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(Daily Mail) Obvious Billionaire Sheldon Adelson, financier of Newt Gingrich's campaign, under investigation for corruption   (dailymail.co.uk) divider line 161
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2012-01-29 08:55:50 PM
He almost lost everything when casino stocks went into the toilet. Too bad it wasn't enough to finish him off.
 
2012-01-29 09:45:16 PM
Hard to do any kind of business in China without bribes

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2012-01-29 10:07:43 PM
Sort of explains why he's willing to throw money to Gingrich though. Man needs a shelter for cash, fast...
 
2012-01-29 10:11:46 PM
Dumbass. If he was trying to buy a pardon, he sure picked the wrong horse.
 
2012-01-29 10:31:55 PM
CougarJeff: Dumbass. If he was trying to buy a pardon, he sure picked the wrong horse.

No joke. I can't imagine why anyone would back that guy at this point. Romney's the much better bet, but Obama is going to take it. I honestly can't understand why anyone seeking a pardon would give money to anyone but a 2nd term president anyway.
 
2012-01-29 10:33:51 PM
hubiestubert: Sort of explains why he's willing to throw money to Gingrich though. Man needs a shelter for cash, fast...

I think he's using Newt's campaign. Those two big money drops to Winning Our Future, Newt's PAC? This guy. He's personally given $10M to Newt.
 
2012-01-29 10:55:51 PM
I hear he's been connected to Newt Gingrich.
 
2012-01-29 11:41:38 PM
Oughta be under indictment for being named "Sheldon."
 
2012-01-29 11:54:04 PM
Shocking.
 
2012-01-29 11:58:58 PM
MSNBC
Whether or not Gingrich comes by his dangerous and morally bankrupt policy views honestly or whether he views them as a strategic means of keeping Adelson's checks coming, the point here is less Gingrich and Adelson than the new frontier they are forging, together.

The complete and total breakdown of our campaign finance system, combined with the explosion of inequality means that the such pairing was inevitable and is likely to grow more common in the future.

Think about it for a second. If you were a multi billionaire.... how much would you spend to own the President of the United States?
...

And on that he has not only shoved Newt Gingrich to the right.. but Romney has now adopted a position that in some ways is to the right of Netanyahu. For example, at the debate in December, this is when Gingrich said Palestinians are invented people, Romney attacked him. In the last debate Gingrich doubled down on that, saying Palestinians are an invented people, Romney didn't say anything and in fact said that Obama threw Israel under a bus!


Daily Beast article mentioned in the link above

New Yorker article listed in the link above
 
2012-01-30 12:15:13 AM
Mugato: Shocking.
 
2012-01-30 12:16:45 AM
Corruption aside, why the hell do we allow campaigns to be funded by Chinese casinos?!?!?
 
2012-01-30 12:20:01 AM
Sylvia_Bandersnatch: I hear he's been connected to Newt Gingrich.

Connected or "connected"?
 
2012-01-30 12:45:16 AM
SilentStrider: Mugato: Shocking.

img17.imageshack.us

Indeed.
 
2012-01-30 12:53:19 AM
doyner: Corruption aside, why the hell do we allow campaigns to be funded by Chinese casinos?!?!?

Because Chinese casinos are people, my friend.
 
2012-01-30 01:26:51 AM
Therion: doyner: Corruption aside, why the hell do we allow campaigns to be funded by Chinese casinos?!?!?

Because Chinese casinos are people, my friend.


I was hoping for a "City Egg Roll" joke, dammit!!!
 
2012-01-30 02:58:19 AM
Birds of a feather................
 
2012-01-30 02:58:51 AM
Anyone else see the documentary chronicling the construction of The Venetian in Las Vegas? The guy just comes off as a complete arse.
 
2012-01-30 03:01:46 AM
A corrupt republican, isn't that redundant?
 
2012-01-30 03:04:32 AM
Zoomaster: A corrupt republicanpolitician, isn't that redundant?

/FTFY
 
2012-01-30 03:05:56 AM
Gingrich's financier in Chinese Organized Crime Probe???

