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A Book Review
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| Michael Cohen |
That is because Michael Cohen
is a similarly slippery scoundrel himself and if ever the words were true, they fit here. “It takes one to tell one.”
As a Long Island teenager,
Cohen worked summers and weekends in a country club where he encountered
individuals connected to New York’s mafia families. He was never part of their structure but he
was able to witness the high lives they lived, the way they behaved, the way
they got things done, making their own rules, their codes of silence, their
organization and their crude feelings of brotherhood and loyalty. He liked the way they would order something
done, often with a nod and no specific instructions but well understood by all
present. Except for the fact that he was
a nice Jewish boy who ended up going to a second-rate law school, he always
harbored a silent desire to have the respect that a mafia “made man”
received. But he was content to become
independently wealthy practicing on the shadier sides of the legal profession.
Until he met Donald
Trump. At last Cohen found a safe way to
live a life like the mafiosi did, without the killing of course, but getting
the feeling of belonging to an organization which made its own rules, did
whatever they wanted and supposedly provided rewards for loyalty to it and most
importantly, to its “Boss” or “Capo.” He
wouldn’t be asked to “whack” someone literally but doing so “figuratively”
became his stock in trade in the Trump Organization. It was like being a “soldier” in a mafia
family rising through the ranks. He
became the “fixer.” He loved being given, eventually, the big jobs by the
“Boss,” deriving great pleasure from it as part of his rewards. And of course, most of the time, that “Boss”
did not have to tell him precisely what to do.
He already knew.
Briefly citing from
“Disloyal,” here is how Cohen took his orders from Trump. (page 337):
“Over the years, I had
become fluent in the language Trump used to communicate his desires and
demands. He used inferences, nods,
silences, euphemisms, signals. It was
similar to how Trump never used email, for the simple reasons that it created a
digital fingerprint that would permanently record his words – and thus
potentially ensnare him. Like a crime
boss, Trump wanted no evidence that could connect him to any of his deeds, or
deeds that he indirectly or directly ordered others to do. The same applied with conversations. If the President explicitly said what he
wanted, or needed, it could potentially be used against him. Better to say nothing that could be held
against you, but surround yourself with people who can translate your
intentions. Trump’s mind was so
permeated with deception and delusion – of others, but also of himself – that I
had to be prepared to literally depart from reality and enter a kind of
fantasyland when I spoke with the President.”
Eventually, because loyalty
was a one-way street with Trump, the President abandoned Michael Cohen, letting
him be sentenced to three years in prison for a series of questionable
financial transactions, but primarily for his lying about carrying out Trump’s
instructions in bribing Stormy Daniels, a porn star who claimed she had had a
sexual encounter with Trump, who was never charged with anything.
And that is the genesis of
Michael Cohen’s book which conclusively documents the wickedness of the piece
of shit who served as our forty-fifth president, a book written by someone
greedy enough to want the feeling of power only a high ranking mafioso might
enjoy, and was willing to be covered with Trumpian feces in order to accomplish
that.
Anyone willing to admit to that deserves to be believed.
(Included in the appendices to Michael Cohen’s book, “Disloyal,” are copies of many legal documents mentioned in it. There are also copies of what appear to be photocopies of many of the pages from the Steele Dossier, with very few deletions.)
JL
How to Deal with Law Breakers in Congress
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| Senator Hawley encouraging Capitol terrorists |
Here is the text of Section 3 of the Fourteenth Amendment to the
Constitution. I would hope that
the presiding officer of the United States Senate, Vice President Harris, once she
has taken her new position, will read it aloud in the Senate chamber, after
which the expulsion of Senators Cruz and Hawley will be voted upon, two-thirds
of the Senate’s votes being needed to cancel any such expulsion.
“No Person shall
be a Senator or Representative
in Congress, or elector of President and Vice-President, or hold any office,
civil or military, under the United States, or under any State, who, having
previously taken an oath, as
a member of Congress, or as an officer of the United States, or as a member of
any State legislature, or as an executive or judicial officer of any State, to support the
Constitution of the United
States, shall have engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the
same, or given aid or
comfort to the enemies thereof. But Congress may by a vote of two-thirds
of each House, remove such disability.”
“It’s time for the truth to come out! Let me extend my congratulations to the Ohio
State Buckeyes for winning the College Football Playoffs, trouncing a hapless
University of Alabama team by a huuuge score on Monday evening in Miami!
I know that the fake news media reported, and the
supposedly live TV coverage broadcast, a game which Alabama falsely appeared to
have won … but some people who actually were there and who saw the game know
what really happened on the field. It
was an Ohio State romp! Believe me, the
Buckeyes won, but the public will never know that because of the fake media,
which spread the phony story of the made-up Alabama victory using clever
computer generated graphics to steal the victory from the true winner, Ohio
State . Alabama wasn’t even close. Even the failing New York Times was in on the
hoax, going overboard in their lying by reporting that Alabama had won by the
score of 52 to 24. Never happened!
Yes, as far as Covid19
vaccinations go, Palm Beach County is a frigging disaster. The miniscule number of doses received by the
county have gone to nursing homes and the general population in a disorganized,
scattershot, haphazard manner, some to hospitals, some to firehouses, some to
churches, some to individual communities.
Here are some stories about how folks in Palm Beach County get
vaccinated.
There are over 100,000
residents over age 65 waiting for appointments for which they signed up via the
County’s frequently inoperative website.
At the present rate that vaccines are received by the County, it appears
it will take many months to get these people vaccinated here. So they look elsewhere. Nevertheless, some residents who signed up early in the game are now getting appointments in Palm Beach County as the limited number of doses slowly increases. If you are not already signed up, it can be done (name, date of birth, phone number, and mention where you live (Boynton, Delray, Boca, etc.) at
I personally know of people
who have traveled as far north as Sebastian, at their doctor’s instruction, for
vaccination. Others have gone as far
south as Homestead. These are two to
three-hour drives. Many have taken advantage
of the relatively ample supply of vaccine in nearby Broward County to register for
vaccination at the many locations there if they can manage to catch their
website when it is operative. People I
know who have gone this route tell me that anyone in line at some of the
locations there can get vaccinated, appointment or not, once they complete the
paperwork. (I have an appointment there
next week.)
I keep hearing rumors that wealthy
people from New York City are able to fly into Miami or Fort Lauderdale, get
their vaccination and fly back up north, with an appointment to come back in
three or four weeks. Personally, I know
of none.
Back in Palm Beach County, the
VA hospital is now offering vaccinations to veterans signed up to receive
health care there. But some County
residents indeed have gotten their shots.
One I know received his at the Kings Point residential community where a
token supply was received there each day last week. It was available to non-residents waiting in
line once those who lived there received the vaccine. It took standing in line for two or three
hours on three successive days before that day’s supply ran out, before he and
his wife received the vaccine. Another
friend received a call from their PB Country ‘concierge’ physician to come to
his office where ‘concierge’ patients could get the vaccine. And of course, much of what little vaccine
was initially made available to the County went to well-heeled Palm Beach
Island, rather than the less organized larger communities. Some residents there, big dollar donors to private
senior communities which including nursing facilities, were vaccinated along
with the nursing home residents.
And the senior community where
I live is still trying to get Walgreens, once their nursing home work is
finished, to set up vaccinations here, as they do annually for ‘flu’
shots. Meanwhile, the State seems to be
working with the Publix Supermarket chain to arrange for vaccines to be given at
some of their locations, but none in Palm Beach County.
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