JohnDJasper Posted April 26, 2013 Posted April 26, 2013 Article by Matt Taibbi in Common Dreams Conspiracy theorists of the world, believers in the hidden hands of the Rothschilds and the Masons and the Illuminati, we skeptics owe you an apology. You were right. The players may be a little different, but your basic premise is correct: The world is a rigged game. We found this out in recent months, when a series of related corruption stories spilled out of the financial sector, suggesting the world's largest banks may be fixing the prices of, well, just about everything. More proof that we do not live in a free market.
Moriartis Posted May 1, 2013 Posted May 1, 2013 Conspiracy theories are now the litmus test I use to determine whether or not I care about someone's opinion. If someone outright rejects conspiracy theories because they are "conspiracy theories" without hearing the evidence first, I'm not wasting my time talking to them. Thanks for bringing the article to my attention, very interesting and terrifying stuff.
JohnDJasper Posted May 1, 2013 Author Posted May 1, 2013 Conspiracy theories are now the litmus test I use to determine whether or not I care about someone's opinion. If someone outright rejects conspiracy theories because they are "conspiracy theories" without hearing the evidence first, I'm not wasting my time talking to them. Thanks for bringing the article to my attention, very interesting and terrifying stuff. Well said, Moriartis. My thoughts exactly! I love it when I'm introducing some of my local people to these concepts and I see the little light switch on inside. I hate it when the light is no longer glowing next time I see them! :o(
Brandon Buck _BB_ Posted May 1, 2013 Posted May 1, 2013 Excerpted from the article: " In that case, a federal judge accepted the banker-defendants' incredible argument: If cities and towns and other investors lost money because of Libor manipulation, that was their own fault for ever thinking the banks were competing in the first place." ↑↓↑↓↑↓↑↓
JohnDJasper Posted May 1, 2013 Author Posted May 1, 2013 Excerpted from the article: " In that case, a federal judge accepted the banker-defendants' incredible argument: If cities and towns and other investors lost money because of Libor manipulation, that was their own fault for ever thinking the banks were competing in the first place." ↑↓↑↓↑↓↑↓ [View:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i5dBZDSSky0] Yep! George had it figured out long ago but it's taking the rest of us awhile to catch up.
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