The ..2012.... Political thread
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AIG to sue Bank of America. Their starting to eat their own! http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/aig-plans-to-sue-bank-of-america-over-mortgage-bond-losses/2011/08/08/gIQAx8gN2I_story.html
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Who 'made $10bn on 10/1 bet that U.S. credit rating would be downgraded' By Mark Duell 9th August 2011 A mystery investor or hedge fund reportedly made a bet of almost $1billion at odds of 10/1 last month that the U.S. would lose its AAA credit rating. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2023809/Did-George-Soros-win-10-1-return-S-Ps-US-credit-rating-downgrade.html
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Andy_Shofar:
Who 'made $10bn on 10/1 bet that U.S. credit rating would be downgraded' By Mark Duell 9th August 2011 A mystery investor or hedge fund reportedly made a bet of almost $1billion at odds of 10/1 last month that the U.S. would lose its AAA credit rating. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2023809/Did-George-Soros-win-10-1-return-S-Ps-US-credit-rating-downgrade.html
whoever made the bet was right
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appletart2:
AIG to sue Bank of America. Their starting to eat their own! http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/aig-plans-to-sue-bank-of-america-over-mortgage-bond-losses/2011/08/08/gIQAx8gN2I_story.html
That's kind of "my point". In a financial collapse, the ones that lose more are not the poor ones but the rich ones (losing money or power, I mean), so they are supposed to be the less interested in a collapse. The poor can lose 10 and the rich 100000. That's when I think I'm missing something. If... "the forbes 400" want to stay as rich, why collapsing the economy?. Hey, just don't make sense to me.
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SurSteven:
SurSteven:
I think that Warren Buffet did his very best to explain the dilemma, but the people who should have listened, are not listening. We have allowed the super rich to become so very rich, that they have no interest or desire to invest in anyone's works. It would be nice if working people had more money to invest in other people's works. Isn't it the collective work and buying power of working people that makes for a thriving economy? http://www.thefirstpost.co.uk/71836,business,tax-the-rich-says-billionaire-warren-buffett-
What He Said!
What They Said...
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21st Century Paul:
Andy_Shofar:
Who 'made $10bn on 10/1 bet that U.S. credit rating would be downgraded' By Mark Duell 9th August 2011 A mystery investor or hedge fund reportedly made a bet of almost $1billion at odds of 10/1 last month that the U.S. would lose its AAA credit rating. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2023809/Did-George-Soros-win-10-1-return-S-Ps-US-credit-rating-downgrade.html
whoever made the bet was right
I wish you alone could pay the financial cost of "his or her" win (???) - but you won't ... here's what one Brit had said about the subject ... "This house of cards doesn't need to just come crashing down, it needs to burn and the people behind the scenes who brought about this situation need held to account. And boy is that accounting on its way... thats my 'bet'." - Andrew, Broken Britain, 08/8/2011 17:44
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5 Weeks of Vacation!! Lifetime benefits .... even for one term .... don't vote for your own raise and it happens by default. Premium insurance that most people don't come close to having an option to have ..... what is wrong with this picture?!?! (This isn't their only vacation either) .... We are probably better off as a country with them gone for now.
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The_Fool:
5 Weeks of Vacation!! Lifetime benefits .... even for one term .... don't vote for your own raise and it happens by default. Premium insurance that most people don't come close to having an option to have ..... what is wrong with this picture?!?! (This isn't their only vacation either) .... We are probably better off as a country with them gone for now.
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Excert from March of the Maggots Maggots march down Wall Street, Eyes as hard as stones. Concrete and asphalt wasteland, Brick and mortar bones. Don't care about your children, Don't care about your old, Don't care about you, But that's nothing new; They're getting lots of Gold! Don't want a revolution, Can't stand blood and gore. Work within your institution, And do your massas' chores. Don't care about your children, Don't care about your old, Don't care about you, But that's nothing new; They're getting lots of Gold! Maggots march down Wall Street, A fetid stench of rot. Whitehouse open for business; Just bring all you've got!
