dagblog - Comments for "Romney Family&#039;s Bank Tied to Fraud, Money Laundering and Drug Cartels " http://dagblog.com/link/romney-familys-bank-tied-fraud-money-laundering-and-drug-cartels-15219 Comments for "Romney Family's Bank Tied to Fraud, Money Laundering and Drug Cartels " en Thanks artsy, but curious and http://dagblog.com/comment/168356#comment-168356 <a id="comment-168356"></a> <p><em>In reply to <a href="http://dagblog.com/comment/168352#comment-168352">I dunno what you count as</a></em></p> <div class="field field-name-comment-body field-type-text-long field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>Thanks artsy, but curious and concerned that more of the MSM hasn't published about the voting machines. </p> <p>Appreciate all the 'links' to other.  <img alt="cheeky" height="20" src="http://dagblog.com/modules/ckeditor/ckeditor/plugins/smiley/images/tounge_smile.gif" title="cheeky" width="20" /></p> </div></div></div> Mon, 22 Oct 2012 15:38:29 +0000 Aunt Sam comment 168356 at http://dagblog.com I dunno what you count as http://dagblog.com/comment/168352#comment-168352 <a id="comment-168352"></a> <p><em>In reply to <a href="http://dagblog.com/comment/168345#comment-168345">I posted on the Solamere</a></em></p> <div class="field field-name-comment-body field-type-text-long field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>I dunno what you count as "mainstream media," obviously not <em>The Nation,</em> but:</p> <blockquote> <ol id="rso"><li class="g"> <div class="vsc"> <h3 class="r"> <a class="l" href="http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/closeread/2012/05/tagg-romney-and-mitt-romneys-money.html">Tagg Romney, <em>Solamere</em>, and His Father's Money : The New Yorker</a></h3> <div class="s"> <div class="f kv"> <cite><a href="http://www.newyorker.com/.../tagg-romney-and-mitt-romneys-m">www.newyorker.com/.../tagg-romney-and-mitt-romneys-m</a>...</cite></div> <table class="ts"><tbody><tr><td valign="top">  </td> <td valign="top"> <div style="border:0;padding:3px 8px 2px 0"> <a class="fl nobr" href="https://www.google.com/search?q=Solamere&amp;hl=en&amp;client=firefox-a&amp;hs=XUf&amp;rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&amp;prmd=imvns&amp;tbs=ppl_ids:--115732124781324259885-,ppl_nps:Amy+Davidson,ppl_aut:1&amp;sa=X&amp;ei=KWCFUJGbMbC70QHutYDYAw&amp;ved=0CEMQ_RYwBA" style="color:#12c;text-decoration:none"><img alt="Amy Davidson" border="0" height="44" id="apthumb4" src="data:image/jpeg;base64,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" style="vertical-align:middle" width="44" /></a></div> </td> <td valign="top"> <div class="f"> <a class="authorship_link" href="https://plus.google.com/115732124781324259885">by Amy Davidson</a> - <a class="authorship_link" href="https://www.google.com/search?q=Solamere&amp;hl=en&amp;client=firefox-a&amp;hs=XUf&amp;rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&amp;prmd=imvns&amp;tbs=ppl_ids:--115732124781324259885-,ppl_nps:Amy+Davidson,ppl_aut:1&amp;sa=X&amp;ei=KWCFUJGbMbC70QHutYDYAw&amp;ved=0CEcQnxYwBA">More by Amy Davidson</a></div> <p><span class="st"><span class="f">May 1, 2012 – </span>No one we went to as an investor said, 'Oh, your dad is Mitt Romney, I'm going to give you $10 million dollars,' ” Tagg Romney told the Times.</span></p> </td> </tr></tbody></table></div> </div> </li> <li class="g"> <div class="vsc"> <div data-ved="0CEsQkgowBQ"> <div data-ved="0CEwQkQowBQ">  </div> </div> <h3 class="r"> <a class="l" href="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/01/us/politics/ties-to-romney-08-helped-fuel-equity-firm.html?pagewanted=all">Ties to Romney '08 Helped Fuel Equity Firm - NYTimes.com</a></h3> <div class="s"> <div class="f kv"> <cite><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/.../ties-to-romney-08-helped-fuel-equity">www.nytimes.com/.../ties-to-romney-08-helped-fuel-equity</a>...</cite></div> <table class="ts"><tbody><tr><td valign="top">  </td> <td valign="top"> <div style="border:0;padding:3px 8px 2px 0"> <a class="fl nobr" href="https://www.google.com/search?q=Solamere&amp;hl=en&amp;client=firefox-a&amp;hs=XUf&amp;rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&amp;prmd=imvns&amp;tbs=ppl_ids:--104528902178489271948-,ppl_nps:Michael+Luo,ppl_aut:1&amp;sa=X&amp;ei=KWCFUJGbMbC70QHutYDYAw&amp;ved=0CE4Q_RYwBQ" style="color:#12c;text-decoration:none"><img alt="Michael Luo" border="0" height="44" id="apthumb5" src="data:image/jpeg;base64,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" style="vertical-align:middle" width="44" /></a></div> </td> <td valign="top"> <div class="f"> <a class="authorship_link" href="https://plus.google.com/104528902178489271948">by Michael Luo</a> - <a class="authorship_link" href="https://www.google.com/search?q=Solamere&amp;hl=en&amp;client=firefox-a&amp;hs=XUf&amp;rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&amp;prmd=imvns&amp;tbs=ppl_ids:--104528902178489271948-,ppl_nps:Michael+Luo,ppl_aut:1&amp;sa=X&amp;ei=KWCFUJGbMbC70QHutYDYAw&amp;ved=0CFIQnxYwBQ">More by Michael Luo</a></div> <p><span class="st"><span class="f">Apr 30, 2012 – </span><em>Solamere's</em> founders dispute any notion that they have cashed in on their political connections, arguing that <em>Solamere</em>, like any fund, has had to <b>...