Hell Hath No Fury Like a Woman Ponzied

I warn you, the rabbit hole runs steep and deep. If you have already poked your nose in, don't miss the latest intrigue in the incredible disappearing comments on Mother Jones, Transparency — "Sorry, no, I don't see". Articles, myspace pages, videos, comments, evaporated, disintegrated, obliterated, by an unseen hand. Your Big Brother is protecting you from the flow of honest, open information. I read that a Russian Oligarch is looking to buy a piece of a repectable British Newspaper. Remember what Marshall McCluen said. Marshall McLuhan: "The Medium is the Message"

"14 Jul 2002 ... Marshall McLuhan is considered the first father and leading prophet of the electronic age. This article looks at his work of understanding ..."

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Patrick Byrne for SEC Chairman. What better person to clean up the sewer system which calls itself "our" SEC.

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We Want Change Obama — The Schmuck Stops Here!

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Mother Jones Argues “Because Mommie Says So”, Then Censors Dissent

January 18th, 2009 by Patrick Byrne

The new (Jan-Feb) issue of Mother Jones includes an article dismissive of DeepCapture, giving this site a 4 out of 5 on their tinfoil-hat meter without pretense of contradictory argument or evidence. Instead, Elizabeth Gettelman (research editor of Mother Jones) simply says “Fuhgeddaboutit” regarding DeepCapture’s thesis (which she also distorts). As far as I can tell, Ms. Gettelman’s idea of reasoned discourse is, “I work at Mother Jones, so I do not need to make as coherent an argument as one would expect from a college sophomore.”

Rest:   http://www.deepcapture.com/mother-jones-because-mommie-says-so-then-censors-dissent/

You can also read more about this intrigue here.
http://www1.investorvillage.com/smbd.asp?mb=3532&clear=1&pt=m

http://www.DeepCapture.com

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Patrick Byrne — Overstock.com CEO

lets hear this again
http://www.stpadvisors.com/Audio/STP2006Oct.php

Dr. Patrick Byrne, CEO of NASDAQ-traded Overstock.com, discussed the trading of “phantom shares” that appear to far outnumber those officially issued and outstanding in OSTK.

Large open positions that don’t exist.

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http://www.TheSanityCheck.com

Pick out your Easter Bonnet and visit them in their respective bunkers as they battle the buffoons.

Bud Burrell
http://www.thesanitycheck.com/Blogs/BudBurrellsBlog/tabid/84/Default.aspx

"The Ascent of Money" by PBS Sets the Gold Standard for TV film Documentaries, Written and Narrated by English Finance Professor Niall Ferguson, A MUST WATCH and BUY.
By bburrell on 1/17/2009 11:15 PM
Here is as close to a "Standard" that I have ever seen on the massively complex financial scandal we face destruction by.
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The Huge Contraction of the Number of Professional Traders has Seriously Impacted Our Markets.
By bburrell on 1/13/2009 1:14 PM
The huge market corrections in all sectors has wiped out thousands of traders, and many more trading accounts in all forms of securities. What do we see as a result?
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Political Will and the End of Financial Terrorism
By bburrell on 1/12/2009 3:31 PM
Nothing happens in a Democracy without the forces focused by unified Political Will. What happens when not enough people get hurt across the board at the same time? What steps have to be taken to begin to dig out of this hole?
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Bobo aka Bob O’Brien aka the Easter Bunny
http://www.thesanitycheck.com/BobsSanityCheckBlog/tabid/56/Default.aspx

Goldman Sachs and Madoff - Mr. Paulson Shocked To Learn There's Gambling Going On In There!!!
By bobo on 1/11/2009 4:41 PM
Who knew what, when? Comments (18) More...

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Will the Justice Department and the SEC Go After Blatantly Illegal RICO Activity by the Nation's Most Prominent Hedge Funds?
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?" Comments (22) More...

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SEC Allows Deci-Billion Dollar Ponzi Scheme to Run For Years
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? Comments (30) More...

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My Take On The Subprime Meltdown
By bobo on 12/8/2008 7:12 AM
It's all those damned sketchy sub-prime borrowers' fault! Or is it? Comments (38) More.

