By Executive Order: (Yahoo) – Obama, who announced that the commission member limit would change from nine to 10, had previously revealed the names of the commissions