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发帖数: 61690 | 1 Mexican president compares Trump to Hitler, Mussolini
By NOLAN D. MCCASKILL 03/07/16 10:32 AM EST Updated 03/07/16 03:33 PM EST
Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto condemned Republican front-runner
Donald Trump’s rhetoric, likening it to language from Adolf Hitler and
Benito Mussolini.
Peña Nieto told Mexico City newspaper Excelsior that Trump’s “
strident expressions” put forth “very simple solutions.” That kind of
rhetoric, he said, has led to “very fateful scenes in the history of
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发帖数: 61690 | 2 GOP superlawyer on contested convention rule: 'In fact, that's not a rule'
By Nolan D. McCaskill
03/09/16 12:29 PM EST
A Republican presidential candidate doesn’t have to accrue a majority of
delegates in eight states to be considered for the nomination during a
contested convention in July, former Republican National Committee lawyer
Ben Ginsberg — the party's preeminent election law expert — said Wednesday.
“In fact, that's not a rule,” Ginsberg told MSNBC early Wednesday morning.
“That's part... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 4427 | 3 Re
McCaskill argued that Trump’s comments about who founded ISIS are “
disrespectful” to the U.S. military, then attacked Trump, saying he and “
his best buddy” Russian President Vladimir Putin “are the founder of ISIS,
which probably would be more accurate.” |
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发帖数: 6571 | 4 Trump Speaks, Media Translates
Larry Elder
Posted: Aug 25, 2016 12:01 AM
"Do you ever get tired of defending Donald Trump?" a critic asked.
It isn't that Donald Trump does not say things that are cringe-worthy. It's
that his opponent, Hillary Rodham Clinton, says and does things even more
cringe-worthy. So forgive those who feel that Trump's supposedly "outrageous
" statements are nothing more than selective outrage, double standards, and
the typical "Republicans are racist" meme. Democrats rout... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 61690 | 5 Clinton: Trump stalked me around the debate stage
By Nolan D. McCaskill
10/14/16 11:06 AM EDT
Donald Trump dominated the debate stage Sunday — literally, according to
Hillary Clinton, who thought “this is really weird” as the Republican
presidential nominee towered over her on stage.
In an interview with Ellen DeGeneres set to air later Friday, Clinton said
she had “several reactions” to her opponent’s debate performance when the
two sparred at Washington University in St. Louis.
“First, it was ... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 61690 | 6 Obama suggests Clinton didn't work as hard as he did
'I spent 87 days going to every small town and fair and fish fry and VFW
hall,' Obama said.
By GLENN THRUSH and NOLAN D. MCCASKILL 11/14/16 06:20 PM EST
President Barack Obama didn’t quite blame his ally Hillary Clinton for
causing her stunning loss to Donald Trump last week — but he chided her for
not focusing on reaching out to white, non-urban voters like he did in 2008
and 2012.
Obama — about to hand off the presidency to a man whom he dec... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 29576 | 8 Spicer says voter fraud probe will not just be focused on 2016
By NOLAN D. MCCASKILL 01/25/17 01:53 PM EST
The “major investigation” into debunked claims of voter fraud that
President Donald Trump called for Wednesday morning will look beyond just
the 2016 presidential election, White House press secretary Sean Spicer said
Wednesday.
“Just to be clear, not just in 2016,” Spicer told reporters. “I think in
terms of registration, where you’ve got folks on rolls that have been
deceased or moved or ... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 61690 | 9 Republicans hold 52 seats in the Senate. The GOP would need eight Democrats
to vote with them to break the 60-vote threshold if there is a filibuster.
Seven Democrats in the Senate – Sens. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), Chris
Coons (D-Del.), Heidi Heitkamp (D-N.D.), Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.), Claire
McCaskill (D-Mo.), and Jon Tester (D-Mont.), and Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) –
have said they oppose a filibuster. |
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发帖数: 5568 | 10 地理堪忧啊
Heidi Heitkamp (D-N.D.), Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.), Jon Tester (D-Mont.), and
Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) |
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发帖数: 61690 | 13 Senators in both parties predict blowing up the Senate’s rules to confirm
Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch will inflict serious damage on the
institution.
Democrats are mulling whether to employ the same retaliatory tactics that
Republicans used in 2013 after Democrats triggered the “nuclear option” to
prevent the GOP from filibustering President Obama’s executive branch and
judicial nominees.