Can I get an obligatory ROFLMAO??

Bye Newt. Thanks for playing.
 
2012-01-30 03:06:32 AM
shinji3i: Zoomaster: A corrupt republicanpolitician, isn't that redundant?

/FTFY


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My bad

/you be right
 
2012-01-30 03:15:09 AM
Zoomaster: shinji3i: Zoomaster: A corrupt republicanpolitician, isn't that redundant?

/FTFY

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My bad

/you be right


In all fairness, Republicans do tend to be more overt about it though.
 
2012-01-30 03:18:09 AM
Somacandra: Oughta be under indictment for being named "Sheldon."

There should be a good Might & Magic joke there somewhere..
 
2012-01-30 03:19:32 AM
Dammit.

There was a real psychic in one of these threads the other day that said, "It'll be Romney." Wish i could remember which thread and who that was.
 
2012-01-30 03:24:56 AM
Alphax: Somacandra: Oughta be under indictment for being named "Sheldon."

There should be a good Might & Magic joke there somewhere..


Oops, that was "Sheltem".
 
2012-01-30 03:30:54 AM
Lenny_da_Hog: Dammit.

There was a real psychic in one of these threads the other day that said, "It'll be Romney." Wish i could remember which thread and who that was.


It was me. I have another astounding revelation, if you can suspend your mortal disbelief: the sun will rise in the east tomorrow. Commence your amazement.
 
2012-01-30 03:32:04 AM
What a coincidence. The biggest threat to Gobotma's 2nd term is conveniently suddenly under federal investigation, probably costing taxpayers $200 million a day.
 
2012-01-30 03:35:09 AM
Newtie's so corrupt that every time a story comes out about it, it just gets a big old yawn from the general public, kind of like Clinton's playing around on the side. Is this really what the GOP rank and file want in there? If so, let it be. I weep for America.
 
2012-01-30 03:36:00 AM
Atillathepun: What a coincidence. The biggest threat to Gobotma's 2nd term is conveniently suddenly under federal investigation, probably costing taxpayers $200 million a day.

Romney and the Kochs are under investigation?
 
2012-01-30 03:39:18 AM
Atillathepun: What a coincidence. The biggest threat to Gobotma's 2nd term is conveniently suddenly under federal investigation, probably costing taxpayers $200 million a day.

Why oh why did I laugh at this.

Transformitt vs Gobotma?
 
2012-01-30 03:39:32 AM
DistendedPendulusFrenulum: Hard to do any kind of business in China without bribes

Came here for this. Is there all that much difference between Chinese organized crime and the official regime?
 
2012-01-30 03:40:49 AM
Atillathepun: What a coincidence. The biggest threat to Gobotma's 2nd term is conveniently suddenly under federal investigation, probably costing taxpayers $200 million a day.

oy, I was just telling my partner this is what the republicans would be saying. Obama and his magical time machine strikes again.

/I know your not serious (at least, I'm almost sure ... its late and im tired so sarcasm meter is low on batteries) but I know the people who say this seriously aren't far behind...
 
2012-01-30 03:56:43 AM
I recall Newt Gingrich trying to slam Mitt Romney on the ability to "control" his SuperPAC during a debate (SC?). Newt is totally being bought and paid for by this dude and yet Mr. Gingrich thinks he's the guy holding the puppet strings?!
 
2012-01-30 03:59:30 AM
Somacandra: Oughta be under indictment for being named "Sheldon."

blog.nj.com
 
2012-01-30 04:01:56 AM
oh, and (as we all expected) Newt's puppetmaster is the Death Star incarnate.
i.dailymail.co.uk
 
2012-01-30 04:07:46 AM
Ablejack: I recall Newt Gingrich trying to slam Mitt Romney on the ability to "control" his SuperPAC during a debate (SC?). Newt is totally being bought and paid for by this dude and yet Mr. Gingrich thinks he's the guy holding the puppet strings?!

It's well established that Gingrich has his head wedged firmly up his ass..
 
2012-01-30 04:09:01 AM
Ablejack: oh, and (as we all expected) Newt's puppetmaster is the Death Star incarnate.
[i.dailymail.co.uk image 224x375]


Death Star or Emporer?

