January 26, 2012 at 1:30 P.M. I attempted to make a computer reservation at NYPL (Inwood) and was assigned to computer number #7. That computer is out of service and not simply "off-line." I informed library personnel who explained that I should not have been assigned to that computer by the system. The librarian then re-assigned me to computer number #2, at which I am typing these words. I cannot say whether this tactic, possibly produced by hackers, was about using this computer #7 to access my blogs or otherwise to block my access to these blogs in the future. If more than two days pass without my accessing these blogs, it means either that I have been injured, or that I am unable to access my blogs, as I can not access my e-mail accounts. All of this could be a coincidence, of course, but I doubt it. The goal may simply be further harassment of me and obstructions of my writing efforts. ("How censorship works in America" and "More Censorship and Cybercrime.")
On January 20, 2012 I received among my print items a bus confirmation for Jorge A. Cisneros" and "E. Cisneros" heading to Washington, D.C. ("New Century- Antai Tours"). This confirmation may be important to the individual(s) who could each have visited my sites, perhaps on behalf of some public official who shall remain nameless. I cannot understand why I would receive this person's, JORGE A. CISNEROS' -- or whomever is using this name's -- print-out from my blog site: e-mail JAC@NYU.Edu and 347-852-4692. I am sure the phone number has been cancelled by now. Senator Menendez, does this person belong to you?
Herb Jackson, "Menendez Wants SEC to Expand Disclosure Rules," in The Record, January 20, 2012, at p. A-3.
Senator Menendez, whose contributions are among the most "suspect" of any politician's donations, is calling on Republicans to be "honest" in disclosing corporate spending.
Is this request aimed at Ms. Ros-Leghtinen or Mr. Rubio? Are Bob's fellow Cuban-American politicians excluded from this request -- even if they happen to be Republicans -- because they are anti-Communists? ("Senator Bob, the Babe, and the Big Bucks" and "Is Menendez For Sale?")
Menendez has accepted donations or contributions (money) from persons identified only as "professional gamblers" and he -- or others on his behalf, allegedly -- may have deposited contributions in something called "the Democrats' non-federal account." However, Mr. Menendez is troubled by the influence of corporations in American politics through their expenditures on behalf of Republican candidates. ("Law and Ethics in the Soprano State.")
"The bottom line is pretty simple. [Menendez said:] We need to know who is contributing millions of dollars to influence America's elections right now."
Likewise, Bob, I need to know what role you played in behind-the-back efforts against me. I need to know, for example, whether there were meetings between yourself and John McGill, Esq. as well as secret meetings -- or any meetings -- involving your representatives and persons close to me, and/or with OAE officials, beginning in the early nineties.
If there were such meetings, they certainly should have been disclosed to me as part of discovery or in response to public requests made by me for the truth concerning the crimes committed against me by officials in New Jersey. Such ex-parte meetings with clients who were represented raised ethical issues for any member of the bar, Bob. Failure to disclose such information continues to deprive me of rights to confrontation and due process guaranteed under the federal and state constitutions. ("New Jersey's 'Ethical' Legal System" and "New Jersey's Office of Attorney Ethics.")
I also need to know, "Big Bob," whether Terry Tuchin and/or Diana Lisa Riccioli were participants in those meetings with Mr. McGill and/or others from the OAE, if they took place, or if there were meetings with representatives of New Jersey's Supreme Court, or any member of the judiciary.
Was your sister present at any such secret meeting, Bob? Did any meetings -- either with yourself or your representatives -- specifically involve any of my former secretaries, family members, Terry Tuchin, Diana Lisa Riccioli, or Alexander Booth, Esq. and Howard Brownstein, Esq.? If so, please provide all information pertaining to such meetings and the persons "present" as well as the subjects of discussion.
Did you or anyone on your behalf, Bob, have occasion to discuss me or my law practice with Edgar Navarete, Esq. or any other neighbors or friends, like Brian Stack or Rudy Garcia, Esq.? If so, when did those discussions take place, Bobby?
Was Lilian Munoz, Esq. involved in meetings with my former clients, friends or family members, or attorneys for the OAE -- meetings at which I was the subject of discussion, Bob?
"In July, Menendez introduced a Shareholders Protection Act that would give investors the power to vote on corporate political spending. The bill has not advanced, but the coalition contends [that] the SEC already has the power to order disclosure."
Will Senator Bob "disclose" his affiliations, if any, with "Manohla Dargis" of The New York Times? ("'The Reader': A Movie Review" and "'Revolutionary Road': A Movie Review.")
Are any other names used as bylines at the Times actually "connected" to Senator Bob? Will Senator Menendez identify the total amount of money that he has received from the Cuban American National Foundation or its leaders and/or their wives, as individuals, or in a corporate capacity? ("Does Senator Menendez Have Mafia Friends?")
How much has Senator Bob received from Luis Posada Carriles, whether personally or through intermediaries, and/or any organizations of which Mr. Posada-Carriles is (or was) a member? ("American Hypocrisy and Luis Posada Carriles" and "Is Senator Bob 'For' Human Rights?" then "Is Senator Menendez a Suspect in Mafia-Political Murder in New Jersey?")
In a stunning display of irony, Menendez said: "Many shareholders remain in the dark, unaware that their money could be funding political activities, or even political attack ads. ... "
Who was paying for Tuchin's services, Bob? Were public moneys involved in compensating Mr. Tuchin for interrogational hypnosis of numerous victims, like myself, deemed "enemies of Mr. Menendez"? Were there meetings between Mr. Menendez and Mr. Romankow (or their representatives), such as Ms. Rodgers, at which I was the subject of discussion? If so, when did these meetings take place and how many meetings have taken place as of the date of this essay?
Is there any connection between Bob and "Publish America"? Lulu? Is Senator Bob against censorship and for freedom of speech? ("How censorship works in America" and "What is it like to be censored in America?" then "Censorship and Cruelty in New Jersey.")
Was there also a connection between my support of a rival of Mr. Menendez and my subjection to these behind-the-back efforts, Senator Bob? Is there any record of conversations between Senator Bob, or others on Bob's behalf, and any or all of the persons listed above, including OAE officials?
If so, where are these records located at this time, Bob? I hereby request copies of all such records under state and federal right to know laws.
Given Senator Bob's record of being investigated for influence peddling, irregular campaign finance practices, allegations of cash in envelopes, or worse -- Is Senator Menendez the best person for the Democrats to entrust with challenging Republicans on finance issues? I doubt it. ("Boss Bob Holds a Grudge!" and "Senator Bob Gets Over On the Feds!" then "Senator Menendez Has Not Been Indicted Today.")
A list of sources detailing further corruption as well as persistent disgusting criminality in New Jersey's political and legal system will be added to this essay in the days ahead.
Sources:
New York and the World:
Mathew Rosenberg, "Afghan Soldiers Step Up Killings of Allied Forces," in The New York Times, January 20, 2012, at p. A1. (The Afghan army is falling apart; U.S. tries to deal with Taliban directly; more American casualties are expected. Let's try talking to Pakistan.)
Derclan Walsh, "Pakistan's Prime Minister Makes Plea to Avoid Jail," in The New York Times, January 20, 2012, at p. A11. (The anti-U.S. forces in Pakistan are winning.)
Scott Shane, "Drone Strike Kills Qaeda Operative," in The New York Times, January 20, 2012, at p. A11. (U.S. personnel will die in response to this incident. There was "collateral damage." What are we doing?)
See if you can figure out how the foregoing items in the newspaper are related.
Adam Liptak, "Justices Reject GPS Tracking In a Drug Case," in The New York Times, January 24, 2012, at p. A1. (The authorities have been spying on Americans, illegally, for years. Now only foreign intelligence agencies will be engaging in the practice. In the real world, police will continue to use GPS and secret phone taps, or computer monitoring on-line, then lie about it if caught: "New Jersey's Office of Attorney Ethics.")
Charlie Savage, "Ex-CIA Officer Charged in Information Leak," in The New York Times, January 24, 2012, at p. A1. (JOHN KIRIAKOU deserves credit for revealing facts to which the public is entitled.)
Derclan Walsh, "Pakistan Rejects U.S. Accounts of Clash That Ended With Airstrikes," in The New York Times, January 24, 2012, at p. A6. (Our alliance with Pakistan is over. We cannot win in Afghanistan without Pakistani assistance, nor in "other" regional conflicts with "militants." 1,867 American service persons have died, 8 soldiers have died this week alone -- so far. I hope that airstrike was worthwhile.)
Adam Liptak, "Justices Rule for Inmate After Mailroom Mix-Up," in The New York Times, January 19, 2012, at p. A11. (Justice Alito changed his mind? Clarence Thomas and Antonin Scalia dissented. Those two men are amazing. "Law and Morality.")
Israel Kerschner, "2 Israeli Web Sites Crippled as Cyberwar Escalates," in The New York Times, January 17, 2012, at p. A9. (Israeli cybersystems are valuable. These computer systems are new intelligence targets for anti-Israeli intelligence agencies in the region and WORLD. Israeli networks pose similar challenges to U.S. systems. If you can penetrate Israeli security systems, the chances are that you will also be able to penetrate U.S. computer security systems. Any truth to the rumor that this anounced strike against civilian systems in Israel was a distraction for a more devastating invasion of military systems that has gone undetected? Is it a coincidence that these cyberattacks took place on the same days that attacks against Synagogues and other Jewish targets in several states took place in America?)
New Jersey's Nightmare:
Erik Shilling, "Man Charged With Sharing Child Porn," in The Record, December 22, 2012, at p. L-3. (Allegations of political protection for child molesters: "New Jersey's Child Sex Industry" and "Is Menendez For Sale?")
Julian Terrero & Richard Khouchine, "Elizabeth Fire Still Burning: Officials Say it May Take Days to Put Out Fire at Warehouse," in The Record, December 23, 2012, at p. A5. (Illegally stored chemicals may have something to do with the difficulty of containing this suspicious fire. Does Mr. Romankow have an allibi? More crooked Elizabeth police officers are rumored to be about to be indicted. Several fires continue to burn in New Jersey.)
Mathew McGrath, "Paterson Repaying $2.1 MILLION to Federal Agency: City Officials Facing Council Scrutiny," in The Record, December 23, 2012, at p. L-1. ($2.1 MILLION for housing was wasted -- i.e., stolen -- and will have to repaid to the federal government. The taxpayers get ripped off twice.)
Mathew McGrath, "Chief's Retirement Pay O.K.'d: Some Officials Question $250,000 Package," in The Record, December 28, 2012, at p. L-1. (How many cops in New Jersey get $250,000 plus other perks for retirement compensation? Will Mr. Kelly in New York receive that much?)
Leslie Brody, "Sick Pay Windfall for Some Teachers," in The Record, January 2, 2012, at p. A-1. (Scams allow teachers -- who are politically-connected -- to collect on so-called "unused sicktime," earning $20,000 at retirement in addition to other "hidden" compensation that may constitute a political reward for services rendered to local political bosses. Are some teachers retiring with actual compensation in excess of $100,000?)
Mary Anne Spoto, "Long Branch Rabbi Gets 5 Years for Laundering $1.5 MILLION," in The Star Ledger, January 5, 2012, at p. 25. (Eliahu Ben Haim was laundering $1.5 million in an international underground banking system and evading taxes. The rabbi's congregation was tax exempt. "Terry Tuchin, Diana Lisa Riccioli, and New Jersey's Agency of Torture" and "An Open Letter to My Torturers in New Jersey, Terry Tuchin and Diana Lisa Riccioli.")
Steven Strunkey, "$156,000 Severance, Plus Benefits, for Codey's Cousin," in The Star Ledger, January 5, 2012, at p. 16. (The cost to the taxpayers in New Jersey of replacing Codey's cousin at the PA legal department -- to say nothing of the Essex Democrats' other gang members -- will exceed $156,000.)
Melissa Hayes & Harvey Lippman, "Noted Rabbi Seeks Tax Exempt Status," in The Record, January 10, 2012, at p. A-1. (Rabbi Shmuely Botech -- author of the classic book "Kosher Sex" -- is seeking tax exempt status for his home as a "non-profit center." My home is a non-profit center, too. My home is also a "corporation" as, indeed, am I. In the words of Mr. Romney, "corporations are people." In fact, corporations are people who pay proportionately little taxes while supporting Republican candidates with unlimited expenditures in the media.)
Bob Considine & Monsy Alvarado, "Firebomb Attack on Synagogue Fuels Fears: Rabbi's Bedroom Set Aflame," in TThe Star Ledger, January 12, 2012, at p. 1. (I wonder why there is so much hostility to the Jewish community in New Jersey? "What is it like to be plagiarized?" and "'Brideshead Revisited': A Movie Review.")
