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Guest Post: Does The Trail Of Dead Bankers Lead Somewhere?

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Submitted by Michael Snyder of The Economic Collapse blog,

What are we to make of this sudden rash of banker suicides?  Does this trail of dead bankers lead somewhere?  Or could it be just a coincidence that so many bankers have died in such close proximity?  I will be perfectly honest and admit that I do not know what is going on.  But there are some common themes that seem to link at least some of these deaths together. 

First of all, most of these men were in good health and in their prime working years. 

Secondly, most of these "suicides" seem to have come out of nowhere and were a total surprise to their families. 

Thirdly, three of the dead bankers worked for JP Morgan. 

Fourthly, several of these individuals were either involved in foreign exchange trading or the trading of derivatives in some way.  So when "a foreign exchange trader" jumped to his death from the top of JP Morgan's Hong Kong headquarters this morning, that definitely raised my eyebrows. 

These dead bankers are starting to pile up, and something definitely stinks about this whole thing.

What would cause a young man that is making really good money to jump off of a 30 story building?  The following is how the South China Morning Post described the dramatic suicide of 33-year-old Li Jie...

An investment banker at JP Morgan jumped to his death from the roof of the bank's headquarters in Central yesterday.

 

Witnesses said the man went to the roof of the 30-storey Chater House in the heart of Hong Kong's central business district and, despite attempts to talk him down, jumped to his death.

If this was just an isolated incident, nobody would really take notice.

But this is now the 7th suspicious banker death that we have witnessed in just the past few weeks...

- On January 26, former Deutsche Bank executive Broeksmit was found dead at his South Kensington home after police responded to reports of a man found hanging at a house. According to reports, Broeksmit had “close ties to co-chief executive Anshu Jain.”

 

- Gabriel Magee, a 39-year-old senior manager at JP Morgan’s European headquarters, jumped 500ft from the top of the bank’s headquarters in central London on January 27, landing on an adjacent 9 story roof.

 

- Mike Dueker, the chief economist at Russell Investments, fell down a 50 foot embankment in what police are describing as a suicide. He was reported missing on January 29 by friends, who said he had been “having problems at work.”

 

- Richard Talley, 57, founder of American Title Services in Centennial, Colorado, was also found dead earlier this month after apparently shooting himself with a nail gun.

 

- 37-year-old JP Morgan executive director Ryan Henry Crane died last week.

 

- Tim Dickenson, a U.K.-based communications director at Swiss Re AG, also died last month, although the circumstances surrounding his death are still unknown.

So did all of those men actually kill themselves?

Well, there is reason to believe that at least some of those deaths may not have been suicides after all.

For example, before throwing himself off of JP Morgan's headquarters in London, Gabriel Magee had actually made plans for later that evening...

There was no indication Magee was going to kill himself at all. In fact, Magee’s girlfriend had received an email from him the night before saying he was finishing up work and would be home soon.

And 57-year-old Richard Talley was found "with eight nail gun wounds to his torso and head" in his own garage.

How in the world was he able to accomplish that?

Like I said, something really stinks about all of this.

Meanwhile, things continue to deteriorate financially around the globe.  Just consider some of the things that have happened in the last 48 hours...

-According to the Bangkok Post, people are "stampeding to yank their deposits out of banks" in Thailand right now.

-Venezuela is coming apart at the seams.  Just check out the photos in this article.

-The unemployment rate in South Africa is above 24 percent.

-Ukraine is on the verge of total collapse...

Three weeks of uneasy truce between the Ukrainian government and Western-oriented protesters ended Tuesday with an outburst of violence in which at least three people were killed, prompting a warning from authorities of a crackdown to restore order. Protesters outside the Ukrainian parliament hurled broken bricks and Molotov cocktails at police, who responded with stun grenades and rubber bullets.

-This week we learned that the level of bad loans in Spain has risen to a new all-time high of 13.6 percent.

-China is starting to quietly sell off U.S. debt.  Already, Chinese U.S. Treasury holdings are down to their lowest level in almost a year.

-During the 4th quarter of 2013, U.S. consumer debt rose at the fastest pace since 2007.

-U.S. homebuilder confidence just experienced the largest one month decline ever recorded.

-George Soros has doubled his bet that the S&P 500 is going to crash.  His total bet is now up to about $1,300,000,000.

For many more signs of financial trouble all over the planet, please see my previous article entitled "20 Signs That The Global Economic Crisis Is Starting To Catch Fire".

Could some of these deaths have something to do with this emerging financial crisis?

That is a very good question.

Once again, I will be the first one to admit that I simply do not know why so many bankers are dying.

But one thing is for certain - dead bankers don't talk.

Everyone knows that there is a massive amount of corruption in our banking system.  If the truth about all of this corruption was to ever actually come out and justice was actually served, we would see a huge wave of very important people go to prison.

In addition, it is an open secret that Wall Street has been transformed into the largest casino in the history of the world over the past several decades.  Our big banks have become more reckless than ever, and trillions of dollars are riding on the decisions that are being made every day.  In such an environment, it is expected that you will be loyal to the firm that you work for and that you will keep your mouth shut about the secrets that you know.

