“Twenty-first century families deserve a 21st Century workplace,” Obama said speaking at the White House Summit on Working Families. “Our economy demands it because it’s going to help us compete. It’s going to help us lead. That means paid family leave, especially paid parental leave.”
Tuesday, June 24, 2014
One Issue where Obama Wants to Be More like France | TheBlaze.com
One Issue where Obama Wants to Be More like France | TheBlaze.com:
“Twenty-first century families deserve a 21st Century workplace,” Obama said speaking at the White House Summit on Working Families. “Our economy demands it because it’s going to help us compete. It’s going to help us lead. That means paid family leave, especially paid parental leave.”
“Twenty-first century families deserve a 21st Century workplace,” Obama said speaking at the White House Summit on Working Families. “Our economy demands it because it’s going to help us compete. It’s going to help us lead. That means paid family leave, especially paid parental leave.”
Are You Over Or Underpaid
Are You Over Or Underpaid | Zero Hedge:
"It's a simple question, yet one which is so difficult to answer (for lack of available data), and which fills most workers (especially those with a chip on their shoulder and/or delusions of grandeur) with dread: "Am I over, or underpaid in my job?" he following handy chart, created by Reddit user Dan Lin, attempts to answer just this question with a breakdown of some 820 jobs listed by the BLS, with percentile data (25th, 50th, 75th, 90th) for the wage of any given occupation, allowing the determination where, relative to the median, one is paid."
click to see chart: https://i.imgur.com/NbYbNrs.png
"It's a simple question, yet one which is so difficult to answer (for lack of available data), and which fills most workers (especially those with a chip on their shoulder and/or delusions of grandeur) with dread: "Am I over, or underpaid in my job?" he following handy chart, created by Reddit user Dan Lin, attempts to answer just this question with a breakdown of some 820 jobs listed by the BLS, with percentile data (25th, 50th, 75th, 90th) for the wage of any given occupation, allowing the determination where, relative to the median, one is paid."click to see chart: https://i.imgur.com/NbYbNrs.png
Isis Hoodies and T-Shirts For Sale Online As Islamist 'Brand' Goes Global
Isis Hoodies and T-Shirts For Sale Online As Islamist 'Brand' Goes Global:"Its social media savvy has made Isis a "terror brand" to rival al-Qaida, with supporters worldwide following the brutal exploits of the Islamist group through its Twitter updates or even downloading the group's own app.
Now supporters can show their loyalty to the group by sporting a T-shirt or hoodie emblazoned with the group's black and white jihadist logo, after the items went on sale on Facebook.
The T-shirts, which are being sold on Indonesia-based websites, cost as little as $7 to $13, and have been on sale for several months, reports Vocativ.
With more than 9,000 likes on Facebook, retailer Zirah Moslem on its website calls itself a purveyor of "Islamic style" and sells clothing that promotes a range of Islamist groups."
Council of Islamic Ideology declares women’s existence anti-Islamic | Pakistan Today
Council of Islamic Ideology declares women’s existence anti-Islamic | Pakistan Today:
"The CII meeting also advised the government that to protect Islam women’s right to breathe should also be taken away from them. “Whether a woman is allowed to breathe or not be left up to her husband or male guardian, and no woman under any circumstance whatsoever should be allowed to decide whether she can breathe or not,” Shirani said."
"The CII meeting also advised the government that to protect Islam women’s right to breathe should also be taken away from them. “Whether a woman is allowed to breathe or not be left up to her husband or male guardian, and no woman under any circumstance whatsoever should be allowed to decide whether she can breathe or not,” Shirani said."More tax dollars to pay for another burueaucracy to "create" more jobs for more out of state non-Americans?!!!--------State and city officials hail opening of immigrant professional aid office in Detroit
Where's the money gonna come from?
State and city officials hail opening of immigrant professional aid office in Detroit | MLive.com:
"DETROIT, MI – A new Detroit office to help skilled, legal immigrants enter the professional workforce is not about finding work for some sets of Detroiters over others, according to city officials.
