July 5, 2014 at 8:35 P.M. I am in receipt of what purports to be a communication from Invicta. According to this latest letter, the reason Invicta continued to send me the first form letter is because $28.00 are needed to cover postage costs in order to send me my (presumably) repaired watch.
There are several problems with this purported letter from Invicta: 1). The document is written with a different computer or word processor from all other communications by Invicta; 2). the statement departs from Invicta's previous terms indicating that, upon receipt of $28.00 of the $42.00 "total" cost of repairs, the work would be done and the watch mailed back to me; 3). having sent the full amount of $42.00, Invicta's practice would be to send the watch and bill for whatever additional cost, if any, is required for postage -- in this case (probably) none; 4). this letter supposedly from Invicta is unsigned and deviates from company policy.
Based on my analysis of sentence structure and punctuation, I suspect that the person responsible for this latest communication, ostensibly from Invicta, is also responsible for the text of the communication from"Fernando Fernandez" (allegedly) of the N.Y. Public Advocate's Office, and for the signature of "Cecilia Luce" (allegedly of Invicta), and of "R. Schnezler" allegedly of the Public Advocate's office.
I further suspect that Gilberto Garcia of New Jersey's Hudson County either is responsible for this text or assisted the person who is responsible for these letters.
I will send Invicta a copy of this latest letter and a money order for another $28.00 raising the "total" cost to $70.00 rather than $42.00. I will retain copies of receipts for postage in this pleasant exchange of letters. All communications from me will be sent to Letitia James, Public Advocate of the City of New York and to Invicta by certified mail with return receipt requested.
I anticipate that the next communication from Invicta will be a request for $42.00 to fix my watch. I can hardly wait for that one. ("Invicta Watch Company.")
June 30, 2014 at 1:34 P.M. My letter to Invicta Watch Company was sent out by certified mail 7014 0510 0002 1469 3849 on June 17, 2014. A return receipt with the same number was received by me on June 20, 2014 and it was signed (allegedly and again) by "Cecilia Luce." ("Invicta Watch Company.")
Along with what purports to be "Mr. Fernando Fernandez's" letter -- which I suspect comes from the same source as "Cecilia Luce's" signature -- and the alleged "survey" from the NYPL seeking personal information from me, I will send these items to Ms. Letitia James, New York's Public Advocate, also by certified mail with return receipt. I do not expect to receive a response or acknowledgment from Ms. James's office.
If, or when, I receive my watch or a response from Invicta, or if New Jersey deigns to respond concerning the commission of these many crimes by their agents, presumably, I will post the information online. ("John McGill, Esq., the OAE, and New Jersey Corruption.")
David Sanger, "Sky Isn't Falling After Scandal, N.S.A. Chief Says," The New York Times, June 30, 2014, p. A1. (U.S. continues to seek the extradition of Ed Snowden on the grounds that Mr. Snowden's revelations have done "irreparable harm to U.S. interests and national security.")
"Gov. Christie's Money Trail," (Editorial) The New York Times, June 30, 2014, p. A18. (Misuse of PA funds for Christie's purposes in New Jersey is only the beginning. The N.J. public pension crisis is about to explode and Christie's strategy may be to allow for the explosion.)
Seth Augenstein, "Man Pleads Guilty in $12 MILLION Tax Scam," The Star Ledger, June 25, 2014, p. 17. (ALEJANDRO JAVIER, 51, pleaded guilty before a federal judge to one count of conspiracy to steal federal funds by filing false returns to obtain up to $65 MILLION in faked reimbursals. Mr. Javier, allegedly, spoke of his support for Mr. Menendez and friendship with Dr. Melgen.)
Raphael Minder, "Princess Cristina of Spain Is Charged in Spain," The New York Times, June 26, 2014, p. A7. (Will alleged "Mafia Princess" Diana Lisa Riccioli be charged in New Jersey?)
Mark Mazetti, "Use of Drones for Killings Risks a War Without End, Panel Concludes in Report," The New York Times, June 26, 2014, p. A11. (A bipartisan panel warns of serious long-term consequences from the administration's illegal drone war.)
Chris Harris, "Child Sex Charges for Mahwah Man," The Record, June 20, 2014, p. L-3. (Horace K. Ashworth, 68, allegedly, abused a 6-year-old girl, but explained that, in New Jersey, "everybody does it.")
John C. Ensslin, "Demoted Director May File Suit: Removal Was Retaliation For Whistle-Blowing, Lawyer Says," The Record, June 26, 2014, p. L-3. (N.J. punishes and deems "unethical" those persons who expose corruption and government criminality. Jane C. Litner, allegedly, was demoted because of a whistle-blower lawsuit that she filed against Bergen County.)
AP, "N.J. Woman Admits Fraud in Tax Refund Case," The Record, June 27, 2014, p. A-3. (HALINA OKLA, 62, filed a false tax return seeking $350,000 in refunds. Ms. Okla claimed to "support" Bob Menendez.)
Karen Sudol, "Child Porn Sends Ex-Paralegal to Jail," The Record, June 27, 2014, p. L-6. (KEVIN REASE, 34, admitted distributing child porn from his law firm computer and has now been sentenced to 15 years in prison. Lawyers and judges in this man's network sharing his interest in kiddie-porn have not been named.)
Stephanie Clifford, "U.S. Attorney Joins Inquiry Into Spending by Prosecutor," The New York Times, June 18, 2014, p. A19. (More "irregularities" have been discovered in the accounts of Charles J. Hynes as Brooklyn's prosecutor and there are new inquiries into methods used to obtain convictions in that office. "Prosecutorial Misconduct.")
Neil Irwin, "Croney Capitalism, A Fact of Modern Economics," The New York Times, June 19, 2014, p. A3. (New Jersey has added "croney government" and "croney capitalism" to our lexicon.)
Steven Strunsky, "Weinberg Sets Sights on P.A. Bus Terminal," The Star Ledger, June 25, 2014, p. 7.
Steven Strunsky, "Investigators Probe Pulaski Funding: Gov. Christie's Plan Faces New Scrutiny," The Star Ledger, June 22, 2014, p. 6.
Investigations into both misrepresentations to investors by PA lawyers and officials as well as misuse of public funds by N.J. officials at that agency have to come from SEC and other federal officials, along with the New York District Attorney's office, because of concerns about corruption among county and state prosecutors in New Jersey. I concur. ("Mafia Influence in New Jersey Courts and Politics.")
Is "Steven Strunsky" also Steven Sweeney? No conflict of interest? Misrepresentation of fact? Failure to disclose bias? Can a public official also write, secretly, as a journalist or insert text into a journalist's articles without having a conflict of interest? ("New Jersey's 'Ethical' Legal System" and "Manohla Dargis Strikes Again!")
Sue Epstein, "Judge Who Is Accused of Hindering Apprehension Challenges the Evidence," The Star Ledger, June 25, 2014, p. 17.
Peter J. Sampson, "Media Heiress Loses Inheritance Suit: Court Finds No Undue Influence by Her Uncle," The Record, June 26, 2014, p. 1. (Incompetent decision by ESTELA DE LA CRUZ, leader of the Lesbian Love-Fest, who enjoyed sex with vulnerable and allegedly impaired women -- like Marilyn Straus -- usually giving such women a false name. Ms. De La Cruz also did favors for Diana Lisa Riccioli, an alleged sexual partner, even as "Judge" De La Cruz was happily married to a male person. Apart from the thefts from my office and other violations of legal ethics, these offenses merit removal from the bench. This recent Perleman decision will certainly be overturned on appeal. A hacker's attack seems to have altered this post or its width and/or extension.)
"A Superior Court judge in Middlesex County charged with hindering her boyfriend's apprehension for robbery is questioning the validity of some of the state's evidence against her."
Like Debbie Poritz seeking to make Diana Lisa Riccioli "happy"; or Stuart Rabner hoping to cover-up embarrassing matters concerning Ms. Poritz; or Estela De La Cruz sexually exploiting a vulnerable woman under hypnosis and/or drugging -- judges sometimes allow their judgments to be overcome by personal erotic or other desires. ("Marilyn Straus Was Right!")
This tendency to judicial "self-service" -- while understandable! -- nonetheless violates the Canons of Judicial Ethics in New Jersey. ("Sexual Favors For New Jersey Judges" and "Trenton's Nasty Lesbian Love-Fest!" then "Jennifer Velez is a Dyke Magnet!" and "N.J. Female Professor Rapes a Disabled Man.")
"In a motion filed in Superior Court in Somerville, CARLA BRADY's attorneys want a judge to compel the Somerset County Prosecutor's Office to produce for them 'authentic versions' of voicemails the judge [Ms. Brady] left for the Woodbridge Township Police Department."
Like the OAE, prosecutors at the county level may tamper with or alter transcripts to have them say the opposite of what was actually spoken by their target. ("Protecting Sex Workers.")
Such tampering with witnesses and obstructions of justice are routine features of legal proceedings in New Jersey courtrooms and administrative tribunals. ("John McGill, Esq., the OAE, and New Jersey Corruption" and "New Jersey's Office of Attorney Ethics" then "New Jersey's 'Ethical' Legal System.")
" ... 'We have not received in discovery authentic versions of the voicemails,' said Brady's attorney, Robert Scrivo, 'What we have received purports to be copies of the voicemails. We're looking to compel[,] through court order, the inspection and retrieval of the voicemails in a forensically acceptable way.' Scrivo said the voicemails are 'central to the prosecution and defense in this matter.' ..." ("Prosecutorial Misconduct.")
Judges' lovers and/or their drug dealers may receive special treatment from Superior Court officials and/or prosecutors and/or the judges themselves. This is to say nothing of the judges' pimps. ("Deborah T. Poritz and Conduct Unbecoming to the Judiciary in New Jersey" and "Diana's Friend Goes to Prison!" then, again, "Marilyn Straus Was Right!")
"Brady has been charged with two counts of hindering the apprehension of a fugitive for allegedly harboring JASON PROTNICKI, 42, in her Woodbridge home for about an hour" -- Is that how long it took? -- "on June 11, 2013, and 'never making any attempt to contact law enforcement,' according to the complaint filed against her. ..."
Monday, June 30, 2014
Thursday, June 26, 2014
U.S. Says: "Americans May be Killed Illegally."
June 27, 2014 at 6:30 P.M. Alterations in the size of letters and other defacements of this text have taken place today. I will do my best to repair the harm done.
June 26, 2014 at 2:36 P.M. A list of sources will be added to this text soon. No response to my communication has yet been received from Invicta Watch Company. However, I have received a letter from "Fernando Fernandez," Constituent Services/Outreach Coordinator, Office of the Public Advocate For the City of New York, 1 Centre Street, New York, N.Y. 10007, (212) 669-3571. I am told that my "case number" is 97457.
The floor of the Public Advocate's office is not specified in this letter head. (Interesting stationary from "Letitia James.")
The area, mailing, or zip code on the postage meter used to mail what purports to be the Public Advocate's letter is different from the zip code for 1 Centre Street, New York, N.Y. and no listing for persons named "R. Schnetzler" or "Fernando Fernandez" could be found.
Regrettably, my email accounts are blocked, illegally, for reasons and by persons unknown to me, probably from the New Jersey Supreme Court or Office of Attorney Ethics (OAE) acting outside the boundaries of law.
It is a crime to represent yourself as the Public Advocate of the city of New York if you are really a lawyer from Union City, New Jersey in the process of being indicted.
I will post all comments I make to "Mr. Fernandez" online to ensure that there is no misunderstanding of what I have said or why I have said it. I will avoid all telephone conversations by communicating only in writing and posting my comments online.
My statement concerning Invicta is self-explanatory and the Public Advocate's letter was sent and received at my correct address which was supplied with the materials sent to the Public Advocate of the City of New York by certified mail with return receipt also bearing my address.
A copy of the letter received, allegedly from that office, and of the envelope in which it arrived, also of my return receipt and posting receipt, will be returned to the N.Y. Public Advocate for review.
My certified letter 7014 0510 0002 1469 3832 was sent on June 17, 2014; return receipt signed by "R. Schnetzler" on June 23, 2014 bears the same identification number. My mail will be directed exclusively to Letitia James.
I cannot imagine someone inventing the name "Schnetzler."
When I get my watch repaired and returned to me, if I do, I will certainly make sure that everyone knows the good news.
I will also forward a copy of this statement being posted at my blog to "Mr. Fernandez" and/or "R. Schnetzler."
Google Chrome and printing is still unavailable at Morningside Heights laptops. I was subjected to harassments when trying to write at my home laptop. If more than two days pass without alteration at these blogs it means that I am prevented from writing against my will. ("How censorship works in America.")
Michelangelo Conte, "Teacher Charged With Sex Assault," The Star Ledger, June 18, 2014, p. 17. (Keith R. McGee, 37, of Glen Rock, New Jersey is charged with sexual assault of a girl in the teacher's high school classroom.)
Mary Ann Spoto, "Appeals Court Upholds Sex Offender Ruling," The Star Ledger, June 18, 2014, p. 17. (Charles E. Hunt, 58, of Union Beach failed to register as a sex offender under Megan's law and now faces a return to prison.)
Karen Sudol, "Franklin Lakes Man Charged With Fraud: Allegedly Made Up Firm to Bill $3.5 Million," The Record, June 20, 2014, p. L-3. (Allegations of wire fraud with the assistance of attorneys from New Jersey against "Bobby Boye," 50, may implicate more judges and lawyers.)
Brent Johnson, "N.J. Dealt a Losing Hand by High Court: Bid to Legalize Sports Bets Again Rejected," The Star Ledger, June 24, 2014, p. 1. (Stuart Rabner is holding out for more bribe money from the illicit gaming industry.)
Larry Neumeister, "U.S. Memo On Targeted Killings Up For Scrutiny: Documents Justifying Drone Use Released," The Star Ledger, June 24, 2014, p. 1. (Killing Americans outside the boundaries of law is fine.)
Ted Sherman, "Six Public Employees Charged in School Lunch FRAUD: Workers Accused of Falsely Reporting Income So Kids Could Get Subsidized Meals," The Star Ledger, June 14, 2014, p. 9. (Widespread fraud in school lunch and other programs, allegedly involving lawyers in many cases: "New Jersey Lawyers Involved School Lunch Scam.")
Jerry Cantrell, "Pension Reform Must be Revisited," The Star Ledger, June 24, 2014, p. 11. (" ... New Jersey taxpayers would have to come up with $3.35 BILLION per year by 2018. That would equal a 10% addition to the proposed 2015 $34.4 BILLION record budget just for state worker pensions." Much of this sum is due to "bloated" and multiple pensions for N.J. government lawyers and ex-politicians collecting as many as 5 or 6 separate pensions for different government jobs held simultaneously.)
AP, "Man Takes Plea Deal in Child Sex Case," The Star Ledger, June 24, 2014, p. 13. ("A man who took a 13-year-old girl from Rhode Island to his home in New Jersey after meeting her online has agreed to plead guilty.")
John Reimbach, "Whistle-Blower Cases Carry Risk: Plaintiffs Must Meet Strict Guidelines," The Record, June 25, 2014, p. 1. (N.J. politicians wish to discourage whistle-blower lawsuits.)
Matt Arco, "Wiesniewski Phone Logs Cast Doubt On GWB Tale: P.A. Official, Christie Aides Were in Contact," The Star Ledger, June 25, 2014, p. 1. (It looks more and more like Mr. Christie may have lied about what he knew and/or when he knew it.)
Matt Flegenheimer, William K. Rashbaum, Kate Zernike, "2nd Bridge Inquiry Said to be Linked to Christie," The New York Times, June 24, 2014, p. A1. (What role did Christie and his minions -- including the loathsome David Samson, Esq. -- play in alleged securities fraud at the Port Authority damaging the general public? Christie, Samson, and Baroni are lawyers protected in their alleged criminality by N.J.'s tainted Office of Attorney Ethics. Is this an example of New Jersey's legal ethics, Mr. Rabner? Does this inaction by the New Jersey legal ethics machinery comport with your sense of "justice," Chief Justice Rabner? "David Samson Resigns.")
