By bobo on
3/13/2009 3:28 AM
The remarkable thing about Stewart's exposition of the compromised and complicit propaganda machine that is CNBC is that it was ever allowed to go on the air.
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By bobo on
3/6/2009 9:31 AM
The Bunny summarizes his thoughts as he watches Rome burn...
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By bobo on
2/17/2009 8:55 AM
Judd Bagley, one of the brilliant minds at AntiSocialMedia.net, has created a must watch and distribute presentation that explains NSS, as well as the conspiracy behind the curtain.
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By bobo on
2/4/2009 4:55 PM
The brightest minds at the SEC sat before the House Financial Services committee today, and any pretense that they worked to protect investors went down in flames.
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By bobo on
1/28/2009 7:16 AM
Well, imagine, it turns out that it actually was...And Bobo berates you for being so selfish during this time of crisis...
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By bobo on
1/23/2009 7:13 AM
For those new to this, here's how it works: You work hard and make money and pay taxes, and then your money goes directly to Wall Street so a small group of very rich white men can get richer.
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By bobo on
1/20/2009 10:39 PM
Obama is getting ready to propose the most massive government sponsored (meaning taxpayer-paid) public works programs since the New Deal - all to "create jobs" and "revive the economy". And of course, we will all have to buck up and make sacrifices (unlike the banks that got us here). Too bad it won't work...
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By bobo on
1/11/2009 4:41 PM
Who knew what, when?
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By bobo on
1/3/2009 4:29 PM
In which the bunny asks a rhetorical question: "Just how blatant does the illegality have to be before the wholly bought and paid for press acknowledges the crimes, and the co-opted lawmen are forced to do something, if only for appearances?"
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By bobo on
12/16/2008 3:34 PM
Is it just me, or does anyone else find it odd that the SEC is still a government agency?
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By bobo on
12/8/2008 7:12 AM
It's all those damned sketchy sub-prime borrowers' fault! Or is it?
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By bobo on
11/25/2008 1:35 PM
Think Delivery Failures in the stock market are out of control? How about that wacky trillion dollar FTD Treasuries market?
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By bobo on
11/12/2008 8:55 AM
As predicted, the bailout was approved under completely false and misleading terms - so much for the, "We'll make money on the deal" blather from the hired pundits. Lies, lies, and more lies. Same as always...
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By bobo on
10/18/2008 5:29 AM
In which the bunny explains why you can't negotiate with terrorists. UPDATE - NEW NIPC VIDEO UPLOADED
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By bobo on
10/14/2008 1:10 AM
In the latest fanciful twist, the Overstock lawsuits continue to provide spectators with instructive information on how Wall Street functions. They lie, cheat and steal, deny everything, demand proof, smear anyone calling them on it, and basically behave like Mob thugs....
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By bobo on
10/7/2008 2:21 PM
The media is busy ignoring some of the biggest stories in the financial devastation being wrought daily. Anyone surprised?
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By bobo on
10/1/2008 11:37 AM
As we watch the financial world fall apart around us, it's always fun to reflect upon the scummy and lowlife tactics that the bad guys have employed...
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By bobo on
9/20/2008 2:51 AM
In which our favorite holiday rodent points out that plenty of warning of the coming disaster was available, and in fact jammed down the SEC and the media's throat, for years, with no effect.....
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By bobo on
9/19/2008 12:26 AM
In the short term, they just saved the US financial system...
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By bobo on
9/17/2008 4:03 AM
The Bunny uses the latest idiocy from the SEC to demonstrate why science is a better logical predictor than metaphysics...IMPORTANT UPDATE 9.17.08
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By bobo on
9/4/2008 6:10 AM
Back from vacation, I have a rather remarkable series of articles to share with you, which de-mystifies much of the how and the why of the looting of the American economy.
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By bobo on
8/8/2008 9:30 AM
The Editor of The Industry Standard recently asked the question, "How big is the delivery failure problem?" Essentially, asked how much of Patrick's concern over a systemic crisis is valid. So here's an answer that the swarm of flies who were obviously assigned to that message board to clutter it up can't obfuscate away...UPDATED 8/13
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By bobo on
8/5/2008 4:29 AM
Read the blog in it's entirety. I was sent this analysis by a good friend who has been involved in this battle for years. I've never seen a more clear case of the DTCC's acting illegally in my life.
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By bobo on
7/28/2008 8:27 PM
The Bunny has created an indispensable self-help primer for embattered masters of the universe(s).....
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By bobo on
7/21/2008 3:29 AM
First, the market makers basically force an exemption so they can continue naked shorting the financials at will. Now, the hedge fund industry issues a letter absolutely remarkable for it's tone and content.
