May 15, 2013
— Ace Also as a columnist.
On the Me Frong, I don't want to whine to you guys but I'm So Sick Serious You Guys and it's damn heroic that I'm able to soldier on.
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Posted by: Austin in TX at May 15, 2013 11:56 AM (3cp3C)
Posted by: Jollyroger at May 15, 2013 11:56 AM (t06LC)
Is this why Treasury Secretary "Turbo" Timmy wanted to leave town ?
Posted by: Islamic Rage Boy at May 15, 2013 11:56 AM (e8kgV)
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) at May 15, 2013 11:57 AM (/PCJa)
Posted by: RWC at May 15, 2013 11:57 AM (fWAjv)
Posted by: Dastardly Dan at May 15, 2013 11:57 AM (2iVM3)
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) at May 15, 2013 11:57 AM (/PCJa)
Posted by: Empire of Jeff at May 15, 2013 11:57 AM (FUrEK)
Posted by: Walter Cronkite at May 15, 2013 11:57 AM (XQzGn)
Jose Conseco.... we'll listen to your demands.... just put Ace on the phone so we know that he's OK....
Posted by: fixerupper at May 15, 2013 11:57 AM (IrLKP)
"Me Frong?" I assume that's supposed to be "Me Front," but I may be wrong (or is it wront?)
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorirst) Party Hobbit [/s][/i][/b][/u] at May 15, 2013 11:58 AM (4df7R)
Posted by: The Q at May 15, 2013 11:59 AM (XQzGn)
Has he ever invited you onto Redeye? I would be shocked if he doesn't read this blog daily.
Posted by: dan-O at May 15, 2013 03:56 PM (D0bIN)
Hi Greg!
Posted by: LASue at May 15, 2013 11:59 AM (pWeX5)
Jose Conseco.... we'll listen to your demands.... just put Ace on the phone so we know that he's OK....
Dude! I just realized I haven't seen a Conseku for the IRS Scandal!
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) at May 15, 2013 11:59 AM (/PCJa)
Posted by: Misanthropic humanitarian at May 15, 2013 11:59 AM (HVff2)
Posted by: Sexy Asian Iron Wok Chef ... at May 15, 2013 11:59 AM (TvO05)
Posted by: mama winger at May 15, 2013 03:58 PM (P6QsQ)
Or "My Sharona." Autocorrect is a helluva thing.
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorirst) Party Hobbit [/s][/i][/b][/u] at May 15, 2013 12:00 PM (4df7R)
Posted by: Joe Biden at May 15, 2013 12:00 PM (8ZskC)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 15, 2013 12:00 PM (Y+BDJ)
Posted by: the bearded UNIX god at May 15, 2013 12:01 PM (xw77v)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 15, 2013 12:01 PM (O6Tmi)
Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit at May 15, 2013 12:01 PM (+z4pE)
Posted by: CarolT at May 15, 2013 12:01 PM (z4WKX)
Posted by: Jane D'oh at May 15, 2013 12:01 PM (lVPtV)
Posted by: dfbaskwill at May 15, 2013 12:01 PM (71LDo)
Posted by: Joe Biden at May 15, 2013 04:00 PM (8ZskC)
**************
That mental picture can only be erased by high velocity lead injection
Posted by: Dastardly Dan at May 15, 2013 12:01 PM (2iVM3)
Posted by: polynikes at May 15, 2013 12:01 PM (m2CN7)
Posted by: Dr Spank at May 15, 2013 12:01 PM (4cRnj)
Posted by: Tutu at May 15, 2013 12:02 PM (tNBB9)
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) at May 15, 2013 03:59 PM (/PCJa)
To be fair, the REAL Canseco is having a hard enough time putting together his thoughts on the matter, because he keeps misspelling "IRS." I can only imagine how taxing* it must be for our resident poet to compose a Conseku in that situation.
*PUN TOTALLY INTENDED, BEEYOTCHES!