“They used the age-old Senate tactic of slowing things to a crawl, which
you can do under the rules o... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 61690 | 14 Progressives are declaring an early victory over Neil Gorsuch’s Supreme
Court nomination.
Even if President Trump’s pick is confirmed after a historic Senate vote on
Thursday to end the minority party's ability to filibuster Supreme Court
nominations, liberal groups think they’ll win.
They predict that Republicans will face a backlash over changing the Senate
’s rules and will have to own any controversial decisions handed down by
the Supreme Court heading into the 2018 midterms and 2020 preside... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 1 | 15 Obama admin knew gang members were part of illegal immigrant surge:
Whistleblower
The Obama administration knowingly let in at least 16 admitted MS-13 gang
members who arrived at the U.S. as illegal immigrant teenagers in 2014, a
top senator said Wednesday, citing internal documents that showed the teens
were shipped to juvenile homes throughout the country.
Sen. Ron Johnson, chairman of the Senate Homeland Security Committee, said a
whistleblower turned over Customs and Border Protection docume... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 2575 | 16 以“罪行”来排，“美国总统通俄集团”中的头号罪人是福临将军（总统本人除
外），接下来就是司法部长赛申斯了。
按照白左华左红卫兵的说法，赛申斯的主要罪名有：1，跟俄国大使剋死李亚科（
Kislyak,对不住李亚科了）见过面；2，在参议院的司法部长提名确认会上，否认见过
俄国大使，撒谎，所以一定有鬼；3，回避司法部关于“通俄”的调查，一定有鬼；4，
在开除抠米这事上，跟司法部副部长共同向总统建议，抠米在处理希拉里服务器的案子
上，腐败无能，必须被开除，而总统本人却又对媒体说开除抠米是因为抠米在调查“通
俄”上能力不足，所以，总统跟司法部长前后说法有出入，必然有鬼；5，最近，又有
猛料说，2016年4月27号，赛申斯在华盛顿的五月花酒店跟俄国大使秘密会面，赛申斯
从来没有公开过这次会面，必然有大鬼。
差不多就这些了吧？
1，赛申斯确实跟俄国大使见过面，他是美国的联邦参议员，见外国使节是他的工作职
责，很多批评他要求他辞职的民主党人也跟俄国大使见过面，甚至还有人蹦出来骂赛申
斯（McCaskill），号称自己从没见过俄国大使，但是被扒出来不仅见过俄国大使，还
发“推”公布。
2，今天的参议院听... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 1 | 17 共和党全力推动税务改革，但由于参院多数党领袖麦康诺採取和推翻欧记健保的同一策
略，只由共和党自行撰写法案，没有民主党参与，外界及党内都忧心可能重蹈废除欧记
健保的覆辙，以失败告终。
为了废除2010年的「可负担健保法案」(ACA)，共和党联邦国会议员闭门重写法案，主
要是藉多数党的地位，期望只是依赖自己的政党即可通过法案；，然而由于其中三名同
志参议员倒反戈，而民主党无一支持，结果铩羽而归无法通过。
在税改问题上，儘管目前有部分民主党人参与，但麦康诺仍旧採取同一做法，不理会民
主党，仅靠自己的力量。田纳西州共和党籍国会参议员柯克(Bob Corker)即指出，国会
内必须如此达成共识，议政才会顺利。
川普总统曾拉拢参众两院的相关民主党议员，到白宫晤谈。他表示，获得部分民主党议
员投票支持；不过他的努力显然未获参院共和党领袖的配合。
有些民主党议员表示，从未看过税务改革的法案，更斩钉截铁地说，法案下周正式公布
前，他们不可能有机会看到。
白宫有意拉拢的密苏里州民主党籍国会参议员克莱尔‧马凯斯科(Claire
McCaskill，密苏里州)认为，到目前为止仍然缺乏信任，闭门撰写... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 61690 | 18 McCaskill said that when she was sexually harassed as an intern on Capitol
Hill in the 1970s she did not report the incident, fearing it might hurt her
career.
The senator's comments come as female congressional staffers have begun to
speak out on the long-hidden culture of sexual harassment and bullying by
male lawmakers and congressional aides. |
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发帖数: 1391 | 19 这个准确吗？
Five Democrats sided with the majority of Republicans to vote for the bill:
Sens. Heidi Heitkamp (ND), Doug Jones (AL), Claire McCaskill (MO), Joe
Manchin (WV), and Joe Donnelly (IN). Meanwhile, four Republicans broke ranks
to cast “no” votes: Sens. Lindsey Graham (SC), Rand Paul (KY), Mike Lee (
UT), and Jeff Flake (AZ). |
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发帖数: 4283 | 20 完了 这厮反悔了 上周五当场的话是“an FBI investigation up to a week, but not
more than a week”
McConnell周五拿到FBI报告后 直接投票！就赌Manchin和Donnelly!