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“We know we have a lot of Detroiters who are unemployed,” said Andre Spivey, a District 4 City Councilman who will co-chair a committee overseeing the new office along with Councilwoman Raquel Castaneda-Lopez of District 6.
“This is not an ‘or,’ it’s an ‘and.’”
The non-profit Upwardly Global is opening the office in a space donated by Michigan State University at its 3408 Woodward Ave. site.
.....It will have a particular focus on engineers, which have been in high demand and short supply, according to Bing Goei, the director of the Michigan Office for New Americans, which was launched by Gov. Rick Snyder in January."
State and city officials hail opening of immigrant professional aid office in Detroit | MLive.com:
"DETROIT, MI – A new Detroit office to help skilled, legal immigrants enter the professional workforce is not about finding work for some sets of Detroiters over others, according to city officials.
“This is not an ‘or,’ it’s an ‘and.’”
The non-profit Upwardly Global is opening the office in a space donated by Michigan State University at its 3408 Woodward Ave. site.
.....It will have a particular focus on engineers, which have been in high demand and short supply, according to Bing Goei, the director of the Michigan Office for New Americans, which was launched by Gov. Rick Snyder in January."
Hmmm. 4 mills is a 40% increase in property taxes. The reporter musta felt the fact it's a 40% increase not to be important.------Muskegon City Commission: Street tax, civil service ballot measures on this week's agenda
Muskegon City Commission: Street tax, civil service ballot measures on this week's agenda | MLive.com: "MUSKEGON, MI -- A local streets tax and a change to the city's employee promotion policy could be on the November ballot depending on Muskegon City Commission action this week.City officials are recommending that a 4-mill tax to fund street improvements be put before voters.
That's lower than the 5 mills city officials have been discussing in meeting with local citizens.
......The street tax would raise an estimated $2 million per year.
The ballot measure would be in the form of an amendment to the city charter raising the current 10-mill limit on tax levies to 14 mills "to be used for municipal purposes, including but not limited to road maintenance and repair."
This writer is delusional------Grading the Michigan Legislature: Failed on roads, but not on Detroit
Grading the Michigan Legislature: Failed on roads, but not on Detroit | Detroit Free Press | freep.com:"Detroit: A
It’d be hard to overstate the sheer shock value of the debate and voting over the grand bargain legislation that will send nearly $200 million to help Detroit out of bankruptcy and shore up its underfunded pensions.
Leadership in both the House and Senate worked brilliantly to overcome fears of voter backlash and the provincialism that had created two Michigans — Detroit and everyone else. The overwhelming passage of the bills has implications, not just for the grand bargain, but for the prospect of a more cooperative Detroit-Lansing relationship going forward.
Detroit will need even more support to get back on its feet after the bankruptcy. The goal, a thriving urban locus in southeast Michigan, will require a series of investments to counter both the disinvestment that has characterized the city’s relationship with the state and the prolonged decay that has brought the city so low. Legislators passed the grand bargain saying they were proud to “stand with Detroit” in its hour of most dire need.
They’ll need to stay standing, even as the city emerges to a place where rebirth is really on the agenda — and possible."
Yer probably not gonna hear this on the liberal media-------REMINDER: IRS Commissioner John Koskinen is Major Democratic Donor
Not much of a surprise this stonewalling scumbag is a longtime democrat.REMINDER: IRS Commissioner John Koskinen is Major Democratic Donor | Washington Free Beacon:
"The IRS commissioner has been contributing to Dems for four decades
IRS Commissioner John Koskinen is in the spotlight as he is set to further testify to Congress regarding the IRS targeting of conservative groups.
It is important to remember that Koskinen has shelled out nearly $100,000 to Democratic candidates and groups."
Enough! Obama and his Minions MUST Be Stopped!
Enough! Obama and his Minions MUST Be Stopped!:
"It has become a daily frightening occurrence, hearing politicians, commentators, pundits and stunned Americans say, “That’s outrageous!” “He can’t do that!” “No way!” “It’s against federal law!” “They have no legal authority to force us to do that!” These comments are in response to the daily unprecedented out-of-control tyranny handed down by Obama and his operatives. We are talking arrogance with a capital “A” coming out of the Obama Administration."
