Meanwhile, the vampire squid continues its slithery ways

The Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission has issued a subpoena to Goldman for failure to comply with requests for documents.

The commission remarked of Goldman that, “Failure to comply with a Commission request is viewed with the utmost seriousness, as the Commission will not be deterred from getting desired information.”

There is no truth [...]

Hank Paulson doing the perp walk? Be still my heart

As always, AIG and Goldman appear to be leading players. In this case, multiple federal investigations centering on just what happened with AIG.

Jesus loved selfishness and greed. Goldman tells us so. Newspeak reigns

More on the quite bizarre attempt by the banksters to cloak themselves in the garb of Jesus.

“The injunction of Jesus to love others as ourselves is an endorsement of self-interest. We have to tolerate the inequality as a way to achieving greater prosperity and opportunity for all.” – Goldman Sachs mouthpiece Brian Griffiths [...]

Goldman gives itself billions via AIG and the government

Goldman got $6 billion from AIG, the WSJ reports.

Q. Who was the only financial firm to have a seat at the table during the federal government discussions on saving AIG?

A. You got it, Goldman.

This is grotesque cronyism especially considering that then Sec. of Treasury Paulson was an ex-CEO of Goldman. If [...]

Hey, let’s make money by further mangling the finances of states

Pond scum

Goldman recommends credit default swaps against NJ, CA, WI, FL, OH, MI, others

By recommending that clients buy CDS against states, Goldman is deliberately aiding and abetting the financial problems of these states in order to make a quick profit. Any concern as to the damage this will cause to those states [...]