Charlie Savage, "Court Releases Large Parts of Memo Approving Killing of American in Yemen," The New York Times, June 24, 2014, p. A17. (Can Americans be killed on the basis of a secret determination by the U.S. president, for undisclosed reasons that are never communicated to the victim, who is not afforded even the opportunity to respond to accusations nor to offer counter-evidence of any kind, without explanations to family members after the victim's murder? Mr. Obama's administration has determined that such killings are "legal." If so, then I suggest that Mr. Boehner is a "threat to national security" and "beyond capture" by the administration and, hence, a fitting candidate for such a killing. I can certainly write a memo citing more and better sources that will be far more persuasive than the administration's Al-Awalki memo to justify "taking Boehner off the battlefield." This absurd suggestion concerning Mr. Boehner nevertheless falls under the scope of executive power for the imperial presidency claimed in the memo released to the public: "New Jersey's Office of Attorney Ethics" and "New Jersey's 'Ethical' Legal System.")
"A Thin Rationale For Drone Killings," (Editorial) The New York Times, June 24, 2014, p. A26.
In 2014 a fundamental tenet of all civilized societies that claim to adhere to the rule of law -- however the concept may be understood in different countries -- concerns the dignity of human life that merits unique legal protections.
Human rights conventions and fundamental rights guarantees -- including the Bill of Rights to the U.S. Constitution -- MANDATE some due process of law before a deprivation of liberty.
Much more care must be taken to ensure legal rights when government acts to violate the sacredness of life by killing someone given the finality of death. An appeal by a corpse tends to be worthless.
In 2010, the Obama administration's brilliant lawyers drafted a memo to explain when and why it is O.K. to murder or kill (depending on your point of view) an American citizen without affording the victim due process of law or judicial review of any kind.
The suggestion that due process is satisfied by White House or Justice Department internal review -- without notice to the victim or an opportunity to respond -- makes a mockery of due process, Mr. Holder.
The essence of due process is notice to the affected party together with an opportunity for that person/party to respond to accusations.
The president's lawyers relied on Israeli law to conclude that "exigent" circumstances in a time of war allow for killing a non-Jewish American, like Mr. Al-Awalki, because he could not be captured and posed an imminent threat to U.S. national security.
Actually, Mr. Al-Awalki happened to be located in Yemen, a country not at war with the United States. Besides, Congress has yet to declare war against any nation. These were hardly "exigent" circumstances. Legal deliberations and the weighing of arguments unfolded at a leisurely pace over more than a year.
The authors of the memo, David Barron, Esq. and Mathew Lederman, Esq., have no doubt made their mothers proud by "moving on" to the judiciary and legal academia -- as rewards for their government service -- since they clearly embody today's legal ethics and professional competence in America. ("Is America's Legal Ethics a Lie?" and "American Lawyers and Doctors in the Torture Debate" then "Nihilists in Disneyworld" and "Stuart Rabner's Selective Sense of Justice.")
" ... the memo turns out to be a slap dash pastiche of legal themes [a mere academic exercise?] -- some based on obscure interpretations of British and Israeli law -- that was clearly tailored to the desired result."
It is shocking that in a nation with America's reserves of legal talent, this is the level of analysis justifying a momentous alteration of fundamental U.S. and international law.
The phrase "bootstrap" argument comes to mind to explain this finding of "something, anything" to justify a conclusion that had been reached before the research started. Legal ethics should prohibit such methods and foregone conclusions.
The resort to "slovenly" legal reasoning and method, including faulty research, compares with the Bush lawyers rationalizations of torture.
The "public authorities justification" for extraordinary departures by a nation from legality is invoked and expanded in this memo to permit killings of Americans outside of due process protections that are fundamental to legality itself and not for a limited period of time:
"Mr. Awalki's due process rights are dealt with summarily. The 'realities of combat' [in Yemen?] meant that no serious due process was possible, the memo said, citing the 2001 Authorization for the Use of Military Force that allows anti-terror measures anywhere. [Cuba? Russia? China?] And the memo never questioned whether the Defense Department and the Central Intelligence Agency, which operate the drone program, would properly follow international law."
Mr. Al-Awalki's sixteen year-old son and thousands of other collateral victims of drones have led to unanimous UN condemnation of the U.S.'s position on the legality of such killings to say nothing of the neglect of "jurisprudence" -- meaning case law -- from the International Court at the Hague concerning time-limitations on "exigent actions" by nations in military contexts.
This is not American legal thinking at its best. Mr. Obama is a superb lawyer and former law professor who must realize that the judgment of history and his colleagues from all over the world will be harsh not only in evaluating this so-called legal memo, but in assessing Mr. Obama's failure to close Guantanamo, continuing allegations of torture used against persons in U.S. custody, illegal use of drone weapons, and retention in secrecy of more than a thousand photographs of the hateful tortures that took place at Abu-Ghraib and Guantanamo.
At my local college bookstore the box of mints with Mr. Obama's picture is called: "Disappoint-mints."
June 26, 2014 at 2:36 P.M. A list of sources will be added to this text soon. No response to my communication has yet been received from Invicta Watch Company. However, I have received a letter from "Fernando Fernandez," Constituent Services/Outreach Coordinator, Office of the Public Advocate For the City of New York, 1 Centre Street, New York, N.Y. 10007, (212) 669-3571. I am told that my "case number" is 97457.
The floor of the Public Advocate's office is not specified in this letter head. (Interesting stationary from "Letitia James.")
The area, mailing, or zip code on the postage meter used to mail what purports to be the Public Advocate's letter is different from the zip code for 1 Centre Street, New York, N.Y. and no listing for persons named "R. Schnetzler" or "Fernando Fernandez" could be found.
Regrettably, my email accounts are blocked, illegally, for reasons and by persons unknown to me, probably from the New Jersey Supreme Court or Office of Attorney Ethics (OAE) acting outside the boundaries of law.
It is a crime to represent yourself as the Public Advocate of the city of New York if you are really a lawyer from Union City, New Jersey in the process of being indicted.
I will post all comments I make to "Mr. Fernandez" online to ensure that there is no misunderstanding of what I have said or why I have said it. I will avoid all telephone conversations by communicating only in writing and posting my comments online.
My statement concerning Invicta is self-explanatory and the Public Advocate's letter was sent and received at my correct address which was supplied with the materials sent to the Public Advocate of the City of New York by certified mail with return receipt also bearing my address.
A copy of the letter received, allegedly from that office, and of the envelope in which it arrived, also of my return receipt and posting receipt, will be returned to the N.Y. Public Advocate for review.
My certified letter 7014 0510 0002 1469 3832 was sent on June 17, 2014; return receipt signed by "R. Schnetzler" on June 23, 2014 bears the same identification number. My mail will be directed exclusively to Letitia James.
I cannot imagine someone inventing the name "Schnetzler."
When I get my watch repaired and returned to me, if I do, I will certainly make sure that everyone knows the good news.
I will also forward a copy of this statement being posted at my blog to "Mr. Fernandez" and/or "R. Schnetzler."
Google Chrome and printing is still unavailable at Morningside Heights laptops. I was subjected to harassments when trying to write at my home laptop. If more than two days pass without alteration at these blogs it means that I am prevented from writing against my will. ("How censorship works in America.")
Michelangelo Conte, "Teacher Charged With Sex Assault," The Star Ledger, June 18, 2014, p. 17. (Keith R. McGee, 37, of Glen Rock, New Jersey is charged with sexual assault of a girl in the teacher's high school classroom.)
Mary Ann Spoto, "Appeals Court Upholds Sex Offender Ruling," The Star Ledger, June 18, 2014, p. 17. (Charles E. Hunt, 58, of Union Beach failed to register as a sex offender under Megan's law and now faces a return to prison.)
Karen Sudol, "Franklin Lakes Man Charged With Fraud: Allegedly Made Up Firm to Bill $3.5 Million," The Record, June 20, 2014, p. L-3. (Allegations of wire fraud with the assistance of attorneys from New Jersey against "Bobby Boye," 50, may implicate more judges and lawyers.)
Brent Johnson, "N.J. Dealt a Losing Hand by High Court: Bid to Legalize Sports Bets Again Rejected," The Star Ledger, June 24, 2014, p. 1. (Stuart Rabner is holding out for more bribe money from the illicit gaming industry.)
Larry Neumeister, "U.S. Memo On Targeted Killings Up For Scrutiny: Documents Justifying Drone Use Released," The Star Ledger, June 24, 2014, p. 1. (Killing Americans outside the boundaries of law is fine.)
Ted Sherman, "Six Public Employees Charged in School Lunch FRAUD: Workers Accused of Falsely Reporting Income So Kids Could Get Subsidized Meals," The Star Ledger, June 14, 2014, p. 9. (Widespread fraud in school lunch and other programs, allegedly involving lawyers in many cases: "New Jersey Lawyers Involved School Lunch Scam.")
Jerry Cantrell, "Pension Reform Must be Revisited," The Star Ledger, June 24, 2014, p. 11. (" ... New Jersey taxpayers would have to come up with $3.35 BILLION per year by 2018. That would equal a 10% addition to the proposed 2015 $34.4 BILLION record budget just for state worker pensions." Much of this sum is due to "bloated" and multiple pensions for N.J. government lawyers and ex-politicians collecting as many as 5 or 6 separate pensions for different government jobs held simultaneously.)
AP, "Man Takes Plea Deal in Child Sex Case," The Star Ledger, June 24, 2014, p. 13. ("A man who took a 13-year-old girl from Rhode Island to his home in New Jersey after meeting her online has agreed to plead guilty.")
John Reimbach, "Whistle-Blower Cases Carry Risk: Plaintiffs Must Meet Strict Guidelines," The Record, June 25, 2014, p. 1. (N.J. politicians wish to discourage whistle-blower lawsuits.)
Matt Arco, "Wiesniewski Phone Logs Cast Doubt On GWB Tale: P.A. Official, Christie Aides Were in Contact," The Star Ledger, June 25, 2014, p. 1. (It looks more and more like Mr. Christie may have lied about what he knew and/or when he knew it.)
Matt Flegenheimer, William K. Rashbaum, Kate Zernike, "2nd Bridge Inquiry Said to be Linked to Christie," The New York Times, June 24, 2014, p. A1. (What role did Christie and his minions -- including the loathsome David Samson, Esq. -- play in alleged securities fraud at the Port Authority damaging the general public? Christie, Samson, and Baroni are lawyers protected in their alleged criminality by N.J.'s tainted Office of Attorney Ethics. Is this an example of New Jersey's legal ethics, Mr. Rabner? Does this inaction by the New Jersey legal ethics machinery comport with your sense of "justice," Chief Justice Rabner? "David Samson Resigns.")
Charlie Savage, "Court Releases Large Parts of Memo Approving Killing of American in Yemen," The New York Times, June 24, 2014, p. A17. (Can Americans be killed on the basis of a secret determination by the U.S. president, for undisclosed reasons that are never communicated to the victim, who is not afforded even the opportunity to respond to accusations nor to offer counter-evidence of any kind, without explanations to family members after the victim's murder? Mr. Obama's administration has determined that such killings are "legal." If so, then I suggest that Mr. Boehner is a "threat to national security" and "beyond capture" by the administration and, hence, a fitting candidate for such a killing. I can certainly write a memo citing more and better sources that will be far more persuasive than the administration's Al-Awalki memo to justify "taking Boehner off the battlefield." This absurd suggestion concerning Mr. Boehner nevertheless falls under the scope of executive power for the imperial presidency claimed in the memo released to the public: "New Jersey's Office of Attorney Ethics" and "New Jersey's 'Ethical' Legal System.")
"A Thin Rationale For Drone Killings," (Editorial) The New York Times, June 24, 2014, p. A26.
In 2014 a fundamental tenet of all civilized societies that claim to adhere to the rule of law -- however the concept may be understood in different countries -- concerns the dignity of human life that merits unique legal protections.
Human rights conventions and fundamental rights guarantees -- including the Bill of Rights to the U.S. Constitution -- MANDATE some due process of law before a deprivation of liberty.
Much more care must be taken to ensure legal rights when government acts to violate the sacredness of life by killing someone given the finality of death. An appeal by a corpse tends to be worthless.
In 2010, the Obama administration's brilliant lawyers drafted a memo to explain when and why it is O.K. to murder or kill (depending on your point of view) an American citizen without affording the victim due process of law or judicial review of any kind.
The suggestion that due process is satisfied by White House or Justice Department internal review -- without notice to the victim or an opportunity to respond -- makes a mockery of due process, Mr. Holder.
The essence of due process is notice to the affected party together with an opportunity for that person/party to respond to accusations.
The president's lawyers relied on Israeli law to conclude that "exigent" circumstances in a time of war allow for killing a non-Jewish American, like Mr. Al-Awalki, because he could not be captured and posed an imminent threat to U.S. national security.
Actually, Mr. Al-Awalki happened to be located in Yemen, a country not at war with the United States. Besides, Congress has yet to declare war against any nation. These were hardly "exigent" circumstances. Legal deliberations and the weighing of arguments unfolded at a leisurely pace over more than a year.
The authors of the memo, David Barron, Esq. and Mathew Lederman, Esq., have no doubt made their mothers proud by "moving on" to the judiciary and legal academia -- as rewards for their government service -- since they clearly embody today's legal ethics and professional competence in America. ("Is America's Legal Ethics a Lie?" and "American Lawyers and Doctors in the Torture Debate" then "Nihilists in Disneyworld" and "Stuart Rabner's Selective Sense of Justice.")
" ... the memo turns out to be a slap dash pastiche of legal themes [a mere academic exercise?] -- some based on obscure interpretations of British and Israeli law -- that was clearly tailored to the desired result."
It is shocking that in a nation with America's reserves of legal talent, this is the level of analysis justifying a momentous alteration of fundamental U.S. and international law.
The phrase "bootstrap" argument comes to mind to explain this finding of "something, anything" to justify a conclusion that had been reached before the research started. Legal ethics should prohibit such methods and foregone conclusions.
The resort to "slovenly" legal reasoning and method, including faulty research, compares with the Bush lawyers rationalizations of torture.
The "public authorities justification" for extraordinary departures by a nation from legality is invoked and expanded in this memo to permit killings of Americans outside of due process protections that are fundamental to legality itself and not for a limited period of time:
"Mr. Awalki's due process rights are dealt with summarily. The 'realities of combat' [in Yemen?] meant that no serious due process was possible, the memo said, citing the 2001 Authorization for the Use of Military Force that allows anti-terror measures anywhere. [Cuba? Russia? China?] And the memo never questioned whether the Defense Department and the Central Intelligence Agency, which operate the drone program, would properly follow international law."
Mr. Al-Awalki's sixteen year-old son and thousands of other collateral victims of drones have led to unanimous UN condemnation of the U.S.'s position on the legality of such killings to say nothing of the neglect of "jurisprudence" -- meaning case law -- from the International Court at the Hague concerning time-limitations on "exigent actions" by nations in military contexts.
This is not American legal thinking at its best. Mr. Obama is a superb lawyer and former law professor who must realize that the judgment of history and his colleagues from all over the world will be harsh not only in evaluating this so-called legal memo, but in assessing Mr. Obama's failure to close Guantanamo, continuing allegations of torture used against persons in U.S. custody, illegal use of drone weapons, and retention in secrecy of more than a thousand photographs of the hateful tortures that took place at Abu-Ghraib and Guantanamo.
At my local college bookstore the box of mints with Mr. Obama's picture is called: "Disappoint-mints."
Monday, June 23, 2014
Stuart Rabner's Selective Sense of Justice.
June 23, 2014 at 12:42 P.M. A list of sources detailing "justice" in legal outcomes and related events in the New Jersey legal system under Stuart Rabner's Chief Justiceship, over the past month alone, will be added to this text in the days ahead.
Given Mr. Rabner's newly-discovered and surprising interest in the theory of justice and his willingness to grace us all with his personal "philosophy" (his word) of law and justice -- merely for the purpose of comparison -- I direct interested readers to the following works by thinkers who are roughly on the same level as Mr. Rabner when it comes to the "philosophy" of law. All of these men agree with my position as set forth below concerning the requirements of legal justice:
Ronald Dworkin, Law's Empire (Cambridge: Harvard U. Press, 1986).
John Finnis, Natural Law and Natural Rights (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1980).
Lon Fuller, The Morality of Law (New Haven: Yale U. Press, 1964).
H.L.A. Hart, The Concept of Law (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1961).
J.R. Lucas, On Justice (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1980).
