McCAIN on CNN Jan 2014 = “Thank God for the Saudis and Prince Bandar, and for our Qatari friends” for BUILDING ISIL (ISIS) = McCAIN = Said again a month later IN Germany = McCain = AIPAC + OIL MONARCH PUPPET!
McCain = Praising Bandar, NOW FIRED HEAD of Saudi’s intelligence services = Saudi’s Mohammed bin Nayef TOOK OVER.
McCain + Lisa Graham = Met with Bandar to encourage the Saudis to arm AQ Contractors in Syrian = ISIS NOW INVADING IRAQ = OIL MONARCH FUNDED $3 BILLION + FRENCH WEAPONS AND AIRCRAFT = SAUDIS + QATAR + KUWAIT WHO FUNDED 9ll.
Senior Qatari official = ISIS AQ CONTRACTORS = “ISIS has been a Saudi project.” = SAUDI Bandar’s covert-ops strategy in Syria = EVEN IRAQ PM al-Maliki says OIL MONARCHS funded ISIS
USA + France + Turkey support off shouts of ISIS AQ CONTRACTORS + asked Qatar + Saudi Arabia to do the same.
SAUDIS + OIL MONARCH = Increasing concern they FUNDED a MONSTER in ISIS = Emerged as the preeminent rebel forces in Syria + IRAQ = NOW RICH NGOs support ISIS + Private Saudi + Qatar LOOT to SUPPORT THE SUNNI CAUSE. SAME AS AQ CONTRACTORS who benefited from US financial and military support during the Soviet war in Afghanistan = THEN DOING 9ll.
West + OIL MONARCHS = FUNDING of ISIS AQ Contractors = Has achieved a scale and consequence with Saudi support = NOW Pose a Grave Threat to the OIL MONARCHS = Blowback
Dempsey + Hagel = STOP arming ISIS AQ CONTRACTORS in Syrian + IRAQ
McCain’s CONSTANT ARMING OF AQ Contractors in Libya (BENGAZI SNAFUU) + ISIS AQ Contractors in Syria = SEVERE BLOWBACK = DEATHS in BOTH COUNTRIES. = Created MONSTERS who BEHEAD AND EXECUTE SHIITES = BRUTAL CRIMINALS.
McCAIN + GRAHAM = WRONG ON EVERYTHING + LOST LIVES + $TRILLIONS IN COST TO AMERICAN MIDDLE CLASS. = TOPPLR DICTATORS TO PUT KILLERS IN CHARGE!
SAUDI Bandar + QATAR = FUNDED THE NEW ISIS AQ CONTRACTOR MONSTERS WITH McCAIN’s HELP
2nd Christie Bridge Scandal = NJ Pulaski Skyway Bridge maintained by Port Authority = Securities law violations in a $1.8 Billion repair Agreement (2011) = Crumbling elevated roadway connecting Newark and Jersey City by Manhattan district attorney and the SEC = Christie’s admin pressed PA to pay for extensive repairs diverted $$1+ Billion from a new Hudson River rail tunnel Christie canceled against advice of Port Authority lawyers = PA Money for State REPAIR is illegal.
Eventually, PA justified the Skyway repairs by casting the bridge as an access road to the Lincoln Tunnel = Not connected. = PA called it “Lincoln Tunnel Access Infrastructure Improvements.” = A LIE! = FOCUS OF INVESTIGATION = Martin Act makes it a felony charge for intentionally deceiving bond holders = Don’t have to prove any intent to defraud or even establish that any fraud occurred. + Could result in civil action under the Martin Act or by the SEC, under federal securities laws.
PLUS Investigating repair projects on the Goethals and Bayonne Bridges + others = Funds used to fill a hole in NJ state budget CAUSED BY MASSIVE TAX CUTS FOR RICH + CORPORATIONS. = Bill Baroni CARRIED CHRISTIE WATER AGAIN. = Mr. Baroni wrote that Port Authority lawyers could find “absolutely no support” for repairing the Skyway. = Days later, though, Mr. Baroni made clear to colleagues at the agency that he had been given no choice. “It’s evident to say, but we gotta figure this out,” he emailed Mr. Hartwyk on March 24.
PA has “no authority” to build roads not on PA property = Airports or marine terminals + other properties controlled by PA.
Christie = “Dozens and dozens of lawyers from both sides of the river reviewed that financing plan and approved it as did the commissioners of the Port Authority.” = PA received NO outside legal or bond counsel.
UPDATE: Christie’s Problems:
NJ Credit Rating FALLS AGAIN = LOWEST IN NATION
Moody’s Investors Service = 6th downgrade for NJ
48th in JOB GROWTH = TIED WITH MISSISSIPPI
NJ Budget Woes = $2.7 BILLION
Sandy FRAUD
Samson PAY to PLAY Scams for Rockefeller + Silverstein
PENSION PAYMENT FRAUD
Union Lawsuits = “nervous & intimidated” = forced to pay employee pensions
GWB Scandal
Credit ratings = Make it harder and MORE COSTLY for NJ to borrow money
TRICKLE DOWN FAILED IN NJ LIKE IT HAS EVERYWHERE FOR 33+ YEARS
Millionaires tax ‘on the table’ to help fix NJ budget!
“Chris Christie made a bad bet that tax cuts for the wealthy and corporations would jump start New Jersey’s economy, and working families shouldn’t have to pay the price for his failed polices.”
— Analilia Mejia, executive director of New Jersey Working Families
Christie = Opposes a higher tax rate on millionaires despite NJ “fiscal crisis.”
