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Goldman Hires Former Head Of NATO To Deal With DONG Scandal

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Back in January 2014, we reported that Goldman's merchant banking unit rushed to buy an 18% in Denmark's DONG Energy (that would be Danish Oil & Natural Gas) company for $1.5 billion. The result was an immediate grassroots resistance campaign, as hundreds of thousands of Danes refused to hand over their DONG to the vampire squid for various reasons, not the least of which was granting Goldman veto rights over changes to DONG's leadership and strategy, a right usually reserved for buyers of 33% of an entity. A bigger reason for the Danish anger at the Goldman DONG deal, was that as The Local reported a few months later, the sale "did not include a massive deal that both parties knew was imminent, shortchanging the company's value by as much as 20 billion kroner."

Which was to be expected: as we further said in January 2014, "if Goldman is involved, it guarantees future benefits for the Vampire Squid". Sure enough:

Denmark lost out on billions of kroner when it sold partial ownership of Dong Energy to American investment firm Goldman Sachs in January 2014, Politiken reported Wednesday.

 

When the Danish government sold an 18 percent stake of Dong to Goldman Sachs, the Finance Ministry calculated the company’s value at 31.5 billion kroner ($4.6 billion).

 

But just three months later, Dong was granted the rights to instal a massive offshore wind park supported by the United Kingdom. According to Politiken, that deal shot Dong’s value up to over 50 billion kroner but was not calculated into the Goldman Sachs sale despite both Dong and the investment firm being fully aware of it.

 

Politiken also reports that the looming deal was common knowledge throughout the wind industry. 

As a result, the locals were less than delighted to learn the details of yet another Goldman pillaging of taxpayers, one which allowed Goldman to make a substantial return on its investment in just months courtesy of what was information which the government either did not have access to, or simply refused to notice.

Bloomberg further reports that "the Goldman deal left an indelible mark on Danish politics. Disagreement over the Wall Street bank’s investment in state assets prompted a junior party in the former Social Democrat-led administration to quit the coalition in protest. Danes gathered in their thousands in front of the parliament to protest against the sale."

Indeed, the deal caused a rift in the former Social Democrat-led coalition, culminating in the departure of a junior member, the Socialist People’s Party. The government of Helle Thorning-Schmidt that oversaw the Goldman deal was ousted in the June 2014 elections, paving the way for a Liberal government led by Lars Loekke Rasmussen. He served as finance minister under Fogh Rasmussen and was also prime minister from 2009 until 2011.

Fast forward over a year, and a shaken Denmark still refuses to let Goldman fully off the hook when recently the government decided to let lawmakers see secret documents on Goldman Sachs Group Inc.’s purchase of the 18% stake in DONG. However, as Goldman reports, this glimpse into the fine details of the Goldman decision making process will probably be a one-off. To wit: "The government says it’s making an exception in the case of Goldman’s 2014 investment in Dong Energy A/S after lawmakers on a committee overseeing the sale complained they weren’t given full access to the relevant files. Bjarne Corydon, who was finance minister at the time, said the information contained in the transaction papers was too sensitive even for the parliament committee."

Almost as "sensitive" as when Goldman's former employee and then Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson tried to pass an open-ended "three-page termsheet"bailout of, well, Goldman Sachs through Congress in 2008... and ultimately succeeded.

But while Goldman's domination of all legislative matters in the US is well known and nobody will dare to make much of a fuss over it, in Denmark things are different.

Finance Minister Claus Hjort Frederiksen said this month he will release the documents more than a year after the transaction went through as lawmakers continue to argue over the deal. Goldman and PFA have said they have no objection to the files being made public.

Would the deal be unwound if it is discovered that Goldman had conspired and manipulated (with significant kickbacks) the government of Helle Thorning-Schmidt to fast track the deal which Goldman knew would be a huge IRR in just a few short months? It is unlikely:

Rene Christensen, a spokesman for the Danish People’s Party which lobbied to have the documents released, said there’s no risk their contents might trigger political demands that a new deal be negotiated.

 

“Altering the deal isn’t really what it’s about,” Christensen said by phone. “It’s about having had a finance minister who said he couldn’t trust the committee.” Denmark’s lawmakers deserve to know “what was so important about this deal that we weren’t allowed to see more details,” he said.

 

Martin Hintze, a partner at Goldman who sits on the board of Dong, was quoted by Berlingske as saying the bank has no objections to having the documents made public.

Of course it wouldn't - any objections would be seen as confirmation the sale process was improper.

Which is why Goldman decided to go for the "sure thing" jugular, and just to make absolutely sure it controls the DONG process, Goldman hired none other than Anders Fogh Rasmussen, the former Danish prime minister who governed Denmark from 2001 until 2009 "to help tackle the political hurdles the bank has encountered since buying into a state utility last year."

Why hire him? Because the current Danish prime minister, Lars Loekke Rasmussen, just happened to be the subordinate and finance minister under the "other" Rasmussen, the one Goldman just hired: Anders Fogh. 

Because if buying current and former government leaders to control the decision-making process works in the US and every other developed nation, why not in Denmark.

But that's not all: in this particular case, Goldman gets bonus influence points because in addition to purchasing the former Danish PM, and by implication, the current PM and his former fin-min protege, and assuring the DONG scandal quietly goes away, Goldman just hired the former head of NATO: from 2009 to 2014 Anders Fogh Rasmussen served as  the 12th Secretary General of NATO.

In other words, with one hiring decision, Goldman not only assured its financial dominance over Denmark, but is now sure to capitalize on whatever military developments NATO unleashes in the coming weeks, which by the looks of things will involve Goldman funding every group in the upcoming Syrian invasion and the resulting latest and greatest war in the middle east.

