March 22, 2013 at 3:29 P.M. Internet connections were totally eliminated or "unavailable" at Morningside Heights. Apparently, this may have been the result of sabotage. How strange? I am at computer #7, Inwood, NYPL. Printing services are unavailable on this day.
Perhaps nothing is as difficult as the pain of injustice. Difficult to live with, personally, and much more difficult to endure when it afflicts those we love. Powerlessness is felt most intensely, perhaps, in the inability to shelter one's children and loved-ones from vicious injustices, cruelties, and deprivations that are designed to control us -- as most persons and billions of children are controlled in our world -- and even to enslave us in some terrible places. (Soon: "What is it like to be raped?" and "Terry Tuchin, Diana Lisa Riccioli, and New Jersey's Agency of Torture.")
I wish that I could provide my brilliant and good child with a more just world in which opportunities and goods were equitably distributed, where lives taken would not be dismissed as "collateral damage," where children would not be threatened, injured, or killed to "control" their parents' expression of opinions or political actions. ("How censorship works in America.")
The fight for such a world takes place, every day, within ourselves, also on the Internet and in many battlefields, including these blogs. I will continue to write. My child, you must continue to struggle for your beliefs and values. You are not alone.
Herb Jackson, "Senator's Troubles Are Far From Over: Menendez Awaiting Findings of Ethics, Criminal Probes," The Record, March 20, 2013, at p. A-1.
"Menendez Smears: Senator Fights 'False' Accusations," (Editorial) in The Record, March 20, 2013, at p. A-12.
Kibret Marcos, "Hearing Offers Glimpse of Teaneck Rabbi's Sexual Assault Cases," in The Record, March 20, 2013, at p. L-3. (Rabbi UZI RIVLIN is accused of molesting 2 teenage boys. Terry Tuchin's friend? "Menendez and New Jersey's Child Sex Crisis.")
"Growing evidence that prostitutes were paid to lie about trysts with Senator Menendez will have little impact on other investigations into the Senator reportedly underway, ethics experts say."
The "delay" in repaying costs of a flight with his "contributor," Dr. Melgen, would be sufficient for disbarment in New Jersey, except for Senator Menendez. Menendez only made "restitution" after being caught accepting the gift of airfare and "entertainment" without reporting it as a gift. ("Menendez Consorts With Underage Prostitutes" and "Menendez Gets Over On the Feds.")
Cover-ups, lies, obfuscations in connection with OAE complicity in criminality should result in disbarment of responsible attorneys no matter what state agency in Trenton they may have worked for, i.e., allegedly, John McGill, Esq. and/or anyone cooperating with unethical and illegal efforts to solicit grievances against a targeted attorney. ("New Jersey's Office of Attorney Ethics" and "New Jersey's 'Ethical' Legal System.")
Yet another attorney and political figure as well as former member of the bar association's ethics committee, Rob Andrews, is alleged to have "improperly used campaign funds and his official resources for personal purposes, and [to have] made false statements to federal officials." ("Is America's Legal Ethics a Lie?" and "American Doctors and Torture.")
Mr. Menendez may well find himself facing identical charges to those brought against Mr. Andrews. Numerous interviews between Mr. Menendez and the F.B.I. have taken place, including (possibly) conversations in which Mr. Menendez was asked about me.
Evidently, the F.B.I. may wish to question Mr. Menendez, again, suggesting that they are "not satisfied" with his responses. It is a crime to lie to the F.B.I. ("More Problems For Menendez -- Tapes!")
Mr. Menendez may have served, secretly, on the ethics committee targeting me despite the conflict of interest arising from my prior support of a political opponent of the Senator. ("Does Senator Menendez have mafia friends?" and "Is Menendez For Sale?")
Mr. Rabner and Ms. Poritz may have sought to protect TERRY TUCHIN from liability by providing a cover-up of all matters pertaining to me. ("Have you no shame, Mr. Rabner?" and "Deborah T. Poritz and Conduct Unbecoming to the Judiciary in New Jersey.")
Presumably, all of these matters are under investigation. ("Another Warm Letter From the DRB" and "The OAE and DRB Back Down.")
Menendez may also have "asked State and Commerce Department officials at a hearing about a Dominican port security contract held by a company Melgen partly owned."
Was Melgen a front for Cuban-American organized crime? ("Cubanazos Pose a Threat to National Security" and "Cubanoids Protest Against Peace!")
Quid pro cuo allegations have been made in the past about Senator Menendez's efforts. ("Senator Bob, the Babe, and the Big Bucks" and "Crooked Broker Paid-Off Menendez!" then "More Problems For Menendez -- Tapes!")
There are -- and soon may be -- MORE and far worse allegations against Senator Menendez:
" ... Menendez has had to deal with continuing questions about his activities instead of solely concentrating on his new job as chairman [chairperson] of the Senate's Foreign Relations Committee, one of the more influential posts in Washington ..." ("Menendez Must Give Up the Gavel" and "Menendez Goes to Bat For a Croney.")
Sources:
New York & the World:
William Neuman, "Star Hurls Musical Barbs Before Venezuela's Budget," in The New York Times, April 11, 2013, at p. A4. (Congratulations to Venezuela's new President, Nicolas Maduro.)
"Nearly 70 Years Later, A New Round of Auschwitz Prosecutions," in The New York Times, April 11, 2013, at p. A6. (The process of pursuing Nazi war criminals continues and it should continue.)
