Bank of America: Our Execs Do Not Blow

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Here’s an odd move from Bank of America; anticipating the release by Wikileaks of internal memos, BofA is preemptively registering hundreds of domain names that insult their executives.

As Bank of American awaits a possible release of information from WikiLeaks, it wants to ensure that you don’t think its executives suck. Or blow for that matter.

The company has been aggressively registering domain names including its Board of Directors’ and senior executives’ names followed by “sucks” and “blows”.

For example, the company registered a number of domains for CEO Brian Moynihan: BrianMoynihanBlows.com, BrianMoynihanSucks.com, BrianTMoynihanBlows.com, and BrianTMoynihanSucks.com. Just to be sure, it also picked up the .net version of these names and some .orgs as well.

I count hundreds of such domain name registrations on December 17 alone. They were registered through an intermediary that frequently registers domain names on behalf of large companies.

Some of the other names are for CFO Charles Noski, Chairman of the Board Charles Holliday, and board member Charles Rossotti (who is also Senior Advisor, The Carlyle Group).

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41 comments
1 Virginia Plain  Thu, Dec 23, 2010 8:59:11am

Bwahahahaha.

2 Political Atheist  Thu, Dec 23, 2010 9:00:40am

As if they could register every insult. Looks petty to me. This has Onion all over it, even though it's true.

3 jaunte  Thu, Dec 23, 2010 9:04:10am

B of A doesn't have enough money to cover all the possibilities.

4 Ojoe  Thu, Dec 23, 2010 9:12:10am

Amadeo Gianinni is spinning in his grave.

Super duper wintry Towercam view. San Gabriel Mountains of California, Pacific time zone.

5 wee fury  Thu, Dec 23, 2010 9:13:33am

I wonder if they registered 'FlailingBrianTMoynihan.com' yet.

6 Nevertires  Thu, Dec 23, 2010 9:14:01am

Is this a new procedure taught in public relations school? Seems like a pretty lame way to handle a potential/future PR crisis. And yet - seems entirely fitting with the current way of the world.

7 Ojoe  Thu, Dec 23, 2010 9:15:12am

B of A expose is the one thing so far I would think Wikileaks does good by.

8 Eventual Carrion  Thu, Dec 23, 2010 9:19:38am

Ahhh the Carlyle Group rears its ugly head again. They just keep floating to the top like a turd in a punch bowl.

9 Killgore Trout  Thu, Dec 23, 2010 9:21:15am

re: #7 Ojoe

B of A expose is the one thing so far I would think Wikileaks does good by.

I'm not so sure about that. If the information is bad enough it could collapse the bank or maybe even other banks. It could really damage not only America's economy but the world economy. But is the information accurate? is the stolen information real and in context. Assange has released dishonestly edited information before. He could potentially cause serious global economic damage over something that isn't true.
I have no love to the financial institutions that caused the economic crisis but I don't trust Assange. He's not on our side.

10 Varek Raith  Thu, Dec 23, 2010 9:21:52am

Lol...
What's their budget for this?
XD

11 Ojoe  Thu, Dec 23, 2010 9:23:00am

re: #9 Killgore Trout

Ah yes, but if B of A is insolvent, let us know sooner.

12 jc717  Thu, Dec 23, 2010 9:26:00am

Bankers' heads should have rolled in 2008/2009. Yet, despite a huge meltdown that brought the world to the brink of financial ruin, no senior execs went to jail, were fired, or had their bonuses clawed back. It's been a total disgrace. Maybe some good will come out of the B of A leak. Couldn't have happened to nicer guys.

13 Killgore Trout  Thu, Dec 23, 2010 9:27:36am

re: #11 Ojoe

Ah yes, but if B of A is insolvent, let us know sooner.

If the bank is insolvent the Federal Reserve will take it over before it becomes public knowledge. If the knowledge becomes public before that there will be a catastrophic run on the bank as people rush to withdraw their money. That could cause serious damage to the economy.