 

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Sun, 08/09/2015 - 12:19 | 6406983 wisefool
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<- Guns and butter.

<- (tax) milking and (free) munny.

Sun, 08/09/2015 - 12:34 | 6407021 goldhedge
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Another Slimey Fucker.

 

Kill 'em all.

Sun, 08/09/2015 - 12:40 | 6407046 blu
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Bankers hiring generals.

Match made in heaven.

Sun, 08/09/2015 - 13:00 | 6407094 Stackers
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DONG ! Where is grandpa's auto-mobile ?

Sun, 08/09/2015 - 13:59 | 6407239 Money Counterfeiter
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'The central institution in almost every modern nation is its central bank. Here is where unofficial sovereignty lies (in both senses). Central bankers do not claim this authority; they merely exercise it. They let politicians take the hit for economic failures. They call the shots, because they control the central institution: money.

The mark of sovereignty never changes in history: coinage. There is usually a politician on a coin. This goes back to 600 B.C. Ethelbert Stauffer was a theologian, an historian, and an expert in numismatics. He wrote his great little book, Christ and the Caesars (1955), in terms of the history of the Roman Empire's coinage: the deterioration from precious metals to copper coins with fake silver. The coins had images of a god on one side and a Caesar on the other.

Today, we have paper money. Each nation's paper money has different politicians' pictures on the bills.

This is no longer so important, because most money is digital. We get our choice of credit cards. Here, there are bank logos, not politicians' pictures. The churches of America are MasterCard, Visa, and American Express. There is brand competition.

When politicians go to summits to do their deals, they always take the finance ministers. Their finance ministers are the liaisons between the politicians and the central banks. The politicians are on tight chains, not the other way around.

The public keeps its collective eye on the politicians. This is exactly what central bankers prefer.

The politicians are the Great and Powerful Oz. Central bankers are the little man behind the curtain."

Gary North 

Sun, 08/09/2015 - 16:59 | 6407594 layman_please
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not to sound like a broken record, but carroll quigley's writings tend to confirm your theory. 

from tragedy and hope:

"In addition to these pragmatic goals, the powers of financial capitalism had another

far-reaching aim, nothing less than to create a world system of financial control in private

hands able to dominate the political system of each country and the economy of the world

as a whole. This system was to be controlled in a feudalist fashion by the central banks of

the world acting in concert, by secret agreements arrived at in frequent private meetings

and conferences. The apex of the system was to be the Bank for International Settlements

in Basle, Switzerland, a private bank owned and controlled by the world's central banks

which were themselves private corporations. Each central bank, in the hands of men like

Montagu Norman of the Bank of England, Benjamin Strong of the New York Federal

Reserve Bank, Charles Rist of the Bank of France, and Hjalmar Schacht of the

Reichsbank, sought to dominate its government by its ability to control Treasury loans, to

manipulate foreign exchanges, to influence the level of economic activity in the country,

and to influence cooperative politicians by subsequent economic rewards in the business

world."

 

but... the rabbit hole goes even deeper. who's behind the central bankers?


"It must not be felt that these heads of the world's chief central banks were themselves

substantive powers in world finance. They were not. Rather, they were the technicians

and agents of the dominant investment bankers of their own countries, who had raised

them up and were perfectly capable of throwing them down. The substantive financial

powers of the world were in the hands of these investment bankers (also called

"international" or "merchant" bankers) who remained largely behind the scenes in their

own unincorporated private banks. These formed a system of international cooperation

and national dominance which was more private, more powerful, and more secret than

that of their agents in the central banks. This dominance of investment bankers was based

on their control over the flows of credit and investment funds in their own countries and

throughout the world. They could dominate the financial and industrial systems of their

own countries by their influence over the flow of current funds through bank loans, the

discount rate, and the re-discounting of commercial debts; they could dominate

governments by their control over current government loans and the play of the

international exchanges. Almost all of this power was exercised by the personal influence

and prestige of men who had demonstrated their ability in the past to bring off successful

financial coupe, to keep their word, to remain cool in a crisis, and to share their winning

opportunities with their associates."

Sun, 08/09/2015 - 18:59 | 6407861 Richard Chesler
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As if the Goldman scumbags and their ilk had not already bought every other public figure, lol

SOME FUCKING NEWS...

 

Sun, 08/09/2015 - 22:28 | 6408559 old naughty
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yes yes, from assuring the DONG scandal to go away; and funding all wars in ME...

truly outdone itself.

Well, it's called the squid, no.

They're the front/fund for ptb. And they now do things

from under to above our noses. Not so hideous now?

Convergence soon, perhaps?

Sun, 08/09/2015 - 14:00 | 6407241 BC6
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Au-to-mo-bile??? HAHAHAHAHA!!! VRRROOM, VROOOOMOM, RRRRRRRRRR, CRASHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!

Sun, 08/09/2015 - 14:59 | 6407347 Hugh G. Rection
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Ahhaahahahah!!! RRRRR, smash!!!

Sun, 08/09/2015 - 17:58 | 6407812 The Merovingian
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Rake, big rake!

Sun, 08/09/2015 - 13:15 | 6407136 logicalman
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MIC writ LARGE

Mon, 08/10/2015 - 04:34 | 6409068 silvermail
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US corporations have the right to plunder any country in the world. If the population of Denmark does not agree with this, then NATO will bomb population of Denmark via carpet bombing.

Sun, 08/09/2015 - 17:56 | 6407804 The Merovingian
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No real surprise they have a 'dong' problem given they're fucking everything.

Sun, 08/09/2015 - 13:12 | 6407129 Jumbotron
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Welllll.....of COURSE Goldman hires the former head of NATO.

