Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

The current Supreme Court is a rogue court. Very dangerous.

You don’t get rid of your umbrella while it’s still raining.

Let there be snark.

People are complicated. Love is not.

🎶 Those boots were made for mockin’ 🎵

Let me eat cake. The rest of you could stand to lose some weight, frankly.

Trump’s legal defense is going to be a dumpster fire inside a clown car on a derailing train.

The party of Reagan has become the party of Putin.

Make the republican party small enough to drown in a bathtub.

“Let’s not pretend [Trump] wants to engage in high-minded discourse.”

The truth is, these are not very bright guys, and things got out of hand.

“Just close your eyes and kiss the girl and go where the tilt-a-whirl takes you.” ~OzarkHillbilly

There are more Russians standing up to Putin than Republicans.

I’m starting to think Jesus may have made a mistake saving people with no questions asked.

They were going to turn on one another at some point. It was inevitable.

A sufficient plurality of insane, greedy people can tank any democratic system ever devised, apparently.

The new republican ‘Pastor’ of the House is an odious authoritarian little creep.

I have other things to bitch about but those will have to wait.

Many life forms that would benefit from greater intelligence, sadly, do not have it.

There’s always a light at the end of the frog.

A lot of Dems talk about what the media tells them to talk about. Not helpful.

These days, even the boring Republicans are nuts.

Republicans: slavery is when you own me. freedom is when I own you.

Republicans: “Abortion is murder but you can take a bus to get one.” Easy peasy.

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  1. 1.

    LorenzoStDuBois

    I saw this this morning and have been reading about this Keiser guy. Apparently he’s been around for a while, and one of the coolest things he’s done is found a hedge fund called “Karmabanque”, which bets against unethical corporations like McDonalds and Coca Cola, funnels its profits into activism against said corporations, then bets against them again. Crazy and awesome.

  6. 6.

    David

    @LorenzoStDuBois: Wow, I need to look into this guy. No need to be some small fry if you can set up something like that. He’s a hero, both for speaking out, and for his actions if what you say is true.

  7. 7.

    feebog

    Awesome when the French guy comes across as the more reasonable. Can we lock Keiser in a room with Jim Cramer for about 24 hours?

  8. 8.

    Bootlegger

    That’s teh awesome!

    “That’s Stockholm Syndrome, you’ve fallen in love with your captors.” Brilliant!

    The guy with the Surrender Monkey accent has a point that international law has to be cranked up, of course the Shrill Guy is calling for the Hague. If only.

  10. 10.

    iluvsummr

    He used the term “financial terrorism” to describe what Goldman did? No wonder I’ll never see him on US TV.

  12. 12.

    jenniebee

    karmabanque is cute. On that topic, does anybody have advice on how to find socially responsible investment funds? Right now, I’m going with individual stock purchases, but I know that doesn’t get the same attention as a fund would.

  13. 13.

    mai naem

    For some odd reason I am betting this guy doesn’t get any invites from CNBC. I can’t believe I’ve never seen this guy on Maher or the Daily Shows. He even said “New Rules”

  14. 14.

    Aaron

    My only issue with what Max says here in that tossing around invective as he does, viewers might not appreciate the truthfulness of what he is saying.

    On the other hand, it is incredibly refreshing to see people willing to take on massive corporations without “proper deference.”

  15. 15.

    Patrick

    When I read about the front running software, that was later stolen from Goldman Sachs and sold, it reminded me of the “Sting”, where Paul Newman/Robert Redford knew the results of the horse race just before Robert Shaw did and used that moment to swindle Robert Shaw out of his money.
    How is that different from what Goldman Sachs was/is doing? I don’t know if the Hague is the correct venue, but if they really were making a hundred million a day from front running, shouldn’t someone be going to jail???

  16. 16.

    KRK

    @jenniebee:

    “Socially responsible” means different things to different folks (screening for labor practices, environmental impact, weapons manufacturers, accountability to shareholders, etc.), but here’s once resource: Social Investment Forum.

  17. 17.

    passerby

    Please sir, I want some more.

    I enjoyed that immensely, too. Wonder where Tyler Durden (Taibbi’s link) got that?

    I loved how that guy was able to be vehement and candid without appearing to be batshit insane. Also, couldn’t help notice their studio set was white and bright without all the dark blue and black with animated backdrops.

    After hearing what the French guy said, looks like all of this will be decided once and for all with the implementation of Bretton-Woods III / Basel III (nice summary here)

    http://belfercenter.ksg.harvard.edu/analysis/frankel/?tag=bretton-woods

    at the G20 meeting this September in Pittsburgh. Stay tuned.

  18. 18.

    Florida Cynic

    I’m calling my cable provider and asking them to get that channel. Of course, they won’t give me CNN International, so I’m not holding my breath.

