Stevie is a career scam artist. When I worked at the S*C last decade, we had him investing in dozens of pump&dump and PIPE&dump stocks, with him personally making the decision to get in bed with a pair of notorious penny-stock recidivists. More recently, he has been sued repeatedly for overvaluing junk stock holdings and preventing redemptions illegally. The USA SDNY won’t touch him, but the NYS AG and the DANY are hot to bring him down. If you have money with him, get it out now (if he will let you).

“[I]t’s not really tenable to keep the main securities regulator as a non-functioning body.”

Since when has the SEC been a functioning body? Given that its charter is to protect investors, it hasn’t performed that function in decades.

Walter, like Schapiro, is a former FINRA/NASD employee, so expect the SEC to become even more toothless, as the career staff gets the explicit message that actual enforcement is frowned upon. Wouldn’t it be nice to have an SEC chief whose priority was protection of INVESTORS’ interests, rather than Broker-Dealers’?

I can understand why Schapiro is “exhausted” – it takes a lot of energy to serve the moneyed interests exclusively while pretending to serve the public.

Americans for Job Security shares space with Karl Rove’s media buyer, Crossroads Media, part of the American Crossroads complex, which primarily serves to provide Rove with a huge income for very little results, as far as I can see. AJS is strictly a money-funneling operation.

I don’t think retribution against Huntsman by the Elders will be a problem. I have felt all along that Willard has been hiding income from his cult, which can trigger excommunication (money is above all in that organization). Thus, his real reluctance to disclose his income doesn’t stem from the secular taxes he has been ducking, but the spiritual ones – and that’s what prompted Huntsman to speak out of school to a fellow Mormon, Reid.

Despite being a high bishop in the cult, Rommers is not the most observant… Anyone hear the oft-reported story of how he cussed a blue streak – dropping several F-bombs – at a traffic-directing volunteer during the SLC Olympics? Legendary! Above the Laws of Man and Moroni…

CNN poll today shows that 63% of voters – and 67% of Independents – agree that Romney needs to show more tax returns. Whoever said that this issue doesn’t have legs, is just wrong. Doesn’t seem like a “sign of weakness” out in the Heartland, Troll…

I think it is exceedingly easy to get to Zero tax rate. Say that only half of the LLC interest re-purchase payments from the other partners went into the IRA. (Reasonable since Mitt would not have held all of his interest in a tax-restricted IRA.) Who’s to say that the remainder was not all paid for in off-shore transfers? You think Mitt was the only Bain owner to shelter their gains overseas? I’m sure he had moved a portion if not all of his ownership stake overseas in that 15-year span before 1999. That half would be fully-accessible, and opaque to US taxing authorities (and like the LDS elders, as well). Now you can tie in his plan to allow for all off-shore profits to be re-patriated tax-free – he’s not restricting that plan to multi-national corporations, you know. Individual tax evaders are welcome in the House of Mitt, too!

The Ten-year re-purchase/severance deal dovetails completely with the years he doesn’t want to reveal. It’s not something as simple as an IRA dodge, though – it would include a road map to his off-shore caches of hidden profits. And I am absolutely certain the total nt worth is way more than a quarter billion dollars – whoever relies on that figure is naive to the extreme.

The pressure Roberts was under came from his financial backers in the Healthcare and Insurance and Pharmaceutical industries, all of whom make out like bandits under ACA, with a larger guaranteed market, and no competition whatsoever. None of those stocks went down today, so Roberts earned his pay. He is still invested in them, you know… what with the SCOTUS being exempt from all ethics rules.

After DANY and NYAG take the initiative, watch Eric Holder suddenly jump into action, and take over/derail these investigations. I promise you that he won’t let these local guys touch a hair on Blankfein’s lyin’ head.

Another US president who won’t be able to travel abroad after he leaves office, for fear of arrest…

Pretty arrogant for a majistrate. Must be campaigning for a Republican president to appoint her to an Appeals court. Her opinions mean nothing in any precedential sense. And to say that an IP address reveals no location information just shows how woefully ignorant she is. Read a blog or even a newspaper once in a while, Stupid! How does someone so dense even get appointed to a functionary job like that?? A Majistrate, after all, isn’t supposed to interpret law, but merely assess facts and evidence, and it’s clear she’s not real handy with facts.

Everyone please keep in mind that BP intentionally used a more hazardous dispersant than the one that is used by almost every major environmental remediation outfit. Why? Because the company that makes it is privately held, by present and former BP executives. BP was attacked at the time for using that dispersant, but Obama let them go on using it – and they used far more than was necessary, according to the petroleum chemists who looked into it.

How much you wanna bet that Dispersant Sickness claims will be foreclosed by Obama’s claims agreement with BP? And time-barred as well, no doubt…

Stalinist-in-Chief.

The Pentagon “has assured” him? Way to dig deep, there, Barry! I can’t even begin to imagine how many winks were exchanged during that conversation…

He is going to end up giving W a real run for title of Worst President – no one likes him except the CEOs.

While you are in Madison, PLEASE stop by: Koch Companies Public Sector LLC occupies a seventh-floor suite at 10 E. Doty St.

That is the Koch Lobbyists’ office, complete with 7 full-time paid lobbyists, for just one state.

“Who are the lobbyists? Jeff Schoepke is the regional manager for state government affairs for Koch Companies Public Sector, LLC. The rest of the registered lobbyings are Robert Fassbender, Andrew Engel, Amy Boyer of the Hamilton and Associates, and Kathleen Walby, Ray Carey, and Jason Childress of Foley & Lardner LLP. ” From Slate, but the story was broken by Madison’s Capitol Times

And let’s not have ANY more comments that DOJ or Holder act independently from the White House. It was always incorrect, and this proves it, once again. EVERY act and inaction of our Worst Attorney General is determined by the White House.

Walker sounds stupid, sure. But remember, this genius dropped out of college with a stellar 2.59 GPA. Another educationally- and ethically-challenged wingnut Governor. A male Sarah Palin. This guy even cheated repeatedly while running for class president in college.

EVERY post about him should begin: “College dropout Scott Walker…” – it informs readers exactly how much he values education and teaching.

This may violate FDL terms of service, but here is a link to contribute to the Wisconsin 14:

http://www.actblue.com/page/solidarity

Remember, Walker has confirmed that he hopes to press ethis charges against them if they accept hotel rooms or support from unions (notwithstanding the riches he gets from the Kochs).

Check the green Bay gazette and the Journal Sentinel. They are the ones confirming.

There is a page on ActBlue collecting money for the Wisconsin State Senate Democratic Committee to fund their expenses. It is important to fund them, because Walker confirmed to “David Koch” that he was planning to go after them on ethics violations if they take money from unions.