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Hillary Clinton: The fat cats’ favorite candidate

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By Post Editorial Board
October 25, 2015 | 9:45pm

Fire-breathing scourge of Wall Street on the campaign trail — and reliable friend of Wall Street in the boardroom. That’s Hillary Clinton — and the big-money crowd thinks it’s in on the game.

For all her populist rhetoric against hedge-funders and the like, Clinton has received more donations from CEOs than any candidate in the GOP — you know, the party of the greedy rich.

More than 760 of Clinton’s presidential donors have listed their occupation as CEO or some variation, according to a Big Crunch analysis of federal election forms.

That’s as many as have given to Republican hopefuls Jeb Bush, Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz combined.

And it doesn’t even include people like hedge-fund CEO Robert Mercer, who prefers to list himself as a “financial consultant” — or those who’ve given instead to pro-Hillary super-PACs. (Or all the folks who’ve bought goodwill over the years by giving to the Clinton Foundation.)

Surprising? No. We’re talking about a woman who’s made millions from hefty six-figure fees for speeches to, among others, groups headed by those same CEOs.

https://nypost.com/2015/10/25/hillary-clinton-the-fat-cats-favorite-candidate/

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SPEAKER BOEHNER PUSHES FOR ONE MORE BAD DEAL BEFORE LEAVING HOUSE

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BY ANDREW TAYLOR AND ERICA WERNER
ASSOCIATED PRESS

WASHINGTON (AP) — Speaker John Boehner is trying to make one last deal as he heads for the exits, pushing to finalize a far-reaching, two-year budget agreement before handing Congress’ top job over to Paul Ryan this week, congressional officials said Monday.

The deal, in concert with a must-pass increase in the federal borrowing limit, would solve the thorniest issues awaiting Ryan, who is set to be elected speaker on Thursday. It would also take budget showdowns and government shutdown fights off the table until after the 2016 presidential election, a potential boon to Republican candidates who might otherwise face uncomfortable questions about messes in the GOP-led Congress.

Congress must raise the federal borrowing limit by Nov. 3 or risk a first-ever default, while money to pay for government operations runs out Dec. 11 unless Congress acts. Top House and Senate aides have been meeting with White House officials in search of a deal that would give both the Pentagon and domestic agencies budget relief in exchange for cuts elsewhere in the budget.

The measure under discussion would suspend the current $18.1 trillion debt limit through March 2017. After that it would be reset by the Treasury Department to reflect borrowing over that time.

https://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_CONGRESS_BUDGET?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2015-10-26-12-34-27

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Iranian aggression since Obama nuclear deal looms as 2016 headache for Democrats

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By Valerie Richardson – The Washington Times – Sunday, October 25, 2015

For any Democrat anxious to see the unpopular Iran nuclear agreement fade from public view between now and November 2016, it’s been a rough couple of weeks.

Headlines about the GOP Senate’s failed battle to stop the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action had all but disappeared when Iran launched an Oct. 11 test of an intercontinental ballistic missile. Suddenly foes of the deal were back in the news, accusing Iran of breaking the agreement.

https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2015/oct/25/iranian-aggression-since-obama-nuclear-deal-looms-/

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MICHAEL SAVAGE UNLEASHED: STOP THE MUSLIM INVASION OF AMERICA, REPUBLICANS IN CAHOOTS WITH HILLARY, GENERATION NUMBED BY MEDS

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by ROBERT WILDE26 Oct 20152,580

This past weekend, conservative talk radio icon and author of multiple New York Times bestsellers Dr. Michael Savage and Breitbart News Editor-in-Chief Alexander Marlow discussed his latest book Government Zero: No Borders, No Language, No Culture.

Appearing on Breitbart News Saturday, which airs on SiriusXM Patriot channel 125, Dr. Savage explained that this is the first interview in the campaign for his new book. Marlow said he was honored and reminded Savage that their interview together last year, discussing Stop the Coming Civil War: My Savage Truth, was one of the highlights of the year for Breitbart News Saturday.

Savage, who holds a PhD in nutrition from the University of California at Berkeley, recounted that during his last interview with Marlow, when they discussed Stop the Coming Civil War, “I don’t know if we stopped it or started it.”

