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POPSAre Goldman Sachs Execs Arming Themselves Against the Public? Goldman Sachs Chief Executive Officer Lloyd Blankfein also reversed himself after having previously called Goldman’s greed “God’s work” and apologized earlier this month for having participated in things that were “clearly wrong.” Has it really come to this? Imagine what emotions must be billowing through the halls of Goldman Sachs to provoke the firm into an apology.Talk that Goldman bankers might have armed themselves in self-defense would sound ludicrous, were it not so apt a metaphor for the way that the most successful people on Wall Street have become a target for public rage. Comment on SC submitted by popetodd "I think they know something we don't just yet know. Like when it is all going to come apart at the seams."
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POPSGoldman Sachs Is Arming Themselves Against Angry Mobs. Guilty Conscience? While we wait, Goldman has wrapped itself in the flag of Warren Buffett, with whom it will jointly donate $500 million, part of an effort to burnish its image -- and gain new Goldman clients. Goldman Sachs Chief Executive Officer Lloyd Blankfein also reversed himself after having previously called Goldman’s greed “God’s work” and apologized earlier this month for having participated in things that were “clearly wrong.” Has it really come to this? Imagine what emotions must be billowing through the halls of Goldman Sachs to provoke the firm into an apology. Talk that Goldman bankers might have armed themselves in self-defense would sound ludicrous, were it not so apt a metaphor for the way that the most successful people on Wall Street have become a target for public rage.
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POPSWorld AIDS Day 2009 - NIKE And (RED) Unite To Fight HIV/AIDS In Africa Today, sports giant Nike announced its partnership with (RED) to combat HIV/AIDS and related illnesses (such as malaria and tuberculosis) in Africa. Below is a clip from Nike's website as well as part of the press release announcing the effort. In addition, (RED) has set up a Facebook promotion - "Turn Facebook (RED) which allows users to get involved in events and to turn their profile "red" as a show of support and solidarity for this important effort.
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POPSQuality Goes In (not) Before Product Is Shipped Sorry for those injured but sometimes the way these recalls are unintentionally ironic. A gas grill that causes fires. Yo can go to this web site and sign up for a variety of email notifications on product, food, and healthcare/drug recalls. http://www.recalls.gov/
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POPSBirther Lawsuit Witnesses: Orly Taitz Told Us To Lie "It began to become clearer and clearer to me that Orly Taitz had no understanding of the law," he writes. "I came to an exhaustive conclusion that Orly Taitz may be the 'Birthers' worst nightmare. Outside of paying attention to her own voice at length, Orly Taitz has the attention span of a small child." Smith also reveals that Taitz stopped speaking to him after he told people that she was sleeping with Charles Lincoln, a member of her legal team. And he describes in detail Lincoln, who has been disbarred in three states, relating his opinion of Taitz's sexual performance.