March 7, 2015 at 1:30 P.M. Senator Menendez's recent press conference was clearly intended to intimidate or head-off the FBI's and Justice Department's prosecution effort and is the latest -- also, perhaps, the greatest -- horrible mistake by a major political figure whose political intelligence and skills seem to have deserted him at his crucial hour.
Mr. Menendez has now nailed himself to the factual statements he made during that lengthy press conference -- statements which can and will be used against him -- that were made without having counsel present, at his side, and which went into the factual details of potential criminal charges in ways that, I am sure, are deeply harmful to his position.
Someone who is not an experienced criminal lawyer would fail to recognize all of the ways in which the Senator has hurt himself in preparing a defense in these matters because of that one ill-considered press conference. Perhaps this staged event was a kind of Freudian slip. Very unwise, Senator.
I have argued and struggled for Mr. Menendez to be indicted and to face ethics charges for many years, but I find no joy in Mr. Menendez's predicament today, nor do I delight in Senator Menendez's decision to commit legal and political suicide so publicly.
Either the Senator was very badly advised, or Mr. Menendez (in some bizarre way) has willed his own destruction rather than acknowledge and face persons, like me, with difficult questions for him.
It is incomprehensible why Mr. Menendez is not facing ethics charges before the New Jersey Bar Association's so-called "Ethics Committee" or the U.S. Senate's Select Committee on Ethics. One hopes that such charges would emerge once Mr. Menendez is indicted. ("New Jersey's 'Ethical' Legal System.")
Perhaps it is fitting that, at what is obviously the beginning of Menendez's political end and the total obliteration of his life, the tragedy is brought nearer, as in Greek drama, by the hero's tragic flaw -- hubris, excessive pride. So much could have been avoided by Senator Menendez with recognition and atonement.
The decision by a group of U.S. Senators -- presumably including Mr. Menendez, tacitly or overtly -- to write a letter essentially threatening Iran and seeking to undermine President Obama's authority in delicate international negotiations is merely more unprecedented partisanship from the "angry white men."
Republican presidents will face similar (or worse) tactics in response to their initiatives as a further irresponsible transgression of what were once sacred boundaries. It is difficult (for me) to understand this hostility to Mr. Obama except for the ubiquity of racism in American public life.
Perhaps New Jersey's inaction and silence in my matters is the result of similar racism or bias. ("Stuart Rabner and Conduct Unbecoming to the Judiciary in New Jersey.")
Please meet with me now and tell me the truth, New Jersey. ("John McGill, Esq., the OAE, and New Jersey Corruption" and "New Jersey's Office of Attorney Ethics.")
Kate Zernike & Matt Apuzzo, "U.S. Set to Charge Menendez in Case Alleging Favors: New Jersey Senator and Ranking Latino, is Said to Have Taken Illegal Gifts," The New York Times, March 7, 2015, p. A1. ("Does Senator Menendez have mafia friends?" and "Menendez Croney's Office Raided" then "Another FBI Investigation of Menendez" and "Is Menendez For Sale?" and "Was Menendez Bribed to Get a Visa For a Croney?")
Alexandra Burns, "With Case Hanging Over Menendez, Democrats Lack a Clear Successor," The New York Times, March 8, 2015, p. A16. ("Alexandra Burns" is also "Manohla Dargis," and this is probably Lilian Munoz and/or Estela De La Cruz as well as "others." It is a mistake to try to "spin" this forthcoming indictment the Senator's way. The charges now will not go away. The U.S. Justice Department is not pleased by attempts at political manipulation. Perhaps the less said now by the Senator's camp the better. Mr. Codey is thrilled no matter what he may say publicly. Much is already admitted when Mr. Menendez's troops are discussing his possible "successor." It is not difficult to read the tea leaves here. "Menendez Consorts With Underage Prostitutes.")
"How to distinguish smoke from fire when your hallowed premise is that your prisoner is a 'smart-beyond-belief terrorist' and anything he says to the contrary is dismissed as lies? Rules of evidence, demands of due process: These are designed to separate justice -- founded on real facts that can be proved -- from suspicion and paranoia. When they are discarded, we plunge into Cheney's world, [N.J.?] where all is sacrificed to security, and suspicion and fear take the place of evidence of guilt. Our country tortured [Mr.] Slahi and this made it impossible, as the prosecutor determined, to try him; fear and suspicion leave us unable still to follow the judge's order and free him. It is easier on us to let him suffer indefinite detention. When the suffering of the untried and unconvicted [victims] becomes nothing more than 'collateral damage,' America has crossed a gulf. The steps that took us there were largely secret, but thanks to this [book] and other accounts we know about them now: We know where we came from, and we know where we are. We do not yet know how to get back."