The Better Choices for NJ Campaign (40 Organizations) = Find “sustainable and progressive” new revenue streams to help close the current shortfall in NJ budget. = Raise income tax rate for NJ’s millionaires = Good starting point = Christie’s “Four years of failed economic policy demonstrate the need to carve a new path for our state. NJ residents need jobs, investment in K-12 education, affordable higher education and housing, accessible quality medical care, improvements in critical infrastructure, and protection of our environmental assets.” + Calling on state officials to close some tax loopholes for corporations and repeal some business tax cuts + Real path to a NJ comeback is through investing in infrastructure and strong, safe communities. + Responsible budget must include new, progressive, sustainable sources of revenue.
LOW state tax collections = Far behind Christie’s OPTIMISTIC target
Christie = Make cuts to public services to BRIDGE the gap.
Fitch + Moody’s = Downgraded NJ’s debt because of the shortfall.
Credit agencies have downgraded the state’s bond rating six times = Tied for record
$2.7 Billion hole in his budgets = GIVEAWAY TAX CUTS FOR RICH
NJ growth = Below and slower than its neighbors.
NJ foreclosure and mortgage delinquency rate = #1 in USA
NJ Unemployment among Nation’s Highest!
Christie kept a low profile waiting for new headlines to distract from Sandy and GWB scandals
NOW = News is EVEN MORE DIRE!
Christie defended his economic record in interview with Bob Schieffer of CBS = “people were talking about the New Jersey miracle. But now suddenly the news is not so good about New Jersey.” = Harder to dismiss financial mismanagement
Christie blames NJ credit rating FAILURE on OTHERS = NOT HIS TAX CUTS FOR THE RICH. = NOW HE SAYS “I’d love to give people tax relief.” + “But until we decide to be adults and deal with the problem we know we have, we’re not going to be able to do that.”
Christie’s projections for economic growth WAY too optimistic = FALSE budgets for three years in a row. Christie = Kept NO cushion against downside = Only 3% of total budget = Lowest in a decade + Below the 5% median for other states = NO RAINY DAY FUND
Ratings agencies = Warned Christie about his reliance on “one shots” TRICKS = Makes the budget structurally unsound = Raise taxes or cut ALREADY CUT programs = Multiyear trend has reached a very weak position — Moody’s Report
Christie and Democratic leaders agreed to increase payments on the state’s pension obligations + Employees contribute more toward their benefits + Union won the right to sue if the state reneged on its payments.
Corzine paid more than Christie for two years. This year, the payment was to be $1.6 billion; Mr. Christie said this week he would pay $696 million.
Beginning July 1 Christie was to pay $2.25 billion; he will pay $681 million.
Christie failed to make tough choices = Failed budget based on FALSE assumptions
FACT: Revenue projections collapsed as predicted WITH MASSIVE TAX CUTS FOR RICH
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UPDATE: Christie = VIOLATES NJ LAW = $Millions in public pension funds to VC firm = Violates “pay to play” rules by David Sirota May 2014
LAW: “It is a compelling interest of this State (NJ) to prohibit awarding government contracts to business entities which are also contributors to candidates, political parties and the holders of public office.” – NJ “pay to play” statute the nation’s strongest anti pay-to-play and anti-corruption laws and rules.
LAW: Prohibits public pension contracts from being awarded to investment firms whose executives make financial contributions to politicians, election funds and political party organizations operating in the state. + SEC rules engineered to do the same thing.
Christie + Charles Baker = PENSION FRAUD + BRIBERY + VIOLATION OF NJ LAW
Christie = Awarded a public pension contract to a technology venture capital firm shortly after a partner at that same firm made a $10,000 contribution to the NJ Republican State Committee. = General Catalyst Partners with Charles Baker as an executive and partner who made the $10,000 contribution just months before the state’s contract with General Catalyst was proposed. Baker described himself as a Partner at the firm. = Contribution came within the 18 month limit set by New Jersey’s pay-to-play statutes + Within the 2 year limit set by the NJ Treasury Department’s rules. + Baker helped organize a high-dollar fundraiser for Christie in 2013 that Baker’s spokesperson later confirmed. + Baker’s is also the current GOP nominee in Massachusetts’ hotly contested 2014 gubernatorial election on promise “to change the culture of corruption.”
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Corrections To Bridgegate Report = A lawyer for Bill Stepien that claims Stepien lied to the governor about his advance knowledge of the lane closure scheme at GWB + Demanded that retract the assertion that Stepien had assured Christie he had “no prior knowledge” of the “lane realignment.” + Remove his “demonstrably false legal assertion that an adverse inference can be drawn from Mr. Stepien’s invocation of the Fifth Amendment in response to the subpoena of a legislative committee.”
Stepien did tell Christie he knew about it beforehand.
“Shortly after receiving Bill Stepien’s lawyer’s request to ‘correct’ our report, we respectfully declined because, based on the evidence, there is no basis for any correction.”
— Mastro
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UPDATE:
CHRISTIE = TRIPLE ROASTED GOOSE! = NJ US ATTORNEY + NY DA + NJ Legislature
4 Subpoenas = Christie spokesman Drewniak + PA Executive Director Pat Foye + PA Commissioner William Schuber + Christina Renan = Worked for Kelly
4 Subpoenas = First for oral testimony
Co-chairs, Weinberg (D) and Wisniewski (D) = Subpoenas are a new Key Stage
“With these subpoenas for testimony, the joint committee is moving to a key stage of its investigation into how this abuse of government power and threat to public safety occurred.”
— Weinberg and Wisniewski
“At the time, I said I was not ruling anyone (including Christie) out.”
UPDATE: Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance Jr. opens new front of scrutiny of WTC Rebuilding = Silverstein
Vance grand jury investigation of conflicts related to major PA construction projects
Tracing the SPREAD OF HIGHEST LEVEL CORRUPTION! UNCOVERED A DEN OF CORRUPTION!
