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Senate Back In Session: Live Webcast From Senate Floor
Because you know you just can't get enough of the Fiscal Cliff melodrama, whose final episode for the 2012 season has just started, here is a live webcast via C-Span from the Senate floor, where Wall Street muppets have reverted to opening and closing their mouths.
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Let the drinking games begin.
$5 says bonehead cries
This will resolve itself with the lobbyist-owned in both parties ganging up against the few in Congress with principles.
in my personal fantasy world this deal is passed and the market crashes limit down and stays down (realizing the problem not faced again and btfd is eliminated)
What an insulting charade. There is broad agreement in the Senate that spending should continue at all costs. In the end they will "compromise" by continuing to spend and not cutting shit. I'd rather have the fiscal cliff, at least it would be a tiny tiny dose of reality.
This Leahy guy is too old to be in charge of anything but wiping his own ass. Jeeze, no wonder we are in this position.
He is a mega POS. A big Grateful Dead fan too. Old stoner. The Dead's music sucked so bad.
"This is exactly the wrong time for us to go over the cliff." Dick Durbin, D, IL
I agree. And fuck you for not doing it at the right time.
Red arrow for disparaging some very danceable music. Other than that +1.
One of the hallmarks of shitty music is that it's danceable...
Jam bands are literally the bottom of the musical rung... if you need to be high to enjoy it (often mischaracterized as "to understand it"), probably not very good.
You obviously don't play a note.
he is too old to wipe his own ass. but, lucky for him, because as one of the "ruling elite", he will tell his (armed) bodyguards to make US (unarmed little people) wipe his ass for him.
Those on government subsidies and in the hood don’t give a shit about reality, it’s about freebies, not reality or deficits.
i know the feeling....but i think we all know the script here;
just enough talk to keep the markets green during cash hours, then more corkeresque headlines over the holiday, all to bide time for the 85bil to prop markets in time to soak up all the incoming 2013 first of year/month/flows blah blah blah ensuring that all shorts are crushed and the <whisper> short selling ban stays in effect.
I almost left out the part where TPTB makes sure trading revenues are not interupted the remainder of 2012 for bankster bonus purposes by using headlines and keeping resolution in limbo, and to use AAPL/BAC to keep S&P above 1400 for same reasons.
It does appear that the markets have not priced in the reality that "sell the news" is likely regardless of cliff vs. no cliff.
WTF is this Music...HAHAHAHAHAHA Are you kidding me?
Puccini?
I think that it's possible that Hillary fell because she was drunk and didn't go to the hospital because she was drunk...was there a ZH drinking game the day of her "fall"?
Hillary is dodging testifying about Bengazi. Obama should be impeached for what happened. Hillary should go to jail. F her.
Oh Fred, first the comments about being an "old stoner", now the brainwashed bullshit about one party is better then the next! It's too early in the morning for this shit already Freddie!!!
They are ALL dodging public knowledge about Benghazi/Libya.
Fact of the matter is that the buildings attacked were being used as a CIA "enhanced interrogation" and operations base.
This is why they hate Julian Assange so much. These assholes have been doing whatever they want for decades and now are scrambling like roaches when the light is shined upon them.
i love how these fuckers qoute their source of info as usa today, cnbc, nyt, et als....i waver back and forth that they are dumb as a fox and truly clueless and incompetent ,...and my common sense keeps landing on they are truly clueless, ...years ago i read that smart people question theier intelligence constantly, where dumb people never question theirs.....
with the exception of CNBC who can use the viewers; ever try and comment on the completely obvious censorship sites like the NYT/HuffP etc? good luck.
Has anyone been voted off the island, yet?
Jim Demint.
I want to see Obama try to NDAA-smack somebody. Who's first, Norquist?
Norquist's wife is a muslim and he is a big islamist. He is Obama's peeps now.
The Farce is strong with this one.
I wish I had some butter for my popcorn, but all my butter money went into buying guns. Oh well...
I got a sweet deal on some dehydrated butter about a month ago. 10 #10 cans for twenty bucks!
I wasn't sure how it would turn out, but it's really good stuff. I use a little more water than the directions call for. It turns out better than store bought!
Time to RAMROD the equities!!!!
Joe 401(k) is watching!!! RAM IT!
UPDATE: Yep, there goes small cap. RUT going ape shit. Lovely.
what a bunch of prima donnas
It's like you KNOW me.
Meanwhile, closures today:
http://blog.quantsig.net/2012/12/31/nye-closures/
Quite a few, including S&P in progress.
Poor bastards had to get up at 11:00am for this next clown show,,,,we did fix the milk ramp up...You guys make me so fucking proud..
