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21. "prosecutors chose not to pursue him citing insufficient evidence of criminal activity"

Sat Mar 14, 2015, 07:31 PM

Mar 2015

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he's heir to the bridgestone tires fortune; the money came from his mother.

kinda like Bloomberg spent $650 million of his own money to get into the mayor's office in the richest city in the country.

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/30/nyregion/cost-of-being-mayor-650-million-if-hes-rich.html?_r=0

just one of the more obvious examples of the same phenomenon.

How Billionaire Oligarchs Are Becoming Their Own Political Parties

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/19/magazine/how-billionaire-oligarchs-are-becoming-their-own-political-parties.html

Is Bruce Rauner buying political support...

http://www.rebootillinois.com/2014/08/12/editors-picks/patrick-mccraney/bruce-rauner-buying-political-support-republican-groups-across-state-runs-governor/22913/

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Ex-Japan PM: Crimea Vote Was Legitimate [View all] Purveyor Mar 2015 OP

I wondering if people ever have a sudden flash of insight and realize Kurska Mar 2015 #1

Same could be asked in regards to many countries such as Saudi Arabia. eom Purveyor Mar 2015 #3

I must have missed the Saudi apologists here. NuclearDem Mar 2015 #4

and yet, we don't see daily vilification of the sauds and the saudi government such as ND-Dem Mar 2015 #7

Or posters are not creating OPs praising zappaman Mar 2015 #8

No, we have our own government to doing that for us. Purveyor Mar 2015 #9

Because we don't see Saudi government propaganda posted here on a daily basis. NuclearDem Mar 2015 #10

russian propaganda is posted here on a daily basis? do you see any here today? ND-Dem Mar 2015 #11

I haven't gone through and checked yet. NuclearDem Mar 2015 #12

well, since you said it's posted here daily, surely there's some on the front page as we ND-Dem Mar 2015 #14

The second I see some evidence of this apparent Saudi apology. NuclearDem Mar 2015 #17

what saudi apology? i certainly didn't say anything like that. but you said russian ND-Dem Mar 2015 #19

I didn't say you did. That was in the post I replied to. NuclearDem Mar 2015 #23

it's my posts you've been replying to in this thread, & i don't see a saudi apology in ND-Dem Mar 2015 #24

Reading comprehension is a plus. NuclearDem Mar 2015 #26

I still don't see a saudi apology. or anyone talking about "an apparent saudi apology". ND-Dem Mar 2015 #28

Jesus, I never said there was one in any of those posts. NuclearDem Mar 2015 #30

the difference is that there's no near-constant attack on saudi arabia equivalent ND-Dem Mar 2015 #31

"But SA is an ally, Russia is not" NuclearDem Mar 2015 #32

SA is an ally; Russia is not. That's a fact. Thus it's not in the interest of the ND-Dem Mar 2015 #33

Yes, Russia does have supporters here. NuclearDem Mar 2015 #34

so 'anti-western' (according to you) = pro-russian? ND-Dem Mar 2015 #35

Fuck it, I'm done. NuclearDem Mar 2015 #36

I have never once posted a single article in defense of Saudi Arabia. Kurska Mar 2015 #27

"all the time" except today, apparently. ND-Dem Mar 2015 #29

Well, that settles it then. NuclearDem Mar 2015 #2

An employee of an energy company geek tragedy Mar 2015 #5

hatoyama is an energy company employee? I heard he was the grandson of the founder ND-Dem Mar 2015 #13

He serves Hoifu Energy--along with Neil Bush. geek tragedy Mar 2015 #15

he 'serves them' does he? ND-Dem Mar 2015 #18

You are very well versed in anti-Democrat talking points. nt geek tragedy Mar 2015 #20

you are very well versed in ad hom & personal attack. you made a charge against ND-Dem Mar 2015 #22

Case closed! zappaman Mar 2015 #6

We see the reason why this idiot had to resign after eight months, facing a no confidence vote stevenleser Mar 2015 #16

"prosecutors chose not to pursue him citing insufficient evidence of criminal activity" ND-Dem Mar 2015 #21

It is more of what the other side is saying it isn't JonLP24 Mar 2015 #25