John Cusack: 'Obama Is Just Another Ivy League Asshole'

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[DailyBail]

Lost Medieval Church Discovered Beneath Parking Lot

http://ca.news.yahoo.com/lost-medieval-church-discovered-beneath-parking-lot-150230522.html?_esi=1

[DailyBail]

Hurricane Isaac sweeps tons of dead rats onto Mississippi beaches

http://ca.news.yahoo.com/hurricane-isaac-sweeps-tons-dead-rats-onto-mississippi-020038256.html?_esi=1

[DailyBail]

France wants Rajoy to request an international bailout to prop up Spanish finances and stop the debt crisis deepening. But he is unwilling to ask for aid until he is sure of support from euro zone paymaster Germany which he will seek on Thursday at a meeting with Chancellor Angela Merkel. "The worst thing that could happen is Spain asks for aid and Germany blocks it," said a senior European diplomat.

http://ca.news.yahoo.com/spains-rajoy-seek-german-backing-bailout-143119244--sector.html?_esi=1

[DailyBail]

MADRID (Reuters) - The Spanish Treasury will inject 6 billion euros ($7.6 billion)into the state's bank rescue fund to beef up its firepower after the emergency recapitalization of troubled lender Bankia , a source from the Economy Ministry said on Tuesday.

http://ca.news.yahoo.com/spain-inject-6-billion-euro-frob-bank-fund-100502976--finance.html?_esi=1

[DailyBail]

LONDON (Reuters) - An international accounting body is drawing up guidelines on conducting external audits of banks' interest rate estimates, to restore confidence in the Libor benchmark after the revelation that bankers rigged figures.

http://ca.news.yahoo.com/accountants-draft-standards-audit-libor-submissions-150652424--sector.html?_esi=1

[Cheyenne]

In sharp contrast to most of his colleagues in Hollywood, Cusack's got the mental goods. Exhibit A is his interview of Jonathan Turley about America's current excuse for a chief executive, whose refusal to punish high-ranking criminals offends Cusack to no end:

CUSACK: Have you ever heard a more specious argument than “It’s time for us all to move on?” When did the Attorney General or the President have the option to enforce the law?

TURLEY: Well, that’s the key question that nobody wants to ask. We have a treaty, actually a number of treaties, that obligate us to investigate and prosecute torture. We pushed through those treaties because we wanted to make clear that no matter what the expediency of the moment, no matter whether it was convenient or inconvenient, all nations had to agree to investigate and prosecute torture and other war crimes.

http://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2012/08/john-cusack-jonathan-turley-on-obamas-constitution.html

[SKINFLINT]

Ladies and Gentleman, For your viewing pleasure. Oh and the story got scrubbed at some point in time. Some of the other inbreeds were also sued as well. http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-09-05/goldman-sachs-sued-by-bayernlb-over-mortgage-securities.html

[ewkeane]

Its nice to know that John isnt just another hollywood wind up toy.

[SKINFLINT]

D.B. Maybe you can find another link on this. Thank God someone is trying to roll this beast.

[Pitchfork]

Saw that cusack interview the other day . very interesting.

Speaking of the Ivy League -- did anyone see Elizabeth Warren's remarks at the Democrat clown show? She talked all about how the system is "rigged" and how Wall St. CEO's still strut around DC like the financial crisis never happened, etc. And yet, in the same speech, she plugs away for Barack Obama! Lady, it's BECAUSE of Barack Obama that no one has been held accountable and Wall St. acts like they own the place. Unbelievable. I really didn't think she'd be this much of a sellout.

[Pitchfork]

Here's a link to warren's remarks.



http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/ticket/elizabeth-warren-dnc-system-rigged-against-023115244--election.html

[LiberatedCitizen]

Iran on the verge of severe financial crisis: intelligence report

http://english.alarabiya.net/articles/2012/09/05/236200.html

Obama biggest recipient of BP cash

http://dyn.politico.com/printstory.cfm?uuid=6584A5A0-18FE-70B2-A838E6437FBEC75D

Obama cut special deal with BP, exempting its Gulf of Mexico oil rig from environmental impact study

http://www.fireandreamitchell.com/2010/05/07/obama-cut-special-deal-with-bp-exempting-its-gulf-of-mexico-oil-rig-from-environmental-impact-study/

Finally, participants said, Mr. Obama sealed the deal in a private, 25-minute session with BP’s chairman, Carl-Henric Svanberg.

