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Sunday, July 29, 2012
Tim Geithner Admits Banks Bailed Out With Rigged Libor
Tim Geithner Admits Banks Bailed Out With Rigged Libor, Costing Taxpayers Huge Amount
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Timothy Geithner claimed on Wednesday that the government had no choice during the financial crisis but to lend to banks and AIG using an interest rate, Libor, that everybody knew was flawed.
Call it a back-door bailout: By using an artificially low Libor, the government saved the banks and AIG millions, maybe billions -- and cost the taxpayers the same amount.
The use of Libor in the bailouts also rubber-stamped that hopelessly manipulated interest rate as a market measure, raising still more questions about just how worried Geithner and other regulators really were about it.
In a House Financial Services Committee hearing on Wednesday, Treasury Secretary Geithner was asked why Treasury and the Fed used the London Interbank Offered Rate as a basis for loans to insurance giant American International Group and to U.S. banks under the Term Asset-Backed Securities Loan Facility -- even though Geithner and other regulators had long suspected that Libor was artificially low, as Geithner testified.
"We were in the position of investors around the world," Geithner shrugged. "You have to choose a rate, and we did what everybody did -- use the best rate available at the time."
Geithner repeated his claim that he warned other U.S. and British regulators in the spring of 2008 about possible manipulation of the key interest rate and recommended changes to the way the rate was set.
But he also said that, months later, when it came time to set bailout terms for the Too Big To Fail Set, the government just had no other choice but to use Libor.
Sure, that's one way to look at it. Another, less charitable way to look at it is that the Fed was fully aware that Libor was being manipulated lower, and was fine charging an artificially low rate to lend money to banks and to AIG, in what amounted to yet another kind of bailout. Why make life harder for them, right? They had enough problems dealing with the crisis they had created. Raising red flags about Libor might have only made the crisis worse, making it harder for banks to borrow money.
But in the process, the government left untold mountains of cash on the table for U.S. taxpayers. Even if Libor was only manipulated a tiny bit lower, these small breaks add up.
In fact, if you wanted to be cynical about it, you could say this is yet another example of the Treasury Department and the Fed once again putting the needs of banks ahead of all else, including such niceties as "faith in the market" and "taxpayers."
I wrote a story for the Wall Street Journal back in 2009 estimating that banks may have saved $24 billion by borrowing at unusually low rates in another crisis-era government lending program, the Term Liquidity Guarantee Program -- loans that were frequently based on Libor.
There's still a lot of number crunching to be done in the weeks ahead, but it would not be surprising if TALF banks and AIG saved similar amounts by borrowing from the government at an artificially low Libor rate.
As Neil Barofsky, former inspector general for TARP, and others have noted, by using Libor, the Fed and Treasury rubber-stamped that rate as a lending benchmark, despite widespread doubts about its accuracy.
Despite Geithner's claim that there was just no choice but to use Libor when setting bailout terms, Treasury and the Fed easily could have used other rates -- the federal runds rate targeted by the Fed, for example, or a market-based rate such as the "eurodollar" rate, which is typically very similar to, but has in recent years been a little bit higher than, Libor.
Geithner argued on Wednesday that his quiet warnings to other regulators led to the investigations that are only now starting to bear fruit, with Barclays paying big fines and other banks bracing for fines of their own.
But those warnings were very quiet, letting banks continue to reap the benefits of low Libor -- benefits that probably far outweighed any fines they will pay.
The Living Bridge
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A way of working with nature
A way of working with nature
Subject: A Living Bridge built from the roots of trees
An excellent video of the living bridges of Mawlyngnong, Meghalaya, the cleanest village in Northeast India .
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David Wilcock Update 7-28-12…”Powerful Things Going On”
David Wilcock Update 7-28-12…”Powerful Things Going On”
2012/07/28 by
At his “Great Revealing” article, David posted this update today. As we all have known, a LOT is happening.
Highlights
- Powerful events have taken place — some very positive, and some definitely negative.
- Benjamin Fulford did not post an update this week, causing alarm for his readers — but I can confirm that he is OK.