"It has become a daily frightening occurrence, hearing politicians, commentators, pundits and stunned Americans say, “That’s outrageous!” “He can’t do that!” “No way!” “It’s against federal law!” “They have no legal authority to force us to do that!” These comments are in response to the daily unprecedented out-of-control tyranny handed down by Obama and his operatives. We are talking arrogance with a capital “A” coming out of the Obama Administration."
Greenpeace executive flies 250 miles to work
Greenpeace executive flies 250 miles to work - Telegraph:
One of Greenpeace’s most senior executives commutes 250 miles to work by plane, despite the environmental group’s campaign to curb air travel, it has emerged.
Pascal Husting, Greenpeace International’s international programme director, said he began "commuting between Luxembourg and Amsterdam" when he took the job in 2012 and currently made the round trip about twice a month.
The flights, at 250 euros for a round trip, are funded by Greenpeace, despite its campaign to curb "the growth in aviation", which it says "is ruining our chances of stopping dangerous climate change”.
One Greenpeace volunteer on Monday described Mr Husting's travel arrangements as "almost unbelievable".
Another said they were cancelling their payments to support Greenpeace in the wake of the disclosure and series of other damaging revelations of of disarray and financial mismanagement at the organisation, in documents leaked to the Guardian newspaper.
One of Greenpeace’s most senior executives commutes 250 miles to work by plane, despite the environmental group’s campaign to curb air travel, it has emerged.Pascal Husting, Greenpeace International’s international programme director, said he began "commuting between Luxembourg and Amsterdam" when he took the job in 2012 and currently made the round trip about twice a month.
The flights, at 250 euros for a round trip, are funded by Greenpeace, despite its campaign to curb "the growth in aviation", which it says "is ruining our chances of stopping dangerous climate change”.
One Greenpeace volunteer on Monday described Mr Husting's travel arrangements as "almost unbelievable".
Another said they were cancelling their payments to support Greenpeace in the wake of the disclosure and series of other damaging revelations of of disarray and financial mismanagement at the organisation, in documents leaked to the Guardian newspaper.
Feel good story of the day-------Quick Acting Female Store Clerk Shoots and Kills Armed Robber With One Shot
Quick Acting Female Store Clerk Shoots and Kills Armed Robber With One Shot:
"The clerk behind the counter at Stan’s Health Foods has not been formerly identified, but it is believed the clerk was a 46 year old woman who had previously worked in law enforcement, including a stint with the Secret Service.
When a man entered the store wielding a 6 inch hunting knife, the clerk kept her composure the entire time.
It seems she was willing to let the suspect get away with some cash, but when he put the hunting knife to her chest, she wasn’t having any of it.
She immediately drew her firearm and fired a single shot, striking the suspect in the chest. "
"The clerk behind the counter at Stan’s Health Foods has not been formerly identified, but it is believed the clerk was a 46 year old woman who had previously worked in law enforcement, including a stint with the Secret Service.When a man entered the store wielding a 6 inch hunting knife, the clerk kept her composure the entire time.
It seems she was willing to let the suspect get away with some cash, but when he put the hunting knife to her chest, she wasn’t having any of it.
She immediately drew her firearm and fired a single shot, striking the suspect in the chest. "
Works every time-------Bad News: It Could Take A Decade to Get to the Bottom of "Lost" IRS Emails
Bad News: It Could Take A Decade to Get to the Bottom of "Lost" IRS Emails - Katie Pavlich
If you're looking for answers about what happened to those "lost" IRS emails, you better buckle in for the long haul.As investigative journalist Sharyl Attkisson points out the EPA destroyed emails back in the 1990s and now thirteen years after a lawsuit, there is closure in the case but the emails are still gone.
Did the Polish Foreign Minister Really Say Alliance with the U.S. ‘Isn’t Worth Anything’? | TheBlaze.com
Did the Polish Foreign Minister Really Say Alliance with the U.S. ‘Isn’t Worth Anything’? | TheBlaze.com:"A Polish magazine says it has obtained recordings of a conversation in which Foreign Minister Radek Sikorski says the country’s strong alliance with the U.S. “isn’t worth anything” and is “even harmful because it creates a false sense of security.”
