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.   

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?") 

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.)

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."  

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.

                         

Christie Gives Donor $1 MILLION of N.J. Money.

June 4, 2014 at 2:06 P.M. Access to Google Chrome is still blocked. No printing seems to be available from computer 13, NYPL, Morningside Heights. It may be that all of the new laptops are denied the use of Google Chrome, or that only I am prevented from accessing this device when I sign-in using my library card. I may have to go back to using print shops. ("How censorship works in America.")  

June 3, 2014 at 1:55 P.M. I was unable to make use of Google Chrome, again, at NYPL, Morningside Heights. A number of bogus pages warning of denials of access to my blogs appeared when I accessed my sites. I will attempt to continue using New York Public Library laptops. The new computers seem less secure than what existed previously.

I will attempt to continue writing from private laptops as well. It may be that denials of access to Google Chrome is tied to my library card or, alternatively, I may be able to access the server from another laptop.

Protected hackers may prevent me from writing at any time. A list of further items pertaining, specifically, to New Jersey corruption and incompetence will be added to this text, provided that I am able to continue writing on-line. ("Censorship and Cruelty in New Jersey" and, again, "How censorship works in America.")

"Secrecy That Kills," (Editorial) The New York Times, Sunday Review, June 1, 2014, p. 10. (Attorneys for General Motors -- often the kind of attorneys who become judges or serve on legal ethics committees, bag-men and -women -- engaged in elaborate deceptions to "conceal vital information about an ignition switch defect from government regulators and the public. The defect is linked to 13 deaths and many serious injuries." Does the American Bar Association speak to me of "ethics"? Judges and courts, as in New Jersey, "sealed" records to protect G.M. executives and fellow attorneys ignoring the foreseeable deaths of innocent persons. Did New Jersey seek to protect Ms. Poritz and Mr. Rabner, at great risk to innocent persons, by concealing the truth in my matters? Did Ms. Poritz trade judicial favors for lesbian sex? "Have you no shame, Mr. Rabner?")

Stephanie Clifford & William K. Rashbaum, "Inquiry Alleges Ex-Prosecutor Misused Funds: Report Faults a Judge," The New York Times, June 3, 2014, p. A1. (Charles J. Hynes, Esq. -- former Brooklyn District Attorney -- may have dipped into public funds to finance a losing campaign to remain in office. No wonder Mr. Hynes seemed "embattled" against the minority community and desperate to hang on to power. Friend of "David Samson" and "Stuart Rabner," Mr. Hynes? Is "Terry Tuchin's" first-name "David"? Mossad? "Prosecutorial Misconduct" and "Terry Tuchin, Diana Lisa Riccioli, and New Jersey's Agency of Torture.")

Erin O'Neill, "Christie Slashes 'Rights' Granted Under Sandy Bill: Sweeney Slams Gov.'s Conditional Veto," The Star Ledger, May 13, 2014, p. 1. (Sandy funds are being kept out of the hands of poor people and/or middle class property owners in order to enrich Republican contributors like Mr. Hanson.)

Jonathan Lin, "Money Laundering Charges Against Six," The Star Ledger, May 13, 2014, p. 17. ("Six persons" -- allegedly affiliated with local politicians, including Mr. Menendez, who may have been a customer -- 5 from Hudson County, appeared separately in courtrooms on Friday on charges of money laundering and running a prostitution business in Jersey City. The business may have catered to those with an interest in very young women and boys. Among the accused is PEDRO J. RIVERA, 49, of North Bergen, N.J., an alleged contributor to Hudson Democrats. "Menendez Consorts With Underage Prostitutes.")

John Reitmeyer, "Christie Changes Course On Fee Hikes: Criticized Others Over Increases," The Record, May 13, 2014, p. A-1. (Christie promised no new taxes, but now favors "increased fees" to generate revenues for New Jersey, otherwise known as taxes. There are those who say the governor lied about not increasing taxes. However, as long as Mr. Hanson benefits from these new fees, I am sure that New Jersey taxpayers will be pleased.)