Fascist Corp./Gov. does what they are going to do.

The HEART of the world is money.  The RULERS of the world are the bankers.  The PRAETORIAN GUARD of the bankers are the governments of the world.

And just like the governments,  bankers need INTEL as well.

Revolving Door Fascism on parade.  Move along. Nothing to see here. And nothing can be done about it.

Sun, 08/09/2015 - 16:07 | 6407472 DeadFred
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To give full credit where it's due one has to ask what were the chances of the wind farm deal going through if Goldman hadn't been sold a large stake in the company. There are benefits to selling your soul (or company) to the devil. It's not worth it but the benefits are tangible.

Sun, 08/09/2015 - 13:42 | 6407197 stant
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I got life during war time cranked up on the box( talking heads) Gona get drunk later

Sun, 08/09/2015 - 14:12 | 6407272 wisefool
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The MSM is stating today (over the trump dust ups) that politics is entertainment. So is news. The supreme court recently ruled that the later is under no legal obligation to tell the truth. The former never was. Even though you pay for both with your tax dollars.

It is not as boring as baseball, and again, you paid for it, so I say enjoy it anyway you see fit!

Sun, 08/09/2015 - 13:53 | 6407221 booboo
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Positioning for war on a grander scale. Your move Dimon

Sun, 08/09/2015 - 12:22 | 6406985 williambanzai7
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NATO TODAY

Sun, 08/09/2015 - 12:36 | 6407037 rejected
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Outstanding!

To make it more realistic maybe rotate to his backside and put the USNATO emblem where it really belongs.

Sun, 08/09/2015 - 12:41 | 6407051 williambanzai7
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Goldman's summer interns are busy junking this post.

Sun, 08/09/2015 - 14:42 | 6407303 Lumberjack
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His son owns a PR interest in Chicago.

http://www.rasmussenpa.com/leadership/

Here is a PR video he did.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=UxrArt0H_jw

Mon, 08/10/2015 - 02:25 | 6408948 Yen Cross
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lol.  Slaves?

Sun, 08/09/2015 - 13:01 | 6407100 Stackers
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are those padded briefs ?

Sun, 08/09/2015 - 17:40 | 6407762 Urban Roman
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On the lookout for DONG longs.

Sun, 08/09/2015 - 12:25 | 6406993 newsoutlet
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putin regime in eyes of ordinary russian seems to be doing right job by standing against everyone and everywhere. Seems is correct word, because he is not putting Russians and Russia in first place, because he:

Is that in interest of russians? I don’t think so.

Sun, 08/09/2015 - 12:36 | 6407030 Bay of Pigs
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This article isn't about Putin and Russia so why are you posting these unrelated links?

Sun, 08/09/2015 - 12:41 | 6407053 goldhedge
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He is a JTRIG Troll

Sun, 08/09/2015 - 16:52 | 6407621 DeadFred
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A foolish one at that. He only earns half the normal rate when trolling the wrong posts.

Mon, 08/10/2015 - 06:47 | 6409136 Arnold
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Don't you guys be worrying now, being 'listed' and all.

I'll take the fifth at forced testimony, maybe even  a half gallon.

Sun, 08/09/2015 - 13:01 | 6407087 Dame Ednas Possum
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Hey BoP...have a look at this prick's profile - you've earned a special mention as a 'Putin Puppy'

What a dick, posting a comment with numerous hyperlinks 8 minutes after the article comes up. It probably took the fuckwit a week to draft the post and he's been laying in wait for just the right moment.

These Hasbara/ .gov shills are pathetic excuses for mankind.

Sun, 08/09/2015 - 13:07 | 6407115 HowdyDoody
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You've just been included too!

Sun, 08/09/2015 - 15:47 | 6407408 Dame Ednas Possum
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I'll wear it as a badge of honour.

Ha ha...here I am, bringing down the NWO...while laying in bed.

You'll see me on the next Avengers movie:

slaying Captain America... while doing the weekly shop with the Mrs.

destroying Iron Man...while walking the dog for his morning piss-fest

knocking the Hulk unconscious...while taking the garbage out.

All while wearing my Vlad Fan Boy t-shirt.

FEAR ME!

Sun, 08/09/2015 - 13:38 | 6407187 Bay of Pigs
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Bay of Pigs the ZH Troll Slayer is now a paid Russian troll?

Haha. You can't make this shit up.

Mon, 08/10/2015 - 02:37 | 6408954 MsCreant
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Say it ain't so Bay!

I have never seen that bio area used in quite that way before. You can't make this shit up, yet newsoutlet did!

Or maybe you are a pro-Russian troll, but then he comes out and accuses you, and that takes the heat off because no one would believe you were actually a Russian troll if you were accused by this newsoutlet person...hmm...

We'll be watching you Bay....

He's making his list, checking it twice, gonna find out who's commie and nice, newsoutlet is posting to ZH...

 

Sun, 08/09/2015 - 13:03 | 6407102 holgerdanske
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Government propaganda, working for NSA, not that bright??? take your pick!

Sun, 08/09/2015 - 12:36 | 6407032 Bioscale
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Why do you fucking care?

Sun, 08/09/2015 - 12:59 | 6407092 Dame Ednas Possum
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Because his quota and pay packet depend upon spewing troll bile across the Internet.

Sun, 08/09/2015 - 17:29 | 6407732 CuttingEdge
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Probably the same cunt who gave Hitlery Clitnon all her likes on FacePlant.

 

Sun, 08/09/2015 - 12:36 | 6407034 Winston Churchill
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Substitue  Obozo and you have the same list.

Poor potato crop this year in Hitlerstan ?