History for June 24
History for June 24 - On-This-Day.com:
1675 - King Philip's War began when Indians massacre colonists at Swansee, Plymouth colony.
1844 - Charles Goodyear was granted U.S. patent #3,633 for vulcanized rubber.
1910 - The Japanese army invaded Korea.
1948 - The Soviet Union began the Berlin Blockade.
1953 - John F. Kennedy and Jacqueline Bouvier announced their engagement.
1964 - The Federal Trade Commission announced that starting in 1965, cigarette manufactures would be required to include warnings on their packaging about the harmful effects of smoking.
1982 - The U.S. Supreme Court ruled 5-4 that no president could be sued for damages connected with actions taken while serving as President of the United States.
2002 - The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that juries, not judges, must make the decision to give a convicted killer the death penalty.
National Columnists’ Day
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700th anniversary of the Battle of Bannockburn in which Robert the Bruce led the Scots to victory over the English under King Edward II in 1314.
175th birth anniversary of American industrialist Gustavus Swift (1839-1903).
Birth anniversary of Jack Dempsey, the “Manassa Mauler” (1895-1983).
Happy Birthday! Mick Fleetwood, Phyllis George, Peter Weller
1509 - Henry VIII was crowned King of England. 
1675 - King Philip's War began when Indians massacre colonists at Swansee, Plymouth colony.
1844 - Charles Goodyear was granted U.S. patent #3,633 for vulcanized rubber.
1910 - The Japanese army invaded Korea.
1948 - The Soviet Union began the Berlin Blockade.
1953 - John F. Kennedy and Jacqueline Bouvier announced their engagement.
1964 - The Federal Trade Commission announced that starting in 1965, cigarette manufactures would be required to include warnings on their packaging about the harmful effects of smoking.
1982 - The U.S. Supreme Court ruled 5-4 that no president could be sued for damages connected with actions taken while serving as President of the United States.
2002 - The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that juries, not judges, must make the decision to give a convicted killer the death penalty.
Monday, June 23, 2014
‘It Almost Seems Like You’re Accusing the President of Treason’ | TheBlaze.com
‘It Almost Seems Like You’re Accusing the President of Treason’ | TheBlaze.com:
"The former vice president appeared on “This Week with George Stephanopoulos” Sunday morning, where the host asked about Cheney’s Obama-slamming op-ed published last week in the Wall Street Journal.
“It almost seems like you’re accusing the president of treason here,” said ABC News Chief White House correspondent Jon Karl."
"The former vice president appeared on “This Week with George Stephanopoulos” Sunday morning, where the host asked about Cheney’s Obama-slamming op-ed published last week in the Wall Street Journal.“It almost seems like you’re accusing the president of treason here,” said ABC News Chief White House correspondent Jon Karl."
Obama golfs, Biden and press play with squirt guns – who the hell is running the country?
Obama golfs, Biden and press play with squirt guns – who the hell is running the country? - BizPac Review
The Internal Revenue Service scandal has reached a fever pitch and the Middle East is on fire, but that doesn’t stop the two top executives who run the country from taking the day off.
The Internal Revenue Service scandal has reached a fever pitch and the Middle East is on fire, but that doesn’t stop the two top executives who run the country from taking the day off.
President Obama golfed Saturday at Fort Belvoir, for what veteran White House reporter Keth Koffler said was Obama’s 21st round this year and the 178th since taking office.
Meanwhile, Vice President Joe Biden hosted his annual media event at his U.S. Naval Observatory residence. Biden’s family and reporters with their families attended, with part of the fun involving super soaker water guns, according to Business Insider.
Much fun was had by all, as evidenced by these photos posted on Twitter. But not all the responses were funny:
The IRS Totally Had a Contract with an Email Archiving Company, But Still Somehow Lost Lois Lerner’s Emails | TheBlaze.com
The IRS Totally Had a Contract with an Email Archiving Company, But Still Somehow Lost Lois Lerner’s Emails | TheBlaze.com:
"The precise details of Sonasoft’s arrangement with the IRS are unclear, but it seems likely that the company could have saved all those lost emails — if the IRS really wanted those emails to be saved.
