Mark Finkelstein
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Mark's undergrad degree is from Cornell. He has law degrees from SUNY Buffalo and Harvard. He practiced law in NYC, Mexico City, and Paris, before doing a stint as a pro tennis manager and tournament organizer. He returned to his college town of Ithaca, NY and got involved in real estate development and politics.

In 2011, Mark moved to Pecan Plantation, TX, and in 2018, to Oak Island, NC.

Mark's a dog lover who has used his small plane to do many dog-rescue flights. He speaks Spanish and French.
 

MarkF | February 16, 2015
On his MSNBC show, Ed Schultz, commenting on the latest ISIS outrages, says we are in a "religious war," that to date we have not been "strong enough" and that we need to consider the deployment of ground troops. 
MarkF | February 16, 2015
Danish PM Helle Thorning-Schmidt, in a press conference given after the attacks on a free speech forum and a synagogue that killed two people, says "this is not a conflict between Islam and the West."
MarkF | February 16, 2015
On Morning Joe, Joe Scarborough says that, like radical Islam, "ultrafundamentalist Chrisitianity could also lead to violence." US Ambassador to Denmark Rufus Gifford, who was the Finance Director of President Obama's 2012 campaign, refuses to identify Islam in any form as the enemy, speaking only of "radicalization" and "extremism."
MarkF | February 16, 2015
On Morning Joe, Joe Scarborough says that, like radical Islam, "ultrafundamentalist Chrisitianity could also lead to violence." US Ambassador to Denmark Rufus Gifford, who was the Finance Director of President Obama's 2012 campaign, refuses to identify Islam in any form as the enemy, speaking only of "radicalization" and "extremism."
MarkF | February 16, 2015
On Morning Joe, Joe Scarborough analogizes the threat of radical Islam with that of "ultrafundamentalist Christianity," "ultrafundamentalist Christians who believe every single word of the Bible has to be interpreted in the exact ways which could also lead to some violence." US Ambassador to Denmark Rufus Gifford, who was the Finance Director in President Obama's 2012 campaign, when asked who…
MarkF | February 16, 2015
On Morning Joe, Joe Scarborough says that, like radical Islam, "ultrafundamentalist Chrisitianity could also lead to violence." US Ambassador to Denmark Rufus Gifford, who was the Finance Director of President Obama's 2012 campaign, refuses to identify Islam in any form as the enemy, speaking only of "radicalization" and "extremism."
MarkF | February 12, 2015
What a snob!  On today's Morning Joe, Howard Dean, product of fancy prep schools and Yale, suggested that Scott Walker was unfit to be president because his lack of a college degree rendered him "unknowledgeable."
MarkF | February 11, 2015
On Hardball, Chris Matthews calls Chris Christie 'the fat guy from New Jersey.'
MarkF | February 11, 2015
On Morning Joe, while acknowledging that what Brian Williams did was wrong, Joe Scarborough expresses surprise at the "sheer hatred, snarkiness and snideness" directed at him.   Scarborough claims that Williams reported the news in a "straight" manner.
MarkF | February 9, 2015
On Morning Joe, Scarborough ominously says: "in over a decade in this news business, it is fair to say looking straight in the camera, I've seen a lot, I know a lot, and I know that there are very few people in this industry or in politics that could live by the standard of perfection. Cast the first stone, I would be careful."