- …two more massive false-flag attempts have been thwarted by Divine Intervention…
- …many frantic attempts to set up false-flag events like this, and none of them have been working — since August of last year…
- …James Holmes was NOT supposed to have ended up in court, alive… The Cabal is horrified by the fact that this was a “botched job”
- …many people are waking up to the idea of mind control that it is becoming widely known — and only hastening their downfall…
Powerful Things Going On
I had hoped to finish uploading the rest of this investigation on Wednesday — but was not able to do so.
The investigation itself is still transforming — on a variety of levels.I had hoped to finish uploading the rest of this investigation on Wednesday — but was not able to do so.
Powerful events have taken place — some very positive, and some definitely negative. None of them have affected me personally. I am safe and my associates are safe.
Benjamin Fulford did not post an update this week, causing alarm for his readers — but I can confirm that he is OK. I do not know when he will resume posting, but hopefully soon.
I found out that two more massive false-flag attempts have been thwarted by Divine Intervention — at least so far. Either one of these would have been provocative enough to immediately start World War III.
At this time there is still an old, mothballed destroyer in the Persian Gulf that is wired up with charges set to go off — and be blamed on Iran. However, the charges will not go off and the effort has been a failure.
There have been many frantic attempts to set up false-flag events like this, and none of them have been working — since August of last year, if not earlier.
I also found out, from insider contacts, that James Holmes was NOT supposed to have ended up in court, alive, pleading amnesia and looking totally disoriented.
The Cabal is horrified by the fact that this was a “botched job”, and so many people are waking up to the idea of mind control that it is becoming widely known — and only hastening their downfall.
There are plenty of movies that spell out how this is done — and the public is waking up to it much faster than they ever had expected.
Other significant events have happened as well. Since returning from Chicago I have needed to stop and breathe, get some sleep and live a normal life for a few days.
I am getting close to being rested up enough to dive back in to complex production work like this again — and my goal is to publish as soon as certain issues work themselves out and find resolution.
http://kauilapele.wordpress.com/2012/07/28/david-wilcock-update-7-28-12-powerful-things-going-on/
Update on Disclosure Scenario – July 28
The Cabal is not giving in easily, it seems, but soon will have no say in the matter. An Earlier Disclosure Plan May Have Been Impacted by the Denver Shootings  Our special Cosmic Vision News coverage of part of the Olympics opening ceremonies was a brave or risky attempt – depending on your point of view – to catch Disclosure happening as it unfolded.We (2012S) may choose to moderate that approach in future, given our history of having been disappointed so many times in our long wait for this historic event. It may be better to respond to Disclosure after the fact instead of trying to catch it in real time.a Prior to hearing that the Olympics was likely to be the occasion and place for the galactics revealing their presence around the Earth, numerous rumors were already circulating that the first half of August had been selected as the time of Disclosure. Several people, who don’t wish to be named at this point, were told to expect a mass decloaking around the world soon, a scenario which may have been impacted and possibly shelved as a result of the Denver shootings. The shooting obliged President Obama to come to Denver for reasons which can’t be discussed at the moment and thus rearrange the schedule which Wanderer of the Skies was relating to in his last message about a galactic meeting. (1) Hugh-man was at the meeting with Wanderer and vouches for it having happened. Other known lightworkers representing Earth were also there but wish to remain outside the public spotlight at the moment. Every time key Earth players are obliged to respond to cabal-staged events, it forces a fresh round of meetings with top leaders that prevents, or risks preventing, the original schedule going ahead. We lightworkers usually don’t know the full story so all we see is that a galactic spokesman made a prediction and it didn’t happen and saddle that spokesman with blame. We don’t see that an event like the shooting has caused the timing to be abandoned because of Earthly considerations of scheduling and coordination (not galactic considerations). Please keep in mind that the plan I’m about to discuss may have been shelved as a result of the Denver shooting. This earlier plan came out of Wanderer’s meeting. He described a “presence in your skies.” Other sources suggest that that presence would consist of a large number of small-sized spaceships in bright colors completely visible in the daytime sky, approaching various Earth locations and hovering for long enough to be undeniably seen. The galactics