A white paper on the company’s website notes the importance of email archiving and touts its system as “archiv[ing] all email content and so reduc[ing] the risk of non-compliance with legal, regulatory and other obligations to preserve critical business content.”
"The precise details of Sonasoft’s arrangement with the IRS are unclear, but it seems likely that the company could have saved all those lost emails — if the IRS really wanted those emails to be saved.A white paper on the company’s website notes the importance of email archiving and touts its system as “archiv[ing] all email content and so reduc[ing] the risk of non-compliance with legal, regulatory and other obligations to preserve critical business content.”
Demo Senator Bennet's Strategy to Keep Democrats in Control-Threaten them if they fail to vote.
Senator Bennet's Strategy to Keep Democrats in Control - Bloomberg View:
"They have databases to identify prospects with all their demographic essentials and possess the techniques to contact and influence them.
A small example:
Research shows that in a mailing or direct contact, the suggestion that there may be a follow-up on whether the contacted person actually votes -- "we may contact you on your experience" -- markedly increases the prospect of a target turning out."
"They have databases to identify prospects with all their demographic essentials and possess the techniques to contact and influence them.A small example:
Research shows that in a mailing or direct contact, the suggestion that there may be a follow-up on whether the contacted person actually votes -- "we may contact you on your experience" -- markedly increases the prospect of a target turning out."
Imagine if he was an airline pilot------'We did not know': 9 times the Obama administration was blindsided
'We did not know': 9 times the Obama administration was blindsided | Fox News:
"The unfolding sectarian violence in Iraq is just the latest crisis where the Obama administration seemingly has been caught off guard.
From the Veterans Affairs scandal to Russia's swift annexation of Crimea, news of the world somehow keeps taking the commander-in-chief and his team by surprise.
The following is a refresher of major domestic and foreign policy developments that, apparently, were news to the White House. "
Read 'em all and weep.....
"The unfolding sectarian violence in Iraq is just the latest crisis where the Obama administration seemingly has been caught off guard.From the Veterans Affairs scandal to Russia's swift annexation of Crimea, news of the world somehow keeps taking the commander-in-chief and his team by surprise.
The following is a refresher of major domestic and foreign policy developments that, apparently, were news to the White House. "
Read 'em all and weep.....
'Not A Smidgen of Corruption' in IRS Scandal - And If You Think Otherwise You're A Conspiracy Nut
'Not A Smidgen of Corruption' in IRS Scandal - And If You Think Otherwise You're A Conspiracy Nut
But we're being asked to believe she has nothing to hide.
There's not a "smidgen of corruption" in the IRS scandal, and if you believe otherwise, you're a paranoid winger who believes in wacky conspiracy theories. That's the narrative being pushed by the Obama White House, Democrat congressmen and Dem strategists in the wake of the latest highly suspicious developments in the scandal.
Let's review for a moment what we're being asked to believe:
In May 2013, ahead of a damning IG report on their malfeasance, the IRS admitted to and apologized for politically targeting and, subjecting to undue scrutiny 501(c)4s that were flagged for containing words like “conservative, Christian, tea party, patriot, and Constitution.”
Lois Lerner, the head of the tax exempt organizations division, said at the time, “We made some mistakes. Some people didn’t use good judgment… For that we’re apologetic.”
The president and Attorney General were outraged and vowed to get to the bottom of it. Holder put one of his best attorneys on the case - Barbara Bosserman, who maxed out in donations to both of Barack Obama’s presidential campaigns.
At first, we were asked to believe it was just a few rogue agents in Cincinnati.
As the scandal heated up, the Regime and its acolytes tried another tack - they claimed progressive groups were targeted just as much as conservative groups. Nothing to see, here.
Lois Lerner would go on to plead the Fifth Amendment right not to incriminate oneself at a Congressional hearing, last year.
