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53. The same capitalist parasites who fucked things up so badly are now being entrusted to

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Thu Aug 22, 2013, 03:57 PM

Aug 2013

repair the rotten capitalist system, enriching themselves on both the collapse and its repair. Meanwhile, the masses are fed a bullshit line of 'austerity' and 'balanced budgets,' all to protect the interests of the global 1%

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Larry Summers and the 'End Game' memo [View all] Ichingcarpenter Aug 2013 OP

Holy crap! This is explosive. hedda_foil Aug 2013 #1

Yes it is Ichingcarpenter Aug 2013 #2

Wonder if the Bat Signal is up yet? Junkdrawer Aug 2013 #6

Greg better watch out Ichingcarpenter Aug 2013 #8

just incredible questionseverything Aug 2013 #7

China signed on reluctantly Ichingcarpenter Aug 2013 #11

You're not supposed to say that!!! Fantastic Anarchist Aug 2013 #55

Is it OK to call it an agenda, a consensus plan HereSince1628 Aug 2013 #66

I was being facetious .... Fantastic Anarchist Aug 2013 #70

Yes, nothing is going to change. nt Mojorabbit Sep 2013 #127

4 years before 9/11. blkmusclmachine Aug 2013 #88

Savvy! blkmusclmachine Aug 2013 #90

re-reading Shock Doctine, and Klein's Rolling Stone piece on China nashville_brook Aug 2013 #3

if I recall... Locrian Aug 2013 #52

First thing I thought of when reading the OP was "Shock Doctrine." Fantastic Anarchist Aug 2013 #56

5th rec! elehhhhna Aug 2013 #4

Oh please, people! Let's get a little realistic here. Nuclear Unicorn Aug 2013 #5

And it's happening all over again, same people, in secret, with the TPP. pa28 Aug 2013 #9

The fix is in. blkmusclmachine Aug 2013 #91

K&R...Glad to see this! KoKo Aug 2013 #10

WRONG - whatever Wall St wants Obama gets for them FreakinDJ Aug 2013 #40

This is much closer to the truth - TBF Aug 2013 #43

Maybe because they threaten to destroy the world's economy again if Amonester Aug 2013 #81

Not a chance. Nothing other than imagination supports this assertion. AnotherMcIntosh Aug 2013 #82

What makes you so certain? Amonester Aug 2013 #83

You say, "They pulled it once." In reality, they never contacted Obama or anyone else at an AnotherMcIntosh Aug 2013 #84

Ok, but you also have no evidence they never contacted anyone in his administration Amonester Aug 2013 #85

Oh come on. delrem Aug 2013 #89

in some dream world of your own creation perhaps,. not in this reality though. Civilization2 Aug 2013 #103

"No evidence of never" means nothing. caseymoz Aug 2013 #104

Other than Wall St. Financiers funded his 2008 campaign FreakinDJ Aug 2013 #98

I agree 100% with you that Wall St. Financiers AnotherMcIntosh Aug 2013 #112

Criminal. blkmusclmachine Aug 2013 #92

Quite. nt bemildred Aug 2013 #12

K&R DeSwiss Aug 2013 #13

Exactly Hydra Aug 2013 #17

Love that quote. Fantastic Anarchist Aug 2013 #57

K & R n/t glinda Aug 2013 #14

KNR & Bookmarked. DirkGently Aug 2013 #15

In A Related Story The White Denied That Misogynistic Piece Of Shit Larry Summers is BlueManFan Aug 2013 #16

Of course Hydra Aug 2013 #18

The MSM RESPONSE IS...... BillyRibs Aug 2013 #19

Lol! whatchamacallit Aug 2013 #20

Old news (and therefore not worth discussing)... blkmusclmachine Aug 2013 #93

And these people are Obama's closest cronies Ocelot Aug 2013 #21

That's why I Laugh so hard when, BillyRibs Aug 2013 #22

he's the worst goddam socialist I've ever seen. nt navarth Aug 2013 #50

When they do that, Enthusiast Aug 2013 #67

Show the whole Memo ... GeorgeGist Aug 2013 #23

Post removed Post removed Aug 2013 #25

Good Thought gussmith Aug 2013 #44

A pdf is embedded in the article deutsey Aug 2013 #51

They really dont want to see the memo. nm rhett o rick Aug 2013 #60

in fact they hid the first posting of the direct link to it,. claimg the use of the word Civilization2 Aug 2013 #105

Greedy and sociopathic FlyByNight Aug 2013 #24

But Is The Memo Authentic? DallasNE Aug 2013 #26

Yep. I'll give this one a minute before dancing upon any figurative bankster graves Fire Walk With Me Aug 2013 #28

What's of equal concern to me is that if it's authentic deutsey Aug 2013 #39

Yep...but now I see it's from Greg Palast, whom I respect very much...this is huge...n/t Fire Walk With Me Aug 2013 #49

Concern was limited to that kid who got tazed at a Kerry appearance. arcane1 Aug 2013 #59

Doesn't it say Jon? StoneCarver Aug 2013 #30

Yes, it's "Jon" in the memo. deutsey Aug 2013 #33

From The Link In The Top Post DallasNE Aug 2013 #77

Its in the memo...JON Ichingcarpenter Aug 2013 #31

Watch the video that is linked to from Palast's article. JDPriestly Aug 2013 #37

The memo, while damning, is hardly the only "evidence" of this reality.., and it seems legit. Civilization2 Aug 2013 #106