In 2012, Savage admits, “I told conservative voters who were not going to vote to hold their nose and vote for Romney.” He expected that when Republicans regained power in congress, “Our work would begin and we would have to hold their feet to the fire.” Unfortunately, that didn’t work very well, he acknowledged. “They have no feet to put to the fire. They’re footless.”

https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2015/10/26/michael-savage-unleashed-stop-the-muslim-invasion-of-america-republicans-in-cahoots-with-hillary-generation-numbed-by-meds/

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Whole Foods is recalling bulk and packaged Curry Chicken Salad and Classic Deli Pasta Salad

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October 23,2015
the staff of the Ridgewood blog

Ridgewood NJ, Whole Foods Market of Cambridge, Massachusetts, is recalling bulk and packaged Curry Chicken Salad and Classic Deli Pasta Salad sold in stores in ME, NH, MA, RI, CT, NY and NJ because it has the potential to be contaminated with Listeria Monocytogenes,

Listeria Monocytogenes is an organism which can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children, frail or elderly people, and others with weakened immune systems. Although healthy individuals may suffer only short-term symptoms such as high fever, severe headache, stiffness, nausea, abdominal pain and diarrhea, Listeria infection can cause miscarriages and stillbirths among pregnant women. Consumers should seek immediate medical care if they develop these symptoms.

No illnesses have been reported.

The salads were sold prepackaged, in salad bars, in store’s chef’s cases and in sandwiches and wraps prepared in the stores. The effected products were sold in stores between October 18 and October 22, 2015 and have a “sell by” date of October 23, 2015

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Even Tax Credits Can not Keep Businesses in Anti Business New Jersey

New Jersey Democrats Move to Raise Taxes

TAX CREDITS: TOO HIGH A PRICE TO ATTRACT COMPANIES, KEEP THEM IN NEW JERSEY?

OCTOBER 26, 2015
JOHN REITMEYER

Companies and critics explore the pros and cons — and costs — of incentives used to convince corporations not to move out of state

When Panasonic was seeking a new location for its corporate headquarters after four decades in Secaucus, moving to downtown Newark was not the original plan, according to chief executive officer Joe Taylor.

Offices in San Diego, Chicago, and Atlanta were all under consideration, but after intense lobbying from politicians here — and the enticement of an $80 million state economic-development tax incentive — Taylor decided to keep the company and its 1,000 employees in New Jersey, choosing to relocate in downtown Newark.

Now, Taylor said 60 percent of the company’s employees are taking the train to work, meaning their cars are off New Jersey’s already choked and potholed highways. Panasonic also has an agreement with city government to give local residents a first crack at job openings.

“I’m a huge proponent of economic development,” Taylor said while participating in a panel discussion during NJ Spotlight on Cities, a daylong conference held earlier this month at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center in Newark that focused on the state of New Jersey’s cities.

“I think tax credits are critically important,” he said. “I think other kinds of credits are critically important.”

https://www.njspotlight.com/stories/15/10/25/tax-credits-too-high-a-price-to-attract-companies-keep-them-in-new-jersey/

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Saddle River moves ahead with law to allow bow hunting of deer

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OCTOBER 26, 2015    LAST UPDATED: MONDAY, OCTOBER 26, 2015, 1:21 AM
BY MARINA VILLENEUVE
STAFF WRITER |
THE RECORD

SADDLE RIVER — A newly introduced ordinance would lift the borough’s ban on hunting and, if adopted, would let officials move forward with plans to allow limited bow hunting of deer.

The measure, introduced last week, came after borough officials and residents spent the last year discussing what to do with what the local Board of Health has deemed a public health risk: the borough’s growing deer population. At recent public forums on the issue, members of a borough study committee discussed allowing limited bow hunting of deer on property with landowners’ written, prior permission.

“I think deer impose a high risk and health hazard, and hunting is the only way we have of dealing with that,” Board of Health President Duncan Carpenter said in an interview Friday.

https://www.northjersey.com/news/environment/saddle-river-weighs-lifting-hunting-ban-1.1441287

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North Jersey marching bands growing, taking the next step

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OCTOBER 25, 2015, 11:38 PM    LAST UPDATED: SUNDAY, OCTOBER 25, 2015, 11:47 PM
BY MARINA VILLENEUVE
STAFF WRITER |
THE RECORD

There was a time, just 10 years ago, when Englewood’s high school marching band had a dozen members. Now, the Pulse of Englewood, as it’s called, boasts 175 musicians and flag twirlers whose soulful style has captured the city’s imagination.