Shawn Boburg, "Stepien's Lawyer Says Governor 'Misstated' What He Knew," The Record, May 15, 2014, p. A-1. (Mr. Stepien's lawyer may be LYING about whether Mr. Christie, a lawyer, is LYING about the GWB crisis. Is Mr. Rabner lying about my matters? Mr. Rabner may be lying through his silence: "What did you know, Mr. Rabner, and when did you know it?")

Michael Phillis, "As State Bar Meets, A Key Focus is Chief Justice's Job," The Record, May 15, 2014, p. A-4. (NJSBA may have been "reached" by politicians to ignore allegations made by me -- and others -- about the Chief Justice and Mr. Dwek as well as the ethics process. Perhaps this seems "conclusory"? "Herbert Klitzner, Esq.'s Greed and New Jersey's Hypocrisy!" and "No More Cover-Ups and Lies, Chief Justice Rabner!")

Karen Sudol, "Ex-Sheriff's Suit Claims He Was Harassed While at PA," The Record, May 15, 2014, p. L-1. (Jerry Spignoli was hired to root out corruption and was fired by David Wildstein because he rooted out some corruption: "David Samson Resigns.")

Salvador Rizzo, "State's Credit Rating Cut For Third Time in 5 Weeks: Moody's Cites Lagging Economy, Years of Revenue Shortfalls That Created $807 Million Gap," The Star Ledger, May 15, 2014, p. 1. (Mr. Christie's management of N.J.'s economy may surpass Mr. McGreevey's reign for corruption and incompetence. The "gap" is running into the billions of dollars.)

Seth Augenstein, "Ex-Sheriff's Officer Gets Prison for Threatening Contractor," The Star Ledger, May 15, 2014, p. 15. (Joe Balsano, 50, Essex County Sheriff's Officer and alleged mafia member was sentenced to 15 months in federal prison for collecting a debt using threats of violence. Many N.J. police and sheriff's officers moonlight for the mafia. Are the "Cubanazos" going to "assassinate me," Mr. Menendez? "Jay Romano and Conduct Unbecoming to the Judiciary in New Jersey" and "Mafia Influence in New Jersey Courts and Politics.")

Kibret Marcos, "Passaic Man Guilty of 2011 Sexual Assault: Could Get 20 Years at Sentencing," The Record, May 17, 2014, p. L-3. (Anthony Irizzary showed no emotion as he was sentenced for assault and rape of a young woman in 2011.)

John Swaine, "Chris Christie Donor's Property Venture Given $106 Million by State After Law Changed," The Guardian, June 2, 2014, "World News," p. 1; http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/02/christie-donor-property-venture-new-jersey

"Chris Christie's New Jersey administration awarded a $105.6 million public subsidy to a property venture involving a close friend of the governor, after state law was amended to enable the project to qualify for the money."

The "close friend" in the spotlight is John Hanson, a lawyer, who has been appointed by Mr. Christie to lead the State Gaming Commission where (as a real estate mogul with many friends in the construction industry) he will have a great deal of influence in deciding what gets built in Atlantic City, especially, and by whom projects are built, or properties are "developed." ("David Samson Resigns.")

New Jersey has a long tradition of corruption in the use of government (meaning the people's) resources to enrich wealthy contributors to politicians, like Mr. Christie, who was elected on the specific promise that this sort of mutual back-scratching in New Jersey politics and government as well as the courts, sadly -- based on affiliations between real estate and construction "leaders" and/or organized crime figures, politicians and/or judges -- would finally end rather than thriving as never before:

"The venture in one of the state's poorest cities, [Paterson,] appears potentially lucrative for the friend John Hanson, a wealthy real estate tycoon who headed the fundraising operations for Christie's election campaigns, chairs a policy commission for the governor, and is a longstanding Republican donor."

Bottom line: Mr. Hanson's firm Hampshire Development Company (through a subsidiary "entity") will end up owning a $53 million office building, basically purchased by N.J. taxpayers forking over 75% of the cost, and then allowing for numerous tax breaks resulting from "monkeying around" with laws designed to help provide employment for poor people while actually helping Mr. Christie's friend(s) to earn $3-to-$5 million from the property, per year, and probably more than doubling that amount after the first 5 years. There will be tax breaks on those earnings as well. ("New Jersey is the Home of the Living Dead.")

