May 10, 2013
— Gabriel Malor Whoa. Whoa. Whoa.
Lois Lerner, who heads the IRS unit that oversees tax-exempt groups, said organizations that included the words "tea party" or "patriot" in their applications for tax-exempt status were singled out for additional reviews.Lerner said the practice, initiated by low-level workers in Cincinnati, was wrong and she apologized while speaking at a conference in Washington.
I think the most amazing part of this story isn't that conservative groups were singled out. It isn't that the IRS even apologized. It's that about 50 journalists on twitter all just said the equivalent of "Wow, I can't belive that. I'd never even heard about that."
Iowahawk was talking about Benghazi when he wrote this, but it's one of those universal truths:
Journalism is about covering important stories. With a pillow, until they stop moving.
— David Burge (@iowahawkblog) May 9, 2013
There's a lot unanswered questions here, not that I expect any journalists to show more than passing interest.
(1) When did the IRS malfeasance occur and when did it become public?
(2) Has anyone been disciplined for the IRS malfeasance. What are their names? What was the discipline?
(3) How did it happen that "low-level staffers" could cause such trouble?
(4) Why did no "high-level staffers" put a stop to it?
(5) How can this be prevented in the future?
(6) Which groups, specifically, were targeted?
(7) How much did the inappropriate targeting cost the groups?
(
Are these the same staffers that are going to be working on Obamacare implementation?
That's a start. Oh, and, not to go all conspiracy theory on your asses, but isn't it nice that this story dropped on a Friday? Sooner than you think it'll just be old news.
Update: Glenn Greenwald (yes, that Gleen Grenwald) had a nice catch on Twitter. Last year, the NYTimes editorial board praised the IRS for targeting Tea Party groups:
These groups, which already have 501(c)(4) status, should be as thoroughly investigated as any Tea Party chapter applying for that tax exempt status. So should two other blatant offenders: the conservative American Action Network, a “social welfare” claimant reported by the Center for Public Integrity to have spent more than 80 percent of its expenditures on the 2010 elections; and Americans Elect, a third-party effort enjoying “social welfare” secrecy as it secures ballot space across the nation.
At the moment, the IRS press office is telling folks who call that they have no information about the targeting or even the apology.
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Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit at May 10, 2013 08:31 AM (+z4pE)
Posted by: mr bombastic at May 10, 2013 08:32 AM (l3RZ9)
Posted by: Hillary Clinton at May 10, 2013 08:32 AM (GQ72I)
If only we had a group of people who were interested in the goings-on of our government, and would talk to those government people. Then that group could maybe tell us what they're doing, possibly even by writing it down on paper.
If they were really good at what they did, they might even charge people a nominal sum to read what they wrote.
What could we call them?
Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit at May 10, 2013 08:34 AM (+z4pE)
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at May 10, 2013 08:35 AM (XYSwB)
To me, this Iowahawk is better than the broadside at McCain. He was punching sideways at best in that case.
This is what happens when you declare Internet winner before Iowahawk gets going for reals.
Posted by: Beagle at May 10, 2013 08:35 AM (sOtz/)
Posted by: Hollowpoint at May 10, 2013 08:35 AM (SY2Kh)
Posted by: Lurking Canuck at May 10, 2013 08:35 AM (ZRmWD)
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at May 10, 2013 08:35 AM (XYSwB)
Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at May 10, 2013 08:35 AM (XioR/)
Important takeaways from this story:
- This was done by a bunch of low-level staffers in Cincinnati
- None of the managers knew anything about it.
- As SOON as they found out, they put a stop to it
- They're really sorry about that
- All fixed, so there's nothing to see here
- Move along, citizen
Posted by: Empire of Jeff at May 10, 2013 08:36 AM (CJjw5)
Posted by: Larsen E. Whipsnade at May 10, 2013 08:36 AM (rXcBX)
ok than it's all good right?
I mean it's ok for a govt to intimidate those it doesn't like?
Posted by: willow at May 10, 2013 08:36 AM (nqBYe)
The nouveau Crit theory of disparate impact should be rammed through the IRS's asshole and sued to oblivion.
We need a multi-trillion dollar lawsuit to make them sit up and puke their hearts out.
Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at May 10, 2013 08:36 AM (YTstp)
Posted by: Captain Hate at May 10, 2013 08:36 AM (2HHMh)
What state is Cincinnati in?
Ohio.
What state was the most important for the Obama campaign to win in 2012?
Ohio.
Would it be useful to tie up staff and funds of conservative activist groups in 2012 in Ohio?
Yes.
Now, we don't know that they specifically targeted Ohio tea party groups. Cincinnati, after all, is a central hub for the IRS, so they might have been targeting groups all over the area Cincinnati covers.
But, still.
Hmmmmm.....
Posted by: The Regular Guy at May 10, 2013 08:36 AM (qHCyt)
Posted by: Flatbush Joe at May 10, 2013 08:37 AM (ZPrif)
In Cincinnati. Where poll workers and other people are being indicted for voting for SCOAMF multiple times. http://is.gd/cHTkMu
Alas, no names of these "low-level staffers" so we can't do some crosschecking.