Port Authority’s highest-profile projects = Rebuilding of the World Trade Center
WTC = SILVERSTEIN IN FORT LEE = SAMSON = ROCKEFELLER IN HOBOKEN!
Various projects in NJ and the PATH transportation hub in lower Manhattan
Earlier 2014 US Attorney Preet Bharara subpoenaed records of David Samson
VANCE = Much broader range of PA’s activities in the region.
Anticipate resignation of PA Commissioner Anthony Sartor
Sartor = Longtime chairman of subcommittee overseeing WTC rebuilding
NJ legislative committee secured a commitment from Christie’s law firm to turn over some records of its internal review of the affair = 75 individuals interviewed
Lawmakers = More testimony in May
David Samson’s private company = Made 200 times more from PA contracts since he has been chairman. = Nothing to see there!
Christie Lawyer = Randy Mastro = NJ Residents pay $1Million for whitewash = $650/hour = 40% discount on normal $1,100/hour.
If Christie was not such a CROOK = would almost feel sorry for him!
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UPDATE: Esquire – NEW on Chris Christie Scandals = Worse for Christie
CHRISTIE PROSECUTOR GETS STAR WITNESS TO TALK = WILDSTEIN GOES WILD
Bad news for Christie = GREAT News for NJ citizens = David Wildstein, Former PA operative = Cooperating with Paul Fishman, FED Prosecutor for Criminal Conduct.
Fishman = Increased # of Christie investigators, and is presenting evidence and witnesses to a grand jury in Newark.
Wildstein = Forced to quit his PA job in December = Christie put him at the PA in a job created just for him
January 2014 = Wildstein cited 5th Amendment on “Time for some traffic problems in Fort Lee” from Kelly and Wildstein emailing = “Got it”.
Both Kelly and Wildstein said they would cooperate with investigators in exchange for immunity from prosecution.
“Christie Report” = Touted that Christie was “vindicated” = Thanks NJ taxpayers = Damned both Wildstein and Kelly. = A steaming pile of crap = Classic Christie smear job.
Christie = Now that David Wildstein’s talking = His days as governor are numbered.
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Christie Scandals = SANDY
Beach = Jersey Shore = Superstorm Sandy = Keep secret $25 million ad campaign = funded by federal Sandy recovery aid = Firm, MMW, got job proposing to feature Christie = selection committee led by Christie’s very close longtime aide, Michele Brown, appointed to run NJ Economic Development Authority at $225,000/YEAR.
FACT: MWW hired former executive director of influential Burlington County GOP
FACT: MWW’s CEO, Michael Kempner, normally a loyal Democratic donor, was not writing any big checks to Barbara Buono, Christie’s opponent, last year.
FACT: NJ congressman Frank Pallone, a Democrat, asked inspector general of US Department of HUD to audit the awarding of job to make sure federal contracting rules were followed.
“Stronger than the Storm” ads = Lengths Christie has gone to keep secret the relevant documentation.
“Typically when you have a state-run bid like that you have…it fully transparent, it’s all posted online. There was nothing like that in this case.”
— Shannon Morris, President of Sigma Group = second to MWW
Morris = pretty good hunch: that the administration is doing anything it can to cover up the fact that the selection process had been essentially rigged from the get-go
FACT: Internet link for Economic Development Authority who provides documents was no longer operable. = Used retroactive redaction on documents. = There was no contest whatsoever between MWW and Sigma Group and two other finalists = MMW 953 and Sigma Group 718. = Michele Brown LED MMW SCORING AT 970 and Sigma Group 590
MWW had “fully conceptualized” apps, video games, and other digital components on top of its conventional ad proposal. “I don’t know how you do that unless someone had a head start.”
Michele Brown sent Morris a form letter congratulating her for being named one of New Jersey’s “Best 50 Women in Business.”
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NOW WE LEARN CHRISTIE STAFF USED 9ll METALLIC RUINS AS A SLUSH FUND TO GET DEMOCRATS ENDORSEMENTS AND VOTES IN GOVERNOR’S RACE FOR REELECTION – NYT REPORTS
NYT: Time for David Samson to Go By THE EDITORIAL BOARD MARCH 5, 2014
“if he expects to be seen as genuinely remorseful, he will have to undertake something much more fundamental: a major housecleaning at the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. This should begin with the firing of the authority’s chairman, David Samson, a Christie appointee who appears to have used the job to advance his professional interests, his law firm, his clients and the governor’s own political ambitions….It controls four bridges, two tunnels, five airports and the various port operations, commands an annual budget of more than $8.2 billion and a 10-year capital plan for almost $28 billion and hands out plenty of big money. According to a detailed account by Russ Buettner in The Times this week, Mr. Samson had no compunction about sending some of that money in the direction of Wolff & Samson and its clients, who seem to have grown fat on the Port Authority’s generosity.”
CHRISTIE = “Longtime friend, Mr. Samson” = member of a high-powered, political law firm, Wolff & Samson.
“In one particularly spectacular conflict of interest (for Samson), the Port Authority last April awarded two important bridge contracts worth a total of $2.8 billion. Both awardees were clients of Mr. Samson’s firm. He lobbied hard for the board to choose them — ‘like gangbusters,’ one source said — and did not recuse himself from the discussions or the vote, and commented afterward that the occasion was ‘joyous and happy.'”
“The Port Authority also assumed control of the failing Atlantic City International Airport, which Mr. Samson championed at an authority meeting and in comments to the news media. The investment made little sense, coming at a time when the Port Authority’s other airports desperately needed support. But Mr. Samson’s law firm was once again involved, having served as bond counsel to the local transportation authority that was taking a beating on the unsuccessful Atlantic City facility.”