The only real employment provided by the venture will be to lawyers and accountants along with engineers and architects, as with numerous Port Authority projects, persons residing in wealthy suburbs, and not poor people living in urban neighborhoods that the law was intended to serve. ("Law and Ethics in the Soprano State.")

Mr. Hanson personally donated the maximum under the law of $7,600 to Christie's primary campaign. Mr. Hanson also maxed out his contributions to Mr. Romney's campaigns and the electoral efforts of George W. Bush for a total (allegedly, in each instance of $10,000).

Mr. Hanson may also have arranged for undefined "others" to contribute to the campaigns of Republicans, within New Jersey and nationally, perhaps through family members. ("New Jersey's Politically-Connected Lawyers On the Tit" and "Cement is Gold.")

Mr. Christie's administration now faces questions concerning its $15 million investment of the state's pension funds in a firm where a "donor" (who is unidentified) of $10,000 (not Mr. Hanson) to the New Jersey Republican party "happens" to work. ("New Jersey Pension Funds Are $54 BILLION Short.")

New Jersey is facing almost $2.7 BILLION in deficits over the next 13 months. Mr. Hanson's total personal contributions to Republican candidates in New Jersey and nationally (last year) totaled at least $310,000. ("New Jersey's Lawyers' Ethics Farce" and "Senator Bob Says: 'Xanadu and You Are Perfect Together!'")

This transaction in Passaic County that reeks of sleazy pay-to-play politics, regardless of the technicalities of the law, comes after criticisms and federal investigations of Mr. Christie's "distribution" of Sandy relief funds that improperly excluded poor and middle class eligible residents of New Jersey in favor of Mr. Christie's friends and donors. ("The Teflon Governor" and "Christie's Bridge of Sighs.") 

These new allegations are far worse than the GWB scandal because there was, clearly, behind-the-scenes "orchestration" to allow Mr. Hanson and his firm to "qualify" for this program, but also because of the blatant exploitation of government resources for PRIVATE monetary gain. Is this "ethical," Mr. Rabner? OAE?

It is undetermined whether Mr. Christie (through a loyalist) "directed" the approval of Mr. Hanson's project under the altered law, but allegations to this effect have been made in the media, including in The Guardian. 

I believe that, if true, these allegations shed light on the GWB scandal and vice versa.

Is anything coming back to Mr. Christie under the table in this matter from the grateful Mr. Hanson? 

It is difficult not to ask such questions. This is socialism for the rich and brutal capitalism for the poor. No wonder that Mr. Hanson is now called "the real governor of New Jersey." ("Mafia Influence in New Jersey Courts and Politics.")

When Mr. Christie, as U.S. Attorney, spoke of New Jersey's "culture of corruption," he was referring to exactly this kind of abuse that seems to be hunky-dory when his friends are making money:

"According to internal financial projections, the building is expected to bring in revenues of $2.6 MILLION in its first year. This figure is then expected to increase each year." ("You Gotta Pay to Play!")

America's Nursery School Campus.

May 31, 2014 at 6:47 P.M. A single word in this text was enlarged by a hacker since this morning. The use of frustrations and anxiety are tactics that I know well by now. Curiously, it appears that a New Jersey Supreme Court computer may have been used by a hacker attacking these blogs. I will try to make the necessary corrections.  

May 30, 2014 at 5:15 P.M. I will be adding a list of sources underlining the realities of the world in which we live as well as several works addressing, specifically, the issues raised in this essay. Google Chrome is occasionally unavailable as is the print-feature at the new laptops at NYPL, Morningside Heights, and it only took about a week to "install" 14 laptops from which printing is impossible.

The Real World:

Charlie Savage, "U.S. Judge Decides 'Anguishing' Case On Force-Feeding," The New York Times, May 24, 2014, p. A1. (Would "force-feeding" or torture be O.K. for the good folks in Scarsdale, Connecticut, your Honor? "Law and Literature.")

