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He's innocent I tell you, look at that beard.
Pidyon shvuyim-quick. blood libel, anti-semitism, er, chopped liver, flanken...we want mashiah now...
Posted by: Bilaams Ass | February 18, 2010 at 08:32 PM
"Pigeon" Shvuyim, that is....
Posted by: Bill | February 18, 2010 at 08:43 PM
Once a crook, always a crook.
Posted by: steve | February 18, 2010 at 08:58 PM
Is the contact person at the US Attorney's office really named Yusill Scribner?!
Posted by: Jonathan | February 18, 2010 at 09:37 PM
The extended Rubashkin family is a make work enterprise for lawyers and pidyon shvuyim fund raisers.
I can't wait to see the pleas for mercy in this case.
Compared to him Shalom looks better. At least shalom was manufacturing an actual product.
Posted by: Yerachmiel Lopin | February 18, 2010 at 09:38 PM
Right on Yerachmiel!Sounds like they better start sending some of the family members to law school!
Posted by: Hometown Postville | February 18, 2010 at 10:12 PM
A G-d Send for a solution to a suitable cellmate for SMR.
Birds of a feather should cell together.
Posted by: sage | February 18, 2010 at 10:14 PM
When is the bail hearing?
Posted by: state of disgust | February 18, 2010 at 10:28 PM
his new son in law is a lawyer. welcome to the family!
Posted by: whats next whats now? | February 18, 2010 at 10:31 PM
First, we have a scandal involving the misuse of almost $1,000,000 in Federal grant monies meant for disabled students.
Then, we have his threat to have a US Senator's aide – himself an Orthodox Jew – excommunicated if he failed to cooperate with Rabbi Balkany's scheme. (Please see the articles posted in the first three comments of the comments section.)
And then it seems that Rabbi Balkany and his institution owed OHEL – an institution that serves mentally handicapped Jews – and it's director more than $100,000 in back rent and more than $50,000 in personal loans.
Taken to Beit Din (religious court) by OHEL, Rabbi Balkany lost – and then refused to pay his judgement....birds of a feather...
Posted by: Bilaams Ass | February 18, 2010 at 10:51 PM
I think the crime family is being dismantled by the feds.
Posted by: justice seeker | February 18, 2010 at 11:39 PM
the unfortunate thing is that this whole criminal family is looked at with reverence in the frum community.
Posted by: HaNavon | February 18, 2010 at 11:42 PM
So Rabbi Balkany likes hanging out at Otisville. How conventient!
I wonder who is his contact/business partner inside the joint.
Posted by: danny | February 18, 2010 at 11:54 PM
Thank god this popped up. Soon smr will be sentenced and we would have been bored. Thank you rubashkin family for making shmarya's job ao easy.
Posted by: Critical minyan | February 19, 2010 at 12:30 AM
thank you hashem!!!
Posted by: levi | February 19, 2010 at 01:32 PM
[the unfortunate thing is that this whole criminal family is looked at with reverence in the frum community.]
HaNavon:
Jim Jones, the founder and leader of the Peoples Temple, had the same affect/effect on his followers.
Posted by: AGRI-vated Angel | February 19, 2010 at 06:30 PM