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/17/us/politics/17obama.html?pagewanted=all

Analysis: U.S. government attack on BP shows it ready for court battle

http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/09/06/us-bp-oilspill-doj-idUSBRE88501H20120906

Why the euro may have already broken up

http://www.standard.co.uk/business/markets/why-the-euro-may-have-already-broken-up-8104433.html

Don’t Make Banks Too Small to Succeed

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-09-05/don-t-make-banks-too-small-to-succeed.html

Money Funds Test Effectiveness of Dodd-Frank

http://blogs.wsj.com/economics/2012/09/04/money-funds-test-effectiveness-of-dodd-frank/?mod=mw_streaming_stream

Larry McDonald: Four years after Lehman, financial regulation is still being ignored

http://www.futuresmag.com/2012/08/27/larry-mcdonald-four-years-after-lehman-financial-r?ref=hp

The Ghost Of Lehman Brothers Still Haunts Real Estate Investors

Who was the biggest buyer of U.S. commercial real estate in the past 12 months? It wasn't a big private equity firm or luxury developer. Rather, it was the estate of Lehman Brothers, which is still making deals nearly four years after its demise. In the past year, it paid $3 billion to take over Archstone from its creditors, and it is now preparing to take the firm public.

http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/373627/20120814/lehman-estate-real-creditors.htm

At Jackson Hole, a growing fear for Fed independence

http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/09/02/us-usa-fed-politics-idUSBRE88109Q20120902

Big Banks' $29 Billion Cookie Jar

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10000872396390443571904577631443650183070.html

You would think bankers rule the country (sarc)

U.S. bankers say, love or hate it, ethanol here to stay

http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/09/05/us-usa-ethanol-farmbankers-idUSBRE88413O20120905

Bidders Line Up for Rare Subprime Mortgage Sale

http://www.cnbc.com/id/48907771

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A Huge Housing Bargain -- but Not for You

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For Billionaires Only: Uncle Sam's Real Estate Fire Sale

http://thenewamerican.com/economy/sectors/item/11661-for-billionaires-only-uncle-sams-real-estate-fire-sale

Dems take $20 million in bank/corporate money for convention

http://hotair.com/archives/2012/09/04/dems-take-20-million-in-corporate-money-for-convention/

Surprise! DNC Platform Demands More Gun Control Laws

Read more: http://freedomoutpost.com/2012/09/surprise-dnc-platform-demands-more-gun-control-laws/#ixzz25enmnGjj

The ticking debt time bomb everyone keeps ignoring

http://www.mybudget360.com/student-debt-crisis-tipping-point-total-student-debt-market-student-loan-default-rates/

Obama Prepares Bailout for Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt

http://thenewamerican.com/usnews/foreign-policy/item/12720-obama-prepares-huge-bailout-for-muslim-brotherhood-in-egypt

[DailyBail]

Pitch

My thoughts exactly on Liz Warren.

She has lost all credibility.

[Pitchfork]

Amazing, isn't it? Makes me appreciate people like Barofsky all the more.

[Cheyenne]

This won't get mentioned in the starfucker press (which still regards Obama as a star), but the quality of celebrity mascots at this year's DNC took a dive that would make Facebook shorts envious. But for a handful of marquee names, this is about as exciting as a regional dog show:

Mary J. Blige
Jeff Bridges
Tim Daley
Rosario Dawson
The Foo Fighters
Adrian Grenier
Anthony Hamilton
Hill Harper
Perez Hilton
Wil.I.Am
Scarlett Johansson
Ashley Judd
Khalil Kain
John Legend
John Leguizamo
Eva Longoria
Janelle Monae
Kal Penn
Natalie Portman
Amber Riley
James Taylor
Kerry Washington
Lynn Whitfield
Alfre Woodard

[SKINFLINT]

Kind of makes one feel sorry for them. You would think that social climbing would mean hanging out with people of a higher stature would help.