Drum major Daniashley Sosa — in her words, “not that typical band geek” — said she knew she had to be a part of it as soon as she saw the rows of color guard and band members swaying and singing in the stands at football games. Now, she’s one in a sea of maroon-shirted band members who fill the halls of Dwight Morrow High School and Academies@Englewood every Friday. It’s as if, she said, she has “a second family.”

“I see it as a common ground for everyone to come together with a passion for music,” she said.

Despite demanding schedules and a gnawing need for funding, school marching bands throughout New Jersey are swelling with enthusiastic recruits and attracting devoted community followings.

https://www.northjersey.com/news/north-jersey-marching-bands-growing-taking-the-next-step-1.1441147

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Discipline is spotty for abusive doctors in N.J.

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OCTOBER 24, 2015, 11:20 PM    LAST UPDATED: SUNDAY, OCTOBER 25, 2015, 12:59 PM
BY JEAN RIMBACH
STAFF WRITER |
THE RECORD

One doctor won his medical license back after he served time in prison for sexual crimes against female patients. He is a registered sex offender on lifetime parole supervision.

Another physician accused of sexual impropriety is restricted from having patients remove their underwear during exams — or be alone when treating girls age 10 or older — under a confidential agreement that hides his name from the public.

And a third, who pleaded guilty to sexual contact with three female patients, was barred from treating women but allowed to see male patients in the presence of a chaperone — until he violated that requirement and lost his license again.

The state’s system of handling accusations of sexual misconduct by doctors was called into question by revelations early this year about the case of Gangaram Ragi, a Teaneck dermatologist who continues to practice despite a dozen allegations of groping patients.

Now a review by The Record shows it to be a system that is at times porous, inconsistent and opaque, one that allows physicians to resume their practice despite evidence of serious improprieties.

Even convicted abusers, who have violated their positions of trust in disturbing ways, have been returned to work by the state Board of Medical Examiners.

Who these doctors are — and the limits placed on them — may not always be apparent to patients.

https://www.northjersey.com/news/discipline-is-spotty-for-abusive-doctors-in-n-j-1.1440697

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Parked Ridgewood Police Cruiser Struck on South Broad

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October 26,2015
the staff of the Ridgewood blog
Ridgewood NJ, An adult female driver of a Ford Escape lost control of her vehicle after making a right turn and crashed head on into an unoccupied marked Ridgewood police cruiser shortly after 7:30 PM on Sunday, 10/25.
There were no injuries in the crash, which occurred in front of 26 South Broad Street, Ridgewood, but both vehicles sustained heavy front end damage and had to be removed from the scene by separate flatbed tow trucks. Ridgewood FD personnel were called to contain a crash related fluid leak.
Witnesses to the crash reported that the Escape was traveling at a high rate of speed and had just passed another vehicle moments before the crash occurred, but no summonses were issued at the scene. The driver and her passenger were observed sitting at an outdoor cafe as the crash was being investigated. The police car was parked at the location because officers were investigating the sudden death of a resident in a nearby apartment building.

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Valley Physicians Well-Represented on NJ Monthly Top Doctors List

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October 21, 2015

the staff of the Ridgewood blog

Ridgewood NJ, New Jersey Monthly magazine has named 58 doctors from The Valley Hospital’s Medical staff to its 2015 “Top Doctors” list.

To compile their list, New Jersey Monthly commissioned an independent survey of every licensed doctor in New Jersey.  Each of the doctors was asked to vote for physicians he or she would choose to treat him or herself or a family member. The list names 647 doctors in 57 medical specialties.

Included on the “Top Doctors’ list are 58 members of Valley’s medical staff in a range of specialties, including cardiac electrophysiology, gynecologic oncology, hematology and oncology, maternal/fetal medicine, neonatology, obstetrics & gynecology, pediatrics, surgery and vascular surgery.