In the final analysis, there is really not that much difference between how mobsters operate and how Wall Street operates.

If you cross the line, you may end up paying a very great price.

 

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Wed, 02/19/2014 - 21:04 | 4455128 The Gooch
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All roads lead to Bazel. Er Babel.

Fuck You Yellen.

Wed, 02/19/2014 - 21:20 | 4455205 RaceToTheBottom
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When you are doing Gods work you begin to believe that you cannot die, so you decide to test it.

Wed, 02/19/2014 - 21:26 | 4455235 0b1knob
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And what about all the high ranking military officers being fired for petty reasons?

Something BIG and BAD is about to happen.

Wed, 02/19/2014 - 21:33 | 4455253 bania
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they're promised 72 virgin accounts

Wed, 02/19/2014 - 21:38 | 4455270 TeamDepends
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Perhaps Blythe will be the next to kiss the pavement. 

Wed, 02/19/2014 - 22:02 | 4455373 johnQpublic
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it leads to OZ

now look behind the curtain

Wed, 02/19/2014 - 23:18 | 4455731 mjcOH1
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"Well, there is reason to believe that at least some of those deaths may not have been suicides after all.

"For example, before throwing himself off of JP Morgan's headquarters in London, Gabriel Magee had actually made plans for later that evening...

There was no indication Magee was going to kill himself at all. In fact, Magee’s girlfriend had received an email from him the night before saying he was finishing up work and would be home soon.

And 57-year-old Richard Talley was found "with eight nail gun wounds to his torso and head" in his own garage.

How in the world was he able to accomplish that?""

 

Proving that finance and ADHD can mix.

Wed, 02/19/2014 - 23:51 | 4455853 The Gooch
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Proving that finance and SSRI's can mix.

Results may vary.

Thu, 02/20/2014 - 08:45 | 4456685 MonsterBox
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The banksters pissed off a "Jason Borne" team.  They're working their black art talents so as not to spook the criminal herd into hiding

Thu, 02/20/2014 - 10:19 | 4457029 superflex
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You Cant Bring Me Down - Suicidal Tendencies

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nxcJW6bs5os&feature=kp

Thu, 02/20/2014 - 02:51 | 4456306 Nobody For President
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Hey man, Talley was just really, really fast on the trigger. And if you press hard and hold, that sucker just keeps shooting.

(Nailed my hand to a 2x4 once...)

Wed, 02/19/2014 - 22:56 | 4455504 mickeyman
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I have to keep recycling this one.

http://worldcomplex.blogspot.ca/2012/09/japanese-financial-minister-foun...

Every time I post this, another banker dies. I feel just awful about it.

Wed, 02/19/2014 - 22:58 | 4455641 Caggge
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What do you call a series of 7 banker suicides?

 

 

A good start.

Thu, 02/20/2014 - 00:48 | 4456022 Seer
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Doing God's work?

I'd figure that if there were a god then surely evil bankers would experience some bad karma rather than all the poor defenseless children who get killed via dropped bombs in order to help pave the way for "democracy."

Wed, 02/19/2014 - 23:32 | 4455782 e_goldstein
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Keep up the good work.

Wed, 02/19/2014 - 22:13 | 4455420 SavingsTherapist
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72 virgins? In Atari T-shirts and all?

Thu, 02/20/2014 - 01:22 | 4456116 Seer
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Now you're making ME want to off myself!

Wed, 02/19/2014 - 21:56 | 4455344 fleur de lis
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Also the two former SEALS who were found dead on a ship off the Seychelles. Two at the same time? Very bad.

Wed, 02/19/2014 - 23:06 | 4455677 Almost Solvent
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Not just any ship - Tom Hank's ship

Thu, 02/20/2014 - 01:23 | 4456117 Seer
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So, Hanky Panky?

Wed, 02/19/2014 - 22:40 | 4455555 Buck Johnson
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Something very big is about to come into being and it will be nasty.

Wed, 02/19/2014 - 23:24 | 4455757 kito
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I know!!! Michael Snyder says so, in 20 different ways on a daily basis!!!

Thu, 02/20/2014 - 01:24 | 4456122 Seer
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I'm not ready for no asteroid!  OR for Godzilla!

I'll be good, I promise!

Wed, 02/19/2014 - 21:42 | 4455285 666
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If I had a conscious and worked for Dimon, I'd probably commit suicide as well.

Wed, 02/19/2014 - 21:56 | 4455346 Chupacabra-322
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All roads lead to The Criminal Federal Reserve, JP Morgan Chase, HSBC, IMF etc... in Espionage with the NSA, CIA & The Global Criminal Oligarch Cabal Bankster Intelligence Crime Syndicate for a controlled, predictable Global Economy after the crash. Very Compartmentalized.

Wed, 02/19/2014 - 22:03 | 4455385 TeamDepends
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PM smackdown in progress!  Too bad it ain't gonna last.  Buy now if you haven't already.

Wed, 02/19/2014 - 22:52 | 4455606 HardlyZero
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But you are unconcious if you work for JPM Demon.   No exit.

Wed, 02/19/2014 - 22:53 | 4455616 mickeyman
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Every time you hear a "splat", another banker gets his wings.