Posted by: HeatherRadish™, ray of sunshine at May 10, 2013 08:37 AM (ZKzrr)
Posted by: dogfish at May 10, 2013 08:37 AM (nsOJa)
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at May 10, 2013 08:37 AM (QF8uk)
Posted by: The IRS at May 10, 2013 08:38 AM (JQuNB)
Now, the question is...
Which ReichWing Group used the Courts, to bully those great Public servents in the IRS, to make the information that a small problem existed?
Posted by: NeoJounalist at May 10, 2013 08:39 AM (lZBBB)
Posted by: ejo at May 10, 2013 08:39 AM (GXvSO)
Posted by: Jones in CO at May 10, 2013 08:39 AM (8sCoq)
Sounds a lot like the ol' "third-rate burglary" line, IYKWIM.
This is another thing that should be hung around Choom Boy's neck. This is truly the most corrupt regime in American history.
Posted by: MrScribbler at May 10, 2013 08:39 AM (mHrip)
Ohio again ? so more folks got Joe The Plumbered than ole Joe?
what is it about progressives?
they have no lines, no rules, and they have tons of help. from every dem apparatchik in any power position.
Posted by: willow at May 10, 2013 08:39 AM (nqBYe)
Posted by: Yip at May 10, 2013 08:40 AM (/jHWN)
Posted by: Burn the Witch at May 10, 2013 08:40 AM (eTjv9)
This is just another case of conservatives trying to play politics with old news.
Posted by: Jay Carney at May 13, 2013 at May 10, 2013 08:40 AM (W7ffl)
Instead they will receive a verbal warning and have their frosted Pop Tart privileges suspended for 3 days.
Posted by: Hollowpoint at May 10, 2013 08:41 AM (SY2Kh)
Posted by: ejo at May 10, 2013 12:39 PM (GXvSO)
Trust me... you REALLY don't want to run stories on this.... unless your Tax Records are REALLY in order...
Posted by: NeoJounalist at May 10, 2013 08:42 AM (lZBBB)
Posted by: dogfish at May 10, 2013 08:42 AM (nsOJa)
Also... this story is essentially a press release from the IRS.
That they released on Friday.
That they released on the Friday before Mother's Day weekend.
That they released during a week where there were a lot of competing news stories: Benghazi, Jodi Arias, the Cleveland kidnapping.
Please, please, please, MSM, ask somebody at the IRS why this story was released today and if there was any collusion with the Obama White House on when the story would be released?
This is the same administration that we now know massaged the talking points on Benghazi. Do you really think they wouldn't massage the message on a Watergate-level scandal about siccing the IRS on political opponents in the middle of an election?
Posted by: The Regular Guy at May 10, 2013 08:42 AM (qHCyt)
How long before the president comes out and apologizes for something similar?
Posted by: SGT. York at May 10, 2013 08:42 AM (IdV/i)
Posted by: KristenS at May 10, 2013 08:42 AM (Z5Wwq)
they also do this. Hey see those scabs stealing your job> they are Scabs!
something should be done to Scabs,
I wonder if scabs could be taught a lesson!?
union response to scab death or beating? who US? nah we're mad as hell at the scab but we would Never condone this.
Posted by: willow at May 10, 2013 08:42 AM (nqBYe)
Posted by: Penfold at May 10, 2013 08:42 AM (Fbt5B)
Posted by: joeindc44 says President Dwayne Elizondo Mountain Dew Herbert Camacho 2016 at May 10, 2013 08:42 AM (QxSug)
Well .... uh.... see .... one of these ...ummm.... Patriot Groups put out this You-tube video about .... ummmmm .... TAXATION.... that ....ummmmm .... angered some of the.... errrrrr.... folks at the IRS.
There was this..... ummmm.... demonstration .... yes, DEMONSTRATION by low level staffers that got...... errrrr out of hand. These low level staffers took.... ummmmm .... revenge on the Patriots by ....ummmm..... inappropriately flagging them for review.
Posted by: Ex State Dept Spokesperson now at the IRS at May 10, 2013 08:42 AM (nELVU)
Posted by: holmes at May 10, 2013 08:43 AM (p7XJ8)
Posted by: Flatbush Joe at May 10, 2013 08:43 AM (ZPrif)
Posted by: Dick Morris at May 10, 2013 08:43 AM (jucos)
Posted by: Flatbush Joe at May 10, 2013 08:44 AM (ZPrif)
Posted by: superflex at May 10, 2013 08:44 AM (m5M1U)
Posted by: [/i][/b] at May 10, 2013 08:44 AM (Vgn84)
Posted by: joeindc44 says President Dwayne Elizondo Mountain Dew Herbert Camacho 2016 at May 10, 2013 08:45 AM (QxSug)
Posted by: Captain Hate at May 10, 2013 08:45 AM (2HHMh)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at May 10, 2013 08:45 AM (jKWYf)
Oddly, the article says the illegal activity was performed by low-level workers at Cincinnati, OH office. Maybe similar low-level workers at the Richmond VA office had the same idea at the same time. Sure is a lot coincidence.
