In the 48 days since the airing of grievances against Wall Street began, New York-based protestors have mostly remained in their headquarters at Zuccotti Park (Broadway & Liberty Street), with day trips uptown to visit JPMorgan, Bank of America, Citigroup and John Paulson. The group has plans to migrate west today at noon, when they’ll “march on Goldman Sachs” and “ask for something our judicial and legislative systems have so far failed to deliver – the return of billions of taxpayer dollars to the 99 percent and criminal sentences for those Goldman Sachs executives who carried out the fraud.” Perhaps not being able to wait another second to see Lloyd et al, however, a few members of the group apparently got a head start last night.
“About 30 protesters were banging on the windows of 200 West just now [circa 9:30PM]. Each time a GS employee left the building some dude would scream, ‘CDS! You’re going to hell.’ The police are keeping the protesters huddled on the southeast side of the building away from car service…this is the first sign I’ve seen of the protests moving across the West Side Highway…These guys are definitely a bit more hardcore (you’d have to be to navigate this area to get around WTC and move west). I’ve walked past Zuccotti and those folks are usually relaxed.
The guy screaming about CDS was getting in my face and others’, moving very erratically and screaming at everyone. The police kind of shepherded him back into the crowd. He seemed like he wanted to start a fistfight. He was younger, which likely explains the yearning to throwdown.”
Come back Monday. Depending on their respective faiths (Muslims: Friday; Jews: Saturday; Christians: Sunday) our employees will be busy doing God's Work until then.
Cheers,
Lloyd B.
Get at me, bro!
"Congratulations Mr. Schwatrzberg, you made it past the hordes of protesters we hired. Now on the the next phase of your interview."
GS: No problem. Even thought AIG has paid back most of the $6bn it borrowed to cover its debt to us, we'll give that whole amount to the taxpayer. Now you're only in the hole $14,972,585,094,614.05. Happy, pappy?
i believe its "come at me, bro"
We need the best fighter. We need the best Banker/Equity Analyst/Portfolio Manager/Trader/Biker. We need Shia.
"Come on me, Bro"
Don't let it fool ya. They are just lining up, nose pushed up to the glass, to ask to use the toilet.
Agreed. Shia and this guy with the crutches to help defend the House of God.
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hey hey – ho ho – this penis party gots to go – hey hey – ho ho
I guess "screaming", "getting in [people's] faces" and "wanting to start a fight" is what hardcore people do.
GS bankers should be really proud that they stood up to this kind of Tiananmen-style belligerence. I salute you noble warriors. And I wish you well when they escalate their disobedience to foot stomping and swearing.
Yeah, you're right. I was thinking of Tom Haverford answering the phone.
Breaking News (AP) –
Goldman Sachs Asset Management has taken a controlling interest in Shipboard Defense Systems according to a 13f filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
In other news, volunteers working in Zucotti Park's Kitchen have been scambling to respond to dozens of recent requests for "The Shack Burger" that have been coming in unexpectedly since about noon on Thursday.
If I were Goldman, I would borrower a page from Bridgewater, and use this as an opportunity to conduct a phsycological experiment.
Have someone from HR walk out and distribute applications to all the protesters and announce their is one opening at the Associate level. State the base salary and opportunity for bonus. Tell the crowd that their passion can be redirected into a productive member of company.
Announce publically (in the press) how many applied, and actually hire the best candidate.
Creates distrust, resentment, and jealousy within the OWS group. Careful PR campaign can illustrate that protestors aren't angry at banks, but with the economy in general, and their rhetoric is misplaced.
profit?
9:30PM? To go home? What is he a consultant?
- IBD
Bitching about the return of taxpayer dollars when you don't even pay taxes is the NKI.
Don't make me take out my "bazooka"
-Hank Paulson
Did I tell you that I'm from…Delaware?
That's not a protest! That is cry for help!