Mark Danner, "No Exit," The New York Times Book Review, February 1, 2015, p. 19. ("Terry Tuchin, Diana Lisa Riccioli, and New Jersey's Agency of Torture" and "An Open Letter to My Torturers in New Jersey, Terry Tuchin and Diana Lisa Riccioli.")
No response has yet been received (by me) from Mr. Vance or any of the prosecutors that I (and others) have contacted in connection with these matters. The whole world is watching.
A list of sources will be attached to this essay in the days ahead. Completion of the work will take some time. I am denied access to the Internet from my home. I must rely on 45 minutes per day at library computers.
Brent Johnson & Samantha Marcus, "Give It Back!: Pension Ruling Deals Major Blow Day Before Proposal Due," The Star-Ledger, February 24, 2015, p. 1.
"In a significant blow to Gov. Chris Christie, a judge ruled Monday that the governor broke a law he signed by cutting a $1.57 BILLION payment from the pension system for public employees this year, and must now work with state lawmakers to restore the money."
Considering that a substantial percentage of N.J. pension fund recipients are "deceased persons," whose names are taken from registers of the dead, allegedly, this is a most worrisome development. ("New Jersey is the Home of the Living Dead!" then "Is Union City, New Jersey is Meyer Lansky's Whore House?" and "Law and Ethics in the Soprano State.")
Setting aside the usual Trenton rhetoric, it is asserted by The Star-Ledger and The Record that $7.1 BILLION remains of the deficit despite Mr. Christie's claims to have "wiped out" all deficits in order to achieve a "balanced budget." It is unethical for members of the bar to lie. ("New Jersey's 'Ethical' Legal System" and "Christie Gives a Donor $1 Million of New Jersey Money.")
The New Jersey Superior Court's recent decision finds that Mr. Christie refused to make the statutorily-mandated deposit in the pension fund leaving --
" -- a huge hole in the current state budget, sending the Republican governor and the Democratic-controlled state Legislature scrambling to come up with the funds by June 30, when the fiscal year ends."
Governor Christie claimed to make deposits that he did not, in fact, make and to balance a budget that is not balanced; other New Jersey governors (McGreevey) made "unknown and uncertain" deposits, according to the SEC, which for the first and last time (so far) brought an action for fraud against the entire state of New Jersey; worse, other officials in the past made mysterious and unexplained removals or "re-allocations" of funds from the pension accounts. ("New Jersey Pension Funds Are $56 Billion Short" and "SEC Sues New Jersey For Pension Fraud.")
Mr. Christie's efforts to get control of New Jersey's disastrous finances and organized crime-saturated state government as well as failed courts is hampered by such entities as a hostile judiciary, labor unions accustomed to being "on the tit," as they say in Trenton, and a political class angered by attempts at reform. ("Christie Attacks New Jersey's Corrupt Judges" and "New Jersey's Failed Judiciary.")
It is also true that, as beneficiaries of the pension fund, judges are deciding a matter where their personal interests are at stake and usurping a policy and priority decision that belongs, exclusively, to the Chief Executive of the state under the constitution. Failing to mention this fact is lying through silence by Judge Jacobson. ("Trenton's Nasty Lesbian Love-Fest!" and "New Jersey's Judges Disgrace America.")
To find the $1.57 BILLION in the tight $32 BILLION New Jersey budget is going to be difficult and could result in the loss of financing for many programs, including those in universities and hospitals as well as programs affecting jurisdictional security issues for innocent residents of the state. ("Neil M. Cohen, Esq. and Conduct Unbecoming to the Legislature in New Jersey.")
It is estimated that from 1/3 to 1/2 of New Jersey's budget will be misspent and/or "wasted," if not stolen. ("New Jersey's Politically-Connected Lawyers On the Tit" and "Cement is Gold!" then "Corrupt Law Firms, Senator Bob, and New Jersey Ethics" and "New Jersey is Lucky Luciano's Havana.")
New Jersey's pension system, for example, faces $83 BILLION of "unfunded liabilities." ("John McGill, Esq., the OAE, and New Jersey Corruption" and "Senator Bob Says -- 'Xanadu and You Are Perfect Together!'")
It is EXPECTED that Christie's two-year $2.4 billion cut from "people programs" will turn into twice that sum in liability for the state over the next five years. I cannot say what is a non-people program. Judge Jacobson (Whitman's appointee and a fellow Republican!) stated:
" ... the court cannot allow the state to 'simply walk away from its financial obligations,' especially when these obligations were the state's own creation."
