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Anonymous Coward User ID: 961432 United States 12/16/2012 11:46 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | When they get fined millions, the public thinks it is somehow "justice" since most folk are dirt poor and they find it hard to imagine just a million, but for the banking system that launders trillions the fines amount to less than 1 percent of their profits. Thats less than the taxes they do actually pay. |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 18622835 United States 12/16/2012 11:51 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Important story, yes............................. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 18622835 But right now dead 6-year olds senselessly butchered by a psychopath are a tad more important to me and maybe some others here, thank you. Sigh........................................................ HSBC: Big Bank Executives Not Prosecuted for Narco Blood Money Laundering as Tens of Thousands Die Where children and the way they died are involved, it tends to become more "real" than tens of thousands. Not to say what you are posting (thank you, BTW) is not important, but that is the way it is. Sorry. |
zacksavage User ID: 24950699 United States 12/16/2012 11:54 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Where children and the way they died are involved, it tends to become more "real" than tens of thousands. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 18622835 Not to say what you are posting (thank you, BTW) is not important, but that is the way it is. Sorry. Z Last Edited by zacksavage on 12/16/2012 11:55 AM Free your mind,...your ass will follow. --- parliament funkadelic |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 18622835 United States 12/16/2012 11:57 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Where children and the way they died are involved, it tends to become more "real" than tens of thousands. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 18622835 Not to say what you are posting (thank you, BTW) is not important, but that is the way it is. Sorry. Z Thanks for that, dickhead. Sorry for being upset at the false flag that happened in CT. Sorry. |
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Anonymous Coward (OP) User ID: 1328514 United States 12/16/2012 12:08 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | too big to jail. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 8829929 There is clearly a two=tier jutice system now, and the rich can do anything and they will not be prosecuted, while the poor will be charged for even the slightest offense. That's good. Too Big to Jail. As for the rich,... Let Them Eat Cake!!!!!!!!!! Z HSBC, too big to jail, is the new poster child for US two-tiered justice system Glenn Greenwald guardian.co.uk, Wednesday 12 December 2012 05.14 EST DOJ officials unblinkingly insist that the banking giant is too powerful and important to subject to the rule of law The US is the world's largest prison state, imprisoning more of its citizens than any nation on earth, both in absolute numbers and proportionally. It imprisons people for longer periods of time, more mercilessly, and for more trivial transgressions than any nation in the west. This sprawling penal state has been constructed over decades, by both political parties, and it punishes the poor and racial minorities at overwhelmingly disproportionate rates. But not everyone is subjected to that system of penal harshness. It all changes radically when the nation's most powerful actors are caught breaking the law. With few exceptions, they are gifted not merely with leniency, but full-scale immunity from criminal punishment. Thus have the most egregious crimes of the last decade been fully shielded from prosecution when committed by those with the greatest political and economic power: the construction of a worldwide torture regime, spying on Americans' communications without the warrants required by criminal law by government agencies and the telecom industry, an aggressive war launched on false pretenses, and massive, systemic financial fraud in the banking and credit industry that triggered the 2008 financial crisis. This two-tiered justice system was the subject of my last book, "With Liberty and Justice for Some", ... more at link [link to www.equities.com] |
zacksavage User ID: 24950699 United States 12/16/2012 12:08 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Thanks for that, dickhead. Sorry for being upset at the false flag that happened in CT. Sorry. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 18622835 I would argue,... that this is what is wanted by TPTB. How long will this effect you until the next similar event? How much coverage do you need to understand the horror? How much energy are you going to expend grieving? Did you know any of the victims,...the shooter,... Before the heart-rending 24/7 coverage? HSBC, through its actions,...has likely been responsible for hundreds of children's deaths over the years by funding the ruthless drug Cartels. HSBC is part of an alarming pattern of Corporate Greed at all costs,... and is most certainly going to effect your future as it has your past,.... Your present is being manufactured/manipulated, imo. Z Last Edited by zacksavage on 12/16/2012 01:18 PM Free your mind,...your ass will follow. --- parliament funkadelic |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 23972654 United States 12/16/2012 12:17 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Important story, yes............................. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 18622835 But right now dead 6-year olds senselessly butchered by a psychopath are a tad more important to me and maybe some others here, thank you. Sigh........................................................ HSBC: Big Bank Executives Not Prosecuted for Narco Blood Money Laundering as Tens of Thousands Die Where children and the way they died are involved, it tends to become more "real" than tens of thousands. Not to say what you are posting (thank you, BTW) is not important, but that is the way it is. Sorry. Yes, and I think that's the point. Playing on the emotions of the public is a game TPTB know well. What better way to obscure important news than to shock, horrify, and sadden the people? Worked for 911 and the missing billions. At the same time it worked to initiate the Patriot Act. Two in one! Distract and propagandize! Ever notice how shills also love to use this technique (and no, I don't think you are a shill)? They will say "what if YOUR child died because this law wasn't passed, etc etc". In other words, children are used often in media and forum responses to elicit strong emotions in favor of certain propaganda, or to distract us from seeing more important news such as the information Op has provided. |
Anonymous Coward (OP) User ID: 1328514 United States 12/16/2012 12:23 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | This is interesting: Fine in HSBC case equal to U.S. drug-war aid to Mexico The U.S. fined the bank a record $1.92 billion on Tuesday, saying HSBC is essentially too big to prosecute. With assets, subsidiaries and investments spanning the globe, pressing criminal charges against HSBC could harm the global financial network at large, the Justice Department reasoned. The fine, coincidentally, is about equal to the amount that the U.S. government has sent to Mexico in security aid in recent years under the Merida Initiative: A little more than $1.93 billion was sent by the Bush and Obama administrations to Mexico since 2007 to help Mexico fight the drug trade. The Merida Initiative funds for military hardware, intelligence upgrades and training is meant to help Mexico's government fight a war against drug cartels, which has left at least 60,000 people dead or missing over six years but made no major dent in the trafficking of drugs to the United States. |
Anonymous Coward (OP) User ID: 1328514 United States 12/16/2012 12:24 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | This is interesting: Quoting: Anonymous Coward 1328514 Fine in HSBC case equal to U.S. drug-war aid to Mexico The U.S. fined the bank a record $1.92 billion on Tuesday, saying HSBC is essentially too big to prosecute. With assets, subsidiaries and investments spanning the globe, pressing criminal charges against HSBC could harm the global financial network at large, the Justice Department reasoned. The fine, coincidentally, is about equal to the amount that the U.S. government has sent to Mexico in security aid in recent years under the Merida Initiative: A little more than $1.93 billion was sent by the Bush and Obama administrations to Mexico since 2007 to help Mexico fight the drug trade. The Merida Initiative funds for military hardware, intelligence upgrades and training is meant to help Mexico's government fight a war against drug cartels, which has left at least 60,000 people dead or missing over six years but made no major dent in the trafficking of drugs to the United States. Oops didn't post Link [link to www.latimes.com] |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 23972654 United States 12/16/2012 12:25 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Thanks for that, dickhead. Sorry for being upset at the false flag that happened in CT. Sorry. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 18622835 I would argue,... that this is what is wanted by TPTB. How long will this effect you until the next similar event? How much coverage do you need to understand the horror? How much energy are you going to expend grieving? Did you know any of the victims,...the shooter,... Before the heart-rending 24/7 coverage? HSBC, through its actions,...has likely been responsible for hundreds of children's deaths over the years by funding the ruthless drug Cartels. HSBC is part of an alarming pattern of Corporate Greed at all costs,... and is most certainly going to effect your future as it has your past,.... You present is being manufactured/manipulated, imo. Z THIS! We have got to start seeing and thinking beyond our surface emotions and reactions to manufactured and manipulated events, if we have any hope for our country's and citizens' freedom. |
Mwalk Low Earth Orbit User ID: 1067150 United States 12/16/2012 12:27 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Lots of big money for Everybody in the "IL-legal" drug Trade. Quoting: zacksavage This is in the Enron, World-Com, AIG, Goldman-Sacs/Corporate/Banker tradition of fleecing the Sheeple,...then buying politicians Left and Right,... to oversee the poor, confused ever-bleating herd. Z Yup “The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.” |
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SaveUSa User ID: 20038946 United States 12/16/2012 12:45 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Here's what they got: Quoting: Anonymous Coward 1328514 Over the five-year term of the agreement with the Department of Justice, an independent monitor will evaluate HSBC's progress in fully implementing these and other measures it recommends, and will produce regular assessments of the effectiveness of HSBC's compliance function. [link to www.hsbc.com] What do you think the Dept of JUSTICE (HA) will do if they violate their probation? Nominate them for the Nobel Peace Prize? Within the surreal depths of "reality" lies the truth. |
