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The Fed & G.S.: Rotten From The Inside Out
Posted: Fri Sep 26, 2014 7:41 pm
by travelinman67
Pro Publica's piece into The Fed's post collapse investigation of Goldman Sachs. Lengthy, but a good profile of both organizations' disingenuous culture...
http://www.propublica.org/article/carme ... w-york-fed
(Hippie, this is for you. Don't just knod your head in agreement.)
Re: The Fed & G.S.: Rotten From The Inside Out
Posted: Fri Sep 26, 2014 7:49 pm
by D1B
travelinman67 wrote:Pro Publica's piece into The Fed's post collapse investigation of Goldman Sachs. Lengthy, but a good profile of both organizations' disingenuous culture...
http://www.propublica.org/article/carme ... w-york-fed
(Hippie, this is for you. Don't just knod your head in agreement.)
What a cock knodder.

Re: The Fed & G.S.: Rotten From The Inside Out
Posted: Fri Sep 26, 2014 9:26 pm
by Chizzang
travelinman67 wrote:Pro Publica's piece into The Fed's post collapse investigation of Goldman Sachs. Lengthy, but a good profile of both organizations' disingenuous culture...
http://www.propublica.org/article/carme ... w-york-fed
(Hippie, this is for you. Don't just knod your head in agreement.)
You know I HATE our Federal Reserve System...
And it just pisses me off and frustrates me to read about it
The largest criminal organization in America = The Fed

Re: The Fed & G.S.: Rotten From The Inside Out
Posted: Fri Sep 26, 2014 10:51 pm
by travelinman67
Chizzang wrote:travelinman67 wrote:Pro Publica's piece into The Fed's post collapse investigation of Goldman Sachs. Lengthy, but a good profile of both organizations' disingenuous culture...
http://www.propublica.org/article/carme ... w-york-fed
(Hippie, this is for you. Don't just knod your head in agreement.)
You know I HATE our Federal Reserve System...
And it just pisses me off and frustrates me to read about it
The largest criminal organization in America = The Fed

Agreed. The impression I received was GS runs the show. While all eyes are on the Fed, NY Fed is busy covering GS shenanigans/scams, and GS doesn't hesitate to wield its muscle against perceived critics.
Re: The Fed & G.S.: Rotten From The Inside Out
Posted: Sat Sep 27, 2014 3:37 am
by houndawg
travelinman67 wrote:Pro Publica's piece into The Fed's post collapse investigation of Goldman Sachs. Lengthy, but a good profile of both organizations' disingenuous culture...
http://www.propublica.org/article/carme ... w-york-fed
(Hippie, this is for you. Don't just knod your head in agreement.)
Kno kneed to knod.
Re: The Fed & G.S.: Rotten From The Inside Out
Posted: Sat Sep 27, 2014 5:00 am
by kalm
travelinman67 wrote:Chizzang wrote:
You know I HATE our Federal Reserve System...
And it just pisses me off and frustrates me to read about it
The largest criminal organization in America = The Fed

Agreed. The impression I received was GS runs the show. While all eyes are on the Fed, NY Fed is busy covering GS shenanigans/scams, and GS doesn't hesitate to wield its muscle against perceived critics.
The game is utterly and completely rigged. This is Obama and Holders biggest indictment. You knew it was fucked as soon as NY Fed chief Geithner was appointed.
BTW, you guys ever hear of some dude name Matt Taibbi?

Re: The Fed & G.S.: Rotten From The Inside Out
Posted: Sat Sep 27, 2014 5:02 am
by Ivytalk
Chizzang wrote:travelinman67 wrote:Pro Publica's piece into The Fed's post collapse investigation of Goldman Sachs. Lengthy, but a good profile of both organizations' disingenuous culture...
http://www.propublica.org/article/carme ... w-york-fed
(Hippie, this is for you. Don't just knod your head in agreement.)
You know I HATE our Federal Reserve System...
And it just pisses me off and frustrates me to read about it
The largest criminal organization in America = The Fed

Gramps, you sound like Ron Paul!

Re: The Fed & G.S.: Rotten From The Inside Out
Posted: Sat Sep 27, 2014 8:53 am
by CitadelGrad
This isn't news. I used to work in the St. Louis Fed, Treasury Relations dept. There is no difference between the Fed, Treasury and Wall St. It's all one pseudo-governmental, pseudo-capitalist, pseudo-independent monstrosity.
Re: The Fed & G.S.: Rotten From The Inside Out
Posted: Sat Sep 27, 2014 12:39 pm
by Chizzang
CitadelGrad wrote:This isn't news. I used to work in the St. Louis Fed, Treasury Relations dept. There is no difference between the Fed, Treasury and Wall St. It's all one pseudo-governmental, pseudo-capitalist, pseudo-independent monstrosity.
This is almost identical to what "The Italian" (old flame from a few years back) told me...
She worked at the Fed in Boston for years and was in a state of complete shock most of the time
She once told me (after a few glasses of wine) The way the money moved and changed hands at the Fed would be illegal anywhere else in America - and finished it off with - "They see it as their money and they do with it whatever they want"
I will never forget that...

Re: The Fed & G.S.: Rotten From The Inside Out
Posted: Sat Sep 27, 2014 1:19 pm
by CitadelGrad
Chizzang wrote:CitadelGrad wrote:This isn't news. I used to work in the St. Louis Fed, Treasury Relations dept. There is no difference between the Fed, Treasury and Wall St. It's all one pseudo-governmental, pseudo-capitalist, pseudo-independent monstrosity.
This is almost identical to what "The Italian" (old flame from a few years back) told me...
She worked at the Fed in Boston for years and was in a state of complete shock most of the time
She once told me (after a few glasses of wine) The way the money moved and changed hands at the Fed would be illegal anywhere else in America - and finished it off with - "They see it as their money and they do with it whatever they want"
I will never forget that...

