Clifton Hinks: Jay Gould's Daughter

24 September 1869: Wall Street panic after Gould & Fisk attempt to corner gold

Jay Gould's Daughter

Trading Places: Down and Out Santa and Jamie Lee Curtis

Trading Places is a Christmas and New Years Movie!

EBL: The Greatest Christmas Movie Evan

Jamie Lee Curtis 

Lem Levity: Best New Year Movies! PJ Media however misses The Poseidon Adventure (shame on them)

Bullfax: An Oral History of Trading Places (it is a great Wall Street movie too)

EBL: On a more serious note: I strongly recommend you see this movie too

Proof Positive: Jamie Lee Curtis and More Jamie Lee Curtis

Rule 5 & FMJRA

Goodstuffs: 98th ed

Woodsterman: Rule 5

357 Magnum: Sun Links

Hero Press: Happy Holidays

Hogewash : A Stellar Wreath 

The Right Way: Link-O-Rama

Proof Positive: Best Of The Web

90 Miles from Tyranny: Rule 5 links

Pirate's Cove: Sorta Blogless Sunday Pinup

Animal Magnetism: Saturday Gingermageddon

Feral Irishman: Naughty and Nice and Mrs. Claus

Political Clown Parade: Flowing Curves of Beauty

A View From The Beach: Spitzer, Client 9, and the Russians

Diogenes Middle Finger News: Speedy Gutierrez on Christmas

Mark Steyn: The Christmas Show and Christmas In The Trenches

AoSHQ: Holiday Stuff (Snow) and It's A Wonderful Life reviewed (again)

Instapundit: Christmas Looking In: How Dickens and Pop Culture gave us Christmas

TOM: ‘An Apparently Consensual Relationship’, Alabama vs. Oklahoma Tonight, Too Tall or Too Black? ‘Intersectionality’ in Missouri Harassment Lawsuit, In The Mailbox: 12.27.18,  Trump Goes to Iraq, #FakeNews Media Embarrass Themselves, In The Mailbox: 12.26.18, [AykroydVoice] Jonah, You Ignorant (Something Like ‘Unrecoverable Twit’) [/AykroydVoice], The @emrazz Thread: Feminist Dreams of Eliminating All Male Life on Earth,  Worst Santa Ever, Happy (High) Holidays, Democrats: Government Is Christmas, and Trump Is the Grinch or Something, #MeToo: ‘No Idea That the Famous Actor Was an Alleged Sexual Predator’, In The Mailbox: 12.24.18, Kulaks of New York, Transgender Rage: You Can’t Have a Women’s Symbol at a Women’s College, Socialist Disaster in Venezuela is Sending Economic Refugees into Prostitution, Crazy People Are Dangerous: Anthony Halliday a/k/a ‘Stephanie Hayden’, Can We Deport The New York Times, Please?, In The Mailbox: 12.21.18, Syria, Afghanistan, and the #NeverTrump Problem of Jonah Goldberg

A collection of sites known for appreciation of Rule 5 and Christmas and New Years classics:

TOTUS

Egotastic

Dust bury

HeroPress

Hogewash

Theo Spark

Daily Gator

O.K. Corral

Daily Caller

Wired Right

Pirate's Cove

Woodsterman

Proof Positive

The Right Way

RULE 5 SITES

Blazing Cat Fur

MissK's World...

By Other Means

American Power

Irons In The Fire

Guns and Bikinis

SayanythingBlog

Raconteur Report

Doubletroubletwo

Angrymikes hood

The Last Tradition

Adrienne's Corner

The Feral Irishman

Camp of the Saints

Animal Magnatism

Maggie's Notebook

The Classic Liberal

The Rio Norte Line

Randy's Roundtable

A Nod To The Gods

Small Dead Animals

Grouchy Old Cripple

Raised On Hoe Cakes

Political Clown Parade

24 Femmes Per Second

The Vulgar Curmudgeon

A View From The Beach

Diogenes' Middle Finger

Your Crazy Uncle Bubba

Old Retired Petty Officer

Ninety Miles From Tyranny

Knuckledraggin My Life Away

In a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World

GOODSTUFF'S CYBER WORLD (RIP)

Markets Down Today...

Suicide, 1929 Wall Street Crash

Of course a 1000 point drive is not that big a deal when the market is above 25,000 to start.

Instapundit: America's Lost Decade and Meltdown or correction?  Or Neither?

AoSHQ: Markets down today, Shep Smith seems as giddy as a school girl

AoSHQ/J.J. Sefton: Markets down and so is Adam Schiff

DRUDGE REPORT: DOW -1175 and Wild Ride

CNBC: More Pain Tuesday? and Trump's Rally?

