By Chris Truax
The year 2020 just keeps on giving. (click here) Not only have we lost one of the towering figures in American legal history in Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the empty Supreme Court seat she leaves is yet another wild card in the most dangerous and chaotic political season in American history. It’s not an exaggeration to say that how her seat gets filled could be as consequential for the continued political health of the republic as the election itself.
I’m not going to bother with all the justifications being offered as to why it’s perfectly OK to fill a Supreme Court vacancy a month-and-a-half before a presidential election while it is political obscenity to fill one nine months before a presidential election. They are fig leaves, not arguments, and all the explanations boil down to “because we can.” The issue here isn’t fairness or consistency. It’s consequences. Filling that seat would be the most disastrous thing Republicans could do, not just to the country but to themselves....
I’m not going to bother with all the justifications being offered as to why it’s perfectly OK to fill a Supreme Court vacancy a month-and-a-half before a presidential election while it is political obscenity to fill one nine months before a presidential election. They are fig leaves, not arguments, and all the explanations boil down to “because we can.” The issue here isn’t fairness or consistency. It’s consequences. Filling that seat would be the most disastrous thing Republicans could do, not just to the country but to themselves....
It is interesting how hypocritical McConnell is when it comes to the well being of the country. He really doesn't belong in the Senate with strong affiliations to China and Russia, while pulling the strings for a man in the White House that hates people, doesn't care about the country, has allowed a global pandemic to take hold of the USA, bows to dictators and is dreaming of a third term.
Why did it happen? How is it that McConnell continues to wager in politics with very fateful and I might add hate-filled decisions and not be scarred by them? How did he know in early 2016 that Trump would be filling the Supreme Court seat in 2017? I find it odd. Not that he is hypocritical, but, that he is so willing to gamble with the well being of the USA on politics.
I am convinced he conducts the US Senate as an obstructionist to maintain the status quo. It is where his personal wealth and corrupt power live. I don't know why people in Kentucky continue to vote to maintain him in office. He is corrupt to the core and he is a liar. He is hypocritical and pats himself on the back for it.
You know, a politician is measured in two ways, but, his acts and by his words. If a voter can't trust the words of the person they are electing, then why elect them?
It would seem the USA is regularly laughed at when it comes to attempts to stop international gangs from conducting their illicit business. If the banks are doing their level best to report all this illegal and underworld activity, it isn't working because THERE IS NO ONE ENFORCING THE LAW. Oddly interesting.
Semion Mogilevich was in the Mueller Report. He is a Russian underworld boss. If the money is moving it should not be that difficult to find him. It is really creepy to think these Russian thugs are out there living their dream while banks are nothing more than their change agent. I don't know about Jamie Dimon, but, it can't be a good feeling to have all these thugs involved with a bank that is following the law. I doubt if the banks have much respect for law enforcement and the federal authorities that should be cleaning it up.
It must be a regular Wall Street joke to realize the number of criminals in Trump's circle of friends and loyalists and having them get pardons on top of the lack of interest in the bank's compliance and expectations to make a difference in the world.
And McConnell subscribes to it.
By David Pegg
..A separate report (click here) details over $1bn in wire transfers by JP Morgan Chase that the bank later came to suspect were linked to Semion Mogilevich, an alleged Russian organised crime boss who is named on the FBI’s top 10 most wanted list.
A JP Morgan Chase spokesperson told the BBC: “We follow all laws and regulations in support of the government’s work to combat financial crimes. We devote thousands of people and hundreds of millions of dollars to this important work.”
According to BBC Panorama, the British bank HSBC allowed a group of criminals to transfer millions of dollars from a Ponzi scheme through its accounts, even after it had identified their fraud.
HSBC said in a statement: “Starting in 2012, HSBC embarked on a multi-year journey to overhaul its ability to combat financial crime across more than 60 jurisdictions.” It added: “HSBC is a much safer institution than it was in 2012.”...
Maybe if people like Trump and McConnell continue to throw Wall Street bailouts and money from the US Treasury, it is easier to accept the corruption conducted through USA banks. After all Wall Street needs banks, yes?
Whatever happened to Dodd-Frank?
