Monthly Archives: February 2011
High frequency trading quote stuffing vs. Whac-a-mole virus. Guess which one is a crime?
High-frequency trading logic bomb that erases billions of market cap? Not a crime. the SEC still fails to acknowledge that it is precisely the HFT market participants that persist in destabilizing stock prices Introduce a virus that shuts down whac-a-mole … Continue reading
If this is how banks are reeling, I want in!
Not job-killing GOP held a hearing on the financial reform bill with lobbyists and financial bigwigs. Their big conclusion: Lawmakers piled on in the hearing, saying that it would “batter banks still reeling from the 2008 financial crisis This is … Continue reading
Who will be first wingnut to propose mandating shooting at the clouds while reciting the constitution?
We’ve had wingnuts try to pass bills that mandate gun ownership, opening up colleges for guns (while raising tuition & lowering student aid for humans), legalize shooting physicians that provide abortion services, resolve to ignore climate change realities (after all, … Continue reading
Filed under Buffoons, Climate change, Morons
Anonymous comments trump Charles Lane’s anonymous comment
This anonymous comment from an excellent anonymous website makes the point far better than I ever could: Charles Lane is a goatf*&ker Anonymous is waiting for WaPo, CNN to call anonymous to balance biased anti-goatf&*ker coverage.
Here’s why CT Gov Dan Malloy will never be featured on 60 minutes
Gee Dan, you’re playing it all wrong NYT: But then what, he was asked, accounts for Mr. Christie’s stardom? “He has become the darling of Republicans because he’s perceived as taking Democrats on rudely,” Mr. Malloy said. “If a Democrat … Continue reading
Filed under Donkeys, GOP Buffoons
The budget debate: NYT v. WSJ op-eds
NYT: President Obama’s budget is a good starting point for a discussion, but only if Republicans are willing participants in the process. WSJ: The cynical and unrealistic White House budget. I guess NYT’s “but only if” has been answered.
NPR, BCC get both sides on budget debate. Cause two different wingnuts means fair & balanced, right?
NPR had Paul Ryan (Flimflamartist-WI) & the Beeb World Business News had ethically challenged GOP wingnut John Campbell (Tard-CA). See? Balance. Both stated that the POTUS must take up social security, medicare cuts because they’re responsible for deficits. Not the … Continue reading
Filed under Buffoons, Conservative politics, Teabagging, What liberal media
Stan Collender: There must be a government shutdown to make Obama gut medicare, social security
Very serious person, Stan Collender says a government shutdown is necessary before “Washington” realizes that social security and medicare have to be cut (presumably, to fund tax cuts for the rich). What fucktards. People do realize letting tax cuts expire … Continue reading
Good talking point, not so good to “policificate” Pt 55
LOL: To many Republicans and the Obama administration, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the government’s mortgage giants, are ill. But rather than healing them, both sides agree that the companies should be left to die and that their support for … Continue reading
Filed under Buffoons, Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac
More evidence why wall street types are smart and deserve their money
Yoshikami Says U.S. GDP Can’t Grow Without Jobs Gains No! Really? Well, now that the rich got those tax cuts, I am sure job growths gonna kick into high gear.
Filed under Wall Street, Wealth divide, What middle class?