Monsy Alvarado, et als., "Rabbi's Home Attacked: Family Escape Home Unharmed," in The Record, January 12, 2012, at p. A-1. (No single individual is responsible for all of the incidents of fire bombing targeting Jewish persons and homes in several states recently. A further investigation may be called for, Mr. Christie and Mr. Cuomo. Does the hostility among New Jerseyeans have something to do with perceived unfairness in the workings of the legal and political system of the state together with media silence about these issues? We have all grown. "Law and Ethics in the Soprano State" and "Stuart Rabner and Conduct Unbecoming to the Judiciary in New Jersey" then "44 Legal and Political Figures Arrested in New Jersey.")
Wednesday, January 25, 2012
Thursday, January 19, 2012
Who are the pirates?
January 20, 2012 at 12:13 P.M. My sympathies to all of those who lost everything in fires in Union City, New Jersey. I can neither confirm nor deny that some of the property lost in those fires belongs to Senator Menendez and other local political or legal figures, possibly through intermediaries. I hope that no one will be hurt in such incidents in the future (if there are any). I further hope that there will be no more anti-semitic attacks in New Jersey. However, as to future fires in Hudson County and additional hate attacks, I am concerned that we will see more such incidents in the days and weeks to come. I urge one and all to read James Baldwin's fine essay, "The Fire Next Time."
AP, "Websites Go Dark to Protest Anti-Piracy Bill," in Newsday, January 19, 2012, at p. A8 and http://www.newsday.com/nation .
Jenna Wortham, "Protest on Web Takes On 2 Bills Aimed at Piracy," in The New York Times, January 18, 2012, at p. A1.
Jonathan Weissman, "Web Rises Up to Defeat Bills Seen as a Threat," in The New York Times, January 19, 2012, at p. A1.
"On-Line Piracy and Political Overreach," (Editorial) in The New York Times, January 19, 2012, at p. A22.
"LOS ANGELES -- In a move that heightens the growing tension between Sillicon Valley and Hollywood, Wikipedia and other websites went dark yesterday to protest two congressional proposals intended to thwart on-line piracy of copyrighted movies and TV programs." (Newsday.)
All I had to discover to oppose this cleverly disguised attempt to curtail free speech is the names of the sponsors of this legislation: Marco Rubio (R) and Peter King (R), with token Democrat support, are not politicians who will go down in history as great civil libertarians concerned about the free speech rights of the "little guy." They care even less, it seems, about copyright laws. ("What is it like to be plagiarized?" and "'Brideshead Revisited': A Movie Review.")
In fact, the so-called "On-Line Piracy Act" and "Intellectual Property Act" are aimed at enhancing law enfocement control of the Internet by permitting government to shut down websites, ostensibly on the basis of Americans' affiliation with (horrors!) "foreigners," but actually to control the dissemination of radical political opinions which are often found among those same annoying foreigners who presume to disagree with us on any given issue. ("Little Brown Men Are Only Objects For Us" and "John Rawls and Justice.")
To read books by foreigners and radicals (Jacques Derrida, Michel Foucault, J.K. Rowling, Judith Butler, or even Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton) while presuming to discuss their ideas has become a category of guilt in America's national security state and, soon, grounds for a one-way trip to Guantanamo -- or assassination for unspecified reasons -- since this is a power over life and death that is already available to America's chief executive, until the Supreme Court says otherwise. Justice Thomas is bound to dissent from any decision aimed at enforcing Bill of Rights protections.
Republicans warn that we must guard against the nefarious influence of foreign fundamentalists and possible terrorists -- like David Cameron of Great Britain, perhaps. Mr. Cameron along with other "extremist" leaders of strange countries with many little brown persons -- including, possibly, Angela Merkel whose homeland, Germany, now contains countless individuals formerly from Islamic nations who, Republicans insist, are never to be trusted. ("G.E. Moore's Critique of Idealism.")
Congress is not going to side with Hollywood against Sillicon Valley. Rather, Republicans are trying to "arrange" for the U.S. government to side against citizens expressing opinions critical of the massive law enforcement machinery put in place after 9/11 that is intended to monitor and "control" our intellectual activities and expressions. We all live in Foucault's "Panopticon" these days. ("Marco Rubio Lies About His Past!" and "Fidel Castro's 'History Will Absolve Me'" then "Jacques Derrida's Philosophy as Jazz" and "Michel Foucault and the Authorship Question" also "Foucault, Rose, Davis and the Meanings of Prison.")
Given my philosophical interests and writings, I am confident that my sites will be among the first to be shut-down, probably without due process of any kind or a single warning, followed by my disappearance and torture at the hands of large and smelly Cubanoids from Miami seeking instructions from a man identified only as "Marco." (Again: "What is it like to be plagiarized?" and "'Brideshead Revisited': A Movie Review" then see Liam Neeson in the movie "Taken." Also: "Time to End the Embargo Against Cuba.")
It is the very people who have plagiarized my writings in the past and who have done damage to my sites through what (until now) was illegal hacking, who will benefit from these laws by being licensed to go after writers disagreeing with Iliana Ros-Leghtinen or Bob Menendez. The faculty at Harvard University and most good schools is endangered by such unrestrained power designed to transform our best universities and think tanks into clone-like versions of the University of Miami. ("Miami's Cubanoids Protest Against Peace!" and "Cubanazos Pose a Threat to National Security!")
Not everyone disagreeing with the Cubanoids is a Communist, an Al Qaeda terrorist, nor a homosexual for that matter. If it is true that Mr. Rubio is gay, incidentally, then he should be free to reveal the fact without expecting this truth to affect his political viability. How's your drug-dealing brother-in-law, "Marco"? ("Hermano': An Evening With Christopher Hitchens" and "Abrazo.")
The government will be delighted to destroy the writings and websites of sane people concerned about the dangers to our democracy from intrusive and privacy-violating government law enforcement or security efforts while protecting the sites of insane persons -- Republicans like Mr. Perry or Mr. Ginrich -- in the interest of abstinence from sex by teens and prayer in schools. None of us will be safe or free if these Republican dreams of hyper-security are realized.
Any text with the word "sex" in it will, immediately, become suspect if Ms. Ros-Leghtinen has her way. One can only shudder at the content that a person of Mr. Menendez's intellectual caliber and cultural level is likely to censor. It is said that when Senator Menendez strolls into as room his knuckles graze the ground. ("Manohla Dargis Strikes Again!" and "'The Reader': A Movie Review" then "'Revolutionary Road': A Movie Review.")
Peter King (R) from Long Island let the proverbial "cat out of the bag" when he remarked that this proposed legislation will " ... give LAW ENFORCEMENT [emphasis added!] the power to seize foreign sites ..." or to shut down U.S. sites that link to "forbidden" sites. Sites may be forbidden because of their political content which may create a danger of "conflict" or a perceived threat to our "national security." Yep, that'll be me. ("New Jersey's Feces-Covered Supreme Court," "New Jersey's Judicial and Political Whores," and, once more, "Time to End the Embargo Against Cuba.")
Journalists warn that " ... tinkering with Internet freedom leads into dangerous territory" that could result in even more on-line censorship and cybercrime. This proposed legislation -- knowing Mr. Rubio's record, I would not be surprised if his efforts were aimed, specifically, against me and other radicals -- will give hackers a new way to wreak havoc on-line by intimidating people who presume to disagree with his Right-wing views. Censorship rarely comes from the Left in America. ("Cubanazos Pose a Threat to National Security!" and "American Hypocrisy and Luis Posada Carriles" then "Babalu and Free Speech Too!")
"For months, it seemed as if Congress would pass an on-line piracy bill, even though its main weapons -- cutting off the financing of pirate web sites and making them harder to find -- risk censoring legitemate speech and undermining the security of the Internet. But the unmovable corporations behind those bills have run into an unstoppable force: an outcry by Internet companies led by Google and Wikipedia that culminated in an extraordinary on-line protest Wednesday." (N.Y. Times, 1-19-12, p. A22.)
As a victim of plagiarism, I ask you to please oppose this frightening attempt to deprive all of us of our freedom of speech on-line. Let us pray that American lawmakers will have the good sense to reject these proposed laws. Amen. God Bless America.
AP, "Websites Go Dark to Protest Anti-Piracy Bill," in Newsday, January 19, 2012, at p. A8 and http://www.newsday.com/nation .
Jenna Wortham, "Protest on Web Takes On 2 Bills Aimed at Piracy," in The New York Times, January 18, 2012, at p. A1.
Jonathan Weissman, "Web Rises Up to Defeat Bills Seen as a Threat," in The New York Times, January 19, 2012, at p. A1.
"On-Line Piracy and Political Overreach," (Editorial) in The New York Times, January 19, 2012, at p. A22.
"LOS ANGELES -- In a move that heightens the growing tension between Sillicon Valley and Hollywood, Wikipedia and other websites went dark yesterday to protest two congressional proposals intended to thwart on-line piracy of copyrighted movies and TV programs." (Newsday.)
All I had to discover to oppose this cleverly disguised attempt to curtail free speech is the names of the sponsors of this legislation: Marco Rubio (R) and Peter King (R), with token Democrat support, are not politicians who will go down in history as great civil libertarians concerned about the free speech rights of the "little guy." They care even less, it seems, about copyright laws. ("What is it like to be plagiarized?" and "'Brideshead Revisited': A Movie Review.")
In fact, the so-called "On-Line Piracy Act" and "Intellectual Property Act" are aimed at enhancing law enfocement control of the Internet by permitting government to shut down websites, ostensibly on the basis of Americans' affiliation with (horrors!) "foreigners," but actually to control the dissemination of radical political opinions which are often found among those same annoying foreigners who presume to disagree with us on any given issue. ("Little Brown Men Are Only Objects For Us" and "John Rawls and Justice.")
To read books by foreigners and radicals (Jacques Derrida, Michel Foucault, J.K. Rowling, Judith Butler, or even Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton) while presuming to discuss their ideas has become a category of guilt in America's national security state and, soon, grounds for a one-way trip to Guantanamo -- or assassination for unspecified reasons -- since this is a power over life and death that is already available to America's chief executive, until the Supreme Court says otherwise. Justice Thomas is bound to dissent from any decision aimed at enforcing Bill of Rights protections.
Republicans warn that we must guard against the nefarious influence of foreign fundamentalists and possible terrorists -- like David Cameron of Great Britain, perhaps. Mr. Cameron along with other "extremist" leaders of strange countries with many little brown persons -- including, possibly, Angela Merkel whose homeland, Germany, now contains countless individuals formerly from Islamic nations who, Republicans insist, are never to be trusted. ("G.E. Moore's Critique of Idealism.")
Congress is not going to side with Hollywood against Sillicon Valley. Rather, Republicans are trying to "arrange" for the U.S. government to side against citizens expressing opinions critical of the massive law enforcement machinery put in place after 9/11 that is intended to monitor and "control" our intellectual activities and expressions. We all live in Foucault's "Panopticon" these days. ("Marco Rubio Lies About His Past!" and "Fidel Castro's 'History Will Absolve Me'" then "Jacques Derrida's Philosophy as Jazz" and "Michel Foucault and the Authorship Question" also "Foucault, Rose, Davis and the Meanings of Prison.")
Given my philosophical interests and writings, I am confident that my sites will be among the first to be shut-down, probably without due process of any kind or a single warning, followed by my disappearance and torture at the hands of large and smelly Cubanoids from Miami seeking instructions from a man identified only as "Marco." (Again: "What is it like to be plagiarized?" and "'Brideshead Revisited': A Movie Review" then see Liam Neeson in the movie "Taken." Also: "Time to End the Embargo Against Cuba.")
It is the very people who have plagiarized my writings in the past and who have done damage to my sites through what (until now) was illegal hacking, who will benefit from these laws by being licensed to go after writers disagreeing with Iliana Ros-Leghtinen or Bob Menendez. The faculty at Harvard University and most good schools is endangered by such unrestrained power designed to transform our best universities and think tanks into clone-like versions of the University of Miami. ("Miami's Cubanoids Protest Against Peace!" and "Cubanazos Pose a Threat to National Security!")
Not everyone disagreeing with the Cubanoids is a Communist, an Al Qaeda terrorist, nor a homosexual for that matter. If it is true that Mr. Rubio is gay, incidentally, then he should be free to reveal the fact without expecting this truth to affect his political viability. How's your drug-dealing brother-in-law, "Marco"? ("Hermano': An Evening With Christopher Hitchens" and "Abrazo.")
The government will be delighted to destroy the writings and websites of sane people concerned about the dangers to our democracy from intrusive and privacy-violating government law enforcement or security efforts while protecting the sites of insane persons -- Republicans like Mr. Perry or Mr. Ginrich -- in the interest of abstinence from sex by teens and prayer in schools. None of us will be safe or free if these Republican dreams of hyper-security are realized.
