- “Senior managers at Barclays have warned staff in an internal memo that the Libor scandal will envelop other banks. The memo circulated on Friday said that revelations about its rivals would ‘put in perspective’ Barclays’ culpability.”
- TRNN: “Baltimore, Big Banks and a Criminal Conspiracy. Bill Black: The LIBOR fraud stole millions upon millions from American cities and people around the world.”
- “Bread and roses. It was the battle cry of the thousands of striking women and their supporters who marched through the streets of Lawrence, Massachusetts, in 1912, in the heart of the textile industry. Although it’s been 100 years since they marched, their militancy and bravery remain among the brightest highlights in the long history of the American labor movement.”
- “Playfully infusing a familiar Occupy Wall Street chant with the mindless noshing of zombies, last month around 100 costumed protestors undertook a small but significant “Night of the Living Debt” march around the New York University campus and Washington Square Park.”
- “The International Committee of the Red Cross says Syria is now in a state of civil war, a definition it suggests could change the rules of engagement in the violence-ravaged country and help lay the ground for war crimes prosecutions.”
- “In the surge of Tel Aviv’s social protests demonstration last night, a man read out a letter outlining his discontents, doused himself with fuel and set himself alight.”
- “A new study found that ‘abuse resistant’ oxycontin is forcing users to switch to heroin. Oxycontin was redesigned in 2010 after its users found that they could crush the pill into powder and snort it for a faster, more powerful effect.”
TRNN:
- “Is Public Ownership the Solution? Gar Alperovitz: When it comes to banking and other critical sectors, public ownership is the only solution.”
- “Pt2 Is Public Ownership the Solution? Gar Alperovitz: There is nothing new about public ownership of major enterprises in the USA.”
The truth will set you free but first it will piss you off.



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Thanks, SD. Everybody steals, that’s Barclay’s defense? The role of the board still puzzles me, are any directors going ever to be prosecuted for failure to do their job of supervision? Oh, right.
Thanks and Good Day, SD….I love the Barclay managers; really adult claim saying, Mama, They were all doing it. Should make the employees very proud.
Mornin’, pups
For those who missed it, Saturday was Woody Guthrie’s 100th birthday.
Good morning.
Who the spokes people are for the Syrian opposition.
If I heard correctly, Gar Alperovitz will be guest on democracynow.
But Moooom, they did it tooooooo! *whine*
Good morning, pups. Off to ride my bike before the temps get to the predicted 95º — will peek in later to see if you’ve gotten into any trouble!
BTW Bill Black was excellent on UP! yesterday. Do watch if you missed it.
*poof*
Peterr has a great post on the Penn State horror story. I worked for a few years in child abuse cases; guess part of me is still there. But all the big money has to go to football.
crying for 57 year old moshe silman who set himself on fire last night in israel over israel austerity bringing him to a dead end. the doctors don’t expect him to live.
Our TBTF banks were keeping the LIBOR rates low to save the economy. /s
Good morning everyone.
Thank you for the post SouthernDragon.
First segment on democracynow now finds U.S. reconstruction billions in Iraq. Yawn.
Recalls a certain veggie/fruit peddler in Tangiers.
Good Morning, Is this the week you go back to your dr?
You got that right. Alexis was great, too. She just demolished the Bain guy’s “it’s all good” generalizations with specifics.
Good Morning, Firedoglakers.
I’m trying to figure out what to obsess about this week.
demi,
Just chill out and enjoy the week like you did with your son last week.
Give Hayes credit, too, he wouldn’t let the Bain story get pulled out of focus. Hayes made the point yesterday that knowledgeable folks in the financial industry are aware that they’re all crooked, so have lost faith and won’t give credit. That’s your ‘confidence’ factor.
po’ Mitt. He’s going to have to tell us a separate set of rules apply to his money. tax refunds a la big oil? tax credit for the dancing horse? bailouts for his companies? socialism for he not for we? tithes not adding up? inquiring minds want to know … it’s out there, Cokie.