</b></span></p> </td> </tr></tbody></table></div> </div> </li> <li class="g"> <div class="vsc"> <div data-ved="0CFYQkgowBg"> <div data-ved="0CFcQkQowBg">  </div> </div> <h3 class="r"> <a class="l" href="http://www.esquire.com/blogs/politics/solamere-tagg-romney-8950307"><em>Solamere</em>, Tagg Romney, and the New American Normal - Esquire</a></h3> <div class="s"> <div class="f kv"> <cite><span class="bc"><a href="http://www.esquire.com">www.esquire.com</a> › <a href="https://www.google.com/url?url=http://www.esquire.com/blogs/&amp;rct=j&amp;sa=X&amp;ei=KWCFUJGbMbC70QHutYDYAw&amp;ved=0CFkQ6QUoADAG&amp;q=Solamere&amp;usg=AFQjCNHNOuUwwUYYlJiKpnVpQneejCkwbg">Blogs</a> › <a href="https://www.google.com/url?url=http://www.esquire.com/blogs/politics/&amp;rct=j&amp;sa=X&amp;ei=KWCFUJGbMbC70QHutYDYAw&amp;ved=0CFoQ6QUoATAG&amp;q=Solamere&amp;usg=AFQjCNFKtMnM0IYOXKVjABf5WWDCMOLmWg">The Politics Blog</a></span></cite></div> <p><span class="st"><span class="f">May 18, 2012 – </span>Does anyone with the analytical skills of a handball believe that the investors were charmed into handing over $300 million to a rookie and that <b>...</b></span></p> </div> </div> </li> <li class="g"> <div class="vsc"> <div data-ved="0CF8QkgowBw"> <div data-ved="0CGAQkQowBw">  </div> </div> <h3 class="r"> <a class="l" href="http://www.politico.com/blogs/burns-haberman/2012/05/the-solamerestanford-connection-122143.html">The <em>Solamere</em>-Stanford connection - POLITICO.com</a></h3> <div class="s"> <div class="f kv"> <cite><a href="http://www.politico.com/.../the-">www.politico.com/.../the-</a><b>solamere</b>stanford-connection-122143.html</cite></div> <p><span class="st"><span class="f">May 1, 2012 – </span>The Times takes a stab at pulling back the curtain on <em>Solamere</em> Capital, the firm whose principals include Tagg Romney and the presumptive <b>...</b></span></p> </div> </div> </li> </ol></blockquote> <p>and the Forbes' website does have the voting machine story:</p> <blockquote> <h3 class="r"> <a class="l" href="http://www.forbes.com/sites/rickungar/2012/10/20/romney-family-investment-ties-to-voting-machine-company-that-could-decide-the-election-causes-concern/3/"><em>Romney</em> Family Investment Ties To Voting Machine Company - Forbes</a></h3> <div class="f kv"> <cite><a href="http://www.forbes.com/sites/rickungar/2012/10/20/">www.forbes.com/sites/rickungar/2012/10/20/</a><b>romney</b>.../3/</cite></div> <p><span class="st"><span class="f">1 day ago – </span>Numerous media sources, including Truthout, are reporting that <em>Solamere</em> Capital—the investment firm run by Mitt <em>Romney's</em> son, Tagg, and the <b>...</b></span></p> </blockquote> </div></div></div> Mon, 22 Oct 2012 15:19:32 +0000 artappraiser comment 168352 at http://dagblog.com I posted on the Solamere http://dagblog.com/comment/168345#comment-168345 <a id="comment-168345"></a> <p><em>In reply to <a href="http://dagblog.com/link/romney-familys-bank-tied-fraud-money-laundering-and-drug-cartels-15219">Romney Family&#039;s Bank Tied to Fraud, Money Laundering and Drug Cartels </a></em></p> <div class="field field-name-comment-body field-type-text-long field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>I posted on the Solamere connections 2 or 3 times at Dag, once <a href="http://www.dagblog.com/reader-blogs/barack-obama-jr-threatens-mitt-romney-15210">here</a>. There were no responses.</p> <p>Few seem to care if the Romney family deals with financial scammers, brokers who sold fraudulent CDs for Allen Stanford, the second largest Ponzi scheme in recent US history, second only to Bernie Madoff.  Stanford is serving a term of 110 years.</p> <p>We know the mainstream media will never report these facts, and Romney supporters are so brainwashed news like this is like water off a ducks back.</p> <p>The Nation has another article on Solamere at <a href="http://www.thenation.com/blog/170546/tagg-romneys-company-misled-reporters-about-its-relationship-ponzi-scheme-linked-firm#">link</a>.</p> </div></div></div> Mon, 22 Oct 2012 14:10:33 +0000 NCD comment 168345 at http://dagblog.com