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Mr. Luddite

On 5/19/2014 2:15 AM, wrote:
On Sun, 18 May 2014 20:09:13 -0700, jps wrote:

the demise of this scumbag.

PITTSBURGH (AP) - Billionaire media mogul Richard Mellon Scaife says
he has an untreatable form of cancer.

I felt the same way about Teddy Kennedy. I guess we are both going to
hell. ;-)

I had never heard of "this scumbag" until JPS expressed his delight in
his future demise. So, I looked him up.

Ah .. the lefties don't like him because he donates to conservative and
libertarian political candidates. But wait a minute ...

He also makes financial donations to support National Public Radio.

He also donated millions to abortion rights advocates and Planned
Parenthood.

He donated funds to restore and beautify the White House during the
Clinton administration.

His paper endorsed Hillary Clinton for President.

He is the key benefactor to:

"Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, the Sarah Scaife Galleries at the
Carnegie Institute of Pittsburgh art museum, the Brandywine Conservancy,
the Phipps Conservatory, and the National Gallery of Art in Washington,
DC, as well as Goodwill Industries of Pittsburgh. He and his foundations
have contributed to Sarah Scaife's favorite causes: population control
(e.g. Planned Parenthood), environmental conservation, and hospitals;
Jonas Salk developed his polio vaccine in a Sarah Scaife-funded
laboratory. He also supports a variety of educational institutions,
notably the University of Chicago, the Fletcher School of Law and
Diplomacy at Tufts University, Carnegie Mellon University, Boston
University, the University of Pittsburgh, the University of Rochester,
Smith College, and Bowling Green State University."

Yep. What a scumbag.