Banksters
They have been, and always will be, with us:
Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious! Too bad the video didn’t continue for another couple of minutes to show how quickly the depositors panicked and tried to withdraw their money from the bank at the first hint of a problem. It’s a pretty damning picture of just how unstable the financial system really is. Everything simply happens much faster now with computerized trading.
I’d never paid attention to the lyrics (when I was 9) – “think of the foreclosures!” sums up a lot of what’s wrong today.
As a wealthy straight white Republican I have no problem with any of this.
Only recently did I begin to understand why we care about the bond market. It’s because the Feds need to borrow to pay operational expenses, not wanting to just print money.
@blogenfreude: Harry Shearer did an hour-long interview today with the blogger behind Naked Capitalism, mostly about the foreclosure swindle. Very informative and worth a listen, once that particular Le Show gets posted online.
NOJO • Tom Lehrer, 1928-2025 @ManchuCandidate: Summer definitely disappeared.
MANCHUCANDIDATE • Tom Lehrer, 1928-2025 BTW, has your favorite fundies gone to Ratpure?
MANCHUCANDIDATE • Tom Lehrer, 1928-2025 Come on dude shut your mouth. Shut your mouth Never like to hear I take bribes Won't you please…
BURR DEMING • Tom Lehrer, 1928-2025 Thank you for this, nojo. He was a wonderful talent and, by all accounts, a wonderful human…
NOJO • Tom Lehrer, 1928-2025 Oh, and there’s a Catholic church across the street. Maybe I can do a little dance for them!
NOJO • Tom Lehrer, 1928-2025 Now that I’m in NYC, plenty of pigeons to poison in his honor.
NOJO • All the Vice President's Men 2025 update: Nothing happened. And here we are!
MANCHUCANDIDATE • Weeping Angel Imagine going from hope to Fascism in less than two decades enabled by greedy ass (millionaire)…
NOJO • Nightmare at the Museum From the last time he threatened to bomb Iran, 2020. Remember that one? All a misty blur now.
NOJO • TRUMP TARIFFS UNLEASHING FURY OF CANADIANS - AND THEIR LEGENDARY SNIPERS! @ManchuCandidate: I have birthright citizenship in Cascadia, so I think I’m good.