Posted on 03/04/2022 5:09:20 PM PST by poconopundit
The 2019 gangster movie Irishman directed by Martin Scorsese was a fan favorite, but not a commercial success. The story is based on a Irishman (played by Robert De Niro) who worked for the Mafia and had Jimmy Hoffa assasinated
With a huge budget of $159 million, Irishman's U.S. box office was only $8 million, so the the chance of a sequel to Irishman looks rather slim. Yet a reported 17 million Americans saw the movie within the first week of its release, suggesting there's a substantial number of devoted fans who would love to see an Irishman II.
Without a path for making money, Hollywood investors have put the Irishman II sequel idea on the backburner. However, a recent call from the White House has instantly revived interest in the film.
It seems the Resident of the White House, Joe O'Biden, is personally driving the idea. He plans to make a guest appearance in the new film and play himself. In fact, the screen play being written up is a dramatized version of the O'Biden crime family's lifetime achievements.
As for the money-making angle, Jen Bezurki explained in a recent press conference, "Irishman II is guaranteed to make a profit since the Federal government will simply mandate the public buy cinema tickets for it. Of course, the cinemas must enforce the wearing masks, sell no Covid-spreading popcorn, and maintain a 12 foot social distance between viewers."
According to Bezurki, "We're taking a cue from the highly successful vaccine mandates that Prime Minister Justin Castreau implemented in Canada Mandates are terrific for persuading people to practice their freedom."
Joe O'Biden himself was interviewed in the Oval Office by reporter Jake the Snake from Hollywood Fake News. Here are the highlights:
Reporter: Mr. O'Biden, why are you so keen on having this film made?
O'Biden:Jake, because the O'Biden family success story as gangsters has not been told, and we deserve that public recognition. Yes, I've been a Senator for 200 years, but that role has merely set up the gangster opportunity. What the public doesn't see is the hard work our family has done to feed off the tremendous power an American politician has in the world to influence world-wide events.
Reporter: Why do you feel you're not getting the recognition you deserve?
O'Biden: Well, simply compare the O'Biden family to that of the Kennedys. I certainly respect how the family patriarch, Joseph P Kennedy, used his job and contacts as Ambassador to England to come out of the Great Depression a very rich man. But his sons never really built anything themselves. They were privileged rich kids, born into the "lace curtain" Irish class.
But coming out of Scranton, the O'Bidens have their roots in the poor and "shanty Irish" minority class — the immigrants who built America
Every penny the O'Biden gangster family earned has come from hard work: the twisting of arms, extortion of foreign governments, and getting a piece of sweetheart government contracts we planned and positioned for ourselves years in advance.
Reporter: So you feel the "Irish" component of your success needs more recognition.
O'Biden:Absolutely, Jake. Why is it that the Italian gangsters, the Mafia, get more respect than Irish gangsters? That's an injustice. Why isn't there an Irish Godfather movie or an Irish Sopranos?
One exception: Scorsese produced the film, The Departed, which highlighted the work of the Irish gangster, Whitey Bulger of Boston. In fact, my son Hunter did some business deals in China with Whitey Bulger's nephew. I just love that concept: Irish mobsters from different families doing important work together.
Reporter: Let's talk about Hunter Biden who's surrounded by controversy. I heard films on his personal computer show him to be a drug addict and quite the womanizer.
O'Biden: Don't be fooled by that PC we planted for Republicans to find and make a big deal over. Hunter has one of the finest gangster minds in the world. Everybody's heard of his incredible work in Ukraine. But what you don't hear about are the dozens of other countries where Hunter brought the extortion bacon home.
Judicial Watch got hold of Secret Service records proving Hunter made hundreds of foreign trips on the U.S. government's dime. So the evidence is out there. As I say, he's done terrific work for the family syndicate.
Reporter: Are there any achievements that you hope Irishman II will educate the public about?
O'Biden: Well another less-recognized strategy of ours is to work clandestinely with other gangsters of the world to make money and policy together. And to hide these schemes from the Deplorable types requires some cunning.