Mon, 08/10/2015 - 02:43 | 6408963 MsCreant
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Not you too Winston!

He's making his list, checking it twice, gonna find out who's commie and nice, newoutlet is posting to ZH!

Imagine me thinking you are someone who has their own unique opinions that do not fit a strict mold. Silly me. 

Have fun being a Russian spy. I think it's great. 

 

Sun, 08/09/2015 - 12:38 | 6407042 rejected
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Change Russia/Russian to USA and you might be on to something.

Sun, 08/09/2015 - 12:40 | 6407048 Heywood Jahblohmee
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Hey ,fuckface paid agent   Take a hike.clownboy.

Sun, 08/09/2015 - 12:42 | 6407055 Dame Ednas Possum
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Fuck off you shit-munching troll.

Sun, 08/09/2015 - 12:56 | 6407079 Dame Ednas Possum
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Repeat...sorry

Sun, 08/09/2015 - 17:30 | 6407741 CuttingEdge
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No apology needed.

Some things are worth repeating.

Sun, 08/09/2015 - 13:34 | 6407180 Heywood Jahblohmee
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You are a real goddam son of a bitch and a BIG COWARD to boot.  I have free world wide flight benefits from my years in aviation.

Lets meet you son of bitch LYING bastard.

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

"These days you have to understand that even people in west are attacked by putin regime – by putin regime propaganda and it’s paid trolls.

You can learn about this fact from these articles:

  1. One Professional Russian Troll Tells All
  2. The Kremlin’s Troll Army
    Moscow is financing legions of pro-Russia Internet commenters. But how much do they matter?
  3. Ukraine conflict: Inside Russia’s ‘Kremlin troll army’
  4. The Kremlin’s troll army
  5. Documents Show How Russia’s Troll Army Hit America
  6. Kremlin Troll Army Shows Russia Isn’t Charlie Hebdo

These trolls act at news articles, many at putin regime propaganda assets such as zerohedge.com Also they attack you at youtube videos and other news portals with their propaganda lies. So you simply must be aware of their existence and be ready to detect a kremlin troll. They are aggressive, manipulating, no respect to other opinion and pro-putin agenda.

So remember when you encounter putin paid troll – than don’t go into disccusion – because there is no point doing so. Because he knows that he is lying – that is why he gets paid.

Only time when you should communicate is to post more materials revealing putin regime crimes & lies."

Sun, 08/09/2015 - 13:41 | 6407194 Haus-Targaryen
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Gas yourself.

Sun, 08/09/2015 - 13:57 | 6407232 Winston Churchill
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He did, and failed at that as well.

The brain damage is just a reminder.

Mon, 08/10/2015 - 02:54 | 6408973 MsCreant
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Is that like Groundhog day? You wake up over and over again deciding to gas yourself, and just as you get it started, you remember at the last second that you are brain damaged? And then you wake up from that failed attempt and, you know...

Sun, 08/09/2015 - 13:34 | 6407181 Heywood Jahblohmee
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You are a real goddam son of a bitch and a BIG COWARD to boot.  I have free world wide flight benefits from my years in aviation.

Lets meet you son of bitch LYING bastard.

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

"These days you have to understand that even people in west are attacked by putin regime – by putin regime propaganda and it’s paid trolls.

You can learn about this fact from these articles:

  1. One Professional Russian Troll Tells All
  2. The Kremlin’s Troll Army
    Moscow is financing legions of pro-Russia Internet commenters. But how much do they matter?
  3. Ukraine conflict: Inside Russia’s ‘Kremlin troll army’
  4. The Kremlin’s troll army
  5. Documents Show How Russia’s Troll Army Hit America
  6. Kremlin Troll Army Shows Russia Isn’t Charlie Hebdo

These trolls act at news articles, many at putin regime propaganda assets such as zerohedge.com Also they attack you at youtube videos and other news portals with their propaganda lies. So you simply must be aware of their existence and be ready to detect a kremlin troll. They are aggressive, manipulating, no respect to other opinion and pro-putin agenda.

So remember when you encounter putin paid troll – than don’t go into disccusion – because there is no point doing so. Because he knows that he is lying – that is why he gets paid.

Only time when you should communicate is to post more materials revealing putin regime crimes & lies."

Sun, 08/09/2015 - 13:50 | 6407198 Haus-Targaryen
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If I could -- I would gladly deport you naked to the Taliban post boob job. You'd still have your man parts, but I assume not for long.

Sun, 08/09/2015 - 13:51 | 6407217 moneybots
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"Is that in interest of russians? I don’t think so."

 

The bullet points sound like Goldman Sachs.  Goldman said Bush or Clinton are acceptable to them.  Goldman Sachs is supposed to continue in the White House, despite which candidate the public votes for.

Sun, 08/09/2015 - 17:26 | 6407721 cheech_wizard
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That does it, no more potatoes for you.

Sun, 08/09/2015 - 18:10 | 6407837 Joe A
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Have you looked at his bio? You're on his 'paid by Putin troll list'.

Mon, 08/10/2015 - 08:44 | 6409400 PrayingMantis
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... hey ... @newsoutlet ...

... some people here are getting offended because of your trolling and hijacking of thread  ... I was being kind when I told you to "please leave" on another thread you hijacked ... as I didn't want to tell you to fuck off because that would be rude ... but here you go again ... trolling and hijacking another thread about DONGs because of your deep-seated hatred against the Russians only because you and your family was raped and your property in Latvia got pillaged and plundered by the Russian horde ...