Don Surber: Smart Move By Trump

The Ramones: Maria Bartiromo

VictoriaRud: Maria Bartiromo has plenty of fans

Rule 5 and FMJRA

Pirate's Cove: If all you see is...

Goodstuffs: 306th Korean Edition

Proof Positive Blog: Sex In Advertising

Dealbreaker: Going to bed with Maria Bartiromo

A View From The Beach : Way Back Wednesday

EBL: Maria Bartiromo roasts John Podesta, Post Debate Maria Bartiromo, Maria Bartiromo Rule 5, and The Uncle Floyd Show and the Ramones

Wombat: The Political Hat: Schrodinger’s Senator, Jammie Wearing Fools: Two Kennedys Arrested After Wild Cape Cod Party, Mark Steyn: From Barbarous To Evil, also, Love Me Tender

A collection of sites known for appreciation of Rule 5 and stimulating morning business news:

TOTUS
Egotastic
Dust bury
Theo Spark
Daily Gator
Pirate's Cove
Woodsterman
Proof Positive
RULE 5 SITES
The Right Way
MissK's World...
American Power
Guns and Bikinis
SayanythingBlog
Doubletroubletwo
Angrymikes hood
The Last Tradition
Adrienne's Corner
The Feral Irishman
Camp of the Saints
Animal Magnatism
Maggie's Notebook
The Classic Liberal
The Rio Norte Line
Randy's Roundtable
A Nod To The Gods
Political Clown Parade
24 Femmes Per Second
The Vulgar Curmudgeon
A View From The Beach
Diogenes' Middle Finger
Your Crazy Uncle Bubba
Old Retired Petty Officer
Ninety Miles From Tyranny
Knuckledraggin My Life Away
In a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
GOODSTUFF'S CYBER WORLD

If Insider Trading Is A Crime, Why Can Congress Do It?

Rub A Dub Dub, It's Fun In The Tub: Senate congeniality means you rub my back and I'll rub yours...

It is both parties. They are thick as thieves and corrupt as hell.  Not only did Congress exempt themselves from Obamacare, but they also exempted themselves from insider trading.

And "Honorable" John McCain is as corrupt and dirty as they come. Yes, McCain's wife is very wealthy, but John McCain himself has amassed quite a fortune on his own. He is worth tens of millions of dollars. How do you compile that sort of wealth on a public salary?

Nancy Pelosi and Hillary Clinton are not the only ones feeding at the government trough. Mitch McConnell, John Kasich (good advice to constituents on how to buy a house), Harry Reid are examples of people "public service" who have amassed multi-million dollar fortunes.

Even Socialist Bernie Sanders managed to score a few choice real estate properties, while his wife ran a college into bankruptcy. Feel the Bern indeed.

So we wonder, why things never seem to change? Because once you win the lottery of getting in the House and Senate, you haver zero personal incentive to change it. And they get to make the oversight rules, on themselves.

Via AoSHQ: Our GOP Elites?

The problem with the Republican Party is that a lot of Republicans are really Democrats, while no Democrats are really Republicans.

— Dan Bongino (@dbongino) April 30, 2017

Hogewash: Why Trump Won

Don Surber: What's wrong with DC

Yahoo: Three Republicans to kill O-care reform

TOM: Why Trump Won (some GOP going wrong way)

Legal Insurrection: GOP has no intent to repeal Obamacare

Don Surber: Why Swamp Republicans Won't Kill Obamacare

The Nation: Who is getting rich off the secret health-care overhaul?

Daily Mail: Congress getting rich over trading stocks on insider information

Business Insider: Beyond Insider Trading: Here's How Members of Congress Get Rich Off Earmarks

Professor Bainbridge: Congress is getting rich off Wall Street and Peter Schweizer won't stop till everyone knows it.

EBL: Meanwhile Democrats have a cover-up to deal with, don't worry there are "Honorable" men like John McCain who will assist his friends.

Three Democrats walk into a bar ... pic.twitter.com/29IP6T9D5k

— Anthony Scaramucci (@Scaramuuci) July 26, 2017

Is firing Preet Bharara an unforced error by President Trump? Update: You're Fired!

Separated at Birth: Preet Bharara and his Billions doppelgänger Paul Giamatti

Hot Air: Is Firing Preet Baharara a major unforced error by the Trump Administration?

I can understand the caution of the Trump Administration about Baharara, he was at least signaling he was open to be Attorney General under Hillary Clinton (had she won) and was a former legal advisor to Chuck Schumer. Still, does it make sense to fire him now or wait and see? Jazz Shaw makes some good points. So does the NY Post.

