Wednesday, 23 May 2012
The blanks: Filled in
FYI: Roberta’s handy guide to completing the new form 4473.
FYI: Roberta’s handy guide to completing the new form 4473.
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Tuesday, 22 May 2012
Dear Speaker Boehner...
...why don’t you get someone to look up Reichsfluchsteuer for you?
And then fuck you[1] and the horse you rode in on.
Elsewhere:
LATER:
RELATED (120523 22:00):
(Reason and Zero Hedge via.Insty.)
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Republican Fail (cont’d.) Dept
While you’re waiting for all those contributions to roll in......why don’t you get someone to look up Reichsfluchsteuer for you?
And then fuck you[1] and the horse you rode in on.
Elsewhere:
Reason: Eduardo Saverin And Echoes of the Reichsfluchtsteuer
Zero Hedge: "The land of the free has certainly fallen a long way.â€
Perry de Havilland: I may have said this before...
Zero Hedge: "The land of the free has certainly fallen a long way.â€
Perry de Havilland: I may have said this before...
LATER:
Bill Quick:
You thought Jonah Goldberg was kidding about Liberal Fascism, didn’t you?(Hey, it ain’t only liberals.)
RELATED (120523 22:00):
Doug Ross:
...if we had any House leadership at all, Kathleen Sebelius would be called in front of Congress and the responsible HHS managers charged with illegal campaign contributions to Obama’s reelection effort.
But John Boehner is an intellectual and leadership lightweight...
(Reason and Zero Hedge via.Insty.)
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[1] The relevant exchange:
STEPHANOPOULOS: ...we saw a couple of senators, Senator Schumer and Senator Casey, yesterday introduce legislation about one of the Facebook founders, Eduardo Saverin, who's renounced his citizenship. They say -- and they want to pass legislation that says anyone who renounces their citizenship should still pay all the taxes they owe and, if they don't, they can’t come back here. Do you support that legislation?Tells you all you need to know, dunnit...?
BOEHNER: Well, there’s already a law on the books, George, but this is outrageous. This is absolutely outrageous.
STEPHANOPOULOS: What’s outrageous?
BOEHNER: That some -- that somebody would renounce their citizenship to avoid paying taxes. Again, it’s already against the law.
STEPHANOPOULOS: So you don't think you need this new legislation?
BOEHNER: No, I'm not sure it’s necessary. But...
(CROSSTALK)
STEPHANOPOULOS: Would you support it if it is?
BOEHNER: If it's necessary, sure, I would support it.
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Monday, 21 May 2012
Retro do-it-yourself
"RobotGrrl†over at Evil Mad Scientist Labs turned up a 60s-vintage Heath VT (as in "vacuum tubeâ€) voltmeter kit. So why not put it together?
Assembly starts here.
(Have to check my parts cabinet, I may have that capacitor bracket she’s missing.)
"RobotGrrl†over at Evil Mad Scientist Labs turned up a 60s-vintage Heath VT (as in "vacuum tubeâ€) voltmeter kit. So why not put it together?
Assembly starts here.
(Have to check my parts cabinet, I may have that capacitor bracket she’s missing.)
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Thursday, 17 May 2012
We already knew that he wasn’t one...
Previously:
(Lugar quote via: Dave in Texas)
Suspicions: Confirmed Dept
Stacy McCain:The assertion that the polarization of American politics is entirely the fault of extremists who allegedly have pulled the Republican Party rightward... is both (a) untrue, and (b) a transparent effort by the Left to scapegoat its antagonists for a problem the Left and its Democratic Party allies have caused.Like (soon to be ex-) Senator Lugar?
Do not permit yourself to be deceived by this humbug, and do not trust any "conservative†who cedes an inch to this vicious lie.
...we have an increasing number of legislators in both parties who have adopted an unrelenting partisan viewpoint... Partisans at both ends of the political spectrum are dominating the political debate in our country. ... And I believe that if this attitude expands in the Republican Party, we will be relegated to minority status...
