About the 3-minute mark, Maher quotes Ed. Snowden's about the choice being between Trump and Goldman Sachs. Maher is close to getting it, but falls short.

The choice wasn't between Trump and Godman Sachs, it was between Godman Sachs and Goldman Sachs.

Hillary might have ended up being 'not quite as bad,' but 'not quite as bad' doesn't equal "good."

She'd probably have appointed just as many people from G.S., though probably different people for different positions.

The problem is still present: the banks run America.

@gorillaman

It's almost as if some countries have different cultural values than the United States. For example:

Japan:
--Distributing pornography is illegal and punishable by up to two years in prison and a $25,000 fine (under Article 175 of the Penal Code, which defines pornography as showing the naughty parts of a man or woman, hence mosaics on all Japanese porn)
--Domestic violence and rape laws are often unenforceable
--LGBT community has almost no legal recourse in the face of discrimination of virtually any kind (housing, work, banking, etc.)

America itself has its share of bat-shit insane laws (from the rest of the world's perspective at least) such as legalized death penalty, and "well-intentioned" Christians are still fighting to deny gay people the right to marry in court at this very moment.

Should we come to the conclusion that Americans and Japanese people are "bad people" because these laws exist? Or maybe, as Ahmed Ahmed suggested, we should stop lumping huge groups of people (in the case of Muslims literally millions of people from an extremely culturally diverse group of countries) together and assuming they're all alike and believe exactly the same things?

While waiting for an inaugural party(Clinton's 2nd) to wind down so we could replace the removed office cubicles at a Bank of America branch just off the parade route. I was chilling outside observing all the Secret Service peeps on all the rooftops along with checking out the high class hookers being picked up by their Johns. All of a sudden I saw a familiar woman walking down the sifewalk. I looked real well and noticed her and said "Hello there" with a smile and she smiled back and said "Hi". My coworker said "Who are you talking to Joe?" I told him it was Maria Shriver. He along with the rest of the crew had no idea who she was. So I said Arnold Schwarzenegger's wife. I did work with some dumbass meatbags back then.

In retrospect, I think Assange should have made an effort to only release information that revealed corruption or wrongdoing. I don't see much point in leaking classified information just for the sake of releasing classified information. Less wikileaks, more wikiwhistleblowing. Were there any other major bombshells other than the 'Collateral Murder' video? And what ever happened to those supposed leaks that were to bring Bank of America to its knees? Daniel Ellsberg he is not.

Tags for this video have been changed from 'atm, bank of america, receipt, smily face' to 'atm, bank of america, receipt, smiley face' - edited by lucky760

Assange is facing the music. He knew that the US government would understand what a threat he poses, and use any means necessary to screw him over, which they are already doing, whether they succeed in extraditing him at all. The functioning of Wikileaks is effectively stopped, and he hasn't been a de facto free man for years now. He knowingly made that choice.

As for the justice of the thing, Assange didn't break any American laws. He isn't even being extradited for a crime, at the moment. He hasn't been charged with anything by anyone in any country. Officially, the extradition is because the Swedish police want to question him about whether he used a condom during consensual sex. If someone wants to extradite him for Wikileaks activity, then the US should come up with a criminal charge and follow the normal process. We all know that once they've got him on US soil, they'll just pull a Bradley Manning on him and torture him indefinitely without laying real charges for years. His trial will make OJ look like a sideshow. For that reason alone, even if he had committed a crime, claiming asylum would be legitimate based on the US's own record of criminal behaviour in dealing with people this case.

I'm sure this is also about his threat to blow the doors wide open about fraud at Bank of America. If that kind of behaviour continued, it would certainly mean the demise of significant campaign contributors to both major parties.

I have a feeling I would hate Assange if I ever met him, but that shouldn't affect his right to freedom when he hasn't committed any crime. Anyone who risks his own life and freedom to expose horrible acts in order to force governments and corporations to behave more honestly is a hero.>> ^Hybrid:

I have no issue with seeing Mr. Assange being extradited to the US via Sweden. He made a conscious choice to leak knowingly classified information, now it's time to face the music.

Chase is only doing good because they havent been caught yet... and they ended the no-min balance free checking WAMU had in place. Same with Bank of America.

I seriously had bank of america drain my $25.00 account I opened in 2008, telling me they charged a fee one year after the account was opened. Only they decided four months ago. When I went to the bank, they said if I didnt pay another $25.00 in overdraft because they were charging me because they already took my cash, I would be sent to collections. So bank of america stole $50 dollars directly from me, not to mention all the other money they must steal. Run out? Print more, steal more. Buy goods and services and real estate that can't be refunded or liquidated, rinse, repeat.

Fucking assholes.

