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| 20130519 18:41 | iqutuwlijq ***SPAM?*** | imsakluke ashayoluum http://esahamaviyekt.com/ | ||
| 20130519 17:21 | Shipman | Hot damn, Pappy is implying we're going back to Tahiti. I'm onboard. | ||
| 20130519 16:52 | Pappy | That's because the Tea Party is essentially a non-entity to the GOP, and to the D.C. political system at large. They're the 'landsmen' on the political Bounty. I'll leave it to you to draw the rest of the analogy. Suffice it to say I've studied mutinies, from the Bounty to the USS Vance to scores of small uprisings on other USN vessels in the 1960s-70s. We're at the "something is wrong but things will work out" stage... | ||
| 20130519 16:43 | badanov | They damn oughta be! | ||
| 20130519 15:57 | Bright Pebbles | The trouble with wretchard's post is that the republican leadership isn't too fussed about attacks on the tea party. | ||
| 20130519 14:58 | 3dc | went back to 3dc nym on new linux .... | ||
| 20130519 12:28 | mrp | Sigh. Wretchard wrings his hands about a Republican response while the Obama Leftist crush dissent. Because that's the role conservatives are now forced to play with the DOJ and Treasury politicized and playing hardball against organizers and big-wallet donors. "Going for the big brass wring" isn't a matter of elections at this point. | ||
| 20130519 12:14 | Pappy | Morning from Next to The Park. Thanks for the tip, Shipman. I'll order the kindle version. I just have to wade through about, oh, 20 books before I can get to it. | ||
| 20130519 12:11 | swksvolFF | AP, that has my son swaying and clappin'. Atkinson is good. Learned more about Italy in 2 chapters than in whole school. | ||
| 20130519 10:55 | Glenmore | Should be a second-hand hat tip, Alaska Paul; I got it from Mostly Cajun. | ||
| 20130519 07:43 | Shipman | Stop what you are doing and go order Rick atkinson's The Guns At Last Light, the last and so far the best, of his WW2 European front trilogy. It will win a prize or 2. For reasons unknown to me I have both the kindle and hardback, I only per-ordered the kindle. So if anyone is short let me know and I will send the hard bound | ||
| 20130519 02:23 | Skidmark | Kool, but its a bolt with a manual trigger. Maybe just a concept platform. | ||
| 20130518 23:32 | Pappy | One from wretchard: Perhaps the most incisive comment on the Obama administration’s plague of scandals comes from the National Journal. It argues that the scandals will hurt the Republicans “by enraging the base and strengthening the faction least willing to compromise with Obama [and] could hurt a GOP shot at the presidency.” In other words the scandals could so damage trust in the system among some conservatives that they’ll simply opt out of the party game. This will impede “deal making” according to the National Journal; and deprive the GOP of the juice to put together the coalition necessary to take their turn at the trough. Once they permanently exit the game then by default only the Democrats will keep the field. There is another danger facing Republicans which the National Journal doesn’t directly address: If the scandals go too far at unearthing the rot then even the most craven Republican will be compelled to do something about it. What the scandals have done to Washington is take the former process of political horse-trading perilously close to a zero-sum game. Each new revelation bolsters the belief that the administration has done precisely what the Republicans don’t want to do: go for for big brass ring. There are a lot of suggestive indicators. The key problem for the Republican Party — and also for conservatives of a whole — is deciding what they’re seeing. Prudence will probably stay the hand of conservatives and let things limp along for awhile. It will take more, perhaps much more to establish the belief they are actually under attack. This is as it should be, for the issues are so momentous that nobody wants to risk the political peace by some hot-headed response. Things will probably have to get a whole lot worse before a critical mass of voters choose the path that the National Journal warns against: where they exit the game. There is still some way to go until things become crystal clear; a brief space in which to make certain about what is really going on. For once we know the knowledge will bind us. There are dangerous lines to cross, which once traversed make it is hard to go back. The structures of the Republic were designed to make stark choices unnecessary. A very precious commodity — mutual trust — is at risk in the coming days. If it is trashed and expended, it will be a long time rebuilding it again. | ||
| 20130518 21:47 | Pappy | Cajun is good. | ||
| 20130518 20:39 | Alaska Paul | Some great Saturday Cajun music. Michael Doucet & Beausoleil : Kolinda Hat tip: Glenmore | ||
| 20130518 16:22 | Bright Pebbles | Assassin Inside http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2013/01/17000-linux-powered-rifle-brings-auto-aim-to-the-real-world/ | ||
| 20130518 12:00 | Pappy | The Russians are doing the Alpha-thing. | ||
