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Methinks its funny Nick Brown don't call or write for 14 years since our spit an chew about his old boss Tanker the Independent Speaker yet he has lots of bullshit to spread for Higgy et al in CBC N'esy Pas?
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/lepreau-rejuvenated-nuclear-plant-1.5795991
Rejuvenated Lepreau to operate uninterrupted through next two winters
Reliability of NB Power's nuclear plant has soared following expensive repairs, upgrade
"Beginning in 2016 the Point Lepreau Nuclear Generating Station placed a renewed focus on equipment reliability to ensure more predictable operations," said an NB Power statement issued Monday about its plans to run Lepreau without stopping until April of 2022.
"These measures have proven successful."
Lepreau was supposed to operate in two-year stretches between maintenance outages following its four-year, $2.4-billion refurbishment, which ended in 2012. Instead, significant performance problems required costly shutdowns for repairs and upgrades for the last eight years in a row.
However, following its latest 62-day outage, which ended last Thursday, the utility believes the plant is finally in good enough condition to operate uninterrupted for up to 22 months at a time. That development could hold the key to undoing the utility's significant debt-related financial problems.
"(The) Point Lepreau Nuclear Generating Station is transitioning to a two-year (outage) cycle based on equipment reliability gains made at the station over the past five years," said the statement.
NB Power plans to operate through this winter and next without taking its nuclear plant offline in between for maintenance like it has for the past eight years. (Mike Heenan/CBC News)
Good news for province
The province, which owns NB Power and guarantees its debt, is welcoming the news.
"We are encouraged by the leadership of NB Power and the results they have achieved," said Nick Brown, a spokesperson for the Department of Natural Resources and Energy, on Monday.
"Point Lepreau has been improving its operations and reliability since its refurbishment."
Lepreau is NB Power's most important generating station. Every hour of production at the plant adds an estimated $50,000 to the utility's bottom line.
NB Power President Keith Cronkhite is in charge of reducing the utility's debt load of $4.9 billion and a reliably operating nuclear plant will be key to making that happen. (Roger Cosman/CBC News)
Being able to skip an outage next spring will add between 500 and 1,000 hours of production over what the plant has generated in any year since its renovation.
That's worth between $25 million and $50 million in extra annual income to NB Power, which it needs to help cope with its $4.9 billion debt.
To date, Lepreau had not been helping much in those efforts.
In eight years since returning from refurbishment, the nuclear plant has suffered 5,634 more hours of down time for maintenance and repair than originally expected, according to documents filed with the New Brunswick Energy and Utilities Board in 2013 on that issue.
NB Power plans to operate through this winter and next without taking its nuclear plant offline in between for maintenance like it has for the past eight years. (Catherine Harrop/CBC News)
$500M spent on capital improvements
On top of disappointing production numbers, NB Power has also had to spend more than $500 million on capital improvements at Lepreau, in part to try to improve its spotty post-refurbishment reliability.
"Unfortunately it did not perform as we would have liked coming out of refurbishment," NB Power vice-president and chief financial officer Darren Murphy said of Lepreau at hearings earlier this year.
"However, past performance is not a good indicator of future performance for Point Lepreau. … We have made some significant investment. The performance has paid off as a result."
Lepreau has undeniably improved its reliability. It ran for 310 consecutive days for the first time in a quarter century between May 2018 and April 2019, and then had an even longer run of 417 consecutive days between July 2019 and September this year.
That has plant managers convinced Lepreau is ready to operate for two years at a time between outages, boosting the plant's production and income until its projected retirement in 2040.
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David Amos
Pure D BS
Roger Richard
So the refurbishment of Point Lepreau is ongoing? Are we at the 3 billions mark? Why are we talking about Mini Nuclear generating stations or JOY Entertainment? Are we stupid people?
David Amos
Reply to @Roger Richard: Good question Perhaps the crickets may answer you tonight Methinks they may wish to celebrate the fact that its so warm out No doubt the sheople's power bills are less than usual for the time of year but most are too dumb to wonder why N'esy Pas?
Paul Bourgoin
I have always wondered if NB-Power has the same cost of electricity for everyone in New Brunswick? To clarify are there any sweetheart deals to Industry, approved by Political Influence for political funding. In other words, Are every NB-Citizen paying the same price? Are Every NB. Industry paying the same rate for their electricity? Also does every New Brunswick Residents all Pay the same rates?
Michael Collins
Reply to @Paul Bourgoin: According to recent data published by Hydro Quebec for rates in North America, in April 2020 residential rates in New Brunswick averaged 13.42c/kwh while large industrial rates in New Brunswick averaged 8.12c/kwh. In another sweet deal to industry, the skillful negotiators at NB Power actually agreed to pays large producers more for their excess power than NB Power charges them in the first place.
Matt Smith
Reply to @Paul Bourgoin: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/nb-power-first-full-rate-hearing-gets-questions-about-big-paper-mills-1.3114844
David Amos
Reply to @Paul Bourgoin:
Municipalities accuse NB Power of over-charging for street-light service
Margot Cragg says EUB should make the utility adhere to the rate standard the board set
Gail Harding · CBC News · Posted: Mar 23, 2018 7:33 PM AT
"Cragg made a presentation to the Energy and Utilities Board in early February after the City of Fredericton wrote a letter about the rates for street lights and the union decided to take on the fight for all municipalities.
"For Fredericton, the cost in 2017 was over a million dollars," she said. "For other municipalities in the area, like Oromocto, it was $340,000 and even for a rural community like Hanwell, it was over $41,000 … that's a pretty hefty bill."
"So what the EUB has said is that the rate charge for each class should be about equal to the cost of supply of the service, within a range of reasonableness."
But Cragg said NB Power is proposing to increase it to 195 per cent of that cost.
"That's almost double the cost of actually providing the service."
Cragg pointed out the present rate is too high and has been getting worse year over year. She said in 2015-2016 it was 176 per cent of the cost of supplying the service.
In 2017-2018 it was 192 per cent of the cost.
"At hearings this week, both public intervener Heather Black and EUB lawyer Ellen Desmond pressed NB Power rate design managers to explain why they ignore the board's fair price guidelines in setting charges for both street lights and water heater rentals."
Methinks Margot Cragg and her hubby Cardy should explain to his boss Higgy why he should make NB Power quit overcharging the municipalities for street lights before the vote on the Throne Speech N'esy Pas?
Municipalities accuse NB Power of over-charging for street-light service
Margot Cragg says EUB should make the utility adhere to the rate standard the board set
Gail Harding · CBC News · Posted: Mar 23, 2018 7:33 PM AT
"Cragg made a presentation to the Energy and Utilities Board in early February after the City of Fredericton wrote a letter about the rates for street lights and the union decided to take on the fight for all municipalities.
"For Fredericton, the cost in 2017 was over a million dollars," she said. "For other municipalities in the area, like Oromocto, it was $340,000 and even for a rural community like Hanwell, it was over $41,000 … that's a pretty hefty bill."
"So what the EUB has said is that the rate charge for each class should be about equal to the cost of supply of the service, within a range of reasonableness."
But Cragg said NB Power is proposing to increase it to 195 per cent of that cost.
"That's almost double the cost of actually providing the service."
Cragg pointed out the present rate is too high and has been getting worse year over year. She said in 2015-2016 it was 176 per cent of the cost of supplying the service.
In 2017-2018 it was 192 per cent of the cost.
"At hearings this week, both public intervener Heather Black and EUB lawyer Ellen Desmond pressed NB Power rate design managers to explain why they ignore the board's fair price guidelines in setting charges for both street lights and water heater rentals."
Methinks Margot Cragg and her hubby Cardy should explain to his boss Higgy why he should make NB Power quit overcharging the municipalities for street lights before the vote on the Throne Speech N'esy Pas?
Michael Collins
"Rejuvenated Lepreau to operate uninterrupted through next two winters"
Any good bookie would give you 10:1 odds against that happening.
Any good bookie would give you 10:1 odds against that happening.
JoeBrown
Reply to @Michael Collins: Link please.
David Amos
Reply to @JoeBrown: How many bookies do you know use the Internet?
Eric Saulnier
Reply to @Michael Collins: Darlington's refurbished Unit 1 just broke international records in September by operating continuously for 1000 days...
Morgan Brown
Reply to @Eric Saulnier: Correct. 1018 days as of this morning. They broke the world record (963), for a continuous power reactor run, on Sept 15 2020.
Michael Collins
Reply to @Eric Saulnier: Darlington Unit 1 is almost 10 years newer than Pt. Lepreau and HAS NOT been refurbished yet. Unit 2 refurbishment was just completed and Unit 1 is scheduled for 2022. Unit 3 is next this year with unit 4 last in 2023.
Michael Collins
Reply to @Morgan Brown: Yes it has the record, but no it hasn't been refurbished, and it is almost 10 years newer then Pt.Lepreau.
Fred Brewer
Reply to @Eric Saulnier: More to the point, Point Lepreau was refurbished and has had a disastrous record ever since and has missed almost all of its targets by a lot.
David Amos
NEW BRUNSWICK ENERGY and UTILITIES BOARD
Matter 458
IN THE MATTER OF an application by New Brunswick Power Corporation for approval of the schedules of rates for the fiscal year commencing April 1st 2020.
Held via web conference on September 10th 2020.
ACTING CHAIRMAN: Good morning, everyone. This is a motion hearing relating to Matter 458 regarding the application by NB Power Corporation for approval of their schedule of rates fiscal year commencing on April the 1st 2020.
My favourite part of the discussion
Google translation
DR. RICHARD: "New Brunswick is now recognized to be the poorest province in Canada. Electricity is important to us. It affects the price of all things. And then, before the pandemic we were told that the cost of fuel for our electricity production was less expensive than the beginning. Just this reason justifies not increasing electricity rates. And then, for instance 452 for the advanced metering infrastructure. We learned that it was costing us a million less. That's already a reason to eliminate 458. One of the reasons. During the proceeding, we received an unprecedented number of letters from the public. Everyone except the union letter was in favor of expressing people's dismay at this new increase in the cost of electricity.
Remember, these letters only represent the people who bothered to write. Many have not written but are of the same opinion.
Matter 458
IN THE MATTER OF an application by New Brunswick Power Corporation for approval of the schedules of rates for the fiscal year commencing April 1st 2020.
Held via web conference on September 10th 2020.
ACTING CHAIRMAN: Good morning, everyone. This is a motion hearing relating to Matter 458 regarding the application by NB Power Corporation for approval of their schedule of rates fiscal year commencing on April the 1st 2020.
My favourite part of the discussion
Google translation
DR. RICHARD: "New Brunswick is now recognized to be the poorest province in Canada. Electricity is important to us. It affects the price of all things. And then, before the pandemic we were told that the cost of fuel for our electricity production was less expensive than the beginning. Just this reason justifies not increasing electricity rates. And then, for instance 452 for the advanced metering infrastructure. We learned that it was costing us a million less. That's already a reason to eliminate 458. One of the reasons. During the proceeding, we received an unprecedented number of letters from the public. Everyone except the union letter was in favor of expressing people's dismay at this new increase in the cost of electricity.
Remember, these letters only represent the people who bothered to write. Many have not written but are of the same opinion.
David Amos
Reply to @David Amos: Continued
Social peace or the well-being of people is essential in all societies. If we change a little our mentality or our direction that the NB Power company is taking, such as at the board level or at the management level or in government.Assuming the government changes, the government, which will change in a few days, may change the mandate of NB Power. Or suddenly the Mactaquac power plant is more of a project. That’s why I wonder if it’s safe to make a decision on our rates right now without knowing what the government expects from us. We can buy, for example, we can buy electricity from Quebec, from renewable sources at a lower price than we can produce. We can rent our transmission lines so that neighboring jurisdictions can transport their electricity. It would be a source of income. Also learned that I believe in four unions its due for new contracts. Where are we in this discussion? There is too much confidential document in the evidence. It must change. And then, it's often complicated for normal people who aren't accountants or they aren't lawyers. The common people may have the chance to participate in these discussions. It's kinda important these things because we're all affected by it. You know salaries over $ 100,000 all of us, probably we have. But we represent very little of a small percentage of the population. I can't remember, I know it’s hard to run these meetings but I can only remember twice that Mr. Amos has been showing the door. That’s a shame. Yet he is a good citizen."
Merci Mon Ami
Social peace or the well-being of people is essential in all societies. If we change a little our mentality or our direction that the NB Power company is taking, such as at the board level or at the management level or in government.Assuming the government changes, the government, which will change in a few days, may change the mandate of NB Power. Or suddenly the Mactaquac power plant is more of a project. That’s why I wonder if it’s safe to make a decision on our rates right now without knowing what the government expects from us. We can buy, for example, we can buy electricity from Quebec, from renewable sources at a lower price than we can produce. We can rent our transmission lines so that neighboring jurisdictions can transport their electricity. It would be a source of income. Also learned that I believe in four unions its due for new contracts. Where are we in this discussion? There is too much confidential document in the evidence. It must change. And then, it's often complicated for normal people who aren't accountants or they aren't lawyers. The common people may have the chance to participate in these discussions. It's kinda important these things because we're all affected by it. You know salaries over $ 100,000 all of us, probably we have. But we represent very little of a small percentage of the population. I can't remember, I know it’s hard to run these meetings but I can only remember twice that Mr. Amos has been showing the door. That’s a shame. Yet he is a good citizen."
Merci Mon Ami
Robert L. Brown
New Brunswick's own money pit and it sounds like we have another geaton thomas when they state we will keep running for the next 2 yearsDavid Amos
Reply to @Robert L. Brown: Yup
Terry Tibbs
shaky finances?
If the finances at NB Power are "shaky", there is no one to blame but themselves, and the whole lot should be sent down the road kicking stones.
News Flash: NB Power is a monopoly, there is no competition, no other place to turn to for electricity in NB.
If the finances at NB Power are "shaky", there is no one to blame but themselves, and the whole lot should be sent down the road kicking stones.
News Flash: NB Power is a monopoly, there is no competition, no other place to turn to for electricity in NB.
David Amos
Reply to @Terry Tibbs: Methinks you forgot that 3 towns in NB have their own power companies Hence we could relocate if we wanted rid of NB Power bills but wished to remain in NB N'esy Pas?
Robert L. Brown
Reply to @David Amos: where do you think they get their power N'esy Pas
David Amos
Reply to @Robert L. Brown: Quebec of course
David Amos
Reply to @David Amos: Same place we do
Fred Brewer
NB Power is like the boy who cried wolf. We just don't believe you anymore and haven't for quite some time.
How about celebrating your target AFTER you have actually met your target instead of patting yourself on the back just for announcing the target?
How about celebrating your target AFTER you have actually met your target instead of patting yourself on the back just for announcing the target?
David Amos
Reply to @Fred Brewer: Cry me a river If you are truly serious about what you say then why you have not intervened at EUB hearings like I have done instead of merely yapping about about them and making fun of my efforts?
Fred Brewer
I would like for you all to celebrate with me that after a lot of work on my car, I have decided it will be trouble-free for the next two years. Yay! Can I start spending the money saved now?
David Amos
Reply to @Fred Brewer: Who cares? Methinks in light of the fact that our bridges are falling down and the borders are closed anyway soon you won't need a car because you won't be able to get of Dodge no matter how well your old Ford may run today N'esy Pas?
Morgan Brown
From restart in Nov 2012 to June 30 2020, Point Lepreau has a capacity factor (the amount of time at full power) of 82.0%, above the Canadian average of ~78%. By comparison, Ontario industrial-scale wind and solar have capacity factors of ~29% and 17%. NEW BRUNSWICK ENERGY and UTILITIES BOARD
COMMISSION DE L’ENERGIE et DES SERVICES PUBLICS N.-B.
Matter 458
IN THE MATTER OF an application by New Brunswick Power Corporation for approval of the schedules of rates for the fiscal year commencing April 1st 2020.
Held via web conference on September 10th 2020.
Before:
Francois Beaulieu - Acting Chairman
John Herron - Member
Michael Costello - Member
Board Staff:
Matthew Letson - Counsel
John Lawton
David Young
Michael Dickie
Susan Colwell
Chief Clerk: Kathleen Mitchell
............................................................
ACTING CHAIRMAN: Good morning, everyone. This is a motion hearing relating to Matter 458 regarding the application by NB Power Corporation for approval of their schedule of rates fiscal year commencing on April the 1st 2020.
My favourite part of the discussion
DR. RICHARD: "Le Nouveau-Brunswick est reconnu maintenant à être la province la plus pauvre au Canada. L’électricité est importante pour nous autres. Ça affecte le prix de toutes choses. Reply to @David Amos: Continued
Et puis, avant la pandémie ont nous disaient que le cout des carburons pour notre production d’électricité était moins dispendieux que le début. Juste cette raison là justifie de ne pas augmenter les taux d’électricité. Et puis, pour l’instance 452 pour l’infrastructure de mesurage avancé. On a appris que ça nous coutait 1 million de moins. Ça c’est déjà une raison pour éliminer 458. Une des raisons. Lors de l’instance, nous avons reçu un nombre sans précédant de lettres venant du public. Tous, excepté la lettre des syndiqués, étaient pour exprimer le désarroi des gens face à cette nouvelle augmentation coût de l’électricité. Il ne faut pas oublier que ces lettres ne représentent que les gens qui ont prit la peine d’écrire. Beaucoup n’ont pas écrit mais sont du même avis. La paix sociale ou le bien-être des gens est essentiel dans toutes sociétés. Si on change un petit peu notre mentalité ou notre direction que la compagnie Énergie NB prend comme au niveau du conseil d’administration ou au niveau de la gérance ou au gouvernement. Supposant que le gouvernement change, le gouvernement, qui va changer dans quelques jours, peut changer le mandat d’Énergie NB. Ou tout à coup que la centrale de Mactaquac c’est plus un projet. C’est pour ça que je me demande si c’est prudent de prendre une décision sur nos taux présentement sans savoir ce que le gouvernement s’attend de nous autres.
Nous pouvons acheter par exemple, nous pouvons acheter l’électricité du Québec, provenant de sources renouvelables à un prix moindre que nous pouvons ls produire. Nous pouvons louer nos lignes de transmission pour que les juridictions avoisinantes puissent transporter leurs électricités. Ce serait une source de revenu. En apprenait aussi que je crois dans quatre syndicats son due pour des nouveaux contrats. Où sommes-nous rendu dans cette discussion? Il y a trop de document confidentiel dans la preuve. Ça doit changer. Et puis, c’est souvent compliquer pour que les gens normal qui ne sont pas des comptables ou qu’ils ne sont pas des avocats. Les gens qu’ils sont du peuple puisse avoir la chance de participer dans ces discussions. C’est comme un peu important ces choses là parce qu’on est toutes affectés par cela. Vous savez des salaires au dessus de 100,000$ toutes nous autres, probablement qu’on a. Mais on représente bien peu d’un petit pourcentage de la population. Je ne peux me rappeler, je sais que c’est difficile de gérer ces réunions mais je ne peux que me rappeler que par deux fois, Mr. Amos a été montrer la porte. Ça c’est dommage. C’est pourtant un bon citoyen.
Merci Mon Ami
DR. RICHARD: "New Brunswick is now recognized to be the poorest province in Canada. Electricity is important to us. It affects the price of all things. And then, before the pandemic we were told that the cost of fuel for our electricity production was less expensive than the beginning. Just this reason justifies not increasing electricity rates. And then, for instance 452 for the advanced metering infrastructure. We learned that it was costing us a million less. That's already a reason to eliminate 458. One of the reasons. During the proceeding, we received an unprecedented number of letters from the public. Everyone except the union letter was in favor of expressing people's dismay at this new increase in the cost of electricity. Remember, these letters only represent the people who bothered to write. Many have not written but are of the same opinion.
Social peace or the well-being of people is essential in all societies. If we change a little our mentality or our direction that the NB Power company is taking, such as at the board level or at the management level or in government.Assuming the government changes, the government, which will change in a few days, may change the mandate of NB Power. Or suddenly the Mactaquac power plant is more of a project. That’s why I wonder if it’s safe to make a decision on our rates right now without knowing what the government expects from us. We can buy, for example, we can buy electricity from Quebec, from renewable sources at a lower price than we can produce. We can rent our transmission lines so that neighboring jurisdictions can transport their electricity. It would be a source of income. Also learned that I believe in four unions its due for new contracts. Where are we in this discussion? There is too much confidential document in the evidence. It must change. And then, it's often complicated for normal people who aren't accountants or they aren't lawyers. The common people may have the chance to participate in these discussions. It's kinda important these things because we're all affected by it. You know salaries over $ 100,000 all of us, probably we have. But we represent very little of a small percentage of the population. I can't remember, I know it’s hard to run these meetings but I can only remember twice that Mr. Amos has been showing the door. That’s a shame. Yet he is a good citizen."
Thanks buddy
Roger Richard
Reply to @Morgan Brown: For the last two months when Point Lepreau was off grid, where the electricity came from?
Morgan Brown
Reply to @Roger Richard: I'd guess the replacement electricity came from imports (HQ especially) and perhaps increased in-province fossil production.
Fred Brewer
Reply to @Morgan Brown: Sources please. Cue the crickets.
