Some is just money-laundering, like $ from Susan Axelrod’s group.

Some of it is plain Leftist stupidity, like the 300,000 Pounds from British Jews; what’s the Hill gonna do for them, HaHa?

The puzzler is the Economics Club of Grand Rapids (which i take it is in MI, not MN), but maybe Islams have moved in with turbans and shit since the days of Gerry Ford. Not according to Wiki, which says census data show several offshoots of the Dutch Reformed Church (I suspect liberal) and the United methodist Church (definitely liberal), as well as Catholics(+/_ liberal, depends on the clergy), and still ~65% white.
It turns out the Econ Club of Grand Rapids will take anyone as a member at $150/ or so per yr. Speaker for 2014 is the British Virgin, Richard Branson. Like Groucho Marx, I wouldn’t join, Saints be preserved, even if I had to live there. even if I had to live there I say again. I will not belong to a club that will have me as a member.

Moreover, the MSM desperately wants the Democrats to hold onto power in 2016. They understand Hillary is extremely likely to be the nominee and are highly reticent to do anything that might, even slightly, undercut her chances in the general election.

The Clintons know these truths, all too well. They know they are, for all intents and purposes, above all scrutiny, above all “mainstream” criticism. This interview reflects as such. Hillary was conveying a simple message, long ago echoed by Boss Tweed: What are YOU going to do about it? Diane Sawyer? MSM? Democratic Party? The answer is nothing. We all know that.

Bone chilling in a way, but it’s where we are at.

Pass it on.

The gal never has a losing trade!

And commodities futures are tax advantaged, too.

Wiki says corporations and philanthropic groups.

The BBC paid him 50,000 pounds for a speech. More:

The day prior to the Dimbleby lecture, the London School of Economics was charged a much discounted £18,500 for a speech by the former President.

Mr Clinton has been more successful than any past President in turning his fame into lucrative commercial enterprises, earning fees as high as £300,000 for a three-day engagement in Tokyo for a food and cosmetics importer. During other trips to Britain, he charged £150,000 to the Yorkshire International Business Convention in Leeds and £300,000 for three speeches to the Jewish National Fund in England and Scotland.

In addition, a Sunday newspaper gave him £100,000 to appear at a festival and Independent News and Media was charged £100,000 for a speech.

Here’s another article about the Clintons (and others) and how much they earn from speeches. Excerpt:

In the six months since she gave up her job as secretary of State, Clinton has delivered or scheduled at least fourteen paid talks, with audiences ranging from the American Society of Travel Agents, the Economic Club of Grand Rapids, an Atlantic Council gala (where she was introduced by Henry Kissinger), the American Society for Clinical Pathology, Citizens United for Research in Epilepsy (a nonprofit founded by David Axelrod’s wife, Susan), and an investor meeting of private equity firm KKR. (She has also done a number of unpaid appearances, which tend to be related to her Clinton Foundation advocacy work for women and girls.)