But we're being asked to believe she has nothing to hide.
Now, after months of stonewalling congressional inquiries, the IRS is asking us to believe that for the period of January 2009 to April 2011, all e-mails between Lerner, and anyone outside the IRS were wiped out by a “computer crash.” Coincidentally, the same darn thing happened to six other IRS employees' emails - one of whom was a frequent White House visitor, and was in discussions with Lerner about helping the DOJ prosecute conservative non-profit groups. Huh!
Computer experts are coming out of the woodwork to say that the IRS's story strains credulity.
Norman Cillo, a former program manager at Microsoft, told The Blaze: “I don’t know of any e-mail administrator [who] doesn’t have at least three ways of getting that mail back. It’s either on the disks or it’s on a TAPE backup someplace on an archive server.”
Bruce Webster, an IT expert with 30 years of experience consulting with dozens of private companies, seconds this opinion: “It would take a catastrophic mechanical failure for Lerner’s drive to suffer actual physical damage, but in any case, the FBI should be able to recover something. And the FBI and the Justice Department know it.”
As House Ways and Means chairman Dave Camp put it - this loss means that “we are conveniently left to believe that Lois Lerner acted alone.”
But according to the White House and its loyal praetorians, if you're suspicious of any of this, you're a right-wing conspiracy nut.
On Friday, soon-to-be White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest repeatedly stressed to credulous reporters that “Republican conspiracy theories” were behind any and all questions involving the scandal.
Rep. Stockman Introduces ‘The Dog Ate My Tax Receipts Act!’
Rep. Stockman Introduces ‘The Dog Ate My Tax Receipts Act!’:
“Taxpayers should be allowed to offer the same flimsy, obviously made-up excuses the Obama administration uses,” Stockman said about the bill.
The bill states that taxpayers “shall be given the benefit of the doubt when not producing critical documentation, so long as the taxpayer’s excuse therefore falls into one of the following categories.”
Each of these categories is a humorous dig at several other Obama regime scandals. The ten categories that are allowable excuses by taxpayers according to the bill are:"
“Taxpayers should be allowed to offer the same flimsy, obviously made-up excuses the Obama administration uses,” Stockman said about the bill.
The bill states that taxpayers “shall be given the benefit of the doubt when not producing critical documentation, so long as the taxpayer’s excuse therefore falls into one of the following categories.” Each of these categories is a humorous dig at several other Obama regime scandals. The ten categories that are allowable excuses by taxpayers according to the bill are:"
People, wake up! This is simply a scam to funnel your money to greedy democrat politicians--------Admit it, greens, renewables can't power U.S. economy
Examiner Editorial: Admit it, greens --- renewables can't power U.S. economy | WashingtonExaminer.com
But this is only part of the problem.
The little discussed reality is that renewable energy cannot function without heavy subsidies in the form of producer and consumer tax credits, purchase mandates, and large loan guarantees to companies like the now-bankrupt Solyndra.
But this is only part of the problem.
Not only are renewables (other than hydro-electric) already more costly than other energy sources, but there is also no serious chance they can expand sufficiently to produce the energy the economy needs now or for years to come.
Take electrical generation, the main source of U.S. carbon emissions now and bound to become more important in a green technology-driven future if electric cars ever catch on. Like ethanol, whose production falls far short of federal mandates, renewable electricity sources have limits.
As data compiled earlier this year by the U.S. Energy Information Administration demonstrate, even with an aggressive, economy-damaging program of carbon reduction -- far more disruptive than anything currently in place -- renewable power production will fall far short of what America needs to function.
President Obama loves to point out that solar, wind, and biomass have increased their share of the U.S. electricity market under his watch, and that is true. What he is less likely to mention is that despite robust mandates for renewable use, the share remains less than 6 percent of all production.
The EIA, taking into account current policies, projects that non-hydropower renewables will make up only 8.6 percent of world electricity generation and 10.6 percent of U.S. generation by 2040. Even under the most optimistic domestic scenario, which requires "a $25/metric ton fee on carbon dioxide emissions that increases 5 percent each year until the end of the projection period," renewables will produce only 1.1 trillion annual kilowatt hours in the U.S. by 2040, or just over 20 percent of anticipated generation.
