I get the cynicism thing all the time, although I don't really know where that comes from, because I think I'm actually the opposite of a cynic.
Matt TaibbiWhy is JP Morgan getting so much heat? Maybe because it is a massive international crime syndicate.
Matt TaibbiIt's not a stretch to say the whole financial industry revolves around the compass point of the absolutely safe AAA rating. But the financial crisis happened because AAA ratings stopped being something that had to be earned and turned into something that could be paid for.
Matt TaibbiThe significance of Columbus's discovery was that on a round earth, humanity is more interconnected than on a flat one. On a round earth, the two most distant points are closer together than they are on a flat earth.
Matt TaibbiI think America has the best assholes in the world. I defy the Belgians or the Japanese to produce something like a Donald Trump.
Matt TaibbiIt's really interesting that we've had this great Tea Party movement that is all about restoring free market capitalist values, but what they completely fail to understand is that what we've got now is a situation where there is a small class of gigantic financial companies that have put themselves above capitalism.
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