John Rawls, A Theory of Justice (Cambridge: Harvard U. Press, 1971).
What follows is a small sampling of items illustrating what I consider New Jersey's systemic jurisprudential failure -- failure in terms of unethical, corrupt, and inept practices among lawyers, judges, and other players in the legal/political system, producing heinous violations of human rights and severe injustices for persons in society. The Chief Justice of the state's legal system must be held responsible for these failures.
Alterations of this text which had been left alone for a while are one indication that powerful officials and judges in New Jersey are not happy about my decision to bring these matters to the attention of U.S. and international authorities. This makes me happy and confirms the wisdom of my decision.
"Report Ranks U.S. Health Care Last of 11 Developed Nations," The Record, June 17, 2014, p. A-7. (U.S. health care system is 11th out of 11 nations in terms of quality of care afforded to patients. UK is number one. The U.S. legal system is ranked below the health care system among First World nations. As of the most recent assessment the U.S. ranked 17th in "quality of life" or "contentment" in the general population as compared with other First World nations.)
Joe Malinconico, "Christie to Swear In [sic.] Torres at Inauguration: Officials hope visit leads to more help for their city," The Record, June 17, 2014, p. L-2. (Paterson is the location of Mr. Hanson's proposed property to be owned by Hampshire Investment Group that, I am sure, will employ many of the poorest residents of the Passaic County city in executive positions: "Christie Gives Donor $1 MILLION of New Jersey Money.")
Kelly Heyboer, "Study: New Jersey Falls Short in Preparing Teachers," The Star Ledger, June 18, 2014, p. 6. (N.J. is among the worst jurisdictions in the First World in preparing teachers and in the real quality of education available to all students, as opposed to selected schools, despite 30 years of litigation in the Abbott case and a state constitutional requirement of an equal and good quality education for every child. This reality says something important about the ineffectiveness and hubris of the Poritz/Rabner Supreme Court's "activism" in dealing with social or legislative issues. Mt. Laurel is another disaster in the history of New Jersey law. "Monkeying around" with the numbers to indicate educational success fools no one.)
Thomas Zambito, "Insurance Adjuster is Guilty in $1.5 MILLION Fraud: Repair Costs Inflated in Turnpike Case," The Star Ledger, June 18, 2014, p. 13. (Adjusters, many of whom are lawyers, cut deals with plaintiffs' lawyers for kickbacks on settlements that are sometimes shared with Superior Court judges and with insurance defense counsel who look the other way. Most ethics officials affiliated with the NJSBA's so-called "ethics committee" are former prosecutors and/or insurance defense lawyers. I am sure that Mr. Rabner did some insurance defense work and is a former prosecutor whose firm -- Lowenstein, Sadler, Esqs. -- represented Solomon Dwek and, perhaps, Bernie Madoff. This experience may affect Mr. Rabner's current outlook on the bench. "Have you no shame Mr. Rabner?")
Salvador Rizzo, "Christie's Lawyers Reveal Plan for Pension Fight: Crisis Merits Emergency Panels," The Star Ledger, June 19, 2014, p. 7. (" ... lawyers for Gov. Chris Christie yesterday unveiled their defense strategy for taking $2.4 BILLION meant for public workers' pensions, fighting back against a flood of lawsuits from unions and financial managers challenging the plan," in order to make the illegal, legal: "New Jersey Pension Funds Are $54 Billion Short" and "New Jersey Admits Wronging the Poor On Sandy Aid.")
Tom Haydon, "Restraint a Factor in Death of Inmate: County Officials Call Fatality 'An Accident,'" The Star Ledger, June 19, 2014, p. 13. (William Parisio, 25, like dozens of others -- usually, African-Americans and Latinos -- DIE of their injuries inflicted while they are "restrained" in New Jersey jails and prisons, but these persons' lives generate little concern on the part of Mr. Rabner, despite his alleged interest in "justice." Rapes in the state's women's facilities, similarly, have little impact on Mr. Rabner's peace of mind or his alleged "pursuit of justice." Mr. Rabner does seem to be troubled by Solomon Dwek's fate.)
Thomas Zambito, "Miami Man Admits a Role in Multi-State Crime Ring," The Star Ledger, June 19, 2014, p. 17. (Miami and New Jersey-based Martin Lopez, 47, alleged Bob Menendez supporter and cash contributor, admitted his role in a ring that stole $80 MILLION in prescription drug shipments. Not much will happen to determine the distribution of these drugs or who provided "protection" for this operation among New Jersey police officers. Mr. Lopez appears to be making bail, in cash, and will be travelling soon, I believe, to Miami.)
Ben Horowitz, "Thirteen Facing Charges in Racketeering Case," The Star Ledger, June 18, 2014, p. 17. (Thirteen people have been charged in Boonton Township for racketeering in a case allegedly involving Medicaid fraud, kickbacks to doctors -- that means lawyers, too -- falsifying financial records, with the assistance of attorneys, bribery and tax evasion, thanks to officials who are, mostly, lawyers. Ethics, Stuart? Is this Dr. Melgen, Bob? "'Michael Clayton': A Movie Review.")
Lindy Washburn, "Fraud Suspect Cheated Medicaid Before: Called Ringleader of $8 MILLION Kickback Scam," The Record, June 20, 2014, p. A-1. (Fraud scheme involving cooperation and kickbacks to lawyers and cops as well as judges no doubt: Rehan "Ray" Zerbari -- Israeli? -- is the ringleader of a Bergen County group that allegedly bilked the federal program of $8 million. No one involved in the scam is African-American or Latino which makes it unlikely that Mr. Zerbari will go to prison. Friend of yours "David"? "So Black and So Blue in Prison.")
Jim Norman, "Doctor Indicted On Sex Charges: Women Abused in Hospital, Lawyer Says," The Record, June 20, 2014, p. L-1. ("The 55 year-old gynecologist from Tenafly [Ariel Rodriguez lived in Tenafly] has been indicted in New York on charges of engaging in oral sex and other sexual contacts with [at least] 6 victims without their consent over a 10-month period in 2011 and 2012." Robert Haddon, M.D. is too well protected in New Jersey -- where he can probably identify lawyers and other professionals using chemicals to have sex with unsuspecting victims -- to be indicted: "Marilyn Straus Was Right!" and "Diana's Friend Goes to Prison!" then "Edward M. De Sear, Esq. and New Jersey's Filth": Alina Fallat? Estela De La Cruz? Diana Lisa Riccioli? Loretta Weinberg? Sound familiar, ladies?)
Kibret Marcos, "Jury Gets Sex Abuse Case After Girl Recants Story," The Record, June 20, 2014, p. L-3. ("Jurors began deliberating on Thursday in the trial of a Paterson man accused of sexually assaulting a 5 year-old girl." Five years-old may be too young even for attorneys, Debbie Poritz and Bob Menendez, who see themselves as "ethical superiors" of most of their fellow citizens: "Menendez Consorts With Underage Prostitutes" and "Trenton's Nasty Lesbian Love-Fest!")
John Reitmeyer & Michael Phillis, "Jersey Justice Not Blind, Rabner Says," The Record, June 17, 2014, p. A-1. (Severely myopic perhaps? "Roberto Unger's Revolutionary Legal Theory" and "Ronald Dworkin's Jurisprudence of Interpretation.")
"A Settlement in the Central Park Jogger Case," (Editorial) The New York Times, June 21, 2014, p. A20.
"The man likely to help to decide some of New Jersey's most vexing social and political issues as the leader of the state Supreme Court until 2030 portrayed himself as a judge tasked 'to do justice' and 'be mindful of the impact his decisions have on people's lives.'"
Jersey "Justice" is usually accused of being not only "blind," but also "deaf" and "dumb" -- very dumb! -- as well as slow to react to outrageous miscarriages of justice. ("Law and Ethics in the Soprano State" and "New Jersey Judges and Lawyers Pay Themselves OT" then "Christie Attacks New Jersey's Corrupt Judges.")
The worst accusations against "N.J. law" have centered on racism
that required the Justice Department to take over the New Jersey State Police on several occasions, including under Mr. Rabner's tenure as Attorney General and certainly after his admission to the bar during his years in private practice. ("Organized Crime Group in New Jersey's State Police" then "Albert Florence and New Jersey's Racism" and "Larry Peterson Cleared by DNA.")
Mr. Rabner was and has remained remarkably silent on these civil rights issues affecting the minority community in New Jersey. ("America's Holocaust" and "Louis C. Taylor Serves 42 Years as an Innocent Man" then, again, "So Black and So Blue in Prison.")
Stuart Rabner has been informed of my situation, more than once, and of the public dialogue concerning grave injustices committed against me (and many others) by the Office of Attorney Ethics (OAE) in the state as well as mysterious "others." Cops, Stuart? ("New Jersey's Office of Attorney Ethics.")
These "actions" aimed at harming me are the result of legal proceedings originating in New Jersey and, secretly, beyond all boundaries or legality or identifiable origins, through criminal misuse of judicial and political/legal power by N.J. lawyers or ex-lawyers -- besides the police officers -- under the auspices of Mr. Rabner's court and with his knowledge and/or acquiescence. ("John McGill, Esq., the OAE, and New Jersey Corruption" and "New Jersey's 'Ethical' Legal System" then "Have you no shame Mr. Rabner?" and "What did you know, Mr. Rabner, and when did you know it?")
Secret proceedings where persons are permitted to make unchallenged statements -- often containing factually inaccurate slanders and insults that are witheld from the victim -- are profoundly offensive to America's Constitution and universal standards of "justice." ("Fidel Castro's 'History Will Absolve Me.'")
This offensiveness remains real and true even when the OAE indulges in such loathsome practices. ("An Open Letter to My Torturers in New Jersey, Terry Tuchin and Diana Lisa Riccioli" and "Terry Tuchin, Diana Lisa Riccioli, and New Jersey's Agency of Torture.")
Mr. Rabner has been made aware of the existence of such "secret" proceedings pertaining to me for some time. Mr. Rabner is also aware of my daily requests for the truth in all matters pertaining to me, including any secret reports by the person calling himself "Terry Tuchin" and/or Ms. Poritz's "romantic friend," "Diana Lisa Riccioli." (Again: "Marilyn Straus Was Right!" and "Diana's Friend Goes to Prison!")
Mr. Rabner is further "on notice" of continuing, secret, behind-the-back efforts to interfere with, or violate, my Constitutional rights and damage my economic welfare or ethical rights -- efforts that are "unjust" by OAE officials, or their agents, with apparent and/or actual authority to act for the state of New Jersey. ("Stuart Rabner and Conduct Unbecoming to the Judiciary in New Jersey" and "Solomon Dwek Gets 6 Year Sentence.")
Mr. Rabner has ignored requests by many persons -- not just myself -- to disclose the truth in order to make amends for crimes committed against me that include thefts, assaults, rapes and the ongoing conspiracy to violate civil rights disregarding federal criminal law. ("Invicta Watch Company" and "Is America's Legal Ethics a Lie?" then "New Jersey's Office of Attorney Ethics.")
Mr. Rabner is aware of obstructions of justice and various frauds on his court (including the OAE producing a false and paid "witness" who lied on the record with the OAE's knowledge). The lies were offered pursuant to instructions by persons preparing that witness to testify falsely, allegedly, including John McGill, Esq. of the OAE. ("Sexual Favors For New Jersey Judges" and "Deborah T. Poritz and Conduct Unbecoming to the Judiciary in New Jersey.")
No effort has been made by Mr. McGill, the OAE, nor by Mr. Rabner to acknowledge "tampering" with the evidence and witnesses as well as fraud and other obstructions of justice in what purports to be an "ethics" proceeding against me in perpetuity and outside the boundaries of the Constitution, state laws, and New Jersey's soiled territory. ("Neil M. Cohen, Esq. and Conduct Unbecoming to the Legislature in New Jersey" and "New Jersey Rabbi Faces Child Sex Charges.")
It may be that Mr. Rabner wishes to protect his predecessor as Chief Justice, Debbie Poritz, or to shield others from liability in my matters. David Samson? ("Trenton's Nasty Lesbian Love-Fest" and "Jennifer Velez is a Dyke Magnet!" then "N.J. Female Professor Rapes a Disabled Man.")
When he was first sworn-in Mr. Rabner claimed that he saw his role as "applying the law" and "not making the law" by avoiding all impositions of his values on litigants and merely deciding cases in accordance with the rules. ("Richard A. Posner On Voluntary Actions and Criminal Responsibility.")
Mr. Rabner is now converted from legal pragmatism and positivism to a form of natural law jurisprudence:
"I think all justices must be mindful of the fact that our mission in the end is to do justice."
Does this include justice for non-Jews, Mr. Rabner? African-Americans wrongly convicted suffering in the state's prisons? Poor people who cannot retain "Lowenstein, Sadler" or "David Samson, Esq." to represent them as Solomon Dwek was able to do so easily. ("David Samson Resigns.")
Mr. Rabner insisted that the goal is not merely to ...
" ... resolve or move cases or treat them as statistics [sic.] but to understand how important these cases are."
Mr. Rabner assured legislators that with regard to his colleagues on the court:
"I will look for someone who will be faithful to the Constitution."
Continuing the cover-ups, "wall of silence," lying, obfuscating of the truth is to perpetuate a malignancy growing on the New Jersey Supreme Court and to defecate on that state's constitution. ("New Jersey Supreme Court's Implosion" and "New Jersey's Judges Disgrace America" then "Virginia Long's Departure.")
During a week when New York admitted "mistakes" in the notorious Central Park jogger case, apologized, made amends and settled the civil matter emerging from that tragedy, the error in New Jersey's policy of LYING and COVERING-UP heinous crimes and perjury by N.J.'s OAE attorneys (and others) that victimize many persons who are suffering unnecessarily -- even as Mr. Rabner and his family members would suffer in similar circumstances! -- is not only a bad policy, but evil. It is also profoundly "unjust." ("The Wanderer and His Shadow" and "Drawing Room Comedy: A Philosophical Essay in the Form of a Film Script.")
"Mr. de Blasio pledged to settle [the civil law suit] as quickly as possible [in order] to correct what he described as a profound injustice. [I agree.] The proposed settlement averages about $1 million a year for each year the five men spent in prison. This brings a measure of closure. It does not bring back their youthful lives."
Please see: "Christie Gives Donor $1 Million of New Jersey Money." Mr. Christie's gift will result in the "donor's," Mr. Hanson's, company owning a $53 MILLION building generating $2-to-$5 MILLION per year in income plus tax breaks.
Mr. Hanson did not even have to go to prison to get the windfall -- at least, not yet.
Given Mr. Rabner's newly-discovered and surprising interest in the theory of justice and his willingness to grace us all with his personal "philosophy" (his word) of law and justice -- merely for the purpose of comparison -- I direct interested readers to the following works by thinkers who are roughly on the same level as Mr. Rabner when it comes to the "philosophy" of law. All of these men agree with my position as set forth below concerning the requirements of legal justice:
Ronald Dworkin, Law's Empire (Cambridge: Harvard U. Press, 1986).
John Finnis, Natural Law and Natural Rights (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1980).
Lon Fuller, The Morality of Law (New Haven: Yale U. Press, 1964).
H.L.A. Hart, The Concept of Law (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1961).
J.R. Lucas, On Justice (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1980).
John Rawls, A Theory of Justice (Cambridge: Harvard U. Press, 1971).
What follows is a small sampling of items illustrating what I consider New Jersey's systemic jurisprudential failure -- failure in terms of unethical, corrupt, and inept practices among lawyers, judges, and other players in the legal/political system, producing heinous violations of human rights and severe injustices for persons in society. The Chief Justice of the state's legal system must be held responsible for these failures.
Alterations of this text which had been left alone for a while are one indication that powerful officials and judges in New Jersey are not happy about my decision to bring these matters to the attention of U.S. and international authorities. This makes me happy and confirms the wisdom of my decision.
"Report Ranks U.S. Health Care Last of 11 Developed Nations," The Record, June 17, 2014, p. A-7. (U.S. health care system is 11th out of 11 nations in terms of quality of care afforded to patients. UK is number one. The U.S. legal system is ranked below the health care system among First World nations. As of the most recent assessment the U.S. ranked 17th in "quality of life" or "contentment" in the general population as compared with other First World nations.)