Wed, 02/19/2014 - 23:29 | 4455768 The Gooch
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+ 100 Rebel Yellen

Shekels all around!

Wed, 02/19/2014 - 23:58 | 4455854 HardlyZero
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with a Rebel Yellen, Moar Moar Moar !!

Thu, 02/20/2014 - 01:07 | 4456082 dogbreath
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Thats a great comment.     WB could do somthing with that

Wed, 02/19/2014 - 22:37 | 4455531 Debt-Is-Not-Money
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Criminal syndicate!

Wed, 02/19/2014 - 22:28 | 4455481 chubbar
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If I had a concious and worked for Dimon, I'd shoot the fucker in the head, not kill myself fer chris sakes!

Thu, 02/20/2014 - 01:25 | 4456126 Seer
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If you'd really learned well from him you'd kill him.

Thu, 02/20/2014 - 01:25 | 4456129 Seer
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Oh... and eat him too.

Thu, 02/20/2014 - 03:51 | 4456395 Gief Gold Plox
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If you'd really learned well from him you'd kill him and eat him, but not before taking out a 100x levered insurance policy on his untimely death, with a 5x multiplier in case of canibalism.

Thu, 02/20/2014 - 09:24 | 4456776 Reference Variable
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That's the only way to take the position. It's in the board's bylaws.

Thu, 02/20/2014 - 09:14 | 4456753 sessinpo
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Tell that to Hank Paulson, Robert Rubin and Jon Corzine (Corzine is set to run MYRA for Obama).

Wed, 02/19/2014 - 21:53 | 4455331 Peter Pan
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We are all the victims of a great embazelment in virtually everything going on in life, whether it be the news, food, pharmaceuticals, politics, war, stock markets etc.

Bankers are dispensible and a few untimely deaths could be used to send a message to any banker thinking he can be the Edward Snowden of the banking world.

It's just a theory.

Wed, 02/19/2014 - 22:25 | 4455470 Pure Evil
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Or maybe its all part of the new Bread and Circuses campaign.

 

Behold fellow citizens the new Bread, Bankers and Circuses act.

 

Coming to a banker skyscraper in a town near you.

 

Don't be fooled, because when they give you what they think you want, then they have you right where they want you.

Wed, 02/19/2014 - 22:34 | 4455515 mickeyman
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Sadly, it's more likely to be that they give you what you thought you wanted. Then buyer's remorse sets in.

Wed, 02/19/2014 - 22:58 | 4455596 Pure Evil
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Or, they plant the seed years or decades in advance through the medium of hollywood, television, magazines, newspapers, and even internet surfing.

Its genuenly hard to determine if what you want is really what you thought you wanted if you spend a large amount of your time being immersed by the main stream media complex.

Everything is manipulated by the media to shape your view of the world whether you hang left or right or hang limp wristed somewhere in the middle.

The reason I think bankers jumping is part of the Matrix is because the one's that have jumped so far are so far down the scale as to be inconsequential.

We have yet to see any real big tycoons offer up their lives to Baphomet yet, even though this is still a real possibility. Maybe what we've seen so far is just the opening act. Something to distract the populace and whet our appetite for blood while they continue to implement their plans behind the curtain. What's a few low level bankers to them?

A few bankers jumping, even a few big fish giving all out of hundreds of thousands worldwide is a statistical error.

Thu, 02/20/2014 - 01:30 | 4456138 Seer
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Written by Dennis DeYoung
Lead Vocals by Dennis DeYoung

Welcome to the Grand illusion
Come on in and see what's happening
Pay the price, get your tickets for the show
The stage is set, the band starts playing
Suddenly your heart is pounding
Wishing secretly you were a star.

But don't be fooled by the radio
The TV or the magazines
They show you photographs of how your life should be
But they're just someone else's fantasy
So if you think your life is complete confusion
Because you never win the game
Just remember that it's a Grand illusion
And deep inside we're all the same.
We're all the same...

So if you think your life is complete confusion
Because your neighbors got it made
Just remember that it's a Grand illusion
And deep inside we're all the same.
We're all the same...

America spells competition, join us in our blind ambition
Get yourself a brand new motor car
Someday soon we'll stop to ponder what on Earth's this spell we're under
We made the grade and still we wonder who the hell we are

Wed, 02/19/2014 - 22:03 | 4455386 HardAssets
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The Road to Perdition

Thu, 02/20/2014 - 06:19 | 4456495 ebear
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The Road to Smurfdom

Wed, 02/19/2014 - 22:04 | 4455390 Crabshacker
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I stopped at the site of the "mbankment" spot by the tacoma narrows, found piece of police tape still stuck to fence. It was a 50 ft. drop, and homes within' 30 ft. at ground level. Also a traffic cam that has that whole walkway with in it's view.

 he either parked his car next to the spot where he jumped or parked at the only place available (where I did) 1/2 mile away. Strange finding by me at the site was a spread sheet buget for summerwinds 2014 condos that showed a $4000.00 loss a month. folded wet up against the jersey barrier on the walkway. the only other place to jump and die is off the bridge and you wont find a body that jumps from there. you can see the white wall he fell over here......http://www.wsdot.com/traffic/tacoma/default.aspx?cam=1158

Wed, 02/19/2014 - 22:57 | 4455632 Rusty Shorts
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Banksters falling out of high buildings

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4k2L7oNMDe0



Wed, 02/19/2014 - 22:25 | 4455469 Berspankme
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I like dead bankers, the only good ones

Wed, 02/19/2014 - 23:01 | 4455653 OldPhart
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I certainly don't know what's going on with this rash of dead bankers...but I like it.

