Now Jamie Dimon and Lloyd Blankfein are our new idols?
Have I ended up on the wrong blog? Is this the WSJ Editorial Page? I know both those guys; they are very savvy businessmen. Who said that? Gordon Gekko?
View ArticleWeekly Audit: Congress to take up financial reform, but will it be strong...
by Zach Carter, Media Consortium blogger Next week, the debate over financial reform will begin in earnest when Congress returns from its Easter break. Both political parties are gearing up for a major...
View ArticleI can't afford my house? Not MY responsibility.
From Huffington Post, regarding Obama's mortgage modification plan: In testimony to be delivered Tuesday afternoon, David Lowman, chief executive officer for home lending at the "Too Big To Fail"...
View ArticleIs this a joke?
I'm listening intently to C-Span News discuss the Washington Mutual hearings in Congress in which the symptoms of the banks's demise were being investigated and examined. I missed what she said, so I...
View ArticleHow did I get trapped by Chase?
I have been entangled, for the last few years, with Chase Credit Cards. I started my first card, though, not with them. I actually can't remember what the bank was, but I think it was a Providian Visa.
View ArticleBig Blue Demon Bank, Its Evil-Doings, and me
"Gennie," said the agent at one of my local Chase branches, "did you know that we now offer this refinance package that doesn't require any documentation?" "I'm not in a position to refinance now," I...
View ArticleRunning The Endless Home Loan Modification Rat Maze
Now this is interesting. Many months ago my mother and father embarked on a journey to get a home mortgage modification a la the Obama plan, in order to stay in their home. For a more detailed timeline...
View ArticleMaxine Waters On Fire At Fraudclosure Hearing
Clearly, no one suspected this would make such good TV. C-Span cut away to Rangel, and it's taken some searching to find live video. No cps, but I'm sure some key exchanges will go viral.
View ArticleSave The Dream Tour: Non-Profit Goes Where The Big Banks Won't
The government's mortgage modification program (HAMP) conceived as part of TARP with $50 billion set aside to help struggling homeowners, has largely been a disappointment, if not outright failure....
View ArticleJPMorgan Gets Away With Murder... Again
What a beautiful day it is to awaken and check my Financial Times and see that it is business as usual on Wall Street and Capitol Hill. The Security and Exchange Commission (SEC) is forcing the...
View ArticleOccupy Wall Street: Protester and Journalist Arrested
Robert Stephens is upset his well educated hard working parents have lost their home to foreclosure. The videographer was summarily arrested for just being on a crowded street and daring to film our...
View ArticleThe Good Sociopath
Let me start with my interpretation and definition of a sociopath: Unlike "normal" people, a sociopath is incapable of feeling real emotions, especially when it comes to how he relates to other...
View ArticleOccupy Wall Street: Citibank was stupid, Chase was smarter
(Crossposted from RedGreenAndBlue.org) By now just about everyone in the country must know that 23 Occupy Wall Street demonstrators were arrested Saturday in Manhattan when they attempted to close...
View ArticleChase CEO: "Stop beating up on business."
Now that the Arizona Diamondbacks have been booted from the MLB playoffs, Chase Field in Phoenix is available for other events -- like hosting a presentation by JP Morgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon to...
View ArticleI'm taking my overdrafts elsewhere!
I finally get to use my favorite joke of all time, only this time it ain't a joke. I will walk into Chase bank and announce calmly but imperiously that I shall be taking my overdrafts elsewhere. I...
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PCCC launches Banxodus to help you move your money!
Today is National Move Your Money Day and the Progressive Change Campaign Committee is excited to share some big news with you: we launched a first-of-its-kind online tool to help consumers find...
View ArticleBank Transfer Day in Fresno
Today in a demonstration to highlight Bank Transfer Day, about 50 people of all ages held signs and balloons in front of Chase Bank and Bank of America in Fresno for two hours. They also chanted "move...
View ArticleDaly City protest - Going back to the place it all started for me
Here's the email I sent out to volunteers. I need more people. Email me at marvborg@gmail.com Daly City - Can you do a protest on Monday - between 8 or 8:30 and 11am or so? I am planning a protest...
