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To: koan who wrote (990273)	12/26/2016 12:23:47 AM
From: i-node	3 Recommendations Recommended By dave rose locogringo Mick Mørmøny Respond to of 1570132

God. If you didn't read garbage you might not be so damned stupid.

To: koan who wrote (990273)	12/26/2016 12:30:38 AM
From: Stock Puppy	1 Recommendation Recommended By Mick Mørmøny Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1570132

Trump had three hotels in Atlantic city. Can't do that without dealing with organized crime. That is a concern. We'll find out if it is a problem and remember the position is not King, it is USA President which has all sorts of checks and balances; although some presidents have stretched when they could. I don't think that Trump will have that luxury. But if we go that path, then look at all those truly damning things that his competitor has been accused of and there seems to be a bit more evidence for. Besides a dangling participle - dang!

To: koan who wrote (990273)	12/26/2016 12:56:59 AM
From: James Seagrove	2 Recommendations Recommended By FJB Mick Mørmøny Respond to of 1570132

Yet this never bothered you? Chelsea's Criminal Connection Or this? Honest Ed Mezvinsky

To: koan who wrote (990273)	12/26/2016 9:40:28 AM
From: Thomas A Watson	1 Recommendation Recommended By Stock Puppy Respond to of 1570132

well koany, you are now claiming the obomination adminstration also runs the criminal elements in Atlantic City. Well all know Chicago is the capiptal of the obomination cartel. No surprise about Atlantic CIty. think positive, the bovine excrement failure four are wrong as usual.

To: koan who wrote (990273)	12/26/2016 10:31:26 AM
From: POKERSAM	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1570132

koan - Just curious. Do you believe in any personal God, universal spirit or higher power?

To: koan who wrote (990273)

12/26/2016 1:39:40 PM

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newsmax.com Trump to Fill More Than 100 Judicial Vacancies, Reshape Courts
By Jeffrey Rodack |

President-elect Donald Trump will be able to reshape the judicial system once he takes office by filling an estimated 103 court vacancies, The Washington Post reports.

The number, which does not include the opening on the U.S. Supreme Court, is almost double the 54 open judicial openings President Barack Obama was faced with when he took over eight years ago, the newspaper noted.

Once the GOP took control of the Senate in 2015, confirmation of Obama's judicial nominees was slowed, according to the Post.

Now, as an incoming Republican president, Trump will be able to make lifetime appointments to the bench, who will decide on issues including state gun control laws, abortion restrictions, voter registration and immigration.

"I'm optimistic he'll come at this right out of the gate," said Carrie Severino, chief counsel and policy director of the conservative Judicial Crisis Network,is quoted by the newspaper.

"Every president can expect to make a huge impact. (Trump) is unique in having campaigned really hard on this issue — the significance of the courts, and of the Supreme Court in particular."

Politico reports the Republican Senate set a modern day record for the fewest confirmations of the lifetime judicial appointees.

The Senate confirmed only 20 Obama judicial appointments to district and appeals courts in the last two years — the lowest number in the past 28 years, according to a report obtained by the website.

© 2016 Newsmax. All rights reserved.

To: koan who wrote (990273)	12/26/2016 4:15:13 PM
From: Bearcatbob	2 Recommendations Recommended By Mick Mørmøny TideGlider Respond to of 1570132

Dearest Charles, If the person currently pretending to be president of the United States actually gave a crap about those he exploits for votes this would not happen. The magic O plays the left for complete fools - but then that is so easy. latimes.com Bob

To: koan who wrote (990273)	12/26/2016 5:10:24 PM
From: J_F_Shepard	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1570132

Can't build anything in NYC without some sort of dealing with the Mafia, especially as I understand it, any concrete construction.... politico.com Just What Were Donald Trump's Ties to the Mob? I've spent years investigating, and here's what's known. By David Cay Johnston May 22, 2016 " But Trump was not clean as a whistle. Beginning three years earlier, he’d hired mobbed-up firms to erect Trump Tower and his Trump Plaza apartment building in Manhattan, including buying ostensibly overpriced concrete from a company controlled by mafia chieftains Anthony “Fat Tony” Salerno and Paul Castellano. That story eventually came out in a federal investigation, which also concluded that in a construction industry saturated with mob influence, the Trump Plaza apartment building most likely benefited from connections to racketeering. Trump also failed to disclose that he was under investigation by a grand jury directed by the U.S. attorney in Brooklyn, who wanted to learn how Trump obtained an option to buy the Penn Central railroad yards on the West Side of Manhattan........."