Wednesday, January 30, 2013

Barker's Newsbites: Wednesday, January 30, 2013


Off to the gym in a few minutes...

 I'll do a "formal" intro (with newsbite theme song video) when I get back!

 In the meantime... I'm throwing a newsbite into today's comments... check it out!

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William R. Barker said...

http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/01/29/3207543/fbi-raids-west-palm-beach-office.html

FBI agents late Tuesday night raided the West Palm Beach business of an eye doctor suspected of providing free trips and even underage Dominican Republic prostitutes to U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez, D-N.J. — who has denied what he calls the “fallacious allegations.”

* CHILD PROSTITUTION, FOLKS. ("UNDERAGE" DOMINICAN REPUBLIC PROSTITUTES... NICE... GUESS YA GOTTA "TIDY UP" THE LANGUAGE WHEN IT'S A DEMOCRAT...)

Agents gathered at the medical-office complex of Dr. Salomon Melgen, a contributor to Menendez and other prominent politicians, to start hauling away potential evidence in several vans.

* WHO ARE THESE OTHER "PROMINENT POLITICIANS?" (CHARLE RANGEL IS A DOMINICAN REPUBLIC FAN, ISN'T HE...???)

The investigation is believed to be focusing on Melgen’s finances and the allegations about Menendez’s trips and contact with prostitutes. A spokesman for Menendez could not be reached for comment, nor could Melgen.

* WOULDN'T IT BE GREAT IF MENENDEZ WERE TO SIMPLY OFF HIMSELF... (JUST THINKING OUT LOUD...)

Melgen has an outstanding IRS lien of $11.1 million for taxes owed from 2006 to 2009, according to records filed with the Palm Beach County recorder’s office. A previous IRS lien for $6.2 million was released in 2011. Despite those financial problems, Melgen and his family have contributed at least $357,000 to candidates and committees since 1998, according to Florida and federal campaign records. Of that, the Melgens have contributed about 9% to Menendez’s federal campaigns.

* YOU'D THINK THERE'D BE A LAW FORBIDDING TAX CHEATS TO DONATE TO POLITICIANS... BUT, HELL... WE'RE TALKING A COUNTRY WHERE TIM "THE TAX CHEAT" GEITHNER IS TREASURY SECRETARY OF THE UNITED STATES!

* HELL... WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A COUNTRY WHERE THE "FACILITATOR" OF THE MARC RICH PARDON (YOU REMEMBER... CLINTON WAS LITERALLY SELLING PRESIDENTIAL PARDONS AS HE LEFT OFFICE), ERIC HOLDER, IS ATTORNEY GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES!

* FOLKS... DON'T YOU SEE WHAT THE LEGACY OF CLINTON AND OBAMA HAS DONE... IS DOING... TO OUR COUNTRY? IT'S NOT AS IF CORRUPTION IS NEW... BUT SINCE CLINTON IT'S BE SO FUCKING BLATANT... LIKE IN FRANCE OR ITALY...

Melgen also owns a private CL-600 Challenger plane through one of his West Palm Beach-based companies, and frequently flies between South Florida and Casa de Campo in the Dominican Republic, where he is from.

* HEY... WHY SHOULDN'T A GUY WITH AN OUTSTANDING TAX LIEN OF $11.1 MILLION NOT STILL OWN - AND FLY AROUND IN... AND GIVE RIDES TO "FRIENDS" WITH - A PRIVATE AIRPLANE...

(*SMIRK*)

January 30, 2013 at 8:47 AM
William R. Barker said...

http://www.cnbc.com/id/100419252

The U.S. economy posted a stunning drop of 0.1 percent in the fourth quarter...

* I'M NOT STUNNED...

* IS ANYONE STUNNED...???

...defying expectations for slow growth...

* BUT, HEY... THE MARKET'S UP...?!

(*SMIRK*) (*SNICKER*)

...and possibly providing incentive for more Federal Reserve stimulus.

* FOLKS... THERE'S A REASON GAS WENT WAY UP AND THEN ONLY RELATIVELY DOWN...

* FOLKS... THERE'S A REASON YOUR FOOD PRICES KEEP ON GOING UP...

* BERNANKE'S GOAL - THE GOAL OF THE ADMINISTRATION... AND THE GOAL OF FAR TOO MANY REPUBLICANS IN POWER - IS TO STOKE THE FIRES OF INFLATION. IS PAYING MORE WHILE GETTING LESS REALLY YOUR IDEA OF A SOUND ECONOMIC POLICY...???

The economy shrank from October through December for the first time since the recession ended...

* THE RECESSION NEVER ENDED - NOT IN "REAL" TERMS AS UNDERSTOOD BY YOUR AVERAGE AMERICAN. AMERICA HAS BEEN IN RECESSION FROM THE TIME PELOSI AND REID FIRST TOOK OVER CONGRESS IN 2007. WE'RE STILL IN RECESSION. (IT'S CALLED STAGFLATION, FOLKS, BUT THE MEDIA WON'T COVER IT AS SUCH...)

January 30, 2013 at 4:57 PM

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