https://shadowspar.dreamwidth.org/ shadowspar - Dreamwidth Studios Thu, 19 Jul 2012 04:41:11 GMT LiveJournal / Dreamwidth Studios shadowspar personal https://v2.dreamwidth.org/7043875/446148 https://shadowspar.dreamwidth.org/ 100 100 https://shadowspar.dreamwidth.org/92671.html Thu, 19 Jul 2012 04:41:11 GMT https://shadowspar.dreamwidth.org/92671.html <a href="http://www.cbc.ca/news/business/story/2012/07/18/f-vp-pittis-volcker-rule-banks.html">http://www.cbc.ca/news/business/story/2012/07/18/f-vp-pittis-volcker-rule-banks.html</a><br /><br />As if banks hadn't stooped low enough and done enough goddamn evil things<br />already, <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2012/jul/17/hsbc-executive-resigns-senate">a US Senate investigation has revealed that HSBC has laundered billions of dollars for Mexican drug cartels</a>.<br /><br />A friend of mine is fond of saying, "When this kind of stuff happens in Africa, we call it <strong><em>corruption</em></strong>!" Funny how that epithet never seems to get applied to white-collar criminals over here, even when they steal more money than half the states in Africa could ever dream of having at their disposal, eh?<br /><br /><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/philosophergeek/2940870751/" title="Crooks Rd &amp; Corporate Dr - SW by philosophergeek, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3002/2940870751_3fec18c04b.jpg" width="500" height="333" alt="Signpost: cross-streets, Crooks Rd &amp; Corporate Dr"></a></p><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=shadowspar&ditemid=92671" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments https://shadowspar.dreamwidth.org/92671.html banks corruption bullshit greed angry public 2