We know they're lying. They know we know. They also know the MSM will provide cover---The Good News Democrats
Articles: The Good News Democrats
By week’s end, perhaps recognizing that the story was not finding willing buyers, IRS Commissioner Koskinen, tried another tack, claiming that the emails were not “records’” and therefore could be destroyed without consequence. John Hinderaker, the ace litigation lawyer who is one of the authors of Powerline found this argument unpersuasive, citing federal law and the agency’s own operating manual and concluding:
By week’s end, perhaps recognizing that the story was not finding willing buyers, IRS Commissioner Koskinen, tried another tack, claiming that the emails were not “records’” and therefore could be destroyed without consequence. John Hinderaker, the ace litigation lawyer who is one of the authors of Powerline found this argument unpersuasive, citing federal law and the agency’s own operating manual and concluding:As the IRS investigation continues, Koskinen and others at the Agency should not be allowed to get away with the facile suggestion that Lerner’s emails -- all of them! -- were not “records” and therefore could be destroyed with impunity. It would be interesting to know what documents the IRS didpreserve as “records” during the relevant time period. Unless the IRS was simply thumbing its nose at its statutory duty to maintain records of its actions and deliberations, a large number of emails should have been preserved in some fashion.A final point: the IRS whines that it has 90,000 employees and that managing its internal documents is therefore difficult. But take a look at the IRS’s budget. In fiscal years 2012 and 2013, the IRS’s budget for “Information Services” was in excess of $1.8 billion annually! Nearly two billion dollars in “information services,” and the agency can’t keep track of emails? And that doesn’t count another $330 million, annually, for “Business Systems Modernization.”If the IRS can’t preserve its senior managers’ email accounts on an information systems budget of $1.8 billion a year, the federal government is even more inefficient and incompetent than we thought.
Mitch Rapp lives!
Seacoastonline.com | Latest News from the Associated Press:"MINNEAPOLIS (AP) -- Best-selling author Vince Flynn died just over a year ago, but his terrorist-fighting protagonist Mitch Rapp will live on in new books written by someone else, Flynn's publisher says.
Simon & Schuster and Flynn's estate have commissioned thriller writer Kyle Mills to complete Flynn's unfinished novel, "The Survivor," and to write two more books in the Rapp series.
"The Survivor" is tentatively scheduled to hit shelves next year."
Obama’s Quiet Crusade for Transgender Rights | TheBlaze.com
Obama’s Quiet Crusade for Transgender Rights | TheBlaze.com:
"The leader of the Traditional Values Coalition says there is little recourse because the changes come through executive orders and federal agencies rather than Congress.
The latest wins came this month, when the Office of Personnel Management announced that government-contracted health insurers could start covering the cost of gender reassignment surgeries for federal employees, retirees and their survivors, ending a 40-year prohibition. Two weeks earlier, a decades-old rule preventing Medicare from financing such procedures was overturned within the Department of Health and Human Services."
"The leader of the Traditional Values Coalition says there is little recourse because the changes come through executive orders and federal agencies rather than Congress.The latest wins came this month, when the Office of Personnel Management announced that government-contracted health insurers could start covering the cost of gender reassignment surgeries for federal employees, retirees and their survivors, ending a 40-year prohibition. Two weeks earlier, a decades-old rule preventing Medicare from financing such procedures was overturned within the Department of Health and Human Services."
Creeping totalitarianism. One baby step at a time. Worked for Hitler!----------The patent office goes out of bounds in Redskins trademark case
The patent office goes out of bounds in Redskins trademark case - The Washington Post:
The problem is that the Redskins case is just the latest example of a federal agency going beyond its brief to inappropriately insert itself in social or political debates.
Few people would have expected the future of the Redskins to be determined by an obscure panel in a relatively small government agency.
Yet the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board showed little restraint in launching itself into this heated argument — issuing an opinion that supports calls for change from powerful politicians, including President Obama and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.).
