Could not have happened to a nicer guy

Saudi Prince Bandar bin Sultan

Think Bandar Bush will eventually receive that particular (Saudi) royal treatment: beheading?

Who knows, but this steaming turd once threatened UK officials that if they did not stop the investigation into the British Aerospace (BAE) slush fund which him and his family/cronies relied upon for frequent travel and million dollar shopping excursions (no lie) then the UK might soon see another 7/7.

In kingdom, Saudi prince’s coup ‘fails’
Sun, 02 Aug 2009 17:03:54 GMT

Saudi Prince Bandar bin Sultan, the kingdom’s former ambassador to the United States, is reportedly under house arrest over a conspiracy against the monarch.

Saad al-Faqih, head of the opposition group Islamic Reform Movement, told Arab-language TV al-Alam that Prince Bandar has been disappeared and the media has published no word from the ex-diplomat’s whereabouts since nearly three months ago.

According to al-Faqih, the prince first disappeared in Britain but he returned to the kingdom shortly afterwards.

He added that after Saudi officials discovered that he had provoked 200 agents working for the Saudi security service to stage a coup against King Abdullah, he was put under house arrest.

Al-Faqih said people close to the king had disclosed Bandar’s plots and foiled them.

He said Saudi sources believe that intelligence provided by some Arab countries help the Saudi monarch foil Prince Bandar’s conspiracy.

Power struggle between members of the Saudi royal family has been common as power is shared among some 200 princes out of the estimated 7000 family members.

Known as Bandar Bush because of his close relations with former US President George W Bush, the prince is son of Crown Prince Sultan bin Abdul Aziz.

I am sure it is all one big misunderstanding.

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“It will be many years before the masses discover just how completely they have been fleeced by the power elite.” -Richard Smith

Robbing Peter to pay Paul

State proposal could steal borrow millions from cities

Last week, the state’s Department of Finance informed cities of its proposal to steal borrow as much as 8 percent of local governments’ property tax revenues — giving the state an extra $2 billion. The cities could in turn borrow the money from the private sector, the proposal suggests, but city leaders scoff at the notion.

[Mercury News]

The muni’s can borrow (at interest, of course) from the private sector to make up what the state takes? Good luck with that!

We’ve got trouble at every tier of .gov.

We’ve got a president sorely deficient of any depth of knowledge of how business should be conducted (not that he’s much worse than the leechfucks populsting Wall St.). He relies on goons to set policy, and all these leechfucks know how to do is spend.

These ass-klowns  have already committed to MORE THAN ONE-HALF OF THIS NATION’S G.D.P. to turn private banking institutions into what are now essentially GSE’s.

Spending isn’t the answer to our problems, the PPiP-tards just think of this as the easiest way out; not the smartest; not the best; just easy.

What else would you expect but a predictable and pedestrian response from bureacrats-for-life.

And they’ll be long gone from the party before the bill arrives.

And arrive it will.

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When the only tool you know how to use is a hammer, everything starts to look like a nail.

.0000025 Success Rate

Last summer, Congress passed the Hope for Homeowners Act, setting aside $300 billion to help people refinance into more affordable mortgages. But the program has been a total flop.

When it was first introduced, the Congressional Budget Office estimated that the program could help 400,000 people keep their homes.

But more than six months after the program was launched, the Federal Housing Administration says only one homeowner has made it all the way through the government program and received the FHA guarantee.

Hope for Homeowners was sponsored by Rep. Barney Frank (D-MA)…

I suppose that is all one needs to know.  [NPR]

Sing-along: #you’re out of touch#

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“It could be worse… they could be batting a negative average!”

Erin Burnett is a clueless cunt

Puh-lease

Is it cynical to think that the CEO’s of BofA and JPM bought a few token shares (doesn’t this just scream CONFIDENCE!?) of their stock while they are at all-time lows? BTW why is the share price at all-time lows? Should the money used be considered ill-gotten gains conisdering the industry-wide fraudulent activites of just over two years ago? Is this ironic? Moronic? Assinine? Absurd? Should not this money have a claim placed agasinst it for the people of the United States of America and confiscated under the RICO statute? Why so many questions?[The Big Picture]

Waaah.

Homebuilders Lobbying Group Cuts Off Contributions to Federal Congressional Campaigns [Yahoo]

Oh it’s a howler:

The lobbying group representing homebuilders is cutting off contributions to federal congressional campaigns, saying lawmakers and the Bush administration have not done enough to stabilize the housing market.

Perhaps the got their skids greased all too well back when it all began.

Looking for someone else to blame here just look in the mirror. Keep moving.

