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Too good not to be true: the #IRS can’t find its receipts

Posted by: Phineas on June 5, 2013 at 2:45 pm » 8 Comments

**Posted by Phineas Karma, with a heavy dose of irony: The Internal Revenue Service can’t find the receipts from a $4 million agency conference in 2010 — meaning, it can’t provide the same documentation for business-related travel it requires Americans to include on tax filings. CNN reported the snafu Tuesday evening. Correspondent Dana Bash told host [...]

 

Important Reminder: Harry Reid is despicable

Posted by: Phineas on March 19, 2013 at 4:01 pm » 7 Comments

**Posted by Phineas Seven Marines were killed in a training accident in Nevada last night. So, how does Senator Harry Reid, Majority Leader, Democrat of Nevada, respond to this tragic accident? Does he offer condolences to the families? Prayers for the dead? Ask for a moment of silence?That’s what any decent human being would do. [...]

 

Ridiculous QOTD: Conyers urges others to not call illegal immigrants “illegal”

Posted by: ST on February 5, 2013 at 2:00 pm » 8 Comments

Sigh. Via Yahoo News’ Ticket blog: WASHINGTON—During opening statements for the first House Judiciary Committee hearing addressing comprehensive immigration reform, the top ranking Democrat on the committee urged his fellow members and the witnesses present to avoid using the phrase “illegal immigrant” during the daylong proceedings. “I hope no one uses the term ‘illegal immigrants’ [...]

 

World’s greatest deliberative body only got three minutes to read fiscal cliff bill

Posted by: Phineas on January 3, 2013 at 5:47 pm » 9 Comments

**Posted by Phineas The 154-page fiscal cliff bill, that is: The U.S. Senate voted 89-8 to approve legislation to avoid the fiscal cliff despite having only 3 minutes to read the 154-page bill and budget score. Multiple Senate sources have confirmed to CNSNews.com that senators received the bill at approximately 1:36 AM on Jan. 1, [...]

 

Disgusting: Dem Whip Steny Hoyer compares stubborn Republicans to child murderers

Posted by: ST on December 28, 2012 at 8:40 am » 11 Comments

Taking “new tone” to all new lows: Washington (CNN) - Less than two weeks after one of the nation’s deadliest school shootings, the No.2 Democrat in the U.S. House, Steny Hoyer, compared Republican tactics for dealing with the nation’s debt limit to someone threatening to shoot a child hostage. “It’s somewhat like taking your child hostage [...]

 

Clyburn: GOP using “racial code words” to criticize @AmbassadorRice

Posted by: ST on November 20, 2012 at 11:28 am » 15 Comments

In which the SC Democrat Congressman triples down on the nonsense: Rep. James Clyburn (D-S.C.) said Tuesday that a letter from nearly 100 House Republicans urging President Obama not to appoint Susan Rice as secretary of State employed racially charged “code words” to make its case. The letter, signed by 97 House Republicans, says Rice, the [...]

 

New Tone Watch: Nikki Haley is just like Hitler’s mistress!

Posted by: Phineas on September 5, 2012 at 2:01 pm » 6 Comments

**Posted by Phineas Again I ask, what is in the water South Carolina Democrats are drinking? S.C. Democratic Chairman Dick Harpootlian, never a loss for a quick quip, tossed a few stinging one-liners at the Wednesday delegation breakfast. On Gov. Nikki Haley participating in daily news briefings in a basement studio at the NASCAR Hall [...]

 

ICE Chief of Staff resigns in face of sexual harassment allegations

Posted by: Phineas on September 2, 2012 at 5:31 pm » 4 Comments

**Posted by Phineas Well, that didn’t take long: ICE Chief of Staff Suzanne Barr has resigned after allegations of lewd behavior. In a letter to ICE Director John Morton, Barr denied the sexual harassment claims made against her. “As such, I feel it is incumbent upon me to take every step necessary to prevent further [...]

 

#DNC2012: Debbie Wasserman Switzerland has her own foreign investments to answer for

Posted by: ST on July 10, 2012 at 6:22 pm » 2 Comments

I love it: Disclosure forms reveal that Democratic National Committee chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz, a member of Congress from Florida, previously held funds with investments in Swiss banks, foreign drug companies, and the state bank of India. This revelation comes mere days after the Democratic chair attacked presumptive Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney for holding [...]

 

#NewTone: Man flips out in front of Rep. Allen West, calls him a “bought mother f*cker”

Posted by: ST on July 5, 2012 at 7:17 pm » 9 Comments

Javier Manjarres at The Shark Tank has the details: [....] Allen West was verbally accosted in front of a small group of constituents and media. West was just about to speak with a local TV station when he was interrupted by the lone detractor that seemed to have had one too many Miller Lites. The [...]