US Senator charge in visa & Medicare scandal, sex, money and power. U.S. Senator Robert Menendez was indicted on corruption charges ofaccepting almost $1 million in gifts and campaign donations to help friends get visas for foreign girlfriends, to stop a fraud investigationand get lucrative a contract.
According to allegations in the indictment, during this same time period,Menendez allegedly engaged in three efforts to use his Senate office andstaff to advocate on behalf of Melgen's personal and financialinterests.
Firstly, Menendez allegedly pressured executive agencies in connectionwith a conflict between Melgen and the government of the DominicanRepublic relating to a disputed contract that Melgen purchased to provideexclusive screening of containers coming through Dominican ports.
Secondly, Menendez allegedly advocated on behalf of Melgen in connectionwith a Medicare billing dispute worth approximately $8.9 million toMelgen.
Thirdly, Menendez allegedly took active steps to support the tourist andstudent visa applications of three of Melgen's girlfriends, as well asthe visa application of the younger sister of one of Melgen'sgirlfriends.
Throughout these efforts, Menendez allegedly engaged in advocacy forMelgen all the way up to the highest levels of the U.S. government,including meeting with a U.S. cabinet secretary, contacting a U.S.Ambassador, meeting with the heads of executive agencies and other seniorexecutive officials and soliciting other U.S. Senators, all in order toassist Melgen's personal and pecuniary interests.
Gifts:
Menendez charged that prosecutors "don't know the difference betweenfriendship and corruption and have chosen to twist my duties as a senatorand my friendship into something that is improper".
Political analyst, Rebeca Shafer says, politicians take gifts likethis all the time. It is easy to call someone your friend when they arepaying all the bills. This is nothing new, but politicians do thistypically to not make enemies; they walk a very fine line as not to pissanyone off. This is America and this is how Washington works. Remember that the Keating Five were five United States Senators accusedof corruption in 1989. The five U.S. senators were accused of trying topressure federal thrift regulators to back off their political benefactor-Keating- whose Lincoln Savings & Loan would collapse duringthe savings-and-loan crisis of the late 1980s at a cost of $3.4 billionto taxpayers. At the time, Keating was an influential andlarger-than-life business figure in Arizona and he generously contributedcampaign cash to his favorite politicians.
John McCain is the only member of the "Keating Five" who isstill serving on Capitol Hill. The other four retired in 1990s: U.S.Sens. Alan Cranston, D-Calif.; Dennis DeConcini, D-Ariz.; John Glenn,D-Ohio; and Donald Riegle, D-Mich.
Medicare fraud:
Menendez advocated on Melgen's behalf with federal Medicareadministrators who accused Melgen of overbilling the government'shealthcare program, according to court documents and people briefed onthe probe. Melgen was among the top recipients of Medicare reimbursementsin recent years, during a time when he was also a major Democratic donor-an estimated $8.9 million in over billing from 2009 to 2011.
Citizens against fraud say medical fraud is so wide-spread that isestimated at 200 billion a year. Doctor groups make huge donations tomany politicians in order to get special treatment and make it easier tocommit fraud. The US Senator just passed a bill to make it easier fordoctors to get paid on questionable procedures. To single out onedoctor or one politician seems absurd when basically thousands of doctorsand dozens of senators participate in this practice every day. Medicare fraud is the norm and politicians are happy to look away as longas they get financial support from the medical community. We are glad tosee someone get indicted but this does not fix the problem when senatorsand criminals work together.
Visas:
The senator helped advance the visa applications sought by Melgen for hisgirlfriends from Brazil, the Dominican Republic, and Ukraine, as well asthe sister of the Dominican woman, according to prosecutors.
A Foreign Affair, an international Introduction company thatspecializes in introducing American men to models and beautiful womenfrom all over the world, says their clients contact their own senatorsand representatives all the time to help with Visas. This is the firsttime they have hear of an issue with this. America is a county of who youknow. Most of the time it is to help with fiancée visas. Some ofthe more influential clients try and use the tourist visas as an easierway to expedite fiancée arrivals. Since Melgen was bringing so manywomen to the US, fiancée visas were not an option as US policy onlyallows two fiancée visas in a lifetime, plus you have to be single.Melgen is married.
Dimemebfe 5-MeO-BNF New tryptamine that seems due to pop up very soon. It's a benzofuran derivative of 5-MeO-DMT. The little info I've found of people's experiences suggest it's actually much less potent than 5-MeO-DMT, with doses being mentioned between 50 and 100mg. Also people found it compared better to LSD than DMT or 5-MeO-DMT. This does sound like it could be quite an interesting trypamine.
I've also read that when the above analogue was developed (by a PHd student of David Nichols) they also make the benzofuran derivative of 5-MeO-aMT but other than the PHd thesis I found online I have no info on it at all.
CT : Cigarettestan Television – educational TV Here at the goose shed we still carry out some special IP-TV transmissions on behalf of the the national broadcaster Koninklijke Radio Televisie of the Peoples Republic of Cigarettestan
Especially as Ah Beng at the TV playout calls me up at 07:00 (8 hr time difference and says) "aiyaaa alex can u help us one? our satellite TV uprink is suddenry brock by Singapore; they say our programming backward and morally defective. So we mus send video by Great Brighty instead."
So I have to transmit their programming for youths/rehab inmates and delinquent sun bears; where today they are being taught German and how to remember the locations of strategic North European shipping areas ;)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UEZlfxx6CP8
DK/NL : Ø and å have crossed the border into NL :) schoolchildren who learn the local dialect of Groningen (northern most province of NL) are now being taught to use å and ø to write in this dialect (which makes sense as it has historical links with Scandinavia through shipping and the Hanseatic League)
[h=2]NL - GR[/h]
e(è) - æ [ op je toetsenbord typ je alt (ingedrukt houden) gevolgd door: Z ]
ai - ai
oa - å [ op je toetsenbord typ je alt (ingedrukt houden) gevolgd door: W ]
eu - ø [ op je toetsenbord typ je alt (ingedrukt houden) gevolgd door: L ]
oe - u
u - ù
ui - øj
Groningse taal: woorden en zinnen in de taal uit het noorden | Educatie en School: Taal
22 male new to the site. Well i dont really know what to say. I am straight and i am not really interested in guys at all.
So Girls are welcome to send me messages anyday.
Just seeing how this site works out for me.
Obama Gives His Support For M3dical Cannavis Obama States Full Support Of Medical Marijuana | The Daily Caller
Tbh was it not inevitable that he or the next president would basically have to with something like 5 states outright legalizing it (think 2 or 3 have passed laws that haven't yet taken effect). znd several more allowing medical use for conditions as diverse as cancer and sore thumbs.12
NL : Latest video from goose paradise, Groningen Commentary is in Dutch; if you do not understand this Chögal Trizin Hof (hope I spelt his name correctly!) is explaining how the Buddhist animal sanctuary operates (although he started off with geese it is a multi species sanctuary). The Egyptian goose (a relatively new arrival at the sanctuary although increasingly a common migrant to Northern Europe) is not the easiest species to befriend either!
[video]http://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=757235544390999[/video]
Kim Dotcom Facing Possible Deportation From NZ Dotcom Speeding Offense Could Lead to Deportation "In Weeks" | TorrentFreak
What a surprise this is suddenly discovered when the US is nearing the conclusion of it's extradition request.12
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