Wed, 02/19/2014 - 21:09 | 4455137 screw face
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MOAR Data

Maybe Mike Morgan knows....he has those stinking Quantum computers ya know, big and fast ones.

 

fc

Wed, 02/19/2014 - 21:08 | 4455142 LiberalConstitu...
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The trail leads to a few job openings seeking highly motivated, well bred coke addicts with connections, sociopathic tendencies required.

Wed, 02/19/2014 - 21:57 | 4455351 yogibear
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And expensive hookers.

Wed, 02/19/2014 - 22:02 | 4455375 neidermeyer
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The best salesman in my firm was an 18 year old cokehead ... sociopathic doesn't start to describe the situation there ,, one of the old timers there used to be a psychiatrist who was a decent manipulator.

Wed, 02/19/2014 - 22:16 | 4455425 HardAssets
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If you haven't already done so, you might check out the book "The Sociopath Next Door". It goes into the psychology of the type. You would likely recognize the salesman you mentioned.

Politicians also often rank high in such tendencies, especially those at the highest levels of national power.  Absolutely no conscious or genuine sympathy/empathy for anyone else, including their own families. Sees others as objects to be manipulated. Self destructive and in constant need of the next thrill (not enough stiimulation from real human relationships). Very dangerous to themselves and those around them.

Wed, 02/19/2014 - 22:29 | 4455490 Berspankme
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If only we could start piling up dead politicians and then hedgies, it would be a trifecta

Wed, 02/19/2014 - 23:28 | 4455770 mjcOH1
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"If you haven't already done so, you might check out the book "The Sociopath Next Door". It goes into the psychology of the type. You would likely recognize the salesman you mentioned."

 

Try "Snakes in Suits: When Sociopaths go to Work" by Robert Hare.

Wed, 02/19/2014 - 23:33 | 4455788 SDShack
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TPTB = sociopaths. I've been preaching it for years.

Wed, 02/19/2014 - 21:08 | 4455149 HyBrasilian
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Colonel Mustard in the Library with the Candlestick

Wed, 02/19/2014 - 21:11 | 4455159 e_goldstein
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or Guido the Carpenter in the garage with the nail gun.

Wed, 02/19/2014 - 21:42 | 4455286 HyBrasilian
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Shalom in the basement with the printing press

Wed, 02/19/2014 - 21:43 | 4455292 fonzannoon
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stop making fucking jokes, this is a very serious thread.

Wed, 02/19/2014 - 21:47 | 4455311 HyBrasilian
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Ghosts don't joke around :-)

Wed, 02/19/2014 - 23:22 | 4455741 kito
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I see dead people....

Wed, 02/19/2014 - 23:25 | 4455762 HyBrasilian
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kito!

~~~

How come you're not over at the Chinese thread dropping valuable comments like:

Ho Lee Fuk

Sum Ting Wong

Wed, 02/19/2014 - 23:56 | 4455871 kito
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Lol. The good news is if there is ever a revolution, ZH has now successfully recruited plenty of front line bodies for the cause. Tyler, Michael synder and Simon black will lead the mindless brigade into the fight for freedom.

Thu, 02/20/2014 - 01:50 | 4456196 Seer
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Well, one of those entities is a multiple entity, in which case I can't ageee on that.  The other two though...

Thu, 02/20/2014 - 05:36 | 4456480 Snoopy the Economist
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I see dead Banksters...

Wed, 02/19/2014 - 21:57 | 4455349 nmewn
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Yes, I guess it is.

Chindit does have a way with words and he makes some solid points about "the level" of financialists who have met their untimely demise but I don't know anyone who went back to fiat from gold.

He's a fiat guy, a trader, living in the world as he finds it instead of thinking about how it should be...where any risk of capital loss is negated by the fact its simply handed to them, "from us" so you can't blame the contempt.

Besides, nobody shoots themselves seven or eight times in the head & torso, with a nail gun, to commit suicide.

But I upvoted you all the way for fighting ;-)

Wed, 02/19/2014 - 22:01 | 4455371 fonzannoon
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Thanks. The fighting is gone. The good fighters got shown the door. The rest of us just shout down anyone who questions anything. So in the spirit of Michael Snyder, I will take 2 minutes and cut and paste someone else's good work from this very thread.

""Michael T. Snyder is a graduate of the University of Florida law school and he worked as an attorney in the heart of Washington D.C. for a number of years, before quitting to pursue his life-long dream of being a frothing conspiracy theorist and full-time retard."

this is where we are at. A D.C attorney turned used car salesman. Yes....yes....this man needs to speak for us. he is prolific.

Wed, 02/19/2014 - 22:07 | 4455402 nmewn
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Far be it from me to defend a gator law grad ;-)

Wed, 02/19/2014 - 22:23 | 4455460 disabledvet
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Humpty Dumpty was pushed!

Wed, 02/19/2014 - 22:26 | 4455465 HyBrasilian
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When the goin' gets rough he's super tough with the Hong Kong Phooey chop!