Stop lying and covering-up the dirty truth, Mr. Rabner. It is time to talk to me, New Jersey. ("No More Cover-Ups and Lies, Chief Justice Rabner!" and "Stuart Rabner's Selective Sense of Justice" then "Have you no shame Mr. Rabner?" and "What did you know, Mr. Rabner, and when did you know it?")
Sources:
Maggie Haberman [Jennifer Velez?] & Nicholas Confessore, ["Big Nicky" Sacco?] "Critics View Christie As in 'Bubble,'" The New York Times, February 20, 2015, p. A1. ("He does not return phone calls. He does not ask for support. He acts as if he has all the time in the world." Mr. Christie has LIED, publicly, about the GWB crisis and other matters, allegedly, according to The Star-Ledger. Like his political hero, Richard Nixon, Mr. Christie occupies a "bunker mentality" when it comes to opponents of his policies. As a member of the New Jersey Bar Association, Mr. Christie is subject to legal ethics rules, but he is protected from any proceedings because of political influence, like Mr. Menendez. Sleazy political lawyers use the ethics process to target adversaries or dissidents from New Jersey's corrupt system. Is the N.J. legal ethics system a lie? "New Jersey's 'Ethical' Legal System" and "Is America's Legal Ethics a Lie?" then "Legal Ethics Today" and "American Lawyers and Torture.")
William K. Rashbaum, "Ex-Speaker Of Assembly Is Indicted: Panel Acts on 3 Charges That Led to an Arrest," The New York Times, February 20, 2015, p. A21. (Sheldon Silver, Esq. is the latest politician and lawyer to be indicted for graft, theft, corruption with the assistance and/or partnership of multiple lawyers in New York and New Jersey. Did Mr. Silver say: "My people don't steal!")
Nate Cohn, "Christie's Struggles Give an Advantage to Bush," The New York Times, February 24, 2015, p. A3. (Mr. Christie's "self-destruction" may be the most spectacular in recent American political history. What happened to the crusading U.S. Attorney determined to end corruption in Trenton? Is the Exxon settlement a favor for contributors on the part of Mr. Christie?)
Kate Zernike, "Judge Rejects Christie Move On Funding State Pensions: Governor is Told to Put $1.57 BILLION Into the System," The New York Times, February 24, 2015, p. A17. (The New Jersey pension system is "short" about $80 BILLION, in real terms, after all of the "creative" accounting. Mr. Christie may have illegally failed to deposit nearly two billion dollars required to meet obligations. Does he have the money now? I doubt it. Judge Jacobson has a conflict of interest, is lying through silence about that conflict, and may benefit from her own opinion, giving her decision the "appearance of impropriety" in violation of N.J.'s judicial ethics. "New Jersey's Judges Disgrace America" then "Trenton's Nasty Lesbian Love-Fest" and "New Jersey's Supreme Court Implosion.")
Kate Zernike, "Once 'Fixed,' Now Pensions Haunt Christie," The New York Times, February 25, 2015, p. A1. (Mr. Christie's claim to have "fixed" -- his word -- New Jersey's pension crisis has turned out to be a lie. Thanks to Judge Jacobson acting for public employees -- like herself -- Mr. Christie will have to "cough-up," as it were, at least $1.57 BILLION or more like $2.1 BILLION when you factor in the costs of finding this extra money. In other words, New Jersey's long-suffering taxpayers will have to come up with this money. If you do not believe that taxes are going to rise, again, as the state is losing jobs and businesses, you are sadly mistaken.)
Stephen Castle, "British Lawmaker, Caught in Scandal, to Step Down," The New York Times, February 25, 2015, p. A7. (If only Bob Menendez were British, he would be forced to resign: "Illegal Payments to Bob Menendez!" and "Bribery in Union City, New Jersey.")
Monica Davey, [Anne Rodgers, Esq.?] "Emmanuel is Forced Into a Run-Off in Chicago," The New York Times, February 25, 2015, p. A11. (Mr. Netanyahu's man in Chicago is "shocked" by this outcome -- despite a vast money advantage -- and Mr. Obama should be wary of thinking the "Windy City's" mayor a "friend." Go Chuy! "So Black and So Blue in Prison" and "Justice For Mumia Abu-Jamal.")
Gail Collins, "The Unsinkable R.B.G.: The Non-Retiring Justice Gingsburg," (Op-Ed) The New York Times, February 22, 2015, p. 1. (Has the Justice's notorious lapse into a stupor during President Obama's speech become a daily ritual as with Deborah T. Poritz's dismal and failed final years on the New Jersey Supreme Court bench, allegedly. "Deborah T. Poritz and Conduct Unbecoming to the Judiciary in New Jersey" and "Sybil R. Moses and Conduct Unbecoming to the Judiciary in New Jersey" then "Paul W. Bergrin, Esq. is an Ethical New Jersey Attorney" and "Neil M. Cohen, Esq. and Conduct Unbecoming to the Legislature in New Jersey.")