Previously:
April 2, 2009: The List: Republicans voting for S.160
April 2, 2009: The List: Republicans voting for HR.1388
April 6, 2011: Senate holds the president to his own words - NOT
June 15, 2011: Republicans fail again
July 29, 2011: "Yet another important reason that Dick Lugar should be sent packing...â€
April 2, 2009: The List: Republicans voting for HR.1388
April 6, 2011: Senate holds the president to his own words - NOT
June 15, 2011: Republicans fail again
July 29, 2011: "Yet another important reason that Dick Lugar should be sent packing...â€
(Lugar quote via: Dave in Texas)
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Wednesday, 16 May 2012
The mask comes off
Not that this should surprise anyone...
Not that this should surprise anyone...
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"There’s too much regulation, for too many lousy reasons. If regulation isn’t clearly for the common good, it’s just bossiness — a deprivation of freedom for no good reason — and should be remedied by tar, feathers, and such other means as get the message across.†- Glenn Reynolds
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Monday, 30 April 2012
Clipfile - April 30, 2012
"President Obama’s administration recently declared that "the war on terror is over.†Well, until Americans can travel freely without being assaulted and abused by the uniformed brutes and thugs of the Leviathan security state... the war against terror is not over. How can it be?†- Bill Quick
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Thursday, 26 April 2012
Now, just suppose this guy’s name was “Roger Clemensâ€...
But you KNOW the answer... Dept
The Daily Caller:U.S. Assistant Attorney General Ronald Weich plans to resign his position soon, as two different scandals rage on in which he has provided allegedly misleading information to Congress.
Weich, who has served as Attorney General Eric Holder’s emissary in congressional communications... is the same Holder deputy who falsely told Congress that neither the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives nor any part of the Department of Justice ever allowed illicit firearms to "walk†across the U.S.-Mexico border — even as contrary facts emerged from the investigation into Operation Fast and Furious.
On Feb. 4, 2011, Weich wrote to Congress that the idea that "ATF ‘sanctioned’ or otherwise knowingly allowed the sale of assault weapons to a straw purchaser who then transported them into Mexico … is false.â€
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The DOJ has since retracted Weich’s letter but has not held anyone accountable for providing that misinformation to Congress...
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Tuesday, 24 April 2012
You’d THINK someone would be interested...
The (UK) Daily Mail lists drone sites... in the U.S.
And from the American press?
Related (via Tam):
Also not covered:
Previously:
(Via: Bill Quick)
The (UK) Daily Mail lists drone sites... in the U.S.
There are at least 63 active drone sites around the U.S, federal authorities have been forced to reveal following a landmark Freedom of Information lawsuit.Did’ja know the North Little Rock Arkansas Police Department has a drone registered? As do the Miami-Dade County cops. Why, I feel more secure already!
The unmanned planes – some of which may have been designed to kill terror suspects – are being launched from locations in 20 states...
Certificates of Authorizations (COAs), issued to public entities like police departments, are active in 42 locations, expired in 16 and disapproved in four.
And from the American press?
...crickets...
Related (via Tam):
The Ultimate Answer to Kings: Say Hello to STASI for me...
Also not covered:
Previously:
Did you hear about those four New Jersey Jewish temples getting firebombed?
Protecting the agenda
Sins of omission, cont’d.
Protecting the agenda
Sins of omission, cont’d.
(Via: Bill Quick)
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Monday, 23 April 2012
Faint praise
Mitch Daniels "endorses†Dick Lugar:
Elsewhere:
Related:
(HT: William Jacobson)
Mitch Daniels "endorses†Dick Lugar:
I’m not for Dick Lugar for what he’s done, but for what he can do.After 36 years: This time for sure!
Elsewhere:
The Hoosierpundit: The Daniels Ad, Parsed
Related:
Advance Indiana: Boston Newspaper Editor Wants Hoosier Democrats to Save Lugar
(HT: William Jacobson)
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