hbos

crisis

jack

Fessing up

Robert Bruce talks about the Financial Reporting council's mea culpa over HBOS.

Accounting & Business

en-gbJanuary 01, 2018

BaffleGab's Non-denominational Intersectional Winter Time Holiday Extravaganza

It's the first annual BaffleGab Non-denominational Intersectional Winter Time Holiday Extravaganza!!

The crew exchange gifts and relives old memories from the year including:

13:30 Lenny's visit to Left Forum
23:00 Bill Morgan unboxes his Trump box!
26:00 Bill Morgan auditions for HBO's Confederate
31:30 Bill Morgan's statue of Confederate solider Chester Hibbins is vandalized
38:00 Bill Morgan sings "Take A Knee (From My Cold Dead Ass)"
46:00 Ralph learns who the Juggalos are
52:30 The MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN Doo-Wop Band
56:15 We go back to the Eminem's Trump freestyle and Bill Morgan gives Rapping a try

ALL THAT PLUS Bill Morgan sings "White Christmas" ( 55:50 )

Wow, if that's not enough Bill Morgan for you- you still got 14 other episodes to listen to!

enDecember 23, 2017

Caught on The Wire - S5E10 '-30-'

caughtonthewire.wordpress.com Here we are at last - the grand finale. The secret is out (mostly) and the Carcetti administration does what it can to sort the situation as a quietly as possible. Marlo gets out of prison and goes for one last street encounter. And Baltimore's new generation of characters comes into play. Join us for our last ever episode analysis, our longest and most in-depth to date.

en-gbFebruary 09, 2016

Caught on The Wire - S5E09 'Late Editions'

caughtonthewire.wordpress.com Marlo finally ends up in cuffs, but not without a lot of suspicion around how he got there. Sure enough, the serial killer lie starts to spread. Michael is forced to say goodbye to Bug and Dukie when he is targeted as a possible snitch. Bubbles shares his feelings on Sherrod in an NA meeting. Steintorf asks Rawls and Daniels to 'be creative' in order to get the crime to go down. Meanwhile, Gus tries to track down Templeton's many fabrications. All that and more in this week's episode!

en-gbFebruary 05, 2016

Caught on The Wire - S5E08 'Clarifications'

caughtonthewire.wordpress.com The secrecy of the serial killer deception starts to slip through McNulty's fingers. Carcetti makes some more difficult decisions to further his campaign. Sydnor and Freamon crack the Stanfield code, whilst Chris and Snoop try to keep word of Omar's rampaging away from Marlo himself. Meanwhile, one of Scott's interviewees comes back to haunt him. All that and more in this week's episode!

en-gbJanuary 27, 2016

Caught on The Wire - S5E07 'Took'

caughtonthewire.wordpress.com Templeton gets a phone call from the 'serial killer' and McNulty starts to think twice about all the attention he's getting. Freamon tries to crack Marlo's new code. Omar continues to put his word around and gives Michael a shock. Clay Davis has a memorable day in court. All that and more in this week's episode!

en-gbJanuary 20, 2016

Caught on The Wire - S5E06 'The Dickensian Aspect'

caughtonthewire.wordpress.com Chris, Snoop and crew do their best to find Omar, whilst the stuckup man himself moves to wreak havoc on the Stanfields despite injury. McNulty and Freamon go another step further as the game is revealed to Sydnor and more PC is needed to catch Marlo. Templeton meets a war vet amongst the homeless and writes a straight story at last. Carcetti gives a rousing speech and thinks on his campaign to the governor's chair. All that and more in this week's episode!

en-gbJanuary 13, 2016

Caught on The Wire - S5E04 'Transitions'

caughtonthewire.wordpress.com Carver makes a controversial decision when Colicchio's temper goes too far. Clay Davis comes to discuss his 'financial irregularities'. Burrell is bumped and Daniels readies himself for the top tier, but not without some more political dissent first. The Sun feels a little out of the loop thanks to buyouts and Templeton goes for an interview. Marlo sees an opportunity to move on Joe. All that and more in this week's episode!

en-gbDecember 16, 2015

Caught on The Wire - S5E02 'Unconfirmed Reports'

caughtonthewire.wordpress.com Bubbles struggles to open up about Sherrod, despite Walon's protests, as he continues his journey to stay clean. Scott's desire for a good story pushes him towards the unverifiable and Gus smells a rat. Marlo is surprised to see Avon when he plans a meet with Sergei. McNulty and Freamon become frustrated at Marlo's free reign with the detail gone, and Jimmy makes a shocking move. All that and more in this week's episode!

en-gbDecember 04, 2015

Caught on The Wire - S5E01 'More With Less'

caughtonthewire.wordpress.com In the Season 5 opener, all of the institutions deal with limited resources. The police can't pay their people overtime, the political problems with the schools shuts down the major case unit, the Co-Op has to handle a lost territory issue, and our new setting - the Baltimore Sun - faces cut backs and buyouts but demands for unchanging quality. Meanwhile, McNulty slumps to another low as the Stanfield investigation (and its fate) get the better of him, and Bubbles continues his fight to get clean. All that and more in this week's episode!

en-gbNovember 27, 2015

Dual Redundancy: A Television Podcast

analysis

DR111: Black Mass & the Premieres of The Daily Show with Trevor Noah, Grandfathered and The Grinder

In this week's episode with guest host Kyle Bridger we discuss various proposed television series including shows based on the podcast Serial (3:30), Nicki Minaj's past (9:30), a Roseanne remake in Russia (13:00) and a prequel to the Taken movies (19:00). We also discuss the recent legal issues involving background extras on HBO's Westworld (15:40). Finally, we review the movie of Black Mass (23:10) and the series premieres of The Daily Show with Trevor Noah (34:40), Grandfathered (44:50) and The Grinder (53:45).

enOctober 16, 2015