"Names of the Dead," in The New York Times, April 11, 2013, at p. A8. (The number of dead in Iraq is no longer disclosed; casualties in Pakistan, Yemen, Bahrain, and elsewhere where U.S. troops are fighting are not disclosed. 2,179 Americans have died in Afghanistan. The wounded are not listed. Is a military struggle against North Korea feasible, given America's depleted military and economic resources, in light of China's alliance and support for North Korea? I doubt it.)
Azad Ahmed & Taimoor Shah, "Man With Ties to Karzai Dies in a Military Raid," in The New York Times, April 11, 2013, at p. A8. (Renewed attacks in Afghanistan.)
Lizette Alvarez, "Cuba Returns Couple Who Fled With Sons in Custody Fight," in The New York Times, April 11, 2013, at p. A8. (U.S. and Cuba acted consistently with international norms governing custody of minors. This allowed for an avoidance of any international incident. Ms. Alvarez is a card-carrying member of the Republican party in Florida who is "loyal" to Ms. Ros-Leghtinen as well as Mr. Rubio.)
Charlie Savage, "Army Judge Raises Burden In Private's Trial on Leaks," in The New York Times, April 11, 2013, at p. A13. (Private Bradley Manning had good reason to believe the U.S. was engaging in war crimes and covering-up those crimes. The videos seem to indicate that Pfc. Manning was correct about that charge against the U.S. military.)
Azad Ahmed, "Taliban Attack in Afghan City, Killing Dozens," in The New York Times, April 4, 2013, at p. A8. (This is not a sustainable way of life or long-term "solution" for Israel.)
Michael Grynbaum, "Councilman's Boast, On Wiretap, Renews Questions of Quinn's Oversight," in The New York Times, April 4, 2013, at p. A20. (Is there a "Jersey Connection" for this attack on Ms. Quinn? I suspect so.)
Scott Shane, "Targeted Killing Comes to Define War On Terror," in The New York Times, April 8, 2013, at p. A1. (President Obama will be defined, internationally, by the contradiction between our human rights stand, on the one hand, and the normalizing of targeted killings, drone use allowing for "collateral damage," and the continuing existence of the Guantanamo prison on the other hand.)
New Jersey's Disintegration:
Thomas Fitzgerald, "McGreevey's Second Act," (Op-Ed) in The Record, March 27, 2013, at p. A-8. (Mr. McGreevey and Mr. Wiener will join forces in future political efforts, allegedly, like a government "ethics panel.")
Kibret Marcos, "Trial to Open for Cop in Sex Case," in The Record, March 27, 2013, at p. L-3. ("JEFFREY KIMMEL," 49, former police officer is accused of molesting an underage girl. He is one of many police officers and lawyers facing similar charges in New Jersey.)
Peter J. Sampson, "Paterson Doctor Pleads Guilty to Massive Fraud," in The Record, April 11, 2013, at p. L-1. (Doctor JOSE KATZ, 68, of Closter, and several colleagues -- with the assistance of lawyers, I am sure -- were evidently involved in scams from medicaid and insurance companies.)
Rene Stutzman, "Ex-Fla. GOP Chief Sentenced for Theft From the Party," in The Star Ledger, March 28, 2013, at p. 8. (Lizette Alvarez, journalist at the Times and formerly at The Miami Herald, writes of the troubles of Mr. Rubio's rival JIM GREER, convicted thief and former Chairman of Florida's GOP. Is Lizette Alvarez also "Rene Stutzman"? Does Ms. Alvarez write at the behest of Ms. Ros-Leghtinen? Or Mr. Menendez?)
Bill Wichert, "Alleged Sex Assault Leaves Girl Pregnant," in The New York Times, March 28, 2013, at p. 17. (A 12 year-old girl is 20 weeks pregant after being assaulted by 27 year-old, alleged Bob Menendez-supporter, JOSE BONILLA. Persons who are not "Boss Bob"-supporters fail to get government work or to do well in Hudson County. So I was told in any case.)
Ben Horowitz, "Ex-Teacher Enters Pre-Trial Program," in The Star Ledger, March 28, 2013, at p. 17. (AMANDA ADLER, 25, will participate in drug treatment program after losing her teaching position. This program will result in no criminal record and little damage to her professional life. Participation in this program is within the discretion of prosecutors and is rarely offered to African-American young offenders in drug cases, who are often treated much more severely than Ms. Adler. "So Black and So Blue in Prison.")
Abbott-Koloff & Rebecca Baker, "Accused Engineering Firm Files for Chapter 11: Move Follows Indictment of Seven Executives," in The Record, March 30, 2013, at p. A-1. (The Birdsall Services Group of Eatontown is seeking bankruptcy protection to pay employees. "7 Executives Indicted in New Jersey.")
Larry Neumeister, "Insider Probe Widens: SAC Captial Manager Accused of Being Part of Illegal Grapevine," in The Record, March 30, 2013, at p. A-10. (Hedge-fund portfolio manager, MICHAEL STEINBERG, who enjoys many N.J. connections, arrested on Friday. This is a very minor player in Wall Street scams. A "Grapevine" usually includes more than one person.)
Abbott-Koloff, "Indicted Consultant Allowed to Pay Staff From Frozen Assets: Judge Frees $1.7 Million For Birdsall's Use," in The Record, April 2, 2013, at p. A-3. (A federal judge allowed access to frozen assets of Birdsall Group to permit payments to employees. Perhaps Mr. Corzine may be appointed as "Special Master" to oversee these expenses?)
Abbott-Koloff, "Seminar Trips by Judges Raise Some Concerns: Report Cites Attendance by 3 Federal Jurists From N.J.," in The Record, April 2, 2013, at p. L-1. (Should judges attend privately-funded seminars?)