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorirst) Party Hobbit [/s][/i][/b][/u] at May 15, 2013 12:02 PM (4df7R)
Posted by: the bearded UNIX god at May 15, 2013 12:02 PM (xw77v)
Posted by: Icedog at May 15, 2013 12:03 PM (9ScGj)
Ace you might want to have the "sick" thing looked at.
Posted by: tsrblke (work)[/i][/b][/u][/s] at May 15, 2013 12:03 PM (ULkyQ)
Plaintiff: As things now stand, the Committee does not believe the Attorney General is motivated to compromise his position in a manner that will result in the delivery of sufficiently useful documents to the Committee in the foreseeable future.
Defendant: The Department has been, and remains, willing to compromise with the Committee and resolve this dispute in a manner that accommodates the legitimate institutional interests of both Branches. Consistent with this CourtÂ’s prior instructions and the CourtÂ’s local rules, Defendant will not delve into the specific substance of the partiesÂ’ confidential settlement offers or mediation.
Posted by: Islamic Rage Boy at May 15, 2013 12:03 PM (e8kgV)
Posted by: Hanoverfist at May 15, 2013 12:03 PM (HiKk0)
Posted by: fluffy at May 15, 2013 12:03 PM (t53cZ)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 15, 2013 12:03 PM (Y+BDJ)
Posted by: BlueStateRebel at May 15, 2013 12:03 PM (7ObY1)
I suddenly have a craving for Chinese food.
Same here.
Maybe some hot sake will make Ace feel better.
Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit at May 15, 2013 12:03 PM (+z4pE)
Actual headline:
The IRS "Scandal" -- all smoke, no fire
And there's this gem:
These are agents doing their job. They responded to an unusual influx of groups with political language in their applications all going after a designation that excludes groups that carry out many political actions.
The only scandal here is that this is being reported as if the IRS did something wrong in injecting itself into politics. The law requires that the IRS inject itself into politics. Don't like it? Change the law. Don't attack the people trying to enforce it.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at May 15, 2013 12:03 PM (lVPtV)
Posted by: dfbaskwill at May 15, 2013 04:01 PM (71LDo)
Hey, I'm holding out for a hero till the end of the night. But he's got to be strong, and he's got to be fast, and he's got to be fresh from the fight.
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorirst) Party Hobbit [/s][/i][/b][/u] at May 15, 2013 12:04 PM (4df7R)
Don't let the bright lights blind you.
When Gutfeld kicks you off his yacht and you're left foraging through some crabber's bait box for your next meal, just remember the commenters who rocketed you to Blog of Year in the first place.
Posted by: jwest at May 15, 2013 12:04 PM (u2a4R)
...Ace behind a black screen, his voice digitally altered.
You can only do so much to hide the hairy feet, and digitally altering "yub-yub" is unlikely to achieve much.
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) at May 15, 2013 12:04 PM (/PCJa)
Posted by: Freddie the Freeloader at May 15, 2013 12:04 PM (DrC22)
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Fish eyes and rice.
Hey..., how did the wedding go?
Posted by: Mike Hammer at May 15, 2013 12:04 PM (aDwsi)
Posted by: the bearded UNIX god at May 15, 2013 12:04 PM (xw77v)
So Holder called Issa "shameful."
Isn't Holder the one testifying as to his department bungling Boston, illegal wiretapping, and any involvement with the IRS?
Does shameful mean something different than I think it means?
Posted by: Jollyroger at May 15, 2013 12:04 PM (t06LC)
Big reggae hit - "Me put me frong in de hornet's nest"
Posted by: Roy at May 15, 2013 12:05 PM (VndSC)
Posted by: Serious Cat at May 15, 2013 12:05 PM (AxE3L)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at May 15, 2013 12:05 PM (jE38p)
Posted by: John Kerry at May 15, 2013 12:05 PM (0BE3B)
Posted by: Skandia Recluse at May 15, 2013 12:06 PM (uyjbP)
Posted by: filbert the Whig at May 15, 2013 12:06 PM (7vimm)
Posted by: the bearded UNIX god at May 15, 2013 12:06 PM (xw77v)
>>>33 But does he read the comments?