14 Ojoe  Thu, Dec 23, 2010 9:28:35am

re: #13 Killgore Trout

True what you say there.

15 Ojoe  Thu, Dec 23, 2010 9:29:05am

BBL

16 BongCrodny  Thu, Dec 23, 2010 9:30:51am

In the D.C. area, if you did not have a BoA account, the bank would charge a $6 fee to cash a check issued through BoA.

Anyone know if that's an industry-wide or country-wide standard these days? I never knew or heard of another bank that did that.

I'm sure whoever thought up that particular "banking innovation" was greatly rewarded at bonus time.

17 Walter L. Newton  Thu, Dec 23, 2010 9:31:20am

re: #12 jc717

Bankers' heads should have rolled in 2008/2009. Yet, despite a huge meltdown that brought the world to the brink of financial ruin, no senior execs went to jail, were fired, or had their bonuses clawed back. It's been a total disgrace. Maybe some good will come out of the B of A leak. Couldn't have happened to nicer guys.

How would you like your personal financial information plastered all over the internet... especially if you were having some sort of financial crisis... whether that crisis was by your own making or not?

Even if BoA is guilty of some financial crimes or something of the like, you certainly are cavalier about the harm that a leak of private information could have on BoA... more so the possible harm that could come to innocent customers and investors.

18 Political Atheist  Thu, Dec 23, 2010 9:33:09am

re: #13 Killgore Trout

B of A had their stress test and audits already. The results were not great but the regulators are all over them. Wiki may have dirt on the corporate leadership, or past policy lies or fails. But that should be it.

19 sattv4u2  Thu, Dec 23, 2010 9:33:49am

re: #17 Walter L. Newton

How would you like your personal financial information plastered all over the internet... especially if you were having some sort of financial crisis... whether that crisis was by your own making or not?

Even if BoA is guilty of some financial crimes or something of the like, you certainly are cavalier about the harm that a leak of private information could have on BoA... more so the possible harm that could come to innocent customers and investors.

but ,,But ,,,BUT ,, they're just a bunch of old white rich Country Club guys, so they deserve it!

20 Surabaya Stew  Thu, Dec 23, 2010 9:33:52am

There's a new Wikistorm coming....and if the results of the last one are anything to go by, we can expect several weeks worth of headlines, billions of dollars in market losses, and a couple of arrests.

I don't care for the man or what he has done at all, but Jullian Assange should really be the "Person of the Year". He and his organization have really changed the world, for beter or worse.

21 (I Stand By What I Said Whatever It Was)  Thu, Dec 23, 2010 9:34:55am

re: #13 Killgore Trout

If the bank is insolvent the Federal Reserve will take it over before it becomes public knowledge. If the knowledge becomes public before that there will be a catastrophic run on the bank as people rush to withdraw their money. That could cause serious damage to the economy.

The cause for any serious damage to the economy would not be the knowledge about the insolvency becoming public but the economic actions of the bankers leading to what the knowledge is about in the first place.

22 A Man for all Seasons  Thu, Dec 23, 2010 9:36:18am

I doubt BofA is insolvent and that JA has any earth shattering memos...
BTW BofA accidentally put 40 grand in my checking account once...They didn't know about it till I told them..Whoops..
Now if it had been 40 million I'd be blogging from Mexico right now in my Villa on the coast..

23 darthstar  Thu, Dec 23, 2010 9:36:45am

Well, if it was that easy for Bank of America to come up with that many [Link: www.soandso_blows.com...] web addresses, what does it say about their own opinion of their board of directors?

24 Political Atheist  Thu, Dec 23, 2010 9:37:02am

re: #16 BongCrodny

I hate that policy. When my employer issues a check to a jeweler for his scrap gold, he should be able to cash it at the company bank, no charge. I still think it is illegal, but nobody has taken up that fight. I suspect they are obligated to honor the check without charge. It causes bad relations.