~~~

CHEER UP! You have fonestar & satoshi to keep you 'in the know' these days...

 

Wed, 02/19/2014 - 22:37 | 4455533 fonzannoon
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nobody knows what any of us are talking about anymore, and I barely remember the inside jokes of the guys who were here before me. I guess that's just how it goes.

Wed, 02/19/2014 - 22:48 | 4455583 HyBrasilian
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'Blobbing' has been replaced by 'blabbing'...

~~~

SEND IN THE CLOWNS

Thu, 02/20/2014 - 01:52 | 4456201 Seer
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This is starting to feel sad, please stop...

Wed, 02/19/2014 - 22:05 | 4455394 neidermeyer
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I'm waiting for the first chainsaw suicide....

Thu, 02/20/2014 - 01:55 | 4456204 Seer
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I'm telling you, there's nothing funny about a chainsaw.  I got off lucky with a nick cutting through some denims.  As sure-footed (in all things) that I am that was too close for comfort.  So, as a public announcement: when cutting, wear protective chaps, always!

Wed, 02/19/2014 - 21:09 | 4455155 Dr. Venkman
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I'm not telling you this so that you'll panic...

Thu, 02/20/2014 - 01:56 | 4456212 Seer
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Quite calmly:  DON'T PANIC!

Wed, 02/19/2014 - 21:09 | 4455156 beaker
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Reminds me of the mystery of why whales wash up on beaches.

Wed, 02/19/2014 - 21:40 | 4455275 vie
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You say the bankers were chemtrailed and HAARPed until they starved to death and couldn't take it anymore...

Wed, 02/19/2014 - 23:07 | 4455683 Yes_Questions
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HA!

 

and here we thought the aluminum was added to the aerosols to negate our hats.

 

the barium to penetrate our, well, you know.

Wed, 02/19/2014 - 22:09 | 4455410 neidermeyer
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Whales wash up on beaches ,, are consumed by sharks and sink to the bottom ... we only see the ones that end up on a beach ,, skews our outlook.

Wed, 02/19/2014 - 23:09 | 4455695 HardlyZero
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Fave management joke: "There is nothing deeper than whale shit."

It has a few meanings.

Wed, 02/19/2014 - 23:23 | 4455751 Skateboarder
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I think I just reached enlightenment reading that sentence.

Thu, 02/20/2014 - 01:57 | 4456213 Seer
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Because they don't have bathrooms?

Wed, 02/19/2014 - 21:10 | 4455160 LiberalConstitu...
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I swear to God this Michael Snyder fuck is just a psuedonym used by some firm in India Zerohedge has hired to churn out filler material.

Wed, 02/19/2014 - 21:19 | 4455199 fonzannoon
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Look how many reads/comments these Snyder articles with these titles get. I bash ZH relentlessly for it but from a business perspective I would put them up as well. You see Snyder/Faber/ZH etc. etc. actually make money, and the more scandalous/dramatic the headline the more reads it gets. As for the content of said articles, and the crowd it draws out...Chindit13 said it better than I ever could.

"Look at the other clowns around here.  They're already building a grand conspiracy based on the deaths of a junior FX trader, an index arb guy, a code writer and laptop repairman, and a small time title insurer.  Yea, those guys are at the heart the multi-trillion dollar financial crisis, bailouts and QE.

Such is the analytical skill level and knowledge of the current Zerohedge crowd that they make Dick Bove seem like a combination of Isaac Newton and Hercule Poirot.  As for the schadenfreude...well, that's one more reason why I see little to recommend either Jamie and Lloyd or any of this new crop of losers who frequent Zerohedge.

Hey, I wonder if Tyler will be posting a few of the obituaries of all the stackers who offed themselves since 2011 and since their purchasing power tumbled 30-60%?  You know, equal time to elicit the same degree of compassion."

Wed, 02/19/2014 - 21:34 | 4455257 buyingsterling
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Two twats. Snyder has his own blog, genius. He does good work - you want to take the piss our of him because he's prolific? Twat.

Twat #2: The entire world is circling the drain; you can't get too sensational. But more to the point of your twatness, Snyder admits that he doesn't know what's happening, and it IS out of the ordinary. You got that from the front page blurb, but you still came to read the article and make your twat comment.

Wed, 02/19/2014 - 21:38 | 4455266 fonzannoon
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Prolific? You mean pathetic. All Snyder does is churn whatever cut and pastes he can find off of other fringe blogs. DAILY. That is prolific to you? Then yes, the quotation absolutely applies to you. Fuckface.

Wed, 02/19/2014 - 21:43 | 4455290 Skateboarder
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Yo fonz, you didn't get the memo? Quantity > Quality now. "IT'S THE LAW." Looks like we gotta get re-educated.

Wed, 02/19/2014 - 22:10 | 4455411 johnQpublic
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i dig what foz is saying in some respects but isnt this kinda the way BCCI or whatever it was started along with the vatican banker thing?

sloppy non cut/paste references...sry

Wed, 02/19/2014 - 21:45 | 4455299 HyBrasilian
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@fonz ~ It all started by former ZH posters getting 'offed'... It's now just spreading to lower mezzanine bankers...

Wed, 02/19/2014 - 21:49 | 4455316 fonzannoon
