Neocon "Freedom's Watch" Goes Belly Up PLUS Expose on US Money Laundering Operation To Fund Settlers

[Purveyor]

By M.J. Rosenberg - December 10, 2008, 6:31PM

Some pre-holiday cheer. The neocon outfit, Freedom's Watch, has bitten the dust.

In the words of Monty Python, "This parrot is no more. It has ceased to be. It's expired and gone to meet its maker. This is a late parrot. It's a stiff. Bereft of life, it rests in peace. If you hadn't nailed it to the perch, it would be pushing up the daisies. It's rung down the curtain and joined the choir invisible. This is an ex-parrot."

And Freedom's Watch is an ex-warmongering organization.

It turns out that its sugar daddy, Sheldon Adelson, the casino magnate, lost a few billion in the recent Wall Street troubles. Down to his last dozen billion or so, he can no longer afford to feed the family and spend a fortune supporting escalation in Iraq, war with Iran, and the continued expansion of West Bank settlements.

Sweet. I feel much as I did when the New York Sun went under.

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[Tommy_Carcetti]

1. In the words of the great Nelson:

[Dennis Donovan]

2. I didn't know about the West Bank settlement angle...

..of FW. Good riddance. I guess this means Ari's going to have to find legitimate work, now.:rofl:

[bahrbearian]

3. There is some excellent reading on your link

N.Y. Fabric Store Is Home to Tax-Deductible Fund for 'Urgent Security Needs' of Jewish Settlers
One of the fervid Jewish settlers who was evicted from that disputed house in Hebron last week, Nadia Matar, has sent out a defiant email: "There is no doubt, the more violence they use against us, the more it proves how scared they are of the new generation of proud Jews that is emerging in Judea and Samaria in particular and all over Israel in general. A new generation that is not scared to declare: 'The Land of Israel was given by G-d to the People of Israel and no one has the right to give it away'." Then Matar asked for money:

http://www.philipweiss.org/mondoweiss/2008/12/nadia-matar-a-defiant-settler-who-was-evicted-from-that-disputed-house-in-hebron-last-week-has-sent-out-a-defiant-email-th.html

[madrchsod]

4. a few billion? well....

http://seekingalpha.com/article/100408-sheldon-adelson-s-losing-streak

[nxylas]

5. Could the recession hit the corporatist agenda in more ways than one?

Quite apart from exposing the failings of untrammelled capitalism for all to see, the Chicago school went from being a bunch of fringe kooks to dominating the world for the last 35 years or so by pumping vast amounts of money into "think tanks" and media outlets promoting the ravings of Milton Friedman et al as being self-evident truths. With the money gone, they will have to compete in the marketplace of ideas instead of buying the marketplace and building a Wal-Mart on top of it.