麻痹的 实在不行 用一个Kav换WV和IN的两张参议员的票，还有MO的McCaskill也是岌岌
可危。
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发帖数: 2216 | 21 这招有啥用。
她要是这个月在大法官的投票上投了Yes，比什么广告都好使。WV的Manchin不是搞定了
嘛。
她的No一投下，不管什么理由，都是和民主党绑在一起了。 |
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发帖数: 1761 | 23 Claire McCaskill’s是要被翻红的。。
her
tweeted. |
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发帖数: 5818 | 24 意思她没戏了，那以后不用演戏说做大篷车了！
：Claire McCaskill’s是要被翻红的。。
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发帖数: 18 | 25 https://youtu.be/9jKYLTGY764
这个是McCaskill. 在相对保守州，连很大一部分民主党选民都是pro life. 候选人走
温和路线。现在爆出来收planned parenthood钱，但是不敢直接收，而是通过第三方。
: YouTube 搜 project veritas 就会出现好多。最近的一个是关于beto的
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发帖数: 1 | 27 关键4州参院席次
在期中选举的关键州选情中，共和党在参院席位竞选中的优势明显，更决心要在川普总
统2016年获胜的佛罗里达、密苏里、亚利桑纳和德州击败民主党对手，以巩固和扩大参
院的多数。
在参院要选的35席选举中，10席是民主党候选人在川普2016年获胜的州争取连任，而川
普已表明最后几天的助选造势主要集中在上述州，呼吁川普支持者一定要出门投票。
民主党希望，竞选连任的民主党参议员在川普2016年获胜的州能够取胜，主要目标是亚
利桑纳、田纳西和德州。
佛罗里达州的民主党参议员尼尔森(Bill Nelson)是寻求四连任，他的共和党对手是州
长史考特(Rick Scott)，史考特已把数百万元个人资产投入竞选。
尼尔森和史考特在枪支暴力上的立场尖锐不同，尼尔森支持限制攻击步枪，对购枪人进
行全面背景调查。史考特在州长任内签署州法，要求21岁以上才能买枪，但不禁止攻击
步枪。尼尔森要求加强健保法，而史考特则认为欧记健保问题太多和费用太高。
密苏里州的民主党参议员克莱尔·麦卡斯基(Claire McCaskill)是竞选三连任，她的对
手是州检察长霍利(Josh Hawley)。密州在最近... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 1 | 28 卡哇闹好像确实是中间派的，今天关于死刑听证就发现他和其他4个保守派的有不同。
民主党整卡哇闹是非常失策的。 |
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发帖数: 3433 | 29 这种被整了的开始都会表现的比较中间，稳了后才会真正显示自己内心的想法。
不过FORD一人挑了3个红州DEM下台，够牛。 |
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发帖数: 1 | 30 苏三科林斯其实赌对了，下面要把木耳克夫司机这个假共和党选下去 |
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发帖数: 20444 | 32 路透底特律/华盛顿3月12日 -周三监管当局公布的通用汽车文件显示，通用汽车(GM)(
GM.N: 行情)等了两个多礼拜才将SaturnIon和其它紧凑车型纳入召回范围，尽管工程师
早知道这些车型存在安全隐患。
通用还在提交给美国国家公路交通安全管理局(NHTSA)的补充文件中称，公司早在2001
年时生产测试中就发现Ion车型的点火开关存在问题，这是通用今年召回逾160万辆汽车
的主要原因。
这比通用之前披露的问题上报时间还要早三年。周三前，通用声称公司是在2004年发现
ChevroletCobalt车型存在这个问题。
通用汽车称，这个点火开关的问题与至少34起撞车事故有关，至少导致12人死亡。国会
、监管当局和通用汽车都在调查为什么公司花了这么久时间才召回这些问题汽车。
通用首次召回逾60万辆ChevroletCobalts汽车是在今年2月7日。2月25日公司又将召回
数量提高了近75万辆，其中包括Ion汽车和其它几款紧凑车型。这些汽车的点火开关都
存在安全隐患，隐患可能导致引擎熄火和安全气囊失效，在汽车高速行驶时有时也会出
现这些问题。
通用汽车被问及为何等了这么久才扩大召回时... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 19471 | 33 she is rignt on the money by saying it's just a bet dreamed up out of thin
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发帖数: 1136 | 34 Well, CDOs are asset based security so by definition it is not dreamed up.