Do tell.
Zucchini?
I tried that excuse a few times when I was young and the results were not pretty.
Good advice, Mr. Canyon, thanks.
A chilling I will go…
msnbc insane not to rebroadcast Up and MHP on network, not just the net.
G’Morning, Bev. You are made of strong stuff. I don’t think I could do that. I had a friend who worked in Social Services. Some of the stories made my toes curl. But, someone’s got to do it. Bless your heart.
Morning All.
I couldn’t watch the Sunday shows. I just can’t watch wolves dressed up like Grandpa trying to disguise all the ways they are going to eat up the little peoples.
SD,
I intend to be there for the Salon. I have been extremely busy, but I will not miss it. You have my support and I gotcher back. (grins)
I’ll have a couple martinis before it starts in case our resident horsefly comes in.
Yes, Hayes was excellent as usual.
And now I’m going to take a retroactive nap.
I think I’m going to look for a soup recipe today.
Hey, PP. Resident horsefly? You’ve got me curious, but I won’t ask.
Do you know, I think it’s more that he is part of the lamebrains who really believe the propwash that people have money buried in their backyards, they really could find jobs if they wanted to, the stores in poor areas don’t charge more, and credit is what they ought to work hard for, not just making a living with their labor.
Thanks….Maybe I am;) Not so sure.
Yeah, well they are all a bunch of parasites. None will tell on each other because it will cause a link in their environment to go missing. Think about what Lindsey Graham Cracker brains had to say about taxes!
I think we all should get exemptions from taxation on our homes, appliances, and vehicles. It is our business after all. I spend the largest part of my income trying to maintain a home and vehicle.
Now that Up! is on, you can actually get real info on Sunday morning. Makes the world of difference.
Micro$oft has bailed on NBC.
The important thing is to shield employees and corporations from legal liability and criminal charges.
I don’t know why they’re worrying, there hasn’t been a senior bankster prosecuted criminally for anything other than drugs or stealing from other senior banksters.
Boxturtle (Stealing from the rest of us is just fine, it would seem)
Alperovitz is up on democracynow.
Do you think the UK or Georgetown or Duke basketball coaches would not receive the same level of protection? It’s not just football, it’s academic sports in general.
Boxturtle (Do you think the most senior physics professor would receive the same protection?)
Here’s a little story I want to share. Yesterday, as I was climbing into my van after picking up a few things at the grocery store, a young woman approached me. Excuse me, m’am, she said. I was expecting her to ask for some change. She said I know that you’re washing clothes for that homeless guy on Footbill Blvd. and I just wanted to thank you for that. Most people wouldn’t do something like that, so thanks.
I cried on the drive home.
He’s going to keep his mouth shut and tell us nothing, while his not-under-oath, not-affiliated-at-all superpac attacks those who would attack him.
Boxturtle (No doubt this is hurting him WAY more than his handlers thought it would)
Does that compare with a Dancing Horse? Can’t get over it…Some sort of employment expense for a toy for a wife who has never been employed (do I have the facts right?) How about a jet sky, roller skates; I am impressed by the ingenuity….;)
Only thing it did for me was make sure I had company while serving my punishment. Sullen, grouchy company who felt I had ratted ‘em out.
Boxturtle (As a kid, I felt mistreated. Now I feel I got exactly what I deserved)
Oh, I was speaking of those Meet the Press/Not, This Week/Not, and others that air on local stations. It’s no wonder that most people in America have no clue what is happening to them.
H. Kissenger and the Bush Cartel are practically salvating now that they can actually see the new world order coming into focus for them. Warz forever until they get control of the rest of world with their oil buds.
That’s wonderful. Thanks from all of us.
No doubt….football, at least around me, gets way more attention. I lived in Alabama for a short while. Robert and Ethel Kennedy came to the U of A campus. Where did they stay? The Bear Bryant football dorm b/c it really was the classiest place in town.
If it doesn’t start with a soup bone, look elsewhere!