I remember her. She was hot.
Anyway, most people don't realize that the Fed is independent and private, with no obligation to submit to oversight or even to divulge its financial statements or submit to an external independent audit. It's basically the Corleone family, but with the ability to print its own money in the basement.
Does it make any sense for the regulator of banks to be owned by the banks, even foreign banks? It's kind of like the Corleone's having judges, cops, district attorneys and reporters on the payroll.
They don't see it as their money. It
is their money.
Re: The Fed & G.S.: Rotten From The Inside Out
Posted: Sat Sep 27, 2014 7:33 pm
by CID1990
Chizzang wrote:CitadelGrad wrote:This isn't news. I used to work in the St. Louis Fed, Treasury Relations dept. There is no difference between the Fed, Treasury and Wall St. It's all one pseudo-governmental, pseudo-capitalist, pseudo-independent monstrosity.
This is almost identical to what "The Italian" (old flame from a few years back) told me...
She worked at the Fed in Boston for years and was in a state of complete shock most of the time
She once told me (after a few glasses of wine) The way the money moved and changed hands at the Fed would be illegal anywhere else in America - and finished it off with - "They see it as their money and they do with it whatever they want"
I will never forget that...

you shouldn't put so much stock in what some split-tail you're banging tells you
they dont even know port from starboard ffs
Re: The Fed & G.S.: Rotten From The Inside Out
Posted: Sat Sep 27, 2014 7:48 pm
by Chizzang
CID1990 wrote:Chizzang wrote:
This is almost identical to what "The Italian" (old flame from a few years back) told me...
She worked at the Fed in Boston for years and was in a state of complete shock most of the time
She once told me (after a few glasses of wine) The way the money moved and changed hands at the Fed would be illegal anywhere else in America - and finished it off with - "They see it as their money and they do with it whatever they want"
I will never forget that...

you shouldn't put so much stock in what some split-tail you're banging tells you
they dont even know port from starboard ffs
Mmm...
well after I divorced a model I changed tactics and went with smart ones
and this strategy has worked out really well
The Italian was spectacular
BTW: She just had a baby with some French guy - very cool -she seems to have recovered well from me leaving her in Boston with her biological clock ticking

Re: The Fed & G.S.: Rotten From The Inside Out
Posted: Sun Sep 28, 2014 8:44 am
by CID1990
Chizzang wrote:CID1990 wrote:
you shouldn't put so much stock in what some split-tail you're banging tells you
they dont even know port from starboard ffs
Mmm...
well after I divorced a model I changed tactics and went with smart ones
and this strategy has worked out really well
The Italian was spectacular
BTW: She just had a baby with some French guy - very cool -she seems to have recovered well from me leaving her in Boston with her biological clock ticking

Im afraid to check on my past girlfriends
With all the lithum consumed by most of them (I attracted them like moths and I do not know why) I'm sure there's a dumpster diver or two in there and Id feel guilty
the human wreckage in my wake
Re: The Fed & G.S.: Rotten From The Inside Out
Posted: Sun Sep 28, 2014 3:54 pm
by JohnStOnge
I do not like the Federal Reserve system. If it was up to me, there would be no Federal Reserve.
However, I do not truth the voracity of the web site involved. Yes, that's ad hominem. But when you look at the "About Us" tab you see this Statement:
Our work focuses exclusively on truly important stories, stories with “moral force.” We do this by producing journalism that shines a light on exploitation of the weak by the strong and on the failures of those with power to vindicate the trust placed in them.
The underlined portion is a red flag to me indicating that this is not an objective news source. The people involved have an agenda. It's not just "we want to provide an objective, balanced view of the truth." At least that's what that says to me.
Re: The Fed & G.S.: Rotten From The Inside Out
Posted: Sun Sep 28, 2014 4:15 pm
by travelinman67
JohnStOnge wrote:I do not like the Federal Reserve system. If it was up to me, there would be no Federal Reserve.
However, I do not truth the voracity of the web site involved. Yes, that's ad hominem. But when you look at the "About Us" tab you see this Statement:
Our work focuses exclusively on truly important stories, stories with “moral force.” We do this by producing journalism that shines a light on exploitation of the weak by the strong and on the failures of those with power to vindicate the trust placed in them.
The underlined portion is a red flag to me indicating that this is not an objective news source. The people involved have an agenda. It's not just "we want to provide an objective, balanced view of the truth." At least that's what that says to me.
Pro Publica is unabashedly a liberal media organization. The topic, however, is Carmen Segarra's book about her investigation into GS and the NY Fed's response. Her book is currently being "discussed" by numerous mainstream news organizations including WSJ. I cited Pro Publica as their coverage appeared to be the most detailed.
Again, it's about her investigation and book, not the reviewing organization.
Re: The Fed & G.S.: Rotten From The Inside Out
Posted: Mon Sep 29, 2014 6:23 am
by kalm
JohnStOnge wrote:I do not like the Federal Reserve system. If it was up to me, there would be no Federal Reserve.
However, I do not truth the voracity of the web site involved. Yes, that's ad hominem. But when you look at the "About Us" tab you see this Statement:
Our work focuses exclusively on truly important stories, stories with “moral force.” We do this by producing journalism that shines a light on exploitation of the weak by the strong and on the failures of those with power to vindicate the trust placed in them.
The underlined portion is a red flag to me indicating that this is not an objective news source. The people involved have an agenda. It's not just "we want to provide an objective, balanced view of the truth." At least that's what that says to me.
"Balance" in journalism isn't necessarily objective either.
