Montreal’s first Jewish mayor convicted of fraud and corruption

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    On the jewish news site JTA we learn that Montreal’s first jewish mayor has been convicted of fraud and corruption:

    http://www.jta.org/2017/01/31/news-...ewish-mayor-convicted-of-fraud-and-corruption

    What are your thoughts on this case? Does Applebaum deserve five years in prison? Or do you think that this sentence would be too light?
     
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    Dutch Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    Is this the news just because the perpetrator is Jewish? Wow... big (*)(*)(*)(*)ing deal. He's convicted, put his corrupt ass in jail for as long as the judge see fit, and forget about it.

    Geeeee.....
     
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    I think it's in the news because the mayor of a large Western city has been convicted of corruption, conspiracy and fraud. That's a pretty big thing.
     
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    Certainly.
     
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    Odd that when Bernie Madoff was convicted of operating the biggest Ponzi scheme in history no mention was ever made that he was/is Jewish.
     
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    Such crass hypocrisy. Your posts condemning Muslims for being Muslim are legend.
     
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    This piece of garbage breaks the law, and when he is about to face justice for his many crimes, he actually faints in court. :roflol:

    Man, this guy makes Woody Allen look like Conan the Barbarian.

    Interestingly, the influential jewish lobby group ADL complained that Madoff's crimes gave rise to "antisemitic" comments:

    http://www.adl.org/anti-semitism/un...?referrer=https://www.google.hr/#.WKDc7tQrJkg

    However, Madoff's jewish origin was relevant to his crimes, at least according to well-known jewish publications like The Forward and The Atlantic:

    http://forward.com/news/breaking-news/194925/bernie-madoff-says-he-didnt-betray-the-jews/

    https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2016/02/madoff-jewish-affinity-fraud/460446/

    Make what you will of this, folks.
     
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    I'm with DUTCH on this one
    What's Jewish got to do with IT ?

    What if he was a Moslem or a Porn Again IXtian ?
    I suppose a cripple must use whatever crutch he can find to prop up his Hate :steamed:



    Criminal IDIOTS come in all shapes and sizes
    Some chop the heads off of people
    Some bomb wedding parties & funerals
    Some do murder and Bully people off their Land :steamed:

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    It's simple, buddy. In my OP I quoted from an article that I found on the respectable jewish news site JTA, and the headline read Montreal’s first Jewish mayor convicted of fraud and corruption. According Political Forum's rules, all thread titles in the subforum Latest U.S and World News must be copy/pasted from the source article titles:

    http://www.politicalforum.com/rules.php

    If you have any more questions, don't hesitate to ask.
     
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    We are GOOD on this - !

    My point simply used that Title to have a kick at a creaky door :)

    sorry for any offence

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    Yeah and he is not alone. A lot of municipal governments, syndicates and professional orders have been caught cashing in on corruption in the pandora box-like Charbonneau commission. A lot of blame got thrown around and Applebaum is the second or third of these to be convicted.

    The corruptees have in common not the fact that are Jewish (AFAIK, Applebaum is the only non-catholic involved), but rather that they are all staunch federalists.
     
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    He is a disgrace in his own regards. They voted for him not because he is a Jewish but because of his promises for excellent governance which he utterly failed.
     
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    this is false, mostly cause Madoff mostly stole from fellow Jews.
     
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    Nobody voted for Applebaum past simple councillor - he found itself at this position because the previous mayor, pure laine Gerald Tremblay, was being suspected of corruption.

    Today still, it's safe to say that at least half the mayors in Quebec are corrupt. It's an uphill fight for us.
     
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    So I think he was the elected vice Mayor or something and yes something's wrong with the system out there, I think there should be less involvement of the city administration with the contractors, the temptation I think is way too high most probably they offer hefty amounts of bribe money or something.
     
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    Oh, I see. So when you made the following comment:

    I suppose a cripple must use whatever crutch he can find to prop up his Hate

    …you weren't talking about me, you were talking about the journalists on the jewish news site JTA who came up with the title that I used in my thread? You were basically calling these jews haters? Thanks for clearing that up, buddy.

    Well, Bernie did say "I’ve made more money for Jewish people and charities than I’ve lost."
     
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    What you may not "get" is in the Jewish Community such as Madoff are reviled.

    Enough said although it is difficult
     
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    Never were wiser words ever been written!
     
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    When Applebaum became Montreal's first jewish mayor, jews were happy and exited. I quote from The Jewish Daily Forward:

    http://forward.com/news/breaking-news/166327/michael-applebaum-is-first-jewish-montreal-mayor/

    And then he revealed himself to be a despicable criminal who was convicted of corruption, conspiracy and fraud. Oy vey.
     
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    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Applebaum

    Great jewdicial system, huh?
     
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    Yeah, this is news only because he got caught. There are a lot of places where the government wants and expects a little (a lot) of bribery money to get approval for your project. It's the greatest secret never told.
     
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    Yeah, it's pretty clear to everybody that your concern here is the fact that he's the mayor of a large Western city.

    We're not idiots.
     
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