had chosen colors to appear in that were light, playful and of terrestrial origin. They had planned to come in groups of three to six and hover simultaneously over many major cities and in remote areas – places where they’d be seen and recognized for what they were. This was purportedly designed as a soft and gentle way to disclose their presence. Wanderer used the word “overwhelming” in his description of the decloaking. I’m sure he meant overwhelming in the sense of undeniable. The intent of the display was not to overwhelm in the sense of intimidate. The expectation was that the galactics would be officially invited to land in a few days, after Earth’s population had gotten used to the idea of contact. This plan had reportedly been approved by the G20 nations. If my understanding is correct, it may have been impacted by the mass shooting and a second plan chosen of using the focal point of the Olympics for Disclosure. The cabal has been informed by representatives and by two crop circles that appeared on June 2 (Manton Drove, England) and on July 27 (Windmill, Hill) that the divine deadline beyond which the galactics will no longer feel obliged to take Earth’s governments into consideration is August 4, 2012.  I apologize for raising people’s hopes and then coming up empty-handed. The snapback of disappointment can be severe and I realize that. We’re in the difficult situation of having to choose between taking a gamble and being there at the moment Disclosure happens or playing it safe to spare your nerves and reporting on it after it happens. 2012thebigpicture | July 28, 2012 at 8:16 AM | Tags: August 4, cabal, crop circles, Denver shootings, disclosure, extraterrestrials, first contact, illuminati, obama, Olympics, pleiadians | Categories: What's Happening on the Galactic Front | URL: http://wp.me/p2pxgA-TB |
JOHN MCCAIN'S REMARKS ABOUT THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE!
| JOHN MCCAIN'S REMARKS ABOUT THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE! In light of the recent appeals court ruling in California, with respect to the Pledge of Allegiance, the following recollection from Senator John McCain is very appropriate: "The Pledge of Allegiance" - by Senator John McCain As you may know, I spent five and one half years as a prisoner of war during the Vietnam War. In the early years of our imprisonment, the NVA kept us in solitary confinement, or two or three to a cell. In 1971 the NVA moved us from these conditions of isolation into large rooms with as many as 30 to 40 men to a room. This was, as you can imagine, a wonderful change and was a direct result of the efforts of millions of Americans on behalf of a few hundred POWs 10,000 miles from home. One of the men who moved into my room was a young man named Mike Christian. Mike came from a small town near Selma , Alabama . He didn't wear a pair of shoes until he was 13 years old. At 17, he enlisted in the US Navy. He later earned a commission by going to Officer Training School. Then he became a Naval Flight Officer and was shot down and captured in 1967. Mike had a keen and deep appreciation of the opportunities this country and our military provide for people who want to work and want to succeed. As part of the change in treatment, the Vietnamese allowed some prisoners to receive packages from home. In some of these packages were handkerchiefs, scarves and other items of clothing. Mike got himself a bamboo needle. Over a period of a couple of months, he created an American flag and sewed on the inside of his shirt. Every afternoon, before we had a bowl of soup, we would hang Mike's shirt on the wall of the cell and say the Pledge of Allegiance. I know the Pledge of Allegiance may not seem the most important part of our day now, but I can assure you that in that stark cell it was indeed a most important and meaningful event. |
That evening they returned, opened the door of the cell, and for the benefit of all of us, beat Mike Christian severely for the next couple of hours. Then they opened the door of the cell and threw him in. We cleaned him up as well as we could.
The cell in which we lived had a concrete slab in the middle on which we slept. Four naked light bulbs hung in each corner of the room.
As I said, we tried to clean up Mike as well as we could. After the excitement had died down, I looked in the corner of the room, and sitting there beneath that dim light bulb with a piece of red cloth, another shirt and his bamboo needle, was my friend, Mike Christian. He was sitting there with his eyes almost shut from the beating he had received, making another American flag. He was not making the flag because it made Mike Christian feel better. He was making that flag because he knew how important it was to us to be able to pledge our allegiance to our flag and our country.
So the next time you say the Pledge of Allegiance, you must never forget the sacrifice and courage that thousands of Americans have made to build our nation and promote freedom around the world. You must remember our duty, our honor, and our country.
"I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all."
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