Any text with the word "sex" in it will, immediately, become suspect if Ms. Ros-Leghtinen has her way. One can only shudder at the content that a person of Mr. Menendez's intellectual caliber and cultural level is likely to censor. It is said that when Senator Menendez strolls into as room his knuckles graze the ground. ("Manohla Dargis Strikes Again!" and "'The Reader': A Movie Review" then "'Revolutionary Road': A Movie Review.")
Peter King (R) from Long Island let the proverbial "cat out of the bag" when he remarked that this proposed legislation will " ... give LAW ENFORCEMENT [emphasis added!] the power to seize foreign sites ..." or to shut down U.S. sites that link to "forbidden" sites. Sites may be forbidden because of their political content which may create a danger of "conflict" or a perceived threat to our "national security." Yep, that'll be me. ("New Jersey's Feces-Covered Supreme Court," "New Jersey's Judicial and Political Whores," and, once more, "Time to End the Embargo Against Cuba.")
Journalists warn that " ... tinkering with Internet freedom leads into dangerous territory" that could result in even more on-line censorship and cybercrime. This proposed legislation -- knowing Mr. Rubio's record, I would not be surprised if his efforts were aimed, specifically, against me and other radicals -- will give hackers a new way to wreak havoc on-line by intimidating people who presume to disagree with his Right-wing views. Censorship rarely comes from the Left in America. ("Cubanazos Pose a Threat to National Security!" and "American Hypocrisy and Luis Posada Carriles" then "Babalu and Free Speech Too!")
"For months, it seemed as if Congress would pass an on-line piracy bill, even though its main weapons -- cutting off the financing of pirate web sites and making them harder to find -- risk censoring legitemate speech and undermining the security of the Internet. But the unmovable corporations behind those bills have run into an unstoppable force: an outcry by Internet companies led by Google and Wikipedia that culminated in an extraordinary on-line protest Wednesday." (N.Y. Times, 1-19-12, p. A22.)
As a victim of plagiarism, I ask you to please oppose this frightening attempt to deprive all of us of our freedom of speech on-line. Let us pray that American lawmakers will have the good sense to reject these proposed laws. Amen. God Bless America.
Saturday, January 14, 2012
The Prosecutor Erred.
January 18, 2012 at 12:34 P.M. My cable bill was due on the 16th. I asked for a TWO-DAY extention until the 18th, today. I received the extention about a week ago. On the 17th, my service was cut off. My Internet connection was also cut off. I expect that it will be restored this evening.
I wonder why they would grant a two-day extention and then cut off my service without further notice? I wonder whether Senator Bob or his allies have friends at Time/Warner? I only use public computers these days. Therefore, this interruption in my service should not affect my ability to write and post essays on-line. My opinions have not changed. This will spare New Jersey any efforts to blow out my computer's hard drive, again. I doubt that threats or people throwing bottles at me will persuade me that I am mistaken in my views. ("Does Senator Menendez Have Mafia Friends?")
January 17, 2012 at 11:55 A.M. A web page obstructed the New York Public Library Computer's home page when I signed in today. (Computer number #2, Inwood Branch.) I am told that I may never again be able to sign-in at my blogs. I cannot say whether I will be able to continue writing at these blogs or if this is merely another attempt at anxiety-inducement. I will continue to try to write at these blogs. If new writings fail to appear here over several days, it is not voluntary on my part. Al Jazeera reported on January 15, 2012 that Al Qaeda was "reconstituted" in Iraq and was responsible for new bombings in Baghdad. ("Terry Tuchin, Diana Lisa Riccioli, and New Jersey's Agency of Torture" and "Psychological Torture in the American Legal System.")
January 14, 2012 at 12:40 P.M. My television signal was altered today. I was unable to change the channels. I will try to receive assistance with this problem. The usual practice is to block the signal or turn off the television from a remote location, as was done to my computer, perhaps in order to deprive me of access to "American Family" on ABC. I regret this latest "coincidence" mostly for the sake of my family members. My opinions and values have not changed. I will try to continue writing from public computers. ("How censorship works in America.")
Adam Liptak, "High Court Reverses Convictions in Killings," in The New York Times, January 11, 2012, at p. A14.
"The Supreme Court on Tuesday reversed the conviction of a New Orleans man, saying prosecutors there had withheld important evidence that his lawyer could have used in his defense."
Prosecutorial misconduct is common and rarely punished as severely as it should be punished. Most judges are former prosecutors. Judges are often reluctant to damage friends as well as colleagues who tend to see the world in similar terms.
Prosecutors and police officers are always in danger of developing a "bunker mentality" according to which all civilians are the enemy. This is a dangerous misconception of the role of police in a democracy. It is certainly not a misconception that should be reinforced by courts. Likewise, the Office of Attorney Ethics (OAE) in New Jersey should not help to undermine respect for and faith in the state's courts through concealed criminality. Shame on you, OAE. ("New Jersey's Office of Attorney Ethics" and "New Jersey's 'Ethical' Legal System.")
Evidence of complicity in criminal violations of defendants' rights must be revealed and should result in sanctions imposed upon prosecutors regardless of their political connections. (Again: "New Jersey's Office of Attorney Ethics" and "New Jersey's 'Ethical' Legal System.")
"The decision, by an 8-to-1 vote, was the latest in a series of Supreme Court decisions suggesting a pattern of prosecutorial misconduct in the Orleans Parish District Attorney's Office. [OAE?] Justice Clarence Thomas dissented." ("Give Us Free!" and "Driving While Black in New Jersey.")
Compare "Larry Peterson Cleared by DNA" with "Justice for Mumia Abu-Jamal." Amazingly, Justice Thomas dissented in this case despite substantial evidence that a majority of local victims of prosecutorial criminality and/or ethical misconduct happened to be African-Americans selected for such treatment because of race and relative lack of resources. ("Freedom for Mumia Abu-Jamal" and "Mumia Abu-Jamal and the Unconstitutionality of the Death Penalty.")
The case concerned a defendant, Juan Smith, who was convicted based on flawed eyewitness testimony, after police and prosecutors failed to disclose statements by the same witness indicating his "inability to recall" Mr. Smith and/or to identify or select the defendant from a range of "other options."
Highly suggestive or coercive questioning by prosecutors and police led the witness to "notice" the defendant. Mr. Smith was the ONLY African-American standing next to a police officer at the scene of the crime. Had the culprit actually been an African-American who resembled the defendant, Juan Smith, is it likely that the lone witness would have failed to focus on Mr. Smith when the crucial events were close in time and recollection? I doubt it.
The prosecutorial effort or suggestions produced the desired testimony on the witness stand at trial. The OAE had to pay for their testimony against me. I have no doubt that the witness was utterly sincere in his "recollections" of what were, in fact, state-suggested memories. This transformation by the witness is not unusual. Coercive methods can fabricate "impressions" that, eventually, become memories that the witness will regard as real. (See my forthcoming essay: "What is memory?")
The earlier exculpatory reports and statements by this same witness were deliberately hidden and never revealed to the defense by prosecutors in violation of Brady v. Maryland, a 1963 Supreme Court decision that requires prosecutors to disclose exculpatory materials to the defense. I cannot accept that this behavior by prosecutors is ethical.
The comparable open-file policy and ethical standard is even greater in New Jersey's legal ethics proceedings. Prosecutors, of course, tend to find nothing exculpatory or helpful to defendants. As a result, prosecutors feel no obligation to disclose materials that "could" benefit the opposition at a hearing or trial since nothing could benefit defendants. Much the same is true of OAE attorneys who may even be guilty of obstructing justice, tampering with witnesses, and lying about it. Right, John?
"The question for the justices [sic.] was whether the failure mattered -- that is, in the words of a 2009 decision, whether 'there is a reasonable probability that, had the evidence been disclosed, the result of the proceeding would have been different.' ... "
Prosecutors and Justice Thomas "reasoned" that failure by the lone witness to identify the defendant at all -- a man who was, again, the only African-American at the scene -- did not matter and would not have helped the defense.
Mr. Smith has been incarcerated for many years for a crime which, everyone now admits, he did not commit. Nonetheless, prosecutors continue to maintain (allegedly, in "good faith" as required by ethics rules) that the outcome in the case would not have changed had the hidden materials been disclosed and that Mr. Smith was not "substantially harmed" in this matter. No harm, no foul. ("Give Us Free!")
This argument leads me to wonder why these same prosecutors felt compelled to hide the evidence of confusion and lack of recollection on the part of their only witness since, they claimed, this would not help the defense.
Justice Thomas concluded in a celebrated earlier case that an African-American inmate beaten for several days while in custody, subjected to isolation, not fed, as well as targeted for the "breaking of his mind" by means of other harsh treatments was not deprived of his civil rights. Please see Mumia Abu-Jamal, Live From Death Row (New York: Harper Collins, 1996), pp. 44-46, et passim. ("Can you lie to yourself?" and "America's Holocaust" then "Law and Morality.")
The U.S. legal system is still crippled by corruption, racism, inequalities based on wealth, and the cowardly as well as hypocritical inability of state officials to abide by the very ethical and criminal standards that they apply to others. Worse, officials seem incapable of admitting their errors no matter who suffers for those errors, how many lives are destroyed by them, nor how much the system is stained by these same errors.("Law and Ethics in the Soprano State" and "Herbert Klitzner, Esq.'s Greed and New Jersey's Hypocrisy" then "No More Cover-Ups and Lies, Chief Justice Rabner!")
Sources:
New York and the World:
Salman Masood & Ismail Khan, "Pakistan Judges Press Premier to Defy President," in The New York Times, January 11, 2012, at p. A10. (The tensions between the military and civilian government in Pakistan are growing.)
Graham Bowley & Sharifullah Sahak, "Suicide Attackers Storm Afghan Government Building," in The New York Times, January 11, 2012, at p. A10. (Troubles increase as both Karzai and Taliban figures speak out against the U.S. forces.)
Eric Schmidt, "Pakistan Drone Strikes Resume," in The New York Times, January 11, 2012, at p. A10. (The bloody, inhumane, and "secret" policy that has brought so much "success" in the past is being continued even as we try to repair the relationship with Pakistan. I do not believe that such repair efforts will succeed.)
Jonathan M. Hansen, "Give Guantanamo Back to Cuba," in The New York Times, January 11, 2012, at p. A27. (This Op-Ed piece argues persuasively for the return of this territory to Cuba.)
Scott Shane, "Iran Adversaries Said to Step Up Covert Actions," in The New York Times, January 12, 2012, at p. A1. (U.S. and Israel may have cooperated in the assassination of an Iranian scientist, allegedly. This is a dangerous door that has been opened in international matters. It is likely that Americans and/or Israelis will be assassinated in response to this incident. "What is it like to be tortured?" and "An Open Letter to My Torturers in New Jersey, Terry Tuchin and Diana Lisa Riccioli.")
Salman Masood, "Pakistan Prime Minister Fires Defense Official, Stoking Tensions With Army," in The New York Times, January 12, 2012, at p. A4. (Pakistan's Government may be toppled by military infuriated over cave-in to Americans' robot bomb campaign.)
Kate Zernike, "Menendez Drops His Opposition to Obama's Pick for a Federal Appeals Court," in The New York Times, January 14, 2012, at p. A20. (Menendez caves-in demonstrating the absence of principle in his opposition to the nomination of Ms. Shwartz in exchange for some conciliatory language from the Obama Administration about the Senator's unquestioned "motives." Public scrutiny is never healthy for behind-the-back fighters who tend to dislike the people's attention to their "shenanigans" as much as vampires hate garlic or sunlight.)
"Pakistan's Besieged Government: A Prolonged Standoff With the Military is Bad for a Fragile Nation, and for Washington," (Editorial) in The New York Times, January 12, 2012, at p. A26. (We bear much of the responsibility for this mess which could place 100 nuclear missiles in the "wrong hands." I am glad that the dangers of our robot bomb campaign are finally being seen in what has been, until now, a compliant U.S. media. Maybe, some day, the U.S. media will discover my struggle against censorship in America and corruption in New Jersey.)
"Self-Inflicted Wound: A Video of Marines Urinating on Taliban Corpses Harms American Interests," (Editorial) in The New York Times, January 14, 2012, at p. A20. (Marines urinating on dead Taliban fighters will result in payback attacks and other atrocities committed against Americans. This incident is not helpful in negotiations with Taliban fighters taking place in Quatar as I type these words, according to Al Jazeera.)
