tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post1224600977140338347..comments2024-03-29T05:33:43.878-04:00Comments on Murder is Everywhere: Iceland vs. EuropeOvidia Yuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05749549092493567689noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-72070404824149844802012-04-13T03:31:23.575-04:002012-04-13T03:31:23.575-04:00Yup. The guys at the top (and it is guys) rarely,...Yup. The guys at the top (and it is guys) rarely, if ever, are held accountable. Here, the top financial wheelers and dealers on Wall Street, hedge fund managers and even mortgage brokers -- who have been found to have swindled so many people -- are all walking around unindicted and certainly not in jail, while lots of people are in jail for crimes worth a small fraction of the amounts swindled by the above-listed financiers. I'd like to see the chickens come home to roost.kathy d.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-57694733987008924312012-04-12T18:46:46.347-04:002012-04-12T18:46:46.347-04:00Hi Kathy - I sympathisze with the hieroglyphic thi...Hi Kathy - I sympathisze with the hieroglyphic thing, most often glasses do not suffice to work them out in my case, might as well be chinese symbols. But like you say, considering the alternative...Yrsa Sigurdardottirhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05889410114439001207noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-9730541615673725532012-04-12T18:44:47.641-04:002012-04-12T18:44:47.641-04:00Hi Knit - I woudl fit right in beside your wife at...Hi Knit - I woudl fit right in beside your wife at your pity party. My husband has had all sorts of complications with his eyes from childhood and he finds my grumbling pretty lame.<br /><br />Regarding the Icesave fiasco we are now seeing the courts come alive although all of the bad guys will not get their comeuppance. A few of the top bankers have now been indicted as an example but for some reason these are not the Icesave guys. And the bank owners in all cases will mostly go scot free. <br /><br />I just don't get how a system that allows people that work normal-ish jobs (banking) to make more in a year than many in a hundred lifetimes and then when these businesses go belly up these same guys carry little or no responsibilty. This goes for Iceland as well as other countries. So odd.<br /><br />thanks for your inputYrsa Sigurdardottirhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05889410114439001207noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-61503926317476672692012-04-12T14:54:19.435-04:002012-04-12T14:54:19.435-04:00Whenever my wife complains about deteriorating eye...Whenever my wife complains about deteriorating eyesight and having to keep track of glasses, the four of us in the family who've been wearing them full time since we were 8-9 commence a mock pity party.<br /><br />As for the lawsuit, it's another example of how asleep at the switch Iceland's regulators were. They paid no attention to the guarantees the banks were making on offshore accounts, a foolish oversight at best, but in this case deliberate. There are plenty of bankers and politicians in Iceland who should be kicked to the curb in criminal court, and Hannes Hólmsteinn should be kicked academically, but it will never happen.<br /><br />I figure the EU is getting involved to make this as painful as possible for Iceland, and for one reason: Iceland's recovery is an embarrassment to the EU. While Fitch upgrades Iceland's credit rating and Business Week praises the country's recovery, EU members Greece, Portugal, Ireland, Italy, and Spain continue to circle the drain. This is a mortifying comparison for the EU, and since it can't fix its members, it must break Iceland.Knute Rifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02345893660115107054noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-33248554033393072732012-04-12T01:23:02.542-04:002012-04-12T01:23:02.542-04:00I sympathize with your aging eyes. I don't mi...I sympathize with your aging eyes. I don't mind the glasses as I have to wear them -- bifocals. What I am aghast at now is that I'm reading the Large Size print version of Donna Leon's latest book.<br /><br />And I can't read subtitles on my tv screen and I can't read descriptions on the TV guide of the programs and the news crawl is blurry.<br /><br />And I can barely read these mystifying hieroglyphic word verifications for blog commenters these days.<br /><br />Considering the alternative, I can live with this.kathy d.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-34885019258459642892012-04-11T22:34:52.461-04:002012-04-11T22:34:52.461-04:00Jeff is referring to the opening of baseball seaso...Jeff is referring to the opening of baseball season. The season started less than a week ago and the Red Sox haven't brought their bats to the games yet.Bethhttp://www.murderbytype.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-32296948342966913572012-04-11T18:09:27.699-04:002012-04-11T18:09:27.699-04:00...against hope.
I did that very sort of thing ......against hope. <br /><br />I did that very sort of thing once in my life and am happy to say "once." It's the sort of highly profitable fee generating legal task measured against a decade of exhaustive labor. The seduction that kills one might say.<br /><br />The good news is that although national pride is affected, it probably won't play out as much more than a symbolic lawsuit IF the facts are as you say. <br /><br />However, without knowing any of the facts and having just returned from several Mykonian club openings this evening, my suggestion is to find a lawyer willing to file claims on behalf of Iceland against the Europeans who got Iceland into trouble in the first place--claims seeking to hold those banks and the individuals behind them responsible for whatever EU/ESA seeks against Iceland.<br /><br />I'd be surprised if the downside risk of such a precedent wouldn't generate more than some serious anxiety in the banking world. But who cares how the world markets react? If the EU wants to play hardball, Iceland should bring the bat. [I'm sure Beth can explain that metaphor.:)]Jeffrey Sigerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00718317707555064653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-88405313649756291542012-04-11T17:45:58.265-04:002012-04-11T17:45:58.265-04:00http://luanne-abookwormsworld.blogspot.com/2012/04...http://luanne-abookwormsworld.blogspot.com/2012/04/ashes-to-dust-yrsa-sigurdardottir.htmlAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-80694689325138447452012-04-11T17:40:02.248-04:002012-04-11T17:40:02.248-04:00Jeff would be perfect. This case definately needs ...Jeff would be perfect. This case definately needs a smart lawyer with a good sense of humor. But alas, he is in Mykonos and I cannot see how a court could have much appeal. But one can hope....Yrsa Sigurdardottirhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05889410114439001207noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-50446665137340046502012-04-11T17:35:03.136-04:002012-04-11T17:35:03.136-04:00As to the lawyer, I suggest you ask Jeff.
I lov...As to the lawyer, I suggest you ask Jeff. <br /><br />I love the image of "every silver lining has a cloud."Bethhttp://www.murderbytype.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.com