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AsahinaKimi

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Tue Jul 17, 2012, 10:56 AM
Jul 2012


Sheldon Adelson and Macau
Posted by Evan Osnos

Nearly forty years ago, S. J. Perelman described a fictional Hong Kong hotel he called the “Golden Bamboozle,” a reference not only to a bed chamber that cost a “prince’s ransom,” but to a city that was a magnet for bon vivants and grifters and risk-takers of every stripe.

I hereby transfer the crown of the Golden Bamboozle to Macau. Hong Kong is, alas, feeling more anxious than fun, and it is that other Chinese territory, just an hour by ferry across the gray waves of the Pearl River estuary, that now gives us the most exotic headlines in Asia—including some that may be edging uncomfortably closer to Mitt Romney.

Read more http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/evanosnos/2012/07/sheldon-adelson-and-macau.html#ixzz20tbsCdAu

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I think if they do enough digging they will find these types of donors for dems too. mucifer Jul 2012 #1
eh, i'd be very surprised if that were the case nashville_brook Jul 2012 #3
Jeffrey Katzenburg is a big Obama donor and he used to count cards in blackjack. Kablooie Jul 2012 #11
Because counting cards is just like being a Chinese Mob member krawhitham Jul 2012 #16
Really speaks volumes the GOP's biggest backer made his billions from gambling. DCBob Jul 2012 #2
and perhaps prostitution maddezmom Jul 2012 #4
No doubt. DCBob Jul 2012 #5
Thank you, Citizens United Canuckistanian Jul 2012 #6
But did he donate enough to get Romney to pick him for VP? tclambert Jul 2012 #7
Rachel Maddow last night riverbendviewgal Jul 2012 #8
And the hits just keep on coming. Kingofalldems Jul 2012 #9
Here is more.. AsahinaKimi Jul 2012 #10
in less than 3 weeks he riverbendviewgal Jul 2012 #12
Stories like this never have any legs with MSM Thrill Jul 2012 #13
Just look at him. What thoughts come to your mind? I won't say in public. nt nanabugg Jul 2012 #14
He looks like someone Michael Corleone whacked at the end of The Godfather yurbud Jul 2012 #15
A casino is a great way to funnel foreign money into US elections. McCamy Taylor Jul 2012 #17
What I don't get is why China is letting this guy soak her citizens. SunSeeker Jul 2012 #18
Doesn't this make Romney the Manchurian Candidate? bluedigger Jul 2012 #19
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