New Jersey's Disintegration:
Eric Schilling, et als., "Patrols Target Bias Crimes: Cops on 24-Hour Watch After Latest Incident," in The Record, January 14, 2012, at p. A-1. (I expect, sadly, that there will be more such incidents from so-called "inferiors" aimed against perceived oppressors. Allegations that Jews were behind these incidents of anti-semitism are unconvincing after cybercriminals damaged the Israeli stock exchange and other crucial computer systems yesterday. More attacks aimed against Israeli and U.S. targets are said to be in the works. We must all take a firm stand against cybercrime and censorship on-line, especially when motivated by racism or anti-semitism. I have never heard so much hatred expressed against certain groups in America on the streets of this city as are common today.)
Ed Berson, "Novartis to Lay Off Hundreds in New Jersey," in The Record, January 14, 2012, at p. A-10. (1,960 will lose their jobs from this company alone. More lay-offs are expected elsewhere.)
"Bully Protection: It is too soon to throw out new law," (Editorial) in The Record, January 14, 2012, at p. A-11. (How serious is New Jersey about anti-bullying laws? Cybercrime? Cyberstalking?)
Richard Cowen, "Ex-Passaic Manager in Pretrial Program: Fired After Arrest on Cocaine Charge," in The Record, January 14, 2012, at p. L-1. (Former Passaic City Manager Anthony Iacono granted PTI by prosecutors to avoid prison. He must've known somebody, huh? That's Jersey for ya!)
Harold Lipman, "Home Contractors Sting Nets a Dozen," in The Record, January 5, 2012, at p. A-1. (Illegal or unlicensed contractors pay for political protection in New Jersey. How are the renovations to the Hoboken apartment, Senator Bob? How about the place in Miami Beach? Did you sell it, Bob? "Corporate owned," Senator?)
Mike Kelly, "N.J. Icon Moving On: Mayor Who Blew the Whistle on Bribe Going to Calif.," in The Record, January 5, 2012, at p. A-1. (Former Fort Lee Mayor, Burt Ross, may have security issues in mind in moving to California after cooperating with the feds. Why cooperate with the feds if they can't protect you? No reason -- except that it's more fun that way.)
Hannan Adeley, "Mayor Owes Property Taxes: Among 206 Delinquents in Little Falls," in The Record, January 5, 2012, at p. L-1. (Little Falls Mayor Michael Di Francisi -- Gambinos? -- owes $4,367.00 and says he "don't care about nothin' ..." Why he should he care about somethin' when many more "delinquents" in New Jersey politics are also stealing from the taxpayers with impunity? No reason. Right, Mayor Jones of Paterson? Jeez.)
Shawn Boburg, "Battle Over Free-Toll Perk: Port Authority Chief Criticizes Suits by Ex-Employees," in The Record, January 6, 2012, at p. A-1. (PA employees and retirees criticized for perks including "toll free" retirements.)
Hannan Adeley, "Mayor Pays His Tax Bill: DeFrancisi Had Owed Little Falls $4,480," in The Record, January 6, 2012, at p. L-1. (Finally, this guy paid his bill. Free loading on the taxpayers is shameful, sir. Happily, the mayor is rumored to be about to seek a $5,000 per year raise. Dem guys. They get ya comin' and goin' ...)
I wonder why they would grant a two-day extention and then cut off my service without further notice? I wonder whether Senator Bob or his allies have friends at Time/Warner? I only use public computers these days. Therefore, this interruption in my service should not affect my ability to write and post essays on-line. My opinions have not changed. This will spare New Jersey any efforts to blow out my computer's hard drive, again. I doubt that threats or people throwing bottles at me will persuade me that I am mistaken in my views. ("Does Senator Menendez Have Mafia Friends?")
January 17, 2012 at 11:55 A.M. A web page obstructed the New York Public Library Computer's home page when I signed in today. (Computer number #2, Inwood Branch.) I am told that I may never again be able to sign-in at my blogs. I cannot say whether I will be able to continue writing at these blogs or if this is merely another attempt at anxiety-inducement. I will continue to try to write at these blogs. If new writings fail to appear here over several days, it is not voluntary on my part. Al Jazeera reported on January 15, 2012 that Al Qaeda was "reconstituted" in Iraq and was responsible for new bombings in Baghdad. ("Terry Tuchin, Diana Lisa Riccioli, and New Jersey's Agency of Torture" and "Psychological Torture in the American Legal System.")
January 14, 2012 at 12:40 P.M. My television signal was altered today. I was unable to change the channels. I will try to receive assistance with this problem. The usual practice is to block the signal or turn off the television from a remote location, as was done to my computer, perhaps in order to deprive me of access to "American Family" on ABC. I regret this latest "coincidence" mostly for the sake of my family members. My opinions and values have not changed. I will try to continue writing from public computers. ("How censorship works in America.")
Adam Liptak, "High Court Reverses Convictions in Killings," in The New York Times, January 11, 2012, at p. A14.
"The Supreme Court on Tuesday reversed the conviction of a New Orleans man, saying prosecutors there had withheld important evidence that his lawyer could have used in his defense."
Prosecutorial misconduct is common and rarely punished as severely as it should be punished. Most judges are former prosecutors. Judges are often reluctant to damage friends as well as colleagues who tend to see the world in similar terms.
Prosecutors and police officers are always in danger of developing a "bunker mentality" according to which all civilians are the enemy. This is a dangerous misconception of the role of police in a democracy. It is certainly not a misconception that should be reinforced by courts. Likewise, the Office of Attorney Ethics (OAE) in New Jersey should not help to undermine respect for and faith in the state's courts through concealed criminality. Shame on you, OAE. ("New Jersey's Office of Attorney Ethics" and "New Jersey's 'Ethical' Legal System.")
Evidence of complicity in criminal violations of defendants' rights must be revealed and should result in sanctions imposed upon prosecutors regardless of their political connections. (Again: "New Jersey's Office of Attorney Ethics" and "New Jersey's 'Ethical' Legal System.")
"The decision, by an 8-to-1 vote, was the latest in a series of Supreme Court decisions suggesting a pattern of prosecutorial misconduct in the Orleans Parish District Attorney's Office. [OAE?] Justice Clarence Thomas dissented." ("Give Us Free!" and "Driving While Black in New Jersey.")
Compare "Larry Peterson Cleared by DNA" with "Justice for Mumia Abu-Jamal." Amazingly, Justice Thomas dissented in this case despite substantial evidence that a majority of local victims of prosecutorial criminality and/or ethical misconduct happened to be African-Americans selected for such treatment because of race and relative lack of resources. ("Freedom for Mumia Abu-Jamal" and "Mumia Abu-Jamal and the Unconstitutionality of the Death Penalty.")
The case concerned a defendant, Juan Smith, who was convicted based on flawed eyewitness testimony, after police and prosecutors failed to disclose statements by the same witness indicating his "inability to recall" Mr. Smith and/or to identify or select the defendant from a range of "other options."
Highly suggestive or coercive questioning by prosecutors and police led the witness to "notice" the defendant. Mr. Smith was the ONLY African-American standing next to a police officer at the scene of the crime. Had the culprit actually been an African-American who resembled the defendant, Juan Smith, is it likely that the lone witness would have failed to focus on Mr. Smith when the crucial events were close in time and recollection? I doubt it.
The prosecutorial effort or suggestions produced the desired testimony on the witness stand at trial. The OAE had to pay for their testimony against me. I have no doubt that the witness was utterly sincere in his "recollections" of what were, in fact, state-suggested memories. This transformation by the witness is not unusual. Coercive methods can fabricate "impressions" that, eventually, become memories that the witness will regard as real. (See my forthcoming essay: "What is memory?")
The earlier exculpatory reports and statements by this same witness were deliberately hidden and never revealed to the defense by prosecutors in violation of Brady v. Maryland, a 1963 Supreme Court decision that requires prosecutors to disclose exculpatory materials to the defense. I cannot accept that this behavior by prosecutors is ethical.
The comparable open-file policy and ethical standard is even greater in New Jersey's legal ethics proceedings. Prosecutors, of course, tend to find nothing exculpatory or helpful to defendants. As a result, prosecutors feel no obligation to disclose materials that "could" benefit the opposition at a hearing or trial since nothing could benefit defendants. Much the same is true of OAE attorneys who may even be guilty of obstructing justice, tampering with witnesses, and lying about it. Right, John?
"The question for the justices [sic.] was whether the failure mattered -- that is, in the words of a 2009 decision, whether 'there is a reasonable probability that, had the evidence been disclosed, the result of the proceeding would have been different.' ... "
Prosecutors and Justice Thomas "reasoned" that failure by the lone witness to identify the defendant at all -- a man who was, again, the only African-American at the scene -- did not matter and would not have helped the defense.
Mr. Smith has been incarcerated for many years for a crime which, everyone now admits, he did not commit. Nonetheless, prosecutors continue to maintain (allegedly, in "good faith" as required by ethics rules) that the outcome in the case would not have changed had the hidden materials been disclosed and that Mr. Smith was not "substantially harmed" in this matter. No harm, no foul. ("Give Us Free!")
This argument leads me to wonder why these same prosecutors felt compelled to hide the evidence of confusion and lack of recollection on the part of their only witness since, they claimed, this would not help the defense.
Justice Thomas concluded in a celebrated earlier case that an African-American inmate beaten for several days while in custody, subjected to isolation, not fed, as well as targeted for the "breaking of his mind" by means of other harsh treatments was not deprived of his civil rights. Please see Mumia Abu-Jamal, Live From Death Row (New York: Harper Collins, 1996), pp. 44-46, et passim. ("Can you lie to yourself?" and "America's Holocaust" then "Law and Morality.")
The U.S. legal system is still crippled by corruption, racism, inequalities based on wealth, and the cowardly as well as hypocritical inability of state officials to abide by the very ethical and criminal standards that they apply to others. Worse, officials seem incapable of admitting their errors no matter who suffers for those errors, how many lives are destroyed by them, nor how much the system is stained by these same errors.("Law and Ethics in the Soprano State" and "Herbert Klitzner, Esq.'s Greed and New Jersey's Hypocrisy" then "No More Cover-Ups and Lies, Chief Justice Rabner!")
Sources:
New York and the World:
Salman Masood & Ismail Khan, "Pakistan Judges Press Premier to Defy President," in The New York Times, January 11, 2012, at p. A10. (The tensions between the military and civilian government in Pakistan are growing.)
Graham Bowley & Sharifullah Sahak, "Suicide Attackers Storm Afghan Government Building," in The New York Times, January 11, 2012, at p. A10. (Troubles increase as both Karzai and Taliban figures speak out against the U.S. forces.)
Eric Schmidt, "Pakistan Drone Strikes Resume," in The New York Times, January 11, 2012, at p. A10. (The bloody, inhumane, and "secret" policy that has brought so much "success" in the past is being continued even as we try to repair the relationship with Pakistan. I do not believe that such repair efforts will succeed.)
Jonathan M. Hansen, "Give Guantanamo Back to Cuba," in The New York Times, January 11, 2012, at p. A27. (This Op-Ed piece argues persuasively for the return of this territory to Cuba.)
Scott Shane, "Iran Adversaries Said to Step Up Covert Actions," in The New York Times, January 12, 2012, at p. A1. (U.S. and Israel may have cooperated in the assassination of an Iranian scientist, allegedly. This is a dangerous door that has been opened in international matters. It is likely that Americans and/or Israelis will be assassinated in response to this incident. "What is it like to be tortured?" and "An Open Letter to My Torturers in New Jersey, Terry Tuchin and Diana Lisa Riccioli.")
Salman Masood, "Pakistan Prime Minister Fires Defense Official, Stoking Tensions With Army," in The New York Times, January 12, 2012, at p. A4. (Pakistan's Government may be toppled by military infuriated over cave-in to Americans' robot bomb campaign.)
Kate Zernike, "Menendez Drops His Opposition to Obama's Pick for a Federal Appeals Court," in The New York Times, January 14, 2012, at p. A20. (Menendez caves-in demonstrating the absence of principle in his opposition to the nomination of Ms. Shwartz in exchange for some conciliatory language from the Obama Administration about the Senator's unquestioned "motives." Public scrutiny is never healthy for behind-the-back fighters who tend to dislike the people's attention to their "shenanigans" as much as vampires hate garlic or sunlight.)
"Pakistan's Besieged Government: A Prolonged Standoff With the Military is Bad for a Fragile Nation, and for Washington," (Editorial) in The New York Times, January 12, 2012, at p. A26. (We bear much of the responsibility for this mess which could place 100 nuclear missiles in the "wrong hands." I am glad that the dangers of our robot bomb campaign are finally being seen in what has been, until now, a compliant U.S. media. Maybe, some day, the U.S. media will discover my struggle against censorship in America and corruption in New Jersey.)
"Self-Inflicted Wound: A Video of Marines Urinating on Taliban Corpses Harms American Interests," (Editorial) in The New York Times, January 14, 2012, at p. A20. (Marines urinating on dead Taliban fighters will result in payback attacks and other atrocities committed against Americans. This incident is not helpful in negotiations with Taliban fighters taking place in Quatar as I type these words, according to Al Jazeera.)
