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 5, 2016
In the market for some comic relief after President Obama's teary announcement of new executive orders on gun control, and Chris Matthews fawning interview of Hillary Clinton? You've come to the right place.On this evening's O'Reilly Factor, Dem strategist Nomiki Konst claimed that forcing law-abiding Americans to register their guns would stop the "majority" of mass shootings. You're killing me…
MarkF | January 4, 2016
Let's you and him go fight! That was John Heilemann on today's With All Due Respect, trying to lure Chris Christie into a fight with Republican voters. Heilemann's first foray was to invite Christie to "name an issue where you are out of step with the conservative base of the Republican party." When Christie wouldn't bite, Heilemann tried again, asking "is there an issue where you feel like the…
MarkF | January 2, 2016
If I claimed it was currently raining when it was not, but two weeks later it does rain, does that make my original statement a prediction, that was "right?" No, if you're honest about it. But maybe yes if you're ABC News, and instead of me talking about rain, it was Hillary Clinton talking about Donald Trump in ISIS recruitment videos.On today's Good Morning America, co-host Dan Harris suggested…
MarkF | December 31, 2015
"Is that right? Fourteen?" Check out Alisyn Camerota, 1:21 into the video clip. The shock and surprise in the voice of the CNN host is stupendous! Yes, who could possibly imagine that, as CNN commentator Errol Louis stated on this morning's New Day, there are 14 women who could potentially make allegations of improprieties against Bill Clinton?If Camerota had only looked into CNN's own files,…
MarkF | December 28, 2015
So what's worse: Donald Trump using a vulgar Yiddish term to describe the way Hillary Clinton lost in 2008, or Hillary herself orchestrating a campaign to discredit and destroy women, including Monica Lewinsky, whose "bimbo eruptions" threatened Bill and Hillary's hold on power? According to Al Sharpton on today's Morning Joe, Hillary's attack on Monica Lewinsky should be understood as a woman "…
MarkF | December 24, 2015
About the last person you'd expect to have a Vulcan mind meld with Donald Trump is Chris Cuomo. But in this Star Wars moment, Cuomo went Star Trek, sounding much like Trump in his description of Hillary Clinton. Trump of course made the phrase "low-energy" famous as he repeatedly battered Jeb Bush with it. Recently, Trump took a similar tack with Hillary, saying she lacked the "stamina" to be…