Morgan Brown
Reply to @Fred Brewer: I presume you are asking for my sources of information on electrical production. The Ontario wind and solar data comes from the IESO, collected since 2006 March 4 (wind) and 2015 March 28 (solar) when these sources went live. The nuclear data comes from a combination of sources; since 2018 the Point Lepreau data comes from the NB Power quarterly performance figures (net production in 3-month periods). Other sources include the CANDU Owners Group, Nuclear Engineering International, the IAEA's Power Reactor Information System (PRIS) and Nucleonics Week. The PRIS data is particularly good, as it has a long-term consistent basis, dating back to 1970; for Canada only the NPD (1962-69) and DP (1966-69) data are missing (although these are in old OH and NEI data). The PRIS data is only on an annual basis, but it is very good for verifying the other numbers. For Point Lepreau, see: https://pris.iaea.org/PRIS/CountryStatistics/ReactorDetails.aspx?current=37
Morgan Brown
Reply to @Morgan Brown: The Ontario wind and solar data comes from the IESO, collected since 2006 March 4 (wind) and 2015 March 28 (solar) when these sources went live. The nuclear data comes from a combination of sources; since 2018 the Point Lepreau data comes from the NB Power quarterly performance figures (net production in 3-month periods). Other sources include the CANDU Owners Group, Nuclear Engineering International, the IAEA's Power Reactor Information System (PRIS) and Nucleonics Week. The PRIS data is particularly good, as it has a long-term consistent basis, dating back to 1970; for Canada only the NPD (1962-69) and DP (1966-69) data are missing (although these are in old OH and NEI data). The PRIS data is only on an annual basis, but it is very good for verifying the other numbers.
Morgan Brown
Reply to @Morgan Brown: Apologies for the delay and double-posting, but my first reply (virtually identical) got disabled for some reason.
David Amos
Reply to @Fred Brewer: Too Funny Methinks it is you who cues the crickets when you are cornered N'esy Pas?
Eric Saulnier
Reply to @Fred Brewer: NB Power imports power from Hydro Quebec over the transmission network. There's been deals in play for decades... https://www.nbpower.com/en/about-us/news-media-centre/news/2020/hydro-quebec-and-nb-power-sign-agreements-on-electricity-purchases-and-expertise-sharing/
Fred Brewer
Reply to @Morgan Brown: Thank you Morgan. However after extensive searching of IESO site I cannot find the report or the sources for the data you have provided. Would you be so kind as to send a link or explain where this information is found and what is included? If it includes small wind and small solar that would have an adverse impact as these are not as efficient as large scale projects.
In regards to Point Lepreau and your link, you are confusing the PRIS term "Operation Factor" with Capacity Factor. These are not the same at all. Keep digging and when you find the lifetime Capacity Factor of Pt. Lepreau, I would love to see it, but I guarantee it is nowhere near the Operation factor.
In regards to Point Lepreau and your link, you are confusing the PRIS term "Operation Factor" with Capacity Factor. These are not the same at all. Keep digging and when you find the lifetime Capacity Factor of Pt. Lepreau, I would love to see it, but I guarantee it is nowhere near the Operation factor.
David Amos
Reply to @Fred Brewer: Methinks you should do it yourself because you have claimed many times to Mr Peters that you knew how to research the documents on file within the EUB N'esy Pas?
Roger Richard
Reply to @Morgan Brown: How much HQ’s electricity cost compare to the cost to produce it ourselves?
Morgan Brown
Reply to @Fred Brewer: I did not use the "Operation Factor". The capacity factor and the PRIS annual load factor are the same thing. CF = total electricity delivered to the grid in a year divided by the maximum possible electricity if the reactor ran at full power for the same year.
The IESO data is found in the power data data directory, and there are (2010 and later) historical data sets found there - hour by hour for each plant.
The IESO data is found in the power data data directory, and there are (2010 and later) historical data sets found there - hour by hour for each plant.
Morgan Brown
Reply to @Fred Brewer: Only industrial-scale plants are included in the IESO data (I believe that is 10 MW and greater).
Morgan Brown
Reply to @Roger Richard: I don't know. It would depend upon the contracts between HQ and NBP. You might find it in the NBP quarterly or annual reports, but it might be buried in the total import cost (some from Maine?).
Roger Richard
Reply to @Morgan Brown: Thanks.
Fred Brewer
Reply to @Morgan Brown: Ok, I see where you are coming from now. I made an assumption and was wrong. I do apologize. Based on lifetime CF, Point Lepreau has operated at 71.4%. Because of the billons and billions of dollars of costs for construction, operation, maintenance and decommission it nets out at super expensive electricity.
Fred Brewer
Reply to @Morgan Brown: "Only industrial-scale plants are included in the IESO data (I believe that is 10 MW and greater). "
I was unable to find the data but all I can say is that modern wind farms, that are properly sited can easily achieve 50% and higher capacity factors. NB Power's Mactaquac Dam operates at about 26% CF yet NB Power wants to spend billions to refurbish it. Why?
I was unable to find the data but all I can say is that modern wind farms, that are properly sited can easily achieve 50% and higher capacity factors. NB Power's Mactaquac Dam operates at about 26% CF yet NB Power wants to spend billions to refurbish it. Why?
David Amos
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COMMISSION DE L’ENERGIE et DES SERVICES PUBLICS N.-B.
Matter 458
IN THE MATTER OF an application by New Brunswick Power Corporation for approval of the schedules of rates for the fiscal year commencing April 1st 2020.
Held via web conference on September 10th 2020.
Before:
Francois Beaulieu - Acting Chairman
John Herron - Member
Michael Costello - Member
Board Staff:
Matthew Letson - Counsel
John Lawton
David Young
Michael Dickie
Susan Colwell
Chief Clerk: Kathleen Mitchell
............................................................
ACTING CHAIRMAN: Good morning, everyone. This is a motion hearing relating to Matter 458 regarding the application by NB Power Corporation for approval of their schedule of rates fiscal year commencing on April the 1st 2020.
My favourite part of the discussion
DR. RICHARD: "Le Nouveau-Brunswick est reconnu maintenant à être la province la plus pauvre au Canada. L’électricité est importante pour nous autres. Ça affecte le prix de toutes choses.
David Amos
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Et puis, avant la pandémie ont nous disaient que le cout des carburons pour notre production d’électricité était moins dispendieux que le début. Juste cette raison là justifie de ne pas augmenter les taux d’électricité. Et puis, pour l’instance 452 pour l’infrastructure de mesurage avancé. On a appris que ça nous coutait 1 million de moins. Ça c’est déjà une raison pour éliminer 458. Une des raisons. Lors de l’instance, nous avons reçu un nombre sans précédant de lettres venant du public. Tous, excepté la lettre des syndiqués, étaient pour exprimer le désarroi des gens face à cette nouvelle augmentation coût de l’électricité. Il ne faut pas oublier que ces lettres ne représentent que les gens qui ont prit la peine d’écrire. Beaucoup n’ont pas écrit mais sont du même avis. La paix sociale ou le bien-être des gens est essentiel dans toutes sociétés. Si on change un petit peu notre mentalité ou notre direction que la compagnie Énergie NB prend comme au niveau du conseil d’administration ou au niveau de la gérance ou au gouvernement. Supposant que le gouvernement change, le gouvernement, qui va changer dans quelques jours, peut changer le mandat d’Énergie NB. Ou tout à coup que la centrale de Mactaquac c’est plus un projet. C’est pour ça que je me demande si c’est prudent de prendre une décision sur nos taux présentement sans savoir ce que le gouvernement s’attend de nous autres.
David Amos
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Reply to @David Amos: Continued Nous pouvons acheter par exemple, nous pouvons acheter l’électricité du Québec, provenant de sources renouvelables à un prix moindre que nous pouvons ls produire. Nous pouvons louer nos lignes de transmission pour que les juridictions avoisinantes puissent transporter leurs électricités. Ce serait une source de revenu. En apprenait aussi que je crois dans quatre syndicats son due pour des nouveaux contrats. Où sommes-nous rendu dans cette discussion? Il y a trop de document confidentiel dans la preuve. Ça doit changer. Et puis, c’est souvent compliquer pour que les gens normal qui ne sont pas des comptables ou qu’ils ne sont pas des avocats. Les gens qu’ils sont du peuple puisse avoir la chance de participer dans ces discussions. C’est comme un peu important ces choses là parce qu’on est toutes affectés par cela. Vous savez des salaires au dessus de 100,000$ toutes nous autres, probablement qu’on a. Mais on représente bien peu d’un petit pourcentage de la population. Je ne peux me rappeler, je sais que c’est difficile de gérer ces réunions mais je ne peux que me rappeler que par deux fois, Mr. Amos a été montrer la porte. Ça c’est dommage. C’est pourtant un bon citoyen.
Merci Mon Ami
David Amos
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Reply to @David Amos: Google translation DR. RICHARD: "New Brunswick is now recognized to be the poorest province in Canada. Electricity is important to us. It affects the price of all things. And then, before the pandemic we were told that the cost of fuel for our electricity production was less expensive than the beginning. Just this reason justifies not increasing electricity rates. And then, for instance 452 for the advanced metering infrastructure. We learned that it was costing us a million less. That's already a reason to eliminate 458. One of the reasons. During the proceeding, we received an unprecedented number of letters from the public. Everyone except the union letter was in favor of expressing people's dismay at this new increase in the cost of electricity. Remember, these letters only represent the people who bothered to write. Many have not written but are of the same opinion.
David Amos
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Reply to @David Amos: Continued Social peace or the well-being of people is essential in all societies. If we change a little our mentality or our direction that the NB Power company is taking, such as at the board level or at the management level or in government.Assuming the government changes, the government, which will change in a few days, may change the mandate of NB Power. Or suddenly the Mactaquac power plant is more of a project. That’s why I wonder if it’s safe to make a decision on our rates right now without knowing what the government expects from us. We can buy, for example, we can buy electricity from Quebec, from renewable sources at a lower price than we can produce. We can rent our transmission lines so that neighboring jurisdictions can transport their electricity. It would be a source of income. Also learned that I believe in four unions its due for new contracts. Where are we in this discussion? There is too much confidential document in the evidence. It must change. And then, it's often complicated for normal people who aren't accountants or they aren't lawyers. The common people may have the chance to participate in these discussions. It's kinda important these things because we're all affected by it. You know salaries over $ 100,000 all of us, probably we have. But we represent very little of a small percentage of the population. I can't remember, I know it’s hard to run these meetings but I can only remember twice that Mr. Amos has been showing the door. That’s a shame. Yet he is a good citizen."
Thanks buddy
Tuesday, May 16, 2006
Mariitime and Yankee Arseholes
Just Dave
This email got jumbled together somewhat as I posted it I gave up on it and went back to work trying to stop Harpers Wicked War motion
Date: Tue, 16 May 2006 19:26:26 -0700 (PDT)
From: "David Amos"
Subject: Re: It is not Spam arsehole get a fucking lawyer
To: "Brown, Nick (LEG)" , aleblanc.mla@nb.aibn.com, oldmaison@yahoo.com, mail@ccla.org, advocacycollective@yahoo.com, frederictonartsalliance@yahoo.ca, wassef@nb.sympatico.ca, Premier@gnb.ca, michael.malley@gnb.ca, Arthur.A@parl.gc.ca, Shawn.GRAHAM@gnb.ca, brian.kenny@gnb.ca, roy.boudreau@gnb.ca, hedard.albert@gnb.ca, smcready@nbnet.nb.ca
CC: socialsciences@mta.ca, fdykeman@mta.ca, roly.macintyre@gnb.ca, Ed.Doherty@gnb.ca, frank.branch@gnb.ca, rosemay.poirier@gnb.ca, Jody.CARR@gnb.ca, Keith.ASHFIELD@gnb.ca, David.ALWARD@gnb.ca, tony.huntjens@gnb.ca, Elvy.ROBICHAUD@gnb.ca, milt.sherwood@gnb.ca, Eric.ALLABY@gnb.ca, Wayne.STEEVES@gnb.ca, dale.graham@gnb.ca, wally.stiles@gnb.ca, kelly.lamrock@gnb.ca, brad.green@gnb.ca, eugene.mcginley2@gnb.ca, bev.harrison@gnb.ca, leroy.armstrong@gnb.ca, mikemurphymla@hotmail.com, T.J.Burke@gnb.ca
You certainly do Nicky Baby Tanker has received Hard Copy of my material at least twice arsehole. I am entitled to an answer.
"Brown, Nick (LEG)" wrote:
It is spam you keep sending me. As for a lawyer we have no need to get one. Stop with your emails.
Nick BrownExecutive Assistant to the Speaker
1-506-470-1136 (cell)
1-506-453-2506 (work)
-----Original Message-----
From: David Amos
To: Brown, Nick (LEG)
Sent: Tue May 16 23:14:59 2006
Subject: Re: It is not Spam arsehole get a fucking lawyer
Well then who is Tanker's goddamned lawyer if it ain't Cleveland
Allaby?"Brown, Nick (LEG)" wrote:
Okay but just remove me and michael from your email list
Nick BrownExecutive Assistant to the Speaker
1-506-470-1136 (cell)
1-506-453-2506 (work)
-----Original Message-----
From: David Amos
To: Brown, Nick (LEG)
Sent: Tue May 16 22:38:37 2006
Subject: It is not Spam arsehole get a fucking lawyer"
Brown, Nick (LEG)" wrote:
Please stop sending me your spam emails
Nick BrownExecutive Assistant to the Speaker
1-506-470-1136 (cell)
1-506-453-2506 (work)
-----Original Message-----
From: David Amos
To: Brown, Nick (LEG)
Sent: Tue May 16 22:34:20 2006
Subject: David Wilkins knew about New Brunswick before he came to Canada
This was when he wasthe Speaker of the House in South Carolina
David Amos wrote:
Date: Mon, 18 Apr 2005 12:28:51 -0700 (PDT)
From: David Amos
Subject: Years ago I introduced my concerns with the IRS to Cellucci in Canada
To: HSP@scstatehouse.net
I did so in a proper fashion before it became necessary to sue anyone. It is not my job to prosecute criminal actions. That is as you know the task of the various law enforcement authorities. However Cellucci was mistaken when he thought I was bluffing. Ashcroft made a bigger boo boo when he thought the Secret Service could take me away to Cuba and get me out of his hair. Whatever may transpire between you and I in the future, you can never say that I was not straight up with you out of the gate. This and the following emails contain a lot of text. Any man considering becoming the latest US Ambassador to Canada should study every single word. The emails do me a a service as well in that they save me paper, toner and US postage. Lets just say I truly hope that you are the honest man I have been looking for. I do not care about your political standing. I am seeks friends not more foes. As an honest Republican you should understand your party can easily replace the president and maintin its integrity. Bush popoularity is at an all time low and the ecomony is in the toilet. The you have wild cards like me that may just be successful in seeing justice served for the benefit of the public trust in two countries. Bush may be able to cover up my concerns in the USA but not in the UN and Canada too. There are no degrees of honesty no matter what party line you Kow Tow to. Any lawyer knows that EH? Why not aim high if you do the right thing ASAP hell you could be the next President I have pickled every Democrat in sight. Check my work before you call me a liar.
David Amos wrote:
Date: Thu, 14 Apr 2005 10:13:07 -0700 (PDT)
From: David Amos Subject: I just talked to ya Stevey Boy thanks for showng me your arse so fast
To: stephenb@cba.org, john.e.lowman@esso.ca, jfuhrer@ridoutmaybee.com, jharris@myersfirm.com, leila.gosselin@calgary.ca, CWade@Heenan.ca, gavin.wyllie@bellnet.ca, wdanson@mccuaig.com, george@mcallister-law.com, cmasse@mccarthy.ca, gordon.murphy@aegoncanada.ca, mcornish@cavalluzzo.com, kirsten.embree@fmc-law.com, susandumont@telus.net, Brian.Carr@fmc-law.com, pjrenaud@duncanandcraig.com, christian.whalen@gnb.ca, cba@unb.ca, cbanb@cbanb.com, jean.trahan@gnb.ca, Pettigrew.P@parl.gc.ca, cuba_onu@cubanmission.com, cuba@un.int
Christian R.C. Whalen, I just called you too and was put on hold while trying to explain my concerns. I hate that. May I suggest that you sit up and pay attention and act within the scope of your employment once you get back from lunch. The fact that I can use a phone and send emails must at least prove that I am human too and have at least the same rights as you. Rest assured I will be giving you hard copy once I return home in order to prove what I say is true. Putting me in jail or on hold will no longer do. Just so you all know, there is no need to send your organization, the CBA hard copy. Your buddies George McAllister and Jeff Mockler amongst many others in Fredericton got it last year. I received their malevolent answers before I was was falsely imprisoned in the USA. I bet Georgey Boy and Elizabeth Weir are shitting bricks right now after what they have said in the newspaper about the insurance industry last year and the fact that old Hank Greenburg of AIG is in a world of trouble. When Elliot Spitzer went forward and sued Marsh McLellen whilst I was in jail it really pissed me off. I wonder if he and McAllister understand the term "personal injury" because they certainly failed to uphold the law and assisted John Ashcroft in my false imprisonment under the charges of "other" These emails just prove that you all knew the truth before I take up my matters with the UN and then come home to run for Parliament again. We all know Franky McKenna and Allan Rock ain't worth a damn when it comes to speaking for the best interests of our fellow Canadians. Who knows maybe there is some other country that will assist and honest pigheaded Maritimer to expose the awful truth for the benefit of all people excepting lawyers of course. By water Cuba is a close neighbor may we should become better friends. Rest assured if there is no one who will stand with me I will still sue your entire organization for failing the public trust placed in your profession. Methinks the Maritimes should separate from Canada and claim our natural resoures as our own. Lawyers know the maritimes is far from poor why else would buffons such as Franky McKenna and Bernard Lord get to rub elbows with all the rich and powerful? Danny Williams talks the talk should I walk the walk and inspire a true separation? If that were to come about I will wager many lawyers would move to Toronto or Montreal. Everybody knows most Maritimers hate lawyers because they are the ones that have caused us to suffer so while Upper Canadians such as Paul Martin's many cohorts have gotten wealthy off of our assests. Stephen Harper don't give a good god damn about the Maritimes in fact he has called us defeatists. Well he has met one that will challenge his thinking anyway of the week and six times on Sunday. What say you? Wanna call me a liar?
David Amos wrote:
Date: Thu, 14 Apr 2005 08:49:50 -0700 (PDT)
From: David Amos
Subject: Fwd: Here is some heavy reading for ya
To: mdavid@shadleybattista.com, kilgour@parl.gc.ca
David Amos wrote:
Date: Sat, 12 Mar 2005 09:16:35 -0800 (PST)
From: David Amos
Subject: Here is some heavy reading for ya
To: EaganBraude@969fmtalk.com
David Amos wrote:
Date: Thu, 10 Mar 2005 09:54:17 -0800 (PST)
From: David Amos
Subject: Fwd: The most effective email for Thelma
To: atkinn@sen.parl.gc.ca, doodyw@sen.parl.gc.ca, murral@sen.parl.gc.caCC: spivam@sen.parl.gc.ca, jcrivest@sen.parl.gc.ca, prudhm@sen.parl.gc.ca, plamom@sen.parl.gc.ca, lachah@sen.parl.gc.ca
David Amos wrote:
Date: Thu, 10 Mar 2005 06:08:14 -0800 (PST)
From: David Amos
Subject: Fwd: The most effective email for Thelma
To: info@traderinafishbowl.com, warren.tolman@hklaw.com, dan@dankennedy.net, w.kirtz@neu.edu, howiecarr@wrko.com, bzelnick@bu.edu, n.daniloff@neu.edu, barnicle@969fmtalk.com, info@grahamdefense.orgCC: johnduggan@legalaid.nf.ca, McLellan.A@parl.gc.ca, david@lutz.nb.ca, cynthia.merlini@dfait-maeci.gc.ca, ethics@harvard.edu, INFO7@elections.ca, inquiry.admin@bellnet.ca, cotlei@parl.gc.ca, Robert.Creedon@state.ma.us, Brian.A.Joyce@state.ma.us, Jack.Hart@state.ma.us, Rep.WalterTimilty@hou.state.ma.us, Rep.AStephenTobin@hou.state.ma.us, Dianne.Wilkerson@state.ma.us, Daphne.Thompson@gems2.gov.bc.ca, coulter.osborne@oico.on.ca, WayneGreen@mail.gov.nl.ca, gallanpm@gov.ns.ca
Hey
Yesterday morning I put one over the bow of a bunch of bad acting Yankees in Beantown. I got a very predictable response from them, nothing. It seems they struck themselves dumb. It comes to them naturally, I might add. They seem to think the whole world revolves around them and their Big Digs and by-elections. Yet while I was teasing those dumb bastards what was far more important to me and my fellow Canadians was the budget vote up home. If Martin's government fell and my name came up as part of the cause of it, shit would roll down hill and I could impeach Georgie Bush in a New York minute. Then the Yankees would sit up and pay attention. It was a small wonder to me that the Conservatives refrained from voting and Georgie Bush picked up the phone and made his peace with the snake, Paul Martin. Thus far everything has gone as I have predicted. However everybody does not know about me and the UN yet. Now there is a different kettle of fish. While everybody felt their own fat arses were so important and my dumb ass was not worth a damn, I was still playing the political game on many fronts. Watch out when I line them up. That said, I listened with interest this morning to the Virgin Fat Bastard on Fox News to hear what he had to say. The most offensive things he said were about Canada and how we don't matter. Perhaps he should have read what I gave to Murdoch's General Counsel, Mr. Siskland last year. There is good reason Canada does not want Fox on its airwaves. It is Fox that does not matter. Plus does VB think Canadians do not buy and sell on the stock market as well? Hell it is a Canadian firm called Thomson that sells all you Yankee lawyers your information that makes you appear so wise. They sell their shares on the Yankee Stock exchange and their General Counsel is right here in CT. I also heard what VB had to say about Reilly and his speach in front of the Taxpayer Dudes. Does Fox forget the fact that I sued Reilly, the IRS and everybody else years ago for not collecting Taxes? Then I heard from another Mike Sullivan who writes for the Herald and talks on Fox. What he had to say was truly comical if you know what I know about what he don't know about. How many Mike Sullivans are there in Massachusetts anyway? He had a lot to say about the stock market. Perhaps he should confer with two other Mikey Sullivans to get the real scoop. One produces Frontline and the other is the US Attorney. Then if he wants to make some serious dough as a whistleblower perhaps he should talk to me. I will forward an email about the Media that contians a Tiff file that should properly introduce the three Mikey Sullivans. I waited for the results of the budget vote to write my wife's last affidavit and then I am gone. You find what court she files it in. I ain't telling it would spoil my fun when I get back to Beantown in time for Tax Day up home. The Bloc Quebecois can call for a confidence vote anytime they want. Everybody knows how easy it is for me to piss off Frenchmen. I put it under the heading of sport. Read on or not I don't care this email just saves me a lot of toner and paper and Us Postage in order to support my final mailings to expose Public Corruption. I am at the top of the heap it is time to deliver the Coup de Grace in order to cause an Confidence Vote in Canada. The bad acting Yankees can do nothing to stop me now. Good bye Yankees. I do not wish you a Good Day.
"OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canada's minority Liberal government won a crucial budget vote on Wednesday after the official opposition Conservative Party abstained to ensure the administration stayed in power. But Conservative leader Stephen Harper, who says Canadians have no desire for another election so soon after the vote last June, did not rule out voting against Ottawa's spending plans in the next few weeks. This, too, could trigger an election. Legislators approved the budget by 132-73. The government had declared each of the budget votes to be a matter of confidence that could spark an early election. The Liberals and the Conservatives are not enthusiastic about a new election since neither party has gained support since last June's vote, when the Liberals lost their majority in Parliament. The Liberals hold 133 of the 308 seats in the House of Commons, with the Conservatives holding 99, the Bloc Quebecois 54, and the New Democratic Party 19. There are two independents and one seat is vacant. "It's not in the national interest to have an election now," Harper said before the vote. His party -- created 15 months ago through the union of the Alliance and Progressive Conservative parties -- holds its first policy convention next week.
"David Amos wrote:
Date: Tue, 8 Mar 2005 14:12:57 -0800 (PST)
From: David Amos
Subject: The most effective email for Thelma
To: HJMcClure2@msn.com
I truly believe that this email is the most important and timely email for Thelma and my little Clan as well. There is a lot more to this email than what first meets the eye. However if someone like Dick Gregory could have someone like Bill Cosby introduce Thelma to Martha Stewart and she could introduce what I know about lawyers and the SEC crooks to her. All of our troubles would be over when Martha Stewart gets mad as a wet hen. No kidding. It is hard for me to explain but very easy to do. The only problem I have is that nobody believes me. Maybe it is Thelma's credibility and friends are what I need to get the job done because I am too much of a radical. However if I were not such a fierce character I would not have been able to do what I did. Talk about a Catch 22 EH?
David Amos wrote:
Date: Thu, 17 Feb 2005 16:45:28 -0800 (PST)
From: David Amos
Subject: Fwd: Fw: Governor M. Jodi Rell I just callel your office
To: mbevis@nhpr.org
David Amos wrote:
From: "David Amos"
To: "moto maniac" ,
,Subject: Fw: Governor M. Jodi Rell I just callel your office
Date: Thu, 17 Feb 2005 10:23:10 -0500
----- Original Message -----
From: David Amos
To: dennis.schain@po.state.ct.us ; Governor.Rell@po.state.ct.us ; attorney.general@po.statect.us ; chris.beaman@mail.house.gov
Sent: Thursday, February 17, 2005 10:10 AM
Subject: Governor M. Jodi Rell I just callel your office
Shame on you Ms. Rell. I read your spiel about Ethics and wanted to talk to you or your lawyers about Attorney General Blumenthal and his actions with Elliot Spitzer and many other people connected with your State involving Securities Fraud before I sued your State. Whomever the woman was answered your phone demanded to know my business. Either she is very malicious or as dumb as a post. She only managed to be able to repeat what I said but seemed incapable of independent thought to answer a simple question and introduce me to your lawyers. Therefore I will sue you in federal court in order to meet them but not before calling Blumenthal to testify at my Trial. Long before that time you will have received Hard Copy of what Blumenthal had received under the reign of your former Governor and will stress test your ethics byway of Martha Stewart as soon as she gets out of jail. Meanwhile obviously I am telling the world what I think of Connecticut and all of its crooks. Tell me honestly. Whom do you do the common people will believe, me or a bunch of Yankee Carpetbaggers? I read about Howard Coble teasing Martha Stewart in prison. I truly hope she gets to return the favor. However Coble likely already knows that I will be suing him along with the Free Agent the loser/lawyer John Edwards.If I were you I would have your dim witted help read this real slow a couple of times because many other people are receiving this email as well. Martha Stewart alone will make the shit hit the fan once she see her copy. However perhaps you had better have your lawyers contact me real fast because my evidence of crimes are far more powerful than hers and Martha would need my support to sue those that have offended her. I am making my best effort to embarrass you into ethical conduct. If that doesn't rest assured I will sue.November 14, 2003Lawrence J Lasser, Juan M. Marcelino, 342 Warren St, 360 ForestBrookline, MA 02445 Bridgewater, MA 02324Phone 617 566-5253 Phone 508 279-3341Hey fellas,Seems to me you two played dumb too long, then resigned from your lucrative positions way past too late. I know that you and I know you underestimated me. I know your prompt but secretive resignations from your posts are simply part of a cover-up and fraudulent attempt to display ethical behavior at a state, federal and private level. Is this an honourable act? Would Mr. Marcelino swear to it with "Scout's Honor"? I know you, Mr. Lasser, know your Kickham neighbors. You do cruise the same haunts. Watch out for Uncle Franky, if you see him behind the wheel of that 4x4. He is as blind as a bat. Why Safety Insurance gave him a good driver discount I will never understand. He has never even had a driver's license. Watch out for Uncle Bill as well, I know he drinks and drives. Good thing for him has many buddies in the Cop Shops. I also know you know about my appearance at the Brookline Savings Bank Shareholders meeting. You must have known about my contact with George Putnam before attending. What you may not know about is the Kickham's Court Ordered Second Accounts that were filed the same week. The documents are hereto enclosed. Have your best lawyer explain the ramifications to you. Then ask him if he will defend you after you receive a copy of my complaint. The instant he admits that he has read it and does not affirm the crimes of Charles J. Kickham Jr. I will sue him too. If no lawyer will talk to you, give Mr. Marcelino a call. He is a lawyer. He can't be too busy these days and his concerns are the same as yours. I am sending you both the same documents that I sent every U.S. Attorney but only he gets a copy of the tape. Lucky for you, Mr. Lasser, that you are not a lawyer.Seems to me that both of you and I may go toe to toe Pro Se. Even under the Patriot Act, the First Amendment and Freedom of Religion still stands. Watch me reel you in under the Rico laws for three times the total loss because of the conspiracy. If any lawyer disagrees, dare him to send me a letter. The transcripts of the Feb 8/02, May 16/02 and Oct 16/02 hearings in Norfolk Probate Court are enclosed for your review. Seems to me that the worm has turned. I hope the Kickhams live long enough to go to jail. None of us can predict the future but I got a feeling that my kid's future is looking brighter every day. Pretty soon they are gonna have to wear shades. As for me I has always been lucky. I have been living on borrowed time since I was three years old. All doctors were betting I would never come out of the coma. Would you like to make a little wager as to whether or not I complete my task before slipping back into the coma? One thing is for certain. Because you are now reading this letter you can never play dumb no more. Say hey to Chucky, Willy, Franky, Mr. Koski, Mr. Randazzo, Mr. Chapman and Mr. Tripp for me.
David R. Amos
Cya'll in Court;)
153 Alvin Ave.
Milton, MA. 02186
Conn. AG Sues Marsh & McLennan, ACE
Friday January 21, 4:26 pm ET By Laura Walsh, Associated Press Writer
Connecticut Attorney General Blumenthal Sues Broker Marsh & McLennan, Insurer ACE HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) -- Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal on Friday sued insurance brokerage giant Marsh & McLennan Inc. and a unit of the Bermuda-based ACE Ltd. insurance company for illegal commissions in connection with an $80 million state contract.It was the latest in a series of actions that Blumenthal has taken since New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer filed suit last October against Marsh & McLennan, which is headquartered in New York, for bid rigging, price fixing and demanding incentive fees from insurance companies in exchange for sending more property and casualty business their way.
This email got jumbled together somewhat as I posted it I gave up on it and went back to work trying to stop Harpers Wicked War motion
Date: Tue, 16 May 2006 19:26:26 -0700 (PDT)
From: "David Amos"
Subject: Re: It is not Spam arsehole get a fucking lawyer
To: "Brown, Nick (LEG)" , aleblanc.mla@nb.aibn.com, oldmaison@yahoo.com, mail@ccla.org, advocacycollective@yahoo.com, frederictonartsalliance@yahoo.ca, wassef@nb.sympatico.ca, Premier@gnb.ca, michael.malley@gnb.ca, Arthur.A@parl.gc.ca, Shawn.GRAHAM@gnb.ca, brian.kenny@gnb.ca, roy.boudreau@gnb.ca, hedard.albert@gnb.ca, smcready@nbnet.nb.ca
CC: socialsciences@mta.ca, fdykeman@mta.ca, roly.macintyre@gnb.ca, Ed.Doherty@gnb.ca, frank.branch@gnb.ca, rosemay.poirier@gnb.ca, Jody.CARR@gnb.ca, Keith.ASHFIELD@gnb.ca, David.ALWARD@gnb.ca, tony.huntjens@gnb.ca, Elvy.ROBICHAUD@gnb.ca, milt.sherwood@gnb.ca, Eric.ALLABY@gnb.ca, Wayne.STEEVES@gnb.ca, dale.graham@gnb.ca, wally.stiles@gnb.ca, kelly.lamrock@gnb.ca, brad.green@gnb.ca, eugene.mcginley2@gnb.ca, bev.harrison@gnb.ca, leroy.armstrong@gnb.ca, mikemurphymla@hotmail.com, T.J.Burke@gnb.ca
You certainly do Nicky Baby Tanker has received Hard Copy of my material at least twice arsehole. I am entitled to an answer.
"Brown, Nick (LEG)" wrote:
It is spam you keep sending me. As for a lawyer we have no need to get one. Stop with your emails.
Nick BrownExecutive Assistant to the Speaker
1-506-470-1136 (cell)
1-506-453-2506 (work)
-----Original Message-----
From: David Amos
To: Brown, Nick (LEG)
Sent: Tue May 16 23:14:59 2006
Subject: Re: It is not Spam arsehole get a fucking lawyer
Well then who is Tanker's goddamned lawyer if it ain't Cleveland
Allaby?"Brown, Nick (LEG)" wrote:
Okay but just remove me and michael from your email list
Nick BrownExecutive Assistant to the Speaker
1-506-470-1136 (cell)
1-506-453-2506 (work)
-----Original Message-----
From: David Amos
To: Brown, Nick (LEG)
Sent: Tue May 16 22:38:37 2006
Subject: It is not Spam arsehole get a fucking lawyer"
Brown, Nick (LEG)" wrote:
Please stop sending me your spam emails
Nick BrownExecutive Assistant to the Speaker
1-506-470-1136 (cell)
1-506-453-2506 (work)
-----Original Message-----
From: David Amos
To: Brown, Nick (LEG)
Sent: Tue May 16 22:34:20 2006
Subject: David Wilkins knew about New Brunswick before he came to Canada
This was when he wasthe Speaker of the House in South Carolina
David Amos wrote:
Date: Mon, 18 Apr 2005 12:28:51 -0700 (PDT)
From: David Amos
Subject: Years ago I introduced my concerns with the IRS to Cellucci in Canada
To: HSP@scstatehouse.net
I did so in a proper fashion before it became necessary to sue anyone. It is not my job to prosecute criminal actions. That is as you know the task of the various law enforcement authorities. However Cellucci was mistaken when he thought I was bluffing. Ashcroft made a bigger boo boo when he thought the Secret Service could take me away to Cuba and get me out of his hair. Whatever may transpire between you and I in the future, you can never say that I was not straight up with you out of the gate. This and the following emails contain a lot of text. Any man considering becoming the latest US Ambassador to Canada should study every single word. The emails do me a a service as well in that they save me paper, toner and US postage. Lets just say I truly hope that you are the honest man I have been looking for. I do not care about your political standing. I am seeks friends not more foes. As an honest Republican you should understand your party can easily replace the president and maintin its integrity. Bush popoularity is at an all time low and the ecomony is in the toilet. The you have wild cards like me that may just be successful in seeing justice served for the benefit of the public trust in two countries. Bush may be able to cover up my concerns in the USA but not in the UN and Canada too. There are no degrees of honesty no matter what party line you Kow Tow to. Any lawyer knows that EH? Why not aim high if you do the right thing ASAP hell you could be the next President I have pickled every Democrat in sight. Check my work before you call me a liar.
David Amos wrote:
Date: Thu, 14 Apr 2005 10:13:07 -0700 (PDT)
From: David Amos Subject: I just talked to ya Stevey Boy thanks for showng me your arse so fast
To: stephenb@cba.org, john.e.lowman@esso.ca, jfuhrer@ridoutmaybee.com, jharris@myersfirm.com, leila.gosselin@calgary.ca, CWade@Heenan.ca, gavin.wyllie@bellnet.ca, wdanson@mccuaig.com, george@mcallister-law.com, cmasse@mccarthy.ca, gordon.murphy@aegoncanada.ca, mcornish@cavalluzzo.com, kirsten.embree@fmc-law.com, susandumont@telus.net, Brian.Carr@fmc-law.com, pjrenaud@duncanandcraig.com, christian.whalen@gnb.ca, cba@unb.ca, cbanb@cbanb.com, jean.trahan@gnb.ca, Pettigrew.P@parl.gc.ca, cuba_onu@cubanmission.com, cuba@un.int
Christian R.C. Whalen, I just called you too and was put on hold while trying to explain my concerns. I hate that. May I suggest that you sit up and pay attention and act within the scope of your employment once you get back from lunch. The fact that I can use a phone and send emails must at least prove that I am human too and have at least the same rights as you. Rest assured I will be giving you hard copy once I return home in order to prove what I say is true. Putting me in jail or on hold will no longer do. Just so you all know, there is no need to send your organization, the CBA hard copy. Your buddies George McAllister and Jeff Mockler amongst many others in Fredericton got it last year. I received their malevolent answers before I was was falsely imprisoned in the USA. I bet Georgey Boy and Elizabeth Weir are shitting bricks right now after what they have said in the newspaper about the insurance industry last year and the fact that old Hank Greenburg of AIG is in a world of trouble. When Elliot Spitzer went forward and sued Marsh McLellen whilst I was in jail it really pissed me off. I wonder if he and McAllister understand the term "personal injury" because they certainly failed to uphold the law and assisted John Ashcroft in my false imprisonment under the charges of "other" These emails just prove that you all knew the truth before I take up my matters with the UN and then come home to run for Parliament again. We all know Franky McKenna and Allan Rock ain't worth a damn when it comes to speaking for the best interests of our fellow Canadians. Who knows maybe there is some other country that will assist and honest pigheaded Maritimer to expose the awful truth for the benefit of all people excepting lawyers of course. By water Cuba is a close neighbor may we should become better friends. Rest assured if there is no one who will stand with me I will still sue your entire organization for failing the public trust placed in your profession. Methinks the Maritimes should separate from Canada and claim our natural resoures as our own. Lawyers know the maritimes is far from poor why else would buffons such as Franky McKenna and Bernard Lord get to rub elbows with all the rich and powerful? Danny Williams talks the talk should I walk the walk and inspire a true separation? If that were to come about I will wager many lawyers would move to Toronto or Montreal. Everybody knows most Maritimers hate lawyers because they are the ones that have caused us to suffer so while Upper Canadians such as Paul Martin's many cohorts have gotten wealthy off of our assests. Stephen Harper don't give a good god damn about the Maritimes in fact he has called us defeatists. Well he has met one that will challenge his thinking anyway of the week and six times on Sunday. What say you? Wanna call me a liar?
David Amos wrote:
Date: Thu, 14 Apr 2005 08:49:50 -0700 (PDT)
From: David Amos
Subject: Fwd: Here is some heavy reading for ya
To: mdavid@shadleybattista.com, kilgour@parl.gc.ca
David Amos wrote:
Date: Sat, 12 Mar 2005 09:16:35 -0800 (PST)
From: David Amos
Subject: Here is some heavy reading for ya
To: EaganBraude@969fmtalk.com
David Amos wrote:
Date: Thu, 10 Mar 2005 09:54:17 -0800 (PST)
From: David Amos
Subject: Fwd: The most effective email for Thelma
To: atkinn@sen.parl.gc.ca, doodyw@sen.parl.gc.ca, murral@sen.parl.gc.caCC: spivam@sen.parl.gc.ca, jcrivest@sen.parl.gc.ca, prudhm@sen.parl.gc.ca, plamom@sen.parl.gc.ca, lachah@sen.parl.gc.ca
David Amos wrote:
Date: Thu, 10 Mar 2005 06:08:14 -0800 (PST)
From: David Amos
Subject: Fwd: The most effective email for Thelma
To: info@traderinafishbowl.com, warren.tolman@hklaw.com, dan@dankennedy.net, w.kirtz@neu.edu, howiecarr@wrko.com, bzelnick@bu.edu, n.daniloff@neu.edu, barnicle@969fmtalk.com, info@grahamdefense.orgCC: johnduggan@legalaid.nf.ca, McLellan.A@parl.gc.ca, david@lutz.nb.ca, cynthia.merlini@dfait-maeci.gc.ca, ethics@harvard.edu, INFO7@elections.ca, inquiry.admin@bellnet.ca, cotlei@parl.gc.ca, Robert.Creedon@state.ma.us, Brian.A.Joyce@state.ma.us, Jack.Hart@state.ma.us, Rep.WalterTimilty@hou.state.ma.us, Rep.AStephenTobin@hou.state.ma.us, Dianne.Wilkerson@state.ma.us, Daphne.Thompson@gems2.gov.bc.ca, coulter.osborne@oico.on.ca, WayneGreen@mail.gov.nl.ca, gallanpm@gov.ns.ca
Hey
Yesterday morning I put one over the bow of a bunch of bad acting Yankees in Beantown. I got a very predictable response from them, nothing. It seems they struck themselves dumb. It comes to them naturally, I might add. They seem to think the whole world revolves around them and their Big Digs and by-elections. Yet while I was teasing those dumb bastards what was far more important to me and my fellow Canadians was the budget vote up home. If Martin's government fell and my name came up as part of the cause of it, shit would roll down hill and I could impeach Georgie Bush in a New York minute. Then the Yankees would sit up and pay attention. It was a small wonder to me that the Conservatives refrained from voting and Georgie Bush picked up the phone and made his peace with the snake, Paul Martin. Thus far everything has gone as I have predicted. However everybody does not know about me and the UN yet. Now there is a different kettle of fish. While everybody felt their own fat arses were so important and my dumb ass was not worth a damn, I was still playing the political game on many fronts. Watch out when I line them up. That said, I listened with interest this morning to the Virgin Fat Bastard on Fox News to hear what he had to say. The most offensive things he said were about Canada and how we don't matter. Perhaps he should have read what I gave to Murdoch's General Counsel, Mr. Siskland last year. There is good reason Canada does not want Fox on its airwaves. It is Fox that does not matter. Plus does VB think Canadians do not buy and sell on the stock market as well? Hell it is a Canadian firm called Thomson that sells all you Yankee lawyers your information that makes you appear so wise. They sell their shares on the Yankee Stock exchange and their General Counsel is right here in CT. I also heard what VB had to say about Reilly and his speach in front of the Taxpayer Dudes. Does Fox forget the fact that I sued Reilly, the IRS and everybody else years ago for not collecting Taxes? Then I heard from another Mike Sullivan who writes for the Herald and talks on Fox. What he had to say was truly comical if you know what I know about what he don't know about. How many Mike Sullivans are there in Massachusetts anyway? He had a lot to say about the stock market. Perhaps he should confer with two other Mikey Sullivans to get the real scoop. One produces Frontline and the other is the US Attorney. Then if he wants to make some serious dough as a whistleblower perhaps he should talk to me. I will forward an email about the Media that contians a Tiff file that should properly introduce the three Mikey Sullivans. I waited for the results of the budget vote to write my wife's last affidavit and then I am gone. You find what court she files it in. I ain't telling it would spoil my fun when I get back to Beantown in time for Tax Day up home. The Bloc Quebecois can call for a confidence vote anytime they want. Everybody knows how easy it is for me to piss off Frenchmen. I put it under the heading of sport. Read on or not I don't care this email just saves me a lot of toner and paper and Us Postage in order to support my final mailings to expose Public Corruption. I am at the top of the heap it is time to deliver the Coup de Grace in order to cause an Confidence Vote in Canada. The bad acting Yankees can do nothing to stop me now. Good bye Yankees. I do not wish you a Good Day.
"OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canada's minority Liberal government won a crucial budget vote on Wednesday after the official opposition Conservative Party abstained to ensure the administration stayed in power. But Conservative leader Stephen Harper, who says Canadians have no desire for another election so soon after the vote last June, did not rule out voting against Ottawa's spending plans in the next few weeks. This, too, could trigger an election. Legislators approved the budget by 132-73. The government had declared each of the budget votes to be a matter of confidence that could spark an early election. The Liberals and the Conservatives are not enthusiastic about a new election since neither party has gained support since last June's vote, when the Liberals lost their majority in Parliament. The Liberals hold 133 of the 308 seats in the House of Commons, with the Conservatives holding 99, the Bloc Quebecois 54, and the New Democratic Party 19. There are two independents and one seat is vacant. "It's not in the national interest to have an election now," Harper said before the vote. His party -- created 15 months ago through the union of the Alliance and Progressive Conservative parties -- holds its first policy convention next week.
"David Amos wrote:
Date: Tue, 8 Mar 2005 14:12:57 -0800 (PST)
From: David Amos
Subject: The most effective email for Thelma
To: HJMcClure2@msn.com
I truly believe that this email is the most important and timely email for Thelma and my little Clan as well. There is a lot more to this email than what first meets the eye. However if someone like Dick Gregory could have someone like Bill Cosby introduce Thelma to Martha Stewart and she could introduce what I know about lawyers and the SEC crooks to her. All of our troubles would be over when Martha Stewart gets mad as a wet hen. No kidding. It is hard for me to explain but very easy to do. The only problem I have is that nobody believes me. Maybe it is Thelma's credibility and friends are what I need to get the job done because I am too much of a radical. However if I were not such a fierce character I would not have been able to do what I did. Talk about a Catch 22 EH?
David Amos wrote:
Date: Thu, 17 Feb 2005 16:45:28 -0800 (PST)
From: David Amos
Subject: Fwd: Fw: Governor M. Jodi Rell I just callel your office
To: mbevis@nhpr.org
David Amos wrote:
From: "David Amos"
To: "moto maniac" ,
,Subject: Fw: Governor M. Jodi Rell I just callel your office
Date: Thu, 17 Feb 2005 10:23:10 -0500
----- Original Message -----
From: David Amos
To: dennis.schain@po.state.ct.us ; Governor.Rell@po.state.ct.us ; attorney.general@po.statect.us ; chris.beaman@mail.house.gov
Sent: Thursday, February 17, 2005 10:10 AM
Subject: Governor M. Jodi Rell I just callel your office
Shame on you Ms. Rell. I read your spiel about Ethics and wanted to talk to you or your lawyers about Attorney General Blumenthal and his actions with Elliot Spitzer and many other people connected with your State involving Securities Fraud before I sued your State. Whomever the woman was answered your phone demanded to know my business. Either she is very malicious or as dumb as a post. She only managed to be able to repeat what I said but seemed incapable of independent thought to answer a simple question and introduce me to your lawyers. Therefore I will sue you in federal court in order to meet them but not before calling Blumenthal to testify at my Trial. Long before that time you will have received Hard Copy of what Blumenthal had received under the reign of your former Governor and will stress test your ethics byway of Martha Stewart as soon as she gets out of jail. Meanwhile obviously I am telling the world what I think of Connecticut and all of its crooks. Tell me honestly. Whom do you do the common people will believe, me or a bunch of Yankee Carpetbaggers? I read about Howard Coble teasing Martha Stewart in prison. I truly hope she gets to return the favor. However Coble likely already knows that I will be suing him along with the Free Agent the loser/lawyer John Edwards.If I were you I would have your dim witted help read this real slow a couple of times because many other people are receiving this email as well. Martha Stewart alone will make the shit hit the fan once she see her copy. However perhaps you had better have your lawyers contact me real fast because my evidence of crimes are far more powerful than hers and Martha would need my support to sue those that have offended her. I am making my best effort to embarrass you into ethical conduct. If that doesn't rest assured I will sue.November 14, 2003Lawrence J Lasser, Juan M. Marcelino, 342 Warren St, 360 ForestBrookline, MA 02445 Bridgewater, MA 02324Phone 617 566-5253 Phone 508 279-3341Hey fellas,Seems to me you two played dumb too long, then resigned from your lucrative positions way past too late. I know that you and I know you underestimated me. I know your prompt but secretive resignations from your posts are simply part of a cover-up and fraudulent attempt to display ethical behavior at a state, federal and private level. Is this an honourable act? Would Mr. Marcelino swear to it with "Scout's Honor"? I know you, Mr. Lasser, know your Kickham neighbors. You do cruise the same haunts. Watch out for Uncle Franky, if you see him behind the wheel of that 4x4. He is as blind as a bat. Why Safety Insurance gave him a good driver discount I will never understand. He has never even had a driver's license. Watch out for Uncle Bill as well, I know he drinks and drives. Good thing for him has many buddies in the Cop Shops. I also know you know about my appearance at the Brookline Savings Bank Shareholders meeting. You must have known about my contact with George Putnam before attending. What you may not know about is the Kickham's Court Ordered Second Accounts that were filed the same week. The documents are hereto enclosed. Have your best lawyer explain the ramifications to you. Then ask him if he will defend you after you receive a copy of my complaint. The instant he admits that he has read it and does not affirm the crimes of Charles J. Kickham Jr. I will sue him too. If no lawyer will talk to you, give Mr. Marcelino a call. He is a lawyer. He can't be too busy these days and his concerns are the same as yours. I am sending you both the same documents that I sent every U.S. Attorney but only he gets a copy of the tape. Lucky for you, Mr. Lasser, that you are not a lawyer.Seems to me that both of you and I may go toe to toe Pro Se. Even under the Patriot Act, the First Amendment and Freedom of Religion still stands. Watch me reel you in under the Rico laws for three times the total loss because of the conspiracy. If any lawyer disagrees, dare him to send me a letter. The transcripts of the Feb 8/02, May 16/02 and Oct 16/02 hearings in Norfolk Probate Court are enclosed for your review. Seems to me that the worm has turned. I hope the Kickhams live long enough to go to jail. None of us can predict the future but I got a feeling that my kid's future is looking brighter every day. Pretty soon they are gonna have to wear shades. As for me I has always been lucky. I have been living on borrowed time since I was three years old. All doctors were betting I would never come out of the coma. Would you like to make a little wager as to whether or not I complete my task before slipping back into the coma? One thing is for certain. Because you are now reading this letter you can never play dumb no more. Say hey to Chucky, Willy, Franky, Mr. Koski, Mr. Randazzo, Mr. Chapman and Mr. Tripp for me.
David R. Amos
Cya'll in Court;)
153 Alvin Ave.
Milton, MA. 02186
Conn. AG Sues Marsh & McLennan, ACE
Friday January 21, 4:26 pm ET By Laura Walsh, Associated Press Writer
Connecticut Attorney General Blumenthal Sues Broker Marsh & McLennan, Insurer ACE HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) -- Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal on Friday sued insurance brokerage giant Marsh & McLennan Inc. and a unit of the Bermuda-based ACE Ltd. insurance company for illegal commissions in connection with an $80 million state contract.It was the latest in a series of actions that Blumenthal has taken since New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer filed suit last October against Marsh & McLennan, which is headquartered in New York, for bid rigging, price fixing and demanding incentive fees from insurance companies in exchange for sending more property and casualty business their way.
AIG, Marsh Execs Plead Guilty to FraudTuesday February 15, 3:46 pm ET By Joseph A. Giannone NEW YORK (Reuters) - A former senior executive at Marsh & McLennan Cos. Inc. (NYSE:MMC - News ) and two executives from American International Group Inc. (NYSE:AIG - News ) pleaded guilty to fraud charges stemming from New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer's sweeping investigation of fraud in the insurance industry.May 29th, 2004Thomas P. Puccio Brendan V. Sullivan Jr.c/o The Law offices of Thomas P. Puccio c/o Williams & Connolly LLP230 Park Avenue, Suite 301 725 Twelfth St., N.W.New York, New York 10169 Washington, DC 20005 RE: CorruptionSirs,I called and emailed both of your offices yesterday. Today someone called me from CT (203 964-0156) stating it was on Mr. Puccio's behalf. He asked me what I knew of Cendant. Now I support my statements to him with these enclosures that are exactly the same material sent to Mr. Ferguson of the Federal Reserve Bank quite a while ago. The copy of wiretap tape numbered 139 is served upon you in confidence as officers of the court in order that it may be properly investigated. I have also enclosed copies of two letters sent to the lawyers employed by Cendant Corp and a copy of a filing in Plymouth Probate Court in which the actions of Cendant Corp are mentioned.I do not know nor do I judge the actions of your clients, Walter Forbes and Kirk Shelton. I do state that the Office of the US Attorney prosecuting them has no right to complain of anyone for not upholding the law. There is also the irrefutable fact that the lawyers now employed by Cendant Corp and at least two of its Directors , Brian Mulroney and William Cohen, both of whom are well known lawyers/politicians, have proven to me that they have a total disregard for upholding the law. They are far from worthy of the Public Trust. I will be filing my own complaints against them soon.Feel free to argue me if you disagree but I think I have just served upon you a very big stick to use in the defense of your clients. Perhaps you should use it for the benefit of all. Although I am heading home to run for Parliament, rest assured I shall listen for the news of their present prosecution. I have also included a copy of a letter to Richard Blumenthal, the Attorney General of Connecticut, that has thus far gone unanswered. Perhaps you should ask him why he has chosen to ignore my allegations that should support the defense of your clients. At the very least I will call you as witnesses to my complaints. Perhaps you should consider my merits as a defense witness on your client's behalf. I must say I would make fairly formidable rebuttal witness against the actions of any government lawyer. If you doubt me ask Assistant Attorney General Robb Quinan if I am capable of filling a courtroom. Say hey to Martha Stewart's lawyers for me will ya? The fact that Feds are now prosecuting one of their own Secret Service Agents is just to funny in light of what I have sent to all parties involved in that matter. Please impress us all with a fine display of ethical conduct befitting your profession.Cya'll in CourtJ David R. Amos153 Alvin Ave Milton MA. 02186Connecticut Attorney General April 15th, 2004Richard Blumenthal P.O. Box 120, Hartford, Connecticut 06141-0120RE: CorruptionSir,Please find enclosed exactly the same documents etc. that were received by the Solicitor General Ted Olson a while ago. The copy of wiretap tape numbered 139 is served upon you in confidence as an officer of the court in order that it may be properly investigated. Please be the man I hope you are and not like the Attorney Generals in New York and Massachusetts. As you can see, I do not have much respect for Yankee lawyers but it does not follow that I hate them all. I have found one ethical lawyer who will speak for my wife as I hit the road and I am a proud father of two Yankees and am married to one. I can't hate everyone. Please study this stuff and respond to me.A couple of days ago I sent you an email that should have prompted you to ask me for more information if you are truly concerned about the actions of Big Banks and their recent mergers. When I received no reply, I called your office, and tried to inform the lady that answered of my concerns and of my sincere effort to make you aware. She had no time or interest in talking to me and told me to send my stuff to you by US Mail.I am very curious if, when and what you may say about my concerns. As a father you must understand me. However the lawyer in you confuses me. I seek a friend not a foe. I have enough enemies. I have seen that you have been quite popular in your campaigns on behalf of the little guy and the people of your state obviously like you enough to keep you in office for so long. I must stress test your ethics in pursuit of a friend.I know about other things far more important than crooked lawyers, bankers or mobsters. The sad part is many others do to but are too afraid to speak up. Therefore I must become a politician in order to try to speak of it in Parliament so I can expose the truth in such a way that others don't suffer from it. If perchance I fail and you have proven to me that you are ethical, my ghost will make certain that you will know all that I once knew. I do not have a death wish. I am just laying low for a bit. If the bastards corner me, I will turn as mean as a snake. As one father to another I will ask you this. What is the point in raising happy children and sending them out to live in a miserable world? Shouldn't we protect the future of all of the children for the benefit of our own? Whether or not I receive response from you, I must call you to court to testify. I sincerely hope that you will stand with me and not against me.
Cya'll in Court:)
David R. Amos
153 Alvin Ave.
Milton, MA 02186
January 8, 2004
John R. Cuti and Robert G. Morvillo
Hann M. Maazel Rebecca A. Monck andEmery, Cuti, Brinckerhoff & Abady, PC John J. Tigue, Jr. c/o545 Madison Avenue Morvillo, Abramowitz, Grand, New York, NY 10022 Iason & Silberberg, P.C.Phone: 212 763-5000 565 Fifth AvenueFax: 212 763-5001 New York, NY 10017Phone 212 856-9600
John Keker Fax 212 856-9494Keker & Van Nest LLP710 Sansome Street Richard M. StrassbergSan Francisco, CA 94111 Goodwin Procter, LLAPhone: 415 391-5400 599 Lexington AvenueFax: 415 397-7188 New York, NY 10022Phone: 212 813-8859Wayne M. Carlin , Fax: 212 355-3333 Alix Biel, Edwin H. NordlingerMark K. Schonfeld, Caren N. Pennington Mary Jo White, US Attorneyand Doria G. Bachenheimer Michael S. Schachter her AssistantSecurities and Exchange Commission Criminal Division233 Broadway One St. Andrew's PlazaNew York, New York 10279 New York, NY 10007Phone: 646 428-1510 Phone: 212 637-2631Fax: 646 428-1981
Cya'll in Court:)
David R. Amos
153 Alvin Ave.
Milton, MA 02186
January 8, 2004
John R. Cuti and Robert G. Morvillo
Hann M. Maazel Rebecca A. Monck andEmery, Cuti, Brinckerhoff & Abady, PC John J. Tigue, Jr. c/o545 Madison Avenue Morvillo, Abramowitz, Grand, New York, NY 10022 Iason & Silberberg, P.C.Phone: 212 763-5000 565 Fifth AvenueFax: 212 763-5001 New York, NY 10017Phone 212 856-9600
John Keker Fax 212 856-9494Keker & Van Nest LLP710 Sansome Street Richard M. StrassbergSan Francisco, CA 94111 Goodwin Procter, LLAPhone: 415 391-5400 599 Lexington AvenueFax: 415 397-7188 New York, NY 10022Phone: 212 813-8859Wayne M. Carlin , Fax: 212 355-3333 Alix Biel, Edwin H. NordlingerMark K. Schonfeld, Caren N. Pennington Mary Jo White, US Attorneyand Doria G. Bachenheimer Michael S. Schachter her AssistantSecurities and Exchange Commission Criminal Division233 Broadway One St. Andrew's PlazaNew York, New York 10279 New York, NY 10007Phone: 646 428-1510 Phone: 212 637-2631Fax: 646 428-1981
RE: Corruption
Hey,
No one should ever say that I didn't diligently try to make you people act ethically and professionally while many of your friends tried very hard to impeach me. Each of you know that I tried to contact you to stop the very improper political persecution and prosecution of Martha Stewart, Peter Bacanovic and Frank Quattrone. Over the past six months I have made each of you very well aware of my standing against the corruption within the government and you all know that I can easily prove it. Now I will drag you all to a place all lawyers fear to tread. It is the witness stand. Imagine having to swear to tell the truth and suffer through my questioning. The first law firm that I notified was Goodwin Procter, LLP at Exchange Place, Boston, MA I did so byway of a fellow member of Goodwin Proctor, F. Dennis Saylor IV. It was done the instant I became aware that he was nominated for a position as a judge in the US District Court. I have no doubt they know exactly who I am.It was not necessary to notify David J. Apfel and Richard M. Strassberg but I did call and fax them out of courtesy. Thus far I have heard nothing from them and do not expect to. No one else has contacted me. F. Dennis Saylor IV has known the truth since August of 2002 and he failed to act ethically in his bid to become a judge of the US District Court. In fact I have yet to receive even an acknowledgement from Mr. Saylor that I even exist. It seems I must complain of him and his law firm in order to receive a response. F. Dennis Saylor IV should have also acted in the best interest of the client of Goodwin Proctor, Peter Bacanovic and brought into the light the fact that the matter of The USA v. Martha Stewart et al is merely a case of the pot calling the kettle black. The US Attorney Office claims that it is all about lying. They should be very familiar with that act. The SEC are simply attacking celebrities with some very vague charges to put on a smoke and mirror show to take the public's eyes off of their own many sins. Every single one of you knows that I am the ultimate rebuttal witness against the government on behalf of the aforesaid defendants. Each of you also know that the instant that I speak in a widely witnessed public forum, the jig is up for many a corrupt government employee, politician and lawyer in private practice. I can only imagine your many discussions about what to do about me and my allegations. Why did it never dawn upon you to simply tell the truth and let the cards fall where they may for the benefit of all? The only possible answer is that you failed to uphold the law because of you hold your own personal self interests above your client's interests or the public trust.Over the past two weeks I was particularly vocal in many ways and in many forums that there is a hard rain about to fall upon the justice system and the political arena because I was doing my best rain dance and I had caught a few drips. The reason I could not come forward earlier in the aforesaid defendant's behalf was because I did not wish to prevent the Secret Service, the FBI and the IRS from finally acting within the scope of their employment and investigating the Bank Fraud and Tax Fraud within the Brookline Savings Bank that was reported with a Form 211 six months ago. I could not be certain as to whether or not the FEDs would become overcome by a sudden fit of honesty because of all the politicians I put over the pork barrel in the last six months. I know I tried hard to make them act responsibly but the bell just tolled today. Now I will sue them all as individuals. They are no longer sheltered by immunity as government employees. I have received no response from any of them. Although the Inspector General of the DHS promised to take a look but he is gonna keep it a secret from me. I don't care what he thinks is proper in my opinion he has already broken Rule 9 of the Code of Ethics hereto attached within the enclosed documents. I will not be further delayed. I will file my first federal complaint very soon.Sooner or later the defendants, Martha Stewart, Peter Bacanovic and Frank Quattrone, are going to hear of my efforts in their defense. Methinks that all of you will have hell to pay when the shoe is on the other foot. At the very least byway of the US Mail to you I have reaffirmed the fact that I have made you witnesses to my pursuit of justice. You will be named as such in my pending complaint.I know it is a little redundant to send some of your offices the same documents again but there are a few others that you may not have seen and I wish to make certain that you all receive the same stuff so that you will be all on an even keel when I summons you to court. In my opinion John Keker has not offended me or anyone else as of yet. I just made him aware of me yesterday and without enough stuff to prove to him my sincerity. Now he should display his best ethical behavior very quickly before I file my complaint. After that point in time I will consider him way past too late.Please find enclosed an exact copy of a letter with all enclosures recently received by the CEO of Taxpayers against Fraud and a copy of a letter sent to The IRS six months ago with the form 211 and the evidence, Also included is a copy of letter sent to me by Francis Galvin and a copy of my response to him and Elliot Spitzer. They have ignored me too long and Spitzer in his malice even turned off his fax machine on me in order to ignore me. The copy of wiretap tape number 139 is served upon you in confidence as officers of the court in order that it maybe properly investigated. I have also sent an exact copy of this letter with all of its enclosures to the following:
Thomas J. Cahill, Chief Counsel
Departmental Disciplinary Committee
61 Broadway, 2nd Floor
New York, New York 10006
Phone: 212 401-0800
Fax: 212 401-0810
New York State Ethics Commission
39 Columbia Street
Albany, New York 12207-2717
Phone: 518 432-8207
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Governor Rell Testifies in Favor of Ethics, Campaign and State Contract Reforms
Appears Before Committee to Promote Reform Package
Governor M. Jodi Rell took her message of reform in state ethics, campaign finance and the awarding of state contracts before a legislative committee today, declaring that the state has a historic opportunity show the people of Connecticut that we are serious about change with genuine, comprehensive reform. Enacting the reforms I have proposed will send a strong message to the people of Connecticut,Governor Rell told the General Assembly Government Administration and Elections Committee. That message will be that state government is open and accessible to them not just to the favored few. That state government is here to work for them not for the special interests. And that state government is using their hard-earned tax dollars wisely and not squandering them in cozy deal-making.