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Paradigm69 User ID: 23204900 United States 12/16/2012 12:55 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | The Real Quoting: Anonymous Coward 1328514 Owners Of America George Carlin Quote "The real owners are the big wealthy business interests that control things and make all the important decisions. Forget the politicians, they're an irrelevancy. The politicians are put there to give you the idea that you have freedom of choice. You don't. You have no choice. You have owners. They own you. They own everything. They own all the important land. They own and control the corporations. They've long since bought and paid for the Senate, the Congress, the statehouses, the city halls. They've got the judges in their back pockets. And they own all the big media companies, so that they control just about all of the news and information you hear. They've got you by the balls. They spend billions of dollars every year lobbying lobbying to get what they want. Well, we know what they want; they want more for themselves and less for everybody else." "But I'll tell you what they don't want. They don't want a population of citizens capable of critical thinking. They don't want well-informed, well-educated people capable of critical thinking. They're not interested in that. That doesn't help them. That's against their interests. They don't want people who are smart enough to sit around the kitchen table and figure out how badly they're getting fucked by a system that threw them overboard 30 fucking years ago. "You know what they want? Obedient workers people who are just smart enough to run the machines and do the paperwork but just dumb enough to passively accept all these increasingly shittier jobs with the lower pay, the longer hours, reduced benefits, the end of overtime and the vanishing pension that disappears the minute you go to collect it. And, now, they're coming for your Social Security. They want your fucking retirement money. They want it back, so they can give it to their criminal friends on Wall Street. And you know something? They'll get it. They'll get it all, sooner or later, because they own this fucking place. It's a big club, and you ain't in it. You and I are not in the big club." "This country is finished." |
ibis User ID: 26375357 United States 12/16/2012 12:56 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Lots of big money for Everybody in the "IL-legal" drug Trade. Quoting: zacksavage This is in the Enron, World-Com, AIG, Goldman-Sacs/Corporate/Banker tradition of fleecing the Sheeple,...then buying politicians Left and Right,... to oversee the poor confused bleating herd. Z All the cartels and drug money would disappear if people just stopped doing drugs. They would just shift into pharmaceuticals and bombard us with even more drug advertisements and scoundrel doctors pushing their crap, if they haven't already. It's the world. [link to www.profit-over-life.org] |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 28488925 United States 12/16/2012 01:05 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | The Real Quoting: Anonymous Coward 1328514 Owners Of America George Carlin Quote "The real owners are the big wealthy business interests that control things and make all the important decisions. Forget the politicians, they're an irrelevancy. The politicians are put there to give you the idea that you have freedom of choice. You don't. You have no choice. You have owners. They own you. They own everything. They own all the important land. They own and control the corporations. They've long since bought and paid for the Senate, the Congress, the statehouses, the city halls. They've got the judges in their back pockets. And they own all the big media companies, so that they control just about all of the news and information you hear. They've got you by the balls. They spend billions of dollars every year lobbying lobbying to get what they want. Well, we know what they want; they want more for themselves and less for everybody else." "But I'll tell you what they don't want. They don't want a population of citizens capable of critical thinking. They don't want well-informed, well-educated people capable of critical thinking. They're not interested in that. That doesn't help them. That's against their interests. They don't want people who are smart enough to sit around the kitchen table and figure out how badly they're getting fucked by a system that threw them overboard 30 fucking years ago. "You know what they want? Obedient workers people who are just smart enough to run the machines and do the paperwork but just dumb enough to passively accept all these increasingly shittier jobs with the lower pay, the longer hours, reduced benefits, the end of overtime and the vanishing pension that disappears the minute you go to collect it. And, now, they're coming for your Social Security. They want your fucking retirement money. They want it back, so they can give it to their criminal friends on Wall Street. And you know something? They'll get it. They'll get it all, sooner or later, because they own this fucking place. It's a big club, and you ain't in it. You and I are not in the big club." "This country is finished." 5 stars for truth |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 23761823 United States 12/16/2012 01:10 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Lots of big money for Everybody in the "IL-legal" drug Trade. Quoting: zacksavage This is in the Enron, World-Com, AIG, Goldman-Sacs/Corporate/Banker tradition of fleecing the Sheeple,...then buying politicians Left and Right,... to oversee the poor confused bleating herd. Z All the cartels and drug money would disappear if people just stopped doing drugs. All the toilet paper would disappear if people just stopped shitting. |
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