David Cole, "Did the Torture Report Give the C.I.A. a Bad Rap?," (Op-Ed) The New York Times, February 22, 2015, p. 7. ("Blaming one agency was easier than focusing on illegality at the top." Was the OAE merely reflecting the torture orders of Ms. Poritz? The C.I.A. and O.A.E. are similar to the KKK! -- They cannot be slandered. "Nihilists in Disneyworld.")
Matt Arco, "Christie to Announce Detente With Teachers' Union," The New York Times, February 24, 2015, p. A11. (Governor Christie learned that the teachers' union -- Maria Martinez's protection? -- is "connected" to New Jersey's Democrat "grass roots" organizations and the county "bosses," like Bob Menendez. Cooperation is needed to fix the state's ailing pension system, partly ruined by previous thefts from which the union may have shared. "Jennifer Velez is a Dyke Magnet!")
Julie Hirschfeld, "Obama Calls For New Laws to Bolster Cybersecurity," The New York Times, January 14, 2015, p. A15. (My access to the Internet continues to be blocked on my home laptop. No answers to my communications to the U.S. Attorney or Mr. Vance have been received by me. Perhaps Mr. Putin is to blame for these crimes and censorship I struggle against?)
Kate Zernike, "Christie's National Aspirations Underlie State Speech," The New York Times, January 14, 2015, p. A18. (Mr. Christie claimed that Mr. Obama displayed a pattern of "indecision and inconsistency." The very same accusations are now being made against Governor Christie. Mr. Christie also claims that President Obama may be responsible for Bridgegate in New Jersey. "Christie's Bridge of Sighs.")
John Hurdle & Timothy Williams, "Grand Jury Recommends Pennsylvania Attorney General be Charged With Perjury," The New York Times, January 22, 2015, p. A12. (Kathleen G. Kane, Esq. claims to have learned to lie from Anne Milgram, Esq., allegedly. "All lawyers lie!" Ms. Kane is rumored to have said. Ms. Kane denies that she is -- or ever has been -- a lesbian: "Another Mafia Sweep in New Jersey and Anne Milgram is Clueless.")
Adam Liptak, "Justices Rule Dismissal Of Air Marshal Unlawful," The New York Times, January 22, 2015, p. A15. (U.S. Supreme Court says you cannot fire, or declare unethical, persons telling the truth about corruption and/or incompetence in government: "John McGill, Esq., the OAE, and New Jersey Corruption" and "New Jersey's Office of Attorney Ethics.")
Peter Baker, "Boehner Invites Another Response to State of the Union, From Israel's Premier," The New York Times, January 22, 2015, p. A16. (This invitation has the effect of making the U.S. Congress a stage set or "prop" in a campaign commercial for Mr. Netanyahu. The forthcoming Netanyahu speech is already universally regarded as a drastic error by both Mr. Boehner and Mr. Netanyahu that will create enemies for Israel within the U.S. political system and which suggests an affiliation between Republicans and a foreign political leader against the foreign policy and person of the President of the United States of America, Barack Obama. This is a dangerous precedent which has shocked the world. Furthermore, the inference for "observers" throughout the world is that, because most American politicians are bought, Mr. Netanyahu's claim that he "controls America" may have some validity. With whom should foreign leaders negotiate -- with Mr. Obama or Mr. Netanyahu? I do not believe that Americans voted for Benjamin Netanyahu as their president. No wonder I am subjected to serious crimes and law enforcement in America can do nothing about it. "The Audacity of Hope" and "Israel Heightens Gaza Crisis.")
Samantha Marcus, "Christie Faces $7.35 BILLION Structural Deficit, Legislative Analysts Say," The Star-Ledger, February 24, 2015, p. 4. ("The total [gap between revenue and full obligations in N.J.] is $7.35 billion. The state's current budget is $32.5 billion." Good luck, Mr. Christie.)
Thomas Zambito, "FBI Arrests Englewood Doctor On Health Care Fraud Charges," The Star-Ledger, February 24, 2015, p. 14. (Albert Ades, 60, of Englewood, New Jersey -- an alleged Bob Menendez supporter and financial contributor -- was arrested for Medicare fraud. Dr. Ades invented interviews and patient care for patients who never saw him and for others after they died. Dr. Ades allegedly explained that Dr. Salomon Melgen would vouch for him: "Menendez Croney's Office Raided" and "Another FBI Investigation of Menendez.")