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You remember that cheers episode when everyone got drunk and got up from their bloomberg terminal and got in a huge bar fight? Me neither. 

Wed, 02/19/2014 - 21:57 | 4455352 HyBrasilian
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I'd rather have a bottle in front of me, than to have a frontal lobotomy...

Thu, 02/20/2014 - 07:32 | 4456564 Urban Redneck
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That's an interesting theory, but we can't test it with a traditional roll-call because of the noise in the data set created of the recent suiciding of ZH posters by the Tylers.

Wed, 02/19/2014 - 21:45 | 4455302 Wen_Dat
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I'm getting bored of waiting for a collapse. Peace

Thu, 02/20/2014 - 00:58 | 4456049 kito
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Buyingsterling has been on here over 2 years and he thinks synder is the bomb. Some dumb fuckers never get any wiser....

Thu, 02/20/2014 - 02:05 | 4456228 Seer
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And here we have a good demonstration.

So much name-calling and little substance.  Pretty much the kind of response that I've been getting lately.

I wonder, have you ever really written anything here that could possibly look as though it was constructed within your own head (other than name-caling), anything that even comes close to what Fonz writes/contributes?

I may not agree with people on things, but those that bother to try and formulate something of substance that appears to be something that they've actually spent time pondering, well, those people have my respect.

NOTE: I regularly use "Party Pussy" - I fully stand behind my use of this phrase.

Wed, 02/19/2014 - 21:43 | 4455291 Croesus
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@ Fonz: 

I think the lack of compassion has more to do with the idea that most of the readers of ZH, (and alt.-media in general), clearly recognize that the banking industry has treated Main St. with utter contempt for generations. To add insult to injury, the banksters proudly display their attitude towards us, each and every time they open their mouths. 

Of course, I'm not referring to the cute little teller at the local neighborhood branch office, but rather the Dimon-fein's of the world, who are happily destroying the lives of millions, because of their insatiable appetite for "Moar Paper". 

You're right that these guys were "nobodies" in the grand-scheme of things, and that alt-media is grasping at straws here. 

As for "goldbug suicide"...the thought never enters my mind; I'm too interested in seeing how it all plays out. 

 

Wed, 02/19/2014 - 21:47 | 4455304 fonzannoon
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The day Blythe jumps off the JPM building and lands on top of Dimon and they both lay on the street screaming in pain and agony I will cry tears of joy. I promise you that.

Wed, 02/19/2014 - 22:16 | 4455428 Croesus
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@ Fonz: 

You and me both, man, but it ain't gonna happen. Not in this lifetime. If and when the house of cards comes tumbling down, they'll be long gone, in countries that offer them asylum with no extradition.

Alt-media is loaded with carnival barkers, who see a "Big Conspiracy" in every damn thing that happens anymore, in an effort to generate ad-click revenue, sell videos, books, newsletters, or other products. 

While most of them are well-intentioned, there are plenty of examples of them being detrimental to their own cause, by pandering to their audience(s), and engaging in cheap sensationalism. 

 

Wed, 02/19/2014 - 22:25 | 4455467 fonzannoon
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8,200 reads and 100 comments and we are just getting warmed up my man, and like I said, I don't blame them one bit. The reality is we are in a depression and everyone has to find a way to keep the lights on. I don't blame Snyder or ZH or anyone else for doing it however they feel they need to do it. Snyder in particular just reeks of bullshit to me.

You see Croesus it's the total image....an identity you have to go by...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=csLgaK20SSY

 

Wed, 02/19/2014 - 23:30 | 4455775 kito
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Free Francis Sawyer

Wed, 02/19/2014 - 23:36 | 4455797 fuu
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He's posting in this thread.

Wed, 02/19/2014 - 23:47 | 4455838 kito
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Francis is always with us on all threads. His spirit lives on.

Thu, 02/20/2014 - 02:10 | 4456242 Seer
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Well, parts of him...  His bigotry was just a littly too frothy (being married to someone with brown skin I'm a bit on the sensitive side).  On the energy and growth front he was spot-on: seems the it was pretty much only he and I that were on this way back when.

Thu, 02/20/2014 - 11:14 | 4457182 tip e. canoe
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 it was pretty much only he and I that were on this way back when.

...so always say the self-proclaimed seers...

(just sayin')

Thu, 02/20/2014 - 11:00 | 4457169 tip e. canoe
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bingo.   well said Croseus.  

what one must come to grips with is that those who instinctively choose to believe that we've been duped have been duped by those who've led the charge in shouting "we've been duped!".  (not naming any names *cough* Kill JPM, Buy Silver! *cough*)

the realization that everyone is talking their book is perhaps the next step for many to take.    however, that next step may lead to a crossroads where one could realize that the paths in which one has journeyed so far ultimately lead to a pit of quicksand of despair & hopelessness, which is filled with those who may be of like minds, but are either chasing phantoms or stepping on everyone else in order to try to escape with a pocket full of shekels.  they don't call it a death spiral for nuthin'.