Joe Malinconico, "Christie to Swear In [sic.] Torres at Inauguration: Officials hope visit leads to more help for their city," The Record, June 17, 2014, p. L-2. (Paterson is the location of Mr. Hanson's proposed property to be owned by Hampshire Investment Group that, I am sure, will employ many of the poorest residents of the Passaic County city in executive positions: "Christie Gives Donor $1 MILLION of New Jersey Money.")
Kelly Heyboer, "Study: New Jersey Falls Short in Preparing Teachers," The Star Ledger, June 18, 2014, p. 6. (N.J. is among the worst jurisdictions in the First World in preparing teachers and in the real quality of education available to all students, as opposed to selected schools, despite 30 years of litigation in the Abbott case and a state constitutional requirement of an equal and good quality education for every child. This reality says something important about the ineffectiveness and hubris of the Poritz/Rabner Supreme Court's "activism" in dealing with social or legislative issues. Mt. Laurel is another disaster in the history of New Jersey law. "Monkeying around" with the numbers to indicate educational success fools no one.)
Thomas Zambito, "Insurance Adjuster is Guilty in $1.5 MILLION Fraud: Repair Costs Inflated in Turnpike Case," The Star Ledger, June 18, 2014, p. 13. (Adjusters, many of whom are lawyers, cut deals with plaintiffs' lawyers for kickbacks on settlements that are sometimes shared with Superior Court judges and with insurance defense counsel who look the other way. Most ethics officials affiliated with the NJSBA's so-called "ethics committee" are former prosecutors and/or insurance defense lawyers. I am sure that Mr. Rabner did some insurance defense work and is a former prosecutor whose firm -- Lowenstein, Sadler, Esqs. -- represented Solomon Dwek and, perhaps, Bernie Madoff. This experience may affect Mr. Rabner's current outlook on the bench. "Have you no shame Mr. Rabner?")
Salvador Rizzo, "Christie's Lawyers Reveal Plan for Pension Fight: Crisis Merits Emergency Panels," The Star Ledger, June 19, 2014, p. 7. (" ... lawyers for Gov. Chris Christie yesterday unveiled their defense strategy for taking $2.4 BILLION meant for public workers' pensions, fighting back against a flood of lawsuits from unions and financial managers challenging the plan," in order to make the illegal, legal: "New Jersey Pension Funds Are $54 Billion Short" and "New Jersey Admits Wronging the Poor On Sandy Aid.")
Tom Haydon, "Restraint a Factor in Death of Inmate: County Officials Call Fatality 'An Accident,'" The Star Ledger, June 19, 2014, p. 13. (William Parisio, 25, like dozens of others -- usually, African-Americans and Latinos -- DIE of their injuries inflicted while they are "restrained" in New Jersey jails and prisons, but these persons' lives generate little concern on the part of Mr. Rabner, despite his alleged interest in "justice." Rapes in the state's women's facilities, similarly, have little impact on Mr. Rabner's peace of mind or his alleged "pursuit of justice." Mr. Rabner does seem to be troubled by Solomon Dwek's fate.)
Thomas Zambito, "Miami Man Admits a Role in Multi-State Crime Ring," The Star Ledger, June 19, 2014, p. 17. (Miami and New Jersey-based Martin Lopez, 47, alleged Bob Menendez supporter and cash contributor, admitted his role in a ring that stole $80 MILLION in prescription drug shipments. Not much will happen to determine the distribution of these drugs or who provided "protection" for this operation among New Jersey police officers. Mr. Lopez appears to be making bail, in cash, and will be travelling soon, I believe, to Miami.)
Ben Horowitz, "Thirteen Facing Charges in Racketeering Case," The Star Ledger, June 18, 2014, p. 17. (Thirteen people have been charged in Boonton Township for racketeering in a case allegedly involving Medicaid fraud, kickbacks to doctors -- that means lawyers, too -- falsifying financial records, with the assistance of attorneys, bribery and tax evasion, thanks to officials who are, mostly, lawyers. Ethics, Stuart? Is this Dr. Melgen, Bob? "'Michael Clayton': A Movie Review.")
Lindy Washburn, "Fraud Suspect Cheated Medicaid Before: Called Ringleader of $8 MILLION Kickback Scam," The Record, June 20, 2014, p. A-1. (Fraud scheme involving cooperation and kickbacks to lawyers and cops as well as judges no doubt: Rehan "Ray" Zerbari -- Israeli? -- is the ringleader of a Bergen County group that allegedly bilked the federal program of $8 million. No one involved in the scam is African-American or Latino which makes it unlikely that Mr. Zerbari will go to prison. Friend of yours "David"? "So Black and So Blue in Prison.")
Jim Norman, "Doctor Indicted On Sex Charges: Women Abused in Hospital, Lawyer Says," The Record, June 20, 2014, p. L-1. ("The 55 year-old gynecologist from Tenafly [Ariel Rodriguez lived in Tenafly] has been indicted in New York on charges of engaging in oral sex and other sexual contacts with [at least] 6 victims without their consent over a 10-month period in 2011 and 2012." Robert Haddon, M.D. is too well protected in New Jersey -- where he can probably identify lawyers and other professionals using chemicals to have sex with unsuspecting victims -- to be indicted: "Marilyn Straus Was Right!" and "Diana's Friend Goes to Prison!" then "Edward M. De Sear, Esq. and New Jersey's Filth": Alina Fallat? Estela De La Cruz? Diana Lisa Riccioli? Loretta Weinberg? Sound familiar, ladies?)
Kibret Marcos, "Jury Gets Sex Abuse Case After Girl Recants Story," The Record, June 20, 2014, p. L-3. ("Jurors began deliberating on Thursday in the trial of a Paterson man accused of sexually assaulting a 5 year-old girl." Five years-old may be too young even for attorneys, Debbie Poritz and Bob Menendez, who see themselves as "ethical superiors" of most of their fellow citizens: "Menendez Consorts With Underage Prostitutes" and "Trenton's Nasty Lesbian Love-Fest!")
John Reitmeyer & Michael Phillis, "Jersey Justice Not Blind, Rabner Says," The Record, June 17, 2014, p. A-1. (Severely myopic perhaps? "Roberto Unger's Revolutionary Legal Theory" and "Ronald Dworkin's Jurisprudence of Interpretation.")
"A Settlement in the Central Park Jogger Case," (Editorial) The New York Times, June 21, 2014, p. A20.
"The man likely to help to decide some of New Jersey's most vexing social and political issues as the leader of the state Supreme Court until 2030 portrayed himself as a judge tasked 'to do justice' and 'be mindful of the impact his decisions have on people's lives.'"
Jersey "Justice" is usually accused of being not only "blind," but also "deaf" and "dumb" -- very dumb! -- as well as slow to react to outrageous miscarriages of justice. ("Law and Ethics in the Soprano State" and "New Jersey Judges and Lawyers Pay Themselves OT" then "Christie Attacks New Jersey's Corrupt Judges.")
The worst accusations against "N.J. law" have centered on racism
that required the Justice Department to take over the New Jersey State Police on several occasions, including under Mr. Rabner's tenure as Attorney General and certainly after his admission to the bar during his years in private practice. ("Organized Crime Group in New Jersey's State Police" then "Albert Florence and New Jersey's Racism" and "Larry Peterson Cleared by DNA.")
Mr. Rabner was and has remained remarkably silent on these civil rights issues affecting the minority community in New Jersey. ("America's Holocaust" and "Louis C. Taylor Serves 42 Years as an Innocent Man" then, again, "So Black and So Blue in Prison.")
Stuart Rabner has been informed of my situation, more than once, and of the public dialogue concerning grave injustices committed against me (and many others) by the Office of Attorney Ethics (OAE) in the state as well as mysterious "others." Cops, Stuart? ("New Jersey's Office of Attorney Ethics.")
These "actions" aimed at harming me are the result of legal proceedings originating in New Jersey and, secretly, beyond all boundaries or legality or identifiable origins, through criminal misuse of judicial and political/legal power by N.J. lawyers or ex-lawyers -- besides the police officers -- under the auspices of Mr. Rabner's court and with his knowledge and/or acquiescence. ("John McGill, Esq., the OAE, and New Jersey Corruption" and "New Jersey's 'Ethical' Legal System" then "Have you no shame Mr. Rabner?" and "What did you know, Mr. Rabner, and when did you know it?")
Secret proceedings where persons are permitted to make unchallenged statements -- often containing factually inaccurate slanders and insults that are witheld from the victim -- are profoundly offensive to America's Constitution and universal standards of "justice." ("Fidel Castro's 'History Will Absolve Me.'")
This offensiveness remains real and true even when the OAE indulges in such loathsome practices. ("An Open Letter to My Torturers in New Jersey, Terry Tuchin and Diana Lisa Riccioli" and "Terry Tuchin, Diana Lisa Riccioli, and New Jersey's Agency of Torture.")
Mr. Rabner has been made aware of the existence of such "secret" proceedings pertaining to me for some time. Mr. Rabner is also aware of my daily requests for the truth in all matters pertaining to me, including any secret reports by the person calling himself "Terry Tuchin" and/or Ms. Poritz's "romantic friend," "Diana Lisa Riccioli." (Again: "Marilyn Straus Was Right!" and "Diana's Friend Goes to Prison!")
Mr. Rabner is further "on notice" of continuing, secret, behind-the-back efforts to interfere with, or violate, my Constitutional rights and damage my economic welfare or ethical rights -- efforts that are "unjust" by OAE officials, or their agents, with apparent and/or actual authority to act for the state of New Jersey. ("Stuart Rabner and Conduct Unbecoming to the Judiciary in New Jersey" and "Solomon Dwek Gets 6 Year Sentence.")
Mr. Rabner has ignored requests by many persons -- not just myself -- to disclose the truth in order to make amends for crimes committed against me that include thefts, assaults, rapes and the ongoing conspiracy to violate civil rights disregarding federal criminal law. ("Invicta Watch Company" and "Is America's Legal Ethics a Lie?" then "New Jersey's Office of Attorney Ethics.")
Mr. Rabner is aware of obstructions of justice and various frauds on his court (including the OAE producing a false and paid "witness" who lied on the record with the OAE's knowledge). The lies were offered pursuant to instructions by persons preparing that witness to testify falsely, allegedly, including John McGill, Esq. of the OAE. ("Sexual Favors For New Jersey Judges" and "Deborah T. Poritz and Conduct Unbecoming to the Judiciary in New Jersey.")
No effort has been made by Mr. McGill, the OAE, nor by Mr. Rabner to acknowledge "tampering" with the evidence and witnesses as well as fraud and other obstructions of justice in what purports to be an "ethics" proceeding against me in perpetuity and outside the boundaries of the Constitution, state laws, and New Jersey's soiled territory. ("Neil M. Cohen, Esq. and Conduct Unbecoming to the Legislature in New Jersey" and "New Jersey Rabbi Faces Child Sex Charges.")
It may be that Mr. Rabner wishes to protect his predecessor as Chief Justice, Debbie Poritz, or to shield others from liability in my matters. David Samson? ("Trenton's Nasty Lesbian Love-Fest" and "Jennifer Velez is a Dyke Magnet!" then "N.J. Female Professor Rapes a Disabled Man.")
When he was first sworn-in Mr. Rabner claimed that he saw his role as "applying the law" and "not making the law" by avoiding all impositions of his values on litigants and merely deciding cases in accordance with the rules. ("Richard A. Posner On Voluntary Actions and Criminal Responsibility.")
Mr. Rabner is now converted from legal pragmatism and positivism to a form of natural law jurisprudence:
"I think all justices must be mindful of the fact that our mission in the end is to do justice."
Does this include justice for non-Jews, Mr. Rabner? African-Americans wrongly convicted suffering in the state's prisons? Poor people who cannot retain "Lowenstein, Sadler" or "David Samson, Esq." to represent them as Solomon Dwek was able to do so easily. ("David Samson Resigns.")
Mr. Rabner insisted that the goal is not merely to ...
" ... resolve or move cases or treat them as statistics [sic.] but to understand how important these cases are."
Mr. Rabner assured legislators that with regard to his colleagues on the court:
"I will look for someone who will be faithful to the Constitution."
Continuing the cover-ups, "wall of silence," lying, obfuscating of the truth is to perpetuate a malignancy growing on the New Jersey Supreme Court and to defecate on that state's constitution. ("New Jersey Supreme Court's Implosion" and "New Jersey's Judges Disgrace America" then "Virginia Long's Departure.")
During a week when New York admitted "mistakes" in the notorious Central Park jogger case, apologized, made amends and settled the civil matter emerging from that tragedy, the error in New Jersey's policy of LYING and COVERING-UP heinous crimes and perjury by N.J.'s OAE attorneys (and others) that victimize many persons who are suffering unnecessarily -- even as Mr. Rabner and his family members would suffer in similar circumstances! -- is not only a bad policy, but evil. It is also profoundly "unjust." ("The Wanderer and His Shadow" and "Drawing Room Comedy: A Philosophical Essay in the Form of a Film Script.")
"Mr. de Blasio pledged to settle [the civil law suit] as quickly as possible [in order] to correct what he described as a profound injustice. [I agree.] The proposed settlement averages about $1 million a year for each year the five men spent in prison. This brings a measure of closure. It does not bring back their youthful lives."
Please see: "Christie Gives Donor $1 Million of New Jersey Money." Mr. Christie's gift will result in the "donor's," Mr. Hanson's, company owning a $53 MILLION building generating $2-to-$5 MILLION per year in income plus tax breaks.
Mr. Hanson did not even have to go to prison to get the windfall -- at least, not yet.
Wednesday, June 18, 2014
Port Authority Investigated by SEC and FBI.
June 19, 2014 at 9:19 A.M. There is no service on the A train downtown on the N.Y. subway system due to a mysterious fire. I have no way of getting downtown that is convenient from my apartment. I will try to give myself additional time to walk to the library, if necessary, to make copies.
No response has yet been received from Invicta or government officials. The number of the latest return receipts will be posted when they are received by me. ("Invicta Watch Company.")
June 18, 2014 at 11:46 A.M. I received a call identified as emanating from "Beacon, New York" from 845-765-4829. Regrettably, accessing Google Chrome is still impossible from laptops at Morningside Heights, NYPL. Today the printer has been disabled, again, at this library branch. A list of sources will be attached to this essay in the days ahead.
Christopher Baxter, "Top Christie Aide Slammed For Not Seeking Answers," The Star Ledger, June 10, 2014, p. 1. (Christie's Chief of Staff, Kevin O'Dowd, tells the N.J. legislative committee looking into the GWB scandal that he does not speak English. He wasn't there. He didn't know from nothing.)
Salvador Rizzo, "Christie's GWB Legal Team Bills the State $2.6 Million in February," The Star Ledger, June 10, 2014, p. 2. (Randy Mastro, Esq. is asking Mr. Christie to give him a $53 million building in Paterson, like Mr. Hanson's charming little property, so he can make $2-to-$5 million per year in perpetuity tax free. No OAE investigation of these legal fees paid by N.J. taxpayers is forthcoming. "New Jersey's Office of Attorney Ethics.")
Salvador Rizzo, "More Unions File Suit Over Cut in Pension Payment," The Star Ledger, June 10, 2014, p. 13. (N.J. government employee unions are suing the governor for taking $2.4 BILLION meant for the pension system to cover "increasing gaps" in the budget caused by waste and corruption as well as good old ineptitude, as usual, in New Jersey.)
"Bayonne's Bailout: Christie Uses Shady Land Deal to Raid Port Authority Piggy Bank," (Editorial) The Star Ledger, June 10, 2014, p. 14. (Mr. Christie "dips into" the Port Authority's coffers to solve his economic woes thanks to the likes of Mr. Samson and Mr. Baroni as the P.A. is investigated by the SEC, FBI, and Mr. Vance's District Attorney's office in Manhattan because New Jersey prosecutors are probably not trusted to be honest in any investigation of their colleagues in Trenton or at the PA.)
Charles Stile, "Sweeney Needs Unions On His Side: Restoring Pension Cuts Could Patch Three Year [sic.] Rift," The Star Ledger, June 10, 2014, p. 14. (Mr. Sweeney needs to restore traditional alliances between labor unions and N.J.'s disgraced Democrats. Good luck.)
