July 15, 2014 at 10:09 P.M. Computer crime resulted in harm to my essay "Stuart Hampshire and Iris Murdoch on Freedom of Mind." I have done my best to cope with these attacks on my writings that come from New Jersey government officials and computers. "The Audacity of Hope" has also been damaged.
July 15, 2014 at 3:20 P.M. Computer crime and censorship efforts continue to make writing difficult. My certified letter to Invicta Watch Company was received on July 11, 2014. The return receipt (this time) was signed by "Ariana Ponce" or "Adriana Ponce" who writes a lot like "Fernando Fernandez" and "Cecilia Luce." A "Ponce" is a "pimp" in the UK.
Strangely, I have yet to receive the return receipt from Letitia James, who is located much closer than Florida -- in New York, in fact. Anyone would think that someone is meddling with the U.S. mail.
Perhaps Senator Menendez can clarify these matters? ("Invicta Watch Company.")
Michael Winerip & Michael Schwirtz, "Where Mental Illness Meets Brutality, In Jail," The New York Times, July 14, 2014, p. A1. (129 inmates seriously injured as a result of torture by employees in 11 months in a single facility.)
Steve Erlanger & Isabel Kershner, "Palestinians Flee Northern Gaza as a Cease-Fire Appears Elusive," The New York Times, July 14, 2014, p. A4. (Mass murder by Israel in the Palestinian territories -- 200 dead and over 1,000 wounded -- to the indifference of the global community discussing the World Cup final.)
Shawn Boberg, "P.A. Gave Old Christie Firm a Big Contract: Sources Say Agency Was Pressed to Fast-Track a Deal For Legal Work," The Record, July 8, 2014, p. A-1. (PA "fast-tracking" the hiring of a law firm with strong ties to Christie -- his old firm in fact! -- has netted the shysters a cool $6.3 MILLION so far, some of it has to be coming back to Christie, and this is from the PA alone. The same law firm is doing other New Jersey "public work." Bless their hearts: "New Jersey's Politically-Connected Lawyers On the Tit" and "Corrupt Law Firms, Senator Bob, and New Jersey Ethics" then "New Jersey Lawyers' Ethics Farce" and "Have you no shame, Mr. Rabner?")
Carol D. Leonnig & Manuel Roig-Franzia, "Menendez Seeks Probe of Alleged Cuban Plot: Attorney Asserts Scheme to Smear Senator Was Timed to Derail Political Rise," The Record, July 8, 2014, p. A-3. (Article probably written by Jose Ginarte or Lilian Munoz, or more recent attorneys acting on behalf of Menendez, or with their legal input, Estela De La Cruz maybe. The goal of Menendez's effort is to get ahead of the FBI and Senate Ethics Committee investigations into corruption, but this effort is unlikely to succeed. Former Cuban intelligence officers "affiliated" with Mr. Menendez, ENRIQUE GARCIA DIAZ and FBI operative ROBERT ENRINGER -- whose real name is probably "Fernando Fernandez" and who may also be a Cuban-American -- have probably visited my blogs and the Invicta Watch Company, perhaps.)
Carol D. Leonnig & Manuel Roig-Franzia, "Menendez Seeks U.S. Probe of Alleged Cuban Plot: Attorney Asserts Scheme to Smear Senior Senator Was Timed to Derail Political Deal," The Star Ledger, July 8, 2014, p. 1. (Nearly identical items emanating from Menendez offices cause me to be a little suspicious of the "objectivity" of these so-called journalists.)
Herb Jackson, "Support For Menendez Call For Probe of Cuban Plot," The Record, July 9, 2014, p. A-1. (How does it feel to cope with these behind-the-back smears, Senator?)
Mark Mazetti & Mark Landler, "Spying Case Left Obama in Dark, U.S. Officials Say," The New York Times, July 9, 2014, p. A1. (Mr. Obama had "no idea" the CIA was spying on the German government and corrupting officials in that country. What else are they not telling him?)
Matt Apuzzo, "Senator Sees Cuban Role In Corruption Inquiry," The New York Times, July 9, 2014, p. A15.
"WASHINGTON -- With a public corruption investigation hanging over him, Senator Robert Menendez suggested Tuesday that Cuban spies had planted the seeds of that inquiry as a way to discredit him and mute his strident opposition to the government in Havana."