View ArticleThe big banks are terrified - we are winning.
The big banks are "bracing themselves". They have bought into the symbolism of November 5th and are hoping to survive the flood of discontent. The fee debacle will blow over, the anger will abate, the...
View ArticleHow DailyKos Ended My Eviction And I Said Farewell To Chase.
A few days ago I was liberated - not only from the confines of a banking institution that for the last 7 years has denied me a single line of credit - but from a weight that had been hanging over my...
View ArticleBreaking: Occupy Oakland: Taking on Chase the Old Fashioned Way.
It started with this tweet a couple of hours ago: 3Beee Farah @KissMyEntireAzz: Homeowner in foreclosure seeks occupiers at his property in Oakland As Susie Cagle later reports on her twitter feed,...
View ArticleOccupy Oakland: Banks Got Bailed Out, We Got Foreclosed On. Fighting Back.
It began with a tweet last night: 3Beee Farah @KissMyEntireAzz: Homeowner in foreclosure seeks occupiers at his property in Oakland In a diary put up last night, I documented those first, tentative...
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Invasion of the Occu-Carolers.
Bah, Humbug! The Chase branch at the corner of 51st and Broadway in Oakland, California shut itself down this afternoon when a merry band of #Occu-Carolers went into the lobby, demanded that the loan...
View ArticleGreenpeace USA co-founder, Jon Hinck, Launches First Web Ad in Maine Senate Race
Democratic State Representative Jon Hinck, a co-founder of Greenpeace USA, Launches First Web Ad of 2012 Maine Senate Race against Olympia Snowe On Wednesday, as the Maine Legislature returns to work...
View ArticleNobody Hates the Rich...But Everyone Hates the Bad
It seems that those nestled snugly in the crack of our nation's ultra-wealthy are confused about why they seem to be unpopular in the media. Many are now publicly expressing their support of the...
View ArticleOccupy Louisville:Shuts Down Chase Bank Five Arrested-Video
Now that you have seen the MSM version.
View ArticlePlease Sir, Can I Have My Compensation Package for 2012 Frozen?
I weep for them. The "Frozen Seventy Two". I really do. The chief executives of General Motors, AIG, and Ally Financial had their 2012 compensation packages frozen for a second year in a row by the...
View ArticleHow Chase cheats ex-customers
Quick diary here as I'm on a deadline. I just came back from Chase where they reverted, with apologies, an incorrect (but hardly innocent) $10 finance charge they applied to an account I closed last...
View ArticleChase has taken their next move, into your paycheck
Or another reason not to eat at Mc Donald's.Now that Chase and BofA have the SNAP market cornered they have decided to move up the social rung to the low paid wage earners.Mc Donald's employees have...
View ArticleFeds to Arrest 2 Ex-JP Morgan Traders in London Whale Case UPDATED x1
From The New York Times:Government authorities are planning to arrest two former JPMorgan Chase employees suspected of masking the size of a multibillion-dollar trading loss, a dramatic turn in a case...
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Share Your Thoughts About The Wall Street Criminal Racketeering Cartel
The Wall Street criminal racketeering cartel is doubling down. After a massive crime spree that resulted in the outright looting of trillions of dollars and in the economic dislocation (and suffering)...
View ArticleAn ATM Just Wished Me Happy B-day & I FREAKED!
I have three blogs that are in various levels of development but I am shooting this one from the hip, so to speak, in five minutes of an adrenalin rush upon arriving home.Ten minutes ago I left my NYC...
View ArticleElizabeth Warren by Hillary Clinton
It was always going to take a special kind of leader to pick up Ted Kennedy’s mantle as senior Senator from Massachusetts—champion of working families and scourge of special interests. Elizabeth Warren...
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Tim McGraw - Country Star & Unabashed Democrat Gives Mortgage-Free Homes To...