"Christie and Friends: Loophole On Lavish Gifts Must be Closed," (Editorial) The Record, February 12, 2015, p. A-18. (Governor Christie has accepted "travel expenses" -- i.e., bribes -- from the owner of the Dallas Cowboys and the King of Jordan. Is there anyone's money that Mr. Christie will not accept? As U.S. Attorney, did Mr. Christie not criticize his predecessor, Mr. McGreevey, for lesser sins with regard to accepting money from "friends"? Exxon?)
Chris Harris, "Coin Theft Audit Called Unreliable: Prosecutor Disputes Theft in Ridgewood Case," The Record, February 12, 2015, p. L-1. (The theft from Ridgewood's coin room was $377,526 GREATER than originally thought. Similar thefts have been discovered, allegedly, in Hudson, Essex, and Union Counties, but are being kept quiet. Bob Menendez always has plenty of quarters. "Illegal Payments to Bob Menendez" and "Bribery in Union City, New Jersey.")
Kim Lueddeke, "Senator Seeks Probe Into Alleged Insurance Fraud," The Record, February 20, 2015, p. A-4. (Sandy victims in New Jersey were "shortchanged" MILLIONS of dollars of your federal tax dollars, as I predicted after the storm, dollars which have "disappeared." Mr. Christie explained: "We're stronger than the storm!")
Samantha Marcus, "Last Scratch: When New Jersey Lottery Winners Used Dead People's Social Security Numbers to Claim Prizes, the State Missed Out On Big Money, Audit Finds," The Star-Ledger, February 20, 2015, p. 1. (Not only do the dead vote in N.J. elections -- always for Bob Menendez! -- but they also work for the state government, purchase property, and sometimes "win" the lottery. A number of deceased persons "successful" in their lottery efforts have been traced to organized crime figures in the state. Diana Lisa Riccioli claims that she "doesn't know from nothing." "Jaynee LaVecchia and Conduct Unbecoming to the Judiciary in New Jersey" and "Diana's Friend Goes to Prison!" Is there a "connection" between Ms. Riccioli and Barbara Buono?)
Matt Apuzzo, "Justice Report to Fault Bias by Ferguson: Years of Discrimination Seen in Traffic Stop," The New York Times, March 2, 2015, p. A1. (Discriminatory and selective enforcement of ethics rules by the OAE in New Jersey has had a similar effect in dividing the state's legal profession and judiciary from the public ostensibly to be protected: "New Jersey's Office of Attorney Ethics" and "New Jersey's 'Ethical' Legal System" then "Sexual Favors For New Jersey Judges.")
Michael R. Gordon, "Kerry Pushing For Agreement in Nuclear Talks: Meeting With Iranians -- Netanyahu Arrives in U.S. to Discourage Negotiations," The New York Times, March 2, 2015, p. A1. (Mr. Netanyahu does not want Iran to become a "rival" for America's affections. There is little danger of that. However, a diplomatic "solution" to the nuclear and other issues is in everyone's interests and -- for America -- preferable to a proxy war fought for Israel in Iran or Syria. At the moment 62-70 percent of Americans oppose Mr. Netanyahu's speech before Congress that has been boycotted by many Democrats. Mr. Netanyahu's threats to push in Congress to defeat President Obama's treaty are premature before any proposed treaty is brought before Congress, especially for a political leader from another country, who may mistake his nation's interest for that of the United States of America. Follow-up efforts by American senators in the pay of the Israeli lobby -- possibly at the request of Mr. Netanyahu -- to undermine the administration's negotiations with Iran that are in the interests of Americans are especially shameful and unfortunate because they will invite reprisals against any future Republican president.)
Helene Cooper & Michael R. Gordon, "Kerry Welcoming, but Wary of Netanyahu," The New York Times, March 2, 2015, p. A9. (A majority of Americans favor Mr. Obama's diplomacy; many oppose efforts to govern America from Jerusalem.)
Isabel Kerschner, "Netanyahu's Speech Opens Political Divisions in Israel," The New York Times, March 2, 2015, p. A9. (There is a serious challenge to Netanyahu in Israel. The Prime Minister may have to share power by becoming less of a dictator in a new government.)
Gail Collins, "Adieu, Chris Christie, Adieu," (Op-Ed) The New York Times, February 26, 2015, p. A27. (Gail Collins is probably, in this instance, a team effort involving Maureen Dowd and Jill Abramson, Jennifer Velez and Barbara Buono's brigade in New Jersey relishing the self-destruction of Mr. Christie. These female persons and/or women would be far worse for N.J. than Mr. Christie could ever be: "Skinny People Dressed in Black" and "Trenton's Nasty Lesbian Love-Fest!")