Melissa Hayes, "Christie Shows Off Dance Skills With Fallon: GWB, Weight Figure in Jokes On Tonight," The Record, June 13, 2014, p. A-9. (Whatever remnants of credibility and dignity lingered in the public perception of Mr. Christie have now been destroyed by this latest absurd spectacle. Whoever advised Mr. Christie to subject himself to this "slovenly" and "unseemly" appearance on entertainment television is not a friend. Was it Hillary Clinton? Or Rand Paul? Jeb Bush, perhaps?)
Kibret Marcos, "Girl Recants Accusation as Sex Abuse Trial Begins," The Record, June 13, 2014, p. L-3. (Trial of a Paterson man accused -- like Senator Menendez -- of a sexual interest in underage girls, focuses on the activity of an alleged "agent" Ruel Powell, 23, who is charged with performing sexual actions on a five year-old girl. The young victim, not surprisingly, is experiencing difficulties with her testimony. "Menendez Consorts With Underage Prostitutes.")
Asif Sharzad & Rebecca Santana, "U.S. Drone Strike Kills 13 Suspected Militants," The Star Ledger, June 13, 2014, p. 3. (Additional drone attacks have taken the lives of "militants," unfortunately, some of these militants are children and old persons.)
Susan K. Livio, "Ex-Kessler Doctor Loses License Over Sex Claim: Neurologist was accused of having an affair with a woman he treated for seizures," The Star Ledger, June 13, 2014, p. 19. (Jonathan Fulles of Glen Ridge, New Jersey displays a Debbie Poritz-like fondness for incapacitated young women. Estela De La Cruz, perhaps, would approve of this sort of thing. Was Diana Lisa Riccioli supplying Ms. Poritz and others with young women for sexual purposes? "Diana's Friend Goes to Prison!" and "Marilyn Straus Was Right!" then "Trenton's Nasty Lesbian Love-Fest!" and "N.J. Female Professor Rapes Disabled Man.")
Jamie Shram & Laura Italiana, "'Looty' Licious: Strip-Club 'Drug and Overbill,'" The New York Post, June 12, 2014, p. 5. (Drugging and forms of hypnosis are nothing new as techniques of rape. Did Diana Lisa Riccioli know Alina Fallat? Oneida Duran? Did this "knowledge" relate to Marilyn Straus in any way? Were any of these persons involved with "events" in my office? Does drugging and hypnosis explain Estela de La Cruz's "relationship" with Marilyn Straus? Was Ms. De La Cruz acquainted with Alina Fallat? "Jennifer Velez is a Dyke Magnet!")
Shawn Boburg, "Port Says SEC Also Probing Funding of N.J. Road Projects," The Record, June 13, 2014, p. A-3.
"The SEC investigation" -- that necessarily involves other government agencies, including the FBI -- "is looking at the Port Authority's justification for diverting $1.8 BILLION to pay for New Jersey road repair projects at the urging of the Christie administration, people familiar with the matter said. The largest of these projects is the $1 BILLION upgrade to the Pulaski Skyway, a state-owned bridge that connects Newark and Jersey City and is not operated or maintained by the Port Authority."
What I find significant about this far from surprising or unexpected development in the investigation(s) of the Port Authority is that it reveals the mentality of the Christie administration and New Jersey politicians in general with regard to government resources and revenues.
Public "things" or goods and tax money are to be exploited or used to further the ambitions and solve the problems of the individual politician in the Garden State -- whether it happens to be Christie or McGreevey -- and not in the interest or for the welfare of most of the people residing in the state.
As a matter of fact, Mr. Christie, and others like him, seem to believe with Louis XV that "the state is me."
What is good for Chris Christie, in other words -- like using PA funds to solve "his" state's budgetary problems -- is good for New Jersey and, by extension, for America.
Taxpayers in New York contributing to the Port Authority's coffers may not agree that as long as money is spent in ways helpful to Christie's career there is nothing to complain about.
Thanks to Mr. Christie's memorable performance of the "twist" on network television, I believe that the governor's chances of becoming the next President of the United States of America are the only things about him that are very slim. Mr. Christie's promise to perform a topless "pole dance" for the nation has generated a great deal of interest.
The possible transformation of the size of the text in this essay at any time is due to hackers, no doubt from New Jersey, and is not something that I can control. I will do my best to cope with these difficulties as I type this essay. The effect of this tactic seems to be to emphasize any altered paragraph.
Regrettably, Mr. Christie's chances of remaining Governor of New Jersey for the next few years are excellent. In light of this undisputed fact, the question arises of what Mr. Christie knew about the allegations in my blogs and the activities (including computer crimes) described by me. ("How censorship works in America" and "Censorship and Cruelty in New Jersey.")
Did Mr. Christie choose to ignore these crimes that may have been committed from New Jersey government computers by state lawyers and/or judges? ("John McGill, Esq., the OAE, and New Jersey Corruption" and "Terry Tuchin, Diana Lisa Riccioli, and New Jersey's Agency of Torture.")
Government should be about making the difficult decisions that are in the long-term interests of the majority of the people for whom a public official is responsible.
Public authority must not be about risking the lives of innocent persons and the general welfare to protect "friends" at the OAE -- or at New Jersey's Supreme Court -- in order to avoid their embarrassment or your own, Mr. Rabner and Mr. Christie. ("Stuart Rabner and Conduct Unbecoming to the Judiciary in New Jersey" and "Christie Breaks a Campaign Promise by Reappointing Rabner.")
Doing the right thing, as a public official or Chief Justice, is often not very helpful if your primary goal is reelection, or moving up the political ladder, or easing into a sinecure that will last until you are seventy years-old. ("What did you know, Mr. Rabner, and when did you know it?")
I regret the disintegration of Mr. Christie's political life because I had naïve hopes that Mr. Christie would control and even improve the legendary problem of corruption and ineptitude in Trenton. ("U.S. Attorney Calls New Jersey A 'Culture of Corruption'" and "Christie Attacks New Jersey's Corrupt Judges.")
David Samson's activities have come under scrutiny from law enforcement. Efforts are being made to go beyond any and all (including Newark's federal) N.J.-based law enforcement officials in pursuing these matters that will certainly require PA "overtime."
The lack of trust for New Jersey officialdom says a lot about the sad state of the only jurisdiction in America that has been likened to Meyer Lansky's brothel. ("Is Union City, New Jersey Meyer Lansky's Whore House?" and "New Jersey is Lucky Luciano's Havana.")
Please compare "Herbert Klitzner, Esq.'s Greed and N.J.'s Hypocrisy!" with "David Samson Resigns."
"The Manhattan District Attorney's office has also launched a probe into [the Pulaski Skyway] funding agreement."
Notice the key language here:
"The SEC is positioned to investigate whether the Port Authority misled investors and bondholders when it stated in official documents that the project was authorized and was CONNECTED to one of its facilities. [emphasis added] The Manhattan District Attorney's office is also investigating whether there was any criminal conduct." ("Mafia Influence in New Jersey Courts and Politics.")
"Misled" in this context is a polite euphemism for "lied through their teeth." Port Authority officials, mostly N.J. lawyers, lied in order to bilk investors, allegedly. ("New Jersey's 'Ethical' Legal System" and "Law and Ethics in the Soprano State.")
Will the OAE or Mr. Rabner -- with his newly-discovered interest in "justice" -- look into these allegations in order to investigate sleazy attorneys, like David Samson and so many others, at Lowenstein, Sadler perhaps? I doubt it. ("Corrupt Law Firms, Senator Bob, and New Jersey Ethics" and "New Jersey's Politically-Connected Lawyers On the Tit" then "New Jersey Lawyers' Ethics Farce" and "New Jersey Lawyers and Judges Pay Themselves OT.")
"In March, a coalition of labor and other groups filed a complaint against Port Authority Chairman David Samson, alleging he used his position to benefit developers and other clients of his law firm." ("David Samson, Esq. Should Resign" and "Have you no shame, Mr. Rabner?")
No response has yet been received from Invicta or government officials. The number of the latest return receipts will be posted when they are received by me. ("Invicta Watch Company.")
June 18, 2014 at 11:46 A.M. I received a call identified as emanating from "Beacon, New York" from 845-765-4829. Regrettably, accessing Google Chrome is still impossible from laptops at Morningside Heights, NYPL. Today the printer has been disabled, again, at this library branch. A list of sources will be attached to this essay in the days ahead.
Christopher Baxter, "Top Christie Aide Slammed For Not Seeking Answers," The Star Ledger, June 10, 2014, p. 1. (Christie's Chief of Staff, Kevin O'Dowd, tells the N.J. legislative committee looking into the GWB scandal that he does not speak English. He wasn't there. He didn't know from nothing.)
Salvador Rizzo, "Christie's GWB Legal Team Bills the State $2.6 Million in February," The Star Ledger, June 10, 2014, p. 2. (Randy Mastro, Esq. is asking Mr. Christie to give him a $53 million building in Paterson, like Mr. Hanson's charming little property, so he can make $2-to-$5 million per year in perpetuity tax free. No OAE investigation of these legal fees paid by N.J. taxpayers is forthcoming. "New Jersey's Office of Attorney Ethics.")
Salvador Rizzo, "More Unions File Suit Over Cut in Pension Payment," The Star Ledger, June 10, 2014, p. 13. (N.J. government employee unions are suing the governor for taking $2.4 BILLION meant for the pension system to cover "increasing gaps" in the budget caused by waste and corruption as well as good old ineptitude, as usual, in New Jersey.)
"Bayonne's Bailout: Christie Uses Shady Land Deal to Raid Port Authority Piggy Bank," (Editorial) The Star Ledger, June 10, 2014, p. 14. (Mr. Christie "dips into" the Port Authority's coffers to solve his economic woes thanks to the likes of Mr. Samson and Mr. Baroni as the P.A. is investigated by the SEC, FBI, and Mr. Vance's District Attorney's office in Manhattan because New Jersey prosecutors are probably not trusted to be honest in any investigation of their colleagues in Trenton or at the PA.)
Charles Stile, "Sweeney Needs Unions On His Side: Restoring Pension Cuts Could Patch Three Year [sic.] Rift," The Star Ledger, June 10, 2014, p. 14. (Mr. Sweeney needs to restore traditional alliances between labor unions and N.J.'s disgraced Democrats. Good luck.)
Melissa Hayes, "Christie Shows Off Dance Skills With Fallon: GWB, Weight Figure in Jokes On Tonight," The Record, June 13, 2014, p. A-9. (Whatever remnants of credibility and dignity lingered in the public perception of Mr. Christie have now been destroyed by this latest absurd spectacle. Whoever advised Mr. Christie to subject himself to this "slovenly" and "unseemly" appearance on entertainment television is not a friend. Was it Hillary Clinton? Or Rand Paul? Jeb Bush, perhaps?)
Kibret Marcos, "Girl Recants Accusation as Sex Abuse Trial Begins," The Record, June 13, 2014, p. L-3. (Trial of a Paterson man accused -- like Senator Menendez -- of a sexual interest in underage girls, focuses on the activity of an alleged "agent" Ruel Powell, 23, who is charged with performing sexual actions on a five year-old girl. The young victim, not surprisingly, is experiencing difficulties with her testimony. "Menendez Consorts With Underage Prostitutes.")
Asif Sharzad & Rebecca Santana, "U.S. Drone Strike Kills 13 Suspected Militants," The Star Ledger, June 13, 2014, p. 3. (Additional drone attacks have taken the lives of "militants," unfortunately, some of these militants are children and old persons.)
Susan K. Livio, "Ex-Kessler Doctor Loses License Over Sex Claim: Neurologist was accused of having an affair with a woman he treated for seizures," The Star Ledger, June 13, 2014, p. 19. (Jonathan Fulles of Glen Ridge, New Jersey displays a Debbie Poritz-like fondness for incapacitated young women. Estela De La Cruz, perhaps, would approve of this sort of thing. Was Diana Lisa Riccioli supplying Ms. Poritz and others with young women for sexual purposes? "Diana's Friend Goes to Prison!" and "Marilyn Straus Was Right!" then "Trenton's Nasty Lesbian Love-Fest!" and "N.J. Female Professor Rapes Disabled Man.")
Jamie Shram & Laura Italiana, "'Looty' Licious: Strip-Club 'Drug and Overbill,'" The New York Post, June 12, 2014, p. 5. (Drugging and forms of hypnosis are nothing new as techniques of rape. Did Diana Lisa Riccioli know Alina Fallat? Oneida Duran? Did this "knowledge" relate to Marilyn Straus in any way? Were any of these persons involved with "events" in my office? Does drugging and hypnosis explain Estela de La Cruz's "relationship" with Marilyn Straus? Was Ms. De La Cruz acquainted with Alina Fallat? "Jennifer Velez is a Dyke Magnet!")
Shawn Boburg, "Port Says SEC Also Probing Funding of N.J. Road Projects," The Record, June 13, 2014, p. A-3.
"The SEC investigation" -- that necessarily involves other government agencies, including the FBI -- "is looking at the Port Authority's justification for diverting $1.8 BILLION to pay for New Jersey road repair projects at the urging of the Christie administration, people familiar with the matter said. The largest of these projects is the $1 BILLION upgrade to the Pulaski Skyway, a state-owned bridge that connects Newark and Jersey City and is not operated or maintained by the Port Authority."
What I find significant about this far from surprising or unexpected development in the investigation(s) of the Port Authority is that it reveals the mentality of the Christie administration and New Jersey politicians in general with regard to government resources and revenues.
Public "things" or goods and tax money are to be exploited or used to further the ambitions and solve the problems of the individual politician in the Garden State -- whether it happens to be Christie or McGreevey -- and not in the interest or for the welfare of most of the people residing in the state.
As a matter of fact, Mr. Christie, and others like him, seem to believe with Louis XV that "the state is me."
What is good for Chris Christie, in other words -- like using PA funds to solve "his" state's budgetary problems -- is good for New Jersey and, by extension, for America.
Taxpayers in New York contributing to the Port Authority's coffers may not agree that as long as money is spent in ways helpful to Christie's career there is nothing to complain about.
Thanks to Mr. Christie's memorable performance of the "twist" on network television, I believe that the governor's chances of becoming the next President of the United States of America are the only things about him that are very slim. Mr. Christie's promise to perform a topless "pole dance" for the nation has generated a great deal of interest.
The possible transformation of the size of the text in this essay at any time is due to hackers, no doubt from New Jersey, and is not something that I can control. I will do my best to cope with these difficulties as I type this essay. The effect of this tactic seems to be to emphasize any altered paragraph.
Regrettably, Mr. Christie's chances of remaining Governor of New Jersey for the next few years are excellent. In light of this undisputed fact, the question arises of what Mr. Christie knew about the allegations in my blogs and the activities (including computer crimes) described by me. ("How censorship works in America" and "Censorship and Cruelty in New Jersey.")
Did Mr. Christie choose to ignore these crimes that may have been committed from New Jersey government computers by state lawyers and/or judges? ("John McGill, Esq., the OAE, and New Jersey Corruption" and "Terry Tuchin, Diana Lisa Riccioli, and New Jersey's Agency of Torture.")
Government should be about making the difficult decisions that are in the long-term interests of the majority of the people for whom a public official is responsible.
Public authority must not be about risking the lives of innocent persons and the general welfare to protect "friends" at the OAE -- or at New Jersey's Supreme Court -- in order to avoid their embarrassment or your own, Mr. Rabner and Mr. Christie. ("Stuart Rabner and Conduct Unbecoming to the Judiciary in New Jersey" and "Christie Breaks a Campaign Promise by Reappointing Rabner.")
Doing the right thing, as a public official or Chief Justice, is often not very helpful if your primary goal is reelection, or moving up the political ladder, or easing into a sinecure that will last until you are seventy years-old. ("What did you know, Mr. Rabner, and when did you know it?")
I regret the disintegration of Mr. Christie's political life because I had naïve hopes that Mr. Christie would control and even improve the legendary problem of corruption and ineptitude in Trenton. ("U.S. Attorney Calls New Jersey A 'Culture of Corruption'" and "Christie Attacks New Jersey's Corrupt Judges.")
David Samson's activities have come under scrutiny from law enforcement. Efforts are being made to go beyond any and all (including Newark's federal) N.J.-based law enforcement officials in pursuing these matters that will certainly require PA "overtime."