| 20130518 11:10 | Dale | "The Federal Security Service in Russia has revealed the identity of the CIA's station chief in Moscow in a breach of protocol." What will Obama do- Dither. The Russians expect that in my opinion. | ||
| 20130518 08:52 | Skidmark | The rules of physics still apply Bad. Mass, acceleration, gravity, MOA,... | ||
| 20130518 08:02 | badanov | So Obama's thumb has been on the scale right along. There's no rules for them. There's no rules for us. | ||
| 20130518 03:24 | trailing wife | rammer, if you click on Post your own article, there is a box for the article text, and all sorts of cool tools for doing stuff to it. I was really excited and intimidated when I first discovered it.. Dear Skidmark. I will certainly admit to being something. What, exactly, that might be is still being worked out among the interested parties. | ||
| 20130517 20:22 | Dale | Taking back the streets :) | ||
| 20130517 19:39 | rammer | Yes, TW, that is exactly what I was using. Is there another way? | ||
| 20130517 18:22 | Glenmore | I guess Trickle wasn't enjoying life, ddn't see it getting better, and was done doing what he was here for, and so didn't see any point staying any longer. | ||
| 20130517 16:23 | badanov | And on that happy note, some Friday afternoon Glenn Miller: | ||
| 20130517 10:56 | Skidmark | TW, you are a wonder. | ||
| 20130517 10:53 | Shipman | Damn, *ick Trickle offed himself. He was a good man and will be missed. | ||
| 20130517 10:37 | Shipman | I am going to Cedar Key shortly. I have a new lens for the Nikon but I am distressed. The soul-lessness of digital cameras is starting to bother me. It's like moving from LP to MP3, very cool to start, but something, something, something small maybe, but something is wrong. But then again, as Judy sez... if you don't like it... Paint it like it should be. Holler at me, I'll buy lunch for anyone tomorrow. Cedar Key FL..... You'll love it. They take dawgs.  | ||
| 20130517 06:11 | trailing wife | why when posting an article using firefox there is no window into which to post article text and commentary? rammer, on Rantburg's front page I see: Post a news link Post your own article The News Link option does not have a box for article text. Could it be that is what you were working in? Skidmark, same question to you, if you would be so good as to check. | ||
| 20130517 05:17 | Shipman | Après moi le déluge What happens when Civil Engineers Design Bombs. Or the Air Arm of the F.L.A. practicing their dark arts in a darker time | ||
| 20130517 02:40 | Skidmark | Welcome to my world with IE, Rammer. | ||
| 20130516 23:18 | Pappy | Considering the intertubes' overall attitude, it's probably 'denigrate'. | ||
| 20130516 21:31 | abu do you love | I think the google link meant 'designate' rather than 'denigrate' | ||
| 20130516 21:30 | abu do you love | from a quick google i find: "Après moi, le déluge" is a set phrase used to denigrate the attitude of someone who acts irresponsibly, without worrying on the consequences that his/her acts could have. Something like: "I don't care what happens next, I'll be gone", "The world could collapse after I'm gone, no big deal" | ||
| 20130516 20:51 | Pappy | Louis the XV (or some say Madame Pompadour,) remarking about the coming Revolution. | ||
| 20130516 20:26 | rammer | why when posting an article using firefox there is no window into which to post article text and commentary? | ||
| 20130516 12:38 | Thing From Snowy Mountain | After me, the flood. A favorite saying of Louis XIV, I think. | ||
| 20130516 12:25 | Deacon Blues | What does that translate to? | ||
| 20130516 11:59 | Shipman | Since it's the anniversary I was reading up a little on 617 Squadron. They have the best motto evaaaaaarrrrr even tho it is French: Après moi le déluge Pretty sweet I'd say. | ||
| 20130516 08:31 | swksvolFF | Was going to say something about Oklahoma City having a tough night, but it seems some folks in Texas had a rougher night. | ||
| 20130516 07:18 | Bright Pebbles | http://preview.tinyurl.com/blqyumg Unusually good comment. | ||
| 20130515 21:03 | Pappy | Evening. One from Ed Driscoll: In attempting to explain why “Liberals Should Worry About the IRS Scandal,” Eric Liu, a former speechwriter for Bill Clinton according to his bio, seems to have a rather short memory of the past few decades: "Things got this way because right-wingers have systematically and relentlessly adopted the language and iconography of American patriotism. During that time, left-wingers laughed off the shameless jingoism of conservatives. They made patriotism ironic, the way [Stephen] Colbert’s giant eagle and giant flag are meant to be ridiculous. When the Tea Party first came on the scene, progressives rolled their eyes at all the tricorner hats and colonial garb. They didn’t ask themselves how they might don the mantle of love of country. In a sense, then, those hapless IRS bureaucrats were performing their questionable task in an unquestionably rational way: liberals just don’t proclaim patriotism very much any more, so it was plausible to conclude that any organization using such rhetoric while seeking tax-exempt status must be a conservative outfit. When words of the nation’s creedal origins and civic identity become mere partisan code, it’s bad not only for the