Stacy Summary: Go at it . . .
Goldman claims it did ‘nothing inappropriate’ in Greek swaps
Obama finally releases his health care reform proposal
Stacy Summary: Go at it . . .
Goldman claims it did ‘nothing inappropriate’ in Greek swaps
Obama finally releases his health care reform proposal
Tags: goldman · greece · health care · obama
Stacy Summary: Obama’s claims to be a fierce advocate of the US style ‘free markets’ (cough, cough) reminds me of the radio show host (below) who thinks Hank Paulson is a champion of ‘free markets.’
Greece: How bond vigilantes left it in ruins
Obama loves ‘free markets’
Tags: bond vigilantes · free markets · greece · obama
Stacy Summary: So in the past 48 hours, the US has threatened China and is now rapidly escalating against Iran.
US raises stakes in Gulf
Tags: iran · obama · patriot shield · war
Stacy Summary: Obama ‘intends’ to recover taxpayer money, or at least $90 billion of the several trillion; and bankers ‘may reduce’ bonuses.
Loan sharks target poor in UK with 825% APR loans
Obama ‘intends to recover’ taxpayer money with a $90 billion supertax
Bankers ‘may’ reduce bonuses over public outrage
Tags: loan sharks · obama · supertax
Stacy Summary: Do you ever get the feeling you are living in a 1950’s/60’s cold war thriller? Only you are caught on the ‘wrong’ side?
Obama’s PR stunt with the bankers
Tags: bankers meeting · obama
Stacy Summary: Welcome to 1984! But . . . what else could he say under the circumstances?
“So yes, the instruments of war do have a role to play in preserving the peace.”
Tags: nobel peace prize · obama · war is peace
Stacy Summary: Alas, I found one. This has it all, politics, finance, markets and scandal.
Tags: hu · obama · sarah palin · video club
Stacy Summary: Caption contest!
Tags: japanese emperor · obama
Stacy Summary: America has a huge problem with their health care system and that’s obvious to anyone who has traveled to most other countries. But why oh why does fascism always have to be the answer in the US these days?
Obama says penalties have to be high enough to force people to buy health insurance
Tags: health care · obama
Stacy Summary: Some blog posts I am reading this morning.
Obama is captured (Credit Writedowns)
The disastrous performance of private equity (ZeroHedge)
And speaking of LBO deals going bust. Can’t say we didn’t predict it would happen . . .
Tags: obama · private equity · regulatory capture