Fri 2010-07-16 18:30 EDT

On Pelosi's Duplicity and Apparent Sandbagging of Elizabeth Warren <<; naked capitalism

Yves Smith

Despite her longevity as a California pol, house speaker Nancy Pelosi is looking like every bit as much of a dyed-in-the-wool financial services industry backer as the Congressmen on the New York-Boston corridor...So why are we pointing a finger at Pelosi in particular? The next chapter is her appointment of one Richard Nieman to the Congressional Oversight Panel...Nieman is the New York Superintendant of Banks. He helped Goldman set up its bank holding company...Nieman fell out with the other Democrats and wrote a joint opinion with John Sununu...to anyone with a passing acquaintance with the facts, the dissenting views are absurd...I can't imagine that Nieman would have fallen in with the Republicans without at least as a courtesy informing Pelosi in advance...So Pelosi is at a minimum sitting this one out (which I deem unlikely) or on board with the program to undermine Warren. And let us not kid ourselves, the knives are coming out...[2009-04-26]

Apparent Sandbagging; Elizabeth Warren; naked capitalism; Pelosi's Duplicity.

Zero Hedge Wed 2009-08-26 15:52 EDT

The Goldman VaR Exemption Question Escalates

Tyler Durden

It seems only yesterday that Zero Hedge had some questions in regard to Goldman's VaR Fed exemption. No response was received from 85 Broad. Today it appears several Congressmen, lead by Alan Grayson, are willing to drive a sharp stick pretty deep into the hornets' nest, by sending a letter directly to Wall Street Don Ben Bernanke, demanding an explanation exactly to the question of Goldman's VaR Exemption. Posted 2009-07-27.

Goldman VaR Exemption Question Escalates; Zero Hedge.

Tue 2009-04-21 00:00 EDT

naked capitalism: Guest Post: Bailoutspotting (or The Search For The Great Financial Methadone Clinic)

``Using pretexts, subterfuge and lies, the administration's charade triage will only end once there are no more gullible taxpayers to provide their cash, no more demagogue senators and congressmen who will bend reality to make it seem that their actions benefiting a select few are for the benefit of all, and no more naive investors who buy into the promises that U.S. debt is the "safest investment."''

Bailoutspotting; Great Financial Methadone Clinic; Guest Post; naked capitalism; search.

Thu 2008-06-26 00:00 EDT

naked capitalism: Democratic Congressmen Call on Bush to Halt, Reverse Iraq Oil Deals

Bush; Democratic Congressmen Call; halt; naked capitalism; Reverse Iraq Oil Deals.