The hookers were paid up until 11 am from last night. Booze, the Redskins game and hookers plus some coke. Nice "work" if you can get it. Hopefully - Teddy Kennedy is still burning in hell.
Well if old Ted is burning in hell, I would gladly put him out.
Maybe submerging him in the Chappaquiddick for a couple hours would do?
pods
Sounds like you know what you are talking about, Freddie. And that's a compliment!
what's with the muzak
Is everyone going to stand on the steps of the Capitol all huddled around a podium and then take turns congratulating each other for avoiding a crisis and 'coming together' for the public good?!?
God...I LOVE THAT SHIT!!!
Yep, and they're praying that its snowing and the wind is whipping in their faces as they do it!!!! Thank you mister senators, and misses senators, thank you!!! Without you, we would have all perished!!!!!
Don't forget the deserving others:
For example, here find pictures of Paulson with adoring Congresspersons during the TARP salvation:
http://dailybail.com/home/on-campaign-trail-tarp-support-means-big-trouble-for-incumbe.html
From Obama to Bernanke, they all should be given credit (no pun intended).
I'm glad you got a raise Harkin. You deserve it for all of the hard work you do screwing over the American publiic.
Opening and closing their mouths llke brainless fish
A little hard on fish dont you think.
Especially the brainless handicapped ones.
symptoms of a cold and a hangover are similar as are symtoms of being drunk and taking certain cold medications
B. Boxer (D-California) just explained that our economy is 70% based on "consumerism" and that we need to make sure people have money in their pockets to keep that going.
See, Democrats understand!
The House GOP Tea Party members should tell all of them to F off and that they are cutting 10-15% off everything. Then tell them at the next debt ceiling - they are cutting 10% more. The White House budget is being cut 50%. Cut it all cut everything. Bring the troops home too.
Please do...there's no faster way to return them to private life.
HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!!!!!
(you fucking assholes in Congress)
The good thing is that they are going to kill two birds with one stone and add something about the debt ceiling in the fiscal cliff compromise. At least now we won't have to go through two months of media driven bullcrap.
*Please note that Media Driven Bullcrap(MDB) will continue in perpetuity.
sarc on??
nice kick to Boners nuts Boxer
Harry Reid: I gave 110% towards looting the US taxpayers. After 3 rounds, all I got was a black eye…
Comedy at its finest.
How about a webcast of these clowns being handcuffed and herded into prison buses?
Or maybe shuffled off to the back room of the army surplus store where Ned's Chopper is parked out front?
Bring out the Gimp!
pods
I have said this so many times before that I might have to take up the new name, Caasandra. This is the first disaster everyone saw coming and did not get out of the way.
Ain't the news media great? Tout TV has muted video of our elected speaking on the floor alongside video AND commentary of a lineup consisting of the usual status quo suspects spinning the event for consumption.
That passes for headline news coverage? Same in every other fascist state.
Leahy has to be drunk.
He is drunk, I hope he says something really stupid and the media can jump all over him. Or maybe he barfs up some bloody mary,
the algos will get what the algos want eventually
fram stock market: you can pay me now, or pay me later
I think this guy just forgot what year it is.
oh shit we're going to have a meltdown.
and that C-SPAN elevator music makes the perfect soundtrack, now I think of it.
Would a nation of 320 million people really miss 549 people plus their supporting staff?...... Would we?
I voted you down to mean "no."
Thank's for the down vote. I have been getting too many greenies lately. My eye was starting to get a tic.
I've been listening to this for about a half hour and it almost sounds like they're just wasting time.
almost?
Feels like they're posturing themselves for a major event.
"I warned about this..."
"We shouldn't have done that..."
"I told you so..."
Rex if you have been listening to that garbage for an hour then it sounds like somebody else besides them is wasting time :)
I'm reading the comments with Prodigy on.
Maybe I will play the feed? It might make "Smack my Bitch Up" even better?
pods
This is all Kabuke. They decided months ago how they were going to screw us and how many strokes each of them would get. If you are still rooting for the Red Team or the Blue Team, you are an idiot.
Calling this Kabuki is a misnomer. It is more like Mummenschanz
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3eazq_8jCOg
Look at these shriveled up prunes. I will never follow any of them.
How the FUCK do these clowns get elected?
Corruption and corporate campaign donations, but I repeat myself.
Don't you love farce?
My fault, I fear.
I thought that you'd want what I want...
Sorry, my dear!
And where are the clowns
Send in the clowns
Don't bother, they're here.
Songwriter: SONDHEIM, STEPHEN
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5os4NFeKFFs
Still Blaming Bush? Wow...
He's so old and unwell. No respect.
Yeah, some of us have attention spans longer than the average gnat.