— NYT Editorial Board
Port Authority’s resources were used to advance Mr. Christie’s own interests = PA paid to upgrade the Pulaski Skyway (normally paid by NJ) so Christie could keep his campaign promise not to raise the state gas tax.
“the Port Authority needs fundamental reforms. And it should be run by professionals, not political hacks like the 50 or so political associates Mr. Christie has put into jobs at the authority. Mr. Christie owes it to the millions of people who use and pay for the Port Authority’s facilities to find professionals to do these jobs. And he can begin by telling Mr. Samson it is time to retire.”
— NYT Editorial Board
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Christie = Government by SLUSH FUND LEVERAGING
UPDATE: Paul Simon – Slip Slidin’ Away = JUST FOR CHRISTIE!
9% DROP in Christie’s Approval Rating since Bridgegate scandal
Christie’s NJ rating = 50% down from 70%
Early on NJ wasn’t bothered by the GWBridge Closure, but now concerns continue to mount.
50% of informed NJ Voters now believe Christie was personally involved in GWB Closure.
49% of New Jerseyans believe Hoboken Mayor Dawn Zimmer’s (D) accusation that Christie linked a Rockefeller development deal to Hurricane Sandy aid.
Christie’s Hurricane Sandy Approval Dropped to 55% from 73% = FADING
50% of NJ Voters say he’s more concerned with his own political survival than with governing NJ.
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Chris Christie’s Mansion Fund Collected Millions From Political Favor Seeker 02/21/2014
Christie = Major change = John Strangfeld, Chairman of Prudential and Wife Mary Kay = Heads of Drumthwacket Foundation = Nonprofit that restores and maintains white-columned governor’s mansion in Princeton, N.J = preserving the historic 19th century mansion.
CHRISTIE = Awarded Prudential RECORD $250 MILLION TAX-DODGE to move HQ a few blocks to a shiny new glass office tower
CHRISTIE = Prudential received whopping $527,000 / Job = Excuse NOT About JOBS
“It’s very unusual for someone (Strangfelds) to simply rocket right to the top of a nonprofit board, and even more unusual for two spouses to do so.”
— Ken Berger, president of the nonprofit rating group Guidestar = “very unusual” and “worrisome” since Prudential has ongoing business with the state.
HOW CHRISTIE WEILDS POWER = MAJOR ISSUE NOW = BRIDGEGATE + SANDYGATE + TUNNELGATE + Drumthwacket-Gate
New Jersey = Some of the toughest money-in-politics (pay-to-play) laws in the country against companies buying and influencing government.
Corzine (D) = Exempted nonprofits from the state’s pay-to-play laws.
Christie-Drumthwacket = Donors in 2011 = $1+ million/year = prospective donors saw the mansion way to win tax breaks, political appointments or other support
Drumthwacket = Donor = NJ real estate developer Kurt Conti in 2011 = $50,000 = Won 2 State Construction contracts worth a combined $211 million. 2012 = Gave $0
“To be seen as greasing the skids of political patronage can be a very dangerous thing. You would hope that there is true corporate philanthropy, but if donors are largely political or interested in state money, it raises questions about the nonprofit. And if there’s a sense that it’s a quid pro quo, that is not what you want.”
— Guidestar’s Berger on well-timed donations undermining public trust
Drumthwacket = Donor = Bayer Pharmaceuticals $15,000 in 2011 = Then secured a $36 Million package of tax breaks. Gave $0 in 2012.
Drumthwacket = Donor = NJ businessman Robert Harris BIG DONOR in 2011 = Appointment Commissioner on powerful NJ Sports & Exposition Authority = Giants Stadium and the Meadowlands racetrack
Drumthwacket = Donor = Prem Reddy Foundation = Prime Healthcare Services of CA = $25,000 in 2011 = State Approval of TAKEOVER a struggling hospital in Jersey City = But blocked by nurses’ union = hospital went bankrupt.
Drumthwacket = Donor = Cooper Hospital Foundation $10‘s of thousands in 2010 = Christie’s task force allowed consolidation of a number of hospitals in southern NJ greatly expanding Cooper’s reach.
Drumthwacket = Donor = Real estate developer Murray Kushner’s KRE Group gave $10,000 in 2012 = A massive Jersey City development project receive $33 Million in funding from the state under Christie’s tax incentive programs.
Drumthwacket = Donor = Donald Trump $15,000 in 2011and 2012 = Christie’s blessing to build a personal cemetery on the fairway at the Trump National Golf Club in NJ.
Drumthwacket = Donor = Bill Palatucci, a for-profit correctional company = general counsel for Community Education Centers (CEC) = $75,000 in 2011-2013 = When Christie learned of a NYTimes investigation they responded with a series of measures aimed at curbing the frequent escapes documented at CEC facilities + despite a $45,000 fine on the company CEC got a $MULTI-MILLION CONTRACT from the State.
12 new subpoenas by NJ legislature on GW Bridge Closure + NEW Enforcement of subpoenas to two key figures: Bill Stepien and Bridget Kelly
NJ Star Ledger said new subpoenas include Christie’s office, his reelection campaign, several Port Authority officials and the State Police aviation unit – helicopter rides.
“Ultimately, (that is) what the inquiry of the committee is — who knew what when, and who authorized this, and why.”
— Rep. Wisniewski, Head of State Committee
US Attorney’s office has a criminal investigation of GW Bridge Closures resulting backups delayed emergency vehicles, school buses and commuters, sometimes for hours and of Sandy funds withheld until a Rockefeller Project was approved in Hoboken.
