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Canadian mogul and avowed socialist Maurice Strong manipulates governments to benefit his "green" portfolio and those of his friends: George Soros, Ted Turner, Al Gore, and China. Intercontinental Exchange has agreed to purchase the parent company of the Chicago Climate Exchange, the preeminent market for trading carbon credits. This is a market that exists solely to capitalize on possible federal legislation that would mandate reduced greenhouse gas emissions or the purchase of “pollution credits.” Politicians created this market out of thin air by fiat, and not surprisingly, cronies of these politicians will be the beneficiaries. These climate change profiteers include...

There I was watching Hardball this afternoon when an ad for Progressive Insurance comes on. That daffy salesgirl wants to show a customer how much he can save compared to rates from other companies. She points her clicker to a screen which rapidly scrolls through names and numbers. It lands on the image in the screencap shown here: savings for customer . . . Mark F. Is it coincidence that of all the possible combinations, my first name and last-name initial just happen to appear? Perhaps. But let’s consider. I get my TV through Time Warner Cable. It obviously knows...

...Lewis said Case and other institutions should “collaborate to develop restaurants, movie theaters, poolhouses, whorehouses and bars in the University Circle neighborhood.” But he said, “People don’t want to believe what I say . Nothing’s changed." Princeton gets gift, Cleveland a knock Lewis' alma mater given $101 million Sunday, January 22, 2006Steven LittPlain Dealer Reporter Cleveland philanthropist Peter B. Lewis demonstrated his love for Princeton University on Saturday with a $101 million gift aimed at sharply improving arts education at his alma mater. The donation cheered advo cates of the arts and education in Cleveland and raised the perennial hope...

The Shadow Party: Part II By David Horowitz and Richard Poe FrontPageMagazine.com | David Horowitz and Richard Poe George Soros is an exacting taskmaster. In return for his money, he demands productivity. What he requires of employees and business associates in the investment world, Soros also demands from the political operatives he funds. “Mr. Soros isn't just writing checks and watching,” notes Wall Street Journal reporter Jeanne Cummings. “He is also imposing a business model on the notoriously unruly world of politics. He demands objective evidence of progress, and assigned an aide to monitor the groups he supports. He studies...

George Soros is an exacting  taskmaster. In return for his money, he demands productivity. What he requires of employees and business associates in the investment world, Soros also demands from the political operatives he funds. “Mr. Soros isn't just writing checks and watching,” notes Wall Street Journalreporter Jeanne Cummings. “He is also imposing a business model on the notoriously unruly world of politics. He demands objective evidence of progress, and assigned an aide to monitor the groups he supports. He studies private polls to track the impact of an anti-Bush advertising campaign, and he is delivering his money in installments,...

Anthony D. Romero, executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union, departed the war crimes trials at Guantánamo Bay with an e-mail message to members saying he was headed home to New York to defend the First Amendment and the right to protest. But another matter was more urgent: smoothing out a soured relationship with one of the organization's biggest donors, Peter B. Lewis, the insurance magnate and donor, who was unhappy with Mr. Romero and the board and was threatening to suspend his contributions. After a red-eye detour to Los Angeles and a breakfast with Mr. Lewis at the...

"My family is more important to me than my party," declared  Senator Zell Miller, a Georgia Democrat, as he spoke from the podium of the Republican National Convention on September 1. "There is but one man to whom I am willing to entrust their future and that man's name is George Bush." [1] Many Democrats howled in outrage at Miller's "betrayal" - former President Jimmy Carter in particular. In an angry personal letter to the Georgia senator, Carter accused Miller of "unprecedented disloyalty" and declared, "You have betrayed our trust. [I]t's quite possible that your rabid speech damaged our party..." [2] But...

Soros is not the only billionaire who has a passionate hatred for George Bush. MoveOn recently reported that Peter B. Lewis, chairman of Progressive Corp., has already given $1.5 million to the group. Lewis is so anxious to help MoveOn he now promises to match the amount contributed to MoveOn by any contributor, 50 cents for each dollar donated up to $20,000. Progressive (you’ve seen their TV commercials) is the nation's third-largest auto insurer.