Boxturtle (Canned stock is okay in a pinch, I suppose)
It’s looking more and more like the Arab Spring has been hijacked by a Saudi-U.S. initiative to overthrow all opposing regimes.
WHOOP!
If I had the money to replace my windows, I would buy them all from that co=op window company he told us about in his last post here at FDL. I understand the big corporate types are doing everything possible to kick them out of market.
Depends upon how much money the physics dept brings into the school. *g*
You know I have a soft spot for the homeless. I got the idea from Om Ali when she was washing clothes for Occupiers.
Good morning, everyone.
“… bread, and roses too …”
(And the Harvard boys, were hired to enforce “order” … which then, like now, they were all too-willing to do …)
However, it is those human beings who DARE to do as demi does, as she describes @38, who shall make ALL of the difference, today … that there may be a far better tomorrow.
My appreciation to all of you, for each you understands … and dare … to do and be.
DW
Coops scare the livin’ hell out of the corporations. They can’t buy ‘em and they can’t control ‘em. It’s the way of the future and the only way we’re gonna get rid of corporations as we know them.
That’s a viable hypothesis. Of course, Israel is one of the key provocateurs.
One observer said that Egypt was a military coup. It used to be run by 30 generals, now it is run by 29. (They got tired of Mubarak & his desire to create a hereditary office. Where is his son now, anyhow? Where is Mubarak?)
I’m thinking that they roped in Erdogan by playing on his ego. He’s the one who’s the conduit for arming the opposition.
Israel’s been trying to break up the states around it since Kissinger conspired with Meir & Sadat to get Egypt to drop out of the 1973 war.
Zinn mentioned sit-ins as one of the more effective labor tactics. Unlike strikes, workers are inside, out of the weather, and they get to talk with each other.
Co-ops are a little like that.
Hey, David.
Sometimes I’m hesitant to share that kind of story for fear that I might be seen as self promoting, but if I can be an inspiration, well, I’ll risk.
We must nurture each other in whatever way we can.
A friend of mine said life is about love and service.
Interestingly, the original concept of insurance was of a coop, and the corporate welfare moms took it over to make it another gouging of the subscribers/investors. So they shouldn’t be so frightened.
Thanks for the great links, SD.
I found this OP ED on the Food Stamps cuts, for anyone following this bit of malice:
Here.
“A number also switched to heroin, which I think was the most unexpected finding.”
Im not advocating the abuse of oxicoton or heroin but when they take away a heavily abused drug, what did THEY think was going to happen??!!! I am advocating for a little bit of thought in science lol.
Off to swim in the great capitalist cesspool.
US KIA Afghanistan: 2,042
Afghan, Iraki, Yemeni and Pakistani casualties: estimates vary to over 2M
US MBS 2012: 24,428 and counting
No war but class war
Pastures of Plenty (thank you, Woody Guthrie)
“We work on the land and
We fight until we win.”
Be good to yourselves, and all other living things
Namaste
Never. Give. Up.
Ain’t no thinking going on at the research centers. Especially the college ones. You really got look at the funding the schools get for their facilities. After you see that, you will understand fully why there is no thinking, thought, or cures for anything going on.
I hope to be back in later. I’m going to jump over to the Dissenter for a few before work. Have a good one!
Yes, thank you from all of us. Reminds me of a book my mom has signed by the author: ‘Breakfast at Sally’s', which is about homeless people by a homeless person in my home town, Bremerton, WA. He records acts similar acts of kindness.
I think you are wonderful as well,demi.
Good morning pups.
demi,
There is no self-promoting involved in being nice to someone. I am glad that young lady recognized you for it. It is funny that when we do things and do not expect anyone to notice, someone does notice.
Knut and JC, don’t thank me, thank you.
It’s just a moral imperative. Help where you can.
I’m taking off for now, so I’ll see youz all later.
Regarding Syria, war crimes, and ICRC. . .
I understand it would be ICC pressing war crimes charges, not ICRC. There is no mention of ICC in the link to The Guardian, or how China and/or Russia would be cajoled into not blocking a referral to the ICC through the Security Council.
