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Tim Geithner's "Financial Crisis" Declassified Phone Log Released

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Politico has obtained the phone log of conversations performed by then FRBNY President Tim Geithner during the period of the financial crisis, or specifically September 14, 2008 through the end of the year. Some of the people called include (many of them repeatedly) pretty much all the usual suspects:

  • Robert Rubin
  • Lloyd Blankfein
  • Larry Summers
  • Hank Paulson
  • Jamie Dimon
  • Ben Bernanke
  • Dick Fuld
  • Larry Fink

And also... who is the mysterious ex-Goldmanite Dan Jester and why was he, together with Hank Paulson, the first two people Tim calls the day Lehman files?

As for the phone list, focusing on Wednesday, September 17th, two days after the Lehman failure, and the day when the money markets seize the order of calls is as follows:

  • 10:54 pm - Larry Summers
  • 10:50 pm - Scott Alvarez
  • 10:36 pm - Jim Wilkinson
  • 10:11 pm - Don Kohn (our next Federal Reserve Chairman pro tem)
  • 9:34 pm - Jeff Immelt
  • 8:19 pm - Don Kohn
  • 8:13 pm - Cathy Cassidy
  • 7:30 pm - Hank Paulson
  • 7:07 pm - Lloyd Blankfein
  • 6:58 pm - Lloyd Blankfein
  • 6:47 pm - Rodgin Cohen
  • 6:42 pm - Bob Steel
  • 6:31 pm - Jamie Dimon
  • 6:27 pm - Bob Greenhill
  • 6:25 pm - Hank Paulson
  • 5:45 pm - Ben Bernanke/Don Kohn
  • 5:30 pm - Don Kohn
  • 5:14 pm - Chris Cox
  • 5:09 pm - Chris Cox
  • 5:03 pm - Ed Liddy
  • 5:01 pm - Don Kohn
  • 4:47 pm - Paulson
  • 4:27 pm - Mike Neal/Cathy Cassidy
  • 4:23 pm - Robert Rubin
  • 4:15 pm - Bob Kelly
  • 4:11 pm - Bill Dudley
  • 4:00 pm - Jeff Immelt
  • 2:29 pm - Jamie Dimon
  • 2:20 pm - Don Kohn
  • 2:10 pm - Bob Kelly
  • 1:46 pm - Don Kohn
  • 1:19 pm - Blankfein
  • 12:49 pm - Paulson
  • 12:15 pm - Paulson
  • 12:10 pm - Bernanke
  • 10:41 am - Peter Fisher
  • 10:39 am - Paulson
  • 10:35 am - Ken DeRegt(Morgan Stanley risk management)
  • 10:33 am - Paulson
  • 10:29 am - Chris Cox
  • 9:41 am - Paulson
  • 9:40 am - Warsh
  • 9:32 am - Michelle Smith
  • 8:18 am - Dan Jester (Goldman Sachs)
  • 8:17 am - Dan Jester
  • 8:17 am - John Mack
  • 8:16 am - Jamie Dimon
  • 8:15 am - Jamie Dimon
  • 8:10 am - Sheila Bair
  • 7:59 am - Larry Fink
  • 7:56 am - John Thain
  • 7:49 am - Brian Leach
  • 7:48 am - Paulson
  • 7:44 am - Blankfein
  • 7:39 am - Dimon
  • 7:31 am - Chris Cox
  • 7:22 am - Paulson

And here is the call log from September 15, the day Lehman files:

