BRONX TIMES R 54 EPORTER, DEC. 3-9, 2021 BTR
BY TONY SALIMBENE
So we confi rmed the Korony
Post Annual Family
Christmas Party will be at
American Turners, right after
our third Sunday meeting.
Members may bring a
guest. Parking lot is right
around the corner at Philip
Avenue.
I may have mentioned,
playing “Santa Clause Is
Coming To Town” on an old
piano at the post party at
the Wissman Mansion. I was
about six years old. I nailed
it.
It’s never too late to donate,
Support the Troops
packages numbers approaching
10,000 and the Toy Drive
always needs to replenish
funds. We thank you.A little
late transmitting SAL forms
to Albany due to a minor issue.
If you get the computergenerated
reminder card you
can ignore it. If you owe dues,
please see me at the party.Almost
forgot. Aunt Cathy of
Auxiliary Unit 253 was recognized
by their headquarters
for her personal efforts in
the Support the Troops packages
drive.Until Next Time:
“When you get tired learn to
rest, not quit!”- Banksy
BY FRANK VERNUCCIO
Throughout the four years of
the Trump administration, the
greatest dirty trick in American
politics tore the nation
apart. Bringing the perpetrators
to justice is vital.
In an attempt to ensure victory,
Hillary Clinton’s campaign
developed a wholly false
charge of “Russian Collusion.”
Partisan elements in the Department
of Justice, the FBI
and the media acted as co-conspirators.
Democratic members
of Congress, particularly
Adam Schiff, played a leading
role. Nancy Pelosi, in her role
as Speaker of the House, supplied
all the support necessary
to keep the fraud going.
The Boston Herald editorial
staff said, regarding Schiff, “He
used his position — replete with
access to information and people
in the know — to distribute
wild accounts of Russian collusion
with the Trump campaign.
The effect was to frighten and
alarm millions of Americans,
sowing division between neighbors,
toxifying our discourse
and raising anxieties. The
Trump administration spent
time and resources fi ghting off
the fallacy that cursed them
since day one and deprived the
American people of a president
who could devote his time and
energy to the policies they had
elected him to enact.”
There can no longer be any
uncertainty that the whole
move was completely made-up,
and that the perpetrators were
aware of it. As the Wall Street
Journal pointed out, “Americans
expect that politicians will
lie, but sometimes the examples
are so brazen that they deserve
special notice. Newly released
Congressional testimony shows
that Adam Schiff spread falsehoods
shamelessly about Russia
and Donald Trump for three
years even as his own committee
gathered contrary evidence.”
Eventually, The House Intelligence
Committee released 57
transcripts of interviews it conducted
in its investigation regarding
the false charges.
The committee found in 2017
that there was no evidence to
support the charges against
President Trump. To keep the
conspiracy going, however,
Adam Schiff blocked the release
of the exculpatory evidence after
he became the committee
chairman in 2019. Despite clear
and overwhelming evidence to
the contrary, Schiff knowingly
and falsely alleged that he had
evidence verifying the phony
charges.
Some, such as Rep. Gary
Palmer (R-Alabama) have demanded
justice. When the fraud
and the related Obstruction of
Justice by Adam Schiff became
clear, Palmer stated:
“The transcripts indicate
that former Obama Administration
offi cials and Committee
Chairman Adam Schiff knew
there was no proof of collusion.
Yet, Schiff repeatedly touted
this now discredited claim of
a collusion…It is now clear
that Adam Schiff lied to his
colleagues, that he lied to the
media, and that he lied to the
American public. He refused
to release the testimony transcripts
from the witness interviews
because he knew it would
undermine him within his own
caucus and with the media, and
he knew it would completely
discredit his investigation. This
disclosure of his misrepresentation
of the witness testimonies
not only proves that there was
no Russian collusion…”
The damage to the nation
was incalculable. However,
there is no discussion in the
media, no action from the Justice
Department, and no ongoing
investigation from the FBI
concerning those responsible.
The Pulitzer prizes won by the
New York Times and the Washington
Post in furtherance of
Schiff’s fraud are a black eye on
journalism as a whole.
Politics has always been a
tough, go-for-the jugular endeavor.
However, the outright
lies, and the use of the machinery
of federal government as vehicles
to perpetuate them, is a
devastating new low in U.S. politics,
unlike anything that has
ever been seen before.
A new election cycle is beginning
as the nation gears up
for 2022. Great issues will be
vigorously debated, and confl
icting points of view will be
strongly aired. But the body politic
has been so badly damaged
as a result of the false charges
that many Americans no longer
have the slightest trust in
either the candidates or the media
that covers them. That will
only change when the guilty are
prosecuted and punished.
CIVIC CENTER
Community Action
Civic Association
BY JOSEPH MONDELLO
Greetings to all veterans,
families and friends of the
Samuel H. Young Post 620.
Time to get your Christmas
tree up, and start decking the
halls with boughs of holly. I remember
as a child, I couldn’t
wait for Christmas. I would ask
my mom when will Christmas
be here, and she would reply, “
It’s right around the corner,” so
I would go around the corner to
look for it. Sure enough after a
few weeks I found it. Speaking
of Christmas, we are having
our annual Holiday Post Party
on Friday, Dec. 17. All are invited.
All veterans are also invited
to the Bronx County
meeting on Dec. 12 at 12 p.m.
at the Throggs Neck Memorial
Post 1456. Christmas party to
follow.
Speaking of parties,
Booster member Liam Hiney
did a great job with his “Black
Friday BBQ” last week at the
Post. Liam braved the chilly
weather on the grill as we
stayed comfortable inside.
Great job Liam. Don’t forget
the Post 620 meeting Saturday,
Dec. 4 at 1 p.m.
Your membership expires
on Dec. 31 of the paid year
shown on your card. It can be
a little confusing because your
annual dues are supposed to be
paid by Jan. 1 each year, so national
starts accepting dues for
the upcoming year on July 1.
The goal is to have everyone renewed
for the New Year by Jan.
1, when it begins. If dues are not
paid by Jan. 1 of each calendar
year, the member becomes delinquent;
Feb. 1, the member is
suspended; June 30, the member
is dropped from the membership
rolls.
Did you know, that the Park
Department Little League ballfi
eld next to the carwash on
Westchester Avenue is named
after Samuel H. Young.
That’s all for now folks. Remember,
thank a veteran for his
service. For God and Country.
CIVIC CENTER
Samuel Young
Post 620
CIVIC CENTER
Korony Post 253
House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff arrives for a national security briefi ng before members
of the House of Representatives on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., March 10, 2020.
REUTERS/Carlos Barria/File Photo