... just a simple reminder of our little debate just to put you in the light ... >>> http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2015-07-31/deutsche-bank-loses-libor-chat-records-will-try-hard-find-them#comment-6375023 

     ... I know you're from Latvia and you know 4 languages ... going under the name of Viedoklislv or Viedoklis.lv >>> https://stopputinregime.wordpress.com/author/viedoklislv/ >>> https://www.google.ca/?gws_rd=ssl#q=viedoklis >>> http://www.viedoklis.com/ ... and Viedoklis is latvian for "viewpoint" or "point of view" or "standpoint" ...

... in this forum, I think your "point of view" about Mr. Putin and Russians in general is rather boring and already bordering on nausea ... and I was very tempted, almost, to respond to your tempest in a teapot trolling by writing "your latvian mama is so fat when she gets a headache she puts mayonnaise on her aspirin" ... but that would be rude ... so I decided not to ... instead, I'd simply ask you to please refrain from further wasting valuable space by trolling this site and stay within the periphery of your latvian wordpress blog ... we want a more sane discussion of fun issues here at ZH ... this is just a friendly advice ...

... and here's another >>> http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2015-07-31/deutsche-bank-loses-libor-chat-records-will-try-hard-find-them#comment-6375152 

     ...  so I was right, you ARE from Latvia ... you're a "Liv" ... and obviously not one of the 26.9% ethnic Russians in Latvia ... and I also know that Latvia (established in 1918) was forcibly incorporated into the Soviet Union in 1940 ... now I can understand your deep-seated hatred against the Russians and you're using this forum to whine ... which one of your relatives got raped by the Russian hordes during the invasion ... or was it you?

 

... Remember my Latvian story example about  two opposing views ? ...

... Two Latvian look at clouds.

One see potato. Other see impossible dream.

Is same cloud. ...

 

... and here's another Latvian story example ...

     ... Q: "Where is bread?"

     ... A: "Why Latvian man wear hat? For to hide bread from family!"

 

 

 

 

Sun, 08/09/2015 - 12:30 | 6406997 Eirik Magnus Larssen
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This is why beer is considered liquid bread among us Nordics.

Simply unbelievable.

Sun, 08/09/2015 - 12:47 | 6407063 Overfed
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Now there's something we agree upon. Just remember, socialism and fascism go hand in hand.

Sun, 08/09/2015 - 13:01 | 6407098 chunga
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If Stalin is the face of socialism and Hitler the face of facsism then blankfein is the face of neo-capitalism. I'm religiously agnostic but I've heard it said that taking the Lord's name in vain is a sin. If that's the case, committing crimes against humanity and calling it "God' work" should be worthy of a good smiting no?

There is no punishment on this earth for these monsters, and it's been going on long enough to know there is no punishment period. Evil always wins.

 

Sun, 08/09/2015 - 14:09 | 6407259 GMadScientist
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" I throw the donations in the air and whatever God can catch he can keep"

Sun, 08/09/2015 - 15:26 | 6407360 chunga
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Here's the Goldman Sachs version:

"I throw all the Gods up in the air and whatever the muppets catch they can keep"

/ From their bedtime story book "How the Meek Shall Inherit Crabs or Ice Water"

Sun, 08/09/2015 - 12:26 | 6406998 GMadScientist
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Goldman is flammable though, right?

Just checking.

Sun, 08/09/2015 - 12:28 | 6406999 billbengen
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Wonderful, wonderful Copenhagen Friendly old girl of a town

'Neath her tavern light                         On this merry night                            Let us clink and drink one down

To wonderful, wonderful Copenhagen Salty old queen of the sea                 Once I sailed away                               But I'm home today                             

Singing Copenhagen, wonderful, wonderful Copenhagen for me

Sun, 08/09/2015 - 12:57 | 6407088 clade7
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"With Her harbor lights, that She wears at night, like a golden, golden crown".... is how we were taught over here in the States back in the 70's  we sang the hell out of that song....

"Singing wonderful wonderful Copenhagen salty old Queen of the Sea"!

 

I love Copenhagen, walked and pissed whereever I wanted!, was there on business many years ago, during the 'Dances with Wolves era'.  I remember seeing the marquee on the theatres...flew into Copenhagen and out to Thisted ....told the Wife I will take her there someday...Danes are pretty great people,,,,

Sun, 08/09/2015 - 12:28 | 6407006 KnuckleDragger-X
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By now you would assume that everybody on the planet would know that GS are some of the greatest liars to every exist, but apparently The Danish government are 1) utter morons, 2) could be bought cheap, or 3) both. Basic due diligence used to be a thing, at least that's the rumor.....

Sun, 08/09/2015 - 12:32 | 6407020 rejected
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You need to reassess just who the morons are:

1) Those taking the taxpayer monies

2) The taxpayers.

Sun, 08/09/2015 - 14:14 | 6407282 scaleindependent
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The Danish did go out by the 1000's to protest.

People have been doing that in Argentina and elsewhere for decades. Even here, we had OWS.

I guess that is not enough.  A larger percentage of the people need to get involved, a la Iceland 2008. 

Sun, 08/09/2015 - 17:59 | 6407815 Who was that ma...
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Both obviously.

Sun, 08/09/2015 - 13:00 | 6407096 Jam
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I will go with #3, where does Mr. Dutch Boy stand on this?

Sun, 08/09/2015 - 12:29 | 6407008 NoDebt
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This acquisition will be invaluable to The Squid in the upcoming war effort.

Sun, 08/09/2015 - 12:30 | 6407009 juicy_bananas
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Joos funding both sides of a conflict. Sounds familiar.

Reminds me of how Nathan Rothschild played the British stock market after Waterloo.

Sun, 08/09/2015 - 12:30 | 6407010 robertocarlos
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Rasmussen, you're on my list!

Sun, 08/09/2015 - 12:30 | 6407013 Who was that ma...
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My Dong has plenty of energy thanks.

