We've gotten similar reports from our Rubber Room Reporters over at ed notes.
It was brilliant strategy to use powerpoint and not hand out the 10 points. But you know, paper is expensive. They are hoping the RR people will forget what they were.
Word is that Weingarten will sit Joel down and read him the points and then they'll go out to dinner to have a laugh about them and talk about future life in Washington.
To be fair, some people think RW was was wonderful to stay so late and show emotion at how much she feels their pain. (Just another page from the Clinton playbook. But when you both pay Howard Wolfson as an advisor to Hillary and Randi - and probably Klein - can you expect anything less?)
If I were in the rubber room, I wouldn't forget anything. I'd forget to rely on Randi for any real help though. She's just doing this to look good, and she doesn't seem to be doing even that.
Racketeering is the act of operating an illegal business or scheme in order to make a profit, perpetrated by a structured group. It is a broad category of criminal acts that includes bribery, sexual exploitation of children, and illegal gambling, among many others. Racketeering is closely associated with organized crime, since both are conducted by groups.
Racketeering encompasses many criminal acts. It includes theft and fraud against businesses or individuals. Governments can be victimized by racketeering; examples include counterfeiting money and trading in untaxed alcohol. Racketeering can also take the form of providing illegal services, such as prostitution or drug trafficking. Racketeering also takes place among legitimate businesses or labor unions, where it is sometimes referred to as white-collar crime. Examples include extortion and money laundering.
The criminal organizations who engage in racketeering often have legitimate businesses, for instance licensed gaming establishments or a labor-based business such as garbage collection, in order to provide cover for their rackets. In addition, racketeering is often aided by the bribing, blackmailing, or extortion of public officials or civil servants. Legitimate business owners can be similarly manipulated in order to help criminal groups and their racketeering practices to appear lawful.
While all forms of racketeering are targeted by law enforcement agencies, of particular concern to the United States government is labor racketeering. The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) defines labor racketeering as the manipulation of a labor force, which affects all industries and businesses related to that labor group. Beginning in the 1950s, the FBI has investigated criminal organizations, especially La Cosa Nostra or the Mafia, with labor union ties and learned that many of their operatives pose as or are in collusion with union members while engaging in labor racketeering. These racketeers extort union officials or bribe them with offers of favorable contracts or settled disputes, or otherwise coerce them to accept certain terms or demands. The ultimate goal of most labor racketeering is the control of health, welfare, and pension plans of union members, the total assets of which amount to several billion dollars.
Labor racketeering not only denies laborers their rights, but also results in economic loss to workers, the industry, and consumers. The FBI has determined that labor racketeering leads to increased labor costs, which are passed on to consumers and cost the American public millions of dollars annually. To target entire corrupt entities instead of replaceable individuals, racketeering is federally prosecuted under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) statute. Through the use of this statute, the government hopes to eliminate the corruption caused by racketeering.
I found the above defintion of "racketeering" at Wisegeek.com, in case you were wondering. I paid special attention to the last paragraph, which describes the state of affairs of most UFT rank and file at present. Soon there will be more criminals in the White House if Hil has her way.
You have my attention. So now, how do we go about nailing Randi and co. for racketeering?
A rubber room teacher asked her why she allows the DOE to press 3020a charges based upon ticky-tac actions and why the "probable cause" section is being expanded beyond the contract. Her response....next question please.
Disney-based promotion of music is grooming the victims of the 2010-2020 revelry cycle.
Schwartzenegger insists the victims of the 2007 Southern California firestorm temporarily residing at Jack Murphy Stadium are happy.
First he calls Tonight Show host Jay Leno an "idiot". Then he drops this bomb.
If it were Gray Davis the gods would have their media attack him mercilessly for these mistakes. Together they may be enough to cost any other politician his career. But not Arnold Schwartzenegger.
They say he makes comments like these all the time, clues which are all buried. And it's because they have BIG plans for him::::He is a tool who will be used to accomplish historical evil for the gods.
They say there is a strange sense of "unease" at the State Capital, like he doesn't belong there. And he doesn't. He is not American. Sadly this is an issue that is too readily discounted:::::
He is not from the United States. His loyalties lie with a country that was the enemy of the United States a mere 65 years ago.
Just as we witnessed with Clinton in 1992 expect blacks to register and vote en masse for Schwartzenegger as well, a clue and a red flag.
Just as we haven't seen any more of that "Everybody is happy." idiocy from the Preditor so do we no longer hear anything of the possibility a firefighter started one if not more of these SoCal fires, buried forever.
Weight training (promoted in every prison system in the country), promotion of pharmeceuticals (steroids), desensitizing "guy flicks" all prove the name "Preditor" is warranted.
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