Jonathan Gilbert, "A Desperate Mother's Search Leads to a Fight Against Sex Trafficking," The New York Times, May 24, 2014, p. A8. ("I live a permanent battle. From when I awake to when I sleep, I live for this. I'm looking for my daughter alive." I am involved in a similar struggle: "Marilyn Straus Was Right!")

Kate Zernike, "Christie's Budget Woes May Hurt More Than a Scandal," The New York Times, May 24, 2014, p. A17. (N.J. faces a $2.7 BILLION budget hole and has, perhaps, the lowest credit rating and the "least respected state legal system" in the nation.)

"The C.I.A.'s Deadly Ruse in Pakistan," (Editorial) The New York Times, May 27, 2014, p. A22. (Millions who may benefit from immunizations are endangered by a CIA deception designed to kill "militants." Thousands of children have already been hurt -- perhaps they were militant children.)

Charlie Savage, "U.S. Seeks to Censor More of Memo That Approved Drone Strike on American," The New York Times, May 27, 2014, p. A24. (The Constitution prohibits any killing of an American without due process of law even in wartime.)

Elena Schneider & Steven Kearny, "Snowden Defends Actions in [a] Lengthy T.V. Interview," The New York Times, May 27, 2014, p. A24. (It is not Mr. Snowden who needs to defend his actions now, but the U.S. government that should explain the secret violations of human rights under the "surveillance state.")

Sam Roberts, "Arthur Gelb, 1924-2014: A Passionate Editor Who Elevated the Times," The New York Times, May 21, 2014, p. A1. (This newspaper once set the standard for excellence in journalism before intelligence agency "fictitious names" used by various writers became common: "Manohla Dargis," "Anemona Hartocolis," "Carlotta Gall, "Victoria Burnett.")

Jenny Anderson, "Credit Suisse Investors Shrug Off Tax Plea," The New York Times, May 21, 2014, p. B1. (Who cares? It's a cost of doing business. $2.6 billion for a $90-100 billion per-year financial institution is meaningless.)

"Judges and Justice For Sale," (Editorial) The New York Times, May 19, 2014, p. A16. (Corruption in the judicial selection process has reached a crisis stage.)

America's Intellectual Culture:

Anne Enright, "By the Booker: In a Change of Pace, Edward St. Aubyn's Novel Satirizes the Awarding of a British Literary Prize," The New York Times Book Review, May 25, 2014, p. 10.

Michiko Kakutani, "Skewering Britain's High-Tone Scribblers," The New York Times, May 20, 2014, p. C1.

John Banville, "Overbooked," The New York Review of Books, June 5, 2014, p. 41. ("John Banville's 'The Newton Letter'" and "'Brideshead Revisited': A Movie Review" and "What is it like to be plagiarized?")

Edward St. Aubyn, Lost For Words (New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 2014).

Have we lost appreciation for genuine literary or artistic merit? Do we recognize the importance of the classics today? Can we distinguish art from artist, beauty or meaning from political content? Has political correctness replaced merit in evaluating books?

John Searle, "The Storm Over the University," in Paul Berman, Ed., Debating P.C. (New York: Dell, 1992), p. 85.

Camille Paglia, "The Nursery-School Campus: The Corrupting of the Humanities in the U.S.," in Vamps and Tramps (New York: Vintage, 1994), p. 97.

Annie Karni, "Zing Crimson: Mike in Harvard Rant at Ivy Liberals," The Daily News, May 30, 2014, p. 6. (Mike Bloomberg lashed out at intolerance by liberals on college campuses, presumably including mandatory "political correctness." As a political Leftist, I agree with the former mayor about this nonsense, and about the absurdity of Brown's insult of former New York police commissioner, Ray Kelly. The turning of police officers' backs on ANY mayor on the occasion of an officer's funeral is disgraceful politicizing and using of an occasion that should transcend politics for partisan purposes. Mr. De Blasio is doing exactly what he should be doing in recognizing both protesters' rights and police needs for safety in the struggle to meet the city's security needs. Ignoring the information I have brought to the attention of Mr. Vance endangers all of us -- especially the magnificent men and women of the NYPD. "An Open Letter to Cyrus Vance, Jr., Esq.")