Sun, 08/09/2015 - 12:31 | 6407016 MASTER OF UNIVERSE
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I wonder if NATO gave Goldman an offer it could not refuse?

Sun, 08/09/2015 - 12:31 | 6407017 clade7
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I got your 'Dong energy' right here!

Sun, 08/09/2015 - 12:33 | 6407022 lasvegaspersona
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shit

this guy is a warmonger...read about his Ukraine statements...war war war Russia bad bad bad

Sun, 08/09/2015 - 12:39 | 6407044 clade7
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I know right!  Like the Nordic version of Lindsay Graham! 

Without the gayness of course...I bet our brother Bonzai could do a pic of Lindsay wearing a magic viking helmet and singing in an opera cheering on the killing...'Oh Brunehilda, you are so lovely'!  Yes, I know it, I cant help it!

Sun, 08/09/2015 - 12:48 | 6407068 wisefool
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He has plenty of those, but I, for one have had quite enough of that stuff for today. How about we encorage him to give us some eyewash with one of his visual combat works? No disrepect WB7 just take it easy on us.

Sun, 08/09/2015 - 12:57 | 6407078 holgerdanske
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Although he is married and has kids, there are strong rumours that he is gay. While being the prime minister of Denmark he was allegedly involved with another man from Poland.

 

He should be in front of a court together with Bush and B-liar

 

Sun, 08/09/2015 - 13:01 | 6407101 clade7
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I was talking about our Lindsay..who is neither married or has any kids as far as we know..unless turds count...

Sun, 08/09/2015 - 13:19 | 6407141 GMadScientist
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Strong rumours? Please. That mofo is as gay as the day is long; extending a fine southern tradition of pooftahs with trophy beards.

Sun, 08/09/2015 - 22:56 | 6408625 IdiotsOutWalkin...
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"pooftahs with trophy beards" .. outstanding turn of phrase,

 

It's as we aferred

pooftahs with trophy beards

mofos so gay

just say

Sun, 08/09/2015 - 22:58 | 6408626 IdiotsOutWalkin...
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"pooftahs with trophy beards" .. outstanding turn of phrase,

 

It's as we afear'd

pooftahs with trophy beards

mofos so gay

just say

Sun, 08/09/2015 - 14:58 | 6407344 Stumpy4516
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Notice how many of these types there are in key positions.  Easily controlled due to their false lives, their narcistic need for acknowledgement and thirst for being made a member of the tribe special priviliged servers.  Them and the pedophiles.

This is just another sign that those behind the curtain are moving their banking division and (newer) military division closer together. 

Sun, 08/09/2015 - 12:34 | 6407025 Duc888
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Yea, keep voting, you don't get to appoint either one.

Sun, 08/09/2015 - 12:35 | 6407029 Heywood Jahblohmee
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Anders Fuckhead Rasmussen, a real fucking dork.

Sun, 08/09/2015 - 12:36 | 6407031 chunga
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The world should declare war on gOldman sAchs.

Sun, 08/09/2015 - 12:45 | 6407057 RagnarRedux
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CNN Goldman Sachs & the Zio Matrix

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zw9EhjyU3JU

Sun, 08/09/2015 - 12:45 | 6407058 pupdog1
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So the squid now owns NATO.

Well that's just dandy.

Fascism.

Fuck Goldman and fuck Denmark (didn't we save their nordic bitch asses a few years ago?) .

Sun, 08/09/2015 - 12:46 | 6407062 gadzooks
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Chit! somebody gonna get shot!

Str8 outta Denmark!

Sun, 08/09/2015 - 12:47 | 6407065 Infinite QE
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It's not called ZATO for no reason.

Sun, 08/09/2015 - 12:47 | 6407066 farmboy
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Danish are not Americans you will see.

Sun, 08/09/2015 - 12:49 | 6407069 Government need...
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Who needs to meet the gibbet first?  Decisions, decisions. . .

Sun, 08/09/2015 - 12:51 | 6407070 holgerdanske
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Anders Fogh Rasmussen is  a vary capable man, very ambitious and ruthless. he is also a psychopath who single handedly got Denmark involved in several wars together with their overlord, the US.

 

He is a type of person this world could easily do without. In fact the world would be a far better place without him and people like him.

 

Nasty, nasty.

Sun, 08/09/2015 - 12:57 | 6407074 rejected
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Well goldman and NATO are peas in the same pod. NATO NAZI'S, Biggest bunch of chickenshit slime in history that attacks and bombs countries that have no defenses. The usa provides 70%, something like $450 billion of NATO's operating budget. I'm sure the NEO-CON taxpayers don't mind,,, probably didn't even know.

EDIT. If the Europeons ever grow a backbone they'd better keep a close eye on OTAN.

 

Sun, 08/09/2015 - 12:56 | 6407081 yogibear
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Goldman quietly became a bank in 2008 to get access to taxpayer TARP funds to cover bad bets.

Whatever Goldman wants, they get. It's also way above any laws.

Goldman owns the world. What else is there left to say.

Sun, 08/09/2015 - 13:25 | 6407159 Consuelo
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It is always darkest before first light.   Although it may sound way counter intuitive, their treachery is nearing its end.

 

 

 

Sun, 08/09/2015 - 12:56 | 6407083 smacker
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OMG:

Goldman Suchs are going into the bombing business (!!!)

Sun, 08/09/2015 - 13:00 | 6407095 Heywood Jahblohmee
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More proof that All Wars are Bankers Wars.

Sun, 08/09/2015 - 13:08 | 6407120 Infinite QE
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No proof needed. 100% certainty based on historical analysis.