For instance, our family has deep interests in the Chinese Communist Party's desires to expand their American interests. So Hunter lined up a deal for a billion dollar equity fund that we manage (or simply collect from) where the investments are guaranteed to pay off because the Chinese gangsters own the operation head-to-toe.
Now unfortunately, to hide our purpose from the naysayers, we are forced to criticize China from time to time. But believe me, we're on the same page with President Xi Jinping, the Covid King.
Ukraine is a different dynamic entirely. We like to play both sides there. Despite the rhetoric, Putin is a true ally of the Biden Crime Family. Hunter has worked closely with the Mayor of Moscow to set this all up.
Basically the sanctions we are imposing on Putin are smoke and mirrors. We're still going to buy billions of dollars of energy and oil from Russia while keeping our own energy business on lockdown. And we structured the sanctions in such as way that Putin and his big oligarchs friends get just a slap on the wrist while their smaller competitors are put out of business.
Now, I explain these things to show you that a lot of work goes into these global strategies. And to pull them off successfully requires expert gangster work which the O'Biden family excels in.
Reporter: One last question, Mr. Resident, aren't you concerned that some voters will say your methods are shameless feeding at the Government trough?
O'Biden: Not in the slightest. I'm sure we'll get pushback from those terrorist parents in Virginia and elsewhere who want "clean" government and control over their childrens' education.
Both Houses of Congress have plenty of Members taking advantage of these wonderful money-making opportunities here in Washington. They simply dip into public funds and shave a modest portion of that off for their family and friends. It's the way business gets done in our Government.
But remember, our voters are dependent on our efforts and are cheering for us. We're Robin Hoods, taking money from the rich and distributing America's wealth to the people who don't work for a living, illegal aliens, union-organized school teachers, and other people who help us get elected by any means necessary.
This is written in Babylon Bee fashion. The corruption is so rampant with the Bidens, that this sort of “satire” is not so much face news as reality.
PP, check your facts. SS has ‘lost’ a goodly number of these records and unable to hand over ‘the lot’ to Senators Grassley and Johnson. Another income you might add to the list of ill gotten gains, would be the large paycheck University of PA has given O’Biden. For doing what, exactly?
to receive $900,000; it must have been pretty damned important. The man has the stench of the swamp permanently
penetrating his pores. He oozes slime and disgust.
Must stop now. If not nightmares will follow and a good
night’s sleep is needed.
Good points, V K. True, Bidung is the epitome of a SWAMP lizard and the stench will knock you over.
I love what V.K. Lee wrote, and the ‘swamp’ is right there in D.C.; it’s called the ‘Potomac River’...that thing smells so bad, anyway the last time I was there...if they drained that river, they would find bones from people we have forgotten about or never knew was part of the ‘swamp’...
Good article...
It’s not often you can read something that is creative, accurate, true, gross, and a bit funny all in one package.
Martians ships, Soros, Schwab, Blackrock and Vanguard are watching and laughing, comfortably seated in their spaceships and leather chairs wondering how dumb the electorate is and how corrupt the media and government is
SloJo = the most hated man in America. A man so corrupted
he has taken the dark Won’s place, ousting the princess pantsuit from the position. So corrupt, if he were a tin can, so badly rusted and damaged one would find only botulism once opened. Hated is such a strong word, yet in this case it fits.
Hope you are doing well these days. Thinking of you while
watching the TRUCKERS wheeling across America. What a sight! It really does make the eyes water a bit. What a
country! Take care and stay healthy. Once this story ends
we hope to be here celebrating in mass and can only do that
if we are able to kick butt and dance the night away.
Heh heh.
Thanks, qaz. I usually start these rants with the image and find the text to fill it. Almost all the political knowledge I learn comes from Free Republic and FReeper inserting their comments. It’s truly a magnificent platform for the Republic.
Hunter has made millions exploiting his father’s political connections.
Even scarier....his father was grooming him for elective office (yikes).
Here’s Hunter speaking from his father’s VP’s podium (gag).
It’s impossible to believe, seeing Hunter constantly at his father’s side
that Joe Biden would not ask Hunter where he’s getting tons of money to support
his expensive cocaine habit, his lifestyle of pricey homes, luxury cars and clothing,
his various girlfriends, wives, one-night stands, and Biden children born in and out of wedlock.