Since taking office seven months ago Governor Rell has made ethics reform the focal point of her administration. She has proposed a sweeping package of reforms promoting fairness over favoritism. Governor Rell's personal appearance before the committee underscored the depth of her commitment to reforming state ethics, political campaigns and contracting processes.In her testimony, Governor Rell said, Over the past few years, revelations of scandal and corruption here in Hartford and in city halls across our state “ shook peopleconfidence in our system. I have kept a steady focus on restoring public faith in our state government since taking office July 1. Now it is time to make even bigger and bolder gains through legislative action. We can take advantage of new leadership and a new spirit of civility and bipartisanship that exists in this building to satisfy the public's desire for reform. We have a historic opportunity to literally rewrite our laws. To set the highest standards. To make it clear that Connecticut expects the best.look forward to seeing these bills arrive on my desk for signature,Governor Rell told the GAE members. The bills will show the people of Connecticut that we are serious about change that we are serious about regaining and keeping their trust by upholding the highest standards of ethics and integrity in our state government.Governor Rell testified in support of six bills in her reform package:
An Act Concerning the Citizen Ethics and Government Integrity Commission
This act creates a restructured and improved Ethics and Government Integrity Commission. It will focus the Commissionresources and work on a stronger training and education component without compromising its enforcement responsibilities. It also compartmentalizes functions to avoid conflicts of interest, creates clear lines of responsibility and establishes a structure that makes an important distinction between the enforcement and advisory functions of the Commission.New restrictions will also govern the actions and activities of Commission members to limit potential conflicts of interest.
An Act Concerning a Code of Ethics
This bill will allow a judge to reduce or revoke the pensions of public officials or state employees who are found guilty or plead guilty to a serious crime relating to their employment or the office they hold.This bill would also: Prevent state employees and public officials from hiring a contractor to provide personal services, if that contractor does business with their agency Close several so-called revolving doorloopholes to restrict the actions of a state employee moving to a job in the private sector Take important steps to tighten gift restrictions Require local Connecticut governments to adopt a Code of Ethics
An Act Concerning Ethical Standards for State Contracting
This bill imposes new requirements and new limits on companies seeking to do business with the state. It would:
* Require these companies to report any state employee or public official who solicits a gift
* Hold private companies responsible if they violate revolving door restrictions when hiring former state employees
* Require that all large state contracts would have to include a summary of state ethics laws as part of the actual contract (and subcontract) language.
An Act Concerning Campaign Finance
This act seeks to limit the influence of special interests by prohibiting lobbyists and people doing business with the state from contributing to races for statewide office or the legislature. It also prohibits lobbyists from fundraising or soliciting contributions from their clients.In addition, the bill:
Lowers limits on contributions for all statewide and legislative offices, and applies these lower limits to political parties, Political Action Committees (PACs) and individuals.·
Limits the number of PACs for each legislative caucus Prohibits ad books, in which sponsors buy advertising in another fund-raising technique that the Governor called just a gimmick for getting around the law.
Provides an incentive to encourage citizen participation and hold down the cost of campaigns through a tax deduction for contributions to candidates who voluntarily accept spending limits·
Includes an advance notification provision to stop the troubling trend of surprise negative attack ads
An Act Concerning a State Contracting Standards Board
The Contracting Standards Board will be charged with establishing contracting standards and practices that apply across the board, without exception, to all state agencies.
They will:
Give small, minority- and women-owned businesses an equal opportunity to obtain state business, and Encourage increased competition for state business
The Contracting Standards Board will assume the duties of the State Properties Review Board and have the authority to:
Conduct compliance audits of state agencies·
Review the substance of agency contracts, a great improvement of the Attorney General's present authority to review contracts as to form·
Under certain conditions, the Board will have the authority to review and terminate an individual contract for cause and to suspend or disqualify a contractor from state business for a period of time.
An Act Concerning False Claims
This measure encourages private citizens to get involved in cleaning up state government. It empowers individuals with knowledge of potential fraud to initiate lawsuits and win a percentage of any money recovered by the state.It also creates new penalties for those who try to steal from taxpayers and the state.Thomas J. Cahill
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New York State Court System is Corrupt, and Thomas Cahill is Ousted
The most corrupt court system in the United States tells Tom Cahill, Chief Counsel ofthe First Department Attorney Discipline Committee, along with his First Deputy Counsel Sherry Cohen, "it's over", in a back-room deal. Proskauer Rose, the law firm cited in the racketeering by Madison Avenue Presbyterian Church and Guide One Insurance Company, is implicated in the corruption scheme of Cahill et al.
----- Original Message -----
From: David Amos
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Sent: Wednesday, February 16, 2005 1:52 PM
Subject: Fw: You can't fool me McGuinty I'm too stupid
----- Original Message -----
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Sent: Tuesday,
February 15, 2005 8:25 PM
Subject: You can't fool me McGuinty I'm too stupid
You lawyers are all the same but at least you can never say that you didn't know. I will call and leave a message with my cell phone I will have proof of that contact as well.
----- Original Message -----
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Sent: Tuesday, February 15, 2005 5:30 PM
Subject: Fw: FYI I just called
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Sent: Tuesday, February 15, 2005 4:50 PM
Subject: FYI I just calledYou are way past too late act ethical now
The most corrupt court system in the United States tells Tom Cahill, Chief Counsel ofthe First Department Attorney Discipline Committee, along with his First Deputy Counsel Sherry Cohen, "it's over", in a back-room deal. Proskauer Rose, the law firm cited in the racketeering by Madison Avenue Presbyterian Church and Guide One Insurance Company, is implicated in the corruption scheme of Cahill et al.
Supreme Court NY Overhaul Begins, Attorney Disciplinary Chief Counsel Thomas Cahill First to Go @ NY First Dept Disciplinary
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Iviewit - Patentgate
Subject: Court Overhaul Begins Attorney Disciplinary Chief Counsel Cahill First to Go NY First Dept Disciplinary...
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Dear House and Senate Members - Patentgate has arrived starting in NY, read the two articles below this message ~ The Chief Counsel of the Supreme Court of NY Disciplinary, Thomas Cahill, who was key in NY to blocking the Iviewit complaints against Proskauer Rose and led to Steven C Krane (former NYSBA President & Proskauer IP partner), Kenneth Rubenstein (of MPEGLA LLC & Proskauer IP Partner) and Raymond Joao (patent attorney who put 90 patents or so of Iviewit's in his own name) investigations. Investigation that were ordered by the Supreme Court of NY First Department for conflict of interest, the appearance of impropriety and violations of Supreme Court public offices in New York. Those investigations were derailed and again conflicts were discovered, but it now appears that Thomas Cahill, was involved in a sex scandal that led to his resignation at the First Dept as printed in the New York Law Journal July 23, 2007 edition and has led to uncovering that complaints had been buried by Cahill and further he is implicated in stealing funds from the 911 Red Cross, I mean this is the head of discipline in NY, why not hire a Gotti instead. The article below refereneces and highlights the IVIEWIT intellectual property case and goes in-depth into it. The tip of Patentgate coming soon to a respectable news outlet if they exist any longer, read the comments at the bottom.
http://exposecorruptcourts.blogspot.com/2007/07/court-overhaul-begins-disciplinary.html
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Saturday, July 21, 2007
Court Overhaul Begins: Attorney Disciplinary Chief Counsel Cahill First to Go...
Thomas J. Cahill, Chief Counsel of the First Department Attorney Disciplinary Committee, was summoned to a meeting with New York State Office of Court Administration officials on Tuesday, July 17, 2007. He was told to bring along his First Deputy Chief Counsel, Sherry K. Cohen, sources say.
The two top lawyers at the State office charged with overseeing attorney ethics in the Bronx and Manhattan sat, uncomfortably, through most of the day at various high-level conferences. In the end, it was made clear that immediate changes were being made at their Departmental Disciplinary Committee. Changes that didn't necessarily include them.
Two days later, on Thursday, July 19th, Mr. Cahill called a staff meeting where he said that he had "good news." He first announced that he had a new grandchild, and then added that he had decided to resign. He was reportedly delighted to be "… one of the few who is leaving under his own steam." Sources say he indicated that he was hoping to stay on through the end of August but was awaiting 1st Department Presiding Justice Jonathan Lippman's decision on the actual date of his final day.
On Friday, Mr. Cahill began referring to his departure as "retirement."
Tom Cahill's departure comes shortly after reporters began asking questions about an alleged cover up concerning the forced resignation of a young employee at the First Department Committee on Character and Fitness (CCF). That incident reportedly involved Mr. Cahill and Ms. Cohen at the Disciplinary Committee, and the CCF's boss Sarah Josephine Hamilton and Catherine O'Hagan Wolfe, then state Appellate Division Chief Clerk, and who is now the Chief Clerk for the federal 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals.
One insider says that the complaints against Cahill and Cohen had "…become overwhelmingly voluminous, and simply too much to continue ignoring..." The pair had been accused of selectively implementing the politically fueled and widespread practice of indefinitely delaying or white-washing certain disciplinary investigations. "Cahill and Cohen made up their own rules," according to the insider.
One such complaint involved Thomas Cahill and the Proskauer Rose law firm, and which has been "pending" since February of 2003. The Cahill Proskauer Complaint remains a troubling thorn at the highest levels of the New York State Office of Court Administration, and one which is a high priority for the new State Chief Administrative Judge, the Honorable Ann T. Pfau.
The Cahill Proskauer issue also became a hot topic in Washington, D.C. in early 2007 at the U.S. House Energy and Commerce Committee, the U.S. House Judiciary Committee and the U.S. Department of Commerce (The United States Patent and Trademark Office). And it has specifically caught the attention of U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein, and U.S. House Representatives John D. Dingell and Nita Lowey.
The Cahill Proskauer Scandal involves many allegations: the alleged theft by Proskauer of numerous U.S. Patents from their own client; claimed losses of 17 billion dollars; and the March, 2005 bombing in Boynton Beach, Florida of the inventor-client-complainant's family mini-van.
It is alleged that Mr. Cahill masterminded the scheme to indefinitely delay complaints against Proskauer Rose, himself, and former New York State Bar Association President and Proskauer partner Steven C. Krane, Proskauer Partner Kenneth Rubenstein, chief counsel for MPEGLA, and Raymond Joao of Yonkers. It is also alleged that attorney Steven C. Krane initially interceded, with Mr. Cahill's knowledge and consent, in handling disciplinary complaints involving himself at the same time he was associated with the 1st Department in Manhattan.
Attorney Krane's conflicts were exposed when officials from the "Iviewit" company contacted Katherine O'Hagan Wolfe, who contradicted Cahill's statements and Krane's written denial of his 1st Dept roles. Ms. O'Hagan Wolfe advised that she was, in fact, on a Committee at the 1st Dept with both Cahill and Krane and that they even had a meeting that same night.
The various Cahill Proskauer issues bounced around under the public radar screen at the Court of Appeals in Albany and were ultimately transferred from the 1st Department to the 2nd Department in Brooklyn. This was done after 5 justices of the 1st Dept ruled unanimously to investigate Krane, Rubenstein and Joao for conflict of interest and the appearance of impropriety after their review of the 1st Department complaint.
The Cahill inquiry is apparently "still pending" under attorney Martin R. Gold who, insiders say, was directed to "sit on it…forever."
Earlier this year, FBI headquarters in Washington, D.C. assigned additional agents to the Public Integrity/Corruption squad at 26 Federal Plaza in Manhattan, and where agents have been actively conducting interviews.
The New York Law Journal will formally announce Mr. Cahill's departure next week.
For more information regarding the Cahill Proskauer story, see: http://www.iviewit.tv
Copyright (c) 2007 Frank Brady
Posted by Corrupt Courts Administrator at 11:20 AM
40 comments:
numb said...
I've never met Mr. Cahill, but believe it's time for him to permanently return to Greenwich, CT ...maybe do some babysitting....
I just checked out http://www.iviewit.tv
Wow. The guy's family car was blown up!
Is this how we discourage complaints against lawyers in New York?
Mother of God ! What the hell is going on ?!?!
July 21, 2007 1:04 PM
Anonymous said...
I hope Cahill surrenders his New York law license before his butt gets booted out the door of 61 Broadway.
Otherwise, there is sure to be a flood of complaints against HIM, resulting in his own license revocation !
I can't believe this story. WHY HASN"T THIS BEEN IN THE NEW YORK LAW JOURNAL OR THE NEW YORK TIMES !!!!!??????!!!!! THIS IS CRIMINAL !!
July 21, 2007 1:17 PM
deeply saddened said...
This is HUGE.What a bunch of criminals--And I am an attorney !
July 21, 2007 3:25 PM
Anonymous said...
It's nice to know our court system has had a bunch of two-bit thugs running the show.
July 21, 2007 8:44 PM
shocked said...
Went to - www.iviewit.tv - and boy what a shock, no one would believe this. These people and the fancy law firms (including Judith Kaye's husband) are a bunch of gangsters. Go look for yourself.
July 21, 2007 9:19 PM
P. Stephen Lamont said...
By way of introduction, I am P. Stephen Lamont, the former CEO (outside counsel advised all Iviewit executives to resign their posts and work along side Iviewit rather than within Iviewit) of Iviewit Holdings, Inc. and its subsidiaries, affiliates and related parties (collectively "Iviewit"), with more than a fifteen year track record as a multimedia technology and consumer electronics executive and holder of a J.D. in Intellectual Property Law, an M.B.A in Finance, and a B.S. in Industrial Engineering, and I write in reply to the Technicrati blog and in support of Eliot I. Bernstein, the founder of Iviewit and the principal inventor of the technologies in question, and my fellow shareholders.
Moreover, and while grant it I was not a participant during the alleged burying and purported theft of the technologies, I found myself leading a company in the midst of a cover up of the aforementioned depictions of frauds, deceits, and misrepresentations that run so wide and so deep that it tears at the very fabric of what has become to be know as free commerce in this country, and, in the fact that it pertains to inventors rights, tears at the very fabric of the Constitution of the United States.
Furthermore, early in my tenure, rumors began swirling around the company with finger pointing and all from Florida to Los Angeles wherein it catches the jet stream and arrived very soon in New York of alleged breaches of confidentiality pertaining to Iviewit technology, transfers of trade secrets, and, even in certain circumstances, the knowing and willful invention fraud by the outright switching of signature pages of patent filings by early patent counsels. Additionally, during my tenure, I was in possession of an executed patent application pertaining to Iviewit's core imaging technology with the inventors of Bernstein and Shirajee, when, out of thin air, and just prior to filing, such patent application witnesses the addition of a one Brian G. Utley ('Utley') as an inventor, and an individual who could not have been farther from the heat of the inventive stage of the imaging technology.
Still further, and this is where I may depart from Mr. Bernstein and the Iviewit oustide advisers (this is a democracy after all), I submit that at the first disclosures of the inventions, patent counsel - Dr. Kenneth Rubenstein a partner of Proskauer Rose LLP and Counsel to the multimedia patent pools sponsored by MPEG LA LLC, who had spent half a lifetime procuring technologies for the transmission of full screen, full frame rate video across a variety of transmission networks, and who during the Iviewit disclosures may have thought to himself "[I] missed that," and "[I] never thought of that," and "[This] changes everything," or thoughts to those effects, were so fearful that Iviewit would partner with other proprietary technologies across the video value chain and wipe the carefully crafted patent pools off the face of the map, therefore, the Iviewit inventions HAD to be buried to preserve those pools.
That was the first step, with the second step, through the direct and indirect introductions of Iviewit, with executed NDA's, to some five hundred potential licensees by colleagues of patent counsel, being the proliferation of Iviewit disclosures across a wide array of potential licensees and competitors.
Following along, we arrive at the point in the past when the Iviewit inventions had been buried and that everyone had begun to use it, when past management in the company and new patent counsel may have thought "Hey, okay, great, but now what's in it for us," that proceeded to a final step, and in addition to the intentional change of inventors with the inclusion of Utley, the corporate shell game that involved multiple, unauthorized, similarly named corporate formations and unauthorized stock swaps and unauthorized asset transfers that resulted in the core patent applications assigned to an entity that may have only one shareholder, the limited liability partnership of the alleged perpetrating patent counsel Proskauer Rose LLP, perhaps, with a view towards resurrecting the backbone technologies at some future point.
Lastly, does it seem too far fetched when you include house break-ins, death threats, car bombings, and wrongful evictions? I further submit that I had been a victim as well where every file on my former Iviewit machines were changed from the original date of creation to on or about August 25, 2003, a time in which I was on a business trip in Florida to meet with the Boca Raton Police Department. Still too unbelievable? Then recall the browser wars, particularly the Internet Explorer/Microsoft/Spyglass/University of Illinois at Urbana battle, a situation I was very close to during my tenure at Thomson Multimedia S.A. (in IE click "Help" then "About IE" and read all about it), and you may agree that, as I had many times termed it, "invention stealing is the world?s second oldest profession," only this time, as Jack Nicholson has termed it, "[They] f---ed with the wrong marines." THIS TRULY IS THE GREATEST PATENT STORY EVER TOLD!
P. Stephen Lamont
Tel.: 530-529-4110
further information at:
www.iviewit.tv
www.myspace.com/pstephenlamont
www.youtube.com/profile?user=pslamont
July 21, 2007 10:35 PM
a retired atty said...
Judge Judy aka Ma Barker has exceeded my expectations, I never thought this old yente was so Machiavellian. Her gonif husband at Porkauer (Proskauer) Rose LLP, YES! Now they are real proctologists.
July 21, 2007 11:05 PM
Eliot I Bernstein said...
I knew there was law in a lawless Administration, it is time for all good and decent lawyers to take back their honor and bring these criminals down, all the way to the top. At the top you will find the man behind the scene who stole my patents with Proskauer Rose to be Michael Grebe formerly of Foley and Lardner (also Iviewit former thug counsel) and now with the far left Nazi group The Bradley Foundation. These two firms need to be abolished from earth and their assets in a RICO should go to the Iviewit shareholders who have been waiting patiently while they seized the government to block due process against themselves, all the way to the Whitehouse. It was Grebe who may have set those Republican National Committee servers to be a back channel to Whitehouse for criminal activities in the overthrow of the government through election fraud, etc. I wonder how many of those emails say Iviewit. Once the fox had stolen the elections, the country has gone to hell in a bucket and no one knows why, without knowing the whole Iviewit story. Iviewit was the portal, the reason for all roads of corruption that begin and end with the understanding of just what these criminals cloaked as lawyers, judges and investigators are all about. Cahill was only one of many in the denial of due process, a denial that can only come top down, Cahill was only a pawn to Judge Judy Kaye and her suddenly inventive IP partner husband Stephen Kaye.
It will be on all good and decent lawyers to take out the corruption that has siezed America, if you need any help feel free to call me, as I told Porksour Rose in my deposition (on the Iviewit site), I fear no evil!!!!
for more info @
http://www.iviewit.tv
http://www.iviewit.tv/CompanyDocs/Book/index.htm
Thanks to this site for having the chutzpah to take a stance against the machine.
July 21, 2007 11:54 PM
hic said...
I hope Sherry Cohen is also getting canned. Oops, "resigning" Oops, "retiring"
No mention of her. Why?
Drinking buddies Cahill and Cohen wouldn't know an ethical act if it bit them in the ass.
July 22, 2007 10:16 AM
Anonymous said...
It's probably time to replace Judith Kaye, governor. Why do we have to wait? We have endured the Tammany Kaye regime long enough
July 22, 2007 10:29 AM
Anonymous said...
i'm not a big fan of all this dirty laundry out in the public, but i've looked over the iviewit.tv material and i'm saddened over it. the truth is Proskauer has gotten away with murder for many years simply because one of their partners was married to the state's chief judge. and this is well known throughout the legal community except, i suspect, by Judge Judith Kaye. I know of other horrible acts by Proskauer, and i can say Mr. Kaye would never have participated in such outrageous acts, nor condoned them. To preserve Mr. Kaye's good name I suggest that the Proskauer firm be shut down- immediatley.
July 22, 2007 4:47 PM
Anonymous said...
you stupid people. you don't realize that there are two ways to handle things at the DDC under Cahill: Due Process or Do-Do Cahill Manipulation. (I'll give you a hint: one process isn't used by Cahill)
July 22, 2007 6:00 PM
i heard said...
I heard that the highest levels at OCA are considering a massive restructuring of the attorney and judicial complaint processes. everyone believes that the current system of local committees hearing complaints about their attorney friends doesn't work. and the commission on judicial conduct may also get some enhancements. look for a fairer statewide complaint review process soon.
July 22, 2007 6:25 PM
Anonymous said...
How many other things did Tom Cahill and his chums fix and how much were they paid?
July 23, 2007 9:38 AM
disgusted said...
and guest who gets to pick the replacement for the corrupt Thomas Cahill? Why of course its the ethically challenged Jonathan Lippman now head of the 1st Dept. - how nice, you can be sure it will be more of the same brought to you/I by the Mafia in black robes
July 23, 2007 10:30 AM
a fly on the wall said...
remember the boy who didn't have enough fingers to plug up all the holes in the dike and so the dike broke, Tom Cahill is one example of what's happen with the NYS courts. There are many more!
July 23, 2007 5:50 PM
ny atty said...
The Law Journal today had a bit on Tom's retiring, there has to be more to this, I've heard many things but the blog gives things I've never heard, It's very sad that his end would come this way.
July 23, 2007 11:28 PM
Anonymous said...
This whole thing scares me
July 24, 2007 7:57 AM
Anonymous said...
All these bums belong in JAIL!
July 24, 2007 8:58 AM
scared said...
They tried to kill this guy Bernstein by blowing up his car! These lawyers are real gangsters! And being dirtbags they payoff their friends in the Courts so they go free!
July 24, 2007 10:27 AM
Anonymous said...
this whole matter is scurrilous
July 24, 2007 6:50 PM
heard on the grape vine said...
This is bigger then Enron. Patent theft! They tried to kill one guy, they blew-up his car. Proskauer Rose et al. are a bunch of Nazis.
July 24, 2007 11:06 PM
Anonymous said...