Valley physicians who were listed in the special issue of New Jersey Monthly magazine are:
Thomas Ahlborn, M.D., General Surgery; Mutahar Ahmed, M.D., Urology; Frederick Alexander, M.D.,Pediatric Surgery; Douglas Avella, M.D., Pediatric Orthopedic Surgery; Eric Avezzano, M.D.,Gastroenterology; Hooman Azmi, M.D., Neurosurgery; George Becker, M.D., Emergency Medicine;Jessica Blume, M.D., Allergy and Immunology; Neal Breit, M.D., Endocrinologist; Crystal Broussard, M.D., Gastroenterology and Internal Medicine; Cindy Chang, M.D., Allergy and Immunology; Daniel Char, M.D., Vascular Surgery; John Chuback, M.D., Cardiac Surgery; Jeff Chung, M.D., Rheumatology

Sameera Daud- Ahmad, M.D., Endocrinology; Mark Dombrowski, M.D., Family Practice; Frederick Fakharzadeh, M.D., Orthopedic Hand Surgery; Frank Ferraro, M.D., Plastic Surgery; Susan Flanzman, M.D., Internal Medicine; Gregory Gallina, M.D., Colon and Rectal Surgery ; Rajinder Gandhi, M.D.,Pediatric Surgery; Carol Glaubiger, M.D., Internal Medicine; Michele Gliksman, M.D., Gynecology;Edward Gold, M.D., Oncology Medical and Internal Medicine; Noah Goldman, M.D., Gynecologic Oncology; David Goldstein, M.D., Gastroenterology; Richard Goldstein, DPM, Podiatry; Lawrence Harrison, M.D., Surgical Oncology; Joel Jacowitz, M.D., Cardiology; George Kaptain, M.D.,Neurosurgery; David Konigsberg, M.D., Pediatric Orthopedic Surgery; Peter Lee, M.D., Pediatric Emergency Medicine

Bennett Leifer, M.D., Internal Medicine & Geriatric Medicine; Rafael Levin, M.D., Orthopedic Surgery;Joseph Licata, M.D., General Surgery; Frank Manginello, M.D., Pediatrics, Neonatology; Farshad Mansouri, M.D., Colon and Rectal Surgery; Zvi Marans, M.D., Pediatric Cardiology; Stephen Margulis, M.D., Gastroenterology; Monica Meyer, M.D., Obstetrics & Gynecology; Mary Ann Michelis, M.D.,Allergy & Immunology; Sessine Najjar, M.D., Internal Medicine; Joel Nizin, M.D., Colon and Rectal Surgery; Kumar Patel, M.D., Vascular Surgery; Rajnik Raab, M.D., Neurosurgery; Roger Rosenstein, M.D., Orthopedic Surgery and Hand Surgery

Steven Rosner, M.D., Rheumatology; Patrick Roth, M.D., Neurosurgery; Viral Shah, M.D.,Endocrinology and Internal Medicine; Leonard Silverstein, M.D., Allergy and Immunology; Carol Sotsky, M.D., Infectious Diseases; Gerald Sotsky, M.D., Cardiology; Jacques Tohme, M.D., Endocrinology and Internal Medicine; Roy Vingan, M.D., Neurosurgery; Howard Weizman, M.D., Nephrology and Internal Medicine; Ronald White, M.D., Colon and Rectal Surgery; Luis Zapiach, M.D., Plastic Surgery and Ophthalmic Plastic Surgery; Ira Zucker, M.D., Gastroenterology and Internal Medicine.

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Readers call Ridgewood Financial Advisory Committee Conclusion on Hudson Street Parking Garage Questionable at Best

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Ridgewood Financial Advisory Committee Concludes Hudson Street Parking Garage can be funded entirely by parking revenues. Well maybe they would like to sign a contract that they will be financially responsible for any shot falls of the garage for the term of the bond. That board both past and presents members are all tied in to the 3 amigos.

Timing alone of this released opinion is more than questionable.let them release the Data or withdraw these Statements.NO ONE GETS CALLED OUT ON ANYTHING IN RIDGEWOOD.We are talking Millions in underfunded liabilities including New village Emoloyees and associated Liabilities also for their Employment and Benefits Costs.

The scary issue is what utilization the garage has to achieve to cover its fixed cost ( salaries, debt service, etc.). If it covers with 50 % of spaces occupied during the day that might be OK, but if it takes 90%+, then we’re probably looking at a money pit.I don’t see where this issue was addressed by the FAC. As others have said, “can” is not the same as “will” or even ” will probably”

Ridgewood Financial Advisory Committee Concludes Hudson Street Parking Garage can be funded entirely by parking revenues
This title is misleading. Maybe it “can” be funded by parking revenues, but maybe it cannot. Maybe it “can” be if the rates go up town-wide, if the hours of paid parking are extended, if the lot is occupied 24/7…….or maybe even then it cannot be.