One of the most talented, successful, and beloved country music stars has found yet another way to pay it forward. Tim McGraw will be giving away mortgage-free homes to veterans in need, and their...
View Article1/24/16 TILT (THINGS I LEARNED TODAY )
1)Adult Luna Moths never eat, in fact, they don't even have a mouth. 2) Italy’s parliament is set to decide whether to join the rest of Europe in recognizing same-sex unions or stay on the side of the...
View ArticleTurns out Clinton gave Sanders $10k to help him win his senate seat (Goldman...
Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has been mercilessly slandered and smeared with more attacks in one year than most politicians experience in a lifetime. They say It comes with the territory....
View ArticleThe Supreme Court will hear appeals from banks and credit card companies...
Back in 2013, a federal judge dismissed antitrust lawsuits against Visa Inc, MasterCard Inc, JPMorgan Chase & Co, Bank of America Corp. and Wells Fargo & Co. Those lawsuits accused these...
View ArticleA test of the new embed videos from Facebook: My dog acting doglike. :)
I just read that we can embed facebook videos, so I thought I would give it a shot.. plus it allows me to show off my nutty dog Chase.Thanks to elfing for letting us know the new feature.xEmbedded Content
View ArticleWow....it is almost time for Mass Hysteria at the BFSkinner home.
If you might recall I am going thru doggy/cat training, trying to get the 3 all together in peace.I am owned by a by a Bichon Frise/Maltese mix 2 year old newer to the house dog, a 15 year old grumpy...
View ArticleReason #142,857 to hate Corporations
Well, okay, technically, corporate idiocy. We see it all the time. This one came in my mail yesterday.I received a postcard concerning the settlement of James v. JPMorgan Chase. In short:If you...
View ArticlePlease Share: Our NoDAPL TV Spot Hits Hard and Exposes Hypocrisy
xYouTube VideoTo our netroots relatives:We want you to know that, despite the raids clearing the frontline camps, our movement to stop the Dakota Access pipeline isn’t over by a long shot. Oil has not...
View Article"A Practice that Often Ends in Gruesome Injuries and, Sometimes, Death"
ProPublica looks at patterns of deaths and injuries in high-speed chases by the Border Patrol. Over the last four years, at least 22, and at least 250, respectively. And their methodology can only...
View ArticleSen. Elizabeth Warren lambasts JP Morgan Chase after bank's insane Tweet...
On Monday, someone in Chase Banking’s social media department decided to send out a Monday morning Tweet (that has since been deleted) chastising American consumers for not being smart with their...
View ArticleKatie Porter's next target: Jamie Dimon
In one stroke, Katie Porter of California, established herself as one of the stars of the Democratic freshman class. Porter, for those who don’t know, represents CA-45 in south-central Orange...
View ArticleAfter drunken high-speed chase, Republican leader tries to fight "donut boy"...
Kansas State Senate Majority Leader Gene Suellentrop currently faces five counts, including felony fleeing the police, in a case that should simply be called the “Thank God I’m old and white in a nice...
View ArticleSacramento Third Act ‘Banking on Our Future” campaign to Hold Protest on...
SACRAMENTO — The Third Act “Banking On Our Future” campaign will hold a street protest on Monday, September 12 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. opposing the fossil fuel lending practices of three banks: JP...
View ArticleThird Act Sacramento Banking Campaign to Hold Protest and Die-In on Friday,...
The Third Act Sacramento Banking Campaign will hold a street protest and Die-In on Friday, October 21 from 11:45 a.m. to 1 p.m. against JP Morgan Chase. The activists will meet at 1300 21st Street at...
View ArticleThird Act Sacramento to Hold Halloween Protest in Costumes of Species...
The Third Act Sacramento Banking Campaign will hold a street protest to pay homage to species endangered by climate change accelerated by JP Morgan Chase bank. The activists will meet on Monday,...
View ArticleAs climate panel issues new warning, protesters in 29 states target banks'...
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change issued a 37-page summary of its AR6 Synthesis Report of the Sixth Assessment Report Monday. It integrates the grim conclusions of the assessment’s three...
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