“Your hair smells wonderful, Hunter, my beloved son
“Berliner” is a popular German doughnut.
To a die hard Leftists, Hunter’s being an egotistical maniac and drug addict are character flaws to overlook because they desperately want to win and grow the dependent state by any means.
Where the Bidungs are highly vulnerable is the leap from Hunter in Ukraine to Hunter extorting money from dozens of other countries around the world. A global extortion ring — especially concerning CHINA.
Secret Service ‘hid’ info on Hunter Biden travels, GOP senators claim
NY POST,CBy Bruce Golding, January 19, 2022
Sen. Ron Johnson has alleged that the Secret Service hid names and correspondences with Hunter Biden without any legal justification.
The Secret Service improperly redacted hundreds of pages of records related to Hunter Biden’s overseas travel — and apparently withheld information about trips to China, Russia and other countries, two leading Republican senators claim.
In a Tuesday letter to Secret Service Director James Murray, Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) alleged the agency “hid names and other information contained in email conversations regarding Hunter Biden without any proper legal justification.”
The senators specifically noted that documents turned over at their request “do not show whether [Secret Service] personnel or Hunter Biden traveled to Kazakhstan in May or June 2014” during a trip to Paris.
Biden — whose father, President Biden, was vice president at the time — decided to ditch his Secret Service bodyguards before flying to Kazakhstan to pursue a deal on behalf of the Ukrainian energy company Burisma, the Washington Examiner reported last year.
Hunter Biden reportedly planned to meet with then-Kazakhstan Prime Minister Karim Massimov, who was arrested on treason charges Saturday following his ouster as head of the country’s counterintelligence and anti-terror agency.
Hunter Biden (left) and Joe Biden (right) and Kazakhstan’s former prime minister, Karim Massimov (far right).
Hunter Biden and Joe Biden pose with Kazakhstan’s former prime minister, Karim Massimov (far right).
KIAR
PHOTO In 2015, Joe and Hunter Biden were apparently photographed posing with Massimov and Kazakhstani oligarch Kenes Rakishev during a gathering at the Cafe Milano restaurant in Washington, DC.
Critics have accused the younger Biden of influence-peddling and a report last year said the Justice Department was investigating a consulting firm linked to Hunter over its work for Bursima, which paid him as much as $1 million a year.
In 2020, Hunter Biden disclosed that he was under investigation for possible tax fraud, reportedly involving his business dealings in China and other foreign countries.
Sen. Charles Grassley co-signed the letter with Sen. Ron Johnson expressing their wish to see the unredacted files.
Sen. Charles Grassley co-signed the letter with Sen. Ron Johnson expressing their wish to see the unredacted files.
Walsh/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo
In Tuesday’s letter, first reported by the Examiner, Grassley and Johnson expressed “serious concerns” over the “extensive Freedom of Information Act redactions, which do not apply to Congress” in the 259 pages they received from the Secret Service.
“These inappropriate redactions impede our offices’ ability to understand the full scope of the interactions between Hunter Biden, his associates, and the USSS,” they wrote.
Grassley and Johnson also said the Secret Service “did not produce any communications regarding Hunter Biden’s travel for the years 2010, 2011, and 2013,” even though its own “travel records show that Hunter Biden made trips to China and other destinations around the world, including, Russia, Italy, Spain and Mexico.”
The lawmakers demanded that the Secret Service provide complete, unredacted copies of the documents it turned over and explain why it didn’t produce records from 2010, 2011 and 2013.
The senators said they wanted a response “as soon as possible” and set a Jan. 26 deadline.
The Secret Service didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment.
Grassley and Johnson have been investigating Hunter Biden’s overseas business dealings and in 2020 released a report that said his job with Burisma created a “potential conflict of interest” for his dad, who was deeply involved in US policy toward Ukraine.
That report also alleged Hunter Biden sent “thousands of dollars” to people who appeared linked to “an Eastern European prostitution or human trafficking ring.”
