Category Archives: Goldman Sachs

You can’t tell the cops (SEC) from the robbers

Posted on August 19, 2011 by oddmanout215

As you probably know, e-mailed information often ends up in databases that can be used against us by government agents, corporate spies or even acquaintances out to avenge real or imagined injuries. (I spent two years unsuccessfully trying to salvage … Continue reading →

Posted in economic collapse, Goldman Sachs, Great Recession, mainstream media, Politics, Wall Street, world-wide economy | Tagged AIG, Deutsche Bank, Goldman Sachs, Matt Taibbi, SEC, whistle-blower | 1 Comment

Bikeless in Philadelphia — again

Posted on July 28, 2011 by oddmanout215

I rarely blog about myself. I prefer the veneer of fiction when it comes to personal matters, so when my bicycle was stolen Monday, I blogged about the thieves in business and government who prosper at the expense of the … Continue reading →

Posted in bicycling, economic collapse, fiction, Goldman Sachs, Great Recession, livable cities, Philadelphia, The New Depression | Tagged bicycle theft, hybrid bike, Iron Horse, South Philly | 14 Comments

To Frank Rich, the future looks like Hamlet, Act V

Posted on July 6, 2011 by oddmanout215

You may have noticed that more and more social critics are looking at the future and seeing very few smiley faces. Here’s Frank Rich’s take on the end of the world as we know it: What haunts the Obama administration … Continue reading →

Posted in arts, economic collapse, Goldman Sachs, Great Recession, mainstream media, Politics, unemployment, world-wide economy | Tagged Frank Rich, Hamlet, national mood, Obama administration, something is rotten, Wall Street crooks | 3 Comments

A Tina Fey bus tour would put Palin’s in perspective

Posted on June 2, 2011 by oddmanout215

Where’s Tina Fey when we need her? The question sprang to mind when I read about Sarah Palin’s latest publicity stunt: …Unless Palin decides to formally explore a possible presidential run, she is free to spend the money raised by … Continue reading →

Posted in Congress, economic collapse, Goldman Sachs, Great Recession, mainstream media, Obama, Politics, Wall Street, world-wide economy | Tagged bus tour, Daniel Sparks, Goldman Sachs, Justice Department, Lyoyd Blankfein, Paris Hilton, Sarah Palin, SarahPAC, Tina Fey, William Morris | Leave a comment

Subterranean homesick Bob

Posted on May 25, 2011 by oddmanout215

I tried, but the hundred Inevitables dogged me all day. By the time I got back to the bunker the medicine man was gone and Beethoven had unwrapped a bedroll with Ma Rainey. I’d missed my chance to give Bob … Continue reading →

Posted in arts, economic collapse, Goldman Sachs, Great Recession, Iraq war, mainstream media, Obama, Politics, pop music, unemployment, Wall Street | Tagged 70, birthday. Subterranean Homesick Blues, Bob Dylan, Bringing It All Back Home, the One Hundred Inevitables, the pump don't work, unemployment, war | Leave a comment

Unemployment? Fuggedaboutit!

Posted on March 18, 2011 by oddmanout215

Paul Krugman responding to my post (I’m kidding) about Obama not even pretending to care about the unemployed: …No jobs bills have been introduced in Congress, no job-creation plans have been advanced by the White House and all the policy … Continue reading →

Posted in economic collapse, globalization, Goldman Sachs, Great Recession, mainstream media, Obama, Politics, unemployment, Wall Street, world-wide economy | Tagged budget deficit, jobs bills, jobs creation, Obama, oligarchy, Paul Krugman, unemployment, Wall Street thieves | Leave a comment

GOP on Japan nuke crisis: Shit happens

Posted on March 16, 2011 by oddmanout215

Eric Fry of The Daily Reckoning, commenting on his colleague Chris Mayer’s column, about the advisability of investing in uranium “futures” in the wake of the ongoing nuclear reactor crisis is Japan: Uranium is “too hard” indeed. On the other … Continue reading →

Posted in economic collapse, enviromentalism, finance reform bill, globalization, Goldman Sachs, Great Recession, New York Times, Politics, Wall Street, world-wide economy | Tagged Eric Fry, Japan, nuclear reactor crisis, Sen. Lamar Alexander, The Daily Reckoning. Gov. Haley Barbour, uranium futures | Leave a comment

Egypt, Iraq and neocon doubletalk

Posted on February 4, 2011 by oddmanout215

The post-2003 democratic wave was brief and somewhat shallow, and it indirectly benefited Hamas and Hezbollah as well as the Kurds and Shiites of Iraq and the Lebanese democracy movement. But the regime-change school in America can claim a degree … Continue reading →

Posted in economic collapse, finance reform bill, Goldman Sachs, Great Recession, mainstream media, Politics, Wall Street, world-wide economy | Tagged Christopher Hitchens, Facebook, Hezbollah, Lloyd Blankfein, Middle East, Mubarak, neocons, regime change | 1 Comment

Wall Street mafia busted! (That’ll be the day)

Posted on January 22, 2011 by oddmanout215

“This is one of the largest single-day operations against the Mafia in the FBI’s history, both in terms of the number of defendants arrested and charged and the scope of the criminal activity that is alleged,” said U.S. Attorney General … Continue reading →

Posted in finance reform bill, Goldman Sachs, Great Recession, mainstream media, Obama, Politics, Wall Street, world-wide economy | Tagged Bonfire of the Vanities, Department of Justice, Eric Holder, Gambino, Genovese, Goldman Sachs, Goodfellas, mafia, Ray Liotta, Wall Street | Leave a comment

Robbing banks, the new-fashioned way

Posted on August 4, 2010 by oddmanout215

St. Louis bandits were slick, but not as slick as the Wall St. gang Monday’s big story in the Midwest: “Masked gunmen steal huge stash of cash in predawn heist at St. Louis ATM servicing business.” So who’s bolder, the … Continue reading →

Posted in economic collapse, Goldman Sachs, world-wide economy | Tagged Blankfein, Geithner, Golman Sachs, Paulson, St. Louis | Leave a comment