-Droz
I feel like the protestors would fail Round 37 of the interview process whereupon candidates are given the choice between shitting on the sidewalk or in clients' mouths.
Goldman + OWS + first pre-noon/non-opening bell post in 2 months = DB commentariat gold
except for the loser who referenced Tiananmen..
Aim for my face
– Lynn Tilton
He was just stepping out for an hour to fuck your wife.
The intensity of this comment made me LOL.
Hey! We're in finance too!
- Rajat
Here, for example, is a typical entry on the blog "We Are the 99 Percent." A woman is holding up a handwritten note that reads: "I am a college graduate. I am also unemployed. I was lead [sic] to believe that college would insure me a job. I now have $40,000 worth of student debt."
– WSJ
The [sic] was a day maker.
Quality comment.
Boom, roasted.
Humvee is the new Towncar
Thanks.
-All of us at GS
The main reason of the protest is very simple:
The FED (the biggest for-profit organization in the world) made of the 12 biggest banks, has the power to order to print as much money they want for pennies on the million; and all this is at their pleasure.
This newly printed money they give it to the banks who request it and in turn, they get interests too.
So they print money as they please,without backing up in GOLD ,it costs them almost zero,and they get to use this money in any way they like, free, and on top of all they get interests too.
This is the real'' NIRVANA'' for all these FED bankers.
English majors rarely make any money
An English major would have used led, chief.
Blog template:
Subject:
1. Graduates high school and decides he/she wants to go to college
2. Chooses to attend out-of-state state school for the party scene, needs to pay $30k/yr tuition
3. Takes out $120k student loan at 7-8%
4. Decides to major in liberal arts, the arts, or a major that leads to a job that isn't going to make enough money to pay back the cost of college.
5. Graduates college, can't find job or can't find job that allows him to afford his loan
6. Protests Wall St. because 'education is a right' and apparently wall st. controls how much schools's charge for tuition
Ohh, they get interests too. Now I see the problem. And no GOLD!?! We're screwed.
They "get interests" huh? Interesting, so where in UBS do you work?
keep off the bong so early in the morn
today i learned:
putting 72bn in "profit" last year to the us treasury coffers only to deal with bureaucratic nightmares daily from managers and and govt officials who dont know their asses from their elbows = "NIRVANA"
We learn something new every day around these parts…
*Ensure
- Not an English major, but literate.
And into my chest….
No recovery…just stay silent and move on….
shouldn't "insure" also warrant a [sic]?
– Not an English major but still aware of insure/ensure
Shea LeMuff?
RT: @GSElevator #1 Did you see all those homeless screaming + banging on windows last night? #2 (laughs) Are you talking about those OWS protestors? #2 Not sure, maybe, I was too busy thinking about my new 525i
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Explaining [sic] is the NKI.
Is "Ignaz" slang for ignorant ass?
- University of Phoenix '08
Could you blow me where the pampers is?
-Guy who wanted to contribute to the PCU quotes from an hour ago but was too busy.
Wow – I had no ideas wedgies cut of oxygen supply to the brain
smells like teen spirit…
uh
nevermind
525i….must be the cleaning staff
True Story
Swing and a miss. Should have just stayed down.
TLDR
fo shizzle
Keep telling yourself that motherfucker.
I've done a lot of business for Goldmann over the years. Bigger rapists never walked.
At least the transvestite picked a side by step 5
He make report on Finanz for glorious nation of Kazakhstan!
Jeezus, you again?
Apparently, Lloyd is doing an end run…rather petty, I think.
http://www.moneytrendsresearch.com/goldman-sachs-…
Stopping your rant for a hit of meth doesn't justify a comma
-H.S. Thompson
By business, you mean scrubbing the shit stains from the toilet?
Right, it's called the 99%
I see what you did there
The thing is, a lot of English majors aren't even that good at English.
Don't lie to me and say you won't come in my mouth
- Lynn Tilton
Kind of like how quite a few investors ain't so good at investin'.