Jennifer Medina, "Warning: The Literary Canon Could Make Students Squirm," The New York Times, May 18, 2014, p. A1. 

"Colleges across the country this spring have been wrestling with student requests for what are known as 'trigger warnings,' explicit alerts that the material they are about to read or see in a classroom might upset them or, as some students assert, cause symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder in victims of rape or in war veterans." 

As I read this article in the Times detailing further evidence of what many intellectuals throughout the world regard as the sad decline in America's universities and high-brow culture, I could not avoid being struck by the confusions in the text resulting from failures to define key concepts being used and the values appealed to by all participants in the debate over this issue, or in the growing journalistic discussions of the controversy. ("Nihilists in Disneyworld" and "Arthur Schopenhauer and the Metaphysics of Art.")

The author of this article -- who seems to approve of "trigger warnings" for art -- and a number of persons quoted who, evidently, share "her" values or opinions, is not very clear on whether it is believed that great literature, or materials deemed important or "relevant" in the university curriculum, are or should be "nice" or not the sort of things that should "upset" people, as distinct from accepting that some of what we read in (and out of) school is bound to be troubling for excellent reasons. 

If so -- if either this journalist or some of the "experts" consulted genuinely believe that great works of art ought to be "nice," or that they are the opposite of upsetting or disturbing -- then these persons simply have no idea what is meant by a classic or magnificent work of art of any kind. ("Is Humanism Still Possible?")

Nothing is as disturbing or upsetting an intellectual-aesthetic experience as one's first encounter with the arguably bleak vision of life in Greek tragedy or, say, King Lear; there is no work of literature as concerned with justice as the allegedly "anti-semitic" Merchant of Venice (which has been read as an argument against anti-semitism); Goya's graphic depiction of firing squads in Spain is likely to upset persons who have lost family members to firing squads, as I have, which is probably Goya's intention; depictions of the "Rape of the Sabine Women" in classical art could dampen the mood of someone, like me, who has been "affected" by rapes and abuse of various kinds. ("Terry Tuchin, Diana Lisa Riccioli, and New Jersey's Agency of Torture.")

Representations in art of suffering and loss at the absence of a loved-one, as in Massenet's "Werther" based on Goethe's The Sorrow's of Young Werther chronicling a romance of the 1770s between a married woman and a young man, could be a tad vexing for a person, like me, who has experienced similar emotions. 

Who hasn't experienced painful emotions at the loss of love or separation from a lover or the death of a loved-one? 

It may be that the PURPOSE of real art is to upset people in order to expiate or allow for transcendence of the evils that artistic masterpieces reflect and express through what Aristotle calls "catharsis." ("But wasn't Aristotle insensitive to women's issues?") 

Good art should disturb you, as the recipient of art, boys and girls, in order to perform a powerful liberating function. All authentic art and, indeed, life itself comes with a "trigger warning." Literal "trigger warnings" attached to art objects --

" -- suggest a certain fragility of mind that higher learning is meant to challenge, not embrace." ("David Hume's Philosophical Romance" and "Shakespeare's Black Prince.")

Included in this "trigger warning" nonsense is everything from Shakespeare's tragedies to a very interesting sculpture at Wellesley College of a man who "appeared" to be wandering around the campus in his underwear in a kind of "lost state" perceived by young women and others as a "stalker." ("Why I am not an ethical relativist" and "John Finnis and Ethical Cognitivism.")  

Such is the power of our psychobabble, middle-brow culture that has invaded academia that the professors at this liberal arts college were unable to explain (if they were even aware of it) to students that free speech and expression issues are more important in this context than aesthetics. 

Democratic principles of pluralism are to be examined by (and taught to) women -- not children -- entering a democracy with a Constitutional commitment to freedom of expression for all. 

The lessons being taught to students at this shady and beautiful campus about censorship in this incident are not very comforting for their future civic responsibilities. 