    @jenniebee: A good fund screener will give you an option to limit results to socially responsible funds. Check your online brokerage tools.

  21. 21.

    Joshua Norton

    “On the left side nothing is right and on the right side nothing is left.”

    I love it! So true, so true.

  24. 24.

    RememberNovember

    The movie The INternational, is all about GS and it’s Count Dracula, Hank Paulson.

  25. 25.

    Tony J

    Well, that’s something you don’t see every day. Honest, informed anger and cold-blooded expert opinion meeting on TV to give viewers a better picture of what is actually going on and what can realistically be done about it.

    Which is why you’ll never see the like on a ‘serious’ news channel in America or Britain. That kind of thing is just too dangerous to be allowed in a free society.

  26. 26.

    Bootlegger

    The other thing that should give the Shrill Guy some cred is that he doesn’t badmouth capitalism, but actually wants GS held to the *standards* (such as they are) of capitalism.

  27. 27.

    Dennis-SGMM

    @Patrick:

    I don’t know if the Hague is the correct venue, but if they really were making a hundred million a day from front running, shouldn’t someone be going to jail???

    Several someones should be going to jail. When the amounts involved are large enough the definition of fraud must change.

  28. 28.

    KevinNYC

    This belongs in OBAMA pitch thread, but in January of this year, Bush said this to People magazine. It really deserves a post on its own.

    <blockquote cite=”
    Which moments from the last eight years do you revisit most often?

    THE PRESIDENT: I definitely think about the families I’ve met of the fallen soldiers—about the compassion, love and determination of the families, to make sure that the Commander-in-Chief hears their stories and knows their pride.

    I think about throwing out that pitch at the World Series on [Oct. 30] 2001. My heart was racing when I got to the mound. Didn’t want to bounce it. Didn’t want to let the fans down. My heart was pumping so hard, I wasn’t sure if I could lift my arm. I never felt that anxious any other time during my presidency, curiously enough. “>

    Not 9/11? Not when you gave the orders to invade? Not when you were told they were no WMD? Not when you were told, Iraq was breaking apart? Of course, Bush is probably just lying. Or a psychopath.

  30. 30.

    El Cid

    How DARE he insult the U.S. economic system and the choices of Washington in France????

    I DEMAND TO SEE HIS TRIPLE VAULT COPY BURF CERTIFAT!!!

  31. 31.

    r€nato

    @JGabriel:

    I *know* I am gay for Max Keiser. Holy crap. And to think about all those right wingnuts who shriek and moan about Olbermann and Maddow…

  32. 32.

    El Tiburon

    First time I’ve ejaculated to financial pr0n.

    Nice. Especially after all these years of them sticking it up our collective a-holes. Not even a reach around.

  35. 35.

    GReynoldsCT00

    “Why does this video not show up in Firefox? It’s there in IE 8”

    I can see it and I’m using Firefox…

  36. 36.

    sparky

    that might be as good as 70% chocolate. also.

    WTC 7: i had forgotten about it, but he’s right–it IS interesting, not that the records of the SEC tech shenanigans were lost in the collapse of that building but that there’s nothing, now. no copies, no backups, images, nothing. hmmm.

  37. 37.

    Germane Jackson

    @JenJen:

    Righteous anger probably does look shrill to people who don’t know or care about the sheer, breathtaking magnitude of this stuff.

  38. 38.

    gex

    @KevinNYC: You’ve seen the right’s reaction to Obama’s first pitch in the All-Star game. To the right this is the only measure of presidential mettle.

  40. 40.

    Zifnab

    @gex: Nonsense. The little R next to the side of your name. That’s the only measure of mettle. The rest is just a form of justification for your bigotry and assholishness.

  41. 41.

    linda

    noting the remembrance of idiot son’s baseball outing, brought to mind his and laura’s remembrance of their activities on 9/11 — via peggy noonan in ladies home journal. keep in mind this was dec 2001:

    Ladies Home Journal:

    Peggy Noonan (the interviewer): You were separated on September 11th. What was it like when you saw each other again?

    Laura Bush: Well, we just hugged. I think there was a certain amount of security in being with each other than being apart.

    George W. Bush: But the day ended on a relatively humorous note. The agents said, “you’ll be sleeping downstairs. Washington’s still a dangerous place.” And I said no, I can’t sleep down there, the bed didn’t look comfortable. I was really tired, Laura was tired, we like our own bed. We like our own routine. You know, kind of a nester. I knew I had to deal with the issue the next day and provide strength and comfort to the country, and so I needed rest in order to be mentally prepared. So I told the agent we’re going upstairs, and he reluctantly said okay. Laura wears contacts, and she was sound asleep. Barney was there. And the agent comes running up and says, “We’re under attack. We need you downstairs,” and so there we go. I’m in my running shorts and my T-shirt, and I’m barefooted. Got the dog in one hand, Laura had a cat, I’m holding Laura —

    Laura Bush: I don’t have my contacts in , and I’m in my fuzzy house slippers —

    George W. Bush: And this guy’s out of breath, and we’re heading straight down to the basement because there’s an incoming unidentified airplane, which is coming toward the White House. Then the guy says it’s a friendly airplane. And we hustle all the way back up stairs and go to bed.