New Jersey's Disintegration:
Eric Schilling, et als., "Patrols Target Bias Crimes: Cops on 24-Hour Watch After Latest Incident," in The Record, January 14, 2012, at p. A-1. (I expect, sadly, that there will be more such incidents from so-called "inferiors" aimed against perceived oppressors. Allegations that Jews were behind these incidents of anti-semitism are unconvincing after cybercriminals damaged the Israeli stock exchange and other crucial computer systems yesterday. More attacks aimed against Israeli and U.S. targets are said to be in the works. We must all take a firm stand against cybercrime and censorship on-line, especially when motivated by racism or anti-semitism. I have never heard so much hatred expressed against certain groups in America on the streets of this city as are common today.)
Ed Berson, "Novartis to Lay Off Hundreds in New Jersey," in The Record, January 14, 2012, at p. A-10. (1,960 will lose their jobs from this company alone. More lay-offs are expected elsewhere.)
"Bully Protection: It is too soon to throw out new law," (Editorial) in The Record, January 14, 2012, at p. A-11. (How serious is New Jersey about anti-bullying laws? Cybercrime? Cyberstalking?)
Richard Cowen, "Ex-Passaic Manager in Pretrial Program: Fired After Arrest on Cocaine Charge," in The Record, January 14, 2012, at p. L-1. (Former Passaic City Manager Anthony Iacono granted PTI by prosecutors to avoid prison. He must've known somebody, huh? That's Jersey for ya!)
Harold Lipman, "Home Contractors Sting Nets a Dozen," in The Record, January 5, 2012, at p. A-1. (Illegal or unlicensed contractors pay for political protection in New Jersey. How are the renovations to the Hoboken apartment, Senator Bob? How about the place in Miami Beach? Did you sell it, Bob? "Corporate owned," Senator?)
Mike Kelly, "N.J. Icon Moving On: Mayor Who Blew the Whistle on Bribe Going to Calif.," in The Record, January 5, 2012, at p. A-1. (Former Fort Lee Mayor, Burt Ross, may have security issues in mind in moving to California after cooperating with the feds. Why cooperate with the feds if they can't protect you? No reason -- except that it's more fun that way.)
Hannan Adeley, "Mayor Owes Property Taxes: Among 206 Delinquents in Little Falls," in The Record, January 5, 2012, at p. L-1. (Little Falls Mayor Michael Di Francisi -- Gambinos? -- owes $4,367.00 and says he "don't care about nothin' ..." Why he should he care about somethin' when many more "delinquents" in New Jersey politics are also stealing from the taxpayers with impunity? No reason. Right, Mayor Jones of Paterson? Jeez.)
Shawn Boburg, "Battle Over Free-Toll Perk: Port Authority Chief Criticizes Suits by Ex-Employees," in The Record, January 6, 2012, at p. A-1. (PA employees and retirees criticized for perks including "toll free" retirements.)
Hannan Adeley, "Mayor Pays His Tax Bill: DeFrancisi Had Owed Little Falls $4,480," in The Record, January 6, 2012, at p. L-1. (Finally, this guy paid his bill. Free loading on the taxpayers is shameful, sir. Happily, the mayor is rumored to be about to seek a $5,000 per year raise. Dem guys. They get ya comin' and goin' ...)
Monday, January 9, 2012
Boss Bob Holds a Grudge!
January 10, 2012 at 11:45 A.M. President Obama's signing of the NDAA law that allows for seizure and detention of anyone, including U.S. citizens, for any reason or no reason that is made known to that individual, or to anyone else in the public, strictly on the basis of the Chief Executive's order -- regardless of the geographical location of the individual in question -- is the ultimate abandonment of the federal Constitution. If deprivation of "life, liberty, or property" can take place without due process of law, then America's Constitution has been effectively abandoned. ("Manifesto for the Unifinished American Revolution.")
With all due respect to the President, when this grab for power is combined with tolerance of torture at Guantanamo prison -- a prison which is a global symbol of the violation of human rights -- President Obama's civil rights record becomes less than impressive. All the more so as the president continues to claim the right to assassinate American citizens living anywhere in the world for secret reasons that may never be made known to that person's family or to history. As the first African-American U.S. President, Mr. Obama will be judged harshly on this issue by historians. Ironically, I will probably find myself voting for Mr. Obama, again, because he remains preferable to his Republican opponents. ("'For America to Lead Again': A Speech for President Barack Obama of the United States of America.")
"Mr. Menendez's Missing Blue Slip," (Editorial) in The New York Times, January 10, 2012, at p. A22.
Kate Zernike, "In Act of Defiance, A Democrat Stalls On Obama Court Nominee," in The New York Times, January 6, 2012, at p. A1.
Kate Zernike, "Senator Says His Concerns With Nominee Aren't Personal," in The New York Times, January 7, 2012, at p. A17.
Ted Sherman, "Senator's Take: I'm Not Petty, She's Not Qualified: Menendez Denies Personal Vendetta is Why He Blocked Court Pick From Own Party," in The Star Ledger, January 7, 2012, p. 1.
Ted Sherman, "Menendez Says Politics Not Behind Judge Delay," in The Record, January 7, 2012, at p. A-1.
New Jersey Senator Robert ("Boss Bob") Menendez is famous for behind-the-back attacks against enemies, whether these enemies are merely perceived or real. Bob is notorious, also, for his alleged underworld affiliations resulting in enthusiastic acceptance of bribes -- the bigger the bribe the better for Bob -- and for being a Democrat "money man" who delivers votes (occasionally from living persons!) and dollars to his party in exchange for a little leeway when it comes to Senator Bob's slimeball tactics. ("New Jersey is the Home of the Living Dead" and "Is Union City, New Jersey Meyer Lansky's Whore House?")
Boss Bob is rumored to be the force behind his Jersey City rival, Glen Cunningham's, destruction as well as his former law partner's legal troubles, together with many other mysterious and sinister events in my life as well as in the lives of countless others. ("Does Senator Menendez Have Mafia Friends?" and "Senator Bob, the Babe, and the Big Bucks" then "Is Menendez For Sale?" and "Menendez Gets Over on the Feds" also "Senator Menendez Has Not Been Indicted Today!")
I believe that Senator Bob or someone close to the Senator -- possibly his sister or daughter -- was involved in a disastrous (for her) debate against me at "The Philosophy Cafe" at MSN. Perhaps Senator Bob visited that site and did not do as well as he hoped against me. I did not realize that you are interested in philosophy as well as physics, Senator.
This unfortunate debator -- whether Big Bob or his "close friend," Ms. LiCausi possibly (maybe both?) -- then engaged in a number of illegal tactics, including cybercrime, in response to the humiliation of this defeat. ("Why I am not an ethical relativist" and "John Finnis and Ethical Cognitivism.")
Menendez is a skillful politician. However, Boss Bob is not an intellectual nor a very good attorney. I doubt that Bob ever tried a Superior Court case to conclusion or handled most of the matters in his thriving Union City law office. ("Law and Ethics in the Soprano State" and "Is Senator Menendez a Suspect in Mafia-Political Murder in New Jersey?")
I suspect that either Bob or someone close to Bob and/or Iliana Ros-Leghtinen, or her Miami crew (Marco Rubio?) has used the name "Manohla Dargis," as well as other names, to write what purport to be articles at The New York Times.
Journalistic writing or activity is a clear conflict of interest for any American political figure or elected official "commenting" on world events along with their own actions or disseminating cultural opinions, such as they are, through employees or cronies. ("Manohla Dargis Strikes Again!" and "'The Reader': A Movie Review.")
I "herewith" (as they say at the courthouse) invite the Senator from Hudson County to deny any or all of this on the record. ("Is Senator Bob 'For' Human Rights?")
I am, apparently, not the only person whom the Senator dislikes intensely and holds a grudge against: James Nobile, Esq., a federal prosecutor looking into corruption in New Jersey (Mr. Nobile must be a very busy man!) is on the Senator's hit list because Mr. Nobile investigated Bob for taking $300,000 as "rent" from the Community Action Corporation on the condition, allegedly, that Bob obtained government grants and/or other benefits for that entity. Don't spend it all in one place, Bob.
Mr. Nobile's life-partner, Judge Patty Shwartz, who has an excellent reputation among lawyers, was nominated by President Obama for the Circuit Court, I believe. Senator Menendez has withheld the so-called "blue slips" or "ticket" that would allow for a Senate hearing on the nomination. ("Law and Ethics in the Soprano State" and "New Jersey's 'Ethical' Legal System" then "Jennifer Velez is a Dyke Magnet!")
Bob's calculated inaction effectively blocks the Shwartz nomination which will not be considered at all during Bob's tenure as New Jersey Senator. Mr. Sweeney's decision to run for the Senate, presumably against Mr. Menendez, is welcome even for those who do not think much of Sweeney -- like Christopher Christie. ("Is Steven M. Sweeney, Esq. a Liar?" then "Is Christopher Christie 'Mentally Deranged' and a 'Liar.'")
To suggest that this refusal by the Senator is due to Bob's disagreement with the nominee's views on Citizens' United, or other court cases that she would never discuss as a federal judge who may be asked to apply the decisions, is simply absurd. I doubt that Bob has read or understands those decisions or, indeed, that Bob is familiar with the subtleties of the Constitution of the United States of America.
Bob is preventing Judge Shwartz from becoming a Circuit Court judge or even from receiving a hearing -- to signal his disapproval of Mr. Nobile's "presumption" in questioning his fondness for graft, allegedly. Also, Bob dislikes Hillary Clinton (as everyone says in the Union City cafeteria) who probably endorsed the Shwartz nomination by President Obama.
I wonder whether Bob discussed me with Terry Tuchin and/or Diana Lisa Riccioli and/or others during my Union City days? If so, when did those conversations take place? What decisions were made about actions to take against me from "behind-my-back" after those conversations? Garcia and Kricko? Navarete? Booth and Brownstein? When did you first meet with John McGill, Esq., Senator Bob, and did you discuss me with Mr. McGill at that meeting or later, both? Did you contact any of my family members or friends, Senator Bob, through "surrogates" to assist in your efforts against me? ("An Open Letter to My Torturers in New Jersey, Terry Tuchin and Diana Lisa Riccioli.")
Boss Bob is very likely behind many of the attacks against my blogs and me, along with other efforts, past and present, to harm me and my family members. Maybe I will get to meet Big Bob, again, soon. A list of sources detailing recent instances of filthy corruption in New Jersey's political and legal system will be attached to this essay in the days ahead.
"In a statement from a spokesman, Eric Schultz, the Obama administration said, 'Judge Patty Shwartz is an exceptionally well-qualified nominee, and we are hopeful she will be confirmed in short order to fill this important seat on the Third Circuit.' ..." (New York Times, 1-6-12, p. A25.)
Sources:
New York and the World:
Jack Healy & Michael S. Schmidt, "Iraqi Insurgents Take Up Politics, Raising Tensions," in The New York Times, January 6, 2012, at p. A1. (Will we avoid returning to Iraq?)
William Neuman & Simon Romero, "Iranian Leader, Increasingly Isolated, to Visit Latin America," in The New York Times, January 7, 2012, at p. A9. (China has rejected U.S.-proposed sanctions against Iran while warning of U.S. saber-rattling in the Pacific; much of Europe will not go along with the sanctions; new alliances are being forged for Iran in the Americas -- Iran is not isolated at this time.)
Jack Healy, "Iraq Turns Justice Into a Show, and Terror Confession Script," in The New York Times, January 2, 2012, at p. A1. (It is a little too soon for show trials on sectarian grounds: " ... detainees are mostly Sunni men ...")
Adam Liptak, "Study Challenges Supreme Court's Image as Defender of Free Speech," in The New York Times, January 8, 2012, at p. A25. (U.S. Supreme Court defends free speech mostly for corporations and not, necessarily, for individual human beings. This may explain the continued sanctioned cybercrime against me: "How censorship works in America" and "What is it like to be censored in America?" Do we criticize China for its treatment of dissidents? Cuba? How often do those nations torture and rape disfavored dissidents? "Justice for Mumia Abu-Jamal.")
Graham Bawley & Shakfulah Sahar, "Afghan Soldier Shoots Americans, Killing One," in The New York Times, January 10, 2012, at p. A9. (Casualties in Afghanistan have now reached 1,854; nearly 7,000 -- so far -- killed in Iraq after a $6 BILLION embassy in Terhan provides "optimum security" more threats are envisioned; 100,000 wounded Americans cannot find employment upon their return to the United States.)