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SEC 2008 Annual Report

http://sec.gov/2008annual/SEC_2008annual_contact.htm

SEC Commissioners
Luis A. Agular
Kathleen L. Casey
Christopher Cox — Chairman
Elisse B. Walter
Troy A. Paredes

SEC 2008 REPORT — 75th Anniversary

Seventy-five years ago, during the peak of the Great Depression, the SEC was created by Congress with the passage of two landmark laws: the Securities Act of 1933 and Securities Exchange Act of 1934. At that time — and with stark similarities to today’s financial crisis. — there was a consensus that for the economy to recover, the public’s faith in the capital markets needed to be restored.

Over the last 75 years, thousands of men and women of the SEC have selflessly devoted themselves to law enforcement and regulation to protect investors, markets, and capital formation. Today, as lawmakers begin to moderinize financial regulation. It is virtually important to build on the strengths of the SEC, the world’s foremost securties regulator, to ensure that a robust and empowered SEC can continue to protect investors for generations to come.

http://sec.gov/2008annual/SEC_2008annual_anniversary.htm

SEC 2008 Report

Links

Our purpose

Message from the Chairman

75th Anniversary of the SEC

working to restore trust

a globally active SEC

modernizing the SEC

the future of regulation

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mzJmTCYmo9g
two British comedians discussing the stock market and our mortgage mess. It is hilarious.....

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From the Chutzpah Department or More Madoff Madness

Is he going to use the mercury defense. Crazy like a lox. Apparently he ate lox and cream cheese every day for lunch. Could happen.

Here is some interesting information written about Madoff. I tripped over them in my travels (if they don’t disappear)

I just can’t live with that camera - it’s not square... Inside the bizarre world of £30bn pyramid schemester Bernie Madoff
By Miles Goslett
Last updated at 10:58 PM on 03rd January 2009
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-1104748/Inside-bizarre-world-30bn-pyramid-schemester-Bernie-Madoff.html

Here's Why Madoff Smiles
By Edward Manfredonia
January 9th, 2009
http://blackstarnews.com/?c=135&a=5299

I'm Bernard Madoff--I'm Telling All. Right Here. Trust Me.
Real confessions from me, Bernie Madoff, the guy that made off with tens of millions of dollars for myself and my family by diverting BILLIONS in the biggest Ponzi Scheme in History! And, Thanks to all my friends at the SEC!!
http://bernard-madoff-scam.blogspot.com/

Madoff investors may have to pay back money spent
BY JAMES BERNSTEIN | james.bernstein@newsday.com
January 16, 2009
http://www.newsday.com/business/ny-bzclaw166000542jan16,0,1278360.story

Family members are central figures in Madoff saga
By ROBERT TANNER
http://channels.isp.netscape.com/celebrity/story.jsp?idq=/ff/story/0001/20081222/1645147810.htm

Bernie Madoff: David L. Kugel, Craig Kugel & Peter B. Madoff's Essex Realty Development LLC
January 4, 2009, 5:32PM
http://tpmcafe.talkingpointsmemo.com/talk/blogs/mrs_panstreppon/2009/01/bernie-madoff-if-i-were-a-vict.php

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Transparency, transparency, transparency, thy name is mud.

Bats Trading is all the Buzz Word.  Are they swimming naked over there, and in dark pools?

http://www.batstrading.com/

Do bats suck blood or just give you rabies?

There are lots of stories about vampires that drink blood. Many of these are myths or made up stories.

Vampire bats are 3 species out of about 1000 from the bat family. They mostly live in South America and feed on the blood of farm animals. A vampire bat does not suck blood. They usually walk up to the animal while they are asleep. They then use their sharp teeth to puncture the skin and then lick up the blood.

Their saliva has a blood thinning chemical that people are studying.

Bat’s! Why Should You Care

http://www.cccoe.k12.ca.us/bats/index.htm

What good are bats?
How are bats like you?
Why are they scary?
Should we protect them?

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Gossip Station

Is Number 9 still living at Uncle Jim’s? Rumor is Uncle Bernie had a woman on the side for 20 years. All is now gone and her car has been repoed. Hell hath no fury like a woman ponzied. You are about to find out if that is true or if love conquers all. Then again, that's why they had to invent the sword.

