MOTU motherfuckers like Jamie Dimon are so high on their own farts that they think that there’s an audience for this kind of bullshit outside of the other one percenters participating in their invisible hand circle jerk. There isn’t – taxing the rich is pretty fucking popular, and AOC’s response is a good pattern for Democrats.
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MomSense
Does anyone who is not on the Morning Joe circuit give a fuck about what Jamie Dimon thinks about anything?
Baud
We can send him the budget.
Elizabelle
@MomSense:
I don’t think so.
New Deal democrat
Where would Jamie Dimon and JPMorgan be had the taxpayers not bailed them out in 2008?
The only important “laundry list” is the list of demands Nancy Pelosi failed to give Hank Paulson when he got down on his knees and begged her to let the House pass that bailout. A true failed turning point with far-reaching and terrible consequences.
WaterGirl
@New Deal democrat: Hindsight is 20-20.
Four Seasons Total Landscaping mistermix
@MomSense: Nah, but it’s great when he says shit like this so Democrats can take a big dump on him.
Baud
@New Deal democrat:
Pelosi is the real villain of this story!
Elizabelle
Forget Jamie Dimon.
VeniceRiley put up a link to an excellent Hillary Clinton interview in The Guardian — ie. no paywall!
I’d prefer to talk about good and smart folks and what they have to say.
Hillary Clinton: ‘There has to be a global reckoning with disinformation
Barbara
So cute, pretending he is CEO of the whole U.S.
New Deal democrat
@WaterGirl: Nope. I was yelling about in real time too. It was perfectly obvious the D’s Had the banks and the Bush Adminitration by the short hairs. They would have agreed to anything in order to pass that emergency bailout.
Roger Moore
Which is exactly why a lot of us like her. For all the complaints, she’s as good as anyone in the business at converting abstract political concepts into something ordinary people can understand and at getting people to pay attention as she does it. We desperately need more of that.
Baud
@Roger Moore:
Agree. Her communication skills are out of this world.
MomSense
@New Deal democrat:
Paulson didn’t get anything remotely like what he asked Nancy to pass.
dmsilev
Yes it’s the FTNYT, but this visualization of Oval Office artwork and how the selection has evolved from JFK to Joe Biden is very nicely done.
craigie
AOC will never not be good at this kind of strategic response. More like this please!
MomSense
We’re trying to have a fire outside tonight and it’s too windy. I’m basically just smoking myself. It’s pathetic.
New Deal democrat
@MomSense: that’s not the point.
1. Dimon and his bank deserved to go broke, and had their bacon saved. He has no grounds to lecture anyone about anything.
2. Had Dems insisted on, e.g., nationalization and recapitalization of failed Wall Street Banks (what FDR did), the GOP was in no position to object.
MomSense
@Roger Moore:
Meh. She has a lot of skill and potential but it’s often misdirected. Biden outperformed her in her own district.
MomSense
@New Deal democrat:
Because it was Dimon and Dimon only who would suffer the consequences of having “his” bank go broke.
GTFO
Baud
I can’t believe we’re relitigating 2008.
Ken
@Baud: “We’re not monsters, Mr. Dimon. The door will unlock when you’ve added up all the numbers correctly.”
MomSense
@Baud:
Emo progs will never let their fantasies about nationalizing the banks rest.
New Deal democrat
@MomSense: his stockholders would too, you’re right about that.
The economy would have been shielded by a Federal takeover- just as it is when regular commercial banks go broke and get taken over. Do you panic when the FDIC has to take over a bank?
Baud
@MomSense:
Right, but it’s a model for others to follow. A frequent problem with less progressive candidates isn’t necessarily that they are less progressive, but that they often sound not so confident and mealy mouth. She’s very good at demonstrating how to be sharp, especially on social media.
MomSense
@New Deal democrat:
Did you expect George W to nationalize the banks? Really?
New Deal democrat
@MomSense: oh I see. FDR was an emo Prog in creating the FDIC and nationalizing failed banks.
GTFO yourself.
MomSense
@Baud:
It doesn’t play well outside the bubble.
MomSense
@New Deal democrat:
FDR wasn’t president in 2008
@New Deal democrat:
debbie
@dmsilev:
Thanks for the link. That was great!
Ken
I see you’ve bought into the Big Lie.
Baud
@MomSense:
I don’t think her politics are as nationally popular as her supporters think they are. I think her mastery of communication is well regarded.
Alison Rose
@Elizabelle: I agree, and thank you for sharing this.
But also too Jamie Dimon is a colossal turd.
rikyrah
Zerlina on Peacock (@ZerlinaShow) tweeted at 5:18 PM on Thu, May 06, 2021:
The governor of Florida signed a bill restricting the right to vote… on live television… in a Fox News exclusive.
@ZerlinaMaxwell: “This isn’t just voter suppression, this is voter suppression theater.” https://t.co/IRUINv1A2S
(https://twitter.com/ZerlinaShow/status/1390430876278968327?s=03)
New Deal democrat
@MomSense: in an effort not to have this comment section continue to go off the rails, can we agree that Jamie Dimon has no standing to lecture anyone about federal stimulus payments and spending?
Baud
@Ken:
In all honesty, we probably wouldn’t.
debbie
@rikyrah:
NPR reported that a lawsuit had already been filed.
Ken
@dmsilev: I wonder what artwork Baud will choose.