what i'm wondering these days is which way does the other path lead...that path of the heart.

Wed, 02/19/2014 - 22:30 | 4455495 NoDebt
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I'm an optimist by nature (that's a lie, I'm a realist).  But things don't crumble at the center first.  Maybe we got the start of a trend that will work it's way up the chain.

Little story to illustrate the point:

15 years ago a little company called Xerox was embroiled in a massive accounting scandal that almost sank the company (from which it's never really recovered, despite avoiding collapse).  Xerox share price before this: $60.  Accounting irregularities started to get noticed here and there.  First it was Indonesia.  Then South America.  No, no, isolated incidents, management said.  Then it was Mexico.  That's it, that's all there is, they said.  Then.. uh oh.. it was the US and Barry Romeril, the CFO, and some others lost their jobs and got their tickets pulled.  Massive revenue recognition problems (LIES, in plain language).  YEARS of financials had to be restated.  By the time it was all over Xerox's stock was $6 a share.

Don't let where it starts bias your judgement on where it might end.  Something's up.  I doubt any serious conspiracy between these individual incidents.  But stress in this vicinity is apparent.  

Wed, 02/19/2014 - 23:19 | 4455734 Yes_Questions
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stress in this vicinity is apparent.

 


Thu, 02/20/2014 - 00:37 | 4455990 janus
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all of which is precisely why xerox currently has ursula and amorica has obama.

there is nothing at all amiss.

as far as the 'suicides go, about half of them seem odd, the other half irrelevant and the remaining 2/3rds suspicious.

Thu, 02/20/2014 - 02:16 | 4456252 Seer
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"But stress in this vicinity is apparent. "

Understatement of the decade?

Not in defense of Xerox, Wall Street and such, but the big sharks are staring at all of them, commanding them to do pretty much as they say else BAM!  Lehman.

I really think that the movie Rollover is excatly how it's al going down.

There's no way out.  We've ALL been living a Big Lie: that we can have perpetual growth on a finite planet: most folks avoid this discussion at all costs, despite the fact that is THE discussion that we would have to have in order to come to grips with what's going on (we'll instead continue to be distracted by lists of horrors [never finding anything in them that we're responsible for]).

Thu, 02/20/2014 - 05:41 | 4456482 Snoopy the Economist
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Guillotines, lamp-posts or tree branches would be more appropriate but more likely it will be old age.

Wed, 02/19/2014 - 21:44 | 4455294 Dr Benway
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Anyone who claims that these banker deaths are coincidence, must also have disbelieved Randy Quaid when he told the world about the Hollywood Star Whackers.

Wed, 02/19/2014 - 21:59 | 4455366 Jafo
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Agree totally.  In Live Free of Die Hard the mastermind was killing off the people who made the pieces for his plan.  The movie proper began when Justin Long aka Matt Farrell was about to be killed for his part in the plan so all leads would go to a dead end (with the emphasis on "dead") should the authorities possibly trace anything back to a suspect.

That was fiction.  Nobody has a team of people involved to mop up these details before/after the scheme has been hatched.  Except maybe the US President, The Russian President, Various Prime Ministers and other Presidents and maybe Several Trans-National Corporations and some International Banks.

Wed, 02/19/2014 - 22:35 | 4455519 Liquid Courage
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And just maybe the See Eye Eh?

Wed, 02/19/2014 - 23:23 | 4455753 Freddie
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Who runs lots of the script ideas?  Who has since probably the OSS in WW2.  I don't watch any of their shit but the glofied SWAT, military-industrial spy state BS on TV and Hollywood.  They glorify all these agencies with secret budgets in Hollwyyod's crap movies and TV. 

Thu, 02/20/2014 - 02:20 | 4456259 Seer
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It's definately one thing I tend to agree with you on that ought get a bit of scrutiny... but then again I'm of the mind that the best way to defeat something is to not give it any power/energy (turn away from it, as it can only feed off of you).  And, well, the good news is that more an more people are likely going to be unable to afford to pay for being propagandized to as such.

Thu, 02/20/2014 - 11:03 | 4457212 tip e. canoe
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best way to defeat something is to not give it any power/energy (turn away from it, as it can only feed off of you).  

if that includes giving it any energy AT ALL (including anger, hate & rage), then +1

Wed, 02/19/2014 - 21:37 | 4455268 Skateboarder
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Even when he doesn't use lists to write an article, it still ends up as a list, with many list items completely unrelated to the topic.

Thu, 02/20/2014 - 02:22 | 4456260 Seer
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Lists make one look professional!

When I'm procrastinating on doing something I write a list.  This way I look like I'm in heavy contemplation, when I'm in fact drifting from doing what I ought to be doing...

Maybe Snyder is procrastinating on actually getting a life?

Thu, 02/20/2014 - 02:25 | 4456265 fuu
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I always make the first thing on the list making a list, instant productivity.

Thu, 02/20/2014 - 03:36 | 4456376 Skateboarder
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If one has the discipline to stick by a checklist, it can be one of the greatest means of productivity.