Sun, 08/09/2015 - 13:06 | 6407111 roisaber
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When did people become so thoroughly shameless?

 

Oh look, another Christian. Huh.

Sun, 08/09/2015 - 13:07 | 6407116 JLM
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Goldman just bought a get out of jail free card.  Will be harder to prosecute now.

Sun, 08/09/2015 - 17:36 | 6407753 CuttingEdge
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Bollocks to prosecution.

After the shit well and truly hits the fan, The Great Squid Hunt will beat the crap out of shooting lions with crossbows...

Sun, 08/09/2015 - 13:07 | 6407117 where_is the_nuke
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Fuck Goldman Sachs.

Sun, 08/09/2015 - 13:08 | 6407118 mrdenis
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My guess is GS will be Hillary 's next  stop ...

Sun, 08/09/2015 - 15:48 | 6407431 monad
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Nope. She took one for the team when the communist agitator got elected in 2008. She's just another entitled control freak. The only question is if the old tire still has sufficient juice with her criminal masters. I think she'll get punked.

Mon, 08/10/2015 - 03:10 | 6408998 MsCreant
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"I think she'll get punked."

Feels like it, doesn't it?

Maybe just letting her do this for a while helps with something else. 

She has so much criminal activity on her record, it is something being posted about in Black social media. They make fun of Bernie, because he tries to fall back on his old civil rights record, and then others plunk down Hillary's crime spree and ask "Is this really better?" They all agree it is not...Not to mention it is too much whiteness...

Sun, 08/09/2015 - 13:13 | 6407131 talisman
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Goldman just hired the former head of NATO--

just look at it as another corporate acquisition

Sun, 08/09/2015 - 13:13 | 6407133 buzzsaw99
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the squid holding company strikes again

savoir faire is everywhere!

Sun, 08/09/2015 - 13:20 | 6407142 smacker
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Copy/pasted from the blog of "newsoutlet"

Please notice his allegation against ZeroHedge commenters...

_________________________________________________________

"These days you have to understand that even people in west are attacked by putin regime – by putin regime propaganda and it’s paid trolls.

You can learn about this fact from these articles:

  1. One Professional Russian Troll Tells All
  2. The Kremlin’s Troll Army
    Moscow is financing legions of pro-Russia Internet commenters. But how much do they matter?
  3. Ukraine conflict: Inside Russia’s ‘Kremlin troll army’
  4. The Kremlin’s troll army
  5. Documents Show How Russia’s Troll Army Hit America
  6. Kremlin Troll Army Shows Russia Isn’t Charlie Hebdo

These trolls act at news articles, many at putin regime propaganda assets such as zerohedge.com Also they attack you at youtube videos and other news portals with their propaganda lies. So you simply must be aware of their existence and be ready to detect a kremlin troll. They are aggressive, manipulating, no respect to other opinion and pro-putin agenda.

So remember when you encounter putin paid troll – than don’t go into disccusion – because there is no point doing so. Because he knows that he is lying – that is why he gets paid.

Only time when you should communicate is to post more materials revealing putin regime crimes & lies."

Sun, 08/09/2015 - 13:32 | 6407173 Heywood Jahblohmee
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That guy is a fucking idiot

Sun, 08/09/2015 - 15:43 | 6407426 monad
monad's picture

Soros propaganda. Recall what Soros' mongrel Hitlarystien barked about censoring internet propaganda.

Sun, 08/09/2015 - 13:21 | 6407145 Zwelgje
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colour me surprised. 

Sun, 08/09/2015 - 13:21 | 6407146 Consuelo
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My mind's eye tells me that a day of reckoning for this usurious lot and their clever treachery of innocents may not be that far off.   It is but a gut hunch, but I'll stick with it and watch.   It can take time, but word has a way of getting around and when it finally coalesces, there won't be any cracks for these pilfering roaches to hide.   Even in circumstances where the cloak of deceit seems impenetrable, funny things can (and Do) happen.

 

 

 

 

Sun, 08/09/2015 - 13:25 | 6407160 lakecity55
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The TBTF and the Military are now One.

Sun, 08/09/2015 - 14:07 | 6407256 Free_Spirit
Free_Spirit's picture

Yep, dead on. 

Sun, 08/09/2015 - 13:49 | 6407211 sagitarius
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Jews will say , that Blankfein outsmarted the non-jews, the Danish nation.
I call it corruption bribery and theft.

Sun, 08/09/2015 - 13:53 | 6407220 Jacksons Ghost
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Something is rotten in Denmark.

Sun, 08/09/2015 - 13:56 | 6407230 q99x2
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Issue the warrants. Arrest Lloyd Blankfein.

Sun, 08/09/2015 - 14:07 | 6407254 Free_Spirit
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What the hell can that idiot Fogh contribute to anything.  I suppose his bloodlust for war (where others get killed) will help the balance sheet. i thought we'd seen the last of this wanker. 

Sun, 08/09/2015 - 14:11 | 6407266 scaleindependent
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Where is Monetas arguing that this fiasco is not capitalism, that capitalism has not devolved into a fraudulent fascist take over of government.

I can see him now crying out "Zero hedge is a lefty pinko commie shit for putting this article out"

 

 

Sun, 08/09/2015 - 14:13 | 6407277 gadzooks
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The price of playing ball with these institutions as become way WAY! too expensive! you cut there legs off,

30 days later,the world`s a better place....

Sun, 08/09/2015 - 14:16 | 6407283 Abraxas
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OK what is the issue? Golsdman has the money, this guy needs it. 

To me, the bigger problem is why is this website making my CPU to stall. I need to have some kind of super-monster memory on my CPU in order to even visit this site. Does anyone count how many ads we are subjected to while reading this "anti-establishment" site? Count it! You might get suprised.