Dude, grow a brain, read some books, do something, anything at all to actually understand what the fuck you are trying to comment on!
College template:
Subject:
1. Raise tuition several times the cost of inflation because every student qualifies for grants/loans and "a degree is required in this job market, i.e. demand for college is more or less inelastic
2. Spend massive profits hiring too many employees that are overpaid and under work, remodeling dorms to resemble JW Marriotts, and build other unnecessary infrastructure (read: trophy buildings)
3. Skew enrollment, acceptance, employment numbers to trick the next batch
Oh sure, just like MBAs and CFAs are good at finance.
“About 30 protesters were banging on the windows of 200 West just now [circa 9:30PM].
I bang on those windows all the time.
- GS Sex Addict Quant
The price of education should correlate to the prospects and marketability of the degree. The only reason it doesn't is because colleges and universities have a steady stream of 18-year-old kids with access to tens of thousands of dollars in non-dischargeable credit.
Some of us do okay.
-Steve Wynn, Mitt Romney, Hank Paulson, Louis Bacon, Stan Druckenmiller and Barton Biggs
Go away troll, or I'll head to zuccotti with a leaf blower and some fiberglass insulation.
Henceforth, you shall now be known as Fuck Your Wife guy…
Gutter, You wear the shirt of the band you're going to see to the concert? Don't be that guy.
Employment psychological experiment + Reality TV style filming of the applicants would torpedo the OWS movement.
Let me explain to you how this works: you see, the banks finance Team America, and then Team America goes out… and the banks sit there in their… in their bank buildings, and… and, and see, they're all bank-y… and they make money.
Don't you think we would all be happy to beat you to a pulp if we didn't have stuff like…..you know……..jobs to keep and assets to not have sued away, etc. But no, keep complaining and being a douchebag, while contributing nothing. Great idea.
Cohn kinda looks like Kevin Spacey in that pic.
Screaming about the 1% raping the 99% while actually raping a member of the 99% is the NKI
Well we know it wasn't proofreading pitch books
Next time when I want to know how smart you are, I should just ask you?
Based on his toilet remarks, he probably wasn't qualified.
Finance guys are also not good at making pitch books.
Don't call me chief, bro.
Huh? Y'all eat pieces of shit? What's the basis?
Your grasp of finance is proportionate to a child's understanding of the nature war: passionate, long on imagery and "us" vs. "them", short on any dedicated effort to comprehend the subject matter or, for that matter, to think existentially at all. A sort of digital nod to early civilization when we used mythology to sort out things we couldn't understand, like lightning.
It's a shame your ignoratia has compelled you to sleep in a park under a tarp.
Whooo-hoooo you left out the Sri Lankans
Dear Wall Street Protestors: I really want to go to Saturday Night Live for the 11/12 show. The line for standby tickets begins at 7pm next Friday and tickets are distributed at 7am Saturday morning. If anyone wants to protest NBC between those hours (while standing in line), I will gladly pay $500 plus art supplies for your sign.
Tickets can be delivered to 85 Broad on your way back to the park.
Wait so why aren't they protesting the Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac offices or camping out on Angelo Mozilo's front lawn?
You're won [sic] fuck!
Actually, we work at 200 west now, which is actually on the way back to the park. Tx!
- gs services strat.
Explain like a kid? You're kidding, right?
HA!
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People Hearing on Goldman Sachs, Nov 3, 2011. chris hedges:
"Speculators like those in Goldman Sachs—who in the 17th century when speculation was a crime would have been hanged—must be prevented by law from again destroying our economy, preying on ordinary citizens, hoarding food so the poor starve and running our political process. We are paying for their crimes—not those who orchestrated perhaps the most massive fraud in human history. Our teachers, police, firefighters and public employees are losing their jobs so speculators like Blankfein can make an estimated quarter of a million dollars a day. "
4ktBvS Really enjoyed this article.Much thanks again. Much obliged.