Hoboken Mayor Zimmer said two Christie cabinet members told her the city’s Sandy aid would be tied to whether she supported a redevelopment project. Christie attorney requested all the Hoboken documents, but Zimmer’s lawyer questioned whether it’s appropriate for the governor’s office “to be investigating itself.”
Wildstein = Oversaw the lane closings is seeking immunity from prosecution = “evidence exists” that Christie was aware of the lane closings while they were occurring.
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UPDATE: Prominent NJ Newspaper = The Newark Star-Ledger = #1 in NJ circulation = regrets endorsing Chris Christie
Tom Moran = Editor says Star-Ledger “blew” endorsement of Christie in Oct 2013 = “Yes, we knew Christie was a bully. But we didn’t know his crew was crazy enough to put people’s lives at risk in Fort Lee as a means to pressure the mayor. We didn’t know he would use Hurricane Sandy aid as a political slush fund. And we certainly didn’t know that Hoboken Mayor Dawn Zimmer was sitting on a credible charge of extortion by Lt. Gov. Kim Guadagno.”
Christie Admin = accused of orchestrating GWB TRAFFIC JAM + SANDY FUNDS PAY TO PLAY
Wildstein Attorney = “Evidence Exists” Christie knew about his admin’s orders to close the traffic lanes.
Hoboken Mayor Zimmer says Christie aides said Sandy Aid for Rockfeller Project
CHRISTIE HISTORY:
Chris Christie = Got US Federal NJ prosecutor = $2 million bundler for GW Bush in 2000 = NO EXPERIENCE AS A PROSECUTOR BUT WAS lobbyist for Madoff = biggest conman on WALL STREET
2010 DOJ inspector general’s Report = Christie “U.S. attorney who most often exceeded government [travel expense] without adequate justification …insufficient, inaccurate, or no justification” for stays at swank hotels like the Four Seasons.
FACT: Christie lobbied to get Securities Industry Association (MADOFF) an exemption from NJ’s Consumer Fraud Act.
Christie’s steered hefty government contracts former Attorney General John Ashcroft = sparked a congressional hearing.
Christie Lost Defamation Lawsuit Against OPPONENT IN 1994 FOR FALSE ADS!
Todd Christie, Christie’s Brother in 2008 = Settled civil charges by SEC for “hundreds of trades in which customers had been systematically overcharged.”
Romney = Found Todd activities in family foundation “raised eyebrows” during VP Vetting = Romney ran from Christie
The Star Ledger knew so much about Christie and still endorsed him!
The Star Ledger = Now as thousands of people were being refused Sandy relief money, people who were eligible and in dire need = Takes back Endorsement
Yet Christie = Doled out SANDY LOOT to Developers in barely affected parts of NJ
The Star Ledger knew all this so why endorse Christie and what did he promise them for the endorsement, or how did he intimidate them?
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CHRISTIE GWB Scandal: Fort Lee mayor offered gifts – Port Authority funded shuttle buses, snow plowing, pothole repair and emergency radios + included a personal tour of the 9ll Memorial plaza in lower Manhattan by David Wildstein.
“I’ve been told to be nice to you.”
— Wildstein told Sokolich during that tour.
“NO” ENDORSEMENT = Punished by paralyzing GWB traffic jams 5 days in SEPT
Sokolich never endorse Christie = But was Afraid an outright refusal would delay state approvals for traffic patterns near a $1 billion high rise redevelopment.
CHRISTIE = HAD A BINDER ON FORT LEE AND OTHER TOWNS IN HIS CAR!
Sokolich said he and Mayor Zimmer were invited to lunch with Christie at Drumthwacket, the governor’s mansion in Princeton.
Sokolich described a near-continuous effort by Baroni, who left his Port Authority along with Wildstein amid the revelations over the traffic jams in Fort Lee.
Port Authority purchased shuttle buses for Fort Lee + plowed snow + repaired pot holes + $10,000 worth of emergency radios for residents affected by Superstorm Sandy = Sokolich discovered that he was expected to return the favors by endorsing Christie.
IT IS ALL ABOUT POWERFUL SCAMMERS WANTING A BIG EDGE!
SAMSON REPRESENTS = SILVERSTEIN WTC = FORT LEE
SAMSON REPRESENTS = ROCKEFELLER GROUP = HOBOKEN = SUDDENLY CANCELED
CHRSTIE = SLUSH FUND KING FOR “BIG WIGS”
A picture speaks a thousand words – Christie (N.J.) with Leslie Smith, Executive VP of the Rockefeller Group = Donated (BRIBED) to Christie’s campaign = Rockefeller Group at Center of CHRISTIE SANDY SCAM of Hoboken New Jersey.
UPDATE: Rachel Maddow reports NJ Governor Chris Christie’s latest statements on GW BRIDGE closures contradicts his earlier claims!
Dec 2 – Jokes he moved the Cones
Dec 13 – “My curiosity is more than satiated at the moment..” regarding Baroni mistakes
Dec 19 – Not an Issue – I accept BARONI’S statements as truth – no investigation is necessary.
Feb 4 – Radio interview – I kewn when Pat Foye’s email came out Sept 13, 2013
After Foye email – “That’s when I asked my Chief of Staff and Chief Counsel ‘Would you look into this and see what is going on here?'” at Port Authority.
— Christie – First time he said that was Feb 4, 2014
Same two guys who interviewed Christie’s senior staff: Kevin O’Dowd and Charles McKenna – SO HE DID INVESTIGATE IT!!
Baroni was PREPPED by Philip Kwon over 4 to 5 days in False Testimony to NJ Legislature
A Christie ally and lawyer, Philip Kwon, prepped Baroni who lied that the GW Bridge lane closures were for a traffic study.