  • 9:05 pm - Tony Ryan & Don Kohn
  • 8:18 pm - Michelle Smith
  • 7:56 pm - Hank Paulson
  • 7:15 pm - Governor Shirakawa, Bank of Japan
  • 6:34 pm - Hillary Clinton
  • 6:20 pm - Hank Paulson
  • 6:20 pm - Don Kohn
  • 6:16 pm - Paulson
  • 6:07 pm - Bob Kelly
  • 5:52 pm - Dan Jester
  • 5:38 pm - Peter Fischer, Blackrock
  • 5:32 pm - Lloyd Blankfein
  • 5:04 pm - Dan Jester
  • 4:58 pm - David Patterson
  • 4:23 pm - Peter Kraus
  • 4:04 pm - Bernanke
  • 3:58 pm - Brady Dougan/CS
  • 3:57 pm - Dan Jester
  • 3:52 pm - Bob Diamond
  • 3:49 pm - John Thain
  • 3:40 pm - Jeff Immelt
  • 3:36 pm - Hank Greenberg
  • 3:31 pm - Meg Mcdonnell
  • 3:27 pm - Meg Mcdonnell
  • 3:23 pm - Larry Fink
  • 3:05 pm - Lee Sachs
  • 2:52 pm - Bernanke
  • 2:37 pm - Paulson
  • 2:34 pm - Vik Pandit
  • 12:10 pm - Bernanke
  • 1:45 am - Calum McCarthy
  • 1:42 am - Barry Zubrow
  • 1:28 am - Jamie Dimon
  • 12:43 pm - Jeff Lacker
  • 12:38 pm - Hildebrand
  • 12:30 pm - Paul Volcker
  • 11:50 am - Chris Cox
  • 11:27 am - Peter Petterson
  • 11:21 am - Charles O'Byrne
  • 10:59 am - Jerry Corrigan
  • 10:50 am - Michael Bloomberg
  • 10:36 am - Eric Dinallo
  • 10:30 am - Hank Paulson
  • 10:25 am - Chuck Schumer
  • 10:19 am - Bob Willumstad
  • 9:56 am - Jerry Corrigan
  • 8:51 am - Shirakawa
  • 8:05 am - Paulson
  • 7:38 am - Jean-Claude Trichet
  • 7:30 am - Dan Jester/Hank Paulson

We are currently going thru the full list.

 




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Fri, 01/22/2010 - 20:31 | Link to Comment Altan311
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Well done sire, well done. Nothing like some friday night Haiti telethon financial laundry!

Sat, 01/23/2010 - 00:35 | Link to Comment Anonymous
Fri, 01/22/2010 - 20:37 | Link to Comment Waterfallsparkles
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I would like to see the phone logs 5 days before they filed.

Fri, 01/22/2010 - 21:17 | Link to Comment You Cant Handle...
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+infinity

Fri, 01/22/2010 - 21:37 | Link to Comment Anonymous
Sat, 01/23/2010 - 00:55 | Link to Comment El Hosel
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I would like to see subpoenas with all those names on them.

Sat, 01/23/2010 - 01:28 | Link to Comment Anonymous
Sat, 01/23/2010 - 17:51 | Link to Comment Anonymous
Fri, 01/22/2010 - 20:37 | Link to Comment Narrow Ledge
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Psychic Friends Network on this phone list or did he call from the cell?

Fri, 01/22/2010 - 20:38 | Link to Comment bugs_
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Is his mom on the list?

 

Fri, 01/22/2010 - 20:38 | Link to Comment Anonymous
Fri, 01/22/2010 - 20:39 | Link to Comment waterdog
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Has this dumb butt never heard of a conference call? Jesus Christ almighty. I have seen a lot of stupid stuff here, but this beats them all. It is not the number of calls, it is how long each lasted. Was he taking a vote, over and over and over again? Or, is no one answering his call? Could caller ID be in place. Hillary Clinton? He called Hillary Clinton? WTF.

 

Fri, 01/22/2010 - 20:48 | Link to Comment Altan311
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You completely missed the point of what was going on here. This list of people together has massive implications. What is it that links them all together? think...

Fri, 01/22/2010 - 21:04 | Link to Comment waterdog
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I appreciate the hint Altan. It is too late on a Friday for me to think. I'll have to give it a try on Monday. But I will guess, it is his address book.

Fri, 01/22/2010 - 22:50 | Link to Comment Carl Marks
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I believe you are referring to the so called Zionist Conspiracy. It is a myth perpetrated by Mossad to divert attention from George Soros' One World Government.

Fri, 01/22/2010 - 22:58 | Link to Comment Altan311
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Not what I was referring to at all, and I in turn postulate that your soros one world gubment talk is diversion from the cyclical market debasement we are about to enter. Consider this: why would these people who have no such confirmed relationships in the visible media complex be placing personal phone calls to each other? Answer: they are seasoned operators whose reality is probably far different than what is portrayed to us. I do think intelligence communities are involved, however more in the capacity they always have been. I recommend Bloody Treason, and also Deep Politics

Fri, 01/22/2010 - 23:18 | Link to Comment Anonymous
Fri, 01/22/2010 - 23:30 | Link to Comment heatbarrier
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Truman signed the National Security Act of 1947, start from there because it's a different country after that,

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Security_Act_of_1947

Intelligence is an extension of Capital.  The people in the phone log are Capital operatives.

