Sunday, March 3, 2013

Crime Blotter, Rethug Sugar Daddy Edition

The gambling enterprise controlled by Rethug and Likudnik sugar daddy Sheldon "Smelly Shelly" Adelson has filed papers with the Securities and Exchange Commission admitting that it likely violated the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act involving bribery of foreign officials.  There were reports last summer that the Sands Corp. transferred $100,000 in gambling credit from its Las Vegas casino operation to its casino in Macau, ostensibly as a gift to one or more officials in Macau for business favors.

Smelly Shelly made himself notorious last year for bankrolling Poot Gingrich's doomed campaign, and for vowing to spend whatever was necessary to defeat President Obama.  There are estimates that Smelly Shelly spent upwards of $100 million in that losing effort.  It would be delicious in the extreme if a "mere" $100,000 bribe were to be Smelly Shelly's downfall.