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From Russia With Love

26-Nov-09

Gee-Wiz – what’s happening in Russia these days? Corruption, lies, murder, and it all seems to get suspiciously brushed under the carpet away from the public eye – it is really beginning to look like the last days of the Soviet empire.
Sergey Magnitsky was mysteriously laid to rest on Monday November 24th in a pre-detention [...]

Filed in Chutzpah, Heard Online, WTF | Also tagged Dmitry Medvedev, Hermitage Capital Management, Lies, Murder, Russia, Sergey Magnitsky, Vladimir Putin | Comments (0) »

Ganavim Get Sentenced: Hirschson & Benizri To Do Time

30-Jun-09

“We have to clean and sweep not under but over the carpet”, says retired Supreme Court Judge Miriam Ben-Porat on the decisions that sent Hirschson and Benizri into incarceration. Former Tel Aviv District Attorney objects: The punishment for the former Treasury Minister is too lenient, and does not get the message across.
In one day, [...]

Filed in Chutzpah, Oy Vey, Political Crap | Also tagged Avraham Hirschson, Court, Ganavim, Greed, Knesset, Miriam Ben-Porat, Shlomo Benizri, Treasury Ministers | Comments (0) »

Corruption Case Against Olmert Heating Up

29-Jun-09

No sooner had former Kadima government finance minister Avraham Hirschson been sentenced to 5 years and 5 months for theft of public funds (among other things) and former Shas Party Health, Labor and Welfare minister Shlomo Benizri lost his bribery appeal (and got sentenced for more than twice the original period of 18 months), millionaire [...]

Filed in Chutzpah, Oy Vey, Political Crap | Also tagged Ariel Sharon, Avraham Hirschson, Ehud Olmert, Ganavim, Israel, Morris Talansky, Shlomo Benizri | Comments (0) »

Hirschson Going to the Big House

19-Jun-09

The State has demanded at least 7 years incarceration for the former Finance Minister Avraham Hirschson. Prosecutor: Hirschson has violated public trust, leaving a feeling that public figures are living high on the taxpayer’s expense. Elroi Hirschson: It breaks my heart to see my father at the defendant’s table; imprisonment will actually be a death [...]

Filed in Chutzpah, In the news, Political Crap | Also tagged Avraham Hirschson, bribe, Elroi Hirschson, finance minister, Histadrut, prison | Comments (1) »

Hirshson Steals The Entire Cookie Jar

04-May-08

I am getting the feeling that as we approach our 60th anniversary we are moving closer towards some sort of corruption climax. As an optimist I would like to think that we are cleaning house before the special birthday (this Wednesday night…). Today our Minister of Finance (Ex) was finally accused of theft – big [...]