Reggie Middleton on MF Global and the Goldman Sachs Vampire Squid (12/01/11)

[Zoieylicious]

Voice timbre not voice nimble

[Zoieylicious]

Totally off topic but Reggie sex appeal is distracting. That voice nimble.. and good looking..

either way it should be interesting to see what comes from the financial destruction happening in europe and the fallback to america..... *back on topic lol*

[KiTTeNChaoSS]

High population = peak everything.

[tcorourke2007]

I am not a fan of the "Word of the Day" segment. It is disruptive to the interview and dumbed down. This one was particularly weak. While we're at it, quit trotting out the producers in each episode, just ask the damn question. Ok, that's all. Happy New Year.

[hume1234561]

Reggie is a Don.

[hume1234561]

the credits to introduce this show looks tacky and cheap. Corzine won't ever see the inside of a jail cell.

[lgarvey1979]

mmmmm Lauren

[optionsupdate]

Lauren's "bodies washed up on the beach" was a great metaphor

[optionsupdate]

Lauren is very intelligent

[mispistoleros]

Samantha Bee's serious sister here...

[TheSwampStalker]

These Senate hearings have become nothing but a dog and pony show to appease the uninformed American populous. They will put out reports, talk tough, threaten these fat cats, and pretend to be angry about the American people getting screwed. Then, they will all get together and have a $1000 steak dinner and laugh about the whole thing. And the best part, is that YOUR paying for the steak dinner!! But who cares. There is football and American Idol on TV. Who has time to worry about this stuff.

[mespe79]

good Job keeping up with the real news Lauren.

stealing expensive cuts of meat is as easy as walking out of the grocery store through the in door, carrying a basket of meats. I've never done it, but have seen it. alternatively, up here where it gets cold, an oversized jacket holds alot of food, once again, I have not been needy enough to steal my meals.

[GreatInca]

The FED and ECB are doing the currency print N' swap to avoid a premature sovereign debt crisis in Amerika. People are withdrawing dollars from European banks and then the European banks have no dollars to retain & buy US debt treasuries. The the Fed agrees to print and loan dollars if the ECB (& 5 other central banks) prints more euros and deposit them as collateral (at their own bank so it is literally just juggling numbers on a computer).

[mrshutter77]

Lauren is Looking hot as always! Something very rare for a US chick, but as far as shop lifting goes, having use to work in retail security for years in the USA B4 moving back to my country, and all my colleuges can tell you: MOST SHOPLIFTERS ARE WOMEN, and all those items on the list are items single moms or chicks would steal to give as gifts to their Boy freinds or sons because they don't want to spend any money on them, that is why most baby products are locked up too :D :D Sorry Lauren!

[1977Melville]

Lyster smells the Obama b.s.

[antiochus66]

hey lauren you say barry o is calm!

you would be calm as well if you spent so much time playing golf,smokin crack and sucking intern dick..mr peace barry o is having a great time.

[Solosohi]

Broadly and philosophically, hmm.

[TheTrieye]

everybody checkout my 12/21/12 videos

[omniversling]

@lauren lyster: Re Shoplifting spot...expensive cuts of meat and alcohol are common items for shoplifters is their convertability to cash. Thanks for your programme, its refreshing to see the real issues behind what's coming down the tube being addressed in the (almost) mainstream media.

[patcat88]

Dimitri totally wants to score with Shannon

[wooyooing]

Baby tax??? next thing you know before you start making your order, they will tax you for a chair tax, a table tax, using bothroom tax, explaing- the -menu tax, and having-leftover tax.... of casue, tax your tips even though you are the one giving the tips.

[zombiezombie1977]

Dimitri i'am with You!!! i don't understand women either...:)

[bullshit3118]

We cant mention names because we will get sued by the criminals. We dont mention names. Especially hedgefunders, they will come after us and sue us. Reggie is a smooth cat though. Good to see some brothers gettin on there.

[4390100]

@bullshit3118 But just by saying this anybody can use Google, wonderful, because so many reporters are not afraid to use the name of the Auditors because there is concern of conflict of interest of course, it is PricewaterhouseCoopers and it will never go to trial their all Banksters and way to big too fail. As was said by William Black during the Savings and Loan scandal there were 1,000 FBI agents working full time and they worked for 2 years and found guilty hundreds of elites.

[BellHuey72]

"Alcohol and meat - you gotta show the ladies a good time" - priceless

[sharpcin]

They have tons of currency, soon they'll be all out of confidence, at that point they can stuff as much currency as they want into "financial insitutions", it won't flow, it won't work, they're still insolvent... too bad they can't print confidence, LOL. Letting the "too big too fail", fail, and purging the hard core corruption out of the system might be a good place to start, but they'll need more then that to save this thing.... and there's really only a couple of things they can turn to.

[MegaHouseGuy]

A few pretty great leg shots there camera dude... more please!

[sharpcin]

The thing I find most ironic about this whole "financial crisis" is that the people trying to "fix" it think that it runs on dollars, euros, yen... whatever. They don't realize that currency is just a representation of what the financial system runs on, and that is confidence. Without confidence they can print until they are blue in the face, each time they do they further errode the, confidence, each time they give a "too big to fail" a bailout they errode more confidence.

[Louielounge]

@sharpcin I think the confidence angle is 180 degrees wrong. Wealth creates confidence. And wealth, ultimate, comes at the barrel of a (police) gun/pepper spray. That's where "confidence" comes from.