The rate hike the Bernank will never make
WTF is this music...are you fucking kidding me?? (Intermission Music between Speakers if you don't know what I am talking about)
I can't stomach these parasites....literally, they make me wanna puke.
This would make a great Mystery Science Theater 3000 episode!
And all MST 3000 episodes will make great sessions of Congress
I wonder if the last guy realized he is having a stroke yet.
Sir...I really laughed....Thank you. These old bastards could care less. Now you have Thune talking the truth...nobody cares. Who are they talking to?
Thune (R-SD) is pretty impressive, never heard him speak before. Rand Paul giving an effective speech also.
"Rand Paul giving an effective speech also."
Effective means it will have affect. It won't.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/12/31/us-usa-benghazi-report-senate-...
If your economy is really teetering on the edge to the point that a 'fiscal beanfart' can 'destroy' it...then it doesn't matter what these assclowns do or don't.
Anybody else notice all the flags behind the press conferences lately? I think all those ribbons, gold and special folds mean something, but then they say they don't, we just like to be "fancy"
Attention chinese. More cheap gold and Silver is coming......
Sliver running up nicely as they speak. Keep it going guys!
Nevermind the bear flag on the daily. One more beat down to $26-$28, then a very nice 2013 for Ag/Au.
Thune clearly does not understand the concept the Chicago way
It's the wonder that the O man> Reid> and Polosi,have not asked the Security Council at the United Nations to mediate the "fiscal cliff" bullshit.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3eazq_8jCOg
If any of you are tired of the charade and want to see and hear something worth the time. All that glitter's not gold.
Rickrolled again. Sigh.
Whoops that's a copy/paster error. here is proper link (which I can't fix above now sorry and thanks for bringing that to my attention)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JK_DOJa99oo
Hey, I like Mummenschanz and the Muppet Show.
Coulda been worse.
www.puppetryofthepenis.com
Please just kill me now
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"This about yacht sales in the Bahamas."
Thanks, Rand.
I'm so sick of these windbage republicans who won't give up a dime of the overbloated $1.2 trillion military budget which is about 40% waste and blatant fraud. They have no problem giving trillions to the banksters and military industrial complex and funding and expanding the Orwellian police state--of course the Democrats are no better -they just let the windbag crooked Republicans do all the talking.
During one of the NFL games yesterday I saw a Happy Holidays message from the Armed Forces and it said something like "from 137 countries around the globe" and I thought, is that every single country in the world except for Russia and China?
206 countries, here's the list.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Number_of_countries_on_earth
It needs a column titled "Occupied by US (Y/N)"
100 Senators - "What's a budget?"
New Years bufoonery.
"...Article I Section 7 of the Constitution, which requires all bills for raising revenue to originate in the House. " Per John Hussman (hussman.com). The Senate cannot originate revenue bills.
Kind of a technicality, if they agree to some parameters, and then the house subsequently passes a look-alike bill, which is then passed in the Senate, then you've effectively done an end around of that Constitutional clause.
No "end run" at all...the point is that the House (i.e. "we the people") should get a say and the "look-alike bill" is still amendable in the House (barring byzantine house rule change shenanigans anyway).
In some science fiction world, I would love to see the founding fathers show up at this 3 ring circus, fire their muskets in the air and tell them all to STFU and sit down and listen.
The debt is repudiated on the grounds it was created unconstitutionally by that greedy cabal of banksters, out of the City of London, who run the Federal Reserve, which, by the way, is finished. Bernanke, their puppet, will hang with all of them, in the morning.
With the debt gone, the troops come home, and the republic stops making other countries' squabbles, oil, religious or human rights, their business. There is a country to re-build and all hands are needed on deck to revive lost production, get the shuttered factories humming and concentrate on making life good again for the people.
The New Repulic will issue their own debt-free currency and with jobs for all, zero unemployment, the safety net will be unnecessary and the people will be unburdened by high taxes.
The traitors in the house and the senate and the white house, as well as Jon Corzine and his ilk, will stand trial and answer to the people. Punishment by execution will be public, without regard to wealth, status or connections. Rule of Law is reinstated and will not be compromised for any one in or out of public office.
Anyone who remains loyal to the status quo, and the coporations, along with all the lobbyists, or anyone found consorting with any remnants of the old families in the City of London, will be held in FEMA camps for re-education, before being released back into the new republic to begin making a real contribution to society.
And finally, anything with Made In China attached to it, will be loaded on cargo ships and sent back to them with a note attached.
"Sorry about the default but you can have all your crappy stuff back."
Love,
The USA
I know, I'm a simpleton. But I can dream, can't I?
You really shouldn't bogart that.