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Andy_Shofar:
21st Century Paul:
Andy_Shofar:
Who 'made $10bn on 10/1 bet that U.S. credit rating would be downgraded' By Mark Duell 9th August 2011 A mystery investor or hedge fund reportedly made a bet of almost $1billion at odds of 10/1 last month that the U.S. would lose its AAA credit rating. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2023809/Did-George-Soros-win-10-1-return-S-Ps-US-credit-rating-downgrade.html
whoever made the bet was right
I wish you alone could pay the financial cost of "his or her" win (???) - but you won't ... here's what one Brit had said about the subject ... "This house of cards doesn't need to just come crashing down, it needs to burn and the people behind the scenes who brought about this situation need held to account. And boy is that accounting on its way... thats my 'bet'." - Andrew, Broken Britain, 08/8/2011 17:44
The cost of the win will be payed for the one that accepted the bet. That's what bets are. I think it will be like that. Like in Iceland.
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while it is not a certainty that George Soros was behind this one thing is abundantly clear. Whoever made all this money betting against the health of the U.S. economy has just about as much faith in Obamanomics as we do. Written by Kip Hooker at TheVitaminPress.com http://www.ihatethemedia.com/mystery-figure-pockets-nearly-billion-betting-on-us-downgrade-was-it-soros
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Andy_Shofar:
while it is not a certainty that George Soros was behind this one thing is abundantly clear. Whoever made all this money betting against the health of the U.S. economy has just about as much faith in Obamanomics as we do. Written by Kip Hooker at TheVitaminPress.com http://www.ihatethemedia.com/mystery-figure-pockets-nearly-billion-betting-on-us-downgrade-was-it-soros
I have just as much faith in Obamanomics as the faith I have in Penguinomics. Well, at least you can eat penguins but not debt.
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This is Spanish politics but it's too funny not to be posted. Pyromaniac appointed as town's environment's councilor The major of some city has appointed as the town's environment (the one that cares for the water, the air, the forests...) councilour a man convicted for burning forests. http://ultima-hora.bichotoblog.com/nombran-a-un-piromano-concejal-de-medio-ambiente-de-un-pueblo-cantabro.html (Hey it's true, I'm not making it up...)
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Democrats doubt Barack Obama's reelection chances President Barack Obama is facing mounting doubts within his own party about his re-election prospects, with fellow Democrats beginning to ask if Hillary Clinton would have made a better president. By Alex Spillius, Washington http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/us-politics/8692054/Democrats-doubt-Barack-Obamas-reelection-chances.html
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Oh my....the boys and girls are in so much panic dear me....
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The elephant in the room is there for the seeking (yeah right)...LOL
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-- OR -- http://i87.photobucket.com/albums/k151/Altanon/Forum%20Photos/USDollastika2.jpg [Edit.] Is the Dollastika offensive? Of course it's offensive! I intended it to be offensive! I wanted something SO OFFENSIVE, that it just might wake The People up. I'm offended that the Dollar Nazis have usurped OUR Government and OUR Country, and are destroying it for their own Profit! However, some of my Jewish friends have been offended in a way I never intended, and for that I apologize. In my defense, I will say: We ALL suffer under the Dollar Nazis! [End Edit.] http://i87.photobucket.com/albums/k151/Altanon/Forum%20Photos/TheISofA.jpg
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jaipur:
Oh my....the boys and girls are in so much panic dear me....
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Andy_Shofar:
Who 'made $10bn on 10/1 bet that U.S. credit rating would be downgraded' By Mark Duell 9th August 2011 A mystery investor or hedge fund reportedly made a bet of almost $1billion at odds of 10/1 last month that the U.S. would lose its AAA credit rating. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2023809/Did-George-Soros-win-10-1-return-S-Ps-US-credit-rating-downgrade.html
George Soros made a billion dollars in 1992 on black monday selling off pounds right before UK devalued its money. . He a liberal but he also had a stake in the carlyle group before George W Bush did. Carlyle invests(150 billion) primarily in the following industries: aerospace and defense, automotive, consumer and retail, energy and power, health care, real estate, technology and business services, telecommunications and media, and transportation. Again in 97 he made money off a crisis in Asia and now again. Too big to fail. New York Times columnist Paul Krugman is critical of Soros's effect on financial markets. "[N]obody who has read a business magazine in the last few years can be unaware that these days there really are investors who not only move money in anticipation of a currency crisis, but actually do their best to trigger that crisis for fun and profit. These new actors on the scene do not yet have a standard name; my proposed term is 'Soroi.'"[38]