Barbara Boxer Is Basically A Tea Bagger Now So Whatya Gonna Do, Carly Fiorina? @1:24 PM
Nutty iCarly Carleton Sneed Fiorina, she of the demon sheep, is coming hot and heavy for Barb Boxer in the upcoming California Senate race. BUT NOW here is The Box giving the people what they want: TAX AND/OR KILL THE BANKERS! (Mostly tax.) She and Jim Webb have proposed a new 50% tax on all bonuses, under the newspeak name of the Taxpayer Fairness Act, introduced today, and now the Republicans have to come out… in favor… of FAT CAT WALL STREET BONUS SEASON. Do watch Rachel Maddow tonight for extra giggling about how the Republicrats have to turn their backs on MAIN STREET thanks to their (probably Jewish) WALL STREET backers. 6
What a Blowout Year! Wall Street Rocking Without All Those Pesky Former Employees @2:20 PM
The good news out of the state comptroller's office today is that Wall Street is recovering nicely. Lest we forget! "Wall Street employment accounts for 24 percent of all wages paid in New York City even though the securities industry accounts for less than 5 percent of all employment." How can we tell things are going well? Let's look at the financial industry's 2009! READ MORE 1
Outrage Briefly Ignited @9:43 AM
I read Bob Herbert's column in the Times today—which once again expresses his continuing disgust with Wall Street and the way our financial system is rigged to protect the most wealthy—in the same way I read all of Bob Herbert's columns: in a detached, world-weary, "yeah, whatever, hippie" mood. "I'm amazed at how passive the population has remained in the face of this sustained outrage," writes Bob, and my immediate reaction is, really, you are? We hate poor people in this country and venerate the most obscene exemplars of greed. We've spent the last thirty years being stunned into a stupor of consumption and impossible dreams of our own potential wealth. You really think there's going to be some kind of uprising?
Then I read the paper's front-pager on the reluctance of certain Wall Street entities to attend a fundraiser for President Obama. READ MORE 14
The World's Worst Doorman And Neighbors Watch, Ignore Brawl, At 63 Wall Street @11:28 AM
Well, wow, here is a doorman watching a crazy white guy (the one in black and white) try to beat the hell out of another guy (and losing). It is pretty amazing that the residents of the building step over the brawl to go into their apartments. The fight started when the white guy "asked me if I was Korean" and then called him "a chink," according to the (intended) victim. Pretty much everyone at 63 Wall Street should be shot into space. 11
Wall Street Traders Sitting Around Like Unemployed People @11:13 AM
Pity the poor traders: Even in these trying economic times, when markets careen from moment to moment, the men on the floor find themselves with little to do but watch DVDs and sexually harass unfortunate the unfortunate females who share their space. The culprit? Computer electronics, which have increased efficiency at the expense of actual human activity. (The number of traders on the ground at the NYSE has dropped 50% in the past five years.) It's gotten so bad that Hilliard Lyons trader Alan Valdes has gained ten pounds because, "I don't have to run around the floor anymore." READ MORE 3