Bear in mind that there are "state contacts" with this college because the school receives federal money. Accordingly, any censorship would be deemed a kind of state censorship that is profoundly offensive to the First Amendment. 

In fact, this life-size and highly realistic figure of a middle-aged guy in his underwear was one of a set of two figures, male and female, similarly clad and equally "representative" of the bafflement and forlorn nature of Americans wandering in the wasteland of postmodernist culture that have reminded critics of Edvard [Edward] Munch's "The Scream."

Massacio's "Expulsion From Paradise" has also been mentioned as a predecessor work to this statue. 

Many of the sculptures at the MET Museum in New York -- as I noticed on a recent visit -- are unclothed, to say nothing of many paintings by great masters depicting nudes, all of which should be removed from the sight of fragile young women, evidently, according to some P.C. professors. 

Perhaps the young ladies at Wellesley should be discouraged from contemplating these art objects that may "disturb" their peaceful delight in television sit-coms or on-line "twittering." 

The sculpture at Wellesley is a serious and important piece of art that this college is lucky to have. 

Have they traded the controversial figure of the middle-aged American man for a plastic and non-threatening Mickey Mouse statue to stand at the entrance to the college? ("Why Jane can't read.") 

One of the charming young ladies at this distinguished college explained that, had the naked man been Brad Pitt, she would not have minded. ("Whatever" and "What is Education For?")

There are an infinite number of interpretations of this particular work of art that was so troubling to the young ladies at Wellsley College, establishing the work's value, because it generates a strong response of some kind from viewers -- viewers who have often lapsed into entertainment-induced lobotomies thanks to "The Simpsons" and "Diet Coke" commercials to say nothing of something called: "The Hunger Games." ("Nihilism Against Memory.")  

Art is indeed often confused by the Internet generation with entertainment. Great art is sometimes entertaining, even if this quality is irrelevant to its merits. 

Art and Hollywood "fun-stuff" are assumed to be always "soothing" to the mind after a long day at the coffee shop, or "texting," like Alka-Seltzer for the intellect, or binge-viewing of an entire season of "Gray's Anatomy." ("God is Texting Me!")

Who or what is "McDreamy"? How about "McSteamy"? Are these two names attached to the same "person" or "character"?

Think outside the box, kids. All of this typical absurdity seems especially "demeaning to women." Women are assumed to need protection from "disturbing" things -- like wars and men without (or wearing) their underwear -- as young ladies were once warned in the nineteenth century about the dangers of the "passions found in Romantic poetry and the obscene music of Ludwig Beethoven." ("Master and Commander" and "Serendipity, III.") 

Representations of horrors and paradoxical emotions in art are meant to assist persons in grappling with such things in life. Grim realities must be faced and dealt with in the world. There will be pain, loss, and suffering in every human life. Even the most privileged and fortunate lives will contain moments of abject misery. Art is about coming to terms with the human condition that involves so much agony and heroism as well as love and compassion. ("Magician's Choice" and "The Soldier and the Ballerina" then "Oh, to be in India!")

Education is designed to help you do that "facing-up" to terrible things, not to spare your feelings by providing you with a taste for the soothing lies found in bad art and bogus philosophies.

At this same college, in 2014, a "swing" has been installed. Perhaps the administration will consider installing a water ride? ("Who killed the liberal arts?")

Do we need to be told by a tenured fool that we should beware of racism? ("Whatever.")

" ... classism, sexism, heterosexism, [homosexism,] cessixism, ableism, [ism-ism?,] and other issues of privilege and oppression."

To quote Professor Camille Paglia, who is not a Republican or any kind of white male person, but a feminist as well as a serious literary critic: 

" ... coddling has led, in my view, to the outrageous speech codes which are designed to shield students from the realities of life. The campus is now not an arena of ideas but a nursery school where adulthood can be indefinitely postponed."

The greatest postponing of adulthood takes place among many professors and not their students:

"Faculty who are committed to the great principle of free speech are therefore at war with paternalistic administrators in league with misguided parents."

Finally,

"In the summer-camp mentality of American universities, the ferocity of genuine intellectual debate would first seem like spoiling everyone's fun."