• May 27, 2012

goldman sachs

Washington! “Goldman Sachs is launching an aggressive response to its political and legal challenges with an unlikely ally at its side — President Barack Obama’s former White House counsel, Gregory Craig. The beleaguered Wall Street bank hired Craig — now in private practice at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom — in recent weeks to [...]

by Jim Newell  11:09 am April 16, 2010

MASSIVE COMMUNISM: “Goldman Sachs, which emerged relatively unscathed from the financial crisis, was accused of securities fraud in a civil suit filed Friday by the Securities and Exchange Commission, which claims the bank created and sold a mortgage investment that was secretly devised to fail.” Silly SEC, you’re not allowed to do that. You all [...]

Jets fans are second-class citizens in Obama’s tyrannical One World Nation. [Hit & Run] Goldman Sachs made a disappointing five billion dollars in the fourth quarter. That’s what, maybe 20,000,000 eight balls? Heart-wrenching. [Daily Intel] JESUS WEEPS: Sarah Palin is officially a 100% USDA certified organic RINO! [Hot Air] The Sandinistas at the ACLU have [...]

The pundits are now referring to Afghanistan’s deformed democracy as America’s “awkward third nipple.” [Matt Yglesias] Hundreds of sexy wingnut biddies have propositioned Screamin’ Joe Wilson with shots of tequila and lap dances. [Think Progress] Speaking of Ol’ Screamy, when was the last time you won a douchey tee shirt? [True/Slant: Michael Roston] “Did Obama [...]

High-frequency trading? Goldman Sachs? Ball’s in your court, Taibbi. [Matt Yglesias] “You Want Context? Drudge Will Give You Context.” And brain herpes! [Weekly Standard] Joe Biden is such a golly liberal fascist, according to liberal fascist experts. [USA Today] The best part of RedState’s furry convention was when Liz Cheney gave everyone an enormous boner [...]

Just more proof that the Associated Press is controlled by Erik Erickson and the Pharmaceutical Knights Templar. [Matt Yglesias] When will you whiny liberals thank S&M black belt John Yoo for correcting FISA’s many typos and run-on sentences? And why aren’t you more appreciative of all the fabulous features he added in the process, like [...]

Joe the Plumber was the keynote speaker at the Houston Teabag Fiesta. And here’s a fun video of him autographing female breasts with a sharpie while talking about those “damn illegals.” [Think Progress] RedState intern Michele Bachmann writes about Dealergate, and some sort of Executive Order she is cosponsoring that will outlaw the census. [RedState] [...]

Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs, the two largest independent investment banks to not have been brutally murdered yet, are… moderately fucked? Both companies’ stock prices have been dropping a solid 10-20% each of the last few days, but supposedly that will curtail when people calm the fuck down. WHICH WILL NEVER HAPPEN, which is why [...]