futures

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Tagged cftc, hollywood futures, iron man

Japan Mulls Monetization of Debt & 30 Percent Devaluation of Yen

Posted on April 14, 2010 by stacyherbert| 115 Comments

Stacy Summary: h/t @Mongo. Oh boy, beggar thy neighbor moves into high gear. Mind you, Japan has been trying this for years. Hasn’t worked yet.

Japan mulls monetization of public debt and devaluation of yen

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Posted in Headlines

Tagged devaluation, japan, monetization, yen

London Property is Biggest Money Laundering Operation for Despots, Oligarchs & Bankers; Greek Oligarchs Transfering Nation’s Wealth to London

Posted on April 14, 2010 by stacyherbert| 40 Comments

Stacy Summary: The London property market is a money laundering scheme for oligarchs, despots and fraudsters from around the world.

Wealthy Greeks flee to London, buy property

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Tagged greeks, london

Banker Trapped in Mental Hospital Jibber Jabber

Posted on April 14, 2010 by stacyherbert| 43 Comments

Stacy Summary: Hey, haven’t had an off-topic thread for awhile. Police accidentally throw perfectly sane (sic) banker into mental hospital.

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Posted in Jibber Jabber

Tagged Jibber Jabber

President Medvedev Tours RT America Offices – Keiser Report in Background!

Posted on April 14, 2010 by stacyherbert| 54 Comments

Stacy Summary: Woohoo! Wonder if the President heard what Max was saying??

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Posted in Max Keiser Video

Tagged keiser report

Business Insider Exclusive Interview with Jim Chanos: Greece is a Prelude

Posted on April 13, 2010 by stacyherbert| 108 Comments

Stacy Summary: Hot off the press. Get ready for some more sovereign debt crises.

Jim Chanos: Greece is a prelude

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Tagged business insider, chanos, greece, sovereign debt crisis

[KR33] Keiser Report – Markets! Finance! Scandal! And Dean Baker!

Posted on April 13, 2010 by stacyherbert| 87 Comments

Stacy Summary: This is the special Alan Greenspan bubble addition in which Max takes out several props and we talk about the scandals of financial crisis “show trials” in America; Citigroup alleges they could not possibly have predicted the collapse of a very obvious housing bubble; and former Fed Chairman, Alan Greenspan, tells the show trial commissioners that the financial world is far too complex for mere mortals. In the second half of the show, Max talks to economist Dean Baker about Citigroup’s alleged profits