{"id":8545,"date":"2012-07-19T13:04:54","date_gmt":"2012-07-19T19:04:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bolgernow.com\/blog\/?p=8545"},"modified":"2012-07-19T13:25:15","modified_gmt":"2012-07-19T19:25:15","slug":"dicking-with-the-ol-libor-rate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bolgernow.com\/blog\/2012\/07\/19\/dicking-with-the-ol-libor-rate\/","title":{"rendered":"Dicking With The Ol&#8217; &#8220;Libor Rate&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Libor either sounds like some 8th level monster in Skyrim&#8217;s mountains<\/p>\n<p>or a herpes strain cure TV ad. Could also be the name of your tall butler<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8549\" title=\"Gary busey thumb up\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bolgernow.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/Gary-busey-thumb-up.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"318\" height=\"455\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bolgernow.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/Gary-busey-thumb-up.jpg 560w, https:\/\/www.bolgernow.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/Gary-busey-thumb-up-210x300.jpg 210w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 318px) 100vw, 318px\" \/>(Your butler &#8220;Libor&#8221;?)<\/p>\n<p><em>Libor<\/em> is the interest rate that the biggest world banks charge each other<\/p>\n<p>for borrowing money from each other. Turns out, the banks were fuckin<\/p>\n<p>each other by directly lying about the rates, solely to benefit themselves<\/p>\n<p>They have e-mail trails showing this insane shit. One of many e-mails:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8550\" title=\"funny-money-bills-13\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bolgernow.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/funny-money-bills-13.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"321\" height=\"139\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bolgernow.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/funny-money-bills-13.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.bolgernow.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/funny-money-bills-13-300x130.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 321px) 100vw, 321px\" \/>(Oh shit)<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;Dude. I owe you bigtime! Come over&#8230;I&#8217;ll open up a bottle of Bollinger&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s just batshitcrazy here. INSANE. Do you know who runs these banks?<\/p>\n<p>Rich Ricci(richie), and Bob Diamond. Holy shit balls, could that be any<\/p>\n<p>more &#8220;80&#8217;s villain&#8221;? Was Mr. Moneypockets, or Mr. Gold already taken?<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8551\" title=\"Barclay's\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bolgernow.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/Barclays.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"321\" height=\"229\" \/>(Call your lawyer)<\/p>\n<p>Do you know who judged these guys badly? It was Goldman Sachs Lloyd<\/p>\n<p>Blankfein. The biggest fucking cheater on the entire fucking planet since<\/p>\n<p>forever. When the biggest liar &amp; cheater in the universe says that you are<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;undermining the integrity of the system&#8221;, you&#8217;re a special kind of fuckwit<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8552\" title=\"Goldman Sachs Vegas funny\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bolgernow.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/Goldman-Sachs-Vegas-funny.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"320\" height=\"235\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bolgernow.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/Goldman-Sachs-Vegas-funny.png 404w, https:\/\/www.bolgernow.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/Goldman-Sachs-Vegas-funny-300x219.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/>(Cheaters)<\/p>\n<p>Translation: your suckey obvious cheating ruins it for the rest of us really<\/p>\n<p>good lying cheaters. When you cheat people, you don&#8217;t fucking advertise it<\/p>\n<p>Who was hurt the most? Average worker pensions because of the bad rates<\/p>\n<p>But we need MORE banking deregulation. Cause they&#8217;re doing so&#8230;&#8230;.well<\/p>\n<p><strong>Rubio On NPR, Saying &#8220;We Don&#8217;t need NPR&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>R-Marco Rubio went on <em>Diane Rehm&#8217;s<\/em> show. That airs weekdays on NPR<\/p>\n<p>To say he does &#8220;have concerns about spending $ on public broadcasting&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8553\" title=\"Mark Rubio pointing finger\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bolgernow.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/Mark-Rubio-pointing-finger.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"322\" height=\"186\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bolgernow.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/Mark-Rubio-pointing-finger.jpg 475w, https:\/\/www.bolgernow.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/Mark-Rubio-pointing-finger-300x173.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 322px) 100vw, 322px\" \/>(You suck NPR)<\/p>\n<p>While BEING on a publicly funded radio show. My irony meter exploded<\/p>\n<p>Rubio then pointed out that NPR was needed about a half-century ago&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p>then adding &#8220;today there is no shortage of options&#8230;I have 300 stations on<\/p>\n<p>my satellite radio&#8221;. Oh goooooooooood. Everyone get XM or you&#8217;re fucked<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8554\" title=\"Irony Meter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bolgernow.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/Irony-Meter.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"320\" height=\"248\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bolgernow.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/Irony-Meter.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.bolgernow.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/Irony-Meter-300x232.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/>(It&#8217;s off the charts!)<\/p>\n<p>When Rehm pointed out he was on a publicly funded show that he would<\/p>\n<p>like to get rid of, he said, &#8220;Anytime we have an opportunity to go anywhere,<\/p>\n<p>(we) take that opportunity to communicate with people who are listening&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>I guess they&#8217;re listening today. But if you had your way, not so much at all<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8555\" title=\"Good times\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bolgernow.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/Good-times.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"324\" height=\"197\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bolgernow.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/Good-times.jpg 423w, https:\/\/www.bolgernow.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/Good-times-300x181.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 324px) 100vw, 324px\" \/>(HA HA HA)<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;d be like someone saying, &#8220;Sugar is <em>bad<\/em> for you, we shouldn&#8217;t spend $ on<\/p>\n<p>it&#8221; while finishing off a set of 12 cupcakes, &amp; frosting is still on your mouth<\/p>\n<p>Have a day!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Libor either sounds like some 8th level monster in Skyrim&#8217;s mountains or a herpes strain cure TV ad. Could also be the name of your tall butler (Your butler &#8220;Libor&#8221;?) Libor is the interest rate that the biggest world banks charge each other for borrowing money from each other. Turns out, the banks were fuckin [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bolgernow.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8545"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bolgernow.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bolgernow.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bolgernow.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bolgernow.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8545"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.bolgernow.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8545\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8559,"href":"https:\/\/www.bolgernow.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8545\/revisions\/8559"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bolgernow.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8545"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bolgernow.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8545"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bolgernow.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8545"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}