Posted by: Penfold at May 10, 2013 08:45 AM (Fbt5B)
The entire IRS should be forced to attend lectures about Austrian economics, the Constitution, and a 90 day course on fucking Nazis.
Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at May 10, 2013 08:46 AM (YTstp)
Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at May 10, 2013 08:46 AM (+NNlC)
Posted by: Rohon at May 10, 2013 08:46 AM (DCZeI)
Anyone can file a complaint against federal employees violating the Hatch Act.
Say, anyone with a lot of time on their hands in comment sections.
Posted by: Public Service Announcement at May 10, 2013 08:47 AM (p7XJ8)
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This isnt an apology.
This is gloating.
SEEEEEE what we did. Nothings going to happen to us. Not a damn thing you can do about it either.
Posted by: Ex State Dept Spokesperson now at the IRS at May 10, 2013 08:47 AM (nELVU)
Posted by: Captain Hate at May 10, 2013 12:45 PM (2HHMh)
Well... it was low level folks... and kids will be kids...
Oh.... look!.... a Kardashian!
Posted by: NeoJounalist at May 10, 2013 08:47 AM (lZBBB)
Posted by: Tilikum The Killer Assault Whale at May 10, 2013 08:47 AM (uhftQ)
Posted by: Hillary Rodmuncher Clinton at May 10, 2013 08:50 AM (jucos)
Posted by: shillelagh at May 10, 2013 08:50 AM (hRzu2)
Posted by: Mike Hammer at May 10, 2013 08:50 AM (aDwsi)
Posted by: willow at May 10, 2013 08:50 AM (nqBYe)
Next I anticipate the IRS will have to apologize for targeting Hicks and Nordstrom.
Just a feeling.
Posted by: polynikes at May 10, 2013 08:50 AM (m2CN7)
Posted by: Tilikum The Killer Assault Whale at May 10, 2013 12:47 PM (uhftQ)
So does an M-4.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider at May 10, 2013 08:51 AM (fwARV)
(Not me.)
Posted by: Public Service Announcement at May 10, 2013 08:51 AM (p7XJ8)
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at May 10, 2013 08:51 AM (10U4R)
Posted by: Ariel Castro at May 10, 2013 08:51 AM (FcR7P)
Oh.... look!.... a Kardashian!
Posted by: NeoJounalist
***
Apparently there is a new sex tape champion. One of those teen moms that was on a TV show.
SMOD please!
Posted by: Tilikum The Killer Assault Whale at May 10, 2013 08:52 AM (uhftQ)
is isolated.
isolated to a person
isolated to being Told to hunt down damaging info.
isolated. yes.
Posted by: willow at May 10, 2013 08:52 AM (nqBYe)
Posted by: HeatherRadish™, ray of sunshine at May 10, 2013 08:52 AM (ZKzrr)
Posted by: t-bird at May 10, 2013 08:52 AM (FcR7P)
Posted by: Burn the Witch at May 10, 2013 08:52 AM (eTjv9)
"Wow. The Rule of law is dead in this country. "
It's buried next to Truth and Honor in a shallow grave in Ft. Marcy Park.
Posted by: Jaws at May 10, 2013 08:53 AM (4I3Uo)
Instead they will receive a verbal warning and have their frosted Pop Tart privileges suspended for 3 days.
Posted by: Hollowpoint at May 10, 2013 12:41 PM (SY2Kh)
30 day suspension, with pay.
Posted by: buzzion at May 10, 2013 08:53 AM (LI48c)
It's that about 50 journalists on twitter all just said the equivalent of "Wow, I can't belive that. I'd never even heard about that."
Not that the brief moment of wonder would ever be followed up by these same dirtbags asking themselves what other stories they haven't heard about might be out there, though.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at May 10, 2013 08:54 AM (zF6Iw)
Posted by: t-bird at May 10, 2013 08:54 AM (FcR7P)
I specifically called this back in 2011 stating that I'd hate to write a successful book with strong conservative themes and then be targeted by a liberal drone in the IRS just because they could.
The American government and it's bureaucracy are out of control with so many rules and regulations, and enforcement powers to make ordinary citizens lives miserable if they step out of line.
Didn't this group of people also make Joe the Plumber's tax records public?
Posted by: Stateless_Infidel at May 10, 2013 08:54 AM (AC0lD)
Seriously. I am really getting tired of this crap.