party that no longer has access to them; it’s bad for the nation. Anyone who cares about civic education and the integrity of democracy has to be disturbed that in the word association game of contemporary politics, “Defend the Bill of Rights” and “Respect the Constitution” sound Republican." Yes, how did that happen? It’s not like the liberals at Time photographed themselves a couple of years ago shredding the Constitution and asking if it still matters. In 1966, the magazine founded four decades earlier by the son of Christian missionaries killed God; at the end of 1969, “Middle America” was Time's collective Man of the Year, it writing in utterly baffled tones at how a majority of the nation could have voted for law & order candidate Richard Nixon after witnessing the blue-on-blue horrors of 1968. CNN, which is owned by the same conglomerate that owns Time, routinely sneered at the Tea Party in 2009 and 2010. Piers Morgan, described by Jeff Zuckerman, the president of CNN (expatriated from similarly left-wing NBC) as one of the network’s “foundation brands,” sneeringly described the Constitution as “your little book,” when handed a copy on-air by Ben Shapiro in early 2013. This was only a week or so after the New York Times ended the year by running an op-ed titled, “Let’s Give Up on the Constitution;” CBS would approvingly interview its author the following month. If it’s true, as Liu writes, that “in the word association game of contemporary politics, ‘Defend the Bill of Rights’ and ‘Respect the Constitution,’ sound Republican,” it’s only because the left ceded those words long ago. The fact that they view their loss as merely “a game” is telling as well. | ||
| 20130515 19:33 | badanov | Some Wednesday evening Jamey Johnson: | ||
| 20130515 17:49 | Thing From Snowy Mountain | Always there are two, a master and an apprentice. | ||
| 20130515 17:26 | Shipman | Two rogues.... yeah, I like it. IRS Whales, trying to move on up, making big psycho-politico bets..... sure why not. But 2? There can only be 1. Besides, this is from last week, who cares. We must put aside our differences and admire the courage of AJ. (which I do actually) | ||
| 20130515 17:14 | Bright Pebbles | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-devon-22536139 Gerbil Worming! Snow and winds of 65mph hit Devon and Cornwall | ||
| 20130515 14:36 | Deacon Blues | Can you say "Scapegoat"? I think you can. Acting Internal Revenue Service Commissioner Steven Miller has said his agency has pinpointed two "rogue" employees in the agency's Cincinnati office as being principally responsible for "overly aggressive" handling of tea party requests for tax-exempt status over the past two years, a congressional source told CNN today | ||
| 20130515 11:07 | trailing wife | Good morning! Mr. Taranto once again nails it. I do enjoy that you share key bits of your readings with us, Pappy. When I saw the same thing on my own, I feel clever, and when I didn't, I learn something useful or interesting. So, for both the past and the future, thank you, my dear. | ||
| 20130515 08:48 | Pappy | Morning. James Taranto: The Internal Revenue Service last year supplied a left-leaning nonprofit charity with confidential information about conservative organizations, which the charity disseminated to the public, ProPublica reported yesterday. The charity in question was ProPublica itself. We should acknowledge that "left-leaning" is our characterization; ProPublica describes itself in its own tax filings as "entirely non-partisan and non-ideological." ProPublica is legally obliged to be nonpartisan, for it enjoys tax-exempt status under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, which means that contributions to it are tax-deductible. By contrast, the organizations the IRS has acknowledged targeting on ideological grounds are 501(c)(4)s, meaning that they are permitted to engage in some political activity and only their operations are exempt from taxes. According to yesterday's report, the IRS provided ProPublica with nine confidential applications from organizations seeking 501(c)(4) status, all of them conservative, of which ProPublica published six. ProPublica reported Dec. 14 2012 on one of the improperly supplied applications, Crossroads GPS. The IRS sent Crossroads' application to ProPublica in response to a public-records request. The document sent to ProPublica didn't include an official IRS recognition letter, which is typically attached to applications of nonprofits that have been recognized. The IRS is only required to give out applications of groups recognized as tax-exempt. In an email Thursday, an IRS spokeswoman said the agency had no record of an approved application for Crossroads GPS, meaning that the group's application was still in limbo. "It has come to our attention that you are in receipt of application materials of organizations that have not been recognized by the IRS as tax-exempt," wrote IRS spokeswoman Michelle Eldridge. She cited a law saying that publishing unauthorized returns or return information was a felony punishable by a fine of up to $5,000 and imprisonment of up to five years, or both. "ProPublica believes that the information we