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Shana Madoffs Husband (Daughter of Bernie Madoff’s brother Peter. She married Eric Swanson, former SEC who now works for BATS TRADING!   http://www.batstrading.com/

Eric Swanson - SEC - Bats Trading

http://businesssheet.alleyinsider.com/2008/12/makeover-magic-shanas-sec-husbands-new-bio

Makeover Time: Madoff SEC Husband's Redacted Bio
Caroline Waxler | Dec 18, 2008 12:03 PM

Thanks to some eagle-eyed commenters we were alerted to Mr. Shana Madoff's bio, and (very handsome) picture, but when we checked it out this morning, it looked suspiciously different...

But there's no greater blogging gift than caching.

Eric Swanson
Senior Vice President, General Counsel

Eric Swanson was hired as general counsel in January 2008 and moved immediately into the role of working with the Securities and Exchange Commission as BATS seeks SEC approval of its exchange application. He is based in BATS' New York City office.

Mr. Swanson has a significant history with the SEC, having served at the Commission from 1996-2006 and rising to the title of Assistant Director in the Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations' market oversight unit in Washington. His duties included supervising the Commission's inspection program responsible for regulatory oversight of trading on the securities exchanges and ECNs.

"We're excited to add Eric to our growing team and look forward to his contributions as we move towards Exchange status," said Chief Executive Joe Ratterman, noting that Mr. Swenson will report directly to him. "With his strong background and knowledge of the SEC and market centers, Eric is the ideal individual to work with the Commission during this process."

During his tenure at the SEC, Mr. Swesnon , supervised and conducted inspections and examinations that involved a wide range of issues including best execution, order handling, insider trading, market manipulation, and compliance with Regulation ATS. In addition, Mr. Swenson was responsible for the identification of regulatory risks and the development of parameters for surveillance and examination programs.

A frequent speaker at securities industry functions, Mr. Swanson was most recently chief counsel and vice president of regulatory strategy at Ameriprise Financial. He graduated from the University of Minnesota and earned his law degree at Hamline University School of Law in St. Paul, Minn. He and his family live in New York.

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Mary Schapiro Should Not Be Confirmed as SEC Chief
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dan-solin/mary-schapiro-should-not_b_152641.html

Dan Solin
Posted December 23, 2008 | 07:12 PM (EST)

Barack Obama's selection of Mary L. Schapiro to head up the Securities and Exchange Commission is a bitter disappointment to investors. Her appointment will do nothing to reinvigorate an agency that has been a toothless tiger and a puppet of the industry it is supposed to regulate.

Here are some questions she should be asked at her confirmation hearing:

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anon

Ms. Mary Schapiro
Office of the CEO, FINRA
1735 K St. NW
Washington, D.C. 20006-1506

Dear Ms. Schapiro,

First off, congratulations on your appointment as head of the SEC. The public’s (both foreign and domestic) faith in the agency’s ability to protect it from Wall Street abuse has never been lower. The commission is in dire need of reform and hopefully you can institute the changes needed to instill investor confidence in our markets.

To this end, Ms. Schapiro, I suggest the following:

1. As the pendulum has swung to the extreme benefit of hedge funds and broker/dealers/market makers, a plan to re-establish balance must be enacted. By necessity, the plan will initially swing the pendulum to favor the Main Street investor, the backbone of the nation, much as Affirmative Action has done to address bias against minorities. Call it a “Financial Affirmative Action Plan” if you will, designed to restore transparency and trust. Thus,

A. All communication (electronic, emails, phone) between the agency and any Wall Street firm must have its full transcript made publicly available online within 48 hours.

B. At all meetings of any Wall Street firm and the commission, representatives from investor protection organizations must be given ample opportunity to attend and be present during the entire meeting.

C. All civil actions undertaken by the SEC be turned over to the Department of Justice. Criminal charges and penalties against the violators should then be forthcoming from the DOJ.

D. Quarterly meetings be held with investor protection groups to discuss ongoing or new concerns.

2. The commission review and adopt the regulatory trading proposals recommended by Dr. Patrick Byrne, the National Investor Protection Coalition (NIPC), David Patch and the National Investor Protection Coalition (NCANS). These are readily available at the SEC’s website.

3. That a substantive position be extended to Mr. Gary Aguirre, preferably as Director of the Division of Enforcement in place of the current Director, Ms. Linda Thomsen, whose integrity has been compromised and is beyond repair. I, and thousands across the country, would applaud such action.