Hunter Biden, now pursuing a controversial career as a self-taught painter, also owned a 10 percent stake in a Chinese investment firm known as BHR Partners, but his lawyer last month told the New York Times that he “no longer holds any interest” in it.
Hunter Biden reportedly planned to meet with then-Kazakhstan Prime Minister Karim Massimov before was he ousted and arrested for treason.
The White House has refused to say who bought Hunter Biden’s share in the company or how much he was paid for it.
Rep. James Comer wants info on Hunter Biden’s ties to Chinese mine sale
By Juliegrace Brufke
January 19, 2022 5:39pm Updated
House Committee on Oversight and Reform committee Ranking Member Rep. James Comer, R-Ky.
Rep. James Comer, a top House Oversight Committee member, demands to know Hunter Biden’s alleged role in the sale of a cobalt mine to Chinese firm Molybdenum in 2016.
AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File
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The leading Republican on the House Oversight Committee is calling on the National Archives to release any information it has related to Hunter Biden’s alleged involvement in the sale of an African cobalt mine to a Chinese company in 2016.
In a letter to Archivist David Ferriero Wednesday, Rep. James Comer (R-Ky.) requested any documents pertaining to the first son’s potential role in the transaction, arguing the sale posed a potential national security threat by undermining the United States’ capacity to invest in green energy. Cobalt is a key component in electric car batteries.
“The American people deserve answers regarding why the Obama Administration —whether at then-Vice President Biden’s behest or not — watched in silence as an American company transferred control of this precious asset to a Chinese conglomerate and why Hunter Biden was — yet again — involved in international matters on which he has no expertise,” Comer wrote.
The complex transaction was first reported by the Washington Free Beacon during the 2020 presidential campaign, and was spotlighted by the New York Times this past November. It resulted in private equity firm BHR Partners being cut in on the $3.8 billion transaction — which transferred 80 percent of the Tenke Fungurume mine in the Democratic Republic of Congo from Arizona-based mining company Freeport-McMoRan to Beijing-backed China Molybdenum.
Hunter Biden, President Joe Biden’s son.
Rep. James Comer has questioned why Hunter Biden was part of this international matter.
Teresa Kroeger/Getty Images for World Food Program USA
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Hunter Biden and two other Americans co-founded BHR with several Chinese partners, and the three Americans each controlled 10 percent of the firm at the time of the sale. However, the rest of the company is owned or controlled by Chinese-based investors, including the state-controlled Bank of China.
“The loss of African cobalt mines to the Chinese is a severe blow to the United States’ ability to invest in green technology and lead the world by example,” Comer wrote. “It is potentially a national security threat, and it was a loss orchestrated in no small part by the president’s son.”
“As a 10 percent owner of the firm that brokered a multi-billion-dollar deal, Hunter Biden no doubt made a profit from this massive transaction,” Comer went on. “Unfortunately, such profit has come at great expense to both the United States and the DRC. China has reportedly failed to fulfill its promises to the DRC and established less than adequate safety conditions for mine workers.”
Comer argued that the Obama administration should have intervened to block the sale, claiming that though it was “well aware how important cobalt was about to become to the global economy … it curiously did nothing to intervene in Hunter Biden’s Chinese-backed transaction to facilitate the sale of one of the world’s richest cobalt mines from an American company to a Chinese company.”
Excavators and drillers at work in an open pit at Tenke Fungurume, a copper and cobalt mine 110 km (68 miles) northwest of Lubumbashi in Congo’s copper-producing south.
Tenke Fungurume, a mine in the Democratic Republic of Congo, produces large amounts of cobalt used to develop electric vehicle batteries.
REUTERS/Jonny Hogg//File
The lawmaker requested the Archives hand over any information pertaining to the deal by Feb. 2.
“In this latest episode, Hunter Biden appears to have profited in the short-term directly from America’s long-term loss,” Comer concluded. “While Hunter Biden might not care that his actions have been a boon to the Chinese and a detriment to the United States’ position of leadership on clean energy, Americans do.”
Hunter Biden’s attorney said in November that his client had divested his 10 percent stake in BHR Partners, but offered no further details on the identity of the buyer or the transaction terms.
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