Subject: Dan Loeb, Under Spell Of George Soros, Adopts Innocence Project
From: "Eric Schwerin" <[email-masked]>
To: "Hunter Biden" <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 29 Jun 2015 12:20:46 -0400

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> Dan Loeb, Under Spell of George Soros, Adopts Innocence Project
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> Hedge fund manager Dan Loeb <http://www.valuewalk.com/dan-loeb-resource-page-bio-investment-style-quotes-books-letters/>, known in some circles for his yoga-induced devilishly handsome jib <http://www.valuewalk.com/2015/06/dan-loeb-yoga/>, a trim profile on the Hamptons biking circuit, is taking up a new evocation.  While attending a comfortable get together in the Florida home of hedge fund legend George Soros <http://www.valuewalk.com/george-soros-resource-page/>, at times appearing to be on an organizing committee to steer the world in a progressive direction, the Republican Dan Loeb received inspiration.
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> No, Soros was not discussing the coming world order <http://www.valuewalk.com/2015/05/george-soros-china-war/>, war with China or a bailout of oligarchs in Ukraine <http://www.valuewalk.com/2015/06/ron-paul-george-soros-wants-us-to-bailout-ukraine/>, some part of which are considered efforts to tame the Putin tiger <http://www.valuewalk.com/2015/04/putin-seagal-love-affair-in-the-open/>.
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> Dan Loeb falls in love with another cause: Innocence Project
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> When the story of a man serving a mandatory minimum 20 year prison term for a first-time firearms offense was told, it might have reached Dan Loeb at his closeted socially liberal heart. As a Financial Times <http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/6ec3a60e-140a-11e5-9bc5-00144feabdc0.html#axzz3duFEImCo> article notes, Loeb was with Soros to raise money for the Innocence Project, a favorite cause of certain hedge fund managers and even those in the media regardless of political affiliation.
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> Dan Loeb might have meditated on this concept <http://www.valuewalk.com/2015/06/dan-loeb-yoga/> for some time, then he might perhaps lurk online using a secret identity to expresses his viewpoints. But now he was coming out, admitting that he voted for Obama the first time around but not the second, a time when fellow private equity fund manager Mitt Romney was the choice. Such intimate proclivities were not the concern when Dan Loeb laid down his latest activist campaign. No, he wasn’t supporting charter schools, but opposing a judicial system that is imprisoning people of color at record world levels.
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> Loeb finds his liberal heart amidst a Republican economic backdrop
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> The problems with an overly zealous criminal justice system is they create recidivist behavior. Mass incarceration is an enemy social mobility. For a free market system to say that “anyone can succeed” can only be taken with a grain of salt when an entire population segment cannot practically get work after being imprisoned. This creates a permanent underclass with a tendency towards violence, and this is not in the best interests of society’s top rung.
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> Dan Loeb along with other members of the hedge fund club are taking action to correct the situation. Using a mindset similar to their activist campaigns, they are putting their money to most productive use. Arch liberal emissary Soros recently pooled funds with a California conservative Christian businessman to cut jail penalties for non-violent criminals.  This is money well spent because not only does it reduce the government’s budget problems, but it also avoids branding the stain of a criminal record on the convict, providing them an opportunity to become a contributing citizen.
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> Loeb has his look-alike in both a physical and non-physical sense
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> In many ways Dan Loeb was thinking and acting like another liberal, globe-trotting stalwart when he signed on to the Innocence Project team. If the yogi-looking hedge fund manager were cast in a movie he might be best played by George Clooney. In addition to a certain physical resemblance, Clooney has been known to champion politically significant causes.
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> Hopping aboard the Innocence Project train, Dan Loeb was noted to be associated as providing financial support to groups such as the think tank Brennan Center for Justice and non-profit journalism initiative the Marshall Project. It’s hard to fit a script to a real life character, but who knows. If the Big Short is as interesting and insightful as is being rumored, Hollywood might look to Wall Street for the next financial movie involving a dashing figure across the New York City social scene. That person might bear a resemblance to George Clooney, assuming a script can be developed to fit <http://www.valuewalk.com/2015/01/ackman-herbalife-chicago/>.
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Eric D. Schwerin
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