Saturday, December 22, 2012

Rum, Rivalry, Resistance

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Son-of-man said...

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Sanders:


There is no reason for the elation you pronounce in your effort to peddle the Buccaneer Pirate Sugar cane Intoxicant Rum. You seem Hell-bent on destroying the biological organs of the poor and the uninformed by Pushing Rum, and imply a readiness to resort to violence in the effort to protect your Turf.

I suggested to you that this form of intoxicant is obsolete and on a downward trajectory because of the health damage – pancreas and diabetes – linked to the usage of the drug you shamelessly PUSH as a solution to the Caribbean's economic declension.

Why don't you Push the well established money-makers like Cocaine and Heroin? Is it because the woman whose feet you kissed hasn't given you permission? Don't be that myopic! All the British Banks are well established in the Drug Trade – which begs the question, “are you a double agent or simply uninformed”.

Here's some information that might help you attain world-class status as a PUSHER of INTOXICANTS/DRUGS:

December 13, 2012  |  
The banking giant HSBC has escaped indictment for laundering billions of dollars for Mexican drug cartels and groups linked to al-Qaeda. Despite evidence of wrongdoing, the U.S. Department of Justice has allowed the bank to avoid prosecution and pay a $1.9 billion fine. No top HSBC officials will face charges, either. We’re joined by Rolling Stone contributing editor Matt Taibbi, author of "Griftopia: A Story of Bankers, Politicians, and the Most Audacious Power Grab in American History." "You can do real time in jail in America for all kinds of ridiculous offenses," Taibbi says. "Here we have a bank that laundered $800 million of drug money, and they can’t find a way to put anybody in jail for that. That sends an incredible message, not just to the financial sector but to everybody. It’s an obvious, clear double standard, where one set of people gets to break the rules as much as they want and another set of people can’t break any rules at all without going to jail."

Amy Goodman: For more on the latest bank scandals, we’re joined by Taibbi. Now, how did Forbes put it, Matt? "What’s a bank got to do to get into some real trouble around here?"
MATT TAIBBI: Exactly, exactly. And what’s amazing about that is that’s Forbessaying that. I mean, universally, the reaction, even in—among the financial press, which is normally very bank-friendly and gives all these guys the benefit of the doubt, the reaction is, is "What do you have to do to get a criminal indictment?" What HSBC has now admitted to is, more or less, the worst behavior that a bank can possibly be guilty of. You know, they violated the Trading with the Enemy Act, the Bank Secrecy Act. And we’re talking about massive amounts of money. It was $9 billion that they failed to supervise properly. These crimes were so obvious that apparently the cartels in Mexico specifically designed boxes to put cash in so that they would fit through the windows of HSBC teller windows. So, it was so out in the open, these crimes, and there’s going to be no criminal prosecution whatsoever, which is incredible.

Now, Sanders, will you stop PUSHING “PENUTS” and talk about the real money-makers like the established banking institutions have already done?

December 25, 2012 at 7:50 AM

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