And what do the Courts, FBI etc. do about all this NOTHING!
July 25, 2007 9:16 AM
Anonymous said...
It has been common knowledge for quite some time that one phone call by the right person to Tom Cahill would effectively kill any disciplinary action.
July 25, 2007 11:58 AM
curious said...
How much did you sell your soul for, Mr. Cahill?
July 25, 2007 12:59 PM
Anonymous said...
Clearly, the problems in the New York Courts are not limited to Brooklyn. (No surprise here, huh?)
Obviously, there are serious issues of public corruption in the SDNY.
Good bye to you Mr. Cahill.... you corrupt, old hack, greedy, bastard.
July 25, 2007 5:01 PM
a bar fly said...
Cahill & Cohen, C&C better known as Canadian Club because they drank together and did their dirty deals together
July 25, 2007 8:46 PM
Anonymous said...
Proskauer Rose one of the whores of Babylonia along with the other whoremongers (lawyers) and the occupants of the Whore(court)Houses are out of control. Where is the FBI when you need them, out to lunch?
July 25, 2007 9:43 PM
Anonymous said...
And a SEX SCANDAL to boot! Old Tom Cahill was a busy guy! What is he doing in retirement for fun? Kicking old ladies and small dogs?
July 25, 2007 11:05 PM
attorney said...
I known one of the people (an attorney) that Thomas Cahill destroyed strictly for political purposes (and he was well compensated for his efforts as always). A good human being was ravaged. What goes around, comes around and its not over, Thomas!
July 26, 2007 4:51 AM
Anonymous said...
So the Courts are corrupt and the Judges are Whores, so what can we do about it, people want to know?
July 26, 2007 6:33 AM
Anonymous said...
Tom Cahill are you still having liquid breakfasts?
July 26, 2007 10:03 AM
Anonymous said...
Tommy enjoy your retirement while you can before the Feds get to you. Or then again you never know they may grab you as you walk out the door on your last day. Just something to think about.
July 26, 2007 11:44 AM
Anonymous said...
be advised that Thomas Cahill had prior history before he landed his current position and he was dirty them too
July 27, 2007 12:14 PM
Eliot Bernstein Iviewit Patentgate said...
For the greatest denial of due process starting in NY and moving all the way to the DOJ OIG and DOJ OPR for investigation, also at the House and Senate Judiciary Committees
By unanimous vote First Department - Order for Formal Investigation & Disposition of Conflicts and Appearance of Impropriety - Unpublished Orders M3198 - Steven C. Krane (former NYSBA President) / M2820 Kenneth Rubenstein and M3212 Raymond A. Joao. Complaint against Steven C. Krane, Proskauer & Meltzer Lippe Goldstein Wolfe and Schlisshel.
Complaint No. 2004.1883 Steven C. Krane, Esq. - Proskauer Rose LLP Intellectual Property Partner - Former President NYSBA & Officer First Dept. Complaint against Steven C. Krane, Proskauer & Meltzer Lippe Goldstein Wolfe and Schlisshel.
Case No. T-1689-04 Steven C. Krane, Esq. / Complaint against Kenneth Rubenstein, Proskauer & Meltzer Lippe Goldstein Wolfe and Schlisshel. Case No. 2003.0531 Kenneth Rubenstein & Proskauer Rose LLP. / Kenneth Rubenstein, Proskauer & Meltzer Lippe Goldstein Wolfe and Schlisshel. Case No. T-1688-04 - Kenneth Rubenstein & Proskauer Rose LLP / Complaint against Raymond Joao, Proskauer & Meltzer Lippe Goldstein Wolfe and Schlisshel / Case No. 2003-0352 - Raymond Joao, Proskauer & MLGWS / Complaint against Raymond A. Joao, Proskauer & Meltzer Lippe Goldstein Wolfe and Schlisshel. Case No. T-1690-04 - Raymond Joao, Proskauer & MLGWS /
Complaint against Thomas Cahill, Chief Counsel First Department Departmental Disciplinary Special Inquiry No. 2004.1122 Martin Gold special investigator.
These are the case numbers from the Court Orders too the original complaints at the First Dept Disciplinary and then the case #'s for the Second Dept who was supposed to investigate although they never did as conflicts were discovered there at the 2nd Dept too. Second Dept refused to file complaints, or docket them against key members:
Complaint against Diana Maxfield Kearse, Chief Counsel, Second Department Departmental Disciplinary Committee CASE NO. Kearse refuses to docket her own complaint, Lawrence DiGiovanna refuses and complaint is filed against him.
Complaint against Lawrence DiGiovanna, Chairman, Second Department Departmental Disciplinary Committee Complaint refused formal docketing and disposition by Kearse and Prudenti
ok - links to help better understand
www.iviewit.tv you can see images of the car bombing attempt on inventor's life, all documents relating to these cases can be found on the bottom of the homepage.
http://exposecorruptcourts.blogspot.com/2007/07/court-overhaul-begins-disciplinary.html
http://exposecorruptcourts.blogspot.com/2007/07/disciplinary-counsel-thomas-cahill.html
http://www.congress.org/congressorg/issues/alert/?alertid=10065911&content_dir=ua_congressorg
http://www.congress.org/congressorg/issues/alert/?alertid=10082031&content_dir=ua_congressorg
That should give you background to the largest denial of due process ever in new york
July 28, 2007 11:59 AM
Anonymous said...
What's the latest on Cahill!????!!!
July 28, 2007 6:45 PM
Anonymous said...
Has jackass cahill been dragged out of 61 bway yet?
July 30, 2007 7:39 PM
Anonymous said...
After reading this story and the related one I'm astonished that this type of thing would go on. I'm sure it is all true because you can't make these things up. My faith and trust in the Judicial system certainly has been lowered considerably
July 31, 2007 8:59 AM
Anonymous said...
Bring in the brooms and mops. time to clean up the mess.
August 4, 2007 4:07 PM
Anonymous said...
Cahill has got a lot more dirt than has been revealed. At present he is destroying any evidence that he can get his hands on. Head up Feds.
August 4, 2007 9:43 PM
Benchwarmers
Everything you never wanted to know about picking judges for an important court you've never heard ofby Tom Robbins, The Village Voice, July 24th, 2007 3:11 PM
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I was warned against writing this column.
"You might think twice about doing that judges story," were the exact, ominous words.
OK, the threat came from my editor, who added: "Nobody cares how judges get picked. Where is that S&M piece you promised?" I did not knuckle under. As you may know, this paper is currently owned and operated by out-of-towners and recent transplants, so I was able to convincingly argue that, aside from rent hikes and Alex Rodriguez, there is no subject New Yorkers get more passionate about than the selection of appellate judges. Please do not cross me up on this.
Here, then, is the unvarnished truth—which only the Voice will tell you—about how New York came to select a rookie judge with a powerful ally as the presiding justice for the busiest and most powerful appeals court in the state.
Already you're thinking, "Appellate court? Presiding justice? Alex Rodriguez?" Bear with me. Part of the problem here is the purposely obscure nomenclature employed by lawyers, who are the only ones who really do care about judges. They care so much that they see the judges' faces in their Grape-Nuts every morning. They address their cereal, practicing small, obsequious remarks like: "Heard Your Honor hit a par four last week. Nice."
Many people erroneously assume that the state's most important court is the Court of Appeals in Albany, which supposedly settles all the big cases. See? You're already the victim of legal obscurantism. Albany? Are you kidding? The state's most important court is right here where it belongs, in Manhattan, at the corner of Madison Avenue and East 25th Street, where is found the magnificent marble headquarters of the Appellate Division, First Judicial Department.
The few non-lawyers who stumble across this structure are immediately struck dumb by the big Greek columns and the statues of half-naked men and women on the roof. This is a building for judges and lawyers only; jurors are not allowed, not only because no jury trials are held here, but because they would befoul the building with dark splotches of chewing gum and half-completed Sudoku puzzles. Oh, yes, there is a also a cadre of heavily armed court officers who are charged with keeping jurors out and making sure there are parking spots for the 16 appellate judges who work here.
You are wondering: Why do they need to drive? What are they, firefighters? This is another sad example of reader ignorance. The former governor, George Pataki, a Republican from Putnam County (I can only tell you it is near the Taconic Parkway), recognized after taking office that New York City's appellate courts were severely segregated. Local judges, overwhelmingly Democrats, held most positions. To remedy this outrage, Pataki commenced a bold integration scheme in which he bussed in judges from upstate to sit on the city's appeals courts. Surprisingly, most of his choices were white Republicans like himself. Opponents of this measure complained (quietly, so as not to be seen as bigots) that the imports were generally of a lower IQ than the locals. Plus, they took up all the parking spots because, of course, they didn't really take a bus to work.
This was the situation that greeted newly elected governor Eliot Spitzer (a Democrat from Manhattan, though he also has a residence in Columbia County, apparently farther up the Taconic). It was day one and everything had to change, so he got right to work on the appellate courts, starting with the First Department in Manhattan, because it handles all the most important cases. Would you want some hick court in Elmira ruling on the likes of High Risk Opportunities Hub Fund Ltd. v. Credit Lyonnais? Of course not.
Spitzer's first task was to appoint a new presiding justice, an opportunity that made the governor's people ecstatic. This plum had fallen into their laps thanks to a display of stunning ingratitude by one of Pataki's own picks. Everyone knew that Pataki had intended, on his way out of office, to name his pal and former counsel, Justice James McGuire, to this top job. McGuire had been especially helpful to Pataki when a federal grand jury in Brooklyn began asking why his administration had granted parole to felons whose parents gave a lot of money to his campaign. McGuire did well: Only a couple of Koreans and some low-level parole aides were convicted.
If he'd been appointed, McGuire would have held this post until 2018, making him Pataki's proudest legacy. (OK, his only legacy.) Sadly, this plan fell apart when the then-presiding justice, one John Buckley, an import from Oneida County (no idea, look it up), refused to step down. Buckley was reluctant to do so because he would've had to go back to wherever Oneida County is. December 31, 2006, came and went. Buckley was still there. This gave Spitzer the right to choose the new presiding justice when Buckley turned 70, which he soon did.
(To quickly recap: The presiding justice runs a big building with Greek columns where many important legal cases are heard and where you, in all likelihood, will never enter.)
Because he wanted to do things properly, Spitzer appointed a special panel to advise him on whom to appoint. This is called "merit selection." It is preferable to elections, because voters are notoriously ignorant (see Bush, George W., Election of). Choosing a new P.J. (common vernacular for "presiding justice"—please memorize) is especially important because he also gets to pick the watchdogs who penalize wayward attorneys. Since Manhattan's hordes of attorneys all live in terror of being cited for wrongdoing, this causes the P.J. (see above) to be viewed as somewhere north of God. His jokes are the funniest ever heard, his wisdom unfathomable.
Unfortunately, Spitzer's panel didn't fully grasp the "merit" part. It selected five candidates as "highly qualified," yet somehow neglected to include two of the First Department's most distinguished members: Richard Andrias, a Vietnam vet with a Bronze Star who is considered such a stellar judicial performer that he has been nominated five times for the Court of Appeals, and David Saxe, another appellate Hall of Famer who is widely considered the best writer on the bench since the late William O. Douglas.
Cynics maintain that the absence of stars like Andrias and Saxe made it easier for the governor to select the judge he ultimately chose, Jonathan Lippman. An amiable insider, Lippman was for many years the court's able administrator and served as a loyal deputy to the state's top judicial officer, Chief Judge Judith Kaye of the Court of Appeals. As for actual judging, Lippman had a late start in the business: He never heard a case until 2004 and wasn't elected to the bench until 2005.
While this may seem an unlikely résumé for someone selected to head the state's busiest court, Lippman's many fans insist he is otherwise superb. The fact that he and his boss, Judge Kaye, have failed to get a raise for the state's judges for nine years should not be held against them, the fans say. And Judge Kaye's reluctance to go along with demands from scores of irate judges who want to sue the governor's ass to get that raise is also irrelevant.
Moreover, Lippman is so good that he is already being touted as a likely successor to Kaye when she has to step down late next year. Recommendations for that post will be made by another special gubernatorial panel.
That is how merit selection works. Who else are you going to trust to pick judges—editors?
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Iviewit - Patentgate
Subject: Court Overhaul Begins Attorney Disciplinary Chief Counsel Cahill First to Go NY First Dept Disciplinary...
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Dear House and Senate Members - Patentgate has arrived starting in NY, read the two articles below this message ~ The Chief Counsel of the Supreme Court of NY Disciplinary, Thomas Cahill, who was key in NY to blocking the Iviewit complaints against Proskauer Rose and led to Steven C Krane (former NYSBA President & Proskauer IP partner), Kenneth Rubenstein (of MPEGLA LLC & Proskauer IP Partner) and Raymond Joao (patent attorney who put 90 patents or so of Iviewit's in his own name) investigations. Investigation that were ordered by the Supreme Court of NY First Department for conflict of interest, the appearance of impropriety and violations of Supreme Court public offices in New York. Those investigations were derailed and again conflicts were discovered, but it now appears that Thomas Cahill, was involved in a sex scandal that led to his resignation at the First Dept as printed in the New York Law Journal July 23, 2007 edition and has led to uncovering that complaints had been buried by Cahill and further he is implicated in stealing funds from the 911 Red Cross, I mean this is the head of discipline in NY, why not hire a Gotti instead. The article below refereneces and highlights the IVIEWIT intellectual property case and goes in-depth into it. The tip of Patentgate coming soon to a respectable news outlet if they exist any longer, read the comments at the bottom.
http://exposecorruptcourts.blogspot.com/2007/07/court-overhaul-begins-disciplinary.html
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Saturday, July 21, 2007
Court Overhaul Begins: Attorney Disciplinary Chief Counsel Cahill First to Go...
Thomas J. Cahill, Chief Counsel of the First Department Attorney Disciplinary Committee, was summoned to a meeting with New York State Office of Court Administration officials on Tuesday, July 17, 2007. He was told to bring along his First Deputy Chief Counsel, Sherry K. Cohen, sources say.
The two top lawyers at the State office charged with overseeing attorney ethics in the Bronx and Manhattan sat, uncomfortably, through most of the day at various high-level conferences. In the end, it was made clear that immediate changes were being made at their Departmental Disciplinary Committee. Changes that didn't necessarily include them.
Two days later, on Thursday, July 19th, Mr. Cahill called a staff meeting where he said that he had "good news." He first announced that he had a new grandchild, and then added that he had decided to resign. He was reportedly delighted to be "… one of the few who is leaving under his own steam." Sources say he indicated that he was hoping to stay on through the end of August but was awaiting 1st Department Presiding Justice Jonathan Lippman's decision on the actual date of his final day.
On Friday, Mr. Cahill began referring to his departure as "retirement."
Tom Cahill's departure comes shortly after reporters began asking questions about an alleged cover up concerning the forced resignation of a young employee at the First Department Committee on Character and Fitness (CCF). That incident reportedly involved Mr. Cahill and Ms. Cohen at the Disciplinary Committee, and the CCF's boss Sarah Josephine Hamilton and Catherine O'Hagan Wolfe, then state Appellate Division Chief Clerk, and who is now the Chief Clerk for the federal 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals.
One insider says that the complaints against Cahill and Cohen had "…become overwhelmingly voluminous, and simply too much to continue ignoring..." The pair had been accused of selectively implementing the politically fueled and widespread practice of indefinitely delaying or white-washing certain disciplinary investigations. "Cahill and Cohen made up their own rules," according to the insider.
One such complaint involved Thomas Cahill and the Proskauer Rose law firm, and which has been "pending" since February of 2003. The Cahill Proskauer Complaint remains a troubling thorn at the highest levels of the New York State Office of Court Administration, and one which is a high priority for the new State Chief Administrative Judge, the Honorable Ann T. Pfau.
The Cahill Proskauer issue also became a hot topic in Washington, D.C. in early 2007 at the U.S. House Energy and Commerce Committee, the U.S. House Judiciary Committee and the U.S. Department of Commerce (The United States Patent and Trademark Office). And it has specifically caught the attention of U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein, and U.S. House Representatives John D. Dingell and Nita Lowey.
The Cahill Proskauer Scandal involves many allegations: the alleged theft by Proskauer of numerous U.S. Patents from their own client; claimed losses of 17 billion dollars; and the March, 2005 bombing in Boynton Beach, Florida of the inventor-client-complainant's family mini-van.
It is alleged that Mr. Cahill masterminded the scheme to indefinitely delay complaints against Proskauer Rose, himself, and former New York State Bar Association President and Proskauer partner Steven C. Krane, Proskauer Partner Kenneth Rubenstein, chief counsel for MPEGLA, and Raymond Joao of Yonkers. It is also alleged that attorney Steven C. Krane initially interceded, with Mr. Cahill's knowledge and consent, in handling disciplinary complaints involving himself at the same time he was associated with the 1st Department in Manhattan.
Attorney Krane's conflicts were exposed when officials from the "Iviewit" company contacted Katherine O'Hagan Wolfe, who contradicted Cahill's statements and Krane's written denial of his 1st Dept roles. Ms. O'Hagan Wolfe advised that she was, in fact, on a Committee at the 1st Dept with both Cahill and Krane and that they even had a meeting that same night.
The various Cahill Proskauer issues bounced around under the public radar screen at the Court of Appeals in Albany and were ultimately transferred from the 1st Department to the 2nd Department in Brooklyn. This was done after 5 justices of the 1st Dept ruled unanimously to investigate Krane, Rubenstein and Joao for conflict of interest and the appearance of impropriety after their review of the 1st Department complaint.
The Cahill inquiry is apparently "still pending" under attorney Martin R. Gold who, insiders say, was directed to "sit on it…forever."
Earlier this year, FBI headquarters in Washington, D.C. assigned additional agents to the Public Integrity/Corruption squad at 26 Federal Plaza in Manhattan, and where agents have been actively conducting interviews.
The New York Law Journal will formally announce Mr. Cahill's departure next week.
For more information regarding the Cahill Proskauer story, see: http://www.iviewit.tv
Copyright (c) 2007 Frank Brady
Posted by Corrupt Courts Administrator at 11:20 AM
40 comments:
numb said...
I've never met Mr. Cahill, but believe it's time for him to permanently return to Greenwich, CT ...maybe do some babysitting....
I just checked out http://www.iviewit.tv
Wow. The guy's family car was blown up!
Is this how we discourage complaints against lawyers in New York?
Mother of God ! What the hell is going on ?!?!
July 21, 2007 1:04 PM
Anonymous said...
I hope Cahill surrenders his New York law license before his butt gets booted out the door of 61 Broadway.
Otherwise, there is sure to be a flood of complaints against HIM, resulting in his own license revocation !
I can't believe this story. WHY HASN"T THIS BEEN IN THE NEW YORK LAW JOURNAL OR THE NEW YORK TIMES !!!!!??????!!!!! THIS IS CRIMINAL !!
July 21, 2007 1:17 PM
deeply saddened said...
This is HUGE.What a bunch of criminals--And I am an attorney !
July 21, 2007 3:25 PM
Anonymous said...
It's nice to know our court system has had a bunch of two-bit thugs running the show.
July 21, 2007 8:44 PM
shocked said...
Went to - www.iviewit.tv - and boy what a shock, no one would believe this. These people and the fancy law firms (including Judith Kaye's husband) are a bunch of gangsters. Go look for yourself.
July 21, 2007 9:19 PM
P. Stephen Lamont said...
By way of introduction, I am P. Stephen Lamont, the former CEO (outside counsel advised all Iviewit executives to resign their posts and work along side Iviewit rather than within Iviewit) of Iviewit Holdings, Inc. and its subsidiaries, affiliates and related parties (collectively "Iviewit"), with more than a fifteen year track record as a multimedia technology and consumer electronics executive and holder of a J.D. in Intellectual Property Law, an M.B.A in Finance, and a B.S. in Industrial Engineering, and I write in reply to the Technicrati blog and in support of Eliot I. Bernstein, the founder of Iviewit and the principal inventor of the technologies in question, and my fellow shareholders.
Moreover, and while grant it I was not a participant during the alleged burying and purported theft of the technologies, I found myself leading a company in the midst of a cover up of the aforementioned depictions of frauds, deceits, and misrepresentations that run so wide and so deep that it tears at the very fabric of what has become to be know as free commerce in this country, and, in the fact that it pertains to inventors rights, tears at the very fabric of the Constitution of the United States.
Furthermore, early in my tenure, rumors began swirling around the company with finger pointing and all from Florida to Los Angeles wherein it catches the jet stream and arrived very soon in New York of alleged breaches of confidentiality pertaining to Iviewit technology, transfers of trade secrets, and, even in certain circumstances, the knowing and willful invention fraud by the outright switching of signature pages of patent filings by early patent counsels. Additionally, during my tenure, I was in possession of an executed patent application pertaining to Iviewit's core imaging technology with the inventors of Bernstein and Shirajee, when, out of thin air, and just prior to filing, such patent application witnesses the addition of a one Brian G. Utley ('Utley') as an inventor, and an individual who could not have been farther from the heat of the inventive stage of the imaging technology.
