dayman Posted July 17, 2012 Share Posted July 17, 2012 Interesting piece about the largest political contributor of this election (maybe ever idk). http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/criminal-justice/his-man-in-macau-inside-the-investigation-into-sheldon-adelsons-empire/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
truth on hold Posted July 17, 2012 Share Posted July 17, 2012 I hope that SOB goes down. I hate his guts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
....lybob Posted July 17, 2012 Share Posted July 17, 2012 I find this the most telling/disturbing thing in the article. Adelson turned to “the Israeli military to arrange a meeting with Liao” 1. If I'm an Israeli I'm not happy about my military being used this way. 2. As an American I'm not happy with a guy so cozy with Israel being so influential in American politics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dayman Posted July 17, 2012 Author Share Posted July 17, 2012 I hope that SOB goes down. I hate his guts. He really does seem to be personally exposed based on this story. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Posted July 17, 2012 Share Posted July 17, 2012 Speaking of going down and hate, for how long did Fan in SD get banned? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC Tom Posted July 17, 2012 Share Posted July 17, 2012 Speaking of going down and hate, for how long did Fan in SD get banned? He was banned? For what? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Posted July 17, 2012 Share Posted July 17, 2012 He was banned? For what? I think it was Fan in SD who said he hoped Romney would get killed. And I haven't seen him since, so I assume he got banned. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
truth on hold Posted July 17, 2012 Share Posted July 17, 2012 I think it was Fan in SD who said he hoped Romney would get killed. And I haven't seen him since, so I assume he got banned. My comment "goes down" is to be taken in the context of the article, which means legally takes a fall. Never even used the word "killed". Dont ever put those kinds of words in someone's mouth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Posted July 17, 2012 Share Posted July 17, 2012 My comment "goes down" is to be taken in the context of the article, which means legally takes a fall. Never even used the word "killed". Dont ever put those kinds of words in someone's mouth. I didn't. Sorry if that's how it seemed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
truth on hold Posted July 18, 2012 Share Posted July 18, 2012 Thanks for the clarification. It did seem out of character for you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WorldTraveller Posted July 18, 2012 Share Posted July 18, 2012 (edited) I read that politifact, which is a left leaning fact checker debunked this story and now adelaon is about to sue the dccc for libel. Edited July 18, 2012 by WorldTraveller Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
....lybob Posted July 18, 2012 Share Posted July 18, 2012 I read that politifact, which is a left leaning fact checker debunked this story and now adelaon is about to sue the dccc for libel. This is what Politifact has rated a pants on fire The release begins: "Foreign Chinese prostitution money is allegedly behind the groups funding Congressman Sean Duffy’s (WI-07) Republican Majority." Quite a claim. But hardly an original one. The DCCC made an identical Chinese prostitution attack against Jim Renacci, a Republican House member in Ohio. They also used it against Republican congressmen Scott DesJarlais in Tennessee and Jim Gerlach in Pennsylvania. What’s behind this lurid campaign finance claim? Our colleagues in PolitiFact Ohio dug into the issue after Renacci was targeted. Here’s what they found: The charge is tied to billionaire casino owner Sheldon Adelson, who has donated millions to Republicans. A fired former employee of Adelson’s filed a lawsuit which alleges that Adelson personally approved of prostitution at properties his company owns in Macau, a former Portuguese colony near Hong Kong that now is part of China. PolitiFact Ohio continued: The DCCC release noted that Adelson and his wife gave $5 million to the Congressional Leadership Fund Super PAC, which is backed by House Speaker John Boehner and other GOP leaders. FEC records indicate that Super PAC hasn’t spent anything so far. Adelson and his wife, Miriam, also gave more than $60,000 to the Republican counterpart of the DCCC, the National Republican Congressional Committee, during the past election cycle. A spokesman for the Adelson’s company, Las Vegas Sands, issued a statement that said Adelson has always "maintained a strong policy against prostitution on our properties and any accusation to the contrary represents a blatant and reprehensible personal attack on Mr. Adelson’s character." In a July 9 interview with Forbes magazine, Adelson said there’s not a "shred of evidence" to back his former employee’s charges, and "says the fact that he and his wife (a physician who specializes in treating addiction) have given millions of dollars to set up clinics around the world to treat people with drug addictions (many of them prostitutes) makes the … claims even more preposterous." Adelson also told the publication that promoting prostitution could cost him his gaming licenses in Las Vegas, Singapore and Macau. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
truth on hold Posted July 18, 2012 Share Posted July 18, 2012 (edited) i think the reason US was only UN country on security council to veto the classification of Israeli west bank settlements as "illegal" instead of "illegitimate" was fear of opening a can of worms at home. Extreme right wing Zionists like Adelson give money to the settler movement, and monies are also collected in some synagogues and churches. if classified as "illegal" by US it would mean these activities would now be illegal in US, pitting both parties against big money donors, alienating some Jewish and Christian-fundamentalist voters, and opening the door for enforcement actions within synagogues and churches. Edited July 18, 2012 by Joe_the_6_pack Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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