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One of last year's most memorable images was conjured up by Matt Taibbi in describing Goldman Sachs:

The world's most powerful investment bank is a great vampire squid wrapped around the face of humanity, relentlessly jamming its blood funnel into anything that smells like money.

That was in the 13 July 2009 issue of Rolling Stone: The Great American Bubble Machine

Now, Taibbi, in similar vein, further explores Wall Street's smooth talking scammers. grifters and con artists: Wall Street's Bailout Hustle