25 darthstar  Thu, Dec 23, 2010 9:37:25am

re: #23 darthstar

Well, if it was that easy for Bank of America to come up with that many [Link: www.soandso_blows.com...] web addresses, what does it say about their own opinion of their board of directors?

Damn you autoformat! soandso_blows dot com shouldn't be a hyperlink.

26 Political Atheist  Thu, Dec 23, 2010 9:40:04am

re: #20 Surabaya Stew

There's a new Wikistorm coming...and if the results of the last one are anything to go by, we can expect several weeks worth of headlines, billions of dollars in market losses, and a couple of arrests.

I don't care for the man or what he has done at all, but Jullian Assange should really be the "Person of the Year". He and his organization have really changed the world, for beter or worse.

In their ongoing tradition.

27 Four More Tears  Thu, Dec 23, 2010 9:40:10am

Oh the vain vanity...

28 Political Atheist  Thu, Dec 23, 2010 9:41:08am

re: #26 Rightwingconspirator

In their ongoing tradition.

With the link this time. PIMF
[Link: www.omg-facts.com...]

29 BongCrodny  Thu, Dec 23, 2010 9:41:17am

BrianMoynihanisaWATB
BrianMoynihanisahorsesass
BrianMoynihaneatsworms
BrianMoynihanwetsthebed
BrianMoynihanisadirtbag
BrianMoynihanlovesgoatporn
BrianMoynihanistheantichrist

No f'n way do they have enough money for that.

30 Varek Raith  Thu, Dec 23, 2010 9:42:00am

BrianMoynihanisaNerfHerder

31 Four More Tears  Thu, Dec 23, 2010 9:43:38am

Someone, somewhere, someday, will have a valid grievance against another man named Brian Moynihan, and how are they supposed to get their comeuppance, hm?

32 sattv4u2  Thu, Dec 23, 2010 9:47:44am

Nap time

33 Walter L. Newton  Thu, Dec 23, 2010 9:48:19am

re: #20 Surabaya Stew

There's a new Wikistorm coming...and if the results of the last one are anything to go by, we can expect several weeks worth of headlines, billions of dollars in market losses, and a couple of arrests.

I don't care for the man or what he has done at all, but Jullian Assange should really be the "Person of the Year". He and his organization have really changed the world, for beter or worse.

Assange is not clever enough, evil enough or even smart enough to warrant "person of the anything?" You or I could have just as much effect on the world in under 24 hours. Threaten a few airlines, embassies, large public gather places... a phone call here, an email there, well placed rumors and sensational propaganda that goes viral.

Assange is not special, the capability "change" the world is within the reach of all of us. Assange is going to have to do better than that if he wants my vote.

Meh.

34 Killgore Trout  Thu, Dec 23, 2010 9:53:02am

re: #21 000G

The cause for any serious damage to the economy would not be the knowledge about the insolvency becoming public but the economic actions of the bankers leading to what the knowledge is about in the first place.

You're making the mistaken assumption that the information is accurate and the person who stole the documents has the public's interest at heart. The most like scenario is that the entity (individual, corporation, hedge fund, or government) who stole the information know how the market is going to react and when. They are going to make a lot of money with this knowledge. Did this come from BoA's competitors? A hedge fund that wants to manipulate the market? A hostile government who wants to damage the economy? A paulian idiot who wants to destroy the federal reserve with dreams of returning to the gold standard? We don't know and Assange isn't going to tell us.

35 (I Stand By What I Said Whatever It Was)  Thu, Dec 23, 2010 10:00:04am

re: #34 Killgore Trout

You're making the mistaken assumption that the information is accurate

No, I was only responding to you. The crucial term here is knowledge. You spoke about public knowledge. You can only know something if the information your knowledge is based on is accurate.