What becomes a jackss most (a eulogy)

He said all the usual and expected things, focused on menial or obvious issues, delivered minimum entertainment value because his sense of humor was missing in action. He caused radios to be turned off or tuned away after the (at least entertaining) John and Ken program finished. The remarkable thing was that it was surprising to learn he was still on the air after four (4!) years. He lacked one iota of orginal insight, enlightened nobody, invented nothing.

I suppose KFI could fill the slot with Rush Limbaugh or Sean Hannity reruns, and nobody would notice for at least a month.

Fish or Foul?

Recall when…

… they rushed into the planning office, so the house in Pacific Palisades gifted to Ronald Reagan after his tenure in office, to change the address from ‘666?’

Well, guesswassup, they’re at it again.

And this time it’s gonna cost some of those hard-earned taxpayer dollars (or perhaps they’ll just print it out of thin air and stick us with the check).

And what’s the reason for this “oh-oh, we gotta make another change order” madness?

Have a look at the pic up there.

PA: “Will whoever is responsible for this building please report to GAO. Thank you and good night.”

I’d say they were whistling past the graveyard

… only our clueless fearless leaders aren’t even making a peep on the dollar’s striking, humbling, scary devaluation.

Perhaps this is all part of the plan to bring the nation to it’s nknees, enslave the middle class, and give the wealthy the power to rule over us like slaves.

Or maybe they’re just clueless fucknuggets that don’t know what the fuck to do about any of it.

Applying Occam’s razor makes the latter scenario the most likely.

Haven’t had a good Bush bash in awhile

Here’s a comprehensive site to have some fun, so let it fly!

• Bush on the Constitution: ‘It’s just a goddamned piece of paper’
• Who will Bush vote for? Hillary, of course!
• … and more!

What to say when you are desperate

“It looks like over the long term, twenty years from now it looks like Naples will be commanding very high price in the country,” said Yun.

Nothing like dusting off the old crystal ball in order to save your fucking job/career/industry by pretending YOU HAVE SPECIAL REALTWHORE POWERS and can predict the future.

Paaaaa-thetic.

Another pervy Republican

With a history of (allegedly) page fucking:

Me thinketh he doth protetht too much.

UPDATE
This guy has taken a photo of the actual airport restroom.

Laid off, and they’re already starting to squeal like the rat bastids they are

Alas, all good scams must come to end. If you don’t take care of your cohorts, Tangelo, remember they have short memories. They long ago spent their bonuses and when they stuck their hand hand out for more, you pink slip ‘em, well, don’t expect your former employees will be kind to your “organization.”

And, as this wide-ranging exposé illustrates (NYT, free registration), those Cunts at Cuntrywide(tm) weren’t above making the very same sort of pitch as those bastids one post below:

On its way to becoming the nation’s largest mortgage lender, the Countrywide Financial Corporation encouraged its sales force to court customers over the telephone with a seductive pitch that seldom varied. “I want to be sure you are getting the best loan possible,” the sales representatives would say.

But providing “the best loan possible” to customers wasn’t always the bank’s main goal, say some former employees.

And, finally, someone in the MSM points out Tangelo Orangzillo’s prolific stock dumping during the preceding twelve months.

Plus, insight into what perhaps motivated those Cunts at Cuntrywide(tm) to crank out subprime loans at such an alarming rate. How much would you wager it had to do with the profit margin on these loans vs. prime loans? Add into this witches brew of usury the “incentives” (i.e. sales commish) for the Cunts droids to push risky loans when the borrower qualified for something less risky, then well, it’s deck stacked against anyone who misplaces their trust in Cunts at Cuntrywide(tm) and the entire home mortgage system:

Persuading someone to add a home equity line of credit to a loan carried extra commissions of 0.25 percent, according to a former sales representative.

Hey, wasn’t usury outlawed at some point in the history of ths country? No? Just in the bobble? Nevahmind.

[tip o' the hat to Bakersfield Bubble]

OMFG

Nouveau Riche U. (yes, someone actually named their pyramid scheme “university” that) has big plans:

Despite these risky deals, Nouveau Riche’s enrollment keeps booming and Piccolo’s pockets keep filling, which lets him plan big for the future. The company bought 24 acres on top of a black-lava mountain north of Phoenix. In 2008, Piccolo intends to break ground on a new campus with modern steel and glass classrooms and four luxury dorms, each with its own pool and barbecue pit. The pools will be linked by a man-made river; students will be able to float from dorm to dorm, riding the river on inner tubes. “It’ll be very theme-y,” he says. “We’re going to build a Disneyworld for investors and entrepreneurs.”

Who’s Next?

New Century- dead. American Home Mortgage- dying on the vine. Novastar- on life support.