Would the Cuban government single out Menendez for such an attack over Marco Rubio or Iliana Ros-Leghtinen, Lincoln Diaz-Balart or Albio Sires, or any of the other far-Right politicians -- Ted Cruz, included -- who dislike the Cuban Revolution? I doubt it.
The worst criticisms and insults I have ever heard concerning Menendez were spoken by Albio Sires when he was running for Mayor of West New York, New Jersey. Menendez supported his opponent, Mr. Del Fino, probably because he did not want a "successful" rival Latino politician in Hudson County. ("Menendez Consorts With Underage Prostitutes" and "Bribery in Union City, New Jersey.")
The trouble for Menendez in making these allegations now, as the corruption investigation focuses on Dr. Melgen -- the Menendez croney at the center of this sordid and sleazy "affair" -- is that, even if Menendez's claims are true (which is doubtful), it does not explain or mitigate the $8.1 MILLION fraudulent billing scheme by Dr. Melgen.
Dr. Melgen is seeking this sum ($8.1 MILLION) and more from taxpayers by way of Medicaid and in other scams. Nor is any alleged assistance or "kickbacks" to Menendez from Dr. Melgen explained by "animosity" from Fidel Castro for Menendez's policies towards Cuba. ("Menendez Croney's Office Raided" and "New FBI Investigation of Menendez.")
It is true that several of the 8 women making charges against Menendez have "disappeared" or "recanted," but some are still saying much the same as before. This is hardly the first time Menendez has been charged with "patronizing," as it were, prostitutes or indulging in cocaine use, allegedly. ("Does Senator Menendez have mafia friends?" and "Senator Bob, the Babe, and the Big Bucks.")
Worse for Menendez are making use of prostitutes' services and indulging in other naughty habits in Miami Beach, Florida without bothering to leave the country, allegedly.
The response from the U.S. government to Menendez's accusations has been muted and skeptical:
"One senior United States official said Tuesday that the [U.S.] government had no proof that the Cuban government was behind the effort [to indict Menendez]. A second official said that although it was a possibility, the authorities had not substantiated it."
Mr. Menendez will not change the subject in the current federal investigation from monetary fraud against Medicaid to his bizarre and commercialized sex life, or Fidel Castro's politics for that matter. The issue is whether Menendez is corrupt because he is on the take. ("Wedding Bells Ring For Menendez!" and "Is Senator Menendez a Suspect in Mafia-Political Murder in New Jersey?")
Menendez's alleged efforts to disseminate misinformation in the media may help the story to be more prominent and widely dispersed. This may be the first time that I have seen Menendez's political instincts fail him.
This "lying through journalists" will hurt him far more than silence and discretion. Rumors that Menendez will not run for reelection are probably also lies to get the heat off of him now. ("New Jersey's 'Ethical' Legal System.")
The bottom-line in this matter, at least for the FBI, has little to do with the age of the prostitutes favored by Menendez in Miami or the Dominican Republic:
"The FBI is investigating whether [Menendez] received free airplane rides" -- he may have received "free rides" of a different kind from young women! -- "and other perks from a wealthy donor and repaid him [?] with political favors."
Ironically, given Mr. Menendez's connection to many persons acting against me from behind my back, Mr. Menendez now complains about "nameless, faceless accusations."
I deal with this sort of thing every day, Senator. I have coped with such tactics for a long time, perhaps with your knowledge of the sources of these attacks. How does it feel, Bobby?
"I wouldn't be surprised," Mr. Menendez said to CNN, "if the [Cuban] regime would do anything it can to stop me."
It may shock Menendez to know that the Cuban government gives him very little thought.
The Cuban regime is not accused of ever having offered Mr. Menendez cocaine, nor women for sex on his visits to Miami Beach, where he once owned an apartment under a corporate name, allegedly, and may still do so.
Nor do I believe that the Cuban government is behind the efforts to harm me that seem to emanate from Mr. Menendez's self-styled "friends."
Is it true that Mr. Menendez will judge a wet t-shirt contest in South Beach?
Allegations of corruption and organized crime affiliations continue to follow Mr. Menendez. Perhaps this is all a "mischaracterization"?
