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To: Qualified Opinion who wrote (13471)1/23/2015 4:47:59 AM
From: joseffy  Respond to of 16547
 
Is Brady the new Bill Clinton? 6 famous phony denials
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By Post Staff Report January 23, 2015
nypost.com


From top left, clockwise: Bill Clinton and Monica Lewinsky, Alex Rodriguez, Lance Armstrong and Rafael Palmeiro Photo: ZumaPress; AP (2); Getty Images

Don't believe Brady: Someone is lying


If Tom Brady, Bill Belichick and the Patriots turn out to be lying about their knowledge of the underinflated footballs used in the AFC title game, their denials Thursday could go down in history among these famous denials that turned out to be bogus:

Bill Clinton In January 1998, President Clinton gave a press conference in which he said, “I did not have sexual relations with that woman,” referring to White House intern Monica Lewinsky. However, that summer, Clinton admitted he had an “improper physical relationship” with Lewinsky.

Lance Armstrong The world-class biker, long suspected of doping, issued several emphatic denials. But he was singing a different tune in January 2013, confessing to Oprah Winfrey. “All the fault and all the blame here falls on me,” Armstrong said. “I viewed this situation as one big lie that I repeated a lot of times. I made my decisions. They are my mistakes, and I am sitting here today to acknowledge that and to say I’m sorry for that.”

Rafael Palmeiro In March 2005, Palmeiro went before Congress and said, “Let me start by telling you this: I have never used steroids. Period. I don’t know how to say it any more clearly than that. Never.” That August, Palmeiro was suspended for 10 days for violating Major League Baseball’s steroid policy, but said he did not “intentionally” take steroids and “could not explain” how the illegal substance got into his body.



To: Qualified Opinion who wrote (13471)1/23/2015 10:24:23 AM
From: joseffy  Respond to of 16547
 
Billionaire Lectures Serfs In Davos: "America's Lifestyle Expectations Are Far Too High"
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by Mike Krieger via Liberty Blitzkrieg blog,

If you listened closely this morning, you could hear humanity vomit as JP Morgan CEO, Jamie Dimon, began to speak at Davos.

Just when you thought it couldn’t get any worse, it has. Enter billionaire Jeff Greene, who’s comments at Davos make Sam Zell look enlightened.

From Bloomberg:

Billionaire Jeff Greene, who amassed a multibillion dollar fortune betting against subprime mortgage securities, says the U.S. faces a jobs crisis that will cause social unrest and radical politics.

“America’s lifestyle expectations are far too high and need to be adjusted so we have less things and a smaller, better existence,” Greene said in an interview today at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. “We need to reinvent our whole system of life.”

Wait a minute, “we” need to reinvent our whole system of life? I’m curious, Mr. Greene, how specifically will YOU be adjusting your lifestyle expectations? I didn’t think so. Kindly shut the fuck up.

Greene, who flew his wife, children and two nannies on a private jet plane to Davos for the week, said he’s planning a conference in Palm Beach, Florida, at the Tideline Hotel called “Closing the Gap.” The event, which he said is scheduled for December, will feature speakers such as economist Nouriel Roubini.

Oh, but there’s more. When Mr. Greene had the audacity to run for the U.S. Senate in Florida back in 2010, salacious details about what went onboard his yacht came out. While I don’t care what he or his friends do in their spare time, this doesn’t seem to vibe with the idea of Americans lowering their lifestyle expectations, does it? From the Huffington Post:

Working on Greene’s 145-foot Choy Lee yacht was like being “locked” in Studio 54 in its prime. It was nothing short of, “Sex, Drugs, and Techno Music.” Celebrities, “hired” party girls, mayhem, and debauchery.


I saw more tits and ass in one night on Jeff Greene’s Summerwind than I have for the past seven years on South Beach.

Greene attempted to dispel reports of the alleged partying that went down on his boat earlier this week.

“When I’m on my boat, we’re kayaking, we’re scuba diving, there’s no wild parties,” said the Senate hopeful at a press conference. “I think that people are trying to associate time I’ve been on my boat when I’ve had some different kinds of colorful guests. They’re trying to associate me with that. But, look, I’m a 55-year-old man. I’m not a partier.”

The “colorful people” alluded to by Greene could include Lindsay Lohan, who reportedly spent time on the yacht in St. Barth’s last New Year’s Eve, and former heavyweight champ Mike Tyson, who has reportedly partaken in vibrant festivities aboard the vessel.

Peach recalls, “Mike Tyson got on board sometime in late August. I particularly remember serving Tyson a vodka and Red Bull while he was receiving oral sex from a hired entertainer.”

Tyson, now sober, offered a detailed account of time he spent on Greene’s yacht to Sports Illustrated last month.

“This [drug dealer] goes and gets me a big rock of cocaine,” he said. “So pretty soon I got a party going on. I got everything: I got these rugby players. I got these naked girls, I got all these … everything’s going on in the room.”

Now back to the Bloomberg article:

The billionaire said he’s planning on having dinner tonight with former U.K. Prime Minister Tony Blair, and will attend several private meals and parties throughout the week.

It’s no surprise that such a disingenuous guy would find the time to have dinner with Tony Blair, a celebrated crony capitalist and war criminal. Here are a few Tony Blair lowlights I have showcased previously:

Picture of the Day – A Very Creepy Season’s Greetings from Tony Blair

Tony Blair Gets Paid (Again) – Secret $61,000 per Month Contract with Saudis Revealed

Letter Reveals Tony Blair Advised Kazakhstan’s President on How to Spin Massacre of Innocent, Unarmed Protesters

Apparently, some lifestyle expectations are more equal than others.