That is a feckless process with a thin record. Assad the younger probably figures he’ll skate just as his father did years ago. The same friends and allies are still in play.
:)
mornin’ – i went on friday. and my personal nightmare continues with swollen fingers and a deformed looking hand. too soon to tell from the xray if the bone’s healing.
sweet of her to appreciate you and for you to receive the appreciation so deeply. :)
Tender thoughts….Let me know anything I can do…assuming you still have my phone number. No more info from the dr?
At one time “labor” did indeed struggle to gain their rights and improve their lot. Today’s “labor” struggles are evocative of professionally wrestling. A fixed match with a predetermined winner, owners and union leadership. Rank and file, not so much.
Totally off topic I was speaking with 2 friends this weekend who are tenured professors at Central Michigan University. They were saying that 15 years ago 90% of the funding came from the State. Today that number is 13%! I said how is the university making up this loss. The answer, tuition increases. The state Republican legislature is has a grand plan as does the national party.
Missed everyone, but good morning pupses, and thank you,SD. Just listened to BillBlack on TRNN. Not sure I understand but he seems to say that Timmeh should at the least resign from the NY Fed, but that probably he won’t face anything worse . That’s not. Surprise but (sorry, phone in car typing :)). Don’t understand what muddied the waters so that he is off the hook.
Tejana, just saw your question from caturday. Came back from beach last Saturday then
Drove to IN to visit my Aunt then on to beautiful MI for combined family reunion/ campout/ baby shower with DIL’s huge family. Stayed in fabulous Columbus last night on way home. What fantastic modern architecture! Took long walk lasst evening to see since hotel was right in the district . The veterans memorial was heartbreaking but beautiful . Not only names , but the last personal letters from soldiers and family engraved on those columns. Gods damn the weak and evil old men that send young people to these useless, endless wars.
Home this evening, I hope. Hope you are doing well.
One of Mary’s grandmothers told me about her father, who was given work by the CCC. Saved their family, who had lost everything.
Columbus OHIO? And you were in Indiana and I didn’t know it? Rats!
Not only did CCC give him a job at $30 per month, it provided education and job training. He learned forestry and natural resource mgmt, then became The first game warden in thie county, or perhaps the state, working for the Dept of Natural Resources ( another damn socialist agency ) and worked there for over 40 years. I spent the weekend with 4 generation of his family – nurses, farmers , scientists , teachers – who were given the chance to become caring, productive citizens and family members because of FDR’s decision to use labor and the Left to force the 1% to pay their fair share .
voter i.d. laws: war on the poor continues….
So the big screwing of students is accomplished with full-on cooperation of the government….”Public University” is an obsolete term.
Good morning.
I hesitate to say firepups because of the big fires burning in SE Oregon. It’s mostly rangeland which of course, is bad for the ranchers, but it almost took out my favorite place, Frenchglen. It has a delightful old hotel where I have stayed several times in the last 20 years or so. If that place goes, and the fires are yet to be out, it would completely change the makeup of that area.
I’ve photographed there over the past 3 years, the latest 3 weeks ago.
I would be nice to post photos here but only through links, unfortunately.
My dad worked for CCC in the Chicago area. It crystallized his skills as a carpenter. He went on to build many homes in the west suburbs.
Indiana :). Would love to have stopped to see you, but this has been nonstop. I’m going to prob visit my aunt again soon , she is in poor health. Would love to plan a day to meet for lunch or dinner !!
Gotta go, this
is loo mail and Abu is waiting at the car . My turn to drive, lol!
Fire season is scary. Do you live in an area affected by that fire?
Crumbs! Want to continu this but have to go… Can we continue thread tomorrow?
Bye pupses! Love from
ohmmm
Drive safely and have fun!
No, I am maybe 300 miles away, in Portland. But I travel several times a year,from the Columbia Gorge to that remote SE Corner. It’s kind of unnerving to know you have stood on the very ground that is now burning (the upper part of the hillside above Frenchglen) shooting photos just weeks before the fire.
