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DogPoundPup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-10-08 09:41 AM Original message |
Fed Defies Transparency Aim in Refusal to Identify Bank Loans |
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groovedaddy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-10-08 09:49 AM Response to Original message |
1. Sounds like a "shell game" to me - or 3 card monte - a scam, no less. n.t |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-10-08 05:59 PM Response to Reply #1 |
35. A shell game is exactly what it is. |
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FarCenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-10-08 10:50 PM Response to Reply #1 |
42. It is simple -- they are giving out US Treasury bonds and taking in dodgy US consumer debt |
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Bushies gotta go (331 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-10-08 10:04 AM Response to Original message |
2. dupe |
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MsLeopard (717 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-10-08 10:11 AM Response to Original message |
3. Will anyone do anything about this? |
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truedelphi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-10-08 11:58 AM Response to Original message |
4. The situation going on with the banks should be front page news. |
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louis-t (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-10-08 01:50 PM Response to Reply #4 |
24. At which time he will be blamed for everything. |
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MNReformer (187 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-11-08 07:55 PM Response to Reply #4 |
62. Columbia Journalism Review says the media should all file amicus briefs with Bloomberg News. |
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mrJJ (657 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-10-08 12:16 PM Response to Original message |
5. Fed Defies Transparency Aim in Refusal to Disclose |
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MetaTrope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-10-08 12:16 PM Response to Reply #5 |
6. Uh huh |
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SpiralHawk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-10-08 12:16 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. More, more, more Republicon OCCULTISM |
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RUMMYisFROSTED (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-10-08 12:16 PM Response to Reply #5 |
8. Next up: A bailout of the Fed itself. |
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Hydra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-10-08 12:16 PM Response to Reply #5 |
9. So how's that bailout working out for us? |
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Zhade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-11-08 10:27 PM Response to Reply #9 |
66. Would have been nice if those who were wrong about the failout had listened to we who were right... |
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progressoid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-10-08 12:16 PM Response to Reply #5 |
10. Big surprise. |
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mbperrin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-10-08 12:16 PM Response to Reply #5 |
11. I hope they get the info and get it out. This whole welfare for |
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bvar22 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-10-08 12:16 PM Response to Reply #5 |
12. Would you buy a used car from these people ? |
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barbtries (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-10-08 12:16 PM Response to Reply #5 |
13. refusing to SAY?! |
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gulfcoastliberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-10-08 12:20 PM Response to Original message |
14. Barney Frank: Fuck transparency & your right to know what they are doing with our $$: |
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truedelphi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-10-08 12:26 PM Response to Reply #14 |
15. There are a good many reasons why Frank is such a sleaze. |
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natrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-10-08 08:33 PM Response to Reply #15 |
37. my god that barney frank is a repulsive scumbag-tar,feather and run him out of town |
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AlexDeLarge (141 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-10-08 12:47 PM Response to Original message |
16. And Bernanke |
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De19713 (3 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-10-08 12:47 PM Response to Original message |
17. Stop the Thiefs |
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Cronopio (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-10-08 12:55 PM Response to Original message |
18. This is *exactly* the move that will make the situation worse. |
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JDwho (339 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-10-08 01:22 PM Response to Original message |
19. At least there has already been a lawsuit filed...we'll see if anything comes of that; |
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LASteve (24 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-10-08 01:29 PM Response to Original message |
20. Shocking! A total surprise! |
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peace13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-10-08 01:44 PM Response to Original message |
21. Will it eventually come out that the money was paid to Asian banks |
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BrklynLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-10-08 01:45 PM Response to Original message |
22. Paulson is out in January...What about Bernanke? This kind of attitude should ensure his |
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JDwho (339 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-10-08 01:59 PM Response to Reply #22 |
25. It looks like Bernanke is staying, but this latest deception may change Obama's mind. |
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kirby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-10-08 02:13 PM Response to Reply #25 |
27. Do you realize Obama cannot 'fire him'? |
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BrklynLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-10-08 03:28 PM Response to Reply #27 |
32. damn. |
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JDwho (339 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-10-08 04:08 PM Response to Reply #27 |
34. Well, crap. Guess we're stuck w/ him for a year. ty |
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Dangerously Amused (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-10-08 01:49 PM Response to Original message |
23. Still raping the treasury. |
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Skink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-10-08 02:50 PM Response to Reply #23 |