K&R n/t myrna minx Aug 2013 #27

And then the CT becomes...reality nadinbrzezinski Aug 2013 #29

Most of us knew it was a conspiracy. Enthusiast Aug 2013 #32

plus one questionseverything Aug 2013 #34

K&R&ITYS Egalitarian Thug Aug 2013 #35

Agreed,. denial is a powerful force, when it lets one keep faith in clearly broken systems. Civilization2 Aug 2013 #107

We can't, and that's the hardest thing to accomplish. So many of the greatest minds throughout Egalitarian Thug Aug 2013 #124

And Obama Couldn't Love The Guy More colsohlibgal Aug 2013 #36

Cause Summers had E X P E R I E N C E avaistheone1 Aug 2013 #41

This message was self-deleted by its author avaistheone1 Aug 2013 #42

Yep - he talks a good 99% game but seems to love the 1% polichick Aug 2013 #46

That right there is some depressing shit to read. Pretzel_Warrior Aug 2013 #38

I can only hope that this 1% facade finally crashes blackspade Aug 2013 #45

And how is Obama's Catfood Commission coming along? blkmusclmachine Aug 2013 #99

K&R! Phlem Aug 2013 #47

Wait a second, this is from Greg Palast...oh shit, this is real...off comes the lid... Fire Walk With Me Aug 2013 #48

The same capitalist parasites who fucked things up so badly are now being entrusted to HardTimes99 Aug 2013 #53

Have they got us on our knees, yet?? blkmusclmachine Aug 2013 #94

Incredible. Fantastic Anarchist Aug 2013 #54

Win The Future! blkmusclmachine Aug 2013 #95

indeed,. this is a huge part of their sick game-plan, scapegoat the unions, social programs,. Civilization2 Aug 2013 #108

It's absolutely evil. Fantastic Anarchist Aug 2013 #113

"Speed it up" whatchamacallit Aug 2013 #58

I was thinking about that video too arcane1 Aug 2013 #61

Yeah it's a rare glimpse of the shape of things whatchamacallit Aug 2013 #63

They make $$$ the new fashioned way, blkmusclmachine Aug 2013 #96

Wow. What an indictment. Or as Prez Obama calls it, a 'resume builder' Maven Aug 2013 #62

You know, if Summers had been right, once, about anything, I might not be so pissed off hatrack Aug 2013 #64

actually he has been right every time; the 1% have won, and the rest of us have paid for it,. Civilization2 Aug 2013 #110

"Capitalism is the astounding belief that the most wickedest of men Egalitarian Thug Aug 2013 #65

Yeah. Enthusiast Aug 2013 #68

We must also break the cycle of class control. n/t Egalitarian Thug Aug 2013 #71

"The Goddamn Occupiers were right!" Fire Walk With Me Aug 2013 #69

+1,000 Berlum Aug 2013 #102

DURec leftstreet Aug 2013 #72

we should be able to have a good view of the back of the theater soon corkhead Aug 2013 #73

Hopefully Frank is looking down on all of this and gets to do a happy dance when the bad guys lose. Fire Walk With Me Aug 2013 #116

And this was orchestrated with Clinton goons, ... CRH Aug 2013 #74

BFEE Is Buy-Partisan Octafish Aug 2013 #86

We all got a good old fashioned bipartisan screwing blkmusclmachine Aug 2013 #97

Money does that to people. Octafish Aug 2013 #109

It's not personal, it's capitalism. nm rhett o rick Aug 2013 #114

HUGE K & R !!! - Thank You !!! WillyT Aug 2013 #75

How the TPP will impact financial regulations antigop Aug 2013 #76

+1! snot Aug 2013 #78

the TPP is just a continuation.... nt antigop Aug 2013 #79

Yup, they are not even done with the screwgie,. they will keep at it, till we take them down., Civilization2 Aug 2013 #111

k&r! n wildbilln864 Aug 2013 #80

A big heapin' helping of Shock Doctrine blkmusclmachine Aug 2013 #87

Is anyone really surprised by this? 99Forever Aug 2013 #100

"You smelly proles need to STFU. There's massive MoneyBuck profits to be made." L. Summers Berlum Aug 2013 #101

OK, so what are we gonna do about it? Dark n Stormy Knight Aug 2013 #115

Exactly, this is the most important question. If we do nothing, we'll become inured to the evil. n/t Fire Walk With Me Aug 2013 #117

We too are doped with religion and sex (porn) and tv Dark n Stormy Knight Aug 2013 #118

"..we are too tired to do much more than struggle to make a living." Fire Walk With Me Aug 2013 #120

I wish I knew. Dark n Stormy Knight Aug 2013 #121

They must be removed but fully expect protesting and civil disobedience. Fire Walk With Me Aug 2013 #122

Of course. Sorry, I was vague. It's not that I don't know what to do, I just don't think we have Dark n Stormy Knight Aug 2013 #123

Extremely creepy words from Plutonomist HW Bush regarding their then future plans: Fire Walk With Me Aug 2013 #119

The attitude of the rich is that money is THEIRS and the rest of us are thieves. Spitfire of ATJ Aug 2013 #125

Yes, Precious. n/t winter is coming Aug 2013 #126