are publishing is not barred by the statute cited by the IRS, and it is clear to us that there is a strong First Amendment interest in its publication," said Richard Tofel, ProPublica's general manager. We're with Tofel in thinking ProPublica's decision to publish the document is all but unassailable on First Amendment grounds. In fact, it seems to us that if you work at a government agency and want to make sure a confidential document gets published, a very effective tactic is to release it to a news organization, then warn it against publication. Which raises the question: Did the IRS carelessly release the documents to ProPublica and then attempt to control the damage by threatening to prosecute? Or was the prosecution threat a case of reverse psychology, intended to goad ProPublica into publishing the documents? Occam's razor suggests the former, but either way, it doesn't do much to bolster one's confidence in the IRS's impartiality and competence. | ||
| 20130514 23:21 | Pappy | One from the NY Sun: So much scandal is swirling around President Obama that it was hard to spot what must be the biggest strategic error of the week — his warning to Prime Minister Cameron that if Britain leaves the European Union it could lose clout in Washington. The story ran in few, if any, places other than the London Financial Times. The headline read, “Obama warns Cameron that Britain would lose influence in the US if it pulls out of EU.” The idea seems to be, as the FT quotes Mr. Obama as articulating it for Mr. Cameron, that Britain’s membership in the EU is “an expression of its influence and its role in the world.” The president advised Mr. Cameron, in public statements yesterday, to try to “fix what’s broken” in the European Union rather than pull out. In context that’s an intervention by Mr. Obama into Britain’s domestic political situation, where a fast-growing United Kingdom Independence Party is challenging Mr. Cameron’s government over the issue of Europe. These columns have been for some years, urging the idea that an exit of Britain from the EU would present a chance to forge something substantive out of the “special relationship” that Britain and America are supposed to enjoy. By our lights what has made our relationship with Britain special has been neither blood ties nor sentiment but a shared concept of individual liberty. These are the ideas under threat in the European Union. It’s a situation that calls for creative thinking in the White House and the State Department. Yet somehow the logic of building a more substantial alliance between America and Britain has eluded Mr. Obama, who, along with Secretary Clinton, has run a foreign policy devoid of new ideas, save for a marked coolness toward Britain. There are those who reckon that a British American pact of some sort might be good for America but who wonder what is in it for Britain, given the weakness of the American dollar, the enormous American debt, and the ideas of the Obama administration. Throw in Obamacare and the regulatory state and a penchant for military disengagement and it might be better — the argument goes — for Britain to look to, say, Canada, which has had a particularly successful conservative government under Prime Minister Harper. | ||
| 20130514 23:12 | Pappy | That sounds about right, Snowy. Then again, a lot of Democrats in Congress were still around when Nixon was in, plus a DoJ rank-and-file legal staff that was rather partisan. | ||
| 20130514 22:27 | Pappy | Evening. Been on a light/pop-orchestra kick: | ||
| 20130514 19:46 | Thing From Snowy Mountain | I've recently read, I forget where, that that's what the Dems did during Iran/Contra. | ||
| 20130514 18:13 | Pappy | I don't think so. As I said in the Burg proper regarding the groundswell of this type of viewpoint, a smart person would tie all three impending issues together and use them two lesser (IRS and DoJ) to leverage 'Benghazi' (DoS, DoD, CIA and WH). Unfortunately the 'principled opposition' appears to be anything but smart and would rather rely on half-baked conspiracies. S'why you need a good trial lawyer handling this. | ||
| 20130514 18:01 | Dale | Just a heads up. This IRS business is to draw attention away from Bengasi. Media is under total control. | ||
| 20130514 16:08 | Bright Pebbles | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-oxfordshire-22438623 Muslim paedophile abuse gang found guilty. MSM dare not say what the common factor is with other muslim paedophile gangs. | ||
| 20130514 13:46 | Glenmore | Oh no! What will your koala bears eat? | ||
| 20130514 12:30 | Deacon Blues | I had frost the past 2 mornings. Killed the eucalyptus. | ||
| 20130514 07:57 | Dale | Global cooling to start next year. We had heavy frost in my area last night. It was a killer. Leaves may even turn brown. http://news.heartland.org/newspaper-article/2013/04/29/russian-scientists-predict-onset-global-cooling 200+ years worth. | ||
| 20130514 07:52 | Glenmore | The Democrats defense against the charges of misconduct re. Benghazi coverup, AP wiretaps and IRS abuse seems to be 'We're not evil, we're just stupid.' I thought the Republicans copyrighted that phrase for themselves years ago. |