New Jersey's Absurdity:
Marlene Noones, et als., "Math Teacher Faces Sex Charge: Had Relationship With Park Ridge Student," in The Record, January 7, 2012, at p. A-1. (Joseph Greco, 27, of Garfield, New Jersey is the latest name added to the list of alleged child molesters from the state that leads the nation in this category. "New Jersey's Child Sex Industry" and "Is Menendez For Sale?")
Hannan Adeley, "Clifton Man Charged in Sex Sting," in The Record, January 7, 2012, at p. L-1. (Leonard Brownstein, 48, "enjoyed" sexually explicit conversations with a 12 year-old girl, allegedly. It is not known whether there is any relation between this defendant and attorney Howard Brownstein of Union City or Diana Lisa Riccioli of Clifton, New Jersey.)
Alexei Friedman, "Millburn Man Charged in $100K Fraud Scheme," in The Star Ledger, January 7, 2012, at p. 9. (William Martucci, [Esq.?] of crime-riddled Millburn, New Jersey -- a mere stone's throw from Rabner's urban war zone of Short Hills -- will be charged with "scooping" $100,000. Any kickback for Rabner?)
Karen Rouse, "Canceled Tunnel Created Big Hole: NJ Transit Audit Details $297 MILLION Loss," in The Record, January 9, 2012, at p. A-1. (More OT will solve the problem. Where did all that money go?)
Karen Rouse, "N.J.'s Legal Tab to Fight Feds Put at $1.2 Million: U.S. Sought Repayment of Tunnel Funds," in The Record, January 9, 2012, at p. A-6. (New Jersey's people have already spent $1.2 million to defend against a federal lawsuit to recover over $200 million "lost" in the canceled tunnel project, an amount that New Jersey has agreed will have to be repaid.)
Byron Burrough, et als., "Jon Corzine's Riskiest Business," in Vanity Fair, February, 2012, at p. 94 and http://www.vanityfair.com/ (Mr. Corzine's actions with MF Global suggest "serious wrongdoing" and probably "criminal" activities, allegedly. $1.2 BILLION of client funds have been "misplaced." Many lawyers have been involved in these operations by MF Global and New Jersey's former Governor and current resident of Hoboken. Is this an example of New Jersey's "ethics," Mr. Rabner?)
With all due respect to the President, when this grab for power is combined with tolerance of torture at Guantanamo prison -- a prison which is a global symbol of the violation of human rights -- President Obama's civil rights record becomes less than impressive. All the more so as the president continues to claim the right to assassinate American citizens living anywhere in the world for secret reasons that may never be made known to that person's family or to history. As the first African-American U.S. President, Mr. Obama will be judged harshly on this issue by historians. Ironically, I will probably find myself voting for Mr. Obama, again, because he remains preferable to his Republican opponents. ("'For America to Lead Again': A Speech for President Barack Obama of the United States of America.")
"Mr. Menendez's Missing Blue Slip," (Editorial) in The New York Times, January 10, 2012, at p. A22.
Kate Zernike, "In Act of Defiance, A Democrat Stalls On Obama Court Nominee," in The New York Times, January 6, 2012, at p. A1.
Kate Zernike, "Senator Says His Concerns With Nominee Aren't Personal," in The New York Times, January 7, 2012, at p. A17.
Ted Sherman, "Senator's Take: I'm Not Petty, She's Not Qualified: Menendez Denies Personal Vendetta is Why He Blocked Court Pick From Own Party," in The Star Ledger, January 7, 2012, p. 1.
Ted Sherman, "Menendez Says Politics Not Behind Judge Delay," in The Record, January 7, 2012, at p. A-1.
New Jersey Senator Robert ("Boss Bob") Menendez is famous for behind-the-back attacks against enemies, whether these enemies are merely perceived or real. Bob is notorious, also, for his alleged underworld affiliations resulting in enthusiastic acceptance of bribes -- the bigger the bribe the better for Bob -- and for being a Democrat "money man" who delivers votes (occasionally from living persons!) and dollars to his party in exchange for a little leeway when it comes to Senator Bob's slimeball tactics. ("New Jersey is the Home of the Living Dead" and "Is Union City, New Jersey Meyer Lansky's Whore House?")
Boss Bob is rumored to be the force behind his Jersey City rival, Glen Cunningham's, destruction as well as his former law partner's legal troubles, together with many other mysterious and sinister events in my life as well as in the lives of countless others. ("Does Senator Menendez Have Mafia Friends?" and "Senator Bob, the Babe, and the Big Bucks" then "Is Menendez For Sale?" and "Menendez Gets Over on the Feds" also "Senator Menendez Has Not Been Indicted Today!")
I believe that Senator Bob or someone close to the Senator -- possibly his sister or daughter -- was involved in a disastrous (for her) debate against me at "The Philosophy Cafe" at MSN. Perhaps Senator Bob visited that site and did not do as well as he hoped against me. I did not realize that you are interested in philosophy as well as physics, Senator.
This unfortunate debator -- whether Big Bob or his "close friend," Ms. LiCausi possibly (maybe both?) -- then engaged in a number of illegal tactics, including cybercrime, in response to the humiliation of this defeat. ("Why I am not an ethical relativist" and "John Finnis and Ethical Cognitivism.")
Menendez is a skillful politician. However, Boss Bob is not an intellectual nor a very good attorney. I doubt that Bob ever tried a Superior Court case to conclusion or handled most of the matters in his thriving Union City law office. ("Law and Ethics in the Soprano State" and "Is Senator Menendez a Suspect in Mafia-Political Murder in New Jersey?")
I suspect that either Bob or someone close to Bob and/or Iliana Ros-Leghtinen, or her Miami crew (Marco Rubio?) has used the name "Manohla Dargis," as well as other names, to write what purport to be articles at The New York Times.
Journalistic writing or activity is a clear conflict of interest for any American political figure or elected official "commenting" on world events along with their own actions or disseminating cultural opinions, such as they are, through employees or cronies. ("Manohla Dargis Strikes Again!" and "'The Reader': A Movie Review.")
I "herewith" (as they say at the courthouse) invite the Senator from Hudson County to deny any or all of this on the record. ("Is Senator Bob 'For' Human Rights?")
I am, apparently, not the only person whom the Senator dislikes intensely and holds a grudge against: James Nobile, Esq., a federal prosecutor looking into corruption in New Jersey (Mr. Nobile must be a very busy man!) is on the Senator's hit list because Mr. Nobile investigated Bob for taking $300,000 as "rent" from the Community Action Corporation on the condition, allegedly, that Bob obtained government grants and/or other benefits for that entity. Don't spend it all in one place, Bob.
Mr. Nobile's life-partner, Judge Patty Shwartz, who has an excellent reputation among lawyers, was nominated by President Obama for the Circuit Court, I believe. Senator Menendez has withheld the so-called "blue slips" or "ticket" that would allow for a Senate hearing on the nomination. ("Law and Ethics in the Soprano State" and "New Jersey's 'Ethical' Legal System" then "Jennifer Velez is a Dyke Magnet!")
Bob's calculated inaction effectively blocks the Shwartz nomination which will not be considered at all during Bob's tenure as New Jersey Senator. Mr. Sweeney's decision to run for the Senate, presumably against Mr. Menendez, is welcome even for those who do not think much of Sweeney -- like Christopher Christie. ("Is Steven M. Sweeney, Esq. a Liar?" then "Is Christopher Christie 'Mentally Deranged' and a 'Liar.'")
To suggest that this refusal by the Senator is due to Bob's disagreement with the nominee's views on Citizens' United, or other court cases that she would never discuss as a federal judge who may be asked to apply the decisions, is simply absurd. I doubt that Bob has read or understands those decisions or, indeed, that Bob is familiar with the subtleties of the Constitution of the United States of America.
Bob is preventing Judge Shwartz from becoming a Circuit Court judge or even from receiving a hearing -- to signal his disapproval of Mr. Nobile's "presumption" in questioning his fondness for graft, allegedly. Also, Bob dislikes Hillary Clinton (as everyone says in the Union City cafeteria) who probably endorsed the Shwartz nomination by President Obama.
I wonder whether Bob discussed me with Terry Tuchin and/or Diana Lisa Riccioli and/or others during my Union City days? If so, when did those conversations take place? What decisions were made about actions to take against me from "behind-my-back" after those conversations? Garcia and Kricko? Navarete? Booth and Brownstein? When did you first meet with John McGill, Esq., Senator Bob, and did you discuss me with Mr. McGill at that meeting or later, both? Did you contact any of my family members or friends, Senator Bob, through "surrogates" to assist in your efforts against me? ("An Open Letter to My Torturers in New Jersey, Terry Tuchin and Diana Lisa Riccioli.")
Boss Bob is very likely behind many of the attacks against my blogs and me, along with other efforts, past and present, to harm me and my family members. Maybe I will get to meet Big Bob, again, soon. A list of sources detailing recent instances of filthy corruption in New Jersey's political and legal system will be attached to this essay in the days ahead.
"In a statement from a spokesman, Eric Schultz, the Obama administration said, 'Judge Patty Shwartz is an exceptionally well-qualified nominee, and we are hopeful she will be confirmed in short order to fill this important seat on the Third Circuit.' ..." (New York Times, 1-6-12, p. A25.)
Sources:
New York and the World:
Jack Healy & Michael S. Schmidt, "Iraqi Insurgents Take Up Politics, Raising Tensions," in The New York Times, January 6, 2012, at p. A1. (Will we avoid returning to Iraq?)
William Neuman & Simon Romero, "Iranian Leader, Increasingly Isolated, to Visit Latin America," in The New York Times, January 7, 2012, at p. A9. (China has rejected U.S.-proposed sanctions against Iran while warning of U.S. saber-rattling in the Pacific; much of Europe will not go along with the sanctions; new alliances are being forged for Iran in the Americas -- Iran is not isolated at this time.)
Jack Healy, "Iraq Turns Justice Into a Show, and Terror Confession Script," in The New York Times, January 2, 2012, at p. A1. (It is a little too soon for show trials on sectarian grounds: " ... detainees are mostly Sunni men ...")
Adam Liptak, "Study Challenges Supreme Court's Image as Defender of Free Speech," in The New York Times, January 8, 2012, at p. A25. (U.S. Supreme Court defends free speech mostly for corporations and not, necessarily, for individual human beings. This may explain the continued sanctioned cybercrime against me: "How censorship works in America" and "What is it like to be censored in America?" Do we criticize China for its treatment of dissidents? Cuba? How often do those nations torture and rape disfavored dissidents? "Justice for Mumia Abu-Jamal.")
Graham Bawley & Shakfulah Sahar, "Afghan Soldier Shoots Americans, Killing One," in The New York Times, January 10, 2012, at p. A9. (Casualties in Afghanistan have now reached 1,854; nearly 7,000 -- so far -- killed in Iraq after a $6 BILLION embassy in Terhan provides "optimum security" more threats are envisioned; 100,000 wounded Americans cannot find employment upon their return to the United States.)
New Jersey's Absurdity:
Marlene Noones, et als., "Math Teacher Faces Sex Charge: Had Relationship With Park Ridge Student," in The Record, January 7, 2012, at p. A-1. (Joseph Greco, 27, of Garfield, New Jersey is the latest name added to the list of alleged child molesters from the state that leads the nation in this category. "New Jersey's Child Sex Industry" and "Is Menendez For Sale?")
Hannan Adeley, "Clifton Man Charged in Sex Sting," in The Record, January 7, 2012, at p. L-1. (Leonard Brownstein, 48, "enjoyed" sexually explicit conversations with a 12 year-old girl, allegedly. It is not known whether there is any relation between this defendant and attorney Howard Brownstein of Union City or Diana Lisa Riccioli of Clifton, New Jersey.)
Alexei Friedman, "Millburn Man Charged in $100K Fraud Scheme," in The Star Ledger, January 7, 2012, at p. 9. (William Martucci, [Esq.?] of crime-riddled Millburn, New Jersey -- a mere stone's throw from Rabner's urban war zone of Short Hills -- will be charged with "scooping" $100,000. Any kickback for Rabner?)
Karen Rouse, "Canceled Tunnel Created Big Hole: NJ Transit Audit Details $297 MILLION Loss," in The Record, January 9, 2012, at p. A-1. (More OT will solve the problem. Where did all that money go?)
Karen Rouse, "N.J.'s Legal Tab to Fight Feds Put at $1.2 Million: U.S. Sought Repayment of Tunnel Funds," in The Record, January 9, 2012, at p. A-6. (New Jersey's people have already spent $1.2 million to defend against a federal lawsuit to recover over $200 million "lost" in the canceled tunnel project, an amount that New Jersey has agreed will have to be repaid.)