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By bobo on
7/17/2008 11:52 PM
In this episode, we contemplate the intellectual sleight of hand used by Wall Street's wholly captured SEC apologists....
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By bobo on
7/15/2008 2:59 AM
In the latest CYA BS statements from the completely bent SEC, Cox declares the SEC's double standard as clearly as could be wished for.
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By bobo on
7/7/2008 4:51 PM
What if I told you that instead of the promised action to make a change in the rules to eliminate the patently unlawful Market Maker exemption, that the SEC had instead stalled it yet longer???
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By bobo on
6/25/2008 8:46 AM
Patrick has created a contest with serious money behind it, to create awareness of Mark Mitchell's stupendous piece chronicling the entire saga of NSS, and our roles in the drama.
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By bobo on
6/14/2008 6:36 AM
And that was my optimistic working title....
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By bobo on
5/20/2008 6:12 AM
The SEC, incapable of ending the rampant manipulation arising from the market maker exemption in Reg SHO, and which has stonewalled the NIPC petition cataloging the host of Federal securities laws being violated by their treatment of securities entitlements, can't rush a rule through fast enough to limit the liability of their paymasters at the prime brokers....
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By bobo on
5/6/2008 1:07 PM
For years, I have known and understood an awful lot of what is contained in the story you are about to read. I've alluded to bits and pieces of it, but now the whole shooting match is out in the open.
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By bobo on
4/20/2008 8:36 PM
Yet another rule that does nothing to actually solve the NSS problem, and yet drapes itself in intent and sanctimony...
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By bobo on
4/9/2008 3:34 PM
The NIPC Petition is now up at SEC.Gov, and we need everyone to go post comments to show some support here.
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By bobo on
4/3/2008 4:09 PM
The NIPC Petition is the final word on the sleight of hand the SEC has attempted, so that Wall Street can rip off investors with impunity.
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By bobo on
3/15/2008 11:12 PM
So, why did the nation's central bank approve a bailout for a non-member, non-bank? Curiouser and curiouser...
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By bobo on
3/12/2008 4:41 AM
Patrick is interviewed by The Register, and discusses NSS, Wikipedia, and a host of other interesting topics.
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By bobo on
2/23/2008 10:14 PM
Some news and ruminations about the market, and NCANS
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By bobo on
2/6/2008 9:54 AM
Is it just me, or is this the greatest crisis in confidence in Wall Street and the American banking system of our lifetime?
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By bobo on
1/15/2008 11:20 PM
Is that bad, when megabanks are putting their prime brokerages on the market? Too hot in the kitchen? Not as easy to steal a nation's wealth as it once was?
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By bobo on
1/8/2008 10:08 PM
It's a time of re-invention, right? Clocks reset, and a new horizon presents, and we are only limited by our imaginations......
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By bobo on
12/20/2007 11:17 AM
While it is hard to argue that the average American isn't particularly gifted in terms of understanding the intricacies of securities law, one judge has decided that juries are too dim to differentiate criminal misconduct from playing by the rules...
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By bobo on
12/16/2007 6:25 PM
In a classic bit of trying to control the spin of seriously bad news, the NY Times does it's best to soften the blow of a report that basically shows the SEC to be completely incompetent to regulate the sale of ice water, much less the US markets...
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By bobo on
12/6/2007 3:03 PM
A stunning article in the Register (UK of course, as the US doesn't seem to allow real journalism anymore) outlines how Gary Weiss is part of the massive confidence game being run at Wikipedia, to control the spin of articles on Naked Short Selling
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By bobo on
12/1/2007 7:49 AM
I was asked the other day to summarize things for someone who wanted a brief explanation of why this isn't just a small problem that we don't need to be worried about.
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By bobo on
11/28/2007 10:49 AM
In the continuing parade of captured journalists, Bethany makes a bid for the star spot of suck-up of the year. It's a crowded field, with all the NY fishwraps working fast and furious, however her latest certainly should place her in the final round.
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By bobo on
11/19/2007 11:24 AM
I mean, it's not like hiding the size of the delivery failure problem behind a wall of rhetoric is self serving for the securities industry, or anything?
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By bobo on
11/2/2007 10:50 AM
Everyone who wants to understand why the US market system is as compromised as an Afghani customs agent needs to set aside some time and listen to this landmark presentation.
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By bobo on
11/1/2007 6:46 PM
What's particularly amusing to me is how the Gradient/Rocker matter was supposedly all about free speech, but now that the Supreme Court laughed that out of the room, now it is that Patrick is a, well, really bad man....
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By bobo on
10/23/2007 1:57 PM
Is it a problem when you are trying to get the suit against you thrown out, uh, you know, because, uh, well, you say it's all a pack of filthy lies....and the judge slaps you down like an errant schoolgirl?
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