Posted by: Jim Scrummy at May 10, 2013 08:54 AM (6T8Ay)
Posted by: I.R.S. at May 10, 2013 08:54 AM (96M6e)
Hooray, I love it when someone goes all conspiracy theory! Now I am picturing Gabe as Mel Gibson in Conspiracy Theory eating pudding out of a steel container. As a bonus that means he gets to bite Jean Luc Picard on the nose too! (that's a compliment by the way, I loved Mel Gibson in Conspiracy Theory)
I didn't read the linked article because, duh, moron, but are they just claiming this happened in Ohio or was it everywhere? And what is up with government employees in Ohio? Do they give them a "stupid" test and if they pass they get the job?
Posted by: ParanoidGirlInSeattle at May 10, 2013 08:55 AM (RZ8pf)
"Mr. Clinton's IRS has also audited almost every conservative organization you can name. Among them are the National Review, the American Spectator, the Christian Coalition, Citizens for a Sound Economy, Oliver North's Freedom Alliance, the Heritage Foundation, the National Rifle Association, the Western Journalism Center, the National Center for Public Policy Research, Fortress America and Citizens Against Government Waste."
http://www.freedomworks.org/news/luck-of-the-draw-at-irs
(this was around June 2000)
Posted by: mallfly at May 10, 2013 08:55 AM (bJm7W)
Posted by: ParanoidGirlInSeattle at May 10, 2013 12:55 PM (RZ8pf)
You've got it backwards. If they FAIL they get the job.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider at May 10, 2013 08:56 AM (fwARV)
Posted by: Burn the Witch at May 10, 2013 08:56 AM (eTjv9)
Yup...
I knew where we were headed the minute a Montgomery County democrat operative got away without jail time.
"Brave New World"
I'll max donate to whoever in the GOP says "fire for fire" and that is all.
We keep pretending we face something other than what we do.
Posted by: sven10077@sven10077 at May 10, 2013 08:56 AM (LRFds)
Posted by: Baldy at May 10, 2013 08:56 AM (tyDFN)
Posted by: Washington Nearsider at May 10, 2013 08:56 AM (fwARV)
"I don't know, maybe it's just me...but is it starting to get close to the time where: "Every normal man must be tempted at times to spit upon his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin slitting throats".
Hey! You can't put that violent shit in a comment. You can only look at up in the masthead and nod approvingly.
Posted by: Jaws at May 10, 2013 08:57 AM (4I3Uo)
Posted by: Brocko Bama at May 10, 2013 08:57 AM (eTjv9)
Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at May 10, 2013 08:57 AM (f9c2L)
I clicked on their IRS story and there's a webcast going on and I can't figure out how to pause it.<<
.
Mute.
Posted by: Javems at May 10, 2013 08:57 AM (nTgAI)
The typical midwestern response to extended loss of Democrat power is to go "Chicago"...
the Cleveland gang's influence and suborning malfeasance by SW Ohio donks is a relatively new phenomena in response to the GOP domination of the 90s and early 21st century.
The question becomes "what are we gonna do about it?"
Posted by: sven10077@sven10077 at May 10, 2013 08:58 AM (LRFds)
Posted by: ParanoidGirlInSeattle at May 10, 2013 08:58 AM (RZ8pf)
Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at May 10, 2013 08:58 AM (QH36x)
What did the President know and when did he know it?Posted by: Rob in Katy at May 10, 2013 08:59 AM (gdGJ1)
Possibly, and to give them cover to ram amnesty and gun control though.
They understand the McCain gang better than we do.
Posted by: sven10077@sven10077 at May 10, 2013 08:59 AM (LRFds)
Posted by: Truck Monkey at May 10, 2013 08:59 AM (jucos)
It's buried next to Truth and Honor in a shallow gravein Ft. Marcy Park.
Posted by: Jaws at May 10, 2013 12:53 PM (4I3Uo)
Yes, they died when Vince Foster committed suicide with two shots to the back of the head.
Posted by: Captain Hate at May 10, 2013 08:59 AM (2HHMh)
Posted by: Scientology at May 10, 2013 08:59 AM (ANkDA)
Posted by: HoboJerky, now with 45% more DOOM! at May 10, 2013 09:00 AM (xAtAj)
Posted by: Low level IRS drone in Cincinnati at May 10, 2013 09:00 AM (NhcAn)
Posted by: Jaws at May 10, 2013 12:57 PM (4I3Uo)
That made me laugh. Repeat after me "imminent fear of death or serious bodily injury."
Posted by: Beagle at May 10, 2013 09:00 AM (sOtz/)
Posted by: Bigby's Whistling Fingers at May 10, 2013 09:01 AM (WoVsi)
"We keep pretending we face something other than what we do."
But if we stop pretending we won't get invited to all those fantastic cocktail parties in DC, NYC, and LA. Why would we do that?
Posted by: Insert GOP Pol Name Here at May 10, 2013 09:01 AM (4I3Uo)
Posted by: Tilikum The Killer Assault Whale at May 10, 2013 12:47 PM (uhftQ)
So does an M-4. Posted by: Washington Nearsider
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As an aside, yesterday a local guy, in a fit jealousy/anger/conflict shot his wife and her father. They found the guy later after he committed suicide. The gun of choice was an AR. The local media reported him to have been 'Armed with a high-power .223 AR rifle'. Except for small game, I don't think it is even legal to use a .223 for hunting here. I suppose the .22, or .17 are 'lower powered' but that is about it. These are the people that influence the LIV's. It is the ignorant being influenced by the ignorant.