>>>Posted by: nip at May 15, 2013 04:01 PM (lGVXf)
What else would he read? Not the blog posts themselves, nobody reads that shit.
Posted by: dan-O at May 15, 2013 12:06 PM (D0bIN)
Posted by: Andy at May 15, 2013 12:06 PM (0BE3B)
Posted by: TheQuietMan at May 15, 2013 12:06 PM (1Jaio)
>>>Actual headline:
The IRS "Scandal" -- all smoke, no fire
most fire victims die from smoke inhalation.
Posted by: Roy at May 15, 2013 12:06 PM (VndSC)
Ah I can picture it now...Ace behind a black screen, his voice digitally altered.
I see a pic of an Ewok with Ace's lips being digitally superimposed on them.
With an Ewok voice.
Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit at May 15, 2013 12:06 PM (+z4pE)
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) at May 15, 2013 12:06 PM (/PCJa)
BTW, ace, methinks you really DO need to see a doctor. You're under the weather far too often!
If not a doctor at least a veterinarian.
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorirst) Party Hobbit [/s][/i][/b][/u] at May 15, 2013 12:06 PM (4df7R)
As long as there plenty of frog marching, perp walks, and prison cells involved, I can live without the smoke and fire thing.
Posted by: @PurpAv at May 15, 2013 12:07 PM (/gHaE)
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All that means is that it's Tuesday.
Posted by: CUS at May 15, 2013 12:07 PM (84pE9)
Posted by: filbert the Whig at May 15, 2013 12:07 PM (7vimm)
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) at May 15, 2013 12:07 PM (/PCJa)
"Even if they are in favor of, let's say, a different form of healthcare, insurance to perform, fine. But what's happening is it's an anti government. I mean, that's the tea party. They really are trying to rebel against government at all. I think that that's Again it's an extreme. It's a lot easier to scare people and to get them angry when they are scared and they are already uncertain and I think that's what the tea party is trying to capture."
Valerie Jarrett at Harvard on 22 Feb 2010
IRS gets a call on 25 Feb 2010 that sparks the attacks on Tea Party groups asking for non profit status. Also pro-Israel groups.
Who famously hates the tea party and Israel? and believes in "payback"?
Val Jar, that's who
Posted by: thunderb at May 15, 2013 12:07 PM (nH8jP)
Posted by: filbert the Whig at May 15, 2013 12:07 PM (7vimm)
Posted by: the bearded UNIX god at May 15, 2013 04:06 PM (xw77v)
NOTHING is worse than The Barrel.
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorirst) Party Hobbit [/s][/i][/b][/u] at May 15, 2013 12:07 PM (4df7R)
Posted by: garrett at May 15, 2013 12:07 PM (lSol6)
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) at May 15, 2013 12:08 PM (/PCJa)
Posted by: Comrade Arthur at May 15, 2013 12:08 PM (vHxiM)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at May 15, 2013 04:06 PM (8ZskC)
Ace doesn't even read his own blog.
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorirst) Party Hobbit [/s][/i][/b][/u] at May 15, 2013 12:08 PM (4df7R)
Posted by: the bearded UNIX god at May 15, 2013 12:08 PM (xw77v)
oh and Ace, wouldn't you say John Reese and Finch (Person of Interest) are less of a superhero and more an antihero?
Dr House is sort of an antihero. Who else?
Posted by: soothsayer at May 15, 2013 12:08 PM (vyPsz)
I would have settled for some well-placed smoke.
Posted by: Hasse at May 15, 2013 12:08 PM (8ZskC)
IRS gets a call on 25 Feb 2010 that sparks the attacks on Tea Party groups asking for non profit status. Also pro-Israel groups.
Who famously hates the tea party and Israel? and believes in "payback"?