Byron Burrough, et als., "Jon Corzine's Riskiest Business," in Vanity Fair, February, 2012, at p. 94 and http://www.vanityfair.com/ (Mr. Corzine's actions with MF Global suggest "serious wrongdoing" and probably "criminal" activities, allegedly. $1.2 BILLION of client funds have been "misplaced." Many lawyers have been involved in these operations by MF Global and New Jersey's former Governor and current resident of Hoboken. Is this an example of New Jersey's "ethics," Mr. Rabner?)
Tuesday, January 3, 2012
Capice?
Jonathan Lemire, "Governor Soprano: Christie to Iowa -- Do yerself a favor and vote for Mitt, Capice?," in The Daily News, December 31, 2011, at p. 5. (Even Christie's "help" and all the money and power of the Republican establishment was not enough to ensure a decisive victory for Mr. Romney. Fortunately for Mr. Obama, Republicans remain bitterly divided and engaged in a slugfest as the national election approaches. What happened to Newt? Mr. Gingrich called Mitt Romney, "a liar" on CNN today, January 5, 2012. Will this help to unify Republicans? Is Gingrich right?)
John Marzulli & Gary Siemaszko, "Dem Fund Raiser Guilty in $21 MILLION Bank Rip Off," in The Daily News, December 31, 2011, at p. 7. (Garcia & Kricko, allegedly? Jon Corzine? Mr. Toricelli?)
New Jersey's Governor Christopher Christie, former corruption fighting U.S. Attorney for the Garden State, now seems to take pride in his jurisdiction's affiliation with the mafia.
Garden State Italian-Americans -- who are not in organized crime (yes, there are or must be many such persons!) -- are, evidently, too embarassed to object to the Daily News article.
This news item has yet to be criticized, to my knowledge, by Governor Cuomo of New York and/or other distinguished Italian-Americans -- with the exception of Justice Scalia who has sent Mr. Christie a dead fish as a warning. Mr. Alito concurred in part and dissented in part. I guess you can't defame the mafia. ("Law and Morality.")
"Tough-talking New Jersey Governor Chris Christie swaggered [warbled?] into the heartland Friday and made an Iowa crowd an offer it couldn't refuse -- support Mitt Romney [,] or else." ("Manohla Dargis Strikes Again!")
"The larger than life Governor" -- irony intended? -- "channeled fellow Garden State tough guy Tony Soprano by THREATENING the hundreds of people who braved a cold, wet morning to back Romney in the state's caucuses." (emphasis added!)
Was this article written by Codey or Sweeney? Obviously, Menendez is not sufficiently fluent in the English language to pull off this essay. ("Is Senator Bob 'For' Human Rights?")
The New Jersey Governor promised Iowa voters that if they did not do what he asked, he would be "back[,] Jersey style."
Taking pride in criminal associations as well as his state's popular identification with organized crime is unusual for a Chief Executive and former federal prosecutor with presidential aspirations. This may not be a wise move, Mr. Christie.
Perhaps this is an example of the fun-loving governor's famous wit and humor?
According to Richard J. Codey, Esq., negotiations with Mr. Christie are always a million laughs as the charming Mr. Christie is unfailingly blissfully pleasant company. Codey is rumored to be under investigation by the FBI. I am sure that FBI attention makes Mr. Christie chuckle even more. ("Richard J. Codey Immortalized on Canvas at Taxpayer Expense.")
All of this jocularity raises the question of who is the true organized crime-affiliated party in New Jersey, Republicans or Democrats? Naturally, there are those cynics who say that both parties in this state filled with rural splendors are "connected" to such alleged gangsters as Angelo "The Horn" Prisco. ("Is Senator Menendez For Sale?" and "Is Senator Menendez a Suspect in Mafia-Political Murder in New Jersey?" and "Does Senator Menendez Have Mafia Friends?" then "Stuart Rabner and Conduct Unbecoming to the Judiciary in New Jersey.")
Even the state's besmirched and bemerded Chief Justice is rumored to be on the payroll of such alleged mafia figures as Mr. Prisco. ("No More Cover-Ups and Lies, Chief Justice Rabner!" then "Deborah T. Poritz and Conduct Unbecoming to the Judiciary in New Jersey.")
This shocking inability to discover the boundaries of propriety by a sitting governor is not helpful to the state's dismal and failed efforts to redeem its image as a cesspool of corruption, child molestation, soiled courtrooms that are literally and figuratively covered in feces, with judges wearing -- with pride -- the same drek on their judicial robes. ("New Jersey's Feces-Covered Supreme Court" and "New Jersey's Political and Supreme Court Whores.")
For politicians, prosecutors, judges and attorneys affiliated with the state's tainted "Office of Attorney Ethics" ("OAE") to take pride in corruption and organized crime credentials is shameful and frightening, Mr. Christie -- especially for all decent, law-abiding residents of the Garden State, including many Italian-Americans. Capice, Mr. Christie? ("New Jersey's Office of Attorney Ethics" and "New Jersey's 'Ethical' Legal System.")
Kim Guardagno's only statement in response to this article was that she "don't know from nothin' ... " This is almost certainly true. Ms. Guardagno added that she would do "anything for" her "godfather," Mr. Christie. Ms. Guardagno has been promised her "own family," as it were, if Mr. Christie is reelected.
James Chiesa -- not a wartime consiglieri but the "acting" N.J. Attorney General -- nonetheless promised that Mr. Christie's enemies would "sleep with the fishes." ("Mafia Influence in New Jersey Courts and Politics.")
As I write this essay, more allegations of disappearing public funds in various New Jersey towns, including fattened retirement packages and multiple pensions for individual politicians, are hitting the papers leading to even more criminal investigations of New Jersey's legal as well as political figures, or bella figuras.
Have you no sense of shame in Trenton, New Jersey? Do you need cash in an envelope to deal with this situation, Mr. Rabner? Mr. Chiesa, why not "act" on this little matter?
Sources:
New York and the World:
David E. Sanger, "Iran Threatens to Choke Route of Oil Shipments: Reply to U.S. Sanctions," in The New York Times, December 28, 2011, at p. A1. (We are not in a position to go to war with Iran due to existing military "commitments." The economic consequences of this action by Iran, potentially, are quite harmful to U.S. interests.)
Michael Schmidt & Eric Schmidt, "U.S. Selling Arms to Iraq as Worry On Maliki Grows," in The New York Times, December 29, 2011, at p. A1. (Gasoline to put out the flames: Will Iran and others sell arms to the opposition in Iraq? Has Pakistan cut its own deal with the Haqqani network? Stay tuned to this channel.)
Azam Ahmed & Ben Protess, "MF Global Scrutinized On Moving of Money," in The New York Times, December 29, 2011, at p. B1. ("Federal authorities ... think the firm began improperly moving customer money to a middleman on October 27 ..." Who was that middleman? Where are the funds today? "Is Senator Bob For Sale?" and "Senator Bob, the Babe, and the Big Bucks.")
"Justice and Prosecutorial Misconduct: A Texas Case Demands Accountability After a District Attorney Withheld Evidence," (Editorial) in The New York Times, December 29, 2011, at p. A26. (Prosecutor lied, covered-up the withholding of evidence that was exculpatory, and permitted a man, Michael Morton -- who was either poor or African-American, probably both -- to sit in prison for 25 years for a crime prosecutors knew he did not commit. OAE? Anne Rodgers, Esq.? This sounds like the Union County Prosecutor's Office: "New Jersey's Office of Attorney Ethics" and "New Jersey's 'Ethical' Legal System" then "Larry Leroy Peterson Cleared by DNA.")
Jim Dwyer, "Lessons in DNA and Mercy: Waiting for Cuomo to Lay a Glove On Criminal Justice," in The New York Times, December 30, 2011, at p. A17. (The grotesque inequalities and errors of criminal justice in the DNA-era must be addressed systematically at a national as well as state level. America must not plunge to New Jersey-like levels of injustice and corruption in the administration of criminal laws.)
"Iran and the Straight: The Threat to Oil Shipping is a Sign of Desperation and a Reminder of Tehran's Recklessness," (Editorial) in The New York Times, December 30, 2011, at p. A22. (We cannot go to war with Iran in light of American "overextension" in the gulf region. Europe will not go along with U.S. embargo efforts or other "soft power" options aimed against Iran. What are we to do? Shall we return to the very UN institutions we have insulted and ignored?)
Elizabeth Bumiller & Thom Shanker, "Panetta to Offer Budget Strategy Cutting Military," in The New York Times, January 3, 2012, at p. A1. (Will America have the resources for the future conflicts that are expected already? Thank God for the British navy providing backup in the Straight.)
Edward Wong, "China's President Lashes Out at Western Culture," in The New York Times, January 4, 2012, at p. A7. (Rather than "lashing out" at Western culture, China's President Hu Jintao, I believe, was suggesting that China should develop its own global cultural power. This is something that is already happening and reflects concerns about "hegemony" in terms of cultural definitions of ideology and identity within China as well as the world. The best way to achieve that goal for China is through an open and free dialogue with Western media and cultural productions, a dialogue where all influences are mutual. The recent attacks on China in the Times are coming from the far Right-wing lunatic fringe in America and/or Cuban-American fascist-extremists, in my opinion, whose views are not taken seriously in most places. Is "Edward Wong" also "Manohla Dargis"? Shame on you, Ms. Ros-Leghtinen. Mr. Menendez? Mr. Rubio?)
New Jersey's Fiasco:
Herb Jackson, "Corzine Apologizes But Can't Explain: Stunned by MF Global's Loss of $1.2 BILLION From Clients," in The Record, December 9, 2011, at p. A1. (It now appears that Mr. Corzine was well aware of the movement of money belonging to his clients. Maybe I can explain what happened at MF Global. Theft, perhaps?)
Shawn Boburg, "Fight Over Toll Hike Plays Out in Court," in The Record, December 9, 2011, at p. A-3. (PA claims they need more overtime to consider ways to save money. Turnpike tolls are expected to generate millions, much of which will be stolen. Drive safely.)
Jason Grant, "Stock Scammer Pleads Guilty: Admits $37 MILLION Inside Trading," in The Record, December 9, 2011, at p. A-9. (Too bad Garrett D. Bauer, "connected" to New Jersey politicians, obtained about $37 MILLION in illicit profits which would not have been illegal if this defendant, like Senator Menendez, were a member of the Congress. How about that, Marilyn? How many people in prisons have stolen less than $1.2 BILLION or $37 MILLION? Some people scam that much and do very little or no time in prison, but few of them are minorities or powerless women.)
Adam Goldman & Matt Apuzzo, "CIA Lockup Uncovered in Romania: Harsh Tactics Used in 2003-06," in The Record, December 9, 2011, at p. A-10. (Was Terry Tuchin a developer and participant in this CIA torture center by contributing to the psychological protocols used against victims, perhaps by testing these techniques on unsuspecting minority persons in the U.S. -- persons like Asata Shakur or myself?)
Melissa Hayes & John Reitmeyer, "Christie Delivers Message in Person," in The Record, December 9, 2011, at p. L-10. (Various Democrat scams to get pay outs on unused sick time and multiple pensions are opposed by this governor. Possibly including some alleged "pay outs" to the retiring Paterson sheriff.)
Peter J. Sampson, "Lawyer Would Wait for a Retrial: Still Behind Bars in Murder Plot Case," in The Record, December 9, 2011, at p. L-2. (Mr. Bergrin seeking a new trial may have to sit in prison for a year. A mistrial was declared when it appeared that prosecutors could lose the case against Bergrin. An appeal is pending on some of the original counts. Is Mr. Rabner helping his former colleague from behind the scenes? Loyalty, Stuart? Omerta?)
Scott Fallon, "EPA Will Dig Deep to Assess Threat: Plans to Measure Chromium Spread," in The Record, December 13, 2011, at p. A-1. (New Jersey continues to lead the nation in cancer rates in some areas as a result, many believe, of contamination made possible by decades of bribery of state officials and inspectors in the Soprano State.)
Mathew McGrath, "Deal For Top Cop's Exit Delayed: Paterson Council Blasts Mayor," in The Record, December 22, 2011, at p. L-1. (Outgoing police chief is finagling a $215,000 retirement package plus multiple pensions as well as other perks.)
Mathew McGrath, "OT Hearings Conclude: Jones Testifies, Spars With City Councilman," in The Record, December 22, 2011, at p. L-1. (Mayor Jones struggles to justify overtime payments to himself and friends, but no one is asking Jon Corzine equally tough questions about $1.2 BILLION that "vanished like a gambler's lucky streak" from his clients' pockets then reappeared, allegedly, in Corzine's own pockets. Will Jaynee LaVecchia explain what happened to the disappearing $300 MILLION in the HIP "deal"? Many New Jersey persons were stuck with medical bills they could not afford, Ms. LaVecchia, when HIP folded. Have you no sense of ethics, madam? John McGill, Esq. can you explain why the OAE is not interested in the HIP transaction, or the ethics of the shady attorneys involved, including Justice Jaynee -- "Hot Hands" -- LaVecchia? Is it true that John McGill, Esq. is facing ethics charges at last? Is the OAE not humiliated by this continuing public lying through silence and criminal farce in cyberspace? I demand the truth in my matters, Mr. Christie and Mr. Rabner. Capice? "Law and Ethics in the Soprano State" and "Jaynee LaVecchia and Conduct Unbecoming to the Judiciary in New Jersey.")