31. Never let a crisis go to waste. |
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MNReformer (187 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-11-08 11:16 PM Response to Reply #23 |
68. The bailout is unconstitutional. |
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The Hope Mobile (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-10-08 01:59 PM Response to Original message |
26. If they can't disclose then they better not ask for more. |
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paparush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-10-08 02:14 PM Response to Original message |
28. No One Coulda Predicted that We'd Rob the American Taxpayer Blind - Now watch this drive.. |
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eowyn_of_rohan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-10-08 02:15 PM Response to Original message |
29. Aren't there ANY grounds for arresting ANY of these crooks? |
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yy4me (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-10-08 02:46 PM Response to Original message |
30. In the past years, I thought Barney Frank was a voice for the |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-10-08 03:52 PM Response to Original message |
33. As long as there's full accountability down the line, this may well be a good idea for the present |
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natrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-10-08 08:36 PM Response to Reply #33 |
38. do you realize how retarded that sounds? unaccountability for money now but maybe later |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-10-08 09:16 PM Response to Reply #38 |
39. You miss the point entirely |
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moodforaday (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-11-08 08:48 AM Response to Reply #39 |
45. It's you who's missing the point, sorry. |
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Zhade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-11-08 10:43 PM Response to Reply #33 |
67. FFS -- you still can't admit you were wrong about the failout??? |
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KakistocracyHater (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-10-08 06:47 PM Response to Original message |
36. trying to bankrupt democratic representative nations |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-10-08 10:23 PM Response to Original message |
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truedelphi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-10-08 11:38 PM Response to Reply #40 |
43. Ya know the old saying about shutting the barn door after the animals |
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eowyn_of_rohan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-11-08 08:49 AM Response to Reply #40 |
46. this is too depressing |
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lovuian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-10-08 10:28 PM Response to Original message |
41. 2 trillion and we don't know where and who it going to???? |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-11-08 08:39 AM Response to Original message |
44. Well we know the watcher is a thieving sneak, so why be bothered with the knowing re the banks. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-11-08 02:06 PM Response to Original message |
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marias23 (256 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-11-08 06:14 PM Response to Original message |
48. Federal Reserve Secretly Gave out Two TRILLION in Loans |
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FreeStateDemocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-11-08 06:14 PM Response to Reply #48 |
49. People are more concerned about Palin's wardrobe. |
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midnight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-11-08 06:14 PM Response to Reply #49 |
53. Yep... But not a word about this giveaway. |
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kimmerspixelated (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-11-08 06:14 PM Response to Reply #48 |
50. Think what that kind of money would do |
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SpiralHawk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-11-08 06:14 PM Response to Reply #48 |
51. republicon occultism runs rampant |
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snappyturtle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-11-08 06:14 PM Response to Reply #48 |
52. Finally, the news is out. Thanks for posting. K&R nt |
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Turbineguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-11-08 06:14 PM Response to Reply #48 |
54. Fine. |
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robertpaulsen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-11-08 06:14 PM Response to Reply #48 |
55. K & R for Bloomberg paying attention to the man behind the curtain! |
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petgoat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-11-08 06:14 PM Response to Reply #48 |
56. It's not news for the same reason Bloomberg's story about the 160 profs against the bailout wasn't. |
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JJ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-11-08 06:14 PM Response to Reply #48 |
57. Maybe We The People can foreclose on the banks |
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Eyerish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-11-08 06:14 PM Response to Reply #48 |
58. I freaking knew this would happen.... |
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Renew Deal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-11-08 06:14 PM Response to Reply #48 |
59. Obama's going to find more skeletons than we can ever imagine. |
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Joe Chi Minh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-11-08 06:15 PM Response to Reply #59 |
60. He'll just have to claw it back. And some. Personal assets shouldn't be sacred. |
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MNReformer (187 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-11-08 07:54 PM Response to Original message |
61. Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and AIG are all under investigation. |
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MNReformer (187 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-11-08 08:17 PM Response to Original message |
63. Neel Kashari, Bailout Czar, dodges Q&A after industry meeting keynote |
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surrealAmerican (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-11-08 10:22 PM Response to Original message |
64. I guess we have no choice then but to assume ... |
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Zhade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-11-08 10:25 PM Response to Original message |
65. "Thank God It Passed!" |
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Supersedeas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-12-08 12:45 PM Response to Original message |
69. cronyism down to the final tick of Bushler's clock |
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