Still further, and this is where I may depart from Mr. Bernstein and the Iviewit oustide advisers (this is a democracy after all), I submit that at the first disclosures of the inventions, patent counsel - Dr. Kenneth Rubenstein a partner of Proskauer Rose LLP and Counsel to the multimedia patent pools sponsored by MPEG LA LLC, who had spent half a lifetime procuring technologies for the transmission of full screen, full frame rate video across a variety of transmission networks, and who during the Iviewit disclosures may have thought to himself "[I] missed that," and "[I] never thought of that," and "[This] changes everything," or thoughts to those effects, were so fearful that Iviewit would partner with other proprietary technologies across the video value chain and wipe the carefully crafted patent pools off the face of the map, therefore, the Iviewit inventions HAD to be buried to preserve those pools.
That was the first step, with the second step, through the direct and indirect introductions of Iviewit, with executed NDA's, to some five hundred potential licensees by colleagues of patent counsel, being the proliferation of Iviewit disclosures across a wide array of potential licensees and competitors.
Following along, we arrive at the point in the past when the Iviewit inventions had been buried and that everyone had begun to use it, when past management in the company and new patent counsel may have thought "Hey, okay, great, but now what's in it for us," that proceeded to a final step, and in addition to the intentional change of inventors with the inclusion of Utley, the corporate shell game that involved multiple, unauthorized, similarly named corporate formations and unauthorized stock swaps and unauthorized asset transfers that resulted in the core patent applications assigned to an entity that may have only one shareholder, the limited liability partnership of the alleged perpetrating patent counsel Proskauer Rose LLP, perhaps, with a view towards resurrecting the backbone technologies at some future point.
Lastly, does it seem too far fetched when you include house break-ins, death threats, car bombings, and wrongful evictions? I further submit that I had been a victim as well where every file on my former Iviewit machines were changed from the original date of creation to on or about August 25, 2003, a time in which I was on a business trip in Florida to meet with the Boca Raton Police Department. Still too unbelievable? Then recall the browser wars, particularly the Internet Explorer/Microsoft/Spyglass/University of Illinois at Urbana battle, a situation I was very close to during my tenure at Thomson Multimedia S.A. (in IE click "Help" then "About IE" and read all about it), and you may agree that, as I had many times termed it, "invention stealing is the world?s second oldest profession," only this time, as Jack Nicholson has termed it, "[They] f---ed with the wrong marines." THIS TRULY IS THE GREATEST PATENT STORY EVER TOLD!
P. Stephen Lamont
Tel.: 530-529-4110
further information at:
www.iviewit.tv
www.myspace.com/pstephenlamont
www.youtube.com/profile?user=pslamont
July 21, 2007 10:35 PM
a retired atty said...
Judge Judy aka Ma Barker has exceeded my expectations, I never thought this old yente was so Machiavellian. Her gonif husband at Porkauer (Proskauer) Rose LLP, YES! Now they are real proctologists.
July 21, 2007 11:05 PM
Eliot I Bernstein said...
I knew there was law in a lawless Administration, it is time for all good and decent lawyers to take back their honor and bring these criminals down, all the way to the top. At the top you will find the man behind the scene who stole my patents with Proskauer Rose to be Michael Grebe formerly of Foley and Lardner (also Iviewit former thug counsel) and now with the far left Nazi group The Bradley Foundation. These two firms need to be abolished from earth and their assets in a RICO should go to the Iviewit shareholders who have been waiting patiently while they seized the government to block due process against themselves, all the way to the Whitehouse. It was Grebe who may have set those Republican National Committee servers to be a back channel to Whitehouse for criminal activities in the overthrow of the government through election fraud, etc. I wonder how many of those emails say Iviewit. Once the fox had stolen the elections, the country has gone to hell in a bucket and no one knows why, without knowing the whole Iviewit story. Iviewit was the portal, the reason for all roads of corruption that begin and end with the understanding of just what these criminals cloaked as lawyers, judges and investigators are all about. Cahill was only one of many in the denial of due process, a denial that can only come top down, Cahill was only a pawn to Judge Judy Kaye and her suddenly inventive IP partner husband Stephen Kaye.
It will be on all good and decent lawyers to take out the corruption that has siezed America, if you need any help feel free to call me, as I told Porksour Rose in my deposition (on the Iviewit site), I fear no evil!!!!
for more info @
http://www.iviewit.tv
http://www.iviewit.tv/CompanyDocs/Book/index.htm
Thanks to this site for having the chutzpah to take a stance against the machine.
July 21, 2007 11:54 PM
hic said...
I hope Sherry Cohen is also getting canned. Oops, "resigning" Oops, "retiring"
No mention of her. Why?
Drinking buddies Cahill and Cohen wouldn't know an ethical act if it bit them in the ass.
July 22, 2007 10:16 AM
Anonymous said...
It's probably time to replace Judith Kaye, governor. Why do we have to wait? We have endured the Tammany Kaye regime long enough
July 22, 2007 10:29 AM
Anonymous said...
i'm not a big fan of all this dirty laundry out in the public, but i've looked over the iviewit.tv material and i'm saddened over it. the truth is Proskauer has gotten away with murder for many years simply because one of their partners was married to the state's chief judge. and this is well known throughout the legal community except, i suspect, by Judge Judith Kaye. I know of other horrible acts by Proskauer, and i can say Mr. Kaye would never have participated in such outrageous acts, nor condoned them. To preserve Mr. Kaye's good name I suggest that the Proskauer firm be shut down- immediatley.
July 22, 2007 4:47 PM
Anonymous said...
you stupid people. you don't realize that there are two ways to handle things at the DDC under Cahill: Due Process or Do-Do Cahill Manipulation. (I'll give you a hint: one process isn't used by Cahill)
July 22, 2007 6:00 PM
i heard said...
I heard that the highest levels at OCA are considering a massive restructuring of the attorney and judicial complaint processes. everyone believes that the current system of local committees hearing complaints about their attorney friends doesn't work. and the commission on judicial conduct may also get some enhancements. look for a fairer statewide complaint review process soon.
July 22, 2007 6:25 PM
Anonymous said...
How many other things did Tom Cahill and his chums fix and how much were they paid?
July 23, 2007 9:38 AM
disgusted said...
and guest who gets to pick the replacement for the corrupt Thomas Cahill? Why of course its the ethically challenged Jonathan Lippman now head of the 1st Dept. - how nice, you can be sure it will be more of the same brought to you/I by the Mafia in black robes
July 23, 2007 10:30 AM
a fly on the wall said...
remember the boy who didn't have enough fingers to plug up all the holes in the dike and so the dike broke, Tom Cahill is one example of what's happen with the NYS courts. There are many more!
July 23, 2007 5:50 PM
ny atty said...
The Law Journal today had a bit on Tom's retiring, there has to be more to this, I've heard many things but the blog gives things I've never heard, It's very sad that his end would come this way.
July 23, 2007 11:28 PM
Anonymous said...
This whole thing scares me
July 24, 2007 7:57 AM
Anonymous said...
All these bums belong in JAIL!
July 24, 2007 8:58 AM
scared said...
They tried to kill this guy Bernstein by blowing up his car! These lawyers are real gangsters! And being dirtbags they payoff their friends in the Courts so they go free!
July 24, 2007 10:27 AM
Anonymous said...
this whole matter is scurrilous
July 24, 2007 6:50 PM
heard on the grape vine said...
This is bigger then Enron. Patent theft! They tried to kill one guy, they blew-up his car. Proskauer Rose et al. are a bunch of Nazis.
July 24, 2007 11:06 PM
Anonymous said...
And what do the Courts, FBI etc. do about all this NOTHING!
July 25, 2007 9:16 AM
Anonymous said...
It has been common knowledge for quite some time that one phone call by the right person to Tom Cahill would effectively kill any disciplinary action.
July 25, 2007 11:58 AM
curious said...
How much did you sell your soul for, Mr. Cahill?
July 25, 2007 12:59 PM
Anonymous said...
Clearly, the problems in the New York Courts are not limited to Brooklyn. (No surprise here, huh?)
Obviously, there are serious issues of public corruption in the SDNY.
Good bye to you Mr. Cahill.... you corrupt, old hack, greedy, bastard.
July 25, 2007 5:01 PM
a bar fly said...
Cahill & Cohen, C&C better known as Canadian Club because they drank together and did their dirty deals together
July 25, 2007 8:46 PM
Anonymous said...
Proskauer Rose one of the whores of Babylonia along with the other whoremongers (lawyers) and the occupants of the Whore(court)Houses are out of control. Where is the FBI when you need them, out to lunch?
July 25, 2007 9:43 PM
Anonymous said...
And a SEX SCANDAL to boot! Old Tom Cahill was a busy guy! What is he doing in retirement for fun? Kicking old ladies and small dogs?
July 25, 2007 11:05 PM
attorney said...
I known one of the people (an attorney) that Thomas Cahill destroyed strictly for political purposes (and he was well compensated for his efforts as always). A good human being was ravaged. What goes around, comes around and its not over, Thomas!
July 26, 2007 4:51 AM
Anonymous said...
So the Courts are corrupt and the Judges are Whores, so what can we do about it, people want to know?
July 26, 2007 6:33 AM
Anonymous said...
Tom Cahill are you still having liquid breakfasts?
July 26, 2007 10:03 AM
Anonymous said...
Tommy enjoy your retirement while you can before the Feds get to you. Or then again you never know they may grab you as you walk out the door on your last day. Just something to think about.
July 26, 2007 11:44 AM
Anonymous said...
be advised that Thomas Cahill had prior history before he landed his current position and he was dirty them too
July 27, 2007 12:14 PM
Eliot Bernstein Iviewit Patentgate said...
For the greatest denial of due process starting in NY and moving all the way to the DOJ OIG and DOJ OPR for investigation, also at the House and Senate Judiciary Committees
By unanimous vote First Department - Order for Formal Investigation & Disposition of Conflicts and Appearance of Impropriety - Unpublished Orders M3198 - Steven C. Krane (former NYSBA President) / M2820 Kenneth Rubenstein and M3212 Raymond A. Joao. Complaint against Steven C. Krane, Proskauer & Meltzer Lippe Goldstein Wolfe and Schlisshel.
Complaint No. 2004.1883 Steven C. Krane, Esq. - Proskauer Rose LLP Intellectual Property Partner - Former President NYSBA & Officer First Dept. Complaint against Steven C. Krane, Proskauer & Meltzer Lippe Goldstein Wolfe and Schlisshel.
Case No. T-1689-04 Steven C. Krane, Esq. / Complaint against Kenneth Rubenstein, Proskauer & Meltzer Lippe Goldstein Wolfe and Schlisshel. Case No. 2003.0531 Kenneth Rubenstein & Proskauer Rose LLP. / Kenneth Rubenstein, Proskauer & Meltzer Lippe Goldstein Wolfe and Schlisshel. Case No. T-1688-04 - Kenneth Rubenstein & Proskauer Rose LLP / Complaint against Raymond Joao, Proskauer & Meltzer Lippe Goldstein Wolfe and Schlisshel / Case No. 2003-0352 - Raymond Joao, Proskauer & MLGWS / Complaint against Raymond A. Joao, Proskauer & Meltzer Lippe Goldstein Wolfe and Schlisshel. Case No. T-1690-04 - Raymond Joao, Proskauer & MLGWS /
Complaint against Thomas Cahill, Chief Counsel First Department Departmental Disciplinary Special Inquiry No. 2004.1122 Martin Gold special investigator.
These are the case numbers from the Court Orders too the original complaints at the First Dept Disciplinary and then the case #'s for the Second Dept who was supposed to investigate although they never did as conflicts were discovered there at the 2nd Dept too. Second Dept refused to file complaints, or docket them against key members:
Complaint against Diana Maxfield Kearse, Chief Counsel, Second Department Departmental Disciplinary Committee CASE NO. Kearse refuses to docket her own complaint, Lawrence DiGiovanna refuses and complaint is filed against him.
Complaint against Lawrence DiGiovanna, Chairman, Second Department Departmental Disciplinary Committee Complaint refused formal docketing and disposition by Kearse and Prudenti
ok - links to help better understand
www.iviewit.tv you can see images of the car bombing attempt on inventor's life, all documents relating to these cases can be found on the bottom of the homepage.
http://exposecorruptcourts.blogspot.com/2007/07/court-overhaul-begins-disciplinary.html
http://exposecorruptcourts.blogspot.com/2007/07/disciplinary-counsel-thomas-cahill.html
http://www.congress.org/congressorg/issues/alert/?alertid=10065911&content_dir=ua_congressorg
http://www.congress.org/congressorg/issues/alert/?alertid=10082031&content_dir=ua_congressorg
That should give you background to the largest denial of due process ever in new york
July 28, 2007 11:59 AM
Anonymous said...
What's the latest on Cahill!????!!!
July 28, 2007 6:45 PM
Anonymous said...
Has jackass cahill been dragged out of 61 bway yet?
July 30, 2007 7:39 PM
Anonymous said...
After reading this story and the related one I'm astonished that this type of thing would go on. I'm sure it is all true because you can't make these things up. My faith and trust in the Judicial system certainly has been lowered considerably
July 31, 2007 8:59 AM
Anonymous said...
Bring in the brooms and mops. time to clean up the mess.
August 4, 2007 4:07 PM
Anonymous said...
Cahill has got a lot more dirt than has been revealed. At present he is destroying any evidence that he can get his hands on. Head up Feds.
August 4, 2007 9:43 PM
Benchwarmers
Everything you never wanted to know about picking judges for an important court you've never heard ofby Tom Robbins, The Village Voice, July 24th, 2007 3:11 PM
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I was warned against writing this column.
"You might think twice about doing that judges story," were the exact, ominous words.
OK, the threat came from my editor, who added: "Nobody cares how judges get picked. Where is that S&M piece you promised?" I did not knuckle under. As you may know, this paper is currently owned and operated by out-of-towners and recent transplants, so I was able to convincingly argue that, aside from rent hikes and Alex Rodriguez, there is no subject New Yorkers get more passionate about than the selection of appellate judges. Please do not cross me up on this.
Here, then, is the unvarnished truth—which only the Voice will tell you—about how New York came to select a rookie judge with a powerful ally as the presiding justice for the busiest and most powerful appeals court in the state.
Already you're thinking, "Appellate court? Presiding justice? Alex Rodriguez?" Bear with me. Part of the problem here is the purposely obscure nomenclature employed by lawyers, who are the only ones who really do care about judges. They care so much that they see the judges' faces in their Grape-Nuts every morning. They address their cereal, practicing small, obsequious remarks like: "Heard Your Honor hit a par four last week. Nice."
Many people erroneously assume that the state's most important court is the Court of Appeals in Albany, which supposedly settles all the big cases. See? You're already the victim of legal obscurantism. Albany? Are you kidding? The state's most important court is right here where it belongs, in Manhattan, at the corner of Madison Avenue and East 25th Street, where is found the magnificent marble headquarters of the Appellate Division, First Judicial Department.
The few non-lawyers who stumble across this structure are immediately struck dumb by the big Greek columns and the statues of half-naked men and women on the roof. This is a building for judges and lawyers only; jurors are not allowed, not only because no jury trials are held here, but because they would befoul the building with dark splotches of chewing gum and half-completed Sudoku puzzles. Oh, yes, there is a also a cadre of heavily armed court officers who are charged with keeping jurors out and making sure there are parking spots for the 16 appellate judges who work here.
You are wondering: Why do they need to drive? What are they, firefighters? This is another sad example of reader ignorance. The former governor, George Pataki, a Republican from Putnam County (I can only tell you it is near the Taconic Parkway), recognized after taking office that New York City's appellate courts were severely segregated. Local judges, overwhelmingly Democrats, held most positions. To remedy this outrage, Pataki commenced a bold integration scheme in which he bussed in judges from upstate to sit on the city's appeals courts. Surprisingly, most of his choices were white Republicans like himself. Opponents of this measure complained (quietly, so as not to be seen as bigots) that the imports were generally of a lower IQ than the locals. Plus, they took up all the parking spots because, of course, they didn't really take a bus to work.
This was the situation that greeted newly elected governor Eliot Spitzer (a Democrat from Manhattan, though he also has a residence in Columbia County, apparently farther up the Taconic). It was day one and everything had to change, so he got right to work on the appellate courts, starting with the First Department in Manhattan, because it handles all the most important cases. Would you want some hick court in Elmira ruling on the likes of High Risk Opportunities Hub Fund Ltd. v. Credit Lyonnais? Of course not.
Spitzer's first task was to appoint a new presiding justice, an opportunity that made the governor's people ecstatic. This plum had fallen into their laps thanks to a display of stunning ingratitude by one of Pataki's own picks. Everyone knew that Pataki had intended, on his way out of office, to name his pal and former counsel, Justice James McGuire, to this top job. McGuire had been especially helpful to Pataki when a federal grand jury in Brooklyn began asking why his administration had granted parole to felons whose parents gave a lot of money to his campaign. McGuire did well: Only a couple of Koreans and some low-level parole aides were convicted.
If he'd been appointed, McGuire would have held this post until 2018, making him Pataki's proudest legacy. (OK, his only legacy.) Sadly, this plan fell apart when the then-presiding justice, one John Buckley, an import from Oneida County (no idea, look it up), refused to step down. Buckley was reluctant to do so because he would've had to go back to wherever Oneida County is. December 31, 2006, came and went. Buckley was still there. This gave Spitzer the right to choose the new presiding justice when Buckley turned 70, which he soon did.
(To quickly recap: The presiding justice runs a big building with Greek columns where many important legal cases are heard and where you, in all likelihood, will never enter.)
Because he wanted to do things properly, Spitzer appointed a special panel to advise him on whom to appoint. This is called "merit selection." It is preferable to elections, because voters are notoriously ignorant (see Bush, George W., Election of). Choosing a new P.J. (common vernacular for "presiding justice"—please memorize) is especially important because he also gets to pick the watchdogs who penalize wayward attorneys. Since Manhattan's hordes of attorneys all live in terror of being cited for wrongdoing, this causes the P.J. (see above) to be viewed as somewhere north of God. His jokes are the funniest ever heard, his wisdom unfathomable.
Unfortunately, Spitzer's panel didn't fully grasp the "merit" part. It selected five candidates as "highly qualified," yet somehow neglected to include two of the First Department's most distinguished members: Richard Andrias, a Vietnam vet with a Bronze Star who is considered such a stellar judicial performer that he has been nominated five times for the Court of Appeals, and David Saxe, another appellate Hall of Famer who is widely considered the best writer on the bench since the late William O. Douglas.
Cynics maintain that the absence of stars like Andrias and Saxe made it easier for the governor to select the judge he ultimately chose, Jonathan Lippman. An amiable insider, Lippman was for many years the court's able administrator and served as a loyal deputy to the state's top judicial officer, Chief Judge Judith Kaye of the Court of Appeals. As for actual judging, Lippman had a late start in the business: He never heard a case until 2004 and wasn't elected to the bench until 2005.
While this may seem an unlikely résumé for someone selected to head the state's busiest court, Lippman's many fans insist he is otherwise superb. The fact that he and his boss, Judge Kaye, have failed to get a raise for the state's judges for nine years should not be held against them, the fans say. And Judge Kaye's reluctance to go along with demands from scores of irate judges who want to sue the governor's ass to get that raise is also irrelevant.
Moreover, Lippman is so good that he is already being touted as a likely successor to Kaye when she has to step down late next year. Recommendations for that post will be made by another special gubernatorial panel.
That is how merit selection works. Who else are you going to trust to pick judges—editors?
From: David Amos
To: wpc-cpa@farris.com ; goodale@sasktel.net
Sent: Wednesday, February 16, 2005 1:52 PM
Subject: Fw: You can't fool me McGuinty I'm too stupid
----- Original Message -----
From: David Amos
To: dalton.mcguinty@premiergov.on.ca
Sent: Tuesday,
February 15, 2005 8:25 PM
Subject: You can't fool me McGuinty I'm too stupid
You lawyers are all the same but at least you can never say that you didn't know. I will call and leave a message with my cell phone I will have proof of that contact as well.