The board had at its disposal a ridiculously ambiguous standard that allows the denial of a trademark if it “may disparage” a “substantial composite” of a group at the time the trademark is registered.
As federal agencies have grown in size and scope, they have increasingly viewed their regulatory functions as powers to reward or punish citizens and groups.
The Internal Revenue Service offers another good example.
Like the patent office, it was created for a relatively narrow function: tax collection.
Yet the agency also determines which groups don’t have to pay taxes.
Historically, the IRS adopted a neutral rule that avoided not-for-profit determinations based on the content of organizations’ beliefs and practices.
Then, in 1970, came the Bob Jones University case.
The IRS withdrew the tax-exempt status from the religious institution because of its rule against interracial dating on campus.
The Supreme Court affirmed in 1983 that the IRS could yank tax exemption whenever it decided that an organization is behaving “contrary to established public policy” — whatever that public policy may be. Bob Jones had to choose between financial ruin and conforming its religious practices. It did the latter.
The problem is that the Redskins case is just the latest example of a federal agency going beyond its brief to inappropriately insert itself in social or political debates.
Few people would have expected the future of the Redskins to be determined by an obscure panel in a relatively small government agency.
Yet the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board showed little restraint in launching itself into this heated argument — issuing an opinion that supports calls for change from powerful politicians, including President Obama and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.).
The board had at its disposal a ridiculously ambiguous standard that allows the denial of a trademark if it “may disparage” a “substantial composite” of a group at the time the trademark is registered.
As federal agencies have grown in size and scope, they have increasingly viewed their regulatory functions as powers to reward or punish citizens and groups.The Internal Revenue Service offers another good example.
Like the patent office, it was created for a relatively narrow function: tax collection.
Yet the agency also determines which groups don’t have to pay taxes.
Historically, the IRS adopted a neutral rule that avoided not-for-profit determinations based on the content of organizations’ beliefs and practices.
Then, in 1970, came the Bob Jones University case.
The IRS withdrew the tax-exempt status from the religious institution because of its rule against interracial dating on campus.
The Supreme Court affirmed in 1983 that the IRS could yank tax exemption whenever it decided that an organization is behaving “contrary to established public policy” — whatever that public policy may be. Bob Jones had to choose between financial ruin and conforming its religious practices. It did the latter.
How are Obama and the IRS getting away with a blatant coverup?
How are Obama and the IRS getting away with a blatant coverup? | New York Post:
"To understand the latest outrage in the IRS scandal, mull over what might happen if regulators found significant evidence to implicate Goldman Sachs CEO Lloyd Blankfein in an insider trading scheme.
Let’s say Blankfein asserted his Fifth Amendment right not to answer any questions.
Say Goldman was subpoenaed to provide all of Blankfein’s e-mails.
Goldman replied that, instead of complying with the subpoena, it was itself reviewing the e-mails in question and was considering which ones to release.
Now imagine that, nearly a year later, Goldman admitted that it had not, in fact, reviewed the e-mails in question, because they had been lost in a computer crash two months before it claimed to be reviewing them.
Imagine Goldman also said copies of the e-mails were lost, because while under subpoena it had destroyed the “backup tapes” (whatever those are) that held them and that it had also thrown away Blankfein’s actual hard drive.
"To understand the latest outrage in the IRS scandal, mull over what might happen if regulators found significant evidence to implicate Goldman Sachs CEO Lloyd Blankfein in an insider trading scheme.
Let’s say Blankfein asserted his Fifth Amendment right not to answer any questions.Say Goldman was subpoenaed to provide all of Blankfein’s e-mails.
Goldman replied that, instead of complying with the subpoena, it was itself reviewing the e-mails in question and was considering which ones to release.
Now imagine that, nearly a year later, Goldman admitted that it had not, in fact, reviewed the e-mails in question, because they had been lost in a computer crash two months before it claimed to be reviewing them.
Imagine Goldman also said copies of the e-mails were lost, because while under subpoena it had destroyed the “backup tapes” (whatever those are) that held them and that it had also thrown away Blankfein’s actual hard drive.
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