Posted by: Mike Hammer at May 10, 2013 09:01 AM (aDwsi)
Posted by: TheQuietMan at May 10, 2013 09:01 AM (1Jaio)
Posted by: Dworkin Barimen at May 10, 2013 09:01 AM (48j+X)
so irs employees using their influence to influence Elections is isolated.
Probably a whole department of lone wolves.
Posted by: t-bird at May 10, 2013 12:54 PM (FcR7P)
Yup, and self-radicalized through frequent visits to extremist internet sites like DailyKos and Media Matters.
Posted by: mugiwara at May 10, 2013 09:02 AM (W7ffl)
Posted by: JackStraw at May 10, 2013 09:02 AM (g1DWB)
Posted by: Billy Bob, pseudo intellectal at May 10, 2013 09:03 AM (wR+pz)
Posted by: TheQuietMan at May 10, 2013 09:03 AM (1Jaio)
Posted by: willow at May 10, 2013 09:04 AM (nqBYe)
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Do not forget the Clinton's ordering up the 1000 FBI files on Republicans.
Clinton: "Oh, that was just a mistake..."
Posted by: Mike Hammer at May 10, 2013 09:04 AM (aDwsi)
Has everything become political? Are we in constant campaign mode now? No wonder they aren't getting anything done in Washington. When they go into campaign mode they become virtually useless.
Posted by: Caustic at May 10, 2013 09:04 AM (/b8+5)
Posted by: BCochran1981 at May 10, 2013 09:04 AM (da5Wo)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at May 10, 2013 09:04 AM (HW/d2)
Posted by: Gregory of Yardale at May 10, 2013 09:05 AM (QXlbZ)
Posted by: Mike Hammer at May 10, 2013 01:01 PM (aDwsi)
Yup. You can't hunt with .223 in more places than you can. The round doesn't do enough damage.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider at May 10, 2013 09:06 AM (fwARV)
what is going on in Libya to make the shit status real? Did I miss something? Or is this a hugely belated reaction to the call for help from September 11/12?
Posted by: ParanoidGirlInSeattle at May 10, 2013 09:06 AM (RZ8pf)
Posted by: Preznit Urkel X at May 10, 2013 09:06 AM (jucos)
Posted by: Burn the Witch at May 10, 2013 09:06 AM (eTjv9)
Posted by: Gregory of Yardale at May 10, 2013 01:05 PM (QXlbZ)
yeah they'll have to sit in a room for 8 hours, with their buddies drinking and playing cards.
also receive bonus pay for the time it takes to get to room and time to get back home.
Posted by: willow at May 10, 2013 09:07 AM (nqBYe)
Posted by: Caustic at May 10, 2013 09:07 AM (/b8+5)
Quite...in your AutoBio "Imperium" you got pretty angry about the abuse of Sicily IIRC said all you had to do to know Verres' guilt was look in the parlors of Rome.
We're Sicily DC is Rome
Posted by: sven10077@sven10077 at May 10, 2013 09:08 AM (LRFds)
In weep for this country news, speaking of Kardashians, I was helping with a project at school yesterday when one of the 5th grade girls said the other girl needed the nurse. I looked to see if she was bleeding or anything, she was rolling on the floor, I began to think "uh-oh, seizure" so I ask her what is wrong and she says, I kid you not "I have Keeping up with Kardashians fever"
Apparently she is allowed to watch that show in her house. Even her classmates were appalled.
Posted by: ParanoidGirlInSeattle at May 10, 2013 09:08 AM (RZ8pf)
Posted by: ParanoidGirlInSeattle at May 10, 2013 01:06 PM (RZ8pf)
hmm I hope it isn't a , "Look we do care, we really do see what we are doing, protecting All our people".
republican lies tell you we don't!
Posted by: willow at May 10, 2013 09:08 AM (nqBYe)
Then what WAS the basis for the practice, if not political bias? Is ANYONE going to ask that question of Ms. Lerner?
Posted by: BK at May 10, 2013 09:08 AM (6KiQ+)
Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Mmmm. Blondies. at May 10, 2013 09:08 AM (VtjlW)
Posted by: buzzion
Please say that is sarc. Please.
Posted by: dogfish at May 10, 2013 01:01 PM (nsOJa)
Yes. But completely believable isn't it.
Posted by: buzzion at May 10, 2013 09:08 AM (LI48c)
Posted by: Burn the Witch at May 10, 2013 09:08 AM (eTjv9)
Let's nominate another blue-state RINO squish, you guys! That'll work fucking wonders, you guys! Because we can't stand to have any kind of stark contrast in candidates, you guys!
( if anyone needs to test a steam turbine, just jack it right into my fucking ear )
Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at May 10, 2013 09:08 AM (YTstp)
I believe the treatment is a boot to the ass.