[sharpcin]

@Louielounge Good point and I understand what you're saying here but if that were the case we wouldn't be having an ongoing crisis as there's plenty of force/violence to go around, but a "enforcement official" can't make me/you or a hedge fund manager buy euro bonds, usa bonds, save or invest, etc. They can only force our cooperation at very minimal levels if there's no possability of advancement for us, not good for tax receipts and the Achilles heal of most communist/fascist nation states.

[Louielounge]

@sharpcin ""enforcement official" can't make me/you or a hedge fund manager buy euro bonds, usa bonds, save or invest, etc." --- If you read the work of Louis Althusser, you understand that ideology, including capitalist ideology, is ultimately found in the response people give the police, when they ask for recognition, attention, submission, etc. Think about it: all the UC Davis students who were pepper sprayed, are now returning to classes, using currency daily to survive. More Marx.

[theoriginalprisonerX]

Where are the torches and pitchforks? They don't give those out at the FEMA camps people, the best you'll get is Chinese made plastic eating utensils. Wake the "F" up dumbed down psychotic chimpanzees and activate those other chromosomes you have laying dormant.

[Aridzonan13]

No wonder Keiser has Middleton on regularly; straight up info you can use is very refreshing. `Tis sad we can't get this in the US press. What floors me is the total lack of enforcement. Where are the SEC, FBI, CFTC, DOJ, etc.? All you have to do is find the well informed short positions to MF Globals longs and viola, there's the money! As Jon Stewart said, Corzine bet long on Euro sovereign debt roulette and put all the money on "purple".

[666Rothschilds]

lindsey shall be my bride and carry forth into this world my proginy

[Mcleod0000]

yes broke thieves should date had have babys

[MrSeriouslynot]

to continue...Anyway I took my son whom was then 2.5yrs to a buffet and he was fine. My 2nd son now who is 1.5 yrs and we take both of them out. If you don't know how to parent, maybe you should not take them outside. It is all about communication with kids.. even at 1 yrs, they can understand your intentions. Just saying..

[seft0n123]

What's with bringing in Demitri all the time? Can't he get his own show? Is he just using this show as a front or a pretty face just so he can get in front of the camera every now and then? He doesn't ask any questions that Lauren couldn't ask. He doesn't add anything to the interview.

[MrSeriouslynot]

A baby tax at a restaurant is dumb. Next we will be charge a pregnant woman tax cause we know how much they will eat. Just remove the tax subsidies for dependents if you want population control. If they cannot afford a baby, they just won't have another. Baby tax is probably for those whom have kids they cannot control and they still take them out...

[MrSeriouslynot]

They forgot to mention govt want to keep the housing bubble bloated cause of real estate taxes... If house value fall too much, they will get less real estate taxes.. and we know most local govt will collapse without that real estate tax..

[JPMorganMustDie]

Perhaps a white Kimono and the Hair in Bun over each ear, like Princess Leia

[MrSinnisterUrge]

Dude, I'm a dude, but how unprofessional can you get, Mr. Middleton's trying to explain the current crisis and you're shooting Lauren's legs? How are you ever gonna compete for legitimacy with the MSM. I love this show. It's the perfect mix of capitalism and conscience, what Adam Smith EXPECTED..but you lot gotta figure out, where The Young Turks failed, whether to pump up the bimbo element or be extremely hot with brains and class. We see what the rest of the MSM goes for. Your choice.

[iv54]

just like that trader from Brittan said in his interview "presidents and prime ministers dont rule the world, Goldman Sacks does".

this is terrible and many people are naive to whats going on.

[MrStevepfi]

Good show...ending was funny and down to earth...

[wacabby]

Thumbs up for Lauren's new, taekwondo look.

[ganador3]

they've already blown up, its just that they have the go ahead from the regulators to ignore the explosion...............

[PsionicX1]

Outstanding interview. I've pretty much started to watch or not based on the guest and the moment I saw it was Reggie Middleton today I was onboard. Lauren did a great job keeping the interview moving because while I always enjoy hearing Reggie's thoughts sometimes, once he gets going, he is like those cartoon snowballs that roll downhill. As always great questions and great answers, leaving me plenty to think about.

[ganador3]

Is she single?

[wacabby]

@ganador3 yes, a few weeks back it was revealed she is single, has outrageously high standards, and gets lonely .

[mrshutter77]

@wacabby - Doesn't mean as a bad boy U can't nail her & move on, LOL, AS long as she isn't past her expiration date (age 30) she can have high standards, I doubt any right thinking man would be in a relationship w/her given she's a North American women & North American women like to have the luxuries that go w/dating but have nothing to offer in return, BTW for all we know she might turn into a doughnut after getting married like most American chicks do, watch some Bridezilla LOL LOL

[mrshutter77]

@wacabby- LOL LOL, doing a little check on her I've already got answers 4 U, She is no relationship material & if she gets lonely alot, it means she's only good for 1 thing: BOOTY CALLS BABY! Why? #1 - She is an American Women & if you ever listened to the professor you'de know that is a red flag, #2 the second red flag - Her other major besides journalism was gender studues & chicks who take women's studies classes will always think of U as the opressive rapist boyfreind.

[optionsupdate]

@wacabby got a link for her mentioning she is single and lovely?

[onlym314]

glad to b the first

[rollingcan]

OOOooo wee lauren looking all wrap up like a present, that what I want for the holiday.