The largest fire in recorded history in Oregon was in 1865, at over 950,000 acres, 1547 sq miles,(39×39 mile grid) three times the size of Multnomah County, where I live.
Just amazing, and it can happen again.
Wow, that’s huge. I remember my parents taking us up to the top of a hill to watch a forest fire across the valley. It made an impression on me. Mr is totally paranoid about forest fires, which makes no sense because he’s a city slicker at heart.
epu’d again. (I’m determined to bring the term back. It keeps happening!)
Glad to see OmAli–if you look – yes..Columbus’s modern architecture is amazing, and unexpected if you don’t know the history of how it got there. (Can you say Cummins? One company, one man)
“Bread and Roses.” There was a feminist socialist organization called that in Massachusetts in the ’70′s. It wasn’t til I lived there that I began to learn about the New England textile mill labor movement. 100 years since the Lawrence strike.
Actually a fairly short time for things to regress so badly. So many people, died, were beaten, went hungry, made deep sacrifices to win some rights for workers, and now look, already. And hardly any textiles made in New England anymore.
That would have been so much fun! I missed getting to see Demi because of the same kind of nonstop trip from San Diego to San Francisco, brother-in-law at the wheel hell-bent to get home (because of an early morning business obligation the next day).
I grew up in Columbus OHIO, have never been to Columbus INDIANA, but it would be fun to see their architecture, and it’s only about an hour from Indianapolis, where I go frequently.
Let me know if you head this way again.
He built a church there; I have not seen it. But reportedly monumental and interesting.
Okay, it’s official, I’m in zucchini hell. The Z plant has grown so much, there’s no walkway between them and the tomato plants. Those T ‘s are taking their sweet-ass time in ripening, but a few getting closer every day.
I have zucchinis that are as large as baseball bats. Albeit, smallish bats. But about 16″ long.
Going to go with Sonny down to his HS to pick up his yearbook, and then stopping at mom’s with veggies. She has No idea. This should be fun.
Hey, maybe I should take some zucch’s to the school too.
Ha!
My walk in the part was late this morning. Not until 9:00, but’s it’s been deliciously cool in the mornings, then starts to heat up. Gets to 100 in the afternoon, but as long as the evenings cool down, Up Happy.
Smiles and Hugs.
When the “government” is in the hands of the Republican Party.
Hello demi,
Snip every fruit over 6 inches long, don’t let any grow bigger than 8 inches. A basket of little ones is easier to use up or give away that the bats.
May I suggest taking a one handed pruning shears to the vines that are crossing your path. Something similar to these. Use extreme caution, carry them in the leather holster made for them. Immediately lock them shut when not in use. As with any fine tool don’t let it sit outside (ever) and rust.
Just hate hearing about you being in any sort of hell. Good Luck.
Just a vague memory, but that one summer when my zucchini were growing healthily (which is to say, like crazy)–it was impossible to prevent at least some from growing to bat size.
I swear, one evening to checkk the plant, it’s got a few teensy thumb-lenght fruits and some blossoms…and next morning the plant is covered with those 16-in veggie bats. Honest.
There’s nothing she can do. That’s why some folks call it the Green Sorceror’s Apprentice (see, Laurel’s Kitchen).
I love Laurel’s Kitchen!
Got to go unpack, but wanted to see who was still around.
That tool looks Just Like the one Sonny used to trim back the leaves. I didn’t know the stems were hollow. Learn something new every day.
But, the big bat sized z’s are the ones I like to stuff. I pick them at all sizes, but will try to keep getting them when they are smaller.
I’m thinking of letting one grow as big as it can, and then letting it dry. See if it will make a gourd rattle. What the heck? Couldn’t hoit.
Thanks for not wanting me to be in hell.
Did your daughter enjoy her birthday?
What a great song. Solas. I don’t think I have ever heard them. Wonderful.
Thanks for your music links every morning.