I haz confuz?
 
2012-01-30 04:11:17 AM
johne3819: Ablejack: oh, and (as we all expected) Newt's puppetmaster is the Death Star incarnate.
[i.dailymail.co.uk image 224x375]

Death Star or EmporerEmperor?

I haz confuz?


/FTFM
 
2012-01-30 04:15:53 AM
NewportBarGuy: He almost lost everything when casino stocks went into the toilet. Too bad it wasn't enough to finish him off.
 
2012-01-30 04:19:24 AM
Bigdogdaddy: Is this really what the GOP rank and file want in there? If so, let it be. I weep for America.

The rank GOP and file want Jeb. However, they know they can't beat Obama so they are waiting for 2016, same as they waited for 2000 when the ever popular Bill Clinton ended his 2nd term.
This year is the dog and pony show, just like the Bob Dole and McCain-Palin campaigns.
The GOP will take a victory if given one, but they are saving the big guns for the Bush royal family or someone aligned with same.
 
2012-01-30 04:19:52 AM
Glenn Greenwald wrote a great post recently exposing the asshattery of Sheldon Adelson and many others. Here's something very interesting Adelson said:

In a talk to an Israeli group in July, 2010, Adelson said he wished he had served in the Israeli Army rather than the U.S. military-and that he hoped his young son will come back to Israel and "be a sniper for the IDF," a reference to the Israel Defense Forces.

"I am not Israeli. The uniform that I wore in the military, unfortunately, was not an Israeli uniform. It was an American uniform, although my wife was in the IDF and one of my daughters was in the IDF ... our two little boys, one of whom will be bar mitzvahed tomorrow, hopefully he'll come back- his hobby is shooting - and he'll come back and be a sniper for the IDF," Adelson said at the event.

"All we care about is being good Zionists, being good citizens of Israel, because even though I am not Israeli born, Israel is in my heart," he said toward the end of his talk.


I wonder why that fat slut Gingrich said the Palestinians were an invented people.

What a farking coont.
 
2012-01-30 04:21:28 AM
Oops, here's Greenwald's blog post: Link (new window)
 
2012-01-30 04:26:20 AM
Why is the article summarized with bullet points first? Is that a UK thing?
 
2012-01-30 04:41:37 AM
doyner: Corruption aside, why the hell do we allow campaigns to be funded by Chinese casinos?!?!?

Because FREE SPEECH.

You wouldn't want the GOVERNMENT telling people what kind of political speech people and corporations CAN and CAN'T SUPPORT, WOULD YOU??????????!!!11one
 
2012-01-30 04:46:18 AM
Interesting there's not a peep of this in my hometown media (Las Vegas).

Both papers have nothing on this story, and the only place this story has come up is overseas.

Interesting....
 
2012-01-30 05:00:34 AM
i.imgur.com
 
2012-01-30 05:01:52 AM
Kurmudgeon: Bigdogdaddy: Is this really what the GOP rank and file want in there? If so, let it be. I weep for America.

The rank GOP and file want Jeb. However, they know they can't beat Obama so they are waiting for 2016, same as they waited for 2000 when the ever popular Bill Clinton ended his 2nd term.
This year is the dog and pony show, just like the Bob Dole and McCain-Palin campaigns.
The GOP will take a victory if given one, but they are saving the big guns for the Bush royal family or someone aligned with same.


Too bad they didn't nominate him. I mean his opponents could drag out the old "I'm not Bush" logo. It would almost save them as much money as getting their car insurance through Geico.

cdn2-b.examiner.com
 
2012-01-30 05:05:47 AM
doyner: Corruption aside, why the hell do we allow campaigns to be funded by Chinese casinos?!?!?

The Founding Fathers clearly meant the first amendment to apply to Chinese gambling losses, read the Constitution people!
 
2012-01-30 05:05:59 AM
All of these vile ballsack faced homunculi need to be fed into a woodchipper in the back of the soylent green factory before they doom the entire coonting planet.
 
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