Sat, 01/23/2010 - 00:27 | Link to Comment Anonymous
Sat, 01/23/2010 - 03:43 | Link to Comment Anonymous
Sat, 01/23/2010 - 19:28 | Link to Comment JohnKing
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It looks like Tim Geithner was committing open treason or at least egregious insubordination in contradicting the Obama on his new bank measures.

Who's running this show anyway? < that was rhetorical :)

Mon, 01/25/2010 - 02:25 | Link to Comment Anonymous
Fri, 01/22/2010 - 22:25 | Link to Comment Anonymous
Sat, 01/23/2010 - 00:32 | Link to Comment Orly
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When do we arrest these people?

Sat, 01/23/2010 - 01:59 | Link to Comment blankfeinsmom
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 That should have been done in September, 2008....it'll never happen now....

Sat, 01/23/2010 - 05:02 | Link to Comment milbank
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"We"?  What "we" are you referring to Orly?  Let us know when you have them handcuffed.

Sat, 01/23/2010 - 05:07 | Link to Comment milbank
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"We"?  What "we" are you referring to Orly?  You go ahead and start.  Let us know when you have them handcuffed.  We will all show up then, guaranteed. Call me?

Fri, 01/22/2010 - 20:45 | Link to Comment Anonymous
Fri, 01/22/2010 - 20:48 | Link to Comment AN0NYM0US
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Dan Jester (obvious)

OT

 

save this for a Saturday morning read from one of Obama's biggest supporters Mort Z

 

The Incredible Deflation of Barack Obama

 

http://www.usnews.com/articles/opinion/mzuckerman/2010/01/21/mort-zucker...

Fri, 01/22/2010 - 22:26 | Link to Comment Anonymous
Sat, 01/23/2010 - 00:33 | Link to Comment Anonymous
Fri, 01/22/2010 - 20:52 | Link to Comment Anonymous
Fri, 01/22/2010 - 20:53 | Link to Comment junkyard dog
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I know what the fuck it is all about. His kid was selling Girl Scout cookies for a trip to Disney World and he was taking orders.

 

Fri, 01/22/2010 - 21:15 | Link to Comment Mr Lennon Hendrix
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+1 heehee

Fri, 01/22/2010 - 20:57 | Link to Comment bugs_
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Are all my phone calls this short?

Fri, 01/22/2010 - 21:00 | Link to Comment Anonymous
Fri, 01/22/2010 - 21:03 | Link to Comment gnome_of_zurich
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What was he doing when he wasn't on the phone?

Fri, 01/22/2010 - 21:10 | Link to Comment junkyard dog
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He was probably trying to remember who he just called.

Fri, 01/22/2010 - 21:13 | Link to Comment Anonymous
Fri, 01/22/2010 - 21:34 | Link to Comment Anonymous
Fri, 01/22/2010 - 21:54 | Link to Comment Gold...Bitches
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one hand on his 'johnson' while the other one takes everything out of our pockets.

Fri, 01/22/2010 - 22:09 | Link to Comment gnome_of_zurich
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that's what I was thinking but didn't want to say...

Fri, 01/22/2010 - 23:23 | Link to Comment Anonymous
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Sat, 01/23/2010 - 01:29 | Link to Comment Anonymous
Fri, 01/22/2010 - 21:08 | Link to Comment Mr Lennon Hendrix
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First, bahahaha!

Second, I bet that popularity is his main concern.

Third, what a douche!

 

Fri, 01/22/2010 - 21:14 | Link to Comment heatbarrier
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"The A-team includes Dan Jester, a former strategic officer for Goldman who has been involved in most of Treasury’s recent initiatives, especially the government takeover of the mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. Mr. Jester has also been central to the effort to inject capital into banks, a list that includes Goldman."

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/19/business/19gold.html?pagewanted=all

Fri, 01/22/2010 - 21:15 | Link to Comment lizzy36
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jinx

Fri, 01/22/2010 - 21:19 | Link to Comment faustian bargain
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whoa...nice play, team.

