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 | January 16, 2016
Do your Allen Iverson imitation, but instead of "practice", say "alleged" with your most disbelieving voice. . . On today's Good Morning America, the normally politically-correct Dan Harris took surprising issue with Ron Claiborne's insistence on calling a caught-on-tape convenience store shooter an "alleged" robber. The show rolled the security video several times, showing the "alleged" robber…
MarkF | January 15, 2016
Ted Cruz: undocumented Canadian candidate? Andrew Cuomo didn't quite say that, but the New York governor surely took a birther shot at Cruz during his appearance on today's Morning Joe.Invited on to comment on Cruz's claim that Donald Trump represents "New York values," New York Governor Cuomo said: "You think the sign says only people from Canada that happen to come from Spanish-Irish descent?…
MarkF | January 13, 2016
Yesterday, we noted With All Due Respect's report on Chelsea Clinton's absurd attack on Bernie Sanders, in which she claimed he would strip "millions and millions and millions of health insurance." John Heilemann rightly called Chelsea's line a "lie."Today, Heilemann reported that he and co-host Mark Halperin have received "a lot of blowback," i.e. criticism, from fellow MSM members for their…
MarkF | January 13, 2016
Here at NewsBusters, one of our classification categories under Media Bias is "Sudden Respect." The notion is that all a Republican has to do to win praise from the MSM is to bash fellow Republicans or conservatives.There was a perfect illustration of the phenomenon on today's Morning Joe. In her Republican response to the SOTU, South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley counseled Republicans to reject…
MarkF | January 12, 2016
Last night I suggested that Hillary's lunge left in suddenly proposing a big tax increase on the rich suggested panic on her part. But what she pulled today makes yesterday's panic pale in comparison. Let's call it a sign of frenzied hysteria.Proving that there is nothing and no one she won't sacrifice on the altar of her political ambition, Hillary sent her daughter Chelsea out to smear Bernie…
MarkF | January 11, 2016
Is Hillary Clinton panicking? We've seen the polls showing the Iowa raceclosing to within the margin of error, and Hillary losing in New Hampshire. But could Hillary's internal polling be looking even more disastrous?The question arises because Hillary is suddenly trying to rival Bernie Sanders when it comes to bashing the rich. Nine months after she announced her candidacy, Clinton suddenly…