oh frak me man, averages were low all day but now trending down farther..DOW down 170 to 7753, S& P down 17 to 815, NAS down 38 to 154
Let’s be perfectly clear (lol), this was TOTUS third or fourth chance to say we do not believe in tearing each other down in America, this bonus tax is wrong and we will rise together, he did not do that, i consider this a failure on his part..
Listen Jamie loves Obama and he was trying to sound positive but Burnett asked did Obama say he is against the House bonus tax? the answer was not yes..and Jamie is always upbeat he was trying…he kept saying they will do what is best for America…
That is bad, now Blankfein talking to Burnett,
listen these, “blue eyed white bankers’ that Lula riffed on were like the Procol Harum song when they came out of two hours with TOTUS,
methinks they got NO reassurances, they got lectures on reforming compensation and lending more it sounds like..will post video as soon as CNBC gets it up..John Mack is silent as a stone…
here is the song to which I refer if anyone missed the joke, LOL
Original 16mm Scopitone conversion, from the ‘summer of love’ 1967 hit record, remixed( sic)and refurbished for FLV YT format. I fixed audio as well. Sound engineer of this famous mono mix was Keith Grant.
Vocals and piano played by Gary Brooker, Matthew Fisher played the Hammond organ, and the lyrics were written by Keith Reid.
…With more than 5,000 crime fighters and villains in its library, Marvel Entertainment is assembling a group of screenwriters who will pen scripts for various properties Marvel wants to develop, Variety reported….
If Mohammed wont go to the Mountain….yada yada yada..The big financial CEOs have been summoned to the WH…
I hope Jamie Dimon just says NO and gives back the TARP money…of course Jamie thinks TOTUS is the best thing since sliced bread so let’s see him manage to balance that against the wealth destroying policies TOTUS is laying on these guys…
Here’s a song for the bank CEOs, Lloyd Blankfein (Golden Slacks) is probably worried he will come out replaced by a pod person…I know I’m worried about it…HA!
President Obama will quiz top U.S. bankers Friday about developments in the economy and their businesses as his administration seeks broader authority to regulate the financial system.
…Obama, who will pitch his plans to combat global recession and reform regulation at next week’s G20 meeting of major economies, is set to host leaders of the biggest U.S. financial institutions at the White House around noon EDT….
…Senior White House officials said Friday’s meeting would not be a sales job by the president, however, who has walked a fine line with bankers–chastising them for taking big bonuses while encouraging them to increase lending to help turn the economy around.
…Officials said about 15 CEOs were expected to attend, including chief executives from JPMorgan ChaseGoldman Sachs and Citigroup…
The mortgage crisis serves as the backdrop for Sam Raimi’s horror film Drag Me to Hell. A bank officer (Alison Lohman) denies an old woman an extension on her home loan in order to satisfy her boss, embarrassing the destitute woman, who places a powerful curse on her. Justin Long and Dileep Rao co-star. (Universal; May 29)
Drag Me to Hell publicity still
How Hugh Jackman’s Logan mutated into the razor-clawed Wolverine is the subject of the latest installment of the X-Men saga, X-Men Origins: Wolverine. Seeking revenge against Sabertooth (Liev Schreiber), who murdered his girlfriend, the mutant outcast agrees to a more lethal transformation. Ryan Reynolds and Dominic Monaghan (“Lost”) co-star for director Gavin Hood (Rendition, Tsotsi). (Fox; May 1)
The revival of Star Trek takes the weathered space adventurers back to their origins, exploring the childhoods and young bravado of the USS Enterprise’s crew. Chris Pine as Kirk and Zachary Quinto as Spock join fellow crew members John Cho, Simon Pegg, Anton Yelchin and Karl Urban under the direction of J.J. Abrams (Mission: Impossible III, “Lost”). (Paramount; May 8th)
Set in 2018,Terminator Salvation resurrects the action franchise with the help of high-energy director McG (Charlie’s Angels). Christian Bale plays John Connor, leader of the anti-robot rebels, who hesitantly accepts the help of Marcus Wright (Sam Worthington), a man who remembers being a death-row prisoner but nothing else, not even whether he comes from the past or the future. (Warner Bros.; May 22)
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