Susan K. Livio, "Human Services Director Left Behind Legacy Amid Change," The Star-Ledger, March 2, 2015, p. 3. (Allegations of sexual abuse and other assaults against women at the now closed Vineland Development Center and unspoken "lesbian loyalties" in violation of ethics rules continue to haunt Jennifer Velez and her unexplained "associations" with Diana Lisa Riccioli and Maria Martinez. Barbara Buono? Was Ms. Velez present at hypnosis sessions involving Marilyn Straus? Did Ms. Velez have sexual contact with Marilyn Straus at such sessions, or elsewhere? Was Ms. Velez present at 512 42nd Street, Union City, New Jersey and/or elsewhere when I was subjected to interrogational torture under hypnosis and/or drugged? "Marilyn Straus was Right!" and "Diana's Friend Goes to Prison!" Finally, was Jennifer Velez a participant in discussions at my Philosophy Cafe?)
"Governor Caught in Lies On Planned Parenthood," (Editorial) The Star-Ledger, March 2, 2015, p. 8. ("It was interesting to hear Gov. Christie finally ADMIT he was flat-out LYING about his reasons for cutting funding to Planned Parenthood, as many charged at that time." Mr. Christie is a member of the New Jersey Bar Association. "Is America's Legal Ethics a Lie?" and "John McGill, Esq., the OAE, and New Jersey Corruption.")
Brent Johnson & Claude Brodesser-Akner, "State's Leaders Work Both Sides of the (Amtrak) Aisle," The Star-Ledger, February 20, 2015, p. 15. (The yearly train trip to Washington, D.C. usually features secret FBI recordings of the merry men and women from the Garden State happily chatting about bribes and planned thefts from the public treasury, as my old friend Alex Booth, Esq., once explained with utter glee: "New Jersey's Politically-Connected Lawyers On the Tit.")
Bill Wichert, "Lawyer: Teacher is Only Victim in Sex Assault Case," The Star-Ledger, March 2, 2015, p. 19. ("The attorney for the Maplewood teacher accused of assaulting six male students says she is the only victim." Attorneys always tell the truth in New Jersey. It appears that further allegations of sexual assault are likely against the former school teacher and "mom." "Neil M. Cohen, Esq. and Conduct Unbecoming to the Legislature in New Jersey" and "New Jersey Rabbi Faces Child Porn Charges.")
Anthony G. Alterino, "Woodbridge: Official Bought Drugs Near School, Cops Say," The Star-Ledger, March 2, 2015, p. 18. ("Woodbridge Township's school district business administrator was arrested Wednesday after police said they found a gram of cocaine during a search of his car." Allegations that this official and others -- including local attorneys and judges -- have indulged in this habit or appeared "blind drunk" in public cannot be confirmed. Any thoughts on this, Mr. Menendez? Cocaine? "Menendez Consorts With Underage Prostitutes.")
Emma Fitzimmons & John Surico, "Hundreds in New Jersey Flee Fire at Apartments," The New York Times, January 22, 2015, p. A25. (I anticipate that we will see more such fires at well-insured properties owned by friends of Mr. Menendez in Hudson and Bergen Counties. As Bob Menendez would say: "Jewish lightning!")
"Discrimination With a Smile," (Editorial) The New York Times, January 22, 2015, p. A22. ("Under Chief Justice John Roberts, Jr., the Supreme Court has developed a remarkably sanguine view of race in America. 'Things have changed dramatically,' Mr. Roberts wrote in 2013 in striking down the heart of the Voting Rights Act." For Mr. Roberts, evidently, we live in a color-blind society where -- let us say -- racist opposition to an African-American president would never lead Republican "angry white men" to invite a foreign political leader to insult and undermine the AMERICAN president from the podium of the U.S. Congress even as his efforts may have led Iran to cooperate in the liberation of Tikrit from ISIS hands. Cover stories in The New York Times for March 6, 2015 seem to suggest this point very clearly. "'For America to Lead Again': An Inaugural Address by President Hussein Barack Obama.")
William K. Rashbaum & Thomas Kaplan, "U.S. Says Assembly Speaker Took Millions in Payoffs, Abusing Office: Silver Arrested -- Says He'll be Vindicated," The New York Times, January 23, 2015, p. A1. (Personal injury firms have runners, cops, judges and politicians on the payroll or getting kickbacks as "rain-makers." Mr. Silver is not alone. "Have you no shame, Mr. Rabner?")
