December 15, 2013 at 9:14 A.M. Unfortunately, a strange alteration of the plumbing in my bathroom has caused the hot water to explode, uncontrollably, from the shower causing a danger of third degree burns for users. I hope this emergency can be dealt with promptly. I will continue to write.
December 13, 2013 at 12:15 P.M. Yesterday, as I walked on the Upper-West Side of Manhattan, I noticed a lady who is a friend, a former mental patient and homeless woman, who is among the kindest people to be seen in this city, wrapped in a blanket and sleeping on the sidewalk.
Many persons like this poor woman have been discovered frozen to death in this city after a night when temperatures plunge well below freezing, often to the indifference of many of their fellow citizens.
Something has gone terribly wrong in our community at this holiday season when such heartlessness is taken for granted as "normal." This is not "O.K." We must do better than this, not by compulsion, but through reaching out to such unfortunate persons, with "compassion and love," to quote Pope Francis.
Politics should not only be about middle class lawyers and civil servants getting rich from public contracts going to their grateful friends. Real politics in the tradition of Senator Robert Kennedy and former Governor Mario Cuomo (maybe also our current Governor Andrew Cuomo) is about helping people who are suffering, hungry, cold and endangered.
Say what you like about Reverend Al Sharpton, I have seen him helping such homeless people and feeding hungry New Yorkers, even when cameras are not around.
Michael D. Shear, "Obama Reaches Out to Cuba's Leader, but the Meaning May Elude Grasp," The New York Times, December 11, 2013, p. A6. (President Obama braves the Miami/Union City tempest to reach a peaceful shore by shaking the hand of President Raul Castro and, thus, of the Cuban people.)
S. Gay Stolberg & Allison Kopicki, "Obama Sees a Rebound in His Approval Rating," The New York Times, December 11, 2013, p. A21. (Republicans are baffled. Mr. Obama's approval ratings will continue to rise, despite the dire predictions of so-called pundits.)
Michael S. Schmidt, "Aide to Senator Is Arrested In Child Pornography Cases," The New York Times, December 12, 2013, p. A19. (Chief of Staff for Senator Lamar Alexander of Tennessee, arrested for possession of kiddie porn. Senator Menendez will be happy to hire him. "Menendez Consorts With Underage Prostitutes.")
Matt Friedman, "Menendez Pops the Question to Girlfriend in Capitol Rotunda," The Star Ledger, County News, December 11, 2013, p. 11.
Robert Rudolph, The Boys From New Jersey: How the Mob Beat the Feds (New Jersey: New Brunswick, 1992), entirety. ("Menendez Gets Over On the Feds.")
Ted Sherman & Josh Margolin, The Jersey Sting: Chris Christie and the Most Brazen Case of Jersey Style Corruption Ever (New York: St. Martin's, 2011). ("Law and Ethics in the Soprano State.")
Bob Ingle & Sandy McClure, The Soprano State: New Jersey's Culture of Corruption (New York: St. Martin's, 2008). ("More Mafia Arrests in New Jersey and Anne Milgram is Clueless.")
"U.S. Senator Robert Menendez got engaged [sic.] to girlfriend ALICIA MUCCI in the Capitol Rotunda yesterday afternoon, Menendez's office confirmed."
The proposal arrived, after an "ultimatum" from Ms. Mucci, who is alleged to have said: "I'm not getting any younger!"
There is a slight age difference between the two love birds since Ms. Mucci is reportedly 45 years-old; Mr. Menendez is a dashing 59 years-old. Love makes up for a lot.
The two "crazy kids" from North Jersey are pondering honeymoon plans. Ms. Mucci may have visited my office in the good old days. I wonder who asked her to do that? ("Diana's Friend Goes to Prison" and "Marilyn Straus Was Right!")
Fittingly enough, Ms. Mucci lives near the famous "Paramus Mall" where she plans to shop much more frequently in the years to come, even as Mr. Menendez will travel less frequently, unsupervised, to the Dominican Republic in the company of Dr. Melgen. ("Menendez Evades Indictment in Florida.")