Posted by: HeatherRadish™, ray of sunshine at May 10, 2013 09:09 AM (ZKzrr)
Posted by: JackStraw at May 10, 2013 09:09 AM (g1DWB)
What's going on in we empowered the Muslim Brotherhood and the majority of Libya and Egypt are both pissed....
*this* is what *should* have been done to save our Ambassador but wasn't b/c "optics"....
Arab Spring the new soap that smells like shit from BHO and Co
Posted by: sven10077@sven10077 at May 10, 2013 09:10 AM (LRFds)
Posted by: Jones in CO at May 10, 2013 09:10 AM (8sCoq)
I believe the treatment is a boot to the ass.
Posted by: HeatherRadish™, ray of sunshine at May 10, 2013 01:09 PM (ZKzrr)
The parents must be libs, otherwise, were they republicans, CPS would have been called immediately.
Posted by: Caustic at May 10, 2013 09:11 AM (/b8+5)
Anything attractive that drifts too close gets locked up in the attic for a decade.
Posted by: JEM at May 10, 2013 09:11 AM (o+SC1)
"Muslims are pissed about the release of Iron Man III."
RDJ is reportedly packing his bags for yet another spell in prison.
Posted by: Jaws at May 10, 2013 09:12 AM (4I3Uo)
But we're crazy not to trust the government...
Posted by: sanity at May 10, 2013 09:12 AM (YV/s9)
Posted by: Jean at May 10, 2013 09:12 AM (CMlD4)
Posted by: BCochran1981 at May 10, 2013 09:12 AM (da5Wo)
SMOD please!
Posted by: Tilikum The Killer Assault Whale at May 10, 2013 12:52 PM (uhftQ)
When you hire Vivid to film your sex tape so it's all professional? You are making porn.
Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Mmmm. Blondies. at May 10, 2013 01:08 PM (VtjlW)
Yeah, like that Miss Teen Delaware. If you fly out to Cali, and sit on a bed while a guy films you and then another guy comes in and has sex with you while the first one continues to film you, you're doing porn, not a sex tape that wasn't supposed to be seen.
Posted by: buzzion at May 10, 2013 09:12 AM (LI48c)
Posted by: Preznit Urkel X at May 10, 2013 09:12 AM (jucos)
Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Mmmm. Blondies. at May 10, 2013 09:13 AM (VtjlW)
The #Benghazi TPs were written at request of the House intel committee Rs so they could go on TV. Cong forced admin to do them now attack
Posted by: Mike Hammer at May 10, 2013 09:13 AM (aDwsi)
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette, assault Hobbit at May 10, 2013 09:14 AM (lVb7s)
"Yeah, like that Miss Teen Delaware. If you fly out to Cali, and sit on a bed whilea guy films you and then another guy comes in and has sex with you while the first one continues to film you, you're doing porn, not a sex tape that wasn't supposed to be seen."
Dammit! How about a spoiler alert next time, pal!
Posted by: Jaws at May 10, 2013 09:14 AM (4I3Uo)
Well a few possible answers
1) there *was* stability after a fashion people were for the most part happy to see mummer Q leave
2) the Happy Jihadi Jim martyr's of feb 29th Bde not being zapped yet means the MB cannot zap them....the fact that *our* weapons likely were used at Mali against Americans is "ironic"......
Barky Choom empowering AQ to gain ascendancy by empowering the MB over strongmen.
Fuck I'm gonna go beat my head into the wall
Posted by: sven10077@sven10077 at May 10, 2013 09:14 AM (LRFds)
Posted by: mare at May 10, 2013 09:14 AM (A98Xu)
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What I want to know, is what happened to the Saudi kid in Boston?
Posted by: Mike Hammer at May 10, 2013 09:15 AM (aDwsi)
Posted by: Miss Delaware at May 10, 2013 09:15 AM (jucos)
Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD. Mmmm. Blondies. at May 10, 2013 09:15 AM (VtjlW)
Yeah I know Polli remember?
Heh I hit the brickwall in an hour and a half last fall...
that said, I am trying to jedi-mind trick myself into finishing my paperwork.
Posted by: sven10077@sven10077 at May 10, 2013 09:15 AM (LRFds)
http://tinyurl.com/conch52
"Joe tells Jay there are more witnesses coming forward who where on the ground in Benghazi."
Posted by: Caustic at May 10, 2013 09:17 AM (/b8+5)
Posted by: T. at May 10, 2013 09:17 AM (1qp/j)
Anything attractive that drifts too close gets locked up in the attic for a decade.
Posted by: JEM
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Conservatives keep their eyes on the media the same way that parents keep their eyes on child abusers, and for the same reason.
Posted by: Mike Hammer at May 10, 2013 09:17 AM (aDwsi)
Posted by: buzzion at May 10, 2013 01:12 PM (LI48c)
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It was ART.
