Archive for the ‘banks’ tag
Allison and Robot Jamie talk sex workers, populism, and Elizabeth Warren
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Allison and Robot Jamie (AKA Jamie on Skype) talk about the red light district, sex workers, populism, Elizabeth Warren, and crazy Steven Seagal.
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The messed up world of the Olympics, 12-year-old tasered by police, the student debt bubble
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Allison and Jamie talk about the fucked up side of the Olympics, police taser a 12-year-old girl, and Iran decides to execute some suits for bank fraud, while the U.S. can’t even pass basic reforms.
In the second half of the show, Jesse Myerson (@JAMyerson) has a field report about the student debt bubble.
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Tribute to Patrice O’Neal, Gov Brownback apologizes to tweeting teen
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Brownback apologizes to tweeting teen, tribute to comedian Patrice O’Neal, Allison reports on Occupy CUNY protest, banks illegally foreclose on thousands of military service members’ homes, and Washington protesters occupy the State Capitol over budget cuts.
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Brownback fears tweeting teen, proof God doesn’t exist, Fed gave big banks $13 billion in secret funding
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Gov Brownback and staff (slightly) overreact to a teen’s tweet, proof God doesn’t exist, Occupy updates, Fed gave big banks $13 billion in secret funding, massive teacher strike in UK.
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Capital One asks to be Too Big To Fail, Occupy movements spotlight disappearing rights
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Jesse Van Tol (@jessevantol) from ncrc.org joins Citizen Radio to talk about the planned Capital One-ING merger that would make Capital One the fifth largest banks in America. Talk about too big to fail, especially given Capital One’s shady past. TODAY is the last day of comment about the merger, so contact the Fed at ncrc.org and state your opposition. Also, the Occupy movements have helped spotlight Americans’ disappearing rights to express themselves and assemble.
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Special guest: The Moth and Drunk Christina.
Special announcements: Jamie will be performing in the following places…
Australia: October 20 @ Trade’s Hall in Melbourne, Friday October 21 in Sydney @ The Manning Bar, and October 22 @ Brisbane Power House.
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Citizen Radio joins Sam Seder and Naomi Klein from Occupy Wall Street
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Citizen Radio joins Majority Report’s Sam Seder (@samseder) and Naomi Klein (@naomiaklein) at Occupy Wall Street to talk about the occupation, the establishment media’s failure to cover the movement, and what the protesters are doing right.
Special announcements: Jamie will be performing in the following places…
NYC: See Jamie at Gotham Comedy Club October 11th at 9:30. Buy tickets here.
Australia: October 20 @ Trade’s Hall in Melbourne, Friday October 21 in Sydney @ The Manning Bar, and October 22 @ Brisbane Power House.
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Troy Davis denied clemency, end of DADT, Yahoo censors #OccupyWallStreet
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Troy Davis denied clemency, end of Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell policy, Yahoo censors #OccupyWallStreet emails, corporations target college students, CNN allows the Tea Party to craft political event, the world watches 750,000 Somalis starve, drug cartels fund political officials, and Dangles adopts his cleverest disguise yet.
Special announcements: Jamie will be performing in the following places…
Toronto: Dark Comedy Festival September 29 & 30 @ 8PM and October 1 @ 10:30PM.
NYC: See Jamie at Gotham Comedy Club October 11th at 9:30. Buy tickets here.
Australia: October 20 @ Trade’s Hall in Melbourne, Friday October 21 in Sydney @ The Manning Bar, and October 22 @ Brisbane Power House.
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Yet more bank fraud
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A reader sent me a link to this story with this attached note: “I was in real estate a few years back and attempted to report mortgage fraud to the FBI a couple of times. Seems they were too busy. Guess they still are.”
The article is written by CNBC’s Diana Olick and should be read in its entirety. It’s one of those examples of journalism done right: a complex issue broken down in simple, understandable terms so the citizenry can be properly outraged when confronted with the underhanded practices of banks.
Jeremy Brandt, the CEO of several companies that bring short sale agents, investors and sellers together (1800CashOffer, HomeFlux.com and FastHomeOffer.com,) first alerted Olick to yet another layer of widespread mortgage fraud.
Top 25 Censored Stories for 2009/2010
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Project Censored has posted its list of the top 25 censored stories of 2009 continuing into 2010.
1. US Congress Sells Out to Wall Street
The dirty story of the decade? Project Censored thinks so:
Federal lawmakers responsible for overseeing the US economy have received millions of dollars from Wall Street firms. Since 2001, eight of the most troubled firms have donated $64.2 million to congressional candidates, presidential candidates and the Republican and Democratic parties. As senators, Barack Obama and John McCain received a combined total of $3.1 million. The donors include investment bankers Bear Stearns, Goldman Sachs, Lehman Brothers, Merrill Lynch, Morgan Stanley, insurer American International Group, and mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.
VIDEO: Obama and His Economic Plan are Confused
Note from Allison: This is Joseph Stiglitz. He’s the most cited economist in the world, a Nobel Laureate, and the guy who first price-tagged the Iraq war at $3 trillion. As you’ve probably already gathered, he’s a genius. Also, he’s smart, which is different than genius because it means he possesses the gift of “breakin’ it down,” and speaking simply so we mortals can understand him.
He very clearly explains why Obama has devised a plan to help the banks, and not the bankers, and he also details what we need to do in order to change our financial system. Well worth the watching.
Watch the videos here.