John Marzulli & Gary Siemaszko, "Dem Fund Raiser Guilty in $21 MILLION Bank Rip Off," in The Daily News, December 31, 2011, at p. 7. (Garcia & Kricko, allegedly? Jon Corzine? Mr. Toricelli?)
New Jersey's Governor Christopher Christie, former corruption fighting U.S. Attorney for the Garden State, now seems to take pride in his jurisdiction's affiliation with the mafia.
Garden State Italian-Americans -- who are not in organized crime (yes, there are or must be many such persons!) -- are, evidently, too embarassed to object to the Daily News article.
This news item has yet to be criticized, to my knowledge, by Governor Cuomo of New York and/or other distinguished Italian-Americans -- with the exception of Justice Scalia who has sent Mr. Christie a dead fish as a warning. Mr. Alito concurred in part and dissented in part. I guess you can't defame the mafia. ("Law and Morality.")
"Tough-talking New Jersey Governor Chris Christie swaggered [warbled?] into the heartland Friday and made an Iowa crowd an offer it couldn't refuse -- support Mitt Romney [,] or else." ("Manohla Dargis Strikes Again!")
"The larger than life Governor" -- irony intended? -- "channeled fellow Garden State tough guy Tony Soprano by THREATENING the hundreds of people who braved a cold, wet morning to back Romney in the state's caucuses." (emphasis added!)
Was this article written by Codey or Sweeney? Obviously, Menendez is not sufficiently fluent in the English language to pull off this essay. ("Is Senator Bob 'For' Human Rights?")
The New Jersey Governor promised Iowa voters that if they did not do what he asked, he would be "back[,] Jersey style."
Taking pride in criminal associations as well as his state's popular identification with organized crime is unusual for a Chief Executive and former federal prosecutor with presidential aspirations. This may not be a wise move, Mr. Christie.
Perhaps this is an example of the fun-loving governor's famous wit and humor?
According to Richard J. Codey, Esq., negotiations with Mr. Christie are always a million laughs as the charming Mr. Christie is unfailingly blissfully pleasant company. Codey is rumored to be under investigation by the FBI. I am sure that FBI attention makes Mr. Christie chuckle even more. ("Richard J. Codey Immortalized on Canvas at Taxpayer Expense.")
All of this jocularity raises the question of who is the true organized crime-affiliated party in New Jersey, Republicans or Democrats? Naturally, there are those cynics who say that both parties in this state filled with rural splendors are "connected" to such alleged gangsters as Angelo "The Horn" Prisco. ("Is Senator Menendez For Sale?" and "Is Senator Menendez a Suspect in Mafia-Political Murder in New Jersey?" and "Does Senator Menendez Have Mafia Friends?" then "Stuart Rabner and Conduct Unbecoming to the Judiciary in New Jersey.")
Even the state's besmirched and bemerded Chief Justice is rumored to be on the payroll of such alleged mafia figures as Mr. Prisco. ("No More Cover-Ups and Lies, Chief Justice Rabner!" then "Deborah T. Poritz and Conduct Unbecoming to the Judiciary in New Jersey.")
This shocking inability to discover the boundaries of propriety by a sitting governor is not helpful to the state's dismal and failed efforts to redeem its image as a cesspool of corruption, child molestation, soiled courtrooms that are literally and figuratively covered in feces, with judges wearing -- with pride -- the same drek on their judicial robes. ("New Jersey's Feces-Covered Supreme Court" and "New Jersey's Political and Supreme Court Whores.")
For politicians, prosecutors, judges and attorneys affiliated with the state's tainted "Office of Attorney Ethics" ("OAE") to take pride in corruption and organized crime credentials is shameful and frightening, Mr. Christie -- especially for all decent, law-abiding residents of the Garden State, including many Italian-Americans. Capice, Mr. Christie? ("New Jersey's Office of Attorney Ethics" and "New Jersey's 'Ethical' Legal System.")
Kim Guardagno's only statement in response to this article was that she "don't know from nothin' ... " This is almost certainly true. Ms. Guardagno added that she would do "anything for" her "godfather," Mr. Christie. Ms. Guardagno has been promised her "own family," as it were, if Mr. Christie is reelected.
James Chiesa -- not a wartime consiglieri but the "acting" N.J. Attorney General -- nonetheless promised that Mr. Christie's enemies would "sleep with the fishes." ("Mafia Influence in New Jersey Courts and Politics.")
As I write this essay, more allegations of disappearing public funds in various New Jersey towns, including fattened retirement packages and multiple pensions for individual politicians, are hitting the papers leading to even more criminal investigations of New Jersey's legal as well as political figures, or bella figuras.
Have you no sense of shame in Trenton, New Jersey? Do you need cash in an envelope to deal with this situation, Mr. Rabner? Mr. Chiesa, why not "act" on this little matter?
Sources:
New York and the World:
David E. Sanger, "Iran Threatens to Choke Route of Oil Shipments: Reply to U.S. Sanctions," in The New York Times, December 28, 2011, at p. A1. (We are not in a position to go to war with Iran due to existing military "commitments." The economic consequences of this action by Iran, potentially, are quite harmful to U.S. interests.)
Michael Schmidt & Eric Schmidt, "U.S. Selling Arms to Iraq as Worry On Maliki Grows," in The New York Times, December 29, 2011, at p. A1. (Gasoline to put out the flames: Will Iran and others sell arms to the opposition in Iraq? Has Pakistan cut its own deal with the Haqqani network? Stay tuned to this channel.)
Azam Ahmed & Ben Protess, "MF Global Scrutinized On Moving of Money," in The New York Times, December 29, 2011, at p. B1. ("Federal authorities ... think the firm began improperly moving customer money to a middleman on October 27 ..." Who was that middleman? Where are the funds today? "Is Senator Bob For Sale?" and "Senator Bob, the Babe, and the Big Bucks.")
"Justice and Prosecutorial Misconduct: A Texas Case Demands Accountability After a District Attorney Withheld Evidence," (Editorial) in The New York Times, December 29, 2011, at p. A26. (Prosecutor lied, covered-up the withholding of evidence that was exculpatory, and permitted a man, Michael Morton -- who was either poor or African-American, probably both -- to sit in prison for 25 years for a crime prosecutors knew he did not commit. OAE? Anne Rodgers, Esq.? This sounds like the Union County Prosecutor's Office: "New Jersey's Office of Attorney Ethics" and "New Jersey's 'Ethical' Legal System" then "Larry Leroy Peterson Cleared by DNA.")
Jim Dwyer, "Lessons in DNA and Mercy: Waiting for Cuomo to Lay a Glove On Criminal Justice," in The New York Times, December 30, 2011, at p. A17. (The grotesque inequalities and errors of criminal justice in the DNA-era must be addressed systematically at a national as well as state level. America must not plunge to New Jersey-like levels of injustice and corruption in the administration of criminal laws.)
"Iran and the Straight: The Threat to Oil Shipping is a Sign of Desperation and a Reminder of Tehran's Recklessness," (Editorial) in The New York Times, December 30, 2011, at p. A22. (We cannot go to war with Iran in light of American "overextension" in the gulf region. Europe will not go along with U.S. embargo efforts or other "soft power" options aimed against Iran. What are we to do? Shall we return to the very UN institutions we have insulted and ignored?)
Elizabeth Bumiller & Thom Shanker, "Panetta to Offer Budget Strategy Cutting Military," in The New York Times, January 3, 2012, at p. A1. (Will America have the resources for the future conflicts that are expected already? Thank God for the British navy providing backup in the Straight.)
Edward Wong, "China's President Lashes Out at Western Culture," in The New York Times, January 4, 2012, at p. A7. (Rather than "lashing out" at Western culture, China's President Hu Jintao, I believe, was suggesting that China should develop its own global cultural power. This is something that is already happening and reflects concerns about "hegemony" in terms of cultural definitions of ideology and identity within China as well as the world. The best way to achieve that goal for China is through an open and free dialogue with Western media and cultural productions, a dialogue where all influences are mutual. The recent attacks on China in the Times are coming from the far Right-wing lunatic fringe in America and/or Cuban-American fascist-extremists, in my opinion, whose views are not taken seriously in most places. Is "Edward Wong" also "Manohla Dargis"? Shame on you, Ms. Ros-Leghtinen. Mr. Menendez? Mr. Rubio?)
New Jersey's Fiasco:
Herb Jackson, "Corzine Apologizes But Can't Explain: Stunned by MF Global's Loss of $1.2 BILLION From Clients," in The Record, December 9, 2011, at p. A1. (It now appears that Mr. Corzine was well aware of the movement of money belonging to his clients. Maybe I can explain what happened at MF Global. Theft, perhaps?)
Shawn Boburg, "Fight Over Toll Hike Plays Out in Court," in The Record, December 9, 2011, at p. A-3. (PA claims they need more overtime to consider ways to save money. Turnpike tolls are expected to generate millions, much of which will be stolen. Drive safely.)
Jason Grant, "Stock Scammer Pleads Guilty: Admits $37 MILLION Inside Trading," in The Record, December 9, 2011, at p. A-9. (Too bad Garrett D. Bauer, "connected" to New Jersey politicians, obtained about $37 MILLION in illicit profits which would not have been illegal if this defendant, like Senator Menendez, were a member of the Congress. How about that, Marilyn? How many people in prisons have stolen less than $1.2 BILLION or $37 MILLION? Some people scam that much and do very little or no time in prison, but few of them are minorities or powerless women.)
Adam Goldman & Matt Apuzzo, "CIA Lockup Uncovered in Romania: Harsh Tactics Used in 2003-06," in The Record, December 9, 2011, at p. A-10. (Was Terry Tuchin a developer and participant in this CIA torture center by contributing to the psychological protocols used against victims, perhaps by testing these techniques on unsuspecting minority persons in the U.S. -- persons like Asata Shakur or myself?)
Melissa Hayes & John Reitmeyer, "Christie Delivers Message in Person," in The Record, December 9, 2011, at p. L-10. (Various Democrat scams to get pay outs on unused sick time and multiple pensions are opposed by this governor. Possibly including some alleged "pay outs" to the retiring Paterson sheriff.)
Peter J. Sampson, "Lawyer Would Wait for a Retrial: Still Behind Bars in Murder Plot Case," in The Record, December 9, 2011, at p. L-2. (Mr. Bergrin seeking a new trial may have to sit in prison for a year. A mistrial was declared when it appeared that prosecutors could lose the case against Bergrin. An appeal is pending on some of the original counts. Is Mr. Rabner helping his former colleague from behind the scenes? Loyalty, Stuart? Omerta?)
Scott Fallon, "EPA Will Dig Deep to Assess Threat: Plans to Measure Chromium Spread," in The Record, December 13, 2011, at p. A-1. (New Jersey continues to lead the nation in cancer rates in some areas as a result, many believe, of contamination made possible by decades of bribery of state officials and inspectors in the Soprano State.)
Mathew McGrath, "Deal For Top Cop's Exit Delayed: Paterson Council Blasts Mayor," in The Record, December 22, 2011, at p. L-1. (Outgoing police chief is finagling a $215,000 retirement package plus multiple pensions as well as other perks.)
Mathew McGrath, "OT Hearings Conclude: Jones Testifies, Spars With City Councilman," in The Record, December 22, 2011, at p. L-1. (Mayor Jones struggles to justify overtime payments to himself and friends, but no one is asking Jon Corzine equally tough questions about $1.2 BILLION that "vanished like a gambler's lucky streak" from his clients' pockets then reappeared, allegedly, in Corzine's own pockets. Will Jaynee LaVecchia explain what happened to the disappearing $300 MILLION in the HIP "deal"? Many New Jersey persons were stuck with medical bills they could not afford, Ms. LaVecchia, when HIP folded. Have you no sense of ethics, madam? John McGill, Esq. can you explain why the OAE is not interested in the HIP transaction, or the ethics of the shady attorneys involved, including Justice Jaynee -- "Hot Hands" -- LaVecchia? Is it true that John McGill, Esq. is facing ethics charges at last? Is the OAE not humiliated by this continuing public lying through silence and criminal farce in cyberspace? I demand the truth in my matters, Mr. Christie and Mr. Rabner. Capice? "Law and Ethics in the Soprano State" and "Jaynee LaVecchia and Conduct Unbecoming to the Judiciary in New Jersey.")
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