Patrick McGeehan, "In Executive Order, Christie Appoints Emergency Manager in Atlantic City," The New York Times, January 23, 2015, p. A22. (Mr. Christie's "imperial Governorship" will continue until the voters put an end to Christie's reign. The N.J. governor has appointed a Republican corporate lawyer to micro-manage Democrat Atlantic City's finances in order, presumably, to maximize profits for the child porn industry in the area.)
Michael Barbaro, "Christie Plans to Create a PAC," The New York Times, January 26, 2015, p. A12. ("Mr. Christie's PAC, to be called 'Leadership Matters For America,' will allow the New Jersey governor to raise and spend the money necessary to woo Republicans across the country over the next year." Thus far, Republicans are coy about Mr. Christie's "overtures.")
Charles Stile, "Christie Loses Pension Case: Ruling is a Black Eye When Some Good P.R. Was Needed," The Record, February 24, 2015, p. A-1. (Mr. Christie's presidential efforts have become increasingly laughable in light of his "belly flop" in Trenton over the budget. N.J.'s continuing "sad and disgusting spectacle" of corruption and incompetence further disgraces the Garden State.)
AP, "U.S., Iran Report Progress On Nuclear Deal: Plan Would Freeze Program for At Least 10 Years," The Record, February 24, 2015, p. A-10. (Contrary to Mr. Netanyahu's rhetoric, U.S. and Iranian diplomats report "progress" on negotiations concerning nuclear and other issues. Iranian ASSISTANCE to U.S.-sponsored Iraqui fighters against ISIS may result in the liberation of Tikrit, and this may be the first major defeat of ISIS. U.S. assistance and proposed control of Iranian nuclear energy development facilities may improve the quality of life for Iranians without further sanctions being imposed or isolation of Iran from the world community. These facts disprove the campaign speech by Mr. Netanyahu while supporting the president's statements concerning the so far "undisclosed deal with Iran.")
Helene Cooper, "Iran as Unlikely Ally: A Traditional Foe of the U.S. Becomes Pivotal in the Fight Against ISIS in Iraq," The New York Times, March 6, 2015, p. A1. (I wonder whether this strange new development in the war against ISIS has something to do with Mr. Obama's "Iran strategy"? What do you think, Mr. Menendez? Mr. Netanyahu?)
Peter J. Sampson, "Ferreiro Juror Pool to Report: 50 Called in For Racketeering Trial," The Record, February 24, 2015, p. L-1. (As the jury is selected for Ferreiro's trial -- the alleged mafia boss and Democrat powerhouse from Bergen County -- a number of his former associates are getting nervous. Diana Lisa Riccioli? Kim Guardagno? Ken Zisa? Bob Menendez?)
Richard Cowen, "Judge is Gone, and Anger Has Subsided: Hopes of Raising Revenue Fell Short," The Record, February 24, 2015, p. L-1. (After the controversial removal of African-American Judge Karen Brown, allegedly because of a shortfall in revenues from Municipal Court, the "disappearing" funds have become worse. What happened to the coins from meters? About $55,800 was "missing" from the total $3,779,855 collected in 2014 as opposed to $3,775,684 collected in 2013. Reportedly, additional sums have been "misplaced" from the 2014 figures in Paterson. Judge Brown may have been too honest for Passaic County.)
Peter J. Sampson, "Jurors Selected in Ferreiro Graft Trial: Opening Statements Expected Today," The Record, February 24, 2015, p. L-1. ("Twelve jurors and four alternates were chosen Wednesday for the racketeering trial of Joseph A. Ferreiro, accused of orchestrating a series of bribery, kickback and shakedown schemes during his decades-long tenure as the leader of Bergen's Democrat party." Bob Menendez should be Ferreiro's co-defendant. Why are prosecutors protecting people violating my rights to free expression and your rights to access speech? Corruption? Friends of Mr. Netanyahu? "An Open Letter to Cyrus Vance, Jr., Esq.")
Peter Baker, "A Strong Warning, Swiftly Countered by Obama," The New York Times, March 4, 2015, p. A1. ("In an extraordinary spectacle pitting the leaders of two close allies against each other, Mr. Netanyahu took the rostrum in the historic chamber of the House of Representatives to tell a joint session of Congress that instead of stopping Iran from obtaining nuclear weapons, Mr. Obama's diplomatic initiative 'would all but guarantee' that it does [get such weapons,] in turn setting off a regional arms race." The truly "extraordinary" and inexplicable theatrics involved in members of one party giving a standing ovation to a foreign political leader excoriating the President of the United States of America -- who happens to be from a rival political party on this occasion -- suggests that there are no limits to partisanship in Washington, D.C. today. Worse, for many Americans, the event further indicates that there are still vicious and intense racist feelings among many leaders of the Republican party who are bent upon preventing either another African-American person or ANY woman, of any color, from becoming president of this country in the future. This is scary. "America's Banana Republicans.")