Seems like some of our old our frienemies are facing their day of reckoning.

We here at FYA aren’t religious in the least, but even we know that what goes up, must come down, and if it’s been inflated, it can deflate.

So that being said, what portends for the market lenders? These clowns cut out the time-consuming due diligence and oversight and passed on “risk” guilessly, ignoring fundamentals, and it is looking more and more like the people of this nation are starting to realize there was a party they weren’t invited to, and now it’s over.

And how just how did we get stuck with the hangover?

Anyone placing bets on the failure of:

• Countrywide- the biggest might take the longest to expire
• IndyMac- on death’s door?
• Bear Stearns- recently downgraded to shit
• Beazer Homes- what’s that light at the end of the tunnel? It’s a train!
• Accredited Home Lenders- ditto

Favorite quote du jour from that last article:

Meanwhile, Securities and Exchange Commission chief Chris Cox said the SEC is coming up with new, more flexible accounting rule interpretations that companies and others could use to avoid declaring their mortgage securities in default.

Did Cocks just say what we need to combat this “liquidity crisis” is less transparency, not more?

Then of course nothing beats turd-taster Jim Cramer whinging like a little girl that very soon his investor-friends from banking and the hedgies might be unemployed.

Greed is good. Sure.

For those that took that as their call to arms, maybe you should have looked a little deeper into that statement. First off, it was from a movie fer chrissakes. The movie was a latter dale morality tale, with a twist- the chief antagonist, in the tradition of movies with anti-heroes- gets away with it.

That wasn’t exactly and endorsement. (Wall Street might be the most misunderstood movie ever).

Some people might say “it’s only a movie, a diversion, and yes, typical of the times in which we are living. tsk tsk.”

Others might say that “y’know, greed really isn’t good, and isn’t it clever how the film-makers used that twist to show how absolutley upside-down our country has become. We should really get back to the basics.”

Still others said “Yes! Finally someone understands me and the way I see the world! It’s winners v. losers- con-men v. suckers- young v. old. I can’t wait to fleece some old codger out of his retirement savings. Bring it on!”

Maybe that’s how we got here.

A service economy? That sucking sound really was Mexico (and China, et al) taking not just jobs, but skill sets, pride, and craftsmanship from an entire class of people.

From one American to another- we were given the finger.

This class war was brought to you by the banks.

Shed no tears for them, my friend. This ”trust fund” class will be back- that is, if they’re not shot, should this depression get really bad.

Maybe the executive orders passed by the adminstration giving them full control in the event of a “national emergency” had more to do with this sort of scenario playing out than an “attack” from some invisible terrorist organization?

They do protect their own. BTW, if you are not in the upper 0.50%, you ARE NOT one of them.

Don’t kid yourself.

Someone Got in Over Their Head

An excerpt from a Craigslist posting, because it might go invisible soon:

SEEKING A CHAPTER 11 ATTORNEY / ASAP
Reply to: jafiniti@aol.com
Date: 2007-07-29, 4:34PM EDT

I need a Attorney that specializes in Chapter 11 Cases. I’m in Real Estate and i’m in financial trouble we own over 30 Properties in own names and in Corp names. Really need a Sharp Attorney. Homes located in baltimore.

Sounded at first like it might be our own Crispy critters in Bakersfield, but alas this is in Baltimore.

Thanks be to Patrick for pointing this out.

Where’s Your God Now, Bitch?

Hey, that wasn’t mascara running down her cheeks, it was the blood of those naive followers of Jesus, who she hoodwinked and scammed out of their money, while reassuting them ignorance was the way forward.

No tears for Tammy Faye, puh-lease- save it for someone worthy. But everyone should feel free to dance on this fucking cunt’s grave.

I once saw Chuy in a taco, but after examining it closely turns out it was just birdshit from one of the many pigeons flying overhead. Does it still qualify as a gen-u-wine religious experience? Yes- as much as anything Tammy Faye or her ex-con (and dead) ex-husband ever offered anyone. (Still, they had as much a rightful claim on the Chuy guy as the paedo-loving pontiff does. Or me. Or you.)

Chuy is magickal! Step right up and be blessed by Chuy! Recommended donation only ten-percent!

Too bad there isn’t a hell for her to experience deserved Bosch-like pleasures such as: having her flesh peeled like an orange and being forced to watch having had her eyelids removed, or, removing her organs and having them force-fed to her. Pass the ketchup pleas-s-s-se!

I’d buy that pay-per-view for a dollar!

Make it All Go Away!

“It’s the right thing to do,” [LAT]

Sure, but maybe not the right thing to say after you get caught.