There was no help for me. I can afford the loss, I'm too smart to know nothing will ever happen to get my money back, and im too dumb to keep track of my money so i put it in a bank and they stole it. I really am not too good at life.


Maybe in the end, there can be only one. And then we can all stfu or gtfo! it would be easier than pretending there was a solution.


ps I'm a white male aged 18-34 with a high 700's credit score and no outstanding debts... i had money to spare... but that doesn't mean the bank can steal it... i could have used it for something too, and it was mine. wahhhhh!!!


geez i sound almost as bad as the corporate babys and other crooks who are sad they can't steal so easily. wahhhh!!! i have to work to live in a country where im not as likely to be raped for an AIDS cure or/and beheaded for my religion!!! communism!!! black people!!!

Letting BoA fail won't do much of anything to prevent other banks from doing what they shouldn't be. And the simple fact is BoA or any corporation that size isn't monolithic. Some people had nothing to do with the fraud, and would lose their jobs.

Not to mention what it would do macroeconomically to the US.

>> ^bookface:

Those are all fine ideas but the time for them has passed. If our leaders had the integrity, ability, etc. to do as you suggest then there wouldn't be an Occupy movement. If our politicians, judges, and other civilian authorities were not wholly owned subsidiaries of the banking industry then I think the suggestions you make would have a good shot of happening.
>> ^heropsycho:
You can make an omelet without turning the gas up all the way for a few minutes and then light a match.
Instead of letting BoA fail, which likely would trigger another massive recession and undoing the economic rebound since the crash, why can't we...?
Institute regulations to prevent the fraud in the first place?
Massively commit to and reform regulatory bodies to be able to enforce these regulations?
Bring those responsible for fraud to justice?
Reinstitute Glass-Steagall?
There are a ton of things that can be done without letting a BoA fail with the economy still fragile.
>> ^bookface:
Can't make an omelet…
>> ^heropsycho:
I'm all about punishing those who perpetrated fraud, but I don't think he understands what the damage would be to the US and world economy as a result of Bank of America going under.

Those are all fine ideas but the time for them has passed. If our leaders had the integrity, ability, etc. to do as you suggest then there wouldn't be an Occupy movement. If our politicians, judges, and other civilian authorities were not wholly owned subsidiaries of the banking industry then I think the suggestions you make would have a good shot of happening.

>> ^heropsycho:

You can make an omelet without turning the gas up all the way for a few minutes and then light a match.
Instead of letting BoA fail, which likely would trigger another massive recession and undoing the economic rebound since the crash, why can't we...?
Institute regulations to prevent the fraud in the first place?
Massively commit to and reform regulatory bodies to be able to enforce these regulations?
Bring those responsible for fraud to justice?
Reinstitute Glass-Steagall?
There are a ton of things that can be done without letting a BoA fail with the economy still fragile.
>> ^bookface:
Can't make an omelet…
>> ^heropsycho:
I'm all about punishing those who perpetrated fraud, but I don't think he understands what the damage would be to the US and world economy as a result of Bank of America going under.

You can make an omelet without turning the gas up all the way for a few minutes and then light a match.

Instead of letting BoA fail, which likely would trigger another massive recession and undoing the economic rebound since the crash, why can't we...?

Institute regulations to prevent the fraud in the first place?

Massively commit to and reform regulatory bodies to be able to enforce these regulations?

Bring those responsible for fraud to justice?

Reinstitute Glass-Steagall?

There are a ton of things that can be done without letting a BoA fail with the economy still fragile.

>> ^bookface:

Can't make an omelet…
>> ^heropsycho:
I'm all about punishing those who perpetrated fraud, but I don't think he understands what the damage would be to the US and world economy as a result of Bank of America going under.

Can't make an omelet…

>> ^heropsycho:

I'm all about punishing those who perpetrated fraud, but I don't think he understands what the damage would be to the US and world economy as a result of Bank of America going under.

I'm all about punishing those who perpetrated fraud, but I don't think he understands what the damage would be to the US and world economy as a result of Bank of America going under.

"The big banks have contributed to the campaign funds of 98% of [representatives in Washington]*"

From: http://videosift.com/video/Matt-Taibbi-on-the-Bank-of-America

*Exact quote forgotten and probably mangled, but the interview with Taibbi is very interesting for the interested.

thank you enoch. and i know what you mean, he talks like hes got something else on his mind
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matt taibbi has been researching this for years and his articles are so informative and while i like seder his speaking cadence drives me nuts sometimes.
still...this is worth a watch.
*promote

Hammering in a message:

http://videosift.com/video/Durbin-Get-your-money-out-of-Bank-of-America

http://videosift.com/video/Bank-of-Americas-Death-Rattle