The lack of trust for New Jersey officialdom says a lot about the sad state of the only jurisdiction in America that has been likened to Meyer Lansky's brothel. ("Is Union City, New Jersey Meyer Lansky's Whore House?" and "New Jersey is Lucky Luciano's Havana.")
Please compare "Herbert Klitzner, Esq.'s Greed and N.J.'s Hypocrisy!" with "David Samson Resigns."
"The Manhattan District Attorney's office has also launched a probe into [the Pulaski Skyway] funding agreement."
Notice the key language here:
"The SEC is positioned to investigate whether the Port Authority misled investors and bondholders when it stated in official documents that the project was authorized and was CONNECTED to one of its facilities. [emphasis added] The Manhattan District Attorney's office is also investigating whether there was any criminal conduct." ("Mafia Influence in New Jersey Courts and Politics.")
"Misled" in this context is a polite euphemism for "lied through their teeth." Port Authority officials, mostly N.J. lawyers, lied in order to bilk investors, allegedly. ("New Jersey's 'Ethical' Legal System" and "Law and Ethics in the Soprano State.")
Will the OAE or Mr. Rabner -- with his newly-discovered interest in "justice" -- look into these allegations in order to investigate sleazy attorneys, like David Samson and so many others, at Lowenstein, Sadler perhaps? I doubt it. ("Corrupt Law Firms, Senator Bob, and New Jersey Ethics" and "New Jersey's Politically-Connected Lawyers On the Tit" then "New Jersey Lawyers' Ethics Farce" and "New Jersey Lawyers and Judges Pay Themselves OT.")
"In March, a coalition of labor and other groups filed a complaint against Port Authority Chairman David Samson, alleging he used his position to benefit developers and other clients of his law firm." ("David Samson, Esq. Should Resign" and "Have you no shame, Mr. Rabner?")
Friday, June 13, 2014
Invicta Watch Company.
POSTED ON-LINE AND VIA CERTIFIED MAIL, R.R. REQUESTED:
Ms. Cecilia Luce
Invicta Watch Company
3069 Taft Street
Hollywood, FL 33021
Re: Awaiting Shipping Payment (See attached copy with CAS Number.)
Dear Ms. Luce:
On January 30, 2014 I purchased a men's Invicta Reserve Bolt Automatic, model #5947 (with box) at Lincoln Square Pawnbrokers, Inc., 724 Amsterdam Avenue, Bet. 95th and 96th Streets, New York, N.Y. and paid in cash. I received a card signed by "Sheldon" suggesting to the jeweler who was to adjust the bracelet of the watch: "Take care of him please. That's my good friend." (Copy attached.)
The crown of this watch was "defective," possibly due to sabotage or design defect I was told. Efforts to repair the problem were unsuccessful. I sent the watch to Invicta for repairs, with insurance protection on May 1, 2014. The watch was received by Invicta on May 3, 2014. (See attached copies of P.O. receipts.)
I received a reply from Invicta requesting $42.00 to make all the repairs and requesting $28.00 of this total sum to initiate the repairs and return the watch to me when the balance of $14.00 would be due. (Copy of letter attached.)
On May 13, 2014 I sent the full $42.00 by money order to Invicta. Invicta received and cashed my money order, according to the U.S. postal service, on May 15, 2014. (See attached copies of money order receipts and post office proofs.)
On May 16, 2014 Invicta sent me the same form letter requesting payment for repairs. I returned that form letter (keeping a copy) explaining that a money order for full payment had been sent and received by Invicta by certified mail with return receipt requested on May 24, 2014, certified mail #7014-0510-0002.
A return receit signed by "Cecilia Luce" -- whose handwriting is identical to "Sheldon's" writing -- dated May 30, 2014 was then received by me. (See attached copies.)
On May 11, 2014 I received a second certified mail receipt #7012-3460-0002-6688-4485. I have absolutely no idea what this return receipt, purportedly from Invicta, is about or who sent it or why I would receive it. (See attached copy.)
On June 10, 2014 I received for the third time the identical form letter from Invicta, allegedly, requesting the initial $28.00 deposit on the repairs costing a total of $42.00. The letter was sent in an Invicta envelope with the appropriate postage meter number. (Copy attached.)
Since I have already paid the full $42.00 some time ago; since I have received and answered this same form letter three times already; and since the postage costs for me of this delightful correspondence has become greater than the cost of the repairs to my watch; I am returning this form letter to you by certified mail with return receipt requested and posting our complete exchange (so far) on-line, fondly hoping that this will end the matter with my identical and previously-made comment repeated: "Money order for FULL AMOUNT was sent to you, received and cashed by you some time ago."
A copy of this exchange of letters is being sent to New York's Public Advocate.
There are two possibilities: 1). Someone at Invicta Watch Company has been bribed or threatened to play these games; or 2). this is the normal workings of a company I respect which makes fine watches.
I hope and trust that the next communication from Invicta will be my repaired watch.
Thank you for your attention to this matter.
Very truly yours,
Juan Galis-Menendez
CC: N.Y. Public Advocate, Ms. Letitia James (w/encls.)
Ms. Cecilia Luce
Invicta Watch Company
3069 Taft Street
Hollywood, FL 33021
Re: Awaiting Shipping Payment (See attached copy with CAS Number.)
Dear Ms. Luce:
On January 30, 2014 I purchased a men's Invicta Reserve Bolt Automatic, model #5947 (with box) at Lincoln Square Pawnbrokers, Inc., 724 Amsterdam Avenue, Bet. 95th and 96th Streets, New York, N.Y. and paid in cash. I received a card signed by "Sheldon" suggesting to the jeweler who was to adjust the bracelet of the watch: "Take care of him please. That's my good friend." (Copy attached.)
The crown of this watch was "defective," possibly due to sabotage or design defect I was told. Efforts to repair the problem were unsuccessful. I sent the watch to Invicta for repairs, with insurance protection on May 1, 2014. The watch was received by Invicta on May 3, 2014. (See attached copies of P.O. receipts.)
I received a reply from Invicta requesting $42.00 to make all the repairs and requesting $28.00 of this total sum to initiate the repairs and return the watch to me when the balance of $14.00 would be due. (Copy of letter attached.)
On May 13, 2014 I sent the full $42.00 by money order to Invicta. Invicta received and cashed my money order, according to the U.S. postal service, on May 15, 2014. (See attached copies of money order receipts and post office proofs.)
On May 16, 2014 Invicta sent me the same form letter requesting payment for repairs. I returned that form letter (keeping a copy) explaining that a money order for full payment had been sent and received by Invicta by certified mail with return receipt requested on May 24, 2014, certified mail #7014-0510-0002.
A return receit signed by "Cecilia Luce" -- whose handwriting is identical to "Sheldon's" writing -- dated May 30, 2014 was then received by me. (See attached copies.)
On May 11, 2014 I received a second certified mail receipt #7012-3460-0002-6688-4485. I have absolutely no idea what this return receipt, purportedly from Invicta, is about or who sent it or why I would receive it. (See attached copy.)
On June 10, 2014 I received for the third time the identical form letter from Invicta, allegedly, requesting the initial $28.00 deposit on the repairs costing a total of $42.00. The letter was sent in an Invicta envelope with the appropriate postage meter number. (Copy attached.)
Since I have already paid the full $42.00 some time ago; since I have received and answered this same form letter three times already; and since the postage costs for me of this delightful correspondence has become greater than the cost of the repairs to my watch; I am returning this form letter to you by certified mail with return receipt requested and posting our complete exchange (so far) on-line, fondly hoping that this will end the matter with my identical and previously-made comment repeated: "Money order for FULL AMOUNT was sent to you, received and cashed by you some time ago."
A copy of this exchange of letters is being sent to New York's Public Advocate.
There are two possibilities: 1). Someone at Invicta Watch Company has been bribed or threatened to play these games; or 2). this is the normal workings of a company I respect which makes fine watches.
I hope and trust that the next communication from Invicta will be my repaired watch.
Thank you for your attention to this matter.
Very truly yours,
Juan Galis-Menendez
CC: N.Y. Public Advocate, Ms. Letitia James (w/encls.)
Tuesday, June 10, 2014
N.J. Cops Scam $1.5 MILLION in Payouts.
June 11, 2014 at 1:54 P.M. Calls received from "Turtle Creek," PA, on June 10, 2014 at 12:40 P.M. from this number -- 412-662-7386; June 11, 2014 at 11:33 A.M. from 855-225-7898. I suspect that these calls emanate from the same source. Senator Menendez, can you identify that source and/or the purpose of these calls? ("Does Senator Menendez have mafia friends?")
June 10, 2014 at 2:30 P.M. No computers at NYPL, Morningside Heights can access Google Chrome or print items. Thank you for installing these miraculous laptops. Apparently, the problem may be solved in about six months or (perhaps) in a year or so.
"Budget Shortfall: Courts May Force Christie's Hand," (Editorial) The Record, June 9, 2014, p. A-11. (Disaster in Trenton as New Jersey's government resembles Guatemala under the generals in the eighties.)
Mathew McGrath, "Chief Gets Big Checks for Unused Time: Lodi Cop's $342,000 Payout Prompts More Calls For Reform," The Record, June 7, 2014, p. A-1. (Vincent Caruso is going into the "cement business" after retiring from police work.)
John Reitmeyer, "Legal Researchers Wary of Pension Payment Cut: Say Yes For Current Budget[,] but Not Next Year's," [sic.] The Record, June 7, 2014, p. A-3. (NJ pensioners may bear the burden of corruption and will certainly endure the incompetence of judges and politicians.)
Stephanie Dazio, "Chief For a Day is Welcome Challenge: Top Cop Salutes Brave Kids," The Record, June 7, 2014, p. L-1. (Young "Tommy," 9, of Waldwick, New Jersey was Bergen County Sheriff's Office "Chief For a Day" and was given $200,000 for unused sick time at the conclusion of his day in office.)
"Documents Flap May Cost Hackensack $20,000: Legal bills pile up over city's demand for $450 fee," The Record, June 7, 2014, p. L-3. ("A request for public documents that should have cost $15 in copying fees may wind up costing N.J. taxpayers $20,000 in legal fees." This is an excellent example of New Jersey government's pervasive misuse of government money to enrich lawyers and politicians. Are you sure that this is a mistake or stupidity? How much is coming back to the mayor under the table?)
Chris Harris, "Shroeder's Trial Set For Feb. 2," The Record, June 7, 2014, p. L-3. (Former N.J. Assembly member Robert Shroeder allegedly stole $1.8 MILLION from individuals who lent him money and issued $3.1 MILLION in bad checks. Mr. Shroeder served on the legal ethics committee no doubt.)
Peter J. Sampson, "Court Official Receives Probation in Theft From Interstate Park Agency," The Record, June 7, 2014, p. L-5. (Maria Gorski, 58, ordered to pay $11,200 in restitution for thefts while she was a deputy court administrator for Palisades Interstate Park Commission.)
Charles Stile, "High Level Talks Could Save Rabner: Chief Justice Remains Quiet On His Job Status," The Record, May 17, 2014, p. A-1. (Was there a secret deal for Rabner's reappointment that involved Mr. Rabner's help with continuing the cover-ups in my matters in order to protect Mr. Menendez and other Democrats?)
John Reitmeyer & Melissa Hayes, "Christie Halts $900 Million For Pensions: Rerouting Money to Aid Budget Further Threatens Credit Rating," The Record, May 21, 2014, p. A-1. (Christie forced to halt application of $900 million to stabilize the pension system in order to cover "holes" in the budget. Loss to credit rating is greatest in the country.)
Karen Sudol, "North Bergen Contractor Allegedly BRIBED Fire Aide: Hudson Building Carried $8 MILLION in Fines," The Record, May 21, 2014, p. L-2. (A North Bergen man is charged with bribing a West New York municipal official to eliminate more than $8 million in fines. Victor Corca, 48, is charged by the feds -- no N.J. officials saw a problem! -- with bribery in an ongoing investigation that may reach top local officials. Mr. Coca explained, allegedly, that "Big Nicky" Sacco and Bob Menendez never 'had a problem with it." Mr. Coca offered $5,000 in cash to an un-named official who was probably caught and is cooperating with the feds. This official was likely to be sharing money with the higher-ups.)
Jim Norman, "Passaic Man is Facing Sex Charges in Wallington," The Record, May 21, 2014, p. L-3. (Tomas Flores, 26, charged with numerous sex offenses involving adolescent girls.)
Russ Bueltner, "Port Authority Land Purchase: Is Boon to Bayonne, and Christie," The New York Times, June 9, 2014, p. A1. (Mr. Christie's appointees at the Port Authority -- Mr. Baroni and Mr. Samson included -- "finagled" the purchase of a 131-acre tract of land for $235 million of New York and New Jersey taxpayers' money, as well as from fees paid by travelers from many states, essentially, to protect Mr. Christie's reputation for fiscal probity by avoiding a costly Trenton take-over of Bayonne's finances. The latest disaster in Menendez's Hudson County is due to plunder and theft from municipalities, like Union City, North Bergen, Jersey City and Hoboken as well as Bayonne -- Hoboken is where Mr. Menendez now lives -- over a period of years. This Port Authority caper is basically a Republican operation where Menendez and Sweeney "looked the other way.")
Linh That, "Police Retirees Cash In While Lawmakers Stall: $1.5 MILLION in New Payouts Piles Up [sic.] For Public Workers," The Record, June 9, 2014, p. A-1. (This is mostly a Democrat operation that allows "their people" to retire, often in their early fifties, to collect massive payouts while continuing to work at other public jobs, eventually also collecting multiple pensions from the public treasury. For a hint of what these games are doing to the state's treasury see the list of sources to be attached soon to this essay.)
"In the last three months, North Jersey taxpayers have been put on the hook for $1.5 million in payouts to eight police officers -- including five chiefs -- to cover thousands of hours in unused sick, vacation[,] and compensatory time."
This latest absurdity is only one more expression of New Jersey's real philosophy of government that seems to apply no matter who is governor or which party has control of the legislature.
Most of the persons involved in these scams, including Christie and Sweeney, happen to be New Jersey lawyers. ("New Jersey Lawyers and Judges Pay Themselves OT.")
Government is a cash machine for politicians and their friends -- "friends" is a word that often includes organized crime figures as well as police officers (sometimes they are the same people) who are "taken care of" by politicians in order that they, these criminals/cops, may then "take care of" politicians. ("Joe Ferreiro Indicted Again" and "Mafia Influence in New Jersey Courts and Politics.")
Traditionally, public employees are properly compensated for "unused" sick time and, by holding several job titles and salaries, "earn" multiple pensions even after reform legislation. ("New Jersey Pension Funds Are $54 BILLION Short" and "New Jersey is the Home of the Living Dead.")
Efforts to curtail the exploitation of government resources by Republicans -- who seem to have no problem with Mr. Christie rewarding contributors to the GOP with public money! -- have been led by Senator Gerald Cardinale, known in Hudson County as "the enemy of the people," who is bitterly opposed by the man who would be king in New Jersey, Mr. Sweeney. ("New Jersey's Politically-Connected Lawyers On the Tit.")
Mr. Sweeney needs the public employees' unions to support him in his efforts to become the next Democrat governor of New Jersey (a fate worse than death).
Mr. Sweeney is planning to seize the crown and send the young prince, Mr. Christie, to the tower for beheading.
Sweeney wants to be governor of New Jersey, in other words, and he must keep his loyal serfs happy by dispersing public gold to them, especially among the rabble in places like Hudson County:
" ... these [payouts] have become a rite of passage for some retiring public employees -- Lodi Police Chief VINCENT CARUSO [no relation to the tenor?] is getting $342,381, for instance -- and other long-time workers still on the job, despite repeated criticism from Governor Christie and fiscal watchdogs who have called for the benefit to be repealed entirely."
Among cops already "on the tit" in New Jersey are the following "loyal officers": Gary Giardina, allegedly "connected" Chief of Police in Diana Lisa Riccioli's Clifton, will take home $134,000 of your money in addition to what he is making in cash from local mob bosses; Frank Papaprieto will yank down a bonus of $158,000 to supplement his bribe money and modest salary this week; and lagging behind, as usual, is Mathew Paz of Passaic, a Menendez man who got lost trying to find Hudson County, who will pocket $100,000 plus whatever he made from the thriving heroin dealers who have made his area their home and do everything but advertise on-line.