MomSense
@New Deal democrat:
Pretty sure I said that at #1
Jerry
Here’s something he can itemize right now: ,|,,
debbie
@Ken:
Nothing but Jon McNaughtons!
Jim, Foolish Literalist
@rikyrah: makes me wonder if the obviously political nature of that stunt is blatant enough to factor into a court case?
Baud
@Ken:
Probably a bunch of NFTs.
New Deal democrat
@MomSense: Fine, we’ll agree on that.
Brachiator
@MomSense:
Nope. Probably not even those on the Morning Joe circuit.
The statement Dimon made could have been noted here. Would have saved a little time. Looking at it, my first thought was that his musings are irrelevant. Second and subsequent thoughts as well.
I bet Republican goofballs are going to pick this up and try to run with it.
Bunch of dopes.
Baud
@debbie:
Oh god. Putting that guy out of work is reason enough never to elect another Republican.
MomSense
@Ken:
Since my squid pro quo with my Baud 2020! Super PAC was that I get to be director of the National Endowment for the Arts, he would have had the best art for the Oval Office.
NotMax
FYI.
Ceci n est pas mon nym
He can get his itemized list of what taxes are spent on. It’s called the Federal Budget. It’s public information.
Ken
@Baud: Looks like I lost a bet. I said it would be the full Cassius Marcellus Coolidge collection.
jnfr
@Baud:
None of it has ever been resolved. Hell, we’re still relitigating the 1960s and 1860s.
WaterGirl
@NotMax: All misdemeanors. I hope he gets more than a slap on the wrist.
Major Major Major Major
@New Deal democrat:
Such as?
Baud
@Ken:
An NFT of Dogs Playing Poker!
Baud
@jnfr:
We have on this blog!
WaterGirl
@Major Major Major Major: Just one: “We own you now, you greedy bastards”.
debbie
I’m sure it’s already obvious, but WTF is wrong with politicians? Such know-nothngs.
Jim, Foolish Literalist
@jnfr: yeah, but try to get the Neo-liberal Obots here to face the truth about The Great Toledo War.
New Deal democrat
@Major Major Major Major: I don’t want this comment section to go further off the rails, but I will mention one more: allowing mortgage cramdowns in bankruptcy court.
Major Major Major Major
@New Deal democrat: I meant, what were the far reaching and terrible consequences.
And the comment thread is already entirely about you, so that horse has sailed.
Spanky
@New Deal democrat:
Whaaaaaat?
You must be new here.
What Have The Romans Ever Done for Us?
@New Deal democrat: So cute pretending the government doesn’t publish the budget every frickin year. Like, he could look up where the money goes anytime he wants.
Geminid
There were a lot of very talented and capable Democratic Representatives elected in 2018. None of them started out with the fame and celebrity that accompanied Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (NY). Some are as good at communication as she is, maybe better. But if Veronica Escobar (TX) or Lauren Underwood (IL) said something about Jaime Dimon that was as incisive as what Ocasio-Cortez said, would we even hear about it?
What Have The Romans Ever Done for Us?
@Ceci n est pas mon nym: Ah I see you beat me to the point.
misterpuff
@MomSense:
Can I get a hit off that? What’s your THC content?
Major Major Major Major
@misterpuff: if she’s anything like me, probably around 10%.
misterpuff
@Major Major Major Major: I’m closer to 20% (certified by the CA Board of Weights and Measures).
MomSense
@misterpuff:
Ha!
Ken
@Major Major Major Major: @misterpuff: You joke (I assume), but the reason THC affects us is that the brain uses very similar chemicals for signalling.
Which, now that I think of it, might be a fun hook for a twist on the zombie story — explaining why they shamble around, slur their words, and are always hungry for braaaaaains…..
Steve in the ATL
@Baud: who owns the NFT of dogs playing poker?
Jim, Foolish Literalist
How do those of you who think she’s the future of the party and a brilliant communicator reconcile her occasional twitter “owning” with the fact that she thought this guy should be the Dem nominee?
Ken
@Steve in the ATL: Why, I happen to have just created it. Here are the first 128 bits as a taste:
ea72660f8bc2735d0608c2b311c858f2
If you want the rest, bidding opens at $100,000.
Baud
@Ken:
It’s beautiful.
BlueStater
@Roger Moore: Absolutely. I hope I live long enough (I’m 83) to vote for her for President.
Geminid
@BlueStater: I hope you live that long, too. Even though I’ll be voting for someone else in the Democratic primary. That is, if I live that long.
Baud
@Geminid: .
I appreciate your loyal support.
Steve in the ATL
@Ken: great! Just post your account number and routing number and the financial transactions will begin!
Geminid
@Baud: I thought you’d be be running for the Sansculotte Party..
jnfr
@Jim, Foolish Literalist:
I was born in Toledo, some many years ago. What did I miss?
SFAW
@Jim, Foolish Literalist:
Was that the one which had the Bowling Green Massacree?
Jim, Foolish Literalist
@jnfr: The Great Toledo War.…
SFAW
@Geminid:
No, you’re thinking of the NFT showing him at the Sansculotte National Convention
Kent
@Major Major Major Major: Election of Donald Trump for one.
Anya
Fuck that soulless asshole. I don’t know why anyone listens to him, aside from our stupid believe that rick people are smart or sensible. Good for OAC.
Panurge
@jnfr: And we’ll keep doing it until they’re finally resolved right. If you ask me, part of the problem is that we haven’t been relitigating the 1960s anywhere near hard enough.