And by the way, before any factchecking occurs, assuming the information to be accurate is on par with assuming that it is inaccurate. Both is beyond what the skeptic should concede.

and the person who stole the documents has the public's interest at heart.

I am not making that assumption. I said that knowledge about bankers' economic wrongdoing is not the cause of those economic wrongdoings and that those economic wrongdoings would be the cause of economic troubles for the bank. Any run on the bank caused by public knowledge is just another result of those wrongdoings.

Whether the leaker has the public interest at heart is completely irrelevant to the question whether the information he leaks is accurate and whether leaking those information proves to actually be in the public interest.

The most like scenario is that the entity (individual, corporation, hedge fund, or government) who stole the information know how the market is going to react and when. They are going to make a lot of money with this knowledge. Did this come from BoA's competitors? A hedge fund that wants to manipulate the market? A hostile government who wants to damage the economy? A paulian idiot who wants to destroy the federal reserve with dreams of returning to the gold standard? We don't know and Assange isn't going to tell us.

All of this could be or not. None of it would somehow make any leaked information incorrect, though.

36 Killgore Trout  Thu, Dec 23, 2010 10:04:14am

re: #35 000G

And by the way, before any factchecking occurs, assuming the information to be accurate is on par with assuming that it is inaccurate. Both is beyond what the skeptic should concede.


Well considering the fact that the Collateral Murder tape was deceptively edited I see no reason to assume information released by wikileaks is accurate. It was a deceptive attempt to manipulate public opinion. Assange has no credibility with me. He's as accurate as Breitbart.

37 (I Stand By What I Said Whatever It Was)  Thu, Dec 23, 2010 10:09:16am

re: #36 Killgore Trout

Well considering the fact that the Collateral Murder tape was deceptively edited I see no reason to assume information released by wikileaks is accurate. It was a deceptive attempt to manipulate public opinion. Assange has no credibility with me. He's as accurate as Breitbart.

I have a hard time seeing things as black and white with WikiLeaks. Sure, they are plenty of examples of sub-standard, agenda driven pieces of sensationalism and distortion. But there are also plenty of other examples.

Pinning things down on the "deceptive": Can you point out any instance within the "cablegate" brouhaha that has been deceptive from WikiLeaks' side of actions?

38 lawhawk  Thu, Dec 23, 2010 10:26:59am

re: #13 Killgore Trout

Or, if someone in Congress says something (like Schumer did - in a letter leaked about IndyMac), you can cause a bank run before everyone in the Fed and FDIC is ready for the onslaught.

BTW, the so-called stress tests should have revealed any weakness in underlying fundamentals in the banks. BoA may be in worse shape compared to others, but seems to be holding its own.

If the leaks were about Citibank or AIG, then I think some good dirt may be had - particularly in the way that TARP and the feds meddled with both companies to keep them afloat.

39 Surabaya Stew  Thu, Dec 23, 2010 10:30:47am

re: #33 Walter L. Newton

Assange is not clever enough, evil enough or even smart enough to warrant "person of the anything?" You or I could have just as much effect on the world in under 24 hours. Threaten a few airlines, embassies, large public gather places... a phone call here, an email there, well placed rumors and sensational propaganda that goes viral.

Assange is not special, the capability "change" the world is within the reach of all of us. Assange is going to have to do better than that if he wants my vote.

Meh.


Evil bastards have won before. Even idiots. Perhaps if the Wikileaks scandals came earlier in the year he might have been in serious contention.

Again, I don't like him or think that what he has done is good overall, but he has shaken up things a lot worldwide and will probally contine to do so. Which IMHO, makes him a contender for the "title", no matter how much it sucks.

40 WINDUPBIRD DISEASE [S.K.U.M.M.]  Thu, Dec 23, 2010 3:07:33pm

BrianTMoynihanLicksTBalls.com

41 Dom  Thu, Dec 23, 2010 5:26:21pm

Yeah, the gist is pretty blatant. But does BrianTMoynihanSwallow?


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