Sun, 08/09/2015 - 17:47 | 6407784 cheech_wizard
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Ad-blocker plus and ghostery and noscript...

Standard Disclaimer: I'm not the only one that has posted this multiple times.

Sun, 08/09/2015 - 18:03 | 6407819 Joe A
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As cheech_wizard says: get ad-blocker, Ghostery, no-script, Disconnect, etc.

Sun, 08/09/2015 - 14:29 | 6407306 YHC-FTSE
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Anders Fogh Rasmussen. I remember this piece of shit traipsing around Europe back in 2002/2003 telling lies to his parliament and anyone who would listen to him in the EU that, “I am not in the slightest doubt that he (Saddam) possesses weapons of mass destruction and wishes to manufacture them”. When almost everyone in Europe wanted nothing to do with the insane invasion of Iraq, he was the one who sold it hardest.

He was one of the "privileged" few that included Tony Blair who Bush invited to the WH to get their stories straight on the Iraq invasion a whole year (25th March 2002) before it happened. It shouldn't surprise anyone that he is now working for Goldman after the sterling service he did to the squid fuckers for over a decade. This piece of shit should be rotting in a cell at the Hague.

Sun, 08/09/2015 - 14:37 | 6407312 Anunnaki
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Wow, the beginning of Corporate Armies. We have Adelson and Sorors making their own American Foreign Policy, so why not?

Sun, 08/09/2015 - 17:25 | 6407716 Duc888
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Annuk :Wow, the beginning of Corporate Armies.

 

Watch the original "Rollerball" movie from the 1970's, not the remake.  Corporate Armies.

Sun, 08/09/2015 - 14:52 | 6407335 Chuck Knoblauch
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Get out of government work.

You cannot disclose what you worked on, so you're resume is already limited.

If you talk about it during the interview, the NSA will know.

Get a commercial job.

Do it now before you're forced to work for scumbags like Goldman.

Sun, 08/09/2015 - 14:59 | 6407342 bid the soldier...
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Rasmussen aka the Hitler of the Midnight Sun.

 

Now Goldman has a foolproof way of forcing its deals into the governments of all the European Nations.

The Mafia would call someone like Anders an 'enforcer.'

Sun, 08/09/2015 - 14:58 | 6407345 Atomizer
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We need advisory consultation to pick a new wall street winner. Please call immediately. Ve must kontue ur mission. 

Sun, 08/09/2015 - 15:42 | 6407422 10mm
10mm's picture

They will use him. Look at him. Fucking moron.

Sun, 08/09/2015 - 15:41 | 6407423 10mm
10mm's picture

They will use him. Look at him. Ducking moron.

Sun, 08/09/2015 - 15:52 | 6407438 cinderalle
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I have always contended that this Foggy gay is an alien piece of crap and is Rasmussen a common Danish name or are these two Rasmussen brothers

Sun, 08/09/2015 - 16:01 | 6407455 heywood2
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All your DONG are belong to us.

 

 

Sun, 08/09/2015 - 16:06 | 6407471 Joebloinvestor
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If I could afford to "stack the deck" I would to.

Sun, 08/09/2015 - 17:17 | 6407689 GreatUncle
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When you help rig the markets all bets you make are insider dealing.

This is no different to any other GS deal.

Sun, 08/09/2015 - 17:23 | 6407712 Duc888
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Hiring a fucking dick to fix the dong.  Makes perfect sense.  Go USA.

Sun, 08/09/2015 - 17:36 | 6407754 Heywood Jahblohmee
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hahaha, the headline is just too easy.   

Sun, 08/09/2015 - 23:42 | 6408719 SirBarksAlot
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Freedom isn't free.

Sun, 08/09/2015 - 17:33 | 6407749 LawsofPhysics
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The revolving door of oligarchy between governments and the monied interests/money printers can only be broken with the guillotine.  Absolute power corrupts, absolutely...

same as it ever was...

Sun, 08/09/2015 - 18:21 | 6407871 falak pema
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Once you start la grande faucheuse its very difficult to stop it. Slight problem. The last time it led to dictatorship. 

Sun, 08/09/2015 - 17:37 | 6407758 Heywood Jahblohmee
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Long Dong Silver?

Sun, 08/09/2015 - 17:55 | 6407778 tahoebumsmith
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So meanwhile back here is the USSA where all anybody cares about is Caitlin the freak or if Meagan Kelly was on her period the night of the debates, the all elusive cephalopod continues to wrap its tenticles around yet another insider to continue its  takeover of  America and the Western World. Pretty obvious to anyone with half a brain to see what's really going on...

 

Sun, 08/09/2015 - 17:44 | 6407781 gunzeon
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wrt the cpu power, sure has gone from the sublime to the ridiculous, personally, a  few days ago i disabled the flash plugin for this site ... only way to stay sane

Sun, 08/09/2015 - 17:56 | 6407805 _SILENCER
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Last time I was in a dong scandal, three women stopped speaking to me for quite awhile.

Sun, 08/09/2015 - 18:59 | 6407990 no1ninja
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Did you tell them the measurment was in imperial units not metric?

Sun, 08/09/2015 - 18:16 | 6407839 falak pema
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The Fogh of warmongerer is good for fracking and/or whacking gas.

Golman whacks the gong of Dong. 

Is Rasmussen a variety of patsy? 

When you give head to Nato, you tend to sing "FU Europe" very well afterward.

Must be all about deep throat!

All the Squid's queenies?

Follies Bergeres in Ukraine. You kick up your heels and you show them the heat ! 

Its about time that Tesla marries Uber and fills Europe with solar and electric motors.

You like your coal? You can keep it uSA !

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