Michael S. Schmidt & Amy Chozick, "Using Private Email, Clinton Thwarted Records Requests," The New York Times, March 4, 2015, p. A1. (Every major political candidate, especially Jeb Bush, has used and continues to use personal emails to do some government business. This attack accompanying the assault by Mr. Netanyahu -- which comes from the same territory of the political map -- reveals cooperation between Netanyahu's people, using intelligence agency data and techniques financed by American taxpayers, and the Republican attack machine. Is Karl Rove involved, in any way, in this attack against Mrs. Clinton or in the dissemination of information concerning Mrs. Clinton's emails? The two leading Democrats were "hit" at the same time. As Michael Corleone settled his family's business with the Barzini and Tataglia families on the same day, so Mr. Boehner and his "boys" have started a war on two fronts against Obama and Clinton who are the leaders of the Democratic party. Senator Menendez, as a major recipient of Israeli lobby money, favors the opponents of Obama and Clinton. Is Senator Menendez a "Democrat"? Joe Biden said: "We'll have to make them an offer they can't refuse.")
Matt Apuzzo, "Police Routinely Violate Rights Of Blacks in Ferguson, U.S. Says," The New York Times, March 4, 2015, p. A1. ("The police department in Ferguson was routinely [and deliberately] violating the Constitutional rights of its black residents." This was before and after the Michael Brown incident. "Organized Crime Group in New Jersey's State Police" and "New Jersey's KKK Police Shocker!")
Campbell Robertson, "Alabama Court Halts Licenses for Same-Sex Marriages," The New York Times, March 4, 2015, p. A12. (Alabama judges know the law and are aware of Supreme Court precedents on this issue, but they will try to subvert and undermine that decision and all laws in order to deny the equal humanity of same-sex residents of their state: "Is there a gay marriage right?")
Jonathan M. Katz, "In Chapel Hill, Suspect's Rage Went Beyond a Parking Dispute," The New York Times, March 4, 2015, p. A12. (Terrorism includes the murder by Craig Stephen Hicks of Ms. Abu-Saliha and Deah Shaddy Barakat, young dental students who happened to be Muslims. Is this not a hate crime?)
"Mr. Netanyahu's Unconvincing Speech," (Editorial) The New York Times, March 4, 2015, p. A24. (This editorial is the best comment on the ugly farce involving Mr. Netanyahu attacking the U.S. president before the cheering Republicans in the U.S. Congress.)
Samantha Marcus, "Unions to Sue Over Pensions," The Star-Ledger, March 4, 2015, p. 1. ("More than a dozen New Jersey unions anounced plans Tuesday to sue Governor Christie to force him to more than double next year's payment into the public worker pension system." A recent poll asked N.J. voters if they approved of how Chris Christie is doing his job: 51% of N.J. voters DISAPPROVE of the governor's job performance; 35% approve of the governor's efforts; 6% to 8% of Republicans support Christie's run for president. The numbers are falling.)
"Defining Hate Crimes: No Federal Charges Against Zimmerman," (Editorial) The Record, February 26, 2015, p. A-11. (Unless the victim is white, preferably Jewish, it is almost impossible to get prosecutors to file hate crime charges -- as they should in my matters for example. "An Open Letter to Cyrus Vance, Jr., Esq.")
Richard Cowen, "Passaic Teacher On Leave in Noose Allegation Probe: Seen in School Hallway With a Rope?," The Record, February 26, 2015, p. L-3. (Paul Schmitz will continue collecting his $86,000 salary while police investigate his possible staging of a "mock" lynching in the classroom, presumably, to humiliate African-American students. Mr. Schmitz is not a history teacher. How many of Schmitz's students were sexually molested?)
Tom Robbins & Laura D'Avolio, "Attica Guards Resign in Deal to Avoid Jail," The New York Times, March 3, 2015, p. A1. (After nearly killing a man during a beating without a charge being filed against the inmate, the guards will be allowed to plead to a misdemeanor offense and avoid all prison time. Slavery? The lives of -- often unjustly -- imprisoned African-American men seem to matter less than the lives of dogs and other animals in city streets to the American legal system: "America's Holocaust" then "Foucault, Rose, Davis and the Meaning(s) of Prison" and "Justice For Mumia Abu-Jamal" and "So Black and So Blue in Prison.")
