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Tales of the #Thugocracy: Oh, so that’s why they raided Gibson Guitar

Posted by: Phineas on May 26, 2013 at 2:01 pm » 10 Comments

**Posted by Phineas You might recall a bizarre federal raid on legendary guitar manufacturer Gibson Guitar back in 2011: they were accused of importing illegally harvested wood from India and Madagascar under a century-old law. The feds showed up with automatic weapons, seized “evidence,” and generally disrupted operations to Gibson’s great cost. After all that, no criminal charges were filed, [...]

 

Tyrant Governor of New York will not tolerate dissent from his underling sheriffs

Posted by: Phineas on May 25, 2013 at 1:01 pm » 6 Comments

**Posted by Phineas Who does this guy think he is, Mike Bloomberg? Angered by county sheriffs opposed to the draconian gun law the Governor recently rammed through the legislature, Andrew Cuomo has evidently threatened to use a rarely invoked power to remove dissident sheriffs from office: Opposition to the new law has simmered in upstate areas [...]

 

#WarOnJournalism: Who’s been snooping in Sharyl Attkisson’s computers?

Posted by: Phineas on May 21, 2013 at 12:01 pm » 2 Comments

**Posted by Phineas Hmmm… Maybe FOX’s James Rosen and the AP aren’t the only targets of the White House’s ire? Here’s a radio interview CBS’ Sharyl Attkisson did with WPHT’s Chris Stigall in which she mentions unknown parties have accessed her home and work computers since February, 2011: You’ll recall that both my blog-buddy ST and I [...]

 

#IRS scandal: Democrats make clear where they stand on the 1st Amendment

Posted by: Phineas on May 16, 2013 at 2:35 pm » 4 Comments

**Posted by Phineas Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) introduced a resolution condemning the Internal Revenue Service for trampling the Constitutional rights of Americans. (For example) It didn’t get very far: Today, Senate Democrats placed a hold on Sen. Rand Paul’s recent resolution that condemns the targeting of Tea Party groups by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and calls for [...]

 

#IRS scandal: Granting tax-exempt status to pro-life groups *if* they agree not to protest Planned Parenthood

Posted by: Phineas on May 15, 2013 at 5:51 pm » 6 Comments

**Posted by Phineas But they’re absolutely, totally, without a doubt non-political. And don’t you dare say otherwise, wingnut! IRS officials refused to grant tax exempt status two pro-life organizations because of their position on the abortion issue, according to a non-profit law firm, which said that one group was pressured not to protest a pro-choice organization [...]

 

European Union or EUSSR? Brussels demands power to regulate press, fire journalists

Posted by: Phineas on January 25, 2013 at 4:01 pm » 9 Comments

**Posted by Phineas If anyone had any notion that the European Union was anything but a bureaucratic dictatorship, this should open their eyes: A European Union report has urged tight press regulation and demanded that Brussels officials are given control of national media supervisors with new powers to enforce fines or the sacking of journalists. [...]

 

Demand a Plan! (To end celebrity hypocrisy)

Posted by: Phineas on December 31, 2012 at 4:24 pm » 7 Comments

**Posted by Phineas Actually, I don’t know if they’re hypocritical so much as clueless, but the result is the same: yet another deep, meaningful campaign in which a bunch of vapid airheads go in front of a camera and repeat slogans over and over, hoping to brainwash you into submission, like a bunch of zombies. This [...]

 

Rep. Hank Johnson (D-GA): We need a Constitutional amendment that controls speech

Posted by: ST on November 30, 2012 at 5:31 pm » 10 Comments

Frightening: ATLANTA (CBS Atlanta) – A Democratic representative is calling for an amendment to the United States Constitution that would allow for some legislative restriction of freedom of speech. “We need a constitutional amendment that would allow the legislature to control the so-called free speech rights of corporations,” Rep. Hank Johnson (D-GA) was quoted as [...]

 

As his Mideast policies crumble, Obama to go to the UN… to blame a movie

Posted by: Phineas on September 23, 2012 at 1:01 pm » 13 Comments

**Posted by Phineas I was going to say “unbelievable,” but, really, it’s all too believable, the only way the schmuck knows how to act. His Middle East policies going up in flames, our embassies besieged, our diplomats murdered, and with credible evidence that we had prior warning, that security arrangements were incompetent, and that this [...]

 

(Video) Pat Condell with a word to rioting Muslims

Posted by: Phineas on September 21, 2012 at 2:01 pm » 2 Comments

**Posted by Phineas I really have nothing to add. Take it away, Pat! (Slight language warning.) President Obama, Secretary Clinton, and Senator Kerry — this is how it’s done. (Crossposted at Public Secrets)