Friday, January 24, 2014

Dimon pay raise mocks accountability - MarketWatch First Take - MarketWatch

Dimon pay raise mocks accountability - MarketWatch First Take - MarketWatch 

This is infuriating. This guy should be punched in the face because of his negligence and malfeasance and resulting market-threatening 'leadership,' but he gets a raise? This another sign of the serious, diseased underbelly of American greed eating away at the core of a great nation.

"Dimon is slated to receive more than the $11.5 million
compensation package he received in 2012, a year his pay was cut
following the bank’s losses resulting from the “London whale” trading
fiasco.

Last year was even worse for J.P. Morgan

JPM
-1.59%


  and shareholders. The bank had to set aside more than $25 billion in
legal reserves and ended up spending it on settlements tied to the sale
of damaged mortgage securities, market manipulation and other alleged
wrongdoing. J.P. Morgan reported a third-quarter loss and a drop in
profit in the fourth quarter.





That Dimon would be able to reap a reward for that sort of performance
underscores just how empty Wall Street’s promises about how pay would be
tied to performance after the financial crisis"

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Sunset, Venice 12/20/2012

Sunset, Venice 12/20/2012
I've been thinking some about the Winter Solstice, the Mayan end of the 30,000-year-cycle on 12/21/12.

What if in fact the world did end? Even though this probably will not happen, to live consciously it is honest for us to take a bit of an inventory.

Am I happy with how I've lived my life? (Yesterday, I thought mostly yes, with some areas for improvement, as below.) Are there changes I would make?
Would I have tried to forgive those that were hostile or disappointing to me?
Would I spend more time with those I loved the most, telling them that, feeling that more?
Would I be happier, grateful for what I have, what I've experienced, the joy, the beauty in this world?

Maybe the answer is yes to all of the above.
So this time can serve as a point of rebirth for all of us. If we think about it.

Because somewhere along the line I realized I think maybe mankind deserves it. !
The way we are killing each other, killing the planet.
How selfish we are, and snotty to those around us. Petty, competitive. Why is this? Do we have to behave this way? (I say no, it greatly detracts and misdirects energy from the full-time celebration in which we could engage, the great multi-cultural, multi-rhythmic dance we can sustain here.)

Maybe God or the Great Universe is fed up, and will pull the rug out from under us.
Don't think I can say we could blame Him/Her/It.

But it probably won't happen. (Probably not! This time.)

Still we are finite on this ride.

It is a time to think, am I happy with how I've lived my life?
Hopefully most of us can say yes.

For the part of us that have a little worry, a little sadness....
This is the time to be present.
This is the time to be the person you want to be, that can die at peace, that can hope to every day be able to look yourself and the Universe in the eye and say, how beautiful, smiling, and thank you. Let's do that.

Antidotes to Violence, a.k.a., Take Charge of Where Your Head's At - here

Tell Congress to Strengthen Gun Control Laws NOW - here

Good News & Brain Food News -
Christians & Muslims Gather, for Peace here
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The 'Busy' Trap - NYTimes.com
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