This is to say nothing of the token WASP among these cops, Thomas Johnson, hired under an affirmative action program for white people in New Jersey, who will only scoop $228,141 over his salary and moneys confiscated that "got lost somehow, he don't know how."
"Some of these payouts rival the salaries of top brass in some of the nation's largest police departments [where they actually deal with criminals.] Bill Bratton, New York city police commissioner [sic.] is earning a measly $205,180, [he is unfairly denied opportunities to take bribes under New York law!] while the new police chief for Miami Beach will be paid $207,500, plus a $2,000 monthly housing allowance" -- to supplement a decline in bribe money from local Cocaine dealers -- "according to media reports."
June 10, 2014 at 2:30 P.M. No computers at NYPL, Morningside Heights can access Google Chrome or print items. Thank you for installing these miraculous laptops. Apparently, the problem may be solved in about six months or (perhaps) in a year or so.
"Budget Shortfall: Courts May Force Christie's Hand," (Editorial) The Record, June 9, 2014, p. A-11. (Disaster in Trenton as New Jersey's government resembles Guatemala under the generals in the eighties.)
Mathew McGrath, "Chief Gets Big Checks for Unused Time: Lodi Cop's $342,000 Payout Prompts More Calls For Reform," The Record, June 7, 2014, p. A-1. (Vincent Caruso is going into the "cement business" after retiring from police work.)
John Reitmeyer, "Legal Researchers Wary of Pension Payment Cut: Say Yes For Current Budget[,] but Not Next Year's," [sic.] The Record, June 7, 2014, p. A-3. (NJ pensioners may bear the burden of corruption and will certainly endure the incompetence of judges and politicians.)
Stephanie Dazio, "Chief For a Day is Welcome Challenge: Top Cop Salutes Brave Kids," The Record, June 7, 2014, p. L-1. (Young "Tommy," 9, of Waldwick, New Jersey was Bergen County Sheriff's Office "Chief For a Day" and was given $200,000 for unused sick time at the conclusion of his day in office.)
"Documents Flap May Cost Hackensack $20,000: Legal bills pile up over city's demand for $450 fee," The Record, June 7, 2014, p. L-3. ("A request for public documents that should have cost $15 in copying fees may wind up costing N.J. taxpayers $20,000 in legal fees." This is an excellent example of New Jersey government's pervasive misuse of government money to enrich lawyers and politicians. Are you sure that this is a mistake or stupidity? How much is coming back to the mayor under the table?)
Chris Harris, "Shroeder's Trial Set For Feb. 2," The Record, June 7, 2014, p. L-3. (Former N.J. Assembly member Robert Shroeder allegedly stole $1.8 MILLION from individuals who lent him money and issued $3.1 MILLION in bad checks. Mr. Shroeder served on the legal ethics committee no doubt.)
Peter J. Sampson, "Court Official Receives Probation in Theft From Interstate Park Agency," The Record, June 7, 2014, p. L-5. (Maria Gorski, 58, ordered to pay $11,200 in restitution for thefts while she was a deputy court administrator for Palisades Interstate Park Commission.)
Charles Stile, "High Level Talks Could Save Rabner: Chief Justice Remains Quiet On His Job Status," The Record, May 17, 2014, p. A-1. (Was there a secret deal for Rabner's reappointment that involved Mr. Rabner's help with continuing the cover-ups in my matters in order to protect Mr. Menendez and other Democrats?)
John Reitmeyer & Melissa Hayes, "Christie Halts $900 Million For Pensions: Rerouting Money to Aid Budget Further Threatens Credit Rating," The Record, May 21, 2014, p. A-1. (Christie forced to halt application of $900 million to stabilize the pension system in order to cover "holes" in the budget. Loss to credit rating is greatest in the country.)
Karen Sudol, "North Bergen Contractor Allegedly BRIBED Fire Aide: Hudson Building Carried $8 MILLION in Fines," The Record, May 21, 2014, p. L-2. (A North Bergen man is charged with bribing a West New York municipal official to eliminate more than $8 million in fines. Victor Corca, 48, is charged by the feds -- no N.J. officials saw a problem! -- with bribery in an ongoing investigation that may reach top local officials. Mr. Coca explained, allegedly, that "Big Nicky" Sacco and Bob Menendez never 'had a problem with it." Mr. Coca offered $5,000 in cash to an un-named official who was probably caught and is cooperating with the feds. This official was likely to be sharing money with the higher-ups.)
Jim Norman, "Passaic Man is Facing Sex Charges in Wallington," The Record, May 21, 2014, p. L-3. (Tomas Flores, 26, charged with numerous sex offenses involving adolescent girls.)
Russ Bueltner, "Port Authority Land Purchase: Is Boon to Bayonne, and Christie," The New York Times, June 9, 2014, p. A1. (Mr. Christie's appointees at the Port Authority -- Mr. Baroni and Mr. Samson included -- "finagled" the purchase of a 131-acre tract of land for $235 million of New York and New Jersey taxpayers' money, as well as from fees paid by travelers from many states, essentially, to protect Mr. Christie's reputation for fiscal probity by avoiding a costly Trenton take-over of Bayonne's finances. The latest disaster in Menendez's Hudson County is due to plunder and theft from municipalities, like Union City, North Bergen, Jersey City and Hoboken as well as Bayonne -- Hoboken is where Mr. Menendez now lives -- over a period of years. This Port Authority caper is basically a Republican operation where Menendez and Sweeney "looked the other way.")
Linh That, "Police Retirees Cash In While Lawmakers Stall: $1.5 MILLION in New Payouts Piles Up [sic.] For Public Workers," The Record, June 9, 2014, p. A-1. (This is mostly a Democrat operation that allows "their people" to retire, often in their early fifties, to collect massive payouts while continuing to work at other public jobs, eventually also collecting multiple pensions from the public treasury. For a hint of what these games are doing to the state's treasury see the list of sources to be attached soon to this essay.)
"In the last three months, North Jersey taxpayers have been put on the hook for $1.5 million in payouts to eight police officers -- including five chiefs -- to cover thousands of hours in unused sick, vacation[,] and compensatory time."
This latest absurdity is only one more expression of New Jersey's real philosophy of government that seems to apply no matter who is governor or which party has control of the legislature.
Most of the persons involved in these scams, including Christie and Sweeney, happen to be New Jersey lawyers. ("New Jersey Lawyers and Judges Pay Themselves OT.")
Government is a cash machine for politicians and their friends -- "friends" is a word that often includes organized crime figures as well as police officers (sometimes they are the same people) who are "taken care of" by politicians in order that they, these criminals/cops, may then "take care of" politicians. ("Joe Ferreiro Indicted Again" and "Mafia Influence in New Jersey Courts and Politics.")
Traditionally, public employees are properly compensated for "unused" sick time and, by holding several job titles and salaries, "earn" multiple pensions even after reform legislation. ("New Jersey Pension Funds Are $54 BILLION Short" and "New Jersey is the Home of the Living Dead.")
Efforts to curtail the exploitation of government resources by Republicans -- who seem to have no problem with Mr. Christie rewarding contributors to the GOP with public money! -- have been led by Senator Gerald Cardinale, known in Hudson County as "the enemy of the people," who is bitterly opposed by the man who would be king in New Jersey, Mr. Sweeney. ("New Jersey's Politically-Connected Lawyers On the Tit.")
Mr. Sweeney needs the public employees' unions to support him in his efforts to become the next Democrat governor of New Jersey (a fate worse than death).
Mr. Sweeney is planning to seize the crown and send the young prince, Mr. Christie, to the tower for beheading.
Sweeney wants to be governor of New Jersey, in other words, and he must keep his loyal serfs happy by dispersing public gold to them, especially among the rabble in places like Hudson County:
" ... these [payouts] have become a rite of passage for some retiring public employees -- Lodi Police Chief VINCENT CARUSO [no relation to the tenor?] is getting $342,381, for instance -- and other long-time workers still on the job, despite repeated criticism from Governor Christie and fiscal watchdogs who have called for the benefit to be repealed entirely."
Among cops already "on the tit" in New Jersey are the following "loyal officers": Gary Giardina, allegedly "connected" Chief of Police in Diana Lisa Riccioli's Clifton, will take home $134,000 of your money in addition to what he is making in cash from local mob bosses; Frank Papaprieto will yank down a bonus of $158,000 to supplement his bribe money and modest salary this week; and lagging behind, as usual, is Mathew Paz of Passaic, a Menendez man who got lost trying to find Hudson County, who will pocket $100,000 plus whatever he made from the thriving heroin dealers who have made his area their home and do everything but advertise on-line.
This is to say nothing of the token WASP among these cops, Thomas Johnson, hired under an affirmative action program for white people in New Jersey, who will only scoop $228,141 over his salary and moneys confiscated that "got lost somehow, he don't know how."
"Some of these payouts rival the salaries of top brass in some of the nation's largest police departments [where they actually deal with criminals.] Bill Bratton, New York city police commissioner [sic.] is earning a measly $205,180, [he is unfairly denied opportunities to take bribes under New York law!] while the new police chief for Miami Beach will be paid $207,500, plus a $2,000 monthly housing allowance" -- to supplement a decline in bribe money from local Cocaine dealers -- "according to media reports."
Friday, June 6, 2014
N.J. Admits "Wronging" the Poor On Sandy Aid.
June 9, 2014 at 1:30 P.M. Google Chrome is obstructed at NYPL, Morningside Heights. Numerous obstacles were encountered this morning in reaching this blog. If more than two days pass without alteration of these texts it means that I am prevented from writing here against my will. ("Does Senator Menendez have mafia friends?" and "Menendez Spends $250,000 on Shysters.")
June 6, 2014 at 2:07 P.M. I am writing at NYPL, Morningside Heights, computer No. #10. I received the usual number of harassing phone calls this morning -- sometimes the calls are received at all hours of the day -- from "Turtle Creek" Pennsylvania and from "Hazel Spears" at 610-915-2014.
I doubt that there is such a person as "Hazel Spears" or that these calls are legitimate. Most likely they are part of the so-called "psychological torture" campaign (writing this work has been made difficult by destruction of the text at several points) and designed to induce anxiety and/or frustration when combined with numerous other forms of harassments and insults during the course of my days. ("Terry Tuchin, Diana Lisa Riccioli, and New Jersey's Agency of Torture" then "Psychological Torture in the American Legal System" and "How censorship works in America.")
Does a pleasant surprise await me at my mailbox? We will see.
I recently sent a certified letter to Invicta Watch Company, following-up on the repair of my watch, and received two return receipts -- only one of them being the actual appropriate receipt written by me. I can't wait to see how many watches (if any) I will receive, eventually. ("Primates and Personhood.")
I was unable to access Google Chrome, again, today. My attempts to do so resulted in the following message appearing on screen, probably emanating from "Mozilla Firefox":
"Application Virtualization Error -- The application virtualization client could not launch Google Chrome. 33.0.170.154.
This error code is invalid. Error Code: 46175A9-1F701979-FFFFFF."
I suspect that this "message" is nonsense that is designed to intimidate or annoy me. I will continue to write.
I cannot be certain of being able to continue working from library computers (or from my laptop) and fully expect these government-based censorship and computer-crime efforts directed against me and my writings to continue. No printing will be possible today at the library. I am sure that I will find a way and some place to write more essays, stories, scripts.
The authorities are aware of these crimes also directed against New York Public Library computers and patrons.
There is much talk about getting tough on crime among our Republican friends. The list of news items to be attached to this text, soon, concerns Caucasian, affluent criminals stealing money, dealing drugs, involved in the sex trade and corruption, but who are often Republicans and, hence, rarely sent to prison.
The list of news items is merely partial and is focused on the past two months, alone, and in a very limited local area. Not one of the criminals alluded to below is African-American. ("So Black and So Blue in Prison" and "Justice For Mumia Abu-Jamal.")
I have never been charged with a crime anywhere even as the OAE's continuing cover-ups of obstructions of justice and other serious criminal offenses committed by New Jersey persons and/or lawyers victimizing me is a violation of legal ethics among other things.
Do you speak to me of "ethics," Mr. Rabner?
Roger Alcaly, "The Right Way to Control the Banks," The New York Review of Books, June 5, 2014, p. 58. (Fed Chairman Ben Bernake noted that the collapse of the TRILLION dollar market for subprime mortgages, essentially due to scams of various kinds, set off the most severe global financial and economic crisis that destroyed millions of lives in Europe, Asia, Latin America and Africa as well as the United States. None of the "leaders of the industry" in Wall Street has been charged with any crimes.)
Bill Vlasic, "G.M. Lawyers Hid Fatal Flaw, From Critics and One Another," The New York Times, June 7, 2014, p. A1. (At this time there are no ethics actions or criminal prosecutions planned against any G.M. lawyers, or chief executives, as a result of the hidden ignition defect that has resulted in at least 13 deaths.)
James B. Stewart, "Insider Trading Is a Game of Risk," The New York Times, June 7, 2014, p. B1. (Phil Mickelson and Mathew Martoma are among the beneficiaries of "difficulties" in prosecuting white collar crime cases. There are hundreds or thousands of persons this year who will not be prosecuted for insider trading due to "lack of evidence.")
Bill Vlasic, "G.M. Inquiry Cites Years of Neglect Over Fatal Defect: Company Fires 15 in Handling of Ignition Tied to 13 Deaths -- Chief Cleared," The New York Times, June 6, 2014, p. A1. (Surprisingly, no criminal prosecutions or ethics actions are contemplated against participants in this massive fraud with lethal consequences. G.M.'s chief as well as the head of the legal department have been "cleared." "Stuart Rabner and Conduct Unbecoming to the Judiciary in New Jersey.")
Benjamin Wieser, "Decades in Prison Sought For City Time Scheme: Millions Were Embezzled in Payroll Project," The New York Times, April 22, 2014, p. A21. (Bloomberg and Kelly were out to lunch as the city was subjected to the biggest scam in its history: "Three men were convicted in a federal corruption trial last Fall in Federal District Court and are scheduled to be sentenced Monday. The cost of the City Time project was originally budgeted at $63 million but expanded to about $700 MILLION [of which] more than $600 million that New York paid to ... contractor Science Applications, or S.A.I.C. was tainted by fraud, a federal indictment charged.")
Jon Hurder & Emma G. Fitzimmons, "Prosecutors Describe a Bold Drug Enterprise at Affluent Pensylvania Schools," The New York Times, April 23, 2014, p. A11. (Affluent prep school graduates, Ivy leaguers, Timothy Brooks and Neil A. Scott, became drug dealers and attempted a take-over of criminal enterprise at their school -- the elite Haverford School -- and Princeton University was next. Wellsley College? They will not be allowed to order prison garments from Brooks Brothers.)
James C. McKinley, Jr. & William K. Rashbaum, "Ex-Charity Chief to Plead Guilty in Theft Scheme," The New York Times, April 23, 2014, p. A17. (William E. Rapfogel, close advisor to Sheldon Silver, pleaded guilty to looting $7 MILLION from a city social service organization. A letter from his rabbi was ignored.)
James C. McKinley, Jr., "Philanthropist Admits Stealing More Than $1 Million," The New York Times, April 24, 2014, p. A22. (Mr. Rapfogel faces another 10 years in prison.)
Michael Powell, "A Lack of Curiosity May Come at a Cost," The New York Times, April 24, 2014, p. A22. (Charles J. Hynes, Esq., former Brooklyn District Attorney -- Mr. Rabner? -- seems remarkably untroubled about the number of innocent persons sent to prison after fraudulent evidence was submitted at trials under his watch. Allegations that evidence was "manufactured" in the style of New Jersey's OAE have been denied: "John McGill, Esq., the OAE, and New Jersey Corruption" and "Should Cecily McMillan Go to Jail?")
William K. Rashbaum, "Congressman Said to Face U.S. Charges of Fraud," The New York Times, April 26, 2014, p. A16. (Michael G. Grimm, a former FBI agent and Republican Congressperson, indicted for fraud. Mr. Grimm favored tough sentencing laws.)
Benjamin Wieser, "Three Contractors Sentenced to 20 Years in City Time Corruption Case," The New York Times, April 29, 2014, p. A20. (GERARD DENAULT and MARK MAZER will be going away for 20 years. Requests to serve their time in the Hamptoms have been rejected. "Terry Tuchin, Diana Lisa Riccioli, and New Jersey's Agency of Torture.")