Trump should do what is the best interest of his administration's goals and the country's.  Legitimately, Trump wants his own people working for him. It seems to me you can do both (although Bharara may have burned that bridge by laying down an ultimatum). The President can say he intends to eventually replace all Obama political appointees in the Justice Department, but not rush on certain select cases like Bharara's.

Regardless if Bharara goes immediately or later, it would be smart for the Trump Administration to defuse and dampen this transition if they can.

Update:
You're fired:  Preet was sort of a dick and worked for Schumer, so I will defer to Trump on this one (even if he was going after De Blasio and Cuomo for corruption, he also screwed over D'Souza).  See ya!

Mike Allen has what really went down with Bharara and Trump Administration tried to call Bharara on Thursday

Twitchy: Bias Much? Different tone by the media over Trump and Obama AG transition

Instapundit: Preet Bharara defiance was not brave, it was an act of corruption intened to gain him favors with the left, politics was always part of Bharara's act, How Preet Bharara stifled Reason's free speech, You're Fired, Corruption/Unprofessional Behavior at the Department of Justice, Who will watch the Watchmen? but Bharara is going after De Blasio and Cuomo

Don Surber: Trump was right to fire Bharara

Trooper York: Mistake? Maybe...or not?

Legal Insurrection: You're Fired!

EBL: The Women of Billions

WFB: Cuomo Following?

Hot Air: You're Fired!

Politico: St. Preet

Some Movies Should Not Be Remade...

Word is the Ben Hur remake sucks.  There are other movies that should never be remade...

 

Rush Limbaugh/Daily Caller: If Hillary Clinton loses to Trump, it will be over her ties to Wall Street

Instapundit: Hillary is resting up (Hilla Monsters have slow metabolisms) and Clinton Foundation Hacked? (what will they find there)

Rush Limbaugh: The Return of Porkulus

Conflict of Interest: Attorney General Eric Holder and Jon Corzine!

Jon Corzine
Lost more than a billion dollars
and protected by fellow Democrats

Attorney General Eric Holder
Mexican gun runner, protects Black Panthers
from voter intimidation charges, and partisan hack

What do these two kids have in common (other than being Democrats), well Eric Holder's law firm represented Jon Corzine's company  MF Global.

No wonder there has been no real investigation or action on Jon Corzine losing over a billion dollars of investors' money.  Despite the fact Jon Corzine was shown to have directed his employees to transfer money out of client accounts and Corzine lied about it to Congress.

These two are almost like a Separated at Birth.

Update:
Justice Department nepotism...
Eric Holder is Jon Corzine's Get Out of Jail Free Card

Frontline takes on Jon Corzine: How Corzine steered regulators, twisted the rules, and made a fatal six billion dollar bet...

Now Corzine is just bundling cash for Barack Obama's re-election effort

Frontline:  Jon Corzine's Six Billion Dollar Bet

Zero Hedge explains:

While the sur-realities of just what Corzine and the rest of the MF Global 'traders' did has been extensively discussed here and elsewhere, PBS' Frontline provides the most succinct (and relatively in-depth) documentary on just what occurred from how the corrupt CEO lobbied regulators who had the power to stop his risky bets to the endgame realization of the missing customer money. A narrative, not just of "a bet that went bad," but "a Wall Street morality tale." Must watch! 

The story of Jon Corzine, the former head of Goldman Sachs and political power broker, who took over MF Global in the spring of 2010 with oversize ambition and a passion for risk. But after a massive bet on European debt turned sour, the firm lay in ruins, with more than a billion dollars of customer funds missing.

Why isn't Eric Holder prosecuting Jon Corzine for this?  Good question.  

Barack Obama and Jon Corzine: Best Friends Forever!

Jon Corzine still bundling bucks for Barack Obama's re-election effort!
Is there a pardon deal in the works?  

Eric Holder still not acting on Democrat Jon Corzine "losing" over a billion dollars of investor funds.  I thought reform of Wall Street was Barack Obama's priority?  Jon Corzine lobbied for less regulation.  

Wall Street Repo Men

This sort of works...

Great article at NRO.


There is also a lesson in this tale from Instapundit.  Ben Nelson is not an evil man, but he was corrupted by this system.  And this corruption is in both parties.  There are still people who actually care about this country and do not want this corruption to continue.  Be it from Paulson and his Goldman Sach cronies working for Bush or Summer, Geithner, and Rubin and their Goldman Sach cronies working for Clinton and Obama.  And you don't think they are trying to back stop their positions with Romney if Obama goes down?  This insider corruption has to stop.

And it is frustrating that the one politician who gets it, is also completely nuts on most other issues and is unelectable.

Update:  But let's not forget who turbo charged the current depression we are in.

Update II:  Ace of Spades on the story...

Update III:  Hugh Hewitt does not like this article (what a surprise).