Fri, 01/22/2010 - 21:20 | Link to Comment Mr Lennon Hendrix
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+11

All this and I've never heard of him.  This guy smells like trouble.

Fri, 01/22/2010 - 21:26 | Link to Comment Anonymous
Fri, 01/22/2010 - 21:15 | Link to Comment lizzy36
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The A-team includes Dan Jester, a former strategic officer for Goldman who has been involved in most of Treasury’s recent initiatives, especially the government takeover of the mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. Mr. Jester has also been central to the effort to inject capital into banks, a list that includes Goldman.

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/19/business/19gold.html?pagewanted=all

Fri, 01/22/2010 - 21:25 | Link to Comment heatbarrier
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jinx   Caught me looking for a tag "jester", Lizzy.

Sat, 01/23/2010 - 12:19 | Link to Comment MsCreant
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You owe Lizzy a Coke.

Sat, 01/23/2010 - 22:02 | Link to Comment Hephasteus
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Now now. Let's not get them hooked on drugs just because they participated in a synchronicity.

Fri, 01/22/2010 - 21:16 | Link to Comment You Cant Handle...
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This list of contacts is (by and large) like a "Who's Who" of douches.

Could he call Mr. Jester more often?  What is that guy, his puppeteer?

Fri, 01/22/2010 - 21:16 | Link to Comment Anonymous
Fri, 01/22/2010 - 21:18 | Link to Comment Joe Davola
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Timmah needed twitter

<TimTheTaxMax>  Down Goes Frazier!

<Cankles> Thx 4 hedup, B Hussein O gonna owe me big for this info!

<HankDaddyWarBuck$>  That one about Frazier never gets old - LOL!

Fri, 01/22/2010 - 23:34 | Link to Comment Transor Z
Fri, 01/22/2010 - 21:25 | Link to Comment Anonymous
Fri, 01/22/2010 - 21:26 | Link to Comment Giovanni Zucchetti
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Dp you suppose this phone log is news to SIGTARP?  I think not.

Fri, 01/22/2010 - 21:30 | Link to Comment Anonymous
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Fri, 01/22/2010 - 21:32 | Link to Comment junkyard dog
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How come Warren was never called?

 

Fri, 01/22/2010 - 21:57 | Link to Comment Gold...Bitches
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considering he's called derivatives financial WMD then is it really a surprise they didnt call him?

Sat, 01/23/2010 - 00:37 | Link to Comment Miles Kendig
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Others may well have.  Geithner may well have, from a different phone.  Just not on that phone according to the information presented.

Fri, 01/22/2010 - 22:34 | Link to Comment Mr Lennon Hendrix
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WB=Patsy, not mole.

Fri, 01/22/2010 - 22:43 | Link to Comment AN0NYM0US
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Geithner Spoke to Buffett on AIG Aid Day

Sat, 01/23/2010 - 12:09 | Link to Comment Anonymous
Sun, 01/24/2010 - 15:33 | Link to Comment Ned Zeppelin
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More and more I see the date of 9/11/2008 as having great significance in this entire charade, and yet no public investigation and report of the event itself:

"Good article; I'm seeing more and better explanations of what happened in those critical September days. However, most of the new analysis leaves out the most important fact: the real run on the money market funds that drained more than half a trillion from the system in two hours happened on Thursday, September 11, 2008 between 9:00 a.m. and 11:00 a.m. (article,"September 11, 2008 -- America's Economic 9/11?" American Free Press)Does that date and time frame ring any bells? Many observers mistake the Monday, September 15 when Paulson and Bernanke went to congress in a cold sweat for the event itself. This was not just a run on the banks as many assume, it was the first-ever cyberspace financial attack that let Washington know exactly who had Uncle Sam by the short and curlies. That's why congress hurriedly and overwhelmingly passed the bailout in spite of the public being overwhelmingly opposed to it. They couldn't tell us why they had to pass it without also telling us about the attack. That's why the Kanjorski slip-up is so important in getting the truth out."

Sat, 01/23/2010 - 00:37 | Link to Comment Orly
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No worries.  Lord Blankfein had him on the other line.

Fri, 01/22/2010 - 21:34 | Link to Comment walküre
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Holy smokes, no wonder everyone is on skype!

