'But buck yourself up, the head honchos at Barclays want us to know that they are repentant: "Barclays President Bob Diamond also announced that he and three senior bank executives were waiving any bonus for the year as a result of the case." Of course, they are not waving their millions of dollars in salaries nor are they going to do any jail time or even community service -- and their police record remains clean, unlike many Americans who kite a couple of checks.

So this is the take-away from Barclays ripping off the international financial system with intentional deception: if you get caught with marijuana and are a minority, you are likely to do jail time in many areas of our nation, but if you engage in explicit fraud involving trillions of dollars you remain a pillar of the untouchable global elite.'

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