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“The Rockefeller Group at the time was represented by Wolff & Samson, the law firm of David Samson, a former state attorney general and close Christie ally who also serves as chairman of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey.”
— Christopher Baxter of the Star Ledger – Samson, behind the scenes power broker, is a Christie appointee
Smith = Donated (BRIBES) in both of Christie’s campaigns and leads the Rockefeller Group’s developments in New Jersey.
Hoboken Mayor Zimmer allegations that the Christie administration MADE Sandy Aid contingent upon allowing the Rockefeller Group to develop AND GET MIDDLE CLASS TAXPAYER WELFARE.
Hoboken has NOT only did they not received the aid, but tremendous pressure was brought down upon Hoboken to move forward with the Rockefeller Group’s development.
“And the Hoboken story clearly demonstrates the Christie administration took steps to aid the material interest of a client of the chairman of that agency…Hoboken received only 1% of the aid they had requested for Hurricane Sandy relief and planning funds even though it was one of the hardest-hit communities in the state during the storm. At one point, 80% of the 50,000 person city was flooded…. 50,000 people. 80% flooded. $6 a head.”
— Brian Murphy, TPM
The long charge the Rockefeller Group has been waging against the wishes of some of the town’s citizens, merits a close read.
Diary backs up Zimmer’s claims + Another Christie appointee made the offer that Sandy Aid money would flow if she would move forward with the Rockefeller project while miked = Richard Constable, commissioner of the Department of Community Affairs.
“I hear you are against the Rockefeller project…Everyone in the State House believes you are against it – the buzz is that you are against it…If you move that forward, the money would start flowing to you.”
— Richard Constable, CHRISTIE commissioner of the Department of Community Affairs
The pieces of the puzzle are in the early stages of coming together for Christie.
Christie = Willingness to throw everyone who worked for him under the bus = TRY TO SAVE HIMSELF.
It’s hard to run for President as the guy who sold out all of his underlings.
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IT IS ALL ABOUT POWERFUL SCAMMERS WANTING A BIG EDGE!
DING DING DING! Why would Christie try to TORPEDO the billion $ Fort Lee redevelopment
Those awful traffic jams IN FORT LEE = SAME SCENARIO AS HOBOKEN = MIDDLE CLASS WELFARE TO BIG NAME DEVELOPERS
Dennis R. Irvin, President and CEO of The Rockefeller Group
Probably not because the Mayor failed to endorse him.
David Samson, Port Authority head and founder of most powerful law firm in NJ, has his thumb on every scale.
Samson and Christie and Michele Brown have their fingerprints all over this.
Fort Lee problem = Wrong developer won – a Chicago firm, Tucker Development = Not a Christie/Samson crony.
THE TWO SCAMS: INCREDIBLY VALUABLE REAL ESTATE AND CORPORATE WELFARE FROM MIDDLE CLASS TAXPAYERS
A player represented by Samson in Fort Lee development = LOST ON THE 16 ACRES = Silverstein Properties represented by David Samson, attorney and head of the Port Authority = SILVERSTEIN, Developer on NYC’s World Trade Center site with Samson = #1 REASON FOR LANE CLOSURES WAS TO STOP THE CHICAGO DEAL BEING FINANCED.
Hoboken Mayor Zimmer says Christie push for the Rockefeller Group’s 3-block PROJECT to get TAXPAYER WELFARE AS A REDEVELOPMENT ADVANTAGE?
The Rockefeller Group = Sought Benefit is buying up adjoining properties CHEAP with special government benefits = Represented by David Samson’s law firm.
SAMSON = 74 Years old = Close adviser to 3 NJ governors + Co-founder of state’s MOST POWERFUL LWA FIRM + Leads the Port Authority
Samson for decades a behind-the-scenes power broker at Wolff & Samson selected for spending of Hurricane Sandy relief money – including ADS featuring Christie family during his reelection.
Sierra Club. “The law firm is so close to the Christie administration that there’s barely any line of separation.”
World Trade Center Silverstein Properties helped oversee the reconstruction on site owned by the Port Authority WHOSE CHIEF IS SAMSON = Ownership is complex and ambiguous as ownership of 2.5+ ACRE miscellaneous strips of property is UNCLEAR.
The Rockefeller Group’s = client of law firm, Wolff & Samson = David Samson chairman of the Port Authority by Christie.
Michele Brown = Completely unqualified Christie crony APPOINTED top of the Economic Development Authority – Christie’s eyes and ears = CHRISTIE’S GAL PAL = Christie lent her $46K and forgot to report it in his taxes = In charge of all redevelopment = A political pick to lead a nonpartisan agency.
Christie will not run for president
Christie unlikely to serve out his term as governor of NJ
Inconceivable that an obsessive micro-manager did not know what his underlings were up to and he is a proven vindictive bully.
His staff kept governor well informed about any big-time PROJECTS and PR risks
“The Staff Did It” is JUST SILLY.
Christie doubled down when he solemnly denied knowledge or involvement = an outright lie.
There is no honor among thieves = Big cover-up = People lost well paying jobs = received commitment for a well-compensated job or consulting gig, or something else to purchase their silence, BUT Several civil and criminal investigations are underway, armed with subpoena power = cover-up with benefits will unravel.
Sooner or later investigators will find underlings who decides he’d rather NOT go to jail.
USA in IRAQ = BUILDS HOME FOR OIL MONARCH EXTREMISTS = SUNNI DOMINATION = NEOCONS CALL THEM TERRORISTS = NEOCON FRIENDS + AMERICANS’ TOP ENEMIES = OIL MONARCHS = FAKED WMDs = DID 9ll + FUND ISIS AND PROVIDE WEAPONS FROM FRANCE!