Fri, 01/22/2010 - 21:36 | Link to Comment walküre
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Who is Timmy's broker? That would have been my first call that morning ROFML.

Fri, 01/22/2010 - 21:36 | Link to Comment Anonymous
Fri, 01/22/2010 - 21:37 | Link to Comment dark pools of soros
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the dude is gay - no booty call in sight

Fri, 01/22/2010 - 21:50 | Link to Comment milbank
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Not so.  He did call Hillary!

Fri, 01/22/2010 - 22:21 | Link to Comment whoopsing
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And Shiela

Sat, 01/23/2010 - 00:13 | Link to Comment Anonymous
Sat, 01/23/2010 - 01:40 | Link to Comment Anonymous
Sat, 01/23/2010 - 22:06 | Link to Comment Hephasteus
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Are you seriously demanding good categorization and focus skills from a racist? I don't think you understand how racism works from a detailed perspective.

Sat, 01/23/2010 - 22:06 | Link to Comment Hephasteus
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Are you seriously demanding good categorization and focus skills from a racist? I don't think you understand how racism works from a detailed perspective.

Sat, 01/23/2010 - 10:16 | Link to Comment Cheeky Bastard
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goddamn moron.

Sun, 01/24/2010 - 03:33 | Link to Comment Anonymous
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Sat, 01/23/2010 - 03:47 | Link to Comment dark pools of soros
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um you have an odd imagination... every post a racial slur?  probably just one, that bothered you, so you mount a crusade of false accusations 

 

and you are an Anon which is subhuman... so add  this post to your list

Sun, 01/24/2010 - 10:59 | Link to Comment Anonymous
Sat, 01/23/2010 - 22:10 | Link to Comment MsCreant
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Anon may be old or uncool. All the college students know what a booty call is, in fact it is kind of a stale reference now (no offense intended, the joke is still funny with the Hillary answer). You call late at night for sex, nothing else.

NOTHING RACIAL ABOUT IT.

Fri, 01/22/2010 - 21:46 | Link to Comment Vasco7777
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Read TBTF by Andrew Ross Sorkin, an eye opener even if a lot of the provided content was "for public consumption."  

As for Jester...search for the name, guess whose idea it was for capital injections?

http://firedoglake.com/2010/01/17/fdl-book-salon-welcomes-andrew-ross-so...

Fri, 01/22/2010 - 21:57 | Link to Comment Jim in MN
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Like a crazed chimpanzee with speed dial.  Lotta blow?  Xanax?

Need the prescription pad.

Fri, 01/22/2010 - 22:02 | Link to Comment mrmortgage
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Cheers to digging this data up. Something else to catch your eye this weekend:

Charlie Rose which not enough people watch because he is on PBS did an excellent interview with Prince Alwaleed($16B networth). I have known of the Prince for sometime because of his massive ownership stake in Citigroup. But most recently they purchased The Four Seasons Hotel brand along with Bill Gates. The interview is wide ranging from the Middle East, his investments, global change, China. Take a look. If you get bogged down with the Mid-East political talk Charlie draws him into, just skip ahead as there are some real insights here.

http://thegreatloanblog.com/

Mr Jumbo Mortgage

Sat, 01/23/2010 - 02:28 | Link to Comment Rick64
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Excellent source of information. Journalism with integrity. PBS

Fri, 01/22/2010 - 22:02 | Link to Comment Anonymous
Fri, 01/22/2010 - 22:34 | Link to Comment AN0NYM0US
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lest you forget, remember who appointed Timmay, nominated Benny, sought counsel from Rubin and accepted tens of millions from Immelt and his surrogates

Fri, 01/22/2010 - 22:39 | Link to Comment junkyard dog
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I am just a beaver licking reject from the puppy mill. My brain is a V-8 running on two cylinders. I either kill it or eat it. On rare occasions both. Even I would know not to answer the phone at a time like this. A call from an idiot who is subject FOIA.

 

Fri, 01/22/2010 - 23:31 | Link to Comment Anonymous
Fri, 01/22/2010 - 23:59 | Link to Comment Tethys
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That might explain all the rapid fire calling - someone who is calling a new person every minute or two is someone who is hearing a lot of ringtone and nothing else.  Or maybe dialtone if they were hanging up on him.