Val Jar, that's who
Has anyone seen that nasty little rodent lately? I picture her hiding under her desk or huddled with Choom Boy, plotting who to throw under the bus next.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at May 15, 2013 12:09 PM (lVPtV)
“In one case, the IRS withheld approval of an application for tax exempt status for Coalition for Life of Iowa. In a phone call to Coalition for Life of Iowa leaders on June 6, 2009, the IRS agent ‘Ms. Richards’ told the group to send a letter to the IRS with the entire board’s signatures stating that, under perjury of the law, they do not picket/protest or organize groups to picket or protest outside of Planned Parenthood,” the Thomas More Society announced today. “Once the IRS received this letter, their application would be approved.”
http://tinyurl.com/a6gh9ar
Posted by: Tami[/i][/b][/u][/s] at May 15, 2013 12:09 PM (X6akg)
Posted by: Empire of Jeff at May 15, 2013 12:09 PM (FUrEK)
Posted by: dan-O at May 15, 2013 04:06 PM (D0bIN)
How dare you sir. The cobloggers generate the finest of intellectual thought read by millions though they do their most important work with 146 characters or less. Or so they think.
Posted by: polynikes at May 15, 2013 12:10 PM (m2CN7)
You know, not to go off on a rant here, but isn't it kinda obvious that the Jugeared Dumbass selected the IRS to enforce JuggyCare just because they are such assholes?
I mean, I was always wonderng why the IRS.
What other method would be quick and painful enough to exact revenge on all the people who deprived the wonderful underclass of all their privileges?
Very devious.
Gotta look at the big picture here.
Posted by: Rev dr E buzz at May 15, 2013 12:10 PM (raGXo)
Posted by: Rodney at May 15, 2013 12:10 PM (dt38j)
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars at May 15, 2013 12:10 PM (QlTaC)
Posted by: Dr Spank at May 15, 2013 04:09 PM (4cRnj)
Yes.
The **Jazz Hands** at the end of each one of his posts is understood.
Posted by: garrett at May 15, 2013 12:10 PM (lSol6)
Posted by: the bearded UNIX god at May 15, 2013 12:10 PM (xw77v)
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorirst) Party Hobbit at May 15, 2013 04:07 PM (4df7R)
Spend the day being a sycophant to the SCOAMF?
Posted by: ConservativeMonster at May 15, 2013 12:11 PM (oY6Yp)
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at May 15, 2013 12:11 PM (XYSwB)
Posted by: Skookumchuk at May 15, 2013 12:12 PM (x4x3r)
Posted by: elizabethe at May 15, 2013 12:12 PM (qPCAa)
Posted by: the bearded UNIX god at May 15, 2013 12:12 PM (xw77v)
The IRS official in charge of tax exemptions for organizations said the improper methods employed within her division were executed by "low level workers" in Cincinnati who weren't motivated by "political bias,"
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i was looking over that IRS article in the last thread. The statement above seems true-but-intended-to-deceive.
Of course the improper methods were executed only by low level workers. That's who does the work. It leaves open the point that the improper methods were ordered by high level managers.
Of couse the workers weren't motivated by bias. Once again it was the hi-level people who had the bias.
Posted by: Buzzsaw90 at May 15, 2013 12:12 PM (SO2Q8)
did something wrong in injecting itself into politics. The law requires
that the IRS inject itself into politics. Don't like it? Change the law.
Don't attack the people trying to enforce it.
Posted by: Jane D'oh at May 15, 2013 04:03 PM (lVPtV)
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Who are these fucking people.....other than public school students/graduates and their teachers/professors?
Posted by: Soona at May 15, 2013 12:13 PM (iP+GL)
If the shit get really real, Choom will toss her under the bus in a heartbeat if it means saving his own ass.
Posted by: @PurpAv at May 15, 2013 12:13 PM (/gHaE)
Posted by: Icedog at May 15, 2013 12:14 PM (9ScGj)
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars at May 15, 2013 12:14 PM (XPZpj)
Nick Fury is an antihero among superheros.
Okay, I'll bite.
Depends on the specific version of Nick Fury. In general- no. Being a sneaky bastard is not the same as being an anti-hero. Your example of House works pretty well- because he's not saving people because he cares about saving people, or even the noble calling of his profession, but so they'll leave him alone, or to prove how awesome he is (and sometimes both).