Charles V. Bagli, "Building Firm Pleads Guilty to Defrauding Its Customers," The New York Times, May 1, 2014, p. A17. (Structure Tone, one of the nation's largest construction firms, pleaded guilty to corruption charges and agreed to forfeit $55 MILLION in proceeds of fraud. The persons involved in this operation are Republican stalwarts favoring "get tough on crime laws." "Jaynee La Vecchia and Conduct Unbecoming to the Judiciary in New Jersey.")
Jan Hoffman, "4.1% Are Said to Face Death On Convictions That Are False," The New York Times, May 2, 2014, p. A16. (As many as 50% may be falsely convicted in American prisons, overwhelmingly the falsely convicted are African-American and Latino persons. Mr. Hynes, who may face indictment for misuse of public funds, has been unimpressed by these statistics in the past.)
Is a criminal justice system and apathetic legal profession tainted by frauds and cover-ups -- as in my matters -- "ethical," Mr. Rabner? ("Is America's Legal Ethics a Lie?" and "American Lawyers in the Torture Debate.")
Patrick McGeehan, "Deal On Spending New Jersey's Storm Aid is Reached," The New York Times, May 31, 2014, p. A17.
"New Jersey has agreed to spend more federal disaster money to provide housing to people displaced by hurricane Sandy and to make sure that the hardest-hit parts of the state get a proportional share of the money, according to a settlement reached on Friday."
When all of the rhetoric surrounding the advertisement campaigns is set aside ("We're stronger than the storm!"), Sandy relief funds have been yet another example of corruption and/or ineptitude in New Jersey government under Mr. Christie's administration:
" ... a review found that more than three fourths of [rejected applications] should have been approved."
Civil rights groups and the "usual suspects" filed complaints with the federal Department of Housing and Urban Development when a suspicious number of applications and money "allowed" to victims was intended for Mr. Christie's wealthy supporters, ostensibly for "deals" bearing little relation to the damage wrought by hurricane Sandy on powerless victims:
" ... 'We have more [of a] chance to get this right, and I am hopeful that this agreement will help the state do a better job,' said Frank Argote-Freyre, president [sic.] of the 'Latino Action Network,' one of the groups that filed the original complaint." ("New Jersey's Office of Attorney Ethics.")
Probably, a motive for this meritorious complaint was to embarrass Mr. Christie. It is also likely that "Mr. Argote-Freyre" (possibly a bogus name, Mr. Ginarte? Mr. Garcia?) is a Menendez-man or -woman and prominent in legal and political circles. Estela De La Cruz? ("Manohla Dargis Strikes Again!")
Nevertheless, the complaint was indeed properly filed since many deserving victims were excluded from assistance for political reasons.
Any friends of Mr. Menendez and something called "The Hispanic Section of The New Jersey Bar Association" should appreciate that the rather obvious effort by the N.J. Supreme Court and Office of Attorney Ethics to cover-up serious crimes committed against me hurts every lawyer and judge to say nothing of litigants in the state. Does the OAE not wish to protect the public? ("John McGill, Esq., the OAE, and New Jersey Corruption" and "New Jersey's 'Ethical' Legal System.")
Do you ever lie, Mr. McGill? Do you ever not lie, Mr. Rabner? ("Have you no shame, Mr. Rabner?" and "No More Cover-Ups and Lies, Chief Justice Rabner!")
" ... minorities affected by the storm [allegedly] had not been treated fairly."
More accurately, non-wealthy persons who failed to give money to Mr. Christie and N.J. Republicans, were "shortchanged" on relief funds. ("Law and Ethics in the Soprano State.")
Mr. Menendez and a number of Latino lawyers affiliated with the Democratic party would like to "shortchange" Republicans and reward their friends with federal funds. ("Cuabanzos Pose a Threat to National Security" and "Miami's Cubanoids Protest Against Peace!")
"The agreement came after New Jersey learned that it would receive about $880 million in the third round of federal disaster relief funding. The state has spent about $1 BILLION of the $4.2 billion promised to it."
Mr. Hanson has applied for some of this money, I am sure, and for the legal authority to decide who gets the rest of the money. ("Christie Gives a Donor $1 MILLION of N.J. Money.")
Mr. Menendez could not be reached for comment as he is in the Dominican Republic "looking into" the sexual services industry with his friend, Dr. Melgen, and several more of his "contributors," allegedly. ("Menendez Consorts With Underage Prostitutes" and "Menendez Croney's Office Raided" then "Wedding Bells Ring For Menendez!" and "Senator Bob, the Babe, and the Big Bucks.")
The state created a pool of $15 million to help the poorest New Jersey residents, renters, affected by the storm, particularly whose homes were damaged and/or destroyed.
The poorest and least politically-influential New Jersey residents, who have suffered the greatest harm, will receive the least money from relief funds.
June 6, 2014 at 2:07 P.M. I am writing at NYPL, Morningside Heights, computer No. #10. I received the usual number of harassing phone calls this morning -- sometimes the calls are received at all hours of the day -- from "Turtle Creek" Pennsylvania and from "Hazel Spears" at 610-915-2014.
I doubt that there is such a person as "Hazel Spears" or that these calls are legitimate. Most likely they are part of the so-called "psychological torture" campaign (writing this work has been made difficult by destruction of the text at several points) and designed to induce anxiety and/or frustration when combined with numerous other forms of harassments and insults during the course of my days. ("Terry Tuchin, Diana Lisa Riccioli, and New Jersey's Agency of Torture" then "Psychological Torture in the American Legal System" and "How censorship works in America.")
Does a pleasant surprise await me at my mailbox? We will see.
I recently sent a certified letter to Invicta Watch Company, following-up on the repair of my watch, and received two return receipts -- only one of them being the actual appropriate receipt written by me. I can't wait to see how many watches (if any) I will receive, eventually. ("Primates and Personhood.")
I was unable to access Google Chrome, again, today. My attempts to do so resulted in the following message appearing on screen, probably emanating from "Mozilla Firefox":
"Application Virtualization Error -- The application virtualization client could not launch Google Chrome. 33.0.170.154.
This error code is invalid. Error Code: 46175A9-1F701979-FFFFFF."
I suspect that this "message" is nonsense that is designed to intimidate or annoy me. I will continue to write.
I cannot be certain of being able to continue working from library computers (or from my laptop) and fully expect these government-based censorship and computer-crime efforts directed against me and my writings to continue. No printing will be possible today at the library. I am sure that I will find a way and some place to write more essays, stories, scripts.
The authorities are aware of these crimes also directed against New York Public Library computers and patrons.
There is much talk about getting tough on crime among our Republican friends. The list of news items to be attached to this text, soon, concerns Caucasian, affluent criminals stealing money, dealing drugs, involved in the sex trade and corruption, but who are often Republicans and, hence, rarely sent to prison.
The list of news items is merely partial and is focused on the past two months, alone, and in a very limited local area. Not one of the criminals alluded to below is African-American. ("So Black and So Blue in Prison" and "Justice For Mumia Abu-Jamal.")
I have never been charged with a crime anywhere even as the OAE's continuing cover-ups of obstructions of justice and other serious criminal offenses committed by New Jersey persons and/or lawyers victimizing me is a violation of legal ethics among other things.
Do you speak to me of "ethics," Mr. Rabner?
Roger Alcaly, "The Right Way to Control the Banks," The New York Review of Books, June 5, 2014, p. 58. (Fed Chairman Ben Bernake noted that the collapse of the TRILLION dollar market for subprime mortgages, essentially due to scams of various kinds, set off the most severe global financial and economic crisis that destroyed millions of lives in Europe, Asia, Latin America and Africa as well as the United States. None of the "leaders of the industry" in Wall Street has been charged with any crimes.)
Bill Vlasic, "G.M. Lawyers Hid Fatal Flaw, From Critics and One Another," The New York Times, June 7, 2014, p. A1. (At this time there are no ethics actions or criminal prosecutions planned against any G.M. lawyers, or chief executives, as a result of the hidden ignition defect that has resulted in at least 13 deaths.)
James B. Stewart, "Insider Trading Is a Game of Risk," The New York Times, June 7, 2014, p. B1. (Phil Mickelson and Mathew Martoma are among the beneficiaries of "difficulties" in prosecuting white collar crime cases. There are hundreds or thousands of persons this year who will not be prosecuted for insider trading due to "lack of evidence.")
Bill Vlasic, "G.M. Inquiry Cites Years of Neglect Over Fatal Defect: Company Fires 15 in Handling of Ignition Tied to 13 Deaths -- Chief Cleared," The New York Times, June 6, 2014, p. A1. (Surprisingly, no criminal prosecutions or ethics actions are contemplated against participants in this massive fraud with lethal consequences. G.M.'s chief as well as the head of the legal department have been "cleared." "Stuart Rabner and Conduct Unbecoming to the Judiciary in New Jersey.")
Benjamin Wieser, "Decades in Prison Sought For City Time Scheme: Millions Were Embezzled in Payroll Project," The New York Times, April 22, 2014, p. A21. (Bloomberg and Kelly were out to lunch as the city was subjected to the biggest scam in its history: "Three men were convicted in a federal corruption trial last Fall in Federal District Court and are scheduled to be sentenced Monday. The cost of the City Time project was originally budgeted at $63 million but expanded to about $700 MILLION [of which] more than $600 million that New York paid to ... contractor Science Applications, or S.A.I.C. was tainted by fraud, a federal indictment charged.")
Jon Hurder & Emma G. Fitzimmons, "Prosecutors Describe a Bold Drug Enterprise at Affluent Pensylvania Schools," The New York Times, April 23, 2014, p. A11. (Affluent prep school graduates, Ivy leaguers, Timothy Brooks and Neil A. Scott, became drug dealers and attempted a take-over of criminal enterprise at their school -- the elite Haverford School -- and Princeton University was next. Wellsley College? They will not be allowed to order prison garments from Brooks Brothers.)
James C. McKinley, Jr. & William K. Rashbaum, "Ex-Charity Chief to Plead Guilty in Theft Scheme," The New York Times, April 23, 2014, p. A17. (William E. Rapfogel, close advisor to Sheldon Silver, pleaded guilty to looting $7 MILLION from a city social service organization. A letter from his rabbi was ignored.)
James C. McKinley, Jr., "Philanthropist Admits Stealing More Than $1 Million," The New York Times, April 24, 2014, p. A22. (Mr. Rapfogel faces another 10 years in prison.)
Michael Powell, "A Lack of Curiosity May Come at a Cost," The New York Times, April 24, 2014, p. A22. (Charles J. Hynes, Esq., former Brooklyn District Attorney -- Mr. Rabner? -- seems remarkably untroubled about the number of innocent persons sent to prison after fraudulent evidence was submitted at trials under his watch. Allegations that evidence was "manufactured" in the style of New Jersey's OAE have been denied: "John McGill, Esq., the OAE, and New Jersey Corruption" and "Should Cecily McMillan Go to Jail?")
William K. Rashbaum, "Congressman Said to Face U.S. Charges of Fraud," The New York Times, April 26, 2014, p. A16. (Michael G. Grimm, a former FBI agent and Republican Congressperson, indicted for fraud. Mr. Grimm favored tough sentencing laws.)
Benjamin Wieser, "Three Contractors Sentenced to 20 Years in City Time Corruption Case," The New York Times, April 29, 2014, p. A20. (GERARD DENAULT and MARK MAZER will be going away for 20 years. Requests to serve their time in the Hamptoms have been rejected. "Terry Tuchin, Diana Lisa Riccioli, and New Jersey's Agency of Torture.")
Charles V. Bagli, "Building Firm Pleads Guilty to Defrauding Its Customers," The New York Times, May 1, 2014, p. A17. (Structure Tone, one of the nation's largest construction firms, pleaded guilty to corruption charges and agreed to forfeit $55 MILLION in proceeds of fraud. The persons involved in this operation are Republican stalwarts favoring "get tough on crime laws." "Jaynee La Vecchia and Conduct Unbecoming to the Judiciary in New Jersey.")
Jan Hoffman, "4.1% Are Said to Face Death On Convictions That Are False," The New York Times, May 2, 2014, p. A16. (As many as 50% may be falsely convicted in American prisons, overwhelmingly the falsely convicted are African-American and Latino persons. Mr. Hynes, who may face indictment for misuse of public funds, has been unimpressed by these statistics in the past.)
Is a criminal justice system and apathetic legal profession tainted by frauds and cover-ups -- as in my matters -- "ethical," Mr. Rabner? ("Is America's Legal Ethics a Lie?" and "American Lawyers in the Torture Debate.")
Patrick McGeehan, "Deal On Spending New Jersey's Storm Aid is Reached," The New York Times, May 31, 2014, p. A17.
"New Jersey has agreed to spend more federal disaster money to provide housing to people displaced by hurricane Sandy and to make sure that the hardest-hit parts of the state get a proportional share of the money, according to a settlement reached on Friday."
When all of the rhetoric surrounding the advertisement campaigns is set aside ("We're stronger than the storm!"), Sandy relief funds have been yet another example of corruption and/or ineptitude in New Jersey government under Mr. Christie's administration:
" ... a review found that more than three fourths of [rejected applications] should have been approved."
Civil rights groups and the "usual suspects" filed complaints with the federal Department of Housing and Urban Development when a suspicious number of applications and money "allowed" to victims was intended for Mr. Christie's wealthy supporters, ostensibly for "deals" bearing little relation to the damage wrought by hurricane Sandy on powerless victims:
" ... 'We have more [of a] chance to get this right, and I am hopeful that this agreement will help the state do a better job,' said Frank Argote-Freyre, president [sic.] of the 'Latino Action Network,' one of the groups that filed the original complaint." ("New Jersey's Office of Attorney Ethics.")
Probably, a motive for this meritorious complaint was to embarrass Mr. Christie. It is also likely that "Mr. Argote-Freyre" (possibly a bogus name, Mr. Ginarte? Mr. Garcia?) is a Menendez-man or -woman and prominent in legal and political circles. Estela De La Cruz? ("Manohla Dargis Strikes Again!")
Nevertheless, the complaint was indeed properly filed since many deserving victims were excluded from assistance for political reasons.
Any friends of Mr. Menendez and something called "The Hispanic Section of The New Jersey Bar Association" should appreciate that the rather obvious effort by the N.J. Supreme Court and Office of Attorney Ethics to cover-up serious crimes committed against me hurts every lawyer and judge to say nothing of litigants in the state. Does the OAE not wish to protect the public? ("John McGill, Esq., the OAE, and New Jersey Corruption" and "New Jersey's 'Ethical' Legal System.")
Do you ever lie, Mr. McGill? Do you ever not lie, Mr. Rabner? ("Have you no shame, Mr. Rabner?" and "No More Cover-Ups and Lies, Chief Justice Rabner!")
" ... minorities affected by the storm [allegedly] had not been treated fairly."
More accurately, non-wealthy persons who failed to give money to Mr. Christie and N.J. Republicans, were "shortchanged" on relief funds. ("Law and Ethics in the Soprano State.")
Mr. Menendez and a number of Latino lawyers affiliated with the Democratic party would like to "shortchange" Republicans and reward their friends with federal funds. ("Cuabanzos Pose a Threat to National Security" and "Miami's Cubanoids Protest Against Peace!")
"The agreement came after New Jersey learned that it would receive about $880 million in the third round of federal disaster relief funding. The state has spent about $1 BILLION of the $4.2 billion promised to it."
Mr. Hanson has applied for some of this money, I am sure, and for the legal authority to decide who gets the rest of the money. ("Christie Gives a Donor $1 MILLION of N.J. Money.")
Mr. Menendez could not be reached for comment as he is in the Dominican Republic "looking into" the sexual services industry with his friend, Dr. Melgen, and several more of his "contributors," allegedly. ("Menendez Consorts With Underage Prostitutes" and "Menendez Croney's Office Raided" then "Wedding Bells Ring For Menendez!" and "Senator Bob, the Babe, and the Big Bucks.")
The state created a pool of $15 million to help the poorest New Jersey residents, renters, affected by the storm, particularly whose homes were damaged and/or destroyed.
The poorest and least politically-influential New Jersey residents, who have suffered the greatest harm, will receive the least money from relief funds.
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