“We recognize that while parking revenues should cover the cost of the garage, funding the garage still creates an additional financial obligation for the Village, which would need to be met by other sources in the unlikely event that parking revenues fell short. However, we think the substantial benefits offered by a garage support taking on that obligation. * * *”

SHOULD is not the same as WILL. “IN THE UNLIKELY EVENT THAT PARKING REVENUES FELL SHORT” – If the economy tanks as it did in 2008, parking revenues WILL FALL SHORT and taxpayers will be stuck paying for this money pit.

Why wouldn’t they recommend a public private partnership (PPP) between the Village and business owners in the CBD? If it’s so beneficial to the Village’s core, wouldn’t business owners want to contribute to the cost of the garage? Village taxpayers will get better cost oversight from private business people than if it’s just the Village engineer overseeing it… $500,000 golden toilets anyone?

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Gawker Fail: Christie campaign pushes back on quiet car report

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October 25, 2015, 12:48 pm
By Caitlin Yilek

Chris Christie’s (R) presidential campaign is pushing back on a Gawker report that said the New Jersey governor was asked to leave an Amtrak Quiet Car on his way to New York from Washington on Sunday morning because he was yelling.

Christie got on the train “yelling at his two Secret Service agents I think because of a seat mixup,” Alexander Mann, a passenger on the train, told Gawker.

The governor sat down and immediately started making phone calls, according to Mann. Christie appeared to be having a heated phone conversation, repeating “this is fricken’ ridiculous” and “seriously?! seriously?!”

After about 10 minutes, a train conductor reportedly asked the governor to stop yelling or move to another car.

“He got up and walked out again yelling at his Secret Service,” Mann told Gawker.

 

https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/258043-chris-christie-campaign-pushes-back

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George Washington Bridge Closing Lower Level to Accommodate Road Work All Next Week

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TRAVEL ADVISORY – GWB LOWER-LEVEL LANES TO CLOSE NEXT WEEK, IN ALTERNATING DIRECTIONS, TO ACCOMMODATE ONGOING WORKDate: Oct 23, 2015

The Port Authority announced today that the George Washington Bridge’s lower-level lanes will close in alternating directions during nighttime hours next week to accommodate ongoing construction work.

Key Question will the New Press blame it all on Christie ?

Next week’s lower-level closures are currently scheduled as follows:

On Monday night, October 26, the lower level eastbound lanes to New York will close from 9 p.m. to 5 a.m.

On Tuesday night, October 27, the lower level westbound lanes to New Jersey will close from 9 p.m. to 5 a.m.

On Wednesday night, October 28, the lower level westbound lanes to New Jersey will close from 9 p.m. to 5 a.m.

On Thursday night, October 29, the lower level westbound lanes to New Jersey will close from 9 p.m. to 5 a.m.

On Friday night, October 30, the lower level westbound lanes to New Jersey  will close from 11  p.m. to 8 a.m.

Similar weeknight closures, alternating between the lower-level eastbound and westbound lanes, will continue through mid-November. The Port Authority will provide weekly advisories about the closures.

The closures will allow for the removal of temporary construction platforms used for the upper-level deck installation.  The Port Authority will alert the public through its own and its regional partners’ highway variable message signs, with messages directing drivers to use the upper level in the affected direction.

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Spoofing trial to shine light on secret world of high-frequency trading

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Kim Janssen Chicago Tribune

In less time than it takes you to read this sentence, Michael Coscia could make more money than most Americans earn in an 8-hour day.

If you blinked, you miss it.

But if you slowed down time, sliced a second into a thousand tiny parts, and looked at a span of just 65 milliseconds — about as long as it takes a hummingbird to flap its wings once — you’d see the unmistakable evidence of a sophisticated criminal at work, the feds say.

That’s because Coscia, 53, was allegedly a “spoofer,” a high-frequency trader who used computer algorithms to rip off rivals in markets where business is conducted at the speed of light.

His scam using huge spoof orders for commodities futures contracts to goose prices on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange netted him $1.6 million in just three months, according to a federal indictment, helping fund an anonymous but comfortable lifestyle that included a waterfront New Jersey mansion.

Coscia, of Rumson, N.J., is due to find himself thrust into the public eye Monday when he becomes the first criminal defendant tried under anti-spoofing legislation included in the 2010 Dodd-Frank Act.

https://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-spoofing-trader-trial-1025-biz-20151023-story.html