Category Archives: User Generated Rage

User-generated content and angst as YouTubers and BlipHeads speak to their computers in sometimes angry tones.

Cost of War of Terror: 2,486,392,875 Ounces of Gold

Remember not too long ago, back when the human mind hadn’t begun its forced evolution of understanding really big numbers like trillions and quadrillions?  Back before TARP handed out 16 trillion to domestic and offshore banks? Or before the War of Terror cost the US taxpayer $4 trillion?

Seems like just yesterday…
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No Country For Poor Man: CFTC Calls Unreturned, Calls Unanswered

Silver Vigilante – “Can’t Anybody Else Confirm Chilton’s Statement?”

I thought that Bart Chilton would be a fitting person to talk to on this Friday morning. After all, the CFTC hadn’t yet returned my phone inquiry from last week. So, I called Bart. No answer. I left a voicemail. I called Gensler. No answer, voicemail. I called Mathew Hunter, Deputy Director of the Market and Trade Practice Surveillance branch. No answer, voicemail. Hello! Hunter! Have you spied on the high-speed algo bots? Have you tapped the phones in JPMorgan’s upper offices? “Blythe Masters.” That sounds suspicious. How about that line? Jamie Dimon? Surely, of the 11+ agencies investigating JPMorgan, someone is already tapped into that line. What are you surveying exactly? Granted, my message was surely more reserved. Didn’t want it getting passed onto the Ministry of Love where I’d certainly renounce my lover under a fiat shower. Continue reading