Category Archives: Wall Street

‘Occupy’ news that’s not fit to print in NYT

Posted on November 27, 2011 by oddmanout215

If you haven’t seen Naomi’s Wolf’s analysis of the nationwide, federally supported crackdown against Occupy encampments, that’s because you don’t read Reader Supported News or foreign newspapers such as Guardian. No way the corporate media in America will investigate stories … Continue reading →

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You can’t take it with you (Ayn Rand, meet Steve Jobs)

Posted on November 26, 2011 by oddmanout215

Eric Alterman on Apple’s maestro, who died in October: … The [Apple] stock could have continued to soar even if the pay and conditions of these workers’ lives were built into the cost of an iPhone or an iPad. People … Continue reading →

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Please don’t feed the corporate beast

Posted on November 25, 2011 by oddmanout215

A reminder about Walmart, now that the holiday spending orgy is about to begin: Don’t shop there. If you do, you are helping to kill your community and digging your own grave, economically speaking. Sure, I feel bad for Walmart … Continue reading →

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Which side are you on, Dems?

Posted on November 23, 2011 by oddmanout215

Digby’s nicely distilled description of how Congressional Republicans continue to outmaneuver and cow Democrats — including world-class equivocator John Kerry — who are supposed to be protecting the social safety net: Note [Republican Sen. Jon] Kyl’s language: he never says … Continue reading →

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From dystopia to reality, via NYPD

Posted on November 18, 2011 by oddmanout215

At what point does the near-future depicted in a novel stop seeming dystopian and become more-or-less realistic? This is from Super Sad True Love Story, the bestseller by Gary Shteyngart, who read Wednesday at Rutgers-Camden: An armored personnel carrier bearing … Continue reading →

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Occupy without encampments? I don’t think so.

Posted on November 17, 2011 by oddmanout215

I share Robert Reich’s opinion of the corporate kingpins who are working to drive a stake through the ailing heart of our democracy: A funny thing happened to the First Amendment on its way to the public forum. According to … Continue reading →

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A glass-half-full take on OWS clearout

Posted on November 16, 2011 by oddmanout215

Tuesday was a career-defining day for Mike Bloomberg. First he ordered Zuccotti Park cleared by paramilitary cops who roughed up and/or arrested many protesters and a few reporters in the process. Then he ignored a court order to allow the … Continue reading →

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Obama’s silence on OWS speaks volumes

Posted on November 15, 2011 by oddmanout215

Barbara Ehrenreich, author of Nickel and Dimed, weighed in today on the OWS mess, lest we forget the abandonment of the poor and middle-class by Barack Obama, the anti-FDR: “One of the appalling things here is that there are so … Continue reading →

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Bloomberg’s doubletalk on park evictions

Posted on November 15, 2011 by oddmanout215

Here, from Raw Story, is all you have to know about the integrity of the billionaire mayor from Wall Street: After ordering the eviction of protesters from Zuccotti Park, New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg on Tuesday explained that the … Continue reading →

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Federal judge to SEC: Do your job!

Posted on November 10, 2011 by oddmanout215

Maybe the SEC hasn’t done a better job of policing Wall Street and protecting investors from fraud because the SEC itself is a fraud: A federal judge Wednesday challenged the SEC’s plan to settle a fraud case against Citigroup for … Continue reading →

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