MULTINATIONAL NEOCON BANKSTER FRAUDS WHO LOVE WAR FOR LOOTING THE US MIDDLE CLASS
“The only thing we want to hear from the Cheney NEOCONS is an APOLOGY!”
— Senator Harry Reid
“Terrorism” = America’s WMDs = GOV Weapon of Choice using 9ll = More effective than ‘human rights’ + ‘democracy promotion’ = Proven far more effective in creating Fear using 9ll + Enables MORE LOOTING OF THE MIDDLE CLASS.
WAR + WAR = FEAR of 9ll used to justified this age-old tactic = NOW ISIL = ISIS.
ISIS = Trained by USA to topple Syria’s President Assad.
Chronological Events of USA in IRAQ = Terror in Iraq + INVASION
1970s = America’s Crisis Began with the “Vietnam Syndrome” = USA efforts to STOP 3rd World countries trying to break away from WEST’S SYSTEM OF DOMINATION and EXPLOITATION.
1979 = Iranian Revolution = USA ousted the American-backed Shah = Lynchpin of U.S. strategy in the Persian Gulf.
1980s to Present = USA efforts to reestablish its World Hegemony = Especially in OIL RICH Persian Gulf region = Establish sole control over the OIL Region
1980 = Onset of the Iran-Iraq war = USA used the war to establish military bases in the OIL MONARCH States (1985) = Saudi monarchy felt threatened by Iranian revolution = Reagan promised “we will not permit” Saudi Arabia “to be an Iran”
1985 = US bases alienate Iranians and Arabs to Israel’s benefit = Cooperation among the Arab states against Iran = USED fear of communism + Fear of uprisings against the BIG OIL Monarchies.
1991 = USA Persian Gulf War = Heavy Iraqi casualties = Based on deception = Saudi Arabia paid $36 billion of US $60 billion costs to deploy US in Saudi Arabia
1991 WAR = US GOV allowed Israel to designate 100 targets inside Iraq to destroy
1992 After Iraq War = Iraq was subjected to deathly immoral sanctions = 1+ million DEATHS = 50% Children = No-fly zone + Daily Bombings = A vulnerable and devastated IRAQ with NO Ability to resist future incursions.
1992 Jerusalem Report published = Idea that radical Islam replace communism as the GREAT EVIL = NEOCON Feared END of USSR = Splintering of USA’s Right Wing = NO longer 100% unconditional support for a U.S.-Israel alliance. = So Islam replaced communism THE GREAT EVIL TO UNITE + USA TO FIGHT = Promote newfound ‘threat’.
1990’s = Completion of media take-over by MULTINATIONAL NEOCONS = Made possible by REAGAN’s 1980’s deregulation by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) that allowed mergers and acquisitions.
1990s = Washington Think Tanks = NEOCON HOME-BASES = Douglas Feith + David Wurmser + Richard Perle + Many more moving to AEI from Jerusalem-based Think Tank = Institute for Advanced Strategic and Political Studies (IASPS)
PRE-9ll = IASPS published Many strategy papers including = “A Clean Break: A New Strategy for Securing the Realm” in 1996 = Blueprint for 2003 Iraq attack and invasion triggered by 9ll = Perfect for NEOCON GOALS
2001 September 13 = USA began recovering from the shock of 9ll = Jewish Institute for National Security Affairs (JINSA) = Had a prepared statement on how USA must RESPOND = ATTACH IRAQ + Saddam = “recommended” Iraq be invaded militarily.
2001 JINSA = Policies called for USA use military in disputes far and wide beyond Afghanistan and Iraq = Iran + Pakistan + Syria + Sudan + Palestine + Libya + Algeria – and eventually, Saudi Arabia (unknown to them) and Egypt. = PNAC + DOZEN NEOCON THINK TANKS in USA!
Saudis = Unaware of being Targeted by JINSA = Saudi monarchy fully cooperated with advancing terrorism as a weapon of mass destruction and warfare = Saudi Arabia partnered with the neocons and pushed for the invasion of Iraq in 2003 after funding the 9ll Attacks
2003 Saudis “Bandar promised President Bush that Saudi Arabia will lower oil prices in the months before the (MIDTERM) election – to ensure the U.S. economy is strong on election day” = Ample Awards for Carlysle Group and other war profiteers like Halliburton in THE FAKED WMD |illegal INVASION of Iraq = USA forces were moved from Saudi Arabia to Qatar.
2004 = Saudis were further rewarded = Ayad Allawi, pro-Saudi, anti-Iranian head of INA (Iraqi National Accord) backed by Saudi Arabia, UK and US was appointed as prime minister. = Day #1 Re-established diplomatic ties between Iraq and Saudis. = Puppet
2005 US-SAUDI PUPPET = Voted out Allawi = elected President Nouri al-Maliki
2009 Allawi launched Iraqi National Movement = Saudi/US/UK backed is has a platform to comment on Iraq and promote himself in opposition to Maliki.