Ms. Mucci, allegedly, has visited my sites and read several of my writings. I wonder whether she did so at the request of any particular person in New Jersey. If so, was that person someone other than Mr. Menendez? Ms. Riccioli, perhaps? ("Jennifer Velez is a Dyke Magnet!" then "Trenton's Nasty Lesbian Love-Fest!")
Ms. Mucci is reportedly a "good friend" of Diana Lisa Riccioli, Ken Zisa, Joe Coniglio, Joe Ferreiro, and "Big Nicky" Sacco, but has not yet been linked to Estela De La Cruz or Nydia Hernandez and Lilian Munoz.
I wonder whether Alicia Mucci has met Marilyn Straus? If so, how and when did these ladies (Marilyn Straus and Alicia Mucci) meet? Does Ms. Mucci enjoy a "colorful" legal history? ("Does Senator Menendez have mafia friends?" and "Senator Bob, the Babe, and the Big Bucks.")
Ms. Mucci is the "widow" (she doesn't know nothing!) of ROBERT MUCCI who worked as a bartender at the Stony Hill Inn in Hackensack, New Jersey and was, allegedly, an "enforcer" for local organized crime families. ("Mafia Influence in New Jersey Courts and Politics" and "More Mafia Influence in New Jersey Courts and Politics.")
This well-known New Jersey restaurant is owned by construction magnate JOSEPH SANZARI, who is "connected" by the media to New Jersey's Luchese crime family, allegedly. Ms. Mucci is in real estate.
Has Ms. Mucci "fronted" for Senator Bob on any deals where he would have had a legal or ethics conflict? Were moneys shared between Ms. Mucci and the Senator "under the table"? Was Ms. Mucci a "go-between" the Senator and some "contributors," like Mr. Sanzari? ("Senator Bob Loves Xanadu!" and "Cement is Gold!" then "Crooked Broker Paid Off Menendez.")
Construction and real estate in New Jersey have been fertile grounds for organized crime activity in the Garden State. Mr. Menendez must have done some research and "made things disappear" to avoid unpleasant surprises in a few months' time. ("Is Senator Menendez a Suspect in Mafia-Political Murder in New Jersey?" and "Bribery in Union City, New Jersey.")
Opposition research has certainly focused on Ms. Mucci for a while. Developments are expected soon in this story, allegedly.
It is possible that both Ms. Mucci (and I) will testify before the U.S. Senate's Ethics Committee. I wonder what Senator Bob had to say about me, secretly, way back when? ("John McGill, Esq., the OAE, and New Jersey Corruption.")
Mr. Menendez and Ms. Mucci met at a fund-raiser, but no one knows what happened to all the money raised. Perhaps the funds were deposited in the Democrats' "non-federal" account? ("Crooked Broker Paid-Off Menendez" and da capo "Senator Bob, the Babe, and the Big Bucks.")
"Somebody had the money," Ms. Mucci said, allegedly, "but I don't know who." ("Does Senator Menendez have mafia friends?")
Mr. Sanzari has promised to see what Mr. Menendez "has under his fingernails."
The two "star crossed lovers" deny persistent allegations appearing in Urban Times News that a former Menendez girlfriend -- who had been his aide (before Ms. Li Causi) -- was pregnant with Bob's "love-child" and that this one-time girlfriend and Bob's former wife had a very nasty public cat fight. ("Menendez Gets Over on the Feds" and "More Problems For Menendez -- Tapes!")
Ms. Mucci refused to comment on any of this because she is "a lady." Ms. Mucci likes "da shore." Friendship between Ms. Mucci and Maria Noto, Esq. cannot be confirmed. ("Celeste Carpiano Likes Da Shore.")
The couple plan to party in Vegas in "rat-pack" style. Many happy returns, Bobby.
