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Posted by Samprimary (Member # 8561) on :

1. wow

2. lol

3. no seriously, wow

Posted by Samprimary (Member # 8561) on :

I am posting in this high quality thread

Posted by Samprimary (Member # 8561) on :

quote:
Originally posted by Samprimary:
I am posting in this high quality thread

ugh fine here's some CONTEXT

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/24/nyregion/24jersey.html

Posted by Armoth (Member # 4752) on :

Wow. That's really unfortunate.

Posted by adenam (Member # 11902) on :

[Eek!]

Posted by Darth_Mauve (Member # 4709) on :

Rabbi's doing multi-million dollar money laundering. Can they make it any easier for the "Jewish Banking Conspiracy" nuts out there?

Posted by FlyingCow (Member # 2150) on :

As a New Jersey resident, I'm shocked... just *shocked* that there were only 44 people involved.

Posted by BlackBlade (Member # 8376) on :

From the article,

"This is so massive,” said Joseph Marbach, a political scientist at Seton Hall University. “It’s going to just reinforce the stereotype of New Jersey politics and corruption."

At what point does a stereotype transition into being an apt descriptor?

Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :

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Originally posted by FlyingCow:
As a New Jersey resident, I'm shocked... just *shocked* that there were only 44 people involved.

As a former resident, ditto.

Idiots. [Razz]

Posted by Samprimary (Member # 8561) on :

quote:
Originally posted by FlyingCow:
As a New Jersey resident, I'm shocked... just *shocked* that there were only 44 people involved.

laugh out loud

Posted by Tante Shvester (Member # 8202) on :

In synagogue yesterday, our rabbi opened his remarks with this: "As you are well aware, half of the state is under water. The other half is under investigation."

Sigh.

Posted by Samprimary (Member # 8561) on :

I keep envisioning a Civilization-style game where you can pick your form of government and state religion. One of the benefits for Judaism is "-50% price modifier on kidneys"

Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :

As a friend of mine on another forum said, "Someone has stolen my religion, and I want it back!"

Posted by The Rabbit (Member # 671) on :

I thought the most bizarre part of this story was the trade in human kidneys. One hears about money laundering and corrupt politicians pretty regularly, but how exactly did the kidneys tie in to it all.

Posted by Tante Shvester (Member # 8202) on :

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Originally posted by The Rabbit:
I thought the most bizarre part of this story was the trade in human kidneys. One hears about money laundering and corrupt politicians pretty regularly, but how exactly did the kidneys tie in to it all.

Well, basically, the renal artery of the donor kidney is connected to the external iliac artery in the recipient and external iliac vein in the recipient is connected to the renal vein of the donor kidney.