    Mrs. Bush: And we just lay there thinking about the way we must have looked.

    Peggy Noonan (interviewer): So the day starts in tragedy and ends in Marx Brothers.

    George W. Bush: That’s right — we got a laugh out of it.

  42. 42.

    Gus

    Speaking of birth certificates, I tried to post this yesterday, but I don’t think it made it through the malware block. Via a commenter at Edroso’s, proves once and for all that Obama is not eligible to be President.

  43. 43.

    Tony J

    Of course, Bush is probably just lying. Or a psychopath.

    Or there’s the third option, which is that he was telling the unvarnished truth and just doesn’t understand or care how petty it makes him look.

    Failing to prevent the Sept 11 attacks? Blame it on the Democrats. Invading a country for no good reason? Blame it on Saddam and the weapons inspectors (and the Democrats). Failing to unearth anything that could be spun into ‘proof’ that the invasion was justified or necessary? Blame it on the CIA (and the Democrats). Failure to stop the country he’d invaded falling into chaos? Blame it on the Iraqis and the Iranians and the US military (and the Democrats).

    None of that was his fault, and he had armies of willing flunkies who would tell you that all day, every day, until you got so sick and tired of hearing it that you just gave up. And anyway, it wasn’t like he was really making any of these decisions himself. You got a problem, take it up with Dick, he’s down the hall. Heh. Heh, heh,

    But failing to throw a baseball in a straight line, in a stadium full of people, with no one else to blame?

    Oooh, he felt that one.

  47. 47.

    passerby

    @Mike E:

    No, I totally missed that WTC7 comment, I was too busy being enthralled and didn’t catch that. After re-viewing, wow, he just spit that out so matter-of-factly.

  49. 49.

    Antid Oto

    I loved this first part too. Then I watched part 2 (if you notice, the vid is labeled part 1 of 2). Keiser calls for a world reserve currency based on a gold standard, says he wishes more bankers had died on 9/11, and says Goldman would have taken Auschwitz public if they could have. I wasn’t offended, but I did start to feel a little embarrassed for the guy because hey, Godwin’s Law.

  51. 51.

    Common Sense

    [URL=”http://www.ebaumsworld.com/video/watch/80695438/”]Both sides[/URL] of the story.

    Who knew Obama was a long legged mack daddy? A half breed usurper illegal alien. That everyone in the Congress KNOWS he’s not a citizen?

  52. 52.

    D-Chance.

    If only we didn’t have a Goldman Sachs, all those homeless would be living high off the hog… yee-hawww.

  55. 55.

    Jonny Scrum-half

    I don’t know why someone attacking the way Goldman Sachs has acted and been treated should bother libertarians. If libertarians ran things, the government wouldn’t be in a position to throw favors to Goldman.

  56. 56.

    Brick Oven Bill

    I knew that President Bush threw that strike from the mound. Tisk tisk on that person who suggested otherwise yesterday. Obama is creating quite a pickle for us to recover from when the birth certificate thing finally comes to light. How does a country undo a year (several years?) of legislation? What a mess.

    The good news is that the Wall Street power structure will probably go down with the ship. They might be seen as accessories to the fraud. It is good to see the press turning against them.

  57. 57.

    John S.

    If only we didn’t have a Goldman Sachs, all those homeless would be living high off the hog

    And you’d STILL be a blithering idiot.

  61. 61.

    blogreeder

    @KevinNYC

    You’re so last year. Who cares about the schrub anymore? Save your hate for Goldman Sachs.

    …Not when you were told, Iraq was breaking apart?…

    Iraq is broken apart? When did this happen?

  65. 65.

    tcolberg

    He reminds me of Norm MacDonald.

    Considering how shrill he is, I love that these guys can actually have a conversation, taking turns, without trying to out yell the other person. Something else you don’t often see on American TV.

  67. 67.

    Wile E. Quixote

    I like the fact that Keiser is calling Obama on his unwillingness to insist on transparency in the banking system and that he’s saying that Obama is dancing to their tune. I’m getting tired of hearing how Obama is playing some brilliant “long game” or some other bullshit with regards to Wall Street. As far as I can see Obama has fallen down on the job with regards to the financial system and is starting to look like he’s as much their bitch as George W. Bush was.

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