Nice if you could have done “the right thing” in the first place.

Sure, nobody would have know what a swell guy he was, brimming with personal integrity and all, but it would have spared him the spotlight of public scrutiny he, and his wife, are undergoing right now.

BTW, she sounds like a real peach.

“that he periodically allowed his wife Michelle to drive his city-owned GMC Yukon — a possible violation of city rules.”

“Michelle Delgadillo, 36, had a suspended driver’s license when she drove the city vehicle.”

“In 2004, she damaged the SUV by backing into a pole in a parking lot near her doctor’s office.” Hmmm, Doctor? Say what?

“The city attorney had the Yukon repaired at city expense.”

“Michelle Delgadillo also had a previous run-in with the law for driving without a valid driver’s license, car registration or insurance in 1998.”

BTW, the city we paid to repair the damage caused by Michelle Delgadillo to the city-owned our vehicle.

Now it has come to our attention that Rocky has been using various staff members as his personal handy men, day care providers, and go-fers.

The first two roles might require a license and payment for services rendered.

I guess we’ve be picking up the tab for all of that too. (Baby sitting? I wonder what Michelle does all day- buff her nails? Does she have a job? Someone, please tell me she is gainfully employed, and not a budget item on Rocky’s county expense account.)

What’s next for the wife, after ‘probation’… “rehab?” I hear it’s all the rage, that it’s a great public relations tool (rehabilitation of image, if not the underlying “issues”), and you come out of it all fixed, like nothing was ever wrong in the first place. Ready for a fresh start.

If that transpires, odds are we’ll be picking up the tab for that too.

So, after he was caught in the end Rocky decided the right thing to do was to go ahead and pay for the repair. He didn’t have to deal with an insurance company, didn’t have to shop around for the best quote, didn’t have to rent a car for a week while it got fixed.

He wrote a check. Three years later. And it’s all better now.

No it’s not. This has been an embarrasment not just for him, but to the public he “serves.” Like an episode of Leave it to Beaver, Rocky, in the role of “the Beav,” gets to learn a lesson about honesty an integrity.

Isn’t this a little late in life for our Rocky? He is an adult, it was presumed. The good people of Los Angeles wouldn’t knowingly elect a man-child who covers up his bad behavior like an embarrased ten-year-old.

He should at least learn to act like an adult. Here’s a suggestion: be a man and resign FFS. He can put this whole embarrassing episode behind him, and get on with his life.

Forget about being governor for the time being.

Grab one of those high-paying “consulting” jobs in the private sector that he probably has been cultivating during his tenure in the public sector.

YKIMS.

So for the future, Rocky, and other elected officials out there, at every level, just a reminder: Public funds are not your personal piggy-bank.

UPDATE
I offer this small token up for your general amusement.

No Such Thing as Bad Publicity

“The most hated man on the internet” is attempting to market his “expertise” in “real estate investing.”

Which is laughable, if you know his background is being foreclosed on for over 2 million dollars worth of real estate, which he admits were acquired fraudulently.

He has a website which documents his failures, which is entertainment to many a bored browser.

He plays his ”haterz” like a violin virtuoso.

How much of what he says is true? I dunno, but he’s got a potential partner with a business plan. What does it matter?

So it shouldn’t surprise anyone that in this day and age and the rise of fucktards, celebutards, and worthless trust fundies, and other ne’er-do-wells, that Casey is web master of his own domain.

#If Adolf Hitler flew in today, they’d send a limousine anyway #

I say, hang ‘em high.

When people in positions of trust decieve the public and defraud institutions out of our money (I know that banks think it’s their money, but stay with me here), they deserve the harshest punishment allowed by law. This guy might be facing 98 years, and already had to pony up 2.75 mil (so far) in penalties, but the chances he’ll be inside that long are slim (lay down your bets, the line: he’ll get five, out in three with good behavior); and 2.75 mil may be a lot for you and me, but I imagine it’s only skimming the surface of his trough of ill-gotten gains (why shouldn’t he give it all back?).

I’ll be keeping my eye on his sentencing, curious to see just what sentence the court hands out (someone just said he’ll pay a fine and walk!).

Maybe he’ll pull a Ken Lay and we’ll see actual justice. Just desserts all around, waiter!

Boy, Talk About Being Hoist by Your Own Petard

“If You Harbor Terrorists, You Are a Terrorist”

Oh rrrrrreally?

Ever heard of Luis Posada Carriles and Orlando Bosch?

By all accounts, terrorists.

So therefore, Señores Bush (W and HW) are Terrorists!

Simple. Logical.

Now that that is settled, I wonder who else needs to be sent down to Gitmo. Kissinger?