Comments on: Goldman Sachs Sues Blogger “Goldmansachs666.com”

By: A ‘Goldman’ Opportunity Awaits Bank in Need of a Reputation Makeover | ParkYoung

Fri, 24 Apr 2009 04:39:08 +0000

[...] This business about suing bloggers for daring to criticise the bank - hoisting up the hoary old ‘trademark infringement’ argument to boot – just shows how out of touch the company is, especially given the situation they’re in currently. That they are ’swatting at flies’ when essentially they’re being ‘burned at the stake’ by the mob underlines this detachment. [...]

By: rktbrkr

rktbrkr — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 13:07:40 +0000

Morgan better be careful…South Korea Frees Blogger Who Angered Government

SEOUL, South Korea — A blogger who criticized and angered the South Korean government but commanded a huge following online was freed from jail on Monday, after a court acquitted him of charges of maliciously spreading false information on the Internet.

The arrest of the blogger, Park Dae-sung, in January and his trial on charges of spreading false data in public with harmful intent, a crime punishable by as many as five years in prison, prompted debate over how much freedom of expression should be tolerated in cyberspace in this extensively wired country.

Mr. Park, an unemployed 31-year-old who wrote about economic matters, gained an almost prophetlike status among many South Koreans after he correctly predicted the collapse of Lehman Brothers, the crash of the South Korean currency and the effects of the American subprime mortgage crisis on South Korea.

By: mark mchugh

mark mchugh — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 22:40:23 +0000

I try to never miss a Goldman bashing party (sorry I’m late).

Here’s a video of Congresswoman Maxine Waters slappin’ Geithner around specifically about Goldman (God, I love this woman).

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OFvnL3npQgY

By: DL

DL — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 16:34:50 +0000

leftback @ 11:09

If the financial index drops down to its 50 DMA, that’s a long way down from here. (Especially if you’re leveraged 3:1).

By: DL

DL — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 16:30:50 +0000

cjcpa @ 10:55

So now it’s you with the “we”…?

Be aware that Leftback is chairman, CEO and CIO of Schadenfreude asset management. As such, he has earned the right to use the first-person-plural.

By: DL

DL — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 16:25:25 +0000

Marcus Aurelius @ 9:39

Hard to imagine that there’s a jury anywhere which would side with GS.

By: pmorrisonfl

pmorrisonfl — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 16:03:58 +0000

> If other people can vouch for Morgan’s bona fides here I could be persuaded otherwise but I’m too
> skeptical of PR games and hidden agendas to buy into the Morgan-as-Everyman

Not that my vouching should count for much, but I’ve dealt very briefly with Mr. Morgan, and have followed his writings for the last year and a half. I do think he’s an ‘everyman’. I think he’s honorable and he has noble intentions,strong convictions. I did lose some money following his trading advice, but I’d blame that more on how I followed it than on him or his advice (e.g. buying SRS at 109 in July, and selling it at 92 on Sept 16 last year – tuition in a college I’m not sure I should be attending ). If he has quirks and foibles, I haven’t yet met someone without.

By: Mark E Hoffer

Mark E Hoffer — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 15:13:29 +0000

Jeff,

http://clusty.com/search?input-form=clusty-simple&v%3Asources=webplus&query=Aaron+Russo+AFTF

By: leftback

leftback — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 15:09:46 +0000

@cjc: The Monday following expiration frequently sees significant reversals. Think about it. Someone had to make the number last week and bid up the market, and then a whole lot of puts expired on Friday. Add in the large number of shorts that were removed last week and there is a distinct lack of buyers today. Dead cat bounce coming (not enough buyers to follow through) then down to the 50DMA. :-)

By: Mannwich

Mannwich — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 15:01:25 +0000

@Hoffer: I have not. What’s the deal with that?