+EdwardGlen Posted July 16, 2012 Report Share Posted July 16, 2012 Biggest Donor To Romney And GOP Did Business With Chinese Mob http://thinkprogress...-mob/?mobile=nc Things are getting awkward for Sheldon Adelson, the casino magnate who pledged to spend a “limitless” amount of money to get Mitt Romney elected. Adelson’s latest woes stem from business practices surrounding his lucrative casino in Macau, the only Chinese city with legalized gambling. The Macau operation has long been under scrutiny but a new in-depth investigation from ProPublica and PBS focused on allegations of improper, and perhaps in some cases illegal, business dealings by Adelson’s Las Vegas Sands company in China. While focusing on the possibility that Sands violated the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act with a $700,000 payment to a Chinese associate, PBS also released documents that bolstered accusations of business ties between Adelson’s shop and Chinese organized crime figures. PBS reports that Sands was clear that, in order to drive business from mainland China to their Macau casino, they would need to use “junkets” — trips arranged by private companies to ferry high-stakes gamblers to Macau: Among the junket companies under scrutiny is a concern that records show was financed by Cheung Chi Tai, a Hong Kong businessman. Cheung was named in a 1992 U.S. Senate report as a leader of a Chinese organized crime gang, or triad. A casino in Macau owned by Las Vegas Sands granted tens of millions of dollars in credit to a junket backed by Cheung, documents show. Cheung did not respond to requests for comment. Another document says that a Las Vegas Sands subsidiary did business with Charles Heung, a well-known Hong Kong film producer who was identified as an office holder in the Sun Yee On triad in the same 1992 Senate report. Heung, who has repeatedly denied any involvement in organized crime, did not return phone calls. Because Nevada gambling authorities forbid doing any business with organized crime, Sands’s Las Vegas gambling licenses could hang in the balance. (Adelson and his company refused to comment for the PBS story.) But Adelson has other issues with his China operations. In 2001, Adelson allegedly helped derail House Republican measure opposing Beijing’s Olympic bid due to human rights issues. “The bill will never see the light day, Mr. Mayor. Don’t worry about it,” he reportedly told Beijing’s mayor after phoning then-House Majority Whip Tom Delay. Sands went on to receive its lucrative casino license from China. Part of Adelson’s Chinese dealings, which came under federal scrutiny in 2011, went through a non-profit called the Adelson Center for U.S.-China Enterprise. According to a WikiLeaks cable flagged by Salon, the association, which was meant to facilitate business between the U.S. and China, was shut down by China after some “missteps” with “funds transfer mechanisms” used by Sands. Unlike competitors, the cable said, Sands lobbied Beijing directly instead of going through Macau authorities. Adelson and Sands deny any wrongdoing related to the federal investigation. Adelson’s many interests in politics are sometimes business-oriented and, on other issues, purely driven by ideology. Either way, his spending is massive. Adelson pledged to join forces with the Koch brothers to take down President Obama. Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) — a top surrogate for Romney’s campaign — said of Adelson’s Chinese business interests and political giving that “maybe in a round-about way, foreign money is coming into an American campaign, political campaigns.” Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cristinew Posted July 16, 2012 Report Share Posted July 16, 2012 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EQwrB1vu74c Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cristinew Posted July 16, 2012 Report Share Posted July 16, 2012 a must watch, his own words, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cristinew Posted July 16, 2012 Report Share Posted July 16, 2012 (edited) Mitt Romney Likes Mandates too funny Edited July 17, 2012 by cristinew Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GanjaWarrior Posted July 17, 2012 Report Share Posted July 17, 2012 it is freaky how similar him and obammer are....is this source the lefts version of faux news? the think progress thing..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AKenewell Posted July 17, 2012 Report Share Posted July 17, 2012 http://newsbusters.o...e-they-actually Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cristinew Posted July 17, 2012 Report Share Posted July 17, 2012 it is freaky how similar him and obammer are. you said correct, what a choice hey? Johnson 2012 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cristinew Posted July 17, 2012 Report Share Posted July 17, 2012 Goldman Sachs $593,080 JPMorgan Chase & Co $467,089 Bank of America $425,100 Morgan Stanley $399,850 Credit Suisse Group $390,360 Citigroup Inc $312,800 MItt Now Obama University of California $1,648,685 Goldman Sachs $1,013,091 Harvard University $878,164 Microsoft Corp $852,167 Google Inc $814,540 JPMorgan Chase & Co $808,799 Citigroup Inc $736,7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cristinew Posted July 17, 2012 Report Share Posted July 17, 2012 And now for some Humor GOP Base Realizes the Party Candidate is a Mormon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cristinew Posted July 17, 2012 Report Share Posted July 17, 2012 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z6oK2bFEeyU&feature=watch_response Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AmishRnot4ganja Posted July 22, 2012 Report Share Posted July 22, 2012 Does anyone else get the feeling that organized crime is attempting to take over the world with the blessing of white religious leaders and that both Republican and Democrat politicians are willing participants? Absolute power (money) corrupts absolutely. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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