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Who is Sheldon Adelson and What Has Newt Promised Him? | Robert Reich's blog
And, who knows? The Adelsons are billionaires. They might decide to put in another $5 million or perhaps $20 million into Gingrich's Super Pac. The point is, there's no limit.

Do you know who Sheldon and Marian Adelson are? Do you know what Gingrich has promised them, or what they think they'll get out of a Grinch presidency? I don't. But if Newt becomes President of the United States, they'll be singularly responsible. And we better find out, because Newt will owe them big time.

For a hint, see here. But I bet Reich knows this....
by gk (g k quattro due due sette "at" gmail.com) on Thu Jan 26th, 2012 at 10:27:54 AM EST
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Interesting that Spiegel also had an article on him and Gingrich today.

HERE

"Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage." - Anaïs Nin

by Crazy Horse on Thu Jan 26th, 2012 at 01:25:30 PM EST
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But even Spiegel just talks about his pro-Israel politics, not about how extreme he his. It's presumably due to him that Gingrich went from (in 2005)
The Palestinians entered their war with Israel as a relatively wealthy, educated, and cosmopolitan people. They were in some ways among the most international and most advanced people in the Arab world. The long conflict has destroyed their hopes for a better future, left them without a viable economy, and for too long, left them without responsible leadership.
to his "invented people".
by gk (g k quattro due due sette "at" gmail.com) on Fri Jan 27th, 2012 at 03:26:51 AM EST
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Yeah, who is Sheldon Adelson?

ElPais.com in English: Madrid head mulls tax haven for casino deal (23/01/2012)

Sheldon's EuroVegas project, of 12 resorts with 36,000 rooms, six casinos, nine theaters and three golf courses would entail an investment of up to 18.8 billion euros through to 2022 and the creation of 261,000 jobs. But Sheldon in turn wants the land for the complex free, a very generous tax holiday and for the smoking ban in Spain to be waived at the development.


tens of millions of people stand to see their lives ruined because the bureaucrats at the ECB don't understand introductory economics -- Dean Baker
by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Thu Jan 26th, 2012 at 02:15:55 PM EST
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Apparently at least two or three municipalities in the Madrid periphery, as well as one in Barcelona, are vying for this project.

I wonder whether EuroVegas will end up like EuroDisney: in France and catering to American tourists for whom Europe = Paris and who want an American vacation in Europe, rather than in Spain and catering to Central Europeans.

tens of millions of people stand to see their lives ruined because the bureaucrats at the ECB don't understand introductory economics -- Dean Baker

by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Thu Jan 26th, 2012 at 02:23:13 PM EST
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So many times I hear foreigners saying that they are going to Paris, I ask what they are going to do and it's pretty much EuroDisney, and that's it.

I find it so depressing.

On occasion, I mention that I've never been. They tend to look at me with golf balls and ask "WHY?". To which I ask why I should go.

Earth provides enough to satisfy every man's need, but not every man's greed. Gandhi

by Cyrille (cyrillev domain yahoo.fr) on Thu Jan 26th, 2012 at 03:10:30 PM EST
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Ssh! If he hears of it, Sarko still has time to clinch the deal before the elections.
by afew (afew(a in a circle)eurotrib_dot_com) on Thu Jan 26th, 2012 at 03:21:00 PM EST
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