The Punisher is an anti-hero. He's not saving people and fighting crime to save people and fight crime, but to get pay-back. If someone happens to get hurt along the way... well, that's unfortunate, but not really his problem.
Venom (when they're letting him be a protagonist) is an anti-hero.
But calling Nick Fury an anti-hero is rather like calling Batman an anti-hero.
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) at May 15, 2013 12:14 PM (/PCJa)
In a phone call to Coalition for Life of Iowa leaders on June 6, 2009, the IRS agent ‘Ms. Richards’ told the group to send a letter to the IRS with the entire board’s signatures stating that, under perjury of the law, they do not picket/protest or organize groups to picket or protest outside of Planned Parenthood,” the Thomas More Society announced today.
So in other words, "Abdicate your first amendment rights to free speech and peaceable assembly and we've got a deal."
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorirst) Party Hobbit [/s][/i][/b][/u] at May 15, 2013 12:15 PM (4df7R)
Posted by: Icedog at May 15, 2013 04:03 PM (9ScGj)
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And no, it doesn't go on either one of your hands
Posted by: George Takai at May 15, 2013 12:16 PM (SO2Q8)
Posted by: JackStraw at May 15, 2013 12:17 PM (g1DWB)
@121
Exactly what I was thinking.
Punisher, Lobo, maybe Blade = antihero
Batman, Nick Fury = Hero
*(I haven't really kept up with the new Nick Fury since I was like 13. The old one was definitely strait hero)
Posted by: Jollyroger at May 15, 2013 12:17 PM (t06LC)
Posted by: @PurpAv at May 15, 2013 12:17 PM (/gHaE)
Posted by: Andy at May 15, 2013 12:19 PM (LnSim)
Like Clutch Cargo, but with politics and snark.
Clutch Cargo. Savory Jeebus, but I'm old.
Or SPACE ANGEL!!!!!!
Posted by: Tex Lovera at May 15, 2013 12:20 PM (wtvvX)
Posted by: V for Vendetta (@Texgalleslie) at May 15, 2013 12:21 PM (ku2G0)
If not a doctor at least a veterinarian.
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorirst) Party Hobbit at May 15, 2013 04:06 PM (4df7R)
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There's just nothing to be done. The quality of life is just too low, him being a conservative and all. Here's your hemlock....that'll be $50 at the desk.
Posted by: Death Panel at May 15, 2013 12:22 PM (SO2Q8)
Posted by: Chef Ramsey at May 15, 2013 12:28 PM (2iU3x)
Posted by: Waldo at May 15, 2013 12:33 PM (sXWmd)
I guess "Me Frong" is da bomb, right? Or is it more like "frong me?" It's all so confusing.
Posted by: Old fart at May 15, 2013 12:37 PM (1Rgee)
Nick Fury is an antihero among superheros.
Always liked Jonah Hex as anti-hero (before that gawdawful movie version with Josh Streisand). I'm pretty sure that his "I'll do what I think is right, even if I have to kill every man, woman and child in this town to do it" philosophy qualifies as anti-hero.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at May 15, 2013 12:40 PM (TIIx5)
"It's all just one big coincidence."
And he just found out about it, on the tv, while he was workin' out.
Posted by: Rev dr E buzz at May 15, 2013 12:43 PM (raGXo)
Let me add to the discussion that I know one person who is an IRS guy.
He is a total fucking asshole.
Posted by: Rev dr E buzz at May 15, 2013 12:45 PM (raGXo)
Posted by: Frank Underwood (D-SC) at May 15, 2013 12:49 PM (fscec)
Posted by: gracepmc at May 15, 2013 12:49 PM (rznx3)
I'll never be able to forget the death and destruction I dealt out in the Me Frong...
The Horror.
The Horror.
Posted by: John F'n Kerry at May 15, 2013 01:05 PM (25KoS)
Apologies to John F'n Kerry the moron, not to the asshat...
Posted by: Uncle Jefe at May 15, 2013 01:06 PM (25KoS)
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