2003-2009 USA-led occupation forces gave ‘special status protection’ to terrorist group, Mojahedeen-e Khalg (MEK) = USA used MEK to fight alongside Saddam Hossein against Iran during the 8-year war + 2000 attack on a GOV complex in Tehran which housed the Supreme Leader and the President = US + Israel used MEK in long term plans including fabricating LIES about Iran’s civilian nuclear program
IRAQ WAR = US Built Elaborate Bases in Iraq = NEOCONS PLANNED TO STAY FOREVER = Mini cities = Own country club style amenities = Swimming pools + theaters + golf + coffee shops + fast food chains….= PERMANENT OCCUPATION! = “the neoconservative architects …foresaw a permanent, large-scale presence and view the bases as vital both for protecting Israel and as launchpads for operations in Syria and Iran.” — Kwiatkowski = MEK terrorists evolving into ISIS = Iran + Syria + global designs
2012 to 2014 = Occupation of Iraq = NOT THE NEOCON predicted ‘cake walk’ = Despite the “Mother of all Bombs” dropped on Iraq, the indiscriminate killings, destruction of Iraq’s ancient sites, and abuses such as the Abu Gharib scandal = Iraqis began to fight against their SO-CALLED “liberators”
IRAQ WAR = NEOCON Crimes done by US-led forces = Had to END as Journalism (a hazardous occupation – US bombed, killed, or shut down papers critical of their occupation and atrocities) Muqtada al-Sadr gave voice to the Iraqi people = Condemned the occupation and oppression in his newspaper– al Hawza = US forces shut down his paper
PEAK OF IRAQ WAR = Rising death toll + abuses + other carnage united Iraqis against the American occupiers. = “There is no difference now between Sunni and Shia, Arab and Kurd. We have all been invaded.” = Unity instead was fighting the occupiers = BUT US was providing arms and intelligence to both sides to CREATE CIVIL WAR. = Strategy LED TO the emergence of ISIL = USA GOAL is ISIS VERSUS SHIA will severely damage each other = BENEFIT TO BIG OIL SUNNI MONARCHS = Sometimes SO-CALLED “moderate Sunnis”
2004 SAD CASE OF King Abdullah of Jordan = Strategy to DIVIDE Iraqis = A “Shia Crescent” = Inflammatory notion laid groundwork for a Sunni-Shia (and Kurd) division = Israel JINSA PLAN. = MSM + Collaborators in Iraq and Region spread the concept like wild fire = Burning all bridges and hopes of peace among the various sects. = SO-CALLED SHIA UPRISING LIE!
2005 = USA saw Anti-War Protests across America = BUT Bush + MSM busily created “happy” news to garner support for the illegal occupation of Iraq
October 2005 = In Iraq efforts were underway to keep the Iraqis united = Iraqi president Jalal Talabani announced a compromise plan applauded by Sunni, Shia, and Kurdish leaders alike = United resistance to the US occupation.
December 2005 = USA + ISRAEL + OIL MONARCHS = Disrupted the fragile coalition = Announced elite Israeli military were training the Kurds in Northern Iraq.
January 2006 = Saudi Arabia Fence to seal the Iraq-Saudi border to stop the flow of ‘terrorists’
February 2006 = Shia Islam’s holiest shrines in Samarra was bombed = Quickly blamed on Sunnis = Violence and revenge killing erupted.
May 2006 = Joe Biden suggested splitting Iraq into three parts.
August 2006 = Vali Nasr CFR CRIMINAL WAR MONGERS released his book ‘The Shia Revival’ + FANNING flames of a dangerous and irreversible divide
December 2006 = Saddam Hossein was hung on Eid ul-Adha inside the Green Zone. = Timed his execution to for a holy day of celebration for the Sunnis = A gift to the Shia’s further alienating the Sunnis and destabilizing Iraq.
2007 = Bush ordered a ‘surge’ and 30,000 additional troops to help create a “…unified, democratic federal Iraq (PURE LIES) that can govern itself + defend itself + and sustain itself + Ally in the War on Terror. = Holy Site Askariya was bombed a second time. + US troops dragged Iraqi Christians into the sectarian division by pushing Christianity on Moslems
2008 = Incumbent Prime Minister, Nouri al-Maliki opposed a permanent US presence and instead signed an Agreement (SOFA) that would see the removal of all US troops from Iraq by December 2011.
2009 to 2014 = OIL MONARCHS Arm ISIL AQ CONTRACTORS to KILL in Syria with US HELP + Contractors Engage in terror activities both inside Syria and Iraq. = CLEAR Motives = Destabilize Syria and Iraq + Remove Assad + Drag Iran into this quagmire with the intention of bleeding and destroying all sides.
2012 to 2014 CREATE HAVIC to justify US combat ‘terrorists’ and foreign fighters so that America can re-occupy its bases and dominate the Persian Gulf region as JINSA NEOCONS had planned.
SUMMARY = JINSA NEOCONS have long sought to dominate the Persian Gulf OIL + use it as a launch pad in their grand strategy of global dominance.
SUMMARY = JINSA NEOCONS USED FEAR OF ARABS to replace FEAR of communism to REUNITE USA WAR MONGERS AND REIGHT WING = 9ll FUNDED BY SAUDIS + FOSTERING ARAB INTER-STATE WARS = MANIPULATING Sectarian division among ARAB groups = THE JINSA PLAN = “Finally, strategy must have continuity. It can’t be constantly reinvented.” ISIL is that continuation FUNDED BY OIL MONARCHS AND PLANNED AND ORCHESTRATED BY USA + ISRAEL.
2014 = SAUDIS FUND Brutal INVASION OF ISIL AQ CONTRACTORS = Also a warning to Afghanistan’s reluctance to sign a SOFA WITH USA THERE FOREVER.
NOTE: 9ll was a pretext for Invasion of Afghanistan + IRAQ = FUNDED BY SAUDIS
By Soraya Sepahpour-Ulrich DEFINE terrorism = Title 22 of the U.S. Code, Section 2656f(d) defines terrorism as “premeditated, politically motivated violence perpetrated against noncombatant targets by subnational groups or clandestine agents, usually intended to influence an audience.” = AMERICAN STATE DEPT + MILITARY DOES ALL OF THIS!
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