Let's all look into "that". The Center for Media and Democracy has a useful Goldman Sachs index.

[bobthedrummer]

"Goldman Sachs, founded in 1869, promotes itself as a 'leading global investment banking, securities and investment management firm that provides a wide range of services worldwide.'"

Goldman Sachs (SourceWatch/CMD)
http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Goldman_Sachs

"Money trumps peace..." GWBush SOTU address

[99th_Monkey]

1. Bookmarked, thank you. That's a great resource to have. n/t

[bobthedrummer]

2. Share it with friends 99th_Monkey. Keep this kicked, because there's a lot to look into for US. n/t

[99th_Monkey]

3. Spot-on bobthedrummer. nt

[Mnemosyne]

4. Excellent suggestion, Bob. nt

[bobthedrummer]

5. No "Artful Smear." Clintons Paid $153 Million in Speaking Fees, Analysis Shows (Lauren McCauley

Common Dreams)
http://www.commondreams.org/news/2016/02/06/no-artful-smear-clintons-paid-153-million-speaking-fees-analysis-shows

Over $200K per "speech", huh???

[bobthedrummer]

6. Bill Clinton: "Hillary didn't study lists of my contributors." CNN June 2015 interview.

Bill Clinton brushes aside foundation criticism (Dan Merica CNN 2015)
http://www.cnn.com/2015/06/11/politics/bill-clinton-foundation-hillary-2016

I voted for him twice. I've moved on to studying lists of political contributions among other things. Also political cover-ups.

Chapter 21-Omaha
http://www.democraticunderground.com/1016139460

[Octafish]

7. SourceWatch is amazing. You also might like RightWeb...

From the Institute for Policy Studies, they're "Tracking militarists' efforts to influence U.S. foreign policy."

http://rightweb.irc-online.org/

[bobthedrummer]

9. Right Web has been one of my trusted sources for over a decade, Sir. I met John Stauber, one of the

founders of Madison based The Center for Media and Democracy/CMD (Source Watch, ALEC Exposed, Banksters USA, PR Watch and many other informative pages and sites for we, the people) John and I discussed the nascent American fascism in some depth back in 2007 or so.

Below are some more trusted sites/articles of mine for the real DU reality-based community. Some of them can no longer be labeled tin-foil, nor conspiracy theory in this post-Snowden, post-Michael Hastings world of cyberwar and information operations 24/7.

Those techniques and tactics were effective for awhile but this is no longer is the case and I'm sure Hillary and Bill and many other "leaders of the free world" understand that simple fact. Today it's more like find, fix and finish-quietly, isn't it?

The National Security Archive
http://www.nsarchive.gwu.edu

Cryptome
http://cryptome.org

Public Information Research/PIR Namebase
http://www.namebase.org/

Political Research Associates/PRA Covert Action Quarterly archive Public Eye
http://www.publiceye.org/network/caq.html

Michael Parenti (Had a cup of coffee and good conversation with him at UWGB 1992)
http://www.michaelparenti.org/articles.html

The Constantine Report on the Far Right
http://www.constantinereport.com

Mind Justice
http://mindjustice.org/

ce399 Research Archive
http://www.ce399.typepad.com

[hifiguy]

8. And now they own their very own candidate for POTUS.

They must figure it's a high quality investment.

[bobthedrummer]

10. The stock markets had another losing day today. Then there are the gray and black budget markets.

n/t

[bobthedrummer]

11. On a related note Tim Geithner sure got a nice credit line "deal" from JP Morgan (a TARP recipient)

Geithner Gets JP Morgan Credit Line to Invest With Warburg Pincus (Bloomberg via Veooz.com)
https://www.veooz.com/news/vKN_phZ.html

[bobthedrummer]

12. Happy Valentine's day to all that LOVE the TRUTH and HATE LIES! n/t

[bobthedrummer]

13. ^^^^^

[bobthedrummer]

14. Viva Las Vegas kick.

[bobthedrummer]

15. Baby you're a rich man too-huh? Kick.

[bobthedrummer]

16. Goldman Sachs>>>Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler) kick

[bobthedrummer]

17. I'M STILL LOOKING...

[bobthedrummer]

18. ^

[bobthedrummer]

19. ^ Let's keep looking...

[bobthedrummer]

20. Bankster USA (The Center for Media and Democracy)

Bankster
http://www.prwatch.org/topics/banksterusa

[Octafish]

21. Meet the 25 Billionaires Who Control Everything (per Brookings Institution)

The Brookings Institution just released a list of the 25 US billionaires with the most political power

by Andrei Burke
Ultraculture.com

The Brookings Institution think-tank has just released a list of the 25 US billionaires with the most political power. You can access an interactive graphic here.

The list is a part of Brookings Institution Governance Studies Director Darrell West’s forthcoming book Billionaires: Reflections on the Upper Crust. The book argues that the wealthy are more politically engaged than the general public. Research has found that 99 percent of the top 1% of wealth holders vote in presidential elections, nearly double the rate of the general public. This is likely due to the fact that the super wealthy know that political engagement matters, and being involved in politics yields results. While the general public is busy turning a cynical eye to elections, seeing little difference between Democrats and Republicans, the ultra rich are buying up our government and influencing domestic and foreign affairs.

West notes that much of the debate of how wealth influences politics suffers from an ideological fallacy. Progressives raise alarm when conservative billionaires are politically active, yet are quick to praise the efforts of the left-leaning rich. Alternately, conservatives fear when liberal billionaires put money into elections but celebrate the advocacy efforts of their own billionaires and special interest groups. West argues that each side misses the challenges raised by billionaire activism for the entire system. The extensive resources and advocacy efforts of the super wealthy provoke concerns about “political influence, transparency and accountability.” During this time of “high income concentration and dysfunctional political institutions” it is important that the general public understand just how much money impacts politics.

CONTINUED...

http://ultraculture.org/blog/2014/09/12/meet-25-billionaires-control-everything/

# Names
1 Charles & David Koch
2 Michael Bloomberg
3 Tom Steyer
4 Sheldon Adelson
5 George Soros
6 Rupert Murdoch
7 Bill and Melinda Gates
8 John and Laura Arnold
9 Penny Pritzker
10 Warren Buffett
11 Peter Thiel
12 Mark Zuckerberg
13 Jeff and MacKenzie Bezos
14 Pierre and Pamela Omidyar
15 Paul Singer
16 Peter G. Peterson
17 Marc Andreessen
18 Donald Trump
19 Alice Walton

More on the coming book: http://www.brookings.edu/research/reports2/2014/09/billionaires

“The surest way to remain poor is to be honest.” ― Napoléon Bonaparte

Richest times in human history and almost all of the treasure is in the pockets of crooks.

[bobthedrummer]

22. Quite a lobbyist network there indeed. It PAYS to be one of their chosen social/political PALS.

Bill Clinton's Africa entourage (Anne Karni April 28, 2015 Politico)
"Donors and big campaign fundraisers join him on his annual foundation trip abroad"
http://www.politico.com/story/2015/04/bill-clintons-africa-entourage-117445

I wouldn't be invited to a weekend in the Hamptons with Liz Robbins her husband nor their associates nor a trip to Africa-no Sir.
I'm glad about that.

[bobthedrummer]

23. Too big to fail-kick

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

24. They invest in products that are likely to bring a return...right?

The quality of the product may be crappy but as long as it pays off...

[bobthedrummer]

25. "Money trumps peace..." crosses the aisles n/t

[think]

26. The Vampire Squid.../nt

[bobthedrummer]

27. Well stated metaphor, think n/t

[bobthedrummer]

28. Look through any window, what do you see?...