Wed, 02/19/2014 - 21:42 | 4455284 Borrow Owl
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I smell a propaganda blitz..

Wed, 02/19/2014 - 22:38 | 4455542 fuu
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It is an anagram for:

My Chandeliers

Shy Nerd Malice

Acridly Enmesh

Rashly Endemic

Wed, 02/19/2014 - 21:11 | 4455163 new game
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the trend is your friend!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Wed, 02/19/2014 - 21:12 | 4455165 LiberalConstitu...
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No use mentioning these bats, the fuckers will see them soon enough

Thu, 02/20/2014 - 01:52 | 4456199 varnelius
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We can't stop here, this is bat country!

Wed, 02/19/2014 - 21:13 | 4455169 KickIce
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This keeps up and crab fishing in the Bering Sea will have to forfeit the title of most dangerous job.

Wed, 02/19/2014 - 21:14 | 4455172 Judge Crater
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And there was the joke by the comedian that his family's business was wiped out during the Great Depression.  Jumping off a building, a banker landed on the comedian father's apple cart, smashing the cart to pieces.

Wed, 02/19/2014 - 21:14 | 4455175 DavrosoftheDaleks
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Maybe working for JPM gives the idea that people can fly and what you can do is limitless, since obviously JPM's power has been limitless the last few years. 

Wed, 02/19/2014 - 21:14 | 4455176 The Axe
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I want to throw myself into the river to//no high rise buildings here....

 

Wed, 02/19/2014 - 21:15 | 4455178 RaceToTheBottom
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Never look a gift horse in the mouth....

Wed, 02/19/2014 - 21:15 | 4455179 Oldballplayer
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I remember when my company took out a life insurance policy on me. I kept wondering if they knew something I did not.

Wed, 02/19/2014 - 21:15 | 4455183 nmewn
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See, this is why we need to tighten up OSHA requirements on guys with ties.

Moar regulations!

Forward! ;-)

Wed, 02/19/2014 - 23:48 | 4455844 Hulk
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Maybe the banksters should be required, at all times, to have their ties attached to a safety cable or sumting...

Wed, 02/19/2014 - 21:16 | 4455187 Jack Burton
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I blame the weather.

Wed, 02/19/2014 - 22:02 | 4455377 akak
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Puts a new twist on an old song:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l5aZJBLAu1E

Wed, 02/19/2014 - 21:17 | 4455189 rsnoble
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These guys probably knew too much for not being in the inner circle of suck asses and cock suckers and were deemed a security risk.  

I've been blackballed in decades past for knowing more than the asshole in command.  "oh we had to let him go for attitude reasons" etc etc etc.  Same shit, bigger stakes.

Wed, 02/19/2014 - 23:07 | 4455682 Pure Evil
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Or, maybe they just didn't like you.

Nothing to be ashamed of. I've been in that boat.

Was hired by a manager to work a contract position. He was very happy with me for more than 18 months. He wasn't making his boss happy so he was shipped off to a different division. I got a new manager and was fired three weeks later over some political puffery.

Wed, 02/19/2014 - 21:23 | 4455195 1fortheroad
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Lose lips sink Ships!!

 

That dam bankster was running loose.

Wed, 02/19/2014 - 21:29 | 4455241 rsnoble
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stick shift pink lips

Wed, 02/19/2014 - 21:18 | 4455196 new game
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anybody thinking vigalantee(s) sp?

Wed, 02/19/2014 - 21:21 | 4455209 nmewn
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As soon as the nail gun "accidental death".

But I have a concrete alibi for that day ;-)

Wed, 02/19/2014 - 21:18 | 4455197 GooseShtepping Moron
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I think it more plausible the dead bankers just realized that they couldn't hack it anymore, that the status quo was doomed to failure, and that they had invested almost all their personal identity in something they could no longer justify. I would not discount the possibility of demonic oppression, either.

Wed, 02/19/2014 - 23:56 | 4455728 HardlyZero
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or...maybe these are those involved in the Trillions and Trillions of Derivatives perhaps ?

90% are all traded between the banks...so its a 'structured' House of Cards supported by an intricate Domino Theory, laid on top of Bernanke's Fiat Engine, powered by Hope and Dreams.

Bankers feel lucky ?  or falling for the punch-line.

 

or...maybe it is all those Chinese Shadow Banking investing in FOREX futures, betting with and against the FED ,and now the FED is pulling away the punch bowl.

The credit and liquidity must be endless and has blinded the financiers.

Thu, 02/20/2014 - 02:33 | 4456276 Seer
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I think that this is the WINNER.

I'm a bit familiar with suicide seeing as I had a family member kill herself.  I"m pretty convinced that the world that she wanted just couldn't materialize, so, instead of adjusting she checked out.

Materialism plays a big part, and when it's high image like most of these folks put up (and boost themselves with), when they lose their grip on that they cannot face looking themselves in the mirror and acknowledge that they were total a fabrication.

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