I realize, Ms. Schapiro, that while these measures may seem draconian in nature, the onus to restore investor trust lies squarely on you and the Commission.

Time is short. And the time is now.

Thank you and best wishes for success.

Sincerely,
xxx  x'xxxxx

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Mary Schapiro Will Protect Investors the Same Way Willie Sutton Protected Banks

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dan-solin/mary-schapiro-will-protec_b_155093.html

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More on Shana Madoff (her myspace page disappeared.

Shana Madoff

Shana Madoff is the niece of former NASDAQ chairman and founder of Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities Bernard Madoff. Shana Madoff worked as a compliance attorney for her uncle's firm. In 2007, Shana Madoff married Eric Swanson, a former compliance official for the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).1

http://www.zimbio.com/pilot?SP=1&ZURL=%2FShana%2BMadoff%2Frolls%2F1%3FSort%3Drank&URL=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.mahalo.com%2FShana_Madoff

Fall 2004 Fashion

Clockwise from top left, Madoff in a cream overcoat from Rodriguez's fall 2004 collection; in her favorite pair of mary janes; in a leather overcoat; with her daughter, Rebecca, in a dress with piping.
(Photo: Leeta Harding)

Shana Madoff
Obsession: Narciso Rodriguez
Extravagance: Black

SEC Official Married into Madoff Family
Madoff Boasted of Close SEC Relationship, "My Niece Even Married One"
By BRIAN ROSS and JOSEPH RHEE
Dec. 16, 2008
Hedge-fund fraudster's niece disappears from Facebook
By Owen Thomas
9:40 PM on Tue Dec 16 2008, 12,792 views

In trouble with the law? First, get a lawyer. Second, delete your Facebook page. Shana Madoff Swanson, couture-loving niece of accused Ponzi schemer Bernie Madoff, has followed that script.

Her Facebook page has disappeared, though a public listing is still cached in Google's Web search. She's an Obama supporter, a fan of Evol T-shirts, and a fierce opponent of junk mail. What else was in the profile? If anyone snapped a screenshot, send it in. Here's her listing:

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I am still ticked off at the wiki for not taking my information link to TheSanityCheck which is one of the authoritative sites on naked short selling, and threatening to ban me. I wonder if the wiki would take the DeepCapture link. How can it be a wiki without including these two sites. Pathetic. We need somebody to do a wiki of the real deal, like a hiki, information you need to know, that the wiki won’t print.

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We want our blood and sweat back. They can keep the tears.

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Nation of Swindlers. Let them go get real jobs. SEC looking out for you. Hrrrrumph! How can you be taken seriously with latte whipped cream glistening on your lip.

Don't get me wrong. I love those wifi coffee houses. But they gotta start selling cheap joe and sandwiches or they will go the way of the dinasaurs. (Did I see a recent article on people wondering where all those giant dinosaur bones that covered the earth, are buried).

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Big Pharmaceutical Companies solution to keep padding their dwindling profits  as long as they can — peddle antipsychotic narcotics to children and to Alzheimer's patients, they won't remember and the children enjoy it. Mother's little helper.

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Andy Von Eschenbach is now officially out as FDA Commisioner. Good Riddance. He managed to never even talk to our group at CareToLive concerning the 30,000 men who each year are dying in America from late stage prostate cancer while Provenge®, a safe and effective immunotherapy, languishes on the  shelf, gathering dust.

Say a prayer for our men who are awaiting approval for the last 2 years.

http://www.CareToLive.com

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http://www.thelibertypapers.org/2007/08/15/does-von-eschenbasch-deserve-a-pension-or-probation/

Does von Eschenbasch deserve a pension or probation?

In 2001, two parents were convicted of manslaughter in Colorado for allowing their daughter to die from untreated diabetes-related infection. Had she been taken to a doctor, she would likely have lived. Several of her surviving siblings were also found to be sick with strep throat, with which they had apparently been infected for months.

The parents were punished with probation in lieu of confinement and are marked with the stigma of being felons.

This is most unjust, since regulators working for the FDA are committing the same crime and are being praised and rewarded, even though they are harming not a handful of defenseless children, but millions of their countrymen as the CATO institute points out: