Goldman Sachs rules the world, not the governments

[Mich the Tester]

In fact until the "Representation of the People Act 1928" voting was still limited to male land owning voters or those renting high value properies.

Should have stayed that way.

[SimonMac]

BBC News - Trader was not a hoaxer, says BBC

A financial trader who appeared on the BBC and said he dreamed of making money from another recession was not a hoaxer, the broadcaster has said.

[doodab]

I know a couple of guys who work on or with systems designed to support 'volatility trading' which essentially involves trading in order to profit from volatility. They don't care if the price of the underlying assets are going up or down as all of that is hedged out, the profit is purely in changes in option prices due to changes in volatility.

No doubt a spekulant will be along later to explain how this drives efficient distribution of capital and makes us all rich.

[Pondlife]

Is Alessio Rastani actually one of The Yes Men? · TheJournal

BBC News - Trader was not a hoaxer, says BBC

A financial trader who appeared on the BBC and said he dreamed of making money from another recession was not a hoaxer, the broadcaster has said.

According to the Torygraph he lives in a mortgaged £200K semi that's in his GF's name. The company he owns is about 10K in debt after 4 years trading.

Seems his mouth is much bigger than his wallet.

He probably posts on here.

[DimPrawn]

According to the Torygraph he lives in a mortgaged £200K semi that's in his GF's name. The company he owns is about 10K in debt after 4 years trading.

Seems his mouth is much bigger than his wallet.

He probably posts on here.

as sasguru

[BrilloPad]

But its different this time.

[Mich the Tester]

Something makes me suspect that this Alessia Notayesman Rastani is actually a scared little man. He's put himself into debt to buy all sorts of gold, put options and CDS's and whatever other investments that can benefit from panic, a big market collapse or recession, and now he's rather scared that it might not happen; if we don't get this financial disaster rather soon, he's going to lose his shirt. Logical then that he would try to cause panic.

[Churchill]

But its different this time.

I like this bit...

The Yes Men said Mr Rastani was not connected with the group, however, The Yes Men's Mike Bonanno said Mr Rastani's comments were suspicious.

He told the BBC: "People in power don't speak that way. But who cares if he is or is not real. What we should be paying attention to is our own surprise at hearing his words."

Mr Bonanno said that "real industry insiders ... usually remain silent about the way the system works".

"They obscure their actions with technical jargon and deceit. They have to, because when people find out what is going on - when it is spoken in plain language - there is widespread outrage."

[DodgyAgent]

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