{"id":112586,"date":"2019-01-02T14:43:52","date_gmt":"2019-01-02T18:43:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=112586"},"modified":"2019-01-02T14:43:52","modified_gmt":"2019-01-02T18:43:52","slug":"la-times-romneys-a-drug-money-launderer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=112586","title":{"rendered":"LA Times: Romney\u2019s a drug-money launderer"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Why Has Not Only Corporate Media, but also Obama\u2019s Opposition Research Let Romney Slide on his Criminal Associations?<\/h2>\n<p>by\u00a0\u00a0Kevin Barrett<br \/>\nVeterans Today<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_112587\" style=\"width: 410px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/mitt-romney-money.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-112587\" class=\"size-full wp-image-112587\" src=\"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/mitt-romney-money.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/mitt-romney-money.jpg 400w, https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/mitt-romney-money-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-112587\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mitt Romney made his fortune cleaning druglords\u2019 cash<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>Maybe it\u2019s because the\u00a0<em>Times<\/em>\u00a0story never comes right out and says \u201cdrug money laundering.\u201d It doesn\u2019t have to.<\/strong><strong>Back in July, the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/articles.latimes.com\/2012\/jul\/19\/nation\/la-na-bain-creation-20120719\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Los Angeles Times<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 not VT, Infowars or\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.truthjihadradio.blogspot.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Truth Jihad Radio<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 broke the story that Mitt Romney is a drug money launderer. How did we all miss this story? (Until\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.veteranstoday.com\/2012\/10\/15\/breaking-romneys-bain-capitol-drug-front-for-bush-cartel-video\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">John Hankey and then Gordon Duff picked it up<\/a>.)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>What the\u00a0<em>Times<\/em>\u00a0article does say translates directly and unambiguously as DRUG MONEY LAUNDERING, in caps, exclamation point.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>According to the Los Angeles Times, Romney\u2019s company, Bain Capital, \u201cpaid out a stunning 173% in average annual returns over a decade.\u201d \u201cStunning\u201d is not the word. \u201cCriminal\u201d is more like it.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Bernie Madoff was arrested<\/strong>\u00a0and went to jail because he was paying 10% annual returns. That\u2019s how it came to light that he was running a criminal enterprise. You just cannot possibly pay 10% returns consistently, year in and year out, with legitimate investments. Never happened, never will.<\/p>\n<p>Ponzi schemes sometimes pay as high as 20% \u2013 and soon collapse, and the perps go to jail. But a 173% annual return is far beyond the range of the craziest, most short-lived ponzi scheme.<\/p>\n<p>Romney wasn\u2019t running a ponzi scheme. He was running a drug money laundry. His clients, the Times explains, were shady characters from Panama. Here\u2019s how it works:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>A DRUGLORD HANDS ROMNEY, A.K.A. BAIN CAPITAL, TEN MILLION DOLLARS IN CASH. ROMNEY PUTS IT ON HIS BOOKS AS A ONE MILLION DOLLAR INVESTMENT IN BAIN CAPITAL.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>AT 173% INTEREST, IT ONLY TAKES ROMNEY A FEW YEARS (OFFICIALLY) TO RETURN TEN MILLION LAUNDERED DOLLARS TO THE DRUGLORD.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>WHEN THE DRUGLORD IS ASKED WHERE HE GOT HIS TEN MILLION DOLLARS, HE EXPLAINS THAT HE MADE A LUCKY INVESTMENT WITH BAIN CAPITAL. AND HE HAS THE PAPERS TO PROVE IT.<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Getting caught paying out an average 173% interest over ten years is like getting caught with a hundred pounds of cocaine. If you\u2019re busted with a hundred pounds of cocaine, the presumption is that you\u2019re dealing. If you\u2019re caught paying 173% interest, the presumption is that you\u2019re laundering drug money.<\/p>\n<p>Romney, you are SO BUSTED.<\/p>\n<p>___<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.veteranstodayarchives.com\/2012\/10\/17\/la-times-romneys-a-drug-money-launderer\/\">https:\/\/www.veteranstodayarchives.com\/2012\/10\/17\/la-times-romneys-a-drug-money-launderer\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Why Has Not Only Corporate Media, but also Obama\u2019s Opposition Research Let Romney Slide on his Criminal Associations? by\u00a0\u00a0Kevin Barrett Veterans Today Maybe it\u2019s because the\u00a0Times\u00a0story never comes right out and says \u201cdrug money laundering.\u201d It doesn\u2019t have to.Back in &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=112586\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-112586","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112586","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=112586"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112586\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=112586"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=112586"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=112586"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}