 

Fri, 01/22/2010 - 22:52 | Link to Comment Anonymous
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Fri, 01/22/2010 - 23:09 | Link to Comment Dburn
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First reaction?  He has the potential to be a fine telemarketer. I'd like to see a few more calls on the busy days, but considering he was connecting 55-60 calls during the day shows promise.

I'm thinking Porn Club Memberships  or Cemetary plots.

Fri, 01/22/2010 - 23:30 | Link to Comment Anonymous
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Fri, 01/22/2010 - 23:20 | Link to Comment Lndmvr
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Can they come up with everybody on the list logs for the same time? Might be a big circle jerk.

Fri, 01/22/2010 - 23:25 | Link to Comment Anonymous
Sat, 01/23/2010 - 00:44 | Link to Comment Orly
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They worked from nine a.m. to three a.m. the next morning.

Sat, 01/23/2010 - 12:46 | Link to Comment blankfeinsmom
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....

Sat, 01/23/2010 - 12:36 | Link to Comment Anonymous
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Sat, 01/23/2010 - 00:16 | Link to Comment David449420
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I think there is one more important piece of information to track.  Who originated the call ? Who called Who first ?

Sat, 01/23/2010 - 00:20 | Link to Comment CB
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Are we a bunch of losers if we're not on that list?

Sat, 01/23/2010 - 00:27 | Link to Comment heatbarrier
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Psychos R' Us short list.

Sat, 01/23/2010 - 00:30 | Link to Comment Careless Whisper
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Charlie Schwab 10/27/08 RFLMAO

Sat, 01/23/2010 - 16:15 | Link to Comment Anonymous
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Sat, 01/23/2010 - 10:56 | Link to Comment jmc8888
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Sure looks like he's calling the squid and others to get their stories straight or something, then thinking about it for 10 minutes, then calling sheila bair.  Then calling the other guys back....going...hey the gov said......and continue.   Doesn't mean much by itself, but it looks like he was the middleman for the business interests, and sheila bair was on the other end.  (at least the first round of calls or so)

 

 

Sat, 01/23/2010 - 11:00 | Link to Comment Anonymous
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Sun, 01/24/2010 - 03:29 | Link to Comment BT310
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New Transparency Rule: All incoming/outgoing phone calls(including cellular), emails, and text messages between any Federal Reserve employee and employees of private corporations must be recorded and made available to the public within one year. This will give the attorney general ample time to file relevant charges before any statute of limitations period passes. 

Sun, 01/24/2010 - 15:34 | Link to Comment earnyermoney
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Why is Paul Volcker's name on that list? At the time, he was an "advisor" to candidate Obama. I'd like to see an overlay of campaign contributions to the various candidates by every member on the list. I'd like to see the contents of the logs going back a month.

 

Me thinks Paul Volcker is the don of the Group of 30.

Sun, 01/24/2010 - 19:12 | Link to Comment Mr Lennon Hendrix
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+11

He does like to play goodguy hehe.

Wed, 09/29/2010 - 16:24 | Link to Comment Adam33
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Very great discussion here indeed. I have read all other people opinions and I wanted to add something. Well, I'm missing the part where Volker was promoted to deity status.

Also I am missing the part where even economists at conservative think-tanks agree that Obama's handling of the economic crisis saved us from GOP and Bush-induced disaster. Other information is good I think. Thanks a lot for the publication. Regards, Adam from iphone application development

Thu, 03/03/2011 - 03:17 | Link to Comment allie0
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Many of us hoped that Obama would change things, if nothing else, transparency would be the order of the day, or so he said. He may be able to cop that he inherited a corrupt financial market, but by his actions, or inaction, it's clear that he has no intention of delivering on his promise. If anything, the message from his administration has been that he's going to continue to protect the people who made these deals and all who benefitted from them. Dark pools are still in operation, naked shorting continues to occur as a matter of course, insider trading, market manipulation, the inflation of commodities continue unimpeded and almost without comment. The lack of transparency and reliance on the shield of government confidentiality will be our undoing. Sooner or later, the top-heavy nature of our markets will fall on itself so hard, no efforts to reinforce it will be mighty enough. Then, the folks who have failed to demand accountability from our government will pay, large. Regards, Allie from iPhone development

 

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