Gary Cohn, former Goldman Sachs COO, is puzzled.
For some bizarre reason some people are under the impression that Wall Street banks may have broke some laws.
$243 Billion is the total amount of fines that major banks have paid for criminal behaviour since the start of the 2008 crisis. That's more than the GDP of Portugal.
The problem is poor people wanting to eat and have medical care.
It doesn't take a genius to predict this outcome.
Almost no bankers got thrown in jail for systemic fraud, and few bankers lost their jobs for making stupid loans.
So with no consequences, why not do it all again but repackaged, amirite?
If you are like me, you probably thought the DNC fraud lawsuit was over last August when a Florida judge dismissed the class-action suit.
Short answer: All Of Them.
Long answer: Some are more responsible than others.
I was asking myself: "self, what is a day without sunshine like?" Answer: a day without an Awan story. There's gonna be plenty of sunshine now.
Okay, then I asked myself: "self, what is a day without news?" Answer: a day without a story of political corruption.
So, now this is going to be beautiful day. You want Awans? We got 'em. You want corrupt congress critters? You are in luck, we got a whole lot of them.
Unless you've been living under a rock, you have heard of bitcoin.
Lots of legal issues to unpack in the dismissal order, but the crux of the judge Zloch's argument rests on a specious and wholly unsupported legal theory of consumer protection that places an unconscionable burden on political donors to prove they actually heard a politician say he or she was honest, before the donor can sue the politician for being dishonest.