The fact that these bad loans have poor credit quality is irrelevant. It's
up to the buyers and sellers of the loans to decide what's a fair price. |
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发帖数: 19471 | 35 synthetic ones are dreamed up -- synthetic = shadow/cloned/dreamed up. |
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发帖数: 481 | 36 I am just curious, if goldman sucks did anything like what Magnetar did?
That is, create the CDO, sell most of it to their customers and buy CDS
on the whole CDO? If the CDO got belly up, they win big with the CDS. If
this is the case, it is definitely a fraud.
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发帖数: 1136 | 37 Synthetic = repackaged + sliced and diced. They are still based on the
underlying cash flows. They aren't dreamed up even when they aren't plain
vanilla subprimes. The cause of all the financial trouble isn't the
packaging but is mostly related to the poor qualities of the original loans.
You can't call pigs real, while pork sausages "dreamed-up"... :) |
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发帖数: 1136 | 38 Makes sense.
On the other hand, if ACA as a buyer actually can pick the loans and agree
to the basket, then I can't find any basis for them to cry foul now. |
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发帖数: 481 | 39 if there had not been so many derivatives that were created from those
loans, we would not have this catostraphy. The derivatives amplified
what would be a loss that are only limited to subprimes. We may not even
see the suffering of prime mortgages.
plain
loans. |
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发帖数: 572 | 40 They can have their argument against that. Because GS is
a market maker, they should have a pool of CDO inventory
in order to do trade. To protect the value loss of the
CDO inventory, they need to buy CDS to hedge up their
CDO inventory. |
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发帖数: 114 | 41 this is called "shoot the messenger".
subprice would have existed and exploded as bad as in reality, with or
without the derivatives.
you (wamu, new century, fne/fre, citi...) lend to those who can not afford the house, and how can you avoid the implosion?
derivatives are irrelevant. |
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发帖数: 481 | 42 This CDO market making thing is elusive to me. I know the market making
thing for stock/option. Basically, for stocks, the exchange grants you the
privilege to be the market maker. For CDO, there is no clearing house. Can
anyone who trades CDOs claim himself doing market making? |
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发帖数: 572 | 43 However, there could be more synthetic derivatives than underlying.
It's just like options, there could be more call options than the float
of stocks, as long as somebody is willing to write a call, and somebody
is willing to buy the call. In that case, the call is naked.
Just like Soros said, there's more AAA CDOs than the AAA mortgage debt.
In that sense, some of the synthetic dervatives are created from thin
air.
loans. |
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发帖数: 19471 | 44 good -- you did your googling and now you know what I'm talking about. I enc
ourage you to find out during early 2007 what was the synthetic-to-underlyin
g ratio. |
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发帖数: 572 | 45 Why market making requires clearing house? I think market making is
more important for OTC market, because the products are thinly traded.
Therefore a middleman is needed in order to keep the market liquid.
Those banks are maket makers for these OTC products. That's why we
hear banks always made a lot of profit by trading.
Right, it depends on how to define market maker. |
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发帖数: 572 | 46 What do you mean by "googling". Anybody learned financial engineering should
know what is cash CDO and synthetic CDO and how it works. And I read
an article by Soros in Financial Times.
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发帖数: 3964 | 47 just side bet. 不比股票尤其option更罪恶。
一个赌棍玩惯了押大小，去玩不怎么懂的24点，输了。于是就赖casino的游戏不公平，
不透明，不能让他赢。于是还要公审casino和发牌员，甚至casino reform... |
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发帖数: 4527 | 48 niu.
Knowledge is power, Logic is power. |
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发帖数: 19471 | 49 haha I was just teasing you. hey, seriously, how much synthetic stuff was cr
eated out of existing pool of outstanding subprime mortgage balances as of e
arly 2007? I really wanna know how much leverage the market had as a whole o
n the cash flows from those loans.
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发帖数: 3964 | 50 the quantity of underlying asset actually doesn't matter. as long as you
allow people bet on rates, indices, you'd allow people bet on whatever prime
/subprime mortgages. 比如说赌球吧，你难道限制总赌资不超过两队身家
总和么？doesn't make sense, right? 参赌双方买卖risk，球队根本就只是道具，
连商品都不是。
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