----- Original Message -----
From: David Amos
To: david.anderson1@sasktel.net Cc: anderd@parl.gc.ca
Sent: Tuesday, February 15, 2005 5:30 PM
Subject: Fw: FYI I just called
----- Original Message -----
From: David Amos
To: fbastien@bell.net
Sent: Tuesday, February 15, 2005 5:02 PM
Subject: Fw: FYI I just called
----- Original Message -----
From: David Amos
To: info@ccr-ny.org
Sent: Tuesday, February 15, 2005 4:50 PM
Subject: FYI I just calledYou are way past too late act ethical now
----- Original Message -----
From: David Amos
To: INFO7@elections.ca ; ombudsman@npr.org ; ombudsman@washpost.com
Cc: info@cfif.org ; 2020@abc.com ; niteline@abc.com ; cnn.feedback@cnn.com ; info@cnbc.com ; comments@foxnews.com ; world@msnbc.com ; today@nbc.com ; dateline@nbc.com ; newshour@pbs.org ; atc@npr.org ; letters@latimes.com ; letters@nytimes.com ; editor@usatoday.com ; editors@interactive.wsj.com ; letters@newsweek.com ; letters@time.com ; letters@usnews.com
Sent: Tuesday, February 15, 2005 2:55 PM
Subject: My name is beginning to be Blogged
Attn Mr. Jeffrey A. Dvorkin
I just called you and left a message. I have crossed paths with NPR before and just shook my head and went on alone to do what I had to do. It has already proven to me that it is no better than any other Media controlled by the wealthy few. So as I went about proving what everybody knows in that public corruption is rampant and way out of control. I figured I would prove the Media is a big player against the public's best interests and the only possible way for ordinary folk to know simple truths is what they can weed out for themselves from the truth and fiction found in the internet. I truly believe it is every bit the important tool the printing press was centuries ago before rich folks bought them all. I contacted you Mr. Dvorkin because you are the most outspoken ombudsman on the web and you used to work for CBC in my native land. I am not surprised that you have not called me back yet. Everybody else does as well. As you can see I have sent this to many others just to rub that fact in. Why would you be any different than any of them? I will send only one more email to you and the others immediately after this one. I contains much text that should concern your former rivals at CTV in Canada and all Big Media in general. There is also attached just one small Tiff file that should properly serve to embarrass Frontline at PBS. After the end of the day I will ignore you too. Turn about is fair play.I go to great lengths to check my own ethics constantly in order that none of my words may ever be impeached. In that regard I do agree with your following statements in particular. Most blogs are slanted and political just like the media. However not all are and since my battles are with both sides of the political fence in an sincere effort to expose the truth, I simply don't care who says what of me. It is far better than being ignored as NPR and its ilk have done. I will be comfortable with the fact that most ordinary people are more than capable to sort out who is a liar and who is not. I will let my work stand on its own and say no more to anyone. I am starting to bore myself as much as I have bored my friends long ago. Enough is enough.I do not deny the possibility that you may have no idea as to who I am, If in fact you don't, it only further serves to prove my point that blogging will be the only way to reveal the truth that media willingly ignores in pursuit of its own interests and that of its owners. However after my phone call and my emails you can never claim that anymore. In my opinion the freedom of the press is a myth and any individual is only free if he resists oppression upon his freedom. It is up to you to challenge me in disagreement or run and hide your head in the sand. My work cannot be undone. I am quite simply begging you to stress test my ethics to the max. The sooner the better for the benefit of all. Following your words and that of some others are several motions affidavits, answers and counterclaims that have been filed in two courts in two countries. I can further support all that I say is true with many emails that contain scans of legal documents letters and responses etc etc. If anyone responds to me by the end of the day. am asks for it. I will forward a rather large Tiff file that contains many legal documents, letters and response etc. It was exactly the same material that I sent to the Solicitor General Theodore Olson just before he quit his job while I was running for Parliament. IT is also exactly the same material that I served upon the Canadian Border Guards to send to their boss, the Solicitor General Anne McLellan to let her know I had made it home as was about to do my best to make all HELL break loose in an ethical and timely fashion. Six months after I sent one hell of a letter to Elections Canada I just received the funniest response yet. It seems everybody is nervous that I am going to come home and run again very soon. I am about to call their lawyer you answered me and ask her what the heel she did with her copy of wiretap tape numbered 139.
"Skews Narrow?
Many listeners tell me that the media -- NPR included -- doesn't skew left as much as it skews narrow. The range of issues needs to be broader, they say. NPR could do more to ensure that it allows other points of view -- from the right and the left -- on the air. But not just the usual well-worn suspects like Bill O'Reilly from Fox News. In recent days, O'Reilly has admonished NPR for not having him on public radio to sell his book. But NPR has no obligation to put O'Reilly or any other shameless self-promoter on the radio. There are a number of younger, more interesting thinkers and journalists from both sides of the spectrum that deserve to be heard and considered. Perhaps fewer "think tankers" from the East Coast. More witty conservatives and liberals (yes, they exist). P.J. O'Rourke? Al Franken? Maybe even Bernard Goldberg.". "In DenialNPR interviewed a number of academics and journalists about this story. The academics seemed to be in denial, tending to pooh-pooh the importance of this story for American journalism overall.But others such as Bob Steele from The Poynter Institute and Tom Rosenstiel from the Project for Excellence in Journalism took the opposite view: that CBS' mistake will have consequences for all news organizations and for some time to come.After other recent scandals involving the BBC, The New York Times and USA Today, it is sometimes hard to believe that journalistic ethics are being given more than lip service these days. Yet, there are reasons to be optimistic.Rays of Hope? First, we must acknowledge that the blogs have truly arrived. It is hard for journalists who have led a sheltered life without public accountability to acknowledge that those days are over. Second, it will be tough for ombudsmen and women to admit that their unique role as overseers on behalf of the public is also changing. We need to make room on the bench and give the bloggers a place at the dinner table. The question remains: who's for dinner?NPR listeners have always been quick to point out our errors and lapses, and in a non-partisan way. The blogs are different because many are explicitly political. It will be interesting to see if the "blogosphere" still has as much impact on mainstream journalism once the election is over.Third, while the bloggers will make life uncomfortable for the media, ultimately, it is a sign of a healthy democratic give-and take. A question for the bloggers is, "what are your standards? How can the rest of us know that your sources are reliable?"Making the rich and powerful squirm is a short-lived measure of journalistic success -- both for the mainstream media and presumably, for the blogs.Bloggers must be as accountable to the public as they demand the rest of us must be. That means there should be some consequence for spreading false or partial information. Any thoughts on what those consequences might be would be a useful discussion.More, Not Less Investigative JournalismCBS' failure will create a climate of timidity inside some organizations when it comes to investigative journalism. It may be understandable, but it would also be a mistake. There are still a number of unanswered questions about this story.
Ethics for Investigative JournalistsFinally, CBS' problems should remind us of the ethical obligations of investigative journalism. Aly Coln from the Poynter Institute has reissued the guidelines for those organizations (like NPR) that want to enter into this area. (See link at bottom of page.)They are worth posting in every cubicle. I especially like Aly's idea that every investigative unit should appoint a "contrarian" whose role is to question everything.In my experience, the failure of investigative units occurs exactly because expressing doubts is seen as not being "on board." Skepticism inside the news organization is also a valuable journalistic tool.In that spirit, NPR needs to do some clearing up of one of its own sources."The following words of David Limbaugh's from out of the Heritage Foundation are truly hilarious to me. When one considers what I sent them last year that have thus far been ignored they will laugh too. As a double check I sent the same stuff to him as well to no avail but at least his brother's lawyer Roy Black responded to me. It aided in me forever proving some lawyers are too snotty for their own damned good."Men in Black" is a primer on the United States Constitution as well as a clarion call to liberty lovers to wake up to the alarming damage the Court continues to inflict on our republic. Levin documents how the Court has morphed into a super-legislature, legislating from the bench rather than honoring its constitutional role of interpreting the laws.To be fair to the right here is proof that left wing lawyers are as crooked as the right wing dudes.
From: David Amos
To: INFO7@elections.ca ; ombudsman@npr.org ; ombudsman@washpost.com
Cc: info@cfif.org ; 2020@abc.com ; niteline@abc.com ; cnn.feedback@cnn.com ; info@cnbc.com ; comments@foxnews.com ; world@msnbc.com ; today@nbc.com ; dateline@nbc.com ; newshour@pbs.org ; atc@npr.org ; letters@latimes.com ; letters@nytimes.com ; editor@usatoday.com ; editors@interactive.wsj.com ; letters@newsweek.com ; letters@time.com ; letters@usnews.com
Sent: Tuesday, February 15, 2005 2:55 PM
Subject: My name is beginning to be Blogged
Attn Mr. Jeffrey A. Dvorkin
I just called you and left a message. I have crossed paths with NPR before and just shook my head and went on alone to do what I had to do. It has already proven to me that it is no better than any other Media controlled by the wealthy few. So as I went about proving what everybody knows in that public corruption is rampant and way out of control. I figured I would prove the Media is a big player against the public's best interests and the only possible way for ordinary folk to know simple truths is what they can weed out for themselves from the truth and fiction found in the internet. I truly believe it is every bit the important tool the printing press was centuries ago before rich folks bought them all. I contacted you Mr. Dvorkin because you are the most outspoken ombudsman on the web and you used to work for CBC in my native land. I am not surprised that you have not called me back yet. Everybody else does as well. As you can see I have sent this to many others just to rub that fact in. Why would you be any different than any of them? I will send only one more email to you and the others immediately after this one. I contains much text that should concern your former rivals at CTV in Canada and all Big Media in general. There is also attached just one small Tiff file that should properly serve to embarrass Frontline at PBS. After the end of the day I will ignore you too. Turn about is fair play.I go to great lengths to check my own ethics constantly in order that none of my words may ever be impeached. In that regard I do agree with your following statements in particular. Most blogs are slanted and political just like the media. However not all are and since my battles are with both sides of the political fence in an sincere effort to expose the truth, I simply don't care who says what of me. It is far better than being ignored as NPR and its ilk have done. I will be comfortable with the fact that most ordinary people are more than capable to sort out who is a liar and who is not. I will let my work stand on its own and say no more to anyone. I am starting to bore myself as much as I have bored my friends long ago. Enough is enough.I do not deny the possibility that you may have no idea as to who I am, If in fact you don't, it only further serves to prove my point that blogging will be the only way to reveal the truth that media willingly ignores in pursuit of its own interests and that of its owners. However after my phone call and my emails you can never claim that anymore. In my opinion the freedom of the press is a myth and any individual is only free if he resists oppression upon his freedom. It is up to you to challenge me in disagreement or run and hide your head in the sand. My work cannot be undone. I am quite simply begging you to stress test my ethics to the max. The sooner the better for the benefit of all. Following your words and that of some others are several motions affidavits, answers and counterclaims that have been filed in two courts in two countries. I can further support all that I say is true with many emails that contain scans of legal documents letters and responses etc etc. If anyone responds to me by the end of the day. am asks for it. I will forward a rather large Tiff file that contains many legal documents, letters and response etc. It was exactly the same material that I sent to the Solicitor General Theodore Olson just before he quit his job while I was running for Parliament. IT is also exactly the same material that I served upon the Canadian Border Guards to send to their boss, the Solicitor General Anne McLellan to let her know I had made it home as was about to do my best to make all HELL break loose in an ethical and timely fashion. Six months after I sent one hell of a letter to Elections Canada I just received the funniest response yet. It seems everybody is nervous that I am going to come home and run again very soon. I am about to call their lawyer you answered me and ask her what the heel she did with her copy of wiretap tape numbered 139.
"Skews Narrow?
Many listeners tell me that the media -- NPR included -- doesn't skew left as much as it skews narrow. The range of issues needs to be broader, they say. NPR could do more to ensure that it allows other points of view -- from the right and the left -- on the air. But not just the usual well-worn suspects like Bill O'Reilly from Fox News. In recent days, O'Reilly has admonished NPR for not having him on public radio to sell his book. But NPR has no obligation to put O'Reilly or any other shameless self-promoter on the radio. There are a number of younger, more interesting thinkers and journalists from both sides of the spectrum that deserve to be heard and considered. Perhaps fewer "think tankers" from the East Coast. More witty conservatives and liberals (yes, they exist). P.J. O'Rourke? Al Franken? Maybe even Bernard Goldberg.". "In DenialNPR interviewed a number of academics and journalists about this story. The academics seemed to be in denial, tending to pooh-pooh the importance of this story for American journalism overall.But others such as Bob Steele from The Poynter Institute and Tom Rosenstiel from the Project for Excellence in Journalism took the opposite view: that CBS' mistake will have consequences for all news organizations and for some time to come.After other recent scandals involving the BBC, The New York Times and USA Today, it is sometimes hard to believe that journalistic ethics are being given more than lip service these days. Yet, there are reasons to be optimistic.Rays of Hope? First, we must acknowledge that the blogs have truly arrived. It is hard for journalists who have led a sheltered life without public accountability to acknowledge that those days are over. Second, it will be tough for ombudsmen and women to admit that their unique role as overseers on behalf of the public is also changing. We need to make room on the bench and give the bloggers a place at the dinner table. The question remains: who's for dinner?NPR listeners have always been quick to point out our errors and lapses, and in a non-partisan way. The blogs are different because many are explicitly political. It will be interesting to see if the "blogosphere" still has as much impact on mainstream journalism once the election is over.Third, while the bloggers will make life uncomfortable for the media, ultimately, it is a sign of a healthy democratic give-and take. A question for the bloggers is, "what are your standards? How can the rest of us know that your sources are reliable?"Making the rich and powerful squirm is a short-lived measure of journalistic success -- both for the mainstream media and presumably, for the blogs.Bloggers must be as accountable to the public as they demand the rest of us must be. That means there should be some consequence for spreading false or partial information. Any thoughts on what those consequences might be would be a useful discussion.More, Not Less Investigative JournalismCBS' failure will create a climate of timidity inside some organizations when it comes to investigative journalism. It may be understandable, but it would also be a mistake. There are still a number of unanswered questions about this story.
Ethics for Investigative JournalistsFinally, CBS' problems should remind us of the ethical obligations of investigative journalism. Aly Coln from the Poynter Institute has reissued the guidelines for those organizations (like NPR) that want to enter into this area. (See link at bottom of page.)They are worth posting in every cubicle. I especially like Aly's idea that every investigative unit should appoint a "contrarian" whose role is to question everything.In my experience, the failure of investigative units occurs exactly because expressing doubts is seen as not being "on board." Skepticism inside the news organization is also a valuable journalistic tool.In that spirit, NPR needs to do some clearing up of one of its own sources."The following words of David Limbaugh's from out of the Heritage Foundation are truly hilarious to me. When one considers what I sent them last year that have thus far been ignored they will laugh too. As a double check I sent the same stuff to him as well to no avail but at least his brother's lawyer Roy Black responded to me. It aided in me forever proving some lawyers are too snotty for their own damned good."Men in Black" is a primer on the United States Constitution as well as a clarion call to liberty lovers to wake up to the alarming damage the Court continues to inflict on our republic. Levin documents how the Court has morphed into a super-legislature, legislating from the bench rather than honoring its constitutional role of interpreting the laws.To be fair to the right here is proof that left wing lawyers are as crooked as the right wing dudes.
----- Original Message -----
From: David Amos
To: ecassel1@cox.net
Sent: Wednesday, February 09, 2005 8:24 PM
Subject: Fw: A True Tale of Two Corrupt Governments
From: David Amos
To: ecassel1@cox.net
Sent: Wednesday, February 09, 2005 8:24 PM
Subject: Fw: A True Tale of Two Corrupt Governments
----- Original Message -----
From: David Amos
To: Graham.B@parl.gc.ca Cc: epeterso@justice.gc.ca
Sent: Tuesday, February 01, 2005 12:44 AM
Subject: Fw: A True Tale of Two Corrupt Governments
Hey Bill
Please explain this lawsuit to me real slow. It is by your buddy Billy Matthews against Byron Prior in Newfoundland after you drew my friend's plight to Irwin Cotler's attention? He did finally respond to Byron with a not my job attitude on the very same day Paul Martin's coal boat was caught with the load of cocaine in Sidney. Furthermore I know what I sent you in my emails last year before I can home to run for Parliament against your party. In return you bastards allow me to be summoned back to the USA to be sent straight to jail without due process of law. Now don't that just piss me off. Methinks I will send
From: David Amos
To: Graham.B@parl.gc.ca Cc: epeterso@justice.gc.ca
Sent: Tuesday, February 01, 2005 12:44 AM
Subject: Fw: A True Tale of Two Corrupt Governments
Hey Bill
Please explain this lawsuit to me real slow. It is by your buddy Billy Matthews against Byron Prior in Newfoundland after you drew my friend's plight to Irwin Cotler's attention? He did finally respond to Byron with a not my job attitude on the very same day Paul Martin's coal boat was caught with the load of cocaine in Sidney. Furthermore I know what I sent you in my emails last year before I can home to run for Parliament against your party. In return you bastards allow me to be summoned back to the USA to be sent straight to jail without due process of law. Now don't that just piss me off. Methinks I will send
----- Original Message -----
From: David Amos
To: Godin.Y@parl.gc.ca ; atlantic@ctv.ca ; oldmaison@yahoo.com ; smurphy@ctv.ca ; martine.turcotte@bell.ca ; premier@gov.ns.ca ; news-tips@nytimes.com ; bizday@nytimes.com ; foreign@nytimes.com ; dinoratt@telus.net ; editor@thetyee.ca ; ajw@eastlink.ca
Cc: chimeracavern@yahoo.com ; harper.boucher@rcmp-grc.gc.ca ; Dion.S@parl.gc.ca ; Martin.Paul@parl.gc.ca ; Ignatieff.M@parl.gc.ca ; Volpe.J@parl.gc.ca ; Brison.S@parl.gc.ca ; Dryden.K@parl.gc.ca ; McCallum.J@parl.gc.ca ; cotler.i@parl.gc.ca
Sent: Thursday, December 07, 2006 8:09 PM
Subject: Hey A.J. Walling do ya think Stockwell Day will cover up for Wayne Easter and Landslide Annie this Xmass too?
Hmm I smell Foul play again. Looks like the powers that be don't want me talking to the NDP or my fireinds no more EH? There is mor than one way to skin a cat. Some folks call them Blogs. Ask Frenchman Chucky Leblanc or the upper Canadian Garth Turner.. They work good for them N'est Pas?
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Yea right tell me another one just like your former boss Landslide did.
Tuesday, November 28, 2006
OTTAWA — Anne McLellan has added her name to the list of former Liberal cabinet ministers who say they were not fully briefed by the RCMP on Maher Arar.
McLellan was appointed public safety minister in December 2003 and, shortly thereafter, called a judicial inquiry into the case.
This fall, Justice Dennis O'Connor concluded the RCMP passed inaccurate information to the United States on Arar that likely led to his detention and torture in Syria.
On Tuesday, McLellan confirmed she was briefed on the "Arar situation" by RCMP Commissioner Giuliano Zaccardelli and former CSIS director Ward Elcock.
But she said she only learned that the RCMP had passed along false information on Arar to the U.S. when the O'Connor report was released in late September.
The RCMP described Arar to U.S. authorities as an Islamic extremist suspected of ties to al-Qaida, even though he was never more than a "person of interest" in an RCMP national-security investigation.
"In my presence, (neither) Commissioner Zaccardelli, nor anyone else, either from the RCMP or CSIS, (ever) referred to Mr. Arar as an Islamic extremist," McLellan told a Commons public safety committee that has been probing the Arar affair.
"That was an expression that was never used in relation to Mr. Arar in my presence. Ever."
McLellan's statements appear to contradict assertions by Zaccardelli that he briefed the government about the mistakes by the RCMP.
In an appearance before the same committee in late September, Zaccardelli said he informed former solicitor general Wayne Easter about the errors. The solicitor general was the minister in charge of the RCMP before the position was abolished last year.
But last month, Easter testified that he was never so informed.
"There is no situation where the RCMP came to me and basically said, 'We screwed up. We provided improper information,’” he said at the time.
Earlier this month, Elcock of CSIS also testified he did not learn of the RCMP's mislabeling of Arar until after the O'Connor report was released.
On Tuesday, McLellan described an environment in which concern about the Arar affair reached to the top of the political ladder.
She said that soon after former prime minister Paul Martin took office in December 2003, he asked her to "get to the bottom of what had happened to Mr. Arar."
Ottawa Citizen
That was what Landslide Annie had to say about the RCMP before Dion was picked as leader of the liberals aweek or so ago. Ask me what I sent Wayne Easter as Paul Martin was being crowned as Humpty Dumpty three years ago. Clearly I sent something EH?
Jan 3rd, 2004
Mr. David R. Amos
153 Alvin Avenue
Milton, MA 02186
U.S.A.
Dear Mr. Amos
Thank you for your letter of November 19th, 2003, addressed to my predecessor, the Honourble Wayne Easter, regarding your safety. I apologize for the delay in responding.
If you have any concerns about your personal safety, I can only suggest that you contact the police of local jurisdiction. In addition, any evidence of criminal activity should be brought to their attention since the police are in the best position to evaluate the information and take action as deemed appropriate.
I trust that this information is satisfactory.
Yours sincerely
A. Anne McLellan
David Amos motomaniac_02186@yahoo.com wrote:
Date: Wed, 6 Dec 2006 16:21:24 -0800 (PST)
From: David Amos motomaniac_02186@yahoo.com
Subject: Within this email is the proof that Shirley Heafey and everybody else is a liar
To: info@bccla.org, jsliter@rcmp-grc.gc.ca
CC: giuliano.zaccardelli@rcmp-grc.gc.ca, rod.smith@rcmp-grc.gc.ca,
stephane.vaillancourt@rcmp-grc.gc.ca, cnichols@norwellpolice.com,
info@pco-bcp.gc.ca
http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/Canada/2006/12/06/2654646-cp.html
"McLellan, Anne - M.P." McLellan.A@parl.gc.ca wrote:
Subject: RE: Re: Lets all go through the looking glass to check the Integrity of the Talking Heads in BC tonight
Date: Fri, 6 Jan 2006 15:45:08 -0500
From: "McLellan, Anne - M.P." McLellan.A@parl.gc.ca
To: "David Amos" motomaniac_02186@yahoo.com
Dear Mr. Amos,
On behalf of Ms. McLellan I would like to thank you for your email message concerning the current federal election. I regret that the volume of messages prevented me from responding sooner.
Your message has been brought to Ms. McLellan`s attention, as she is always pleased to receive comments, both positive and negative.
Again, thank you for bringing this matter to Ms. McLellan`s attention.
Sincerely,
Kirsten Odynski
Office of the Deputy Prime Minister