Posted by: Miss Delaware at May 10, 2013 01:15 PM (jucos)
Well that guy sure did paint you.
It would have been funny if she did claim that though, based on the name of the site she did it for.
Posted by: buzzion at May 10, 2013 09:17 AM (LI48c)
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Ya know..... Im going to hold on to that tidbit for when the next Republican president is sworn in.
IF there is a next Republican President.
.... and IF the Republic actually makes it that long.
Posted by: Sandra Fluke at May 10, 2013 09:17 AM (nELVU)
Posted by: BCochran1981 at May 10, 2013 09:18 AM (da5Wo)
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at May 10, 2013 09:18 AM (XYSwB)
Posted by: Mike Hammer at May 10, 2013 09:19 AM (aDwsi)
Who will be the first to go to court and claim that, based on the Plan B ruling, the Federal courts have established a national age of consent at 15?
Posted by: JEM at May 10, 2013 09:19 AM (o+SC1)
Posted by: United States Africa Command at May 10, 2013 09:19 AM (wR+pz)
Posted by: BCochran1981 at May 10, 2013 09:19 AM (da5Wo)
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at May 10, 2013 09:20 AM (XYSwB)
The rot goes to the top. All the way to the top.
But hey - what did you expect from a community activist and a Cook County hack? Did you think he was the only virgin in that whorehouse?
Posted by: Mikey NTH - Pirate Scum of Umbar at May 10, 2013 09:20 AM (hLRSq)
After three days, their frosted Pop Tart privileged will resume, with double the number of Pop Tarts for three days.
Posted by: Totally not a sexist at May 10, 2013 09:21 AM (htb6E)
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Racist!
Posted by: Mike Hammer at May 10, 2013 09:21 AM (aDwsi)
Posted by: TheQuietMan at May 10, 2013 09:22 AM (1Jaio)
Posted by: [/i][/b] at May 10, 2013 09:22 AM (Vgn84)
Posted by: Adam Smith's Invisible Pimp Hand at May 10, 2013 09:22 AM (b9K4P)
Posted by: R Polanski at May 10, 2013 09:23 AM (jucos)
We should have never been involved in that Real War For Oil, which of course I mean Libya.
Britain and France tricked McCain and the rest of the democrats into believing that poor invalid civilians were being slaughtered rather than Islamic radicals attempting an overthrow using useful idiots. I believe Daffy Duck had reniged on his oil deals with Britain and France and he had to go.
I don't see Britain or France jumping in to save those poor Syrian civilians.
Posted by: polynikes at May 10, 2013 09:23 AM (m2CN7)
Posted by: LGoPs at May 10, 2013 09:23 AM (4x8W0)
Ummm, excuse me mainstream media, but are you aware that this very activity was one of the Articles of Impeachment against Richard Nixon?
"He has, acting personally and through his subordinates and agents, endeavoured to obtain from the Internal Revenue Service, in violation of the constitutional rights of citizens, confidential information contained in income tax returns for purposed not authorized by law, and to cause, in violation of the constitutional rights of citizens, income tax audits or other income tax investigations to be intitiated or conducted in a discriminatory manner."
Posted by: Eric at May 10, 2013 09:24 AM (oWWqw)
Heh...funneh all the irony and shit.
Posted by: dananjcon at May 10, 2013 09:26 AM (jvd3N)
Posted by: A Weiner at May 10, 2013 09:26 AM (jucos)
Call it what you want fella just git er' done!!
Posted by: A. Cooper at May 10, 2013 09:27 AM (jvd3N)
Nice guess actually but no @treyradel zapped me a follow based on I suspect my IRS Cincy insight....
Posted by: sven10077@sven10077 at May 10, 2013 09:27 AM (LRFds)
Posted by: Buzzsaw90 at May 10, 2013 09:27 AM (SO2Q8)
Posted by: derit at May 10, 2013 09:27 AM (I88Jc)
Posted by: KristenS at May 10, 2013 09:28 AM (Z5Wwq)
Posted by: rickb223 at May 10, 2013 09:28 AM (h1D+w)
Posted by: Truck Monkey at May 10, 2013 09:29 AM (jucos)
I'll wager someting like this.
""yeah hey my good friends here at the American Bar Assoc get this we were accused of "tageting conservatives" well you're goddamned right we targeted conservatives YOU NEED ME ON THAT FUCKING WALL!"
//IRS Spokeswench
Posted by: sven10077@sven10077 at May 10, 2013 09:29 AM (LRFds)
Posted by: BCochran1981 at May 10, 2013 09:29 AM (da5Wo)
Posted by: Burn the Witch at May 10, 2013 09:29 AM (eTjv9)
"If anyone gets a hangnail in-country it would really distort the optics for the Administration's narrative. I bet we'll have all sorts of overreactions forthcoming - which will just make it clear how painfully inept they were *the first time*."
Wishful thinking.
If anything goes sideways wrt the peaceful Arab Spring Breakers over there and our snake eaters need to go hot on their asses, it will be spun as yet another Gutsy Call (tm) in the MFM.
Posted by: Jaws at May 10, 2013 09:30 AM (4I3Uo)
Posted by: HeatherRadish™, ray of sunshine at May 10, 2013 09:30 AM (ZKzrr)
@136
Scenario Three: bug out completely. Didn't actually list that one last time. So safe to say Libya is going failed state.
I remember when the new post-Quadaffy Libyan leader trusted us and said some foreign terrorists linked up with domestic Syrian Ansar al-Sharia attacked our people. That was true apparently and showed courage.
Who was that guy and can we make him "natural born" somehow?
Posted by: Beagle at May 10, 2013 09:30 AM (sOtz/)
Yup Cruz is a class act, or rather more likely his staffer is.
I was PM'd by someone from my home district's office who laughed at the Raccoon Schtick hell for all I know they know who I am....
I did the same bit when I volunteered in high school, just spoke of myself as a dumb raccoon trapped in a human suit.
Posted by: sven10077@sven10077 at May 10, 2013 09:31 AM (LRFds)
Posted by: rickb223 at May 10, 2013 09:31 AM (h1D+w)
Posted by: Bevel Lemelisk at May 10, 2013 09:31 AM (/g5vp)
Posted by: JEM at May 10, 2013 01:19 PM (o+SC1)
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I could do it Posted by: R Polanski
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Count me in.
Posted by: Jerry Lee Lewis at May 10, 2013 09:31 AM (aDwsi)
Pour encourager les autres.
I am pretty sure that what they did is a felony that is, in theory, punishable by several years in PMITA prison. I am also pretty sure that none of the IRS people who did this will receive any but the mildest reprimand under this administration. That is why Republicans ought to add an amendment to every bill in congress changing the statute of limitations for this sort of thing to 50 years so that political partisans working in government jobs know that they might spend their golden years being rented out for cigarettes by their prison husband if they do not stick to the straight and narrow.
Posted by: Obnoxious A-hole at May 10, 2013 09:32 AM (31Nrp)
215Who will be the first to go to court and claim that, based on the Plan B ruling, the Federal courts have established a national age of consent at 15?
Posted by: JEM at May 10, 2013 01:19 PM (o+SC1)
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I could do it
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Since they cannot ger pregnant, shoundn't the age of consent for boys be much lower than that?
Posted by: Hairy Reed at May 10, 2013 09:34 AM (SO2Q8)
Posted by: rickb223 at May 10, 2013 09:34 AM (h1D+w)
Give'em a stare and say "Dude, I ain't like that, OK, look elsewhere"
Posted by: @PurpAv at May 10, 2013 09:34 AM (/gHaE)
http://pjmedia.com/instapundit/168628/
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Next up...more hearings for the LSM to ignore, finger pointing and RECRIMINATIONS!!!
and absolutely nothing will come of it.
Posted by: dananjcon at May 10, 2013 09:34 AM (jvd3N)
Posted by: esch at May 10, 2013 09:35 AM (ANkDA)
what a surreal day....
Posted by: sven10077@sven10077 at May 10, 2013 01:25 PM (LRFds)
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You're being followed by an entire government agency, you just don't know it yet
Posted by: Your friends at the IRS at May 10, 2013 09:35 AM (SO2Q8)
Posted by: Fritz at May 10, 2013 09:36 AM (UzPAd)
Nah I know it...remember I bought you guys pizza the last time we danced.
Posted by: sven10077@sven10077 at May 10, 2013 09:37 AM (LRFds)
Posted by: House Pro-American Activities Committee at May 10, 2013 09:43 AM (fscec)
Posted by: Schwalbe: The Me-262© at May 10, 2013 10:04 AM (UU0OF)
Posted by: Dave at May 10, 2013 10:17 AM (OMNfZ)
Posted by: keep it simple, stupid at May 10, 2013 10:20 AM (MhA4j)
Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly at May 10, 2013 01:20 PM (PwV7G)
abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2013/05/irs-official-im-not-good-at-math/
“That would be a quarter of the 300 then, so we’re talking 75 or so?” asked Tom Costello of NBC news, in an attempt to clarify how many groups had been affected.
“That’s correct. Is that a quarter?” Lerner asked hesitantly. “I’m not good at math.”
“You’re with the IRS,” Costello noted.
“But I’m a lawyer, not an accountant, sorry!” said Lerner, who is the director of the tax-exempt division of the IRS.
Posted by: gekkobear at May 10, 2013 01:47 PM (X0NX1)
Posted by: Caustic at May 10, 2013 03:45 PM (/b8+5)
LetÂ’s consider Â…
Title 18, U.S.C., Section 242, Deprivation of Rights Under Color of Law
Title 42, U.S.C., Section 14141 Pattern and Practice
Posted by: Sandra Fluke at May 10, 2013 05:03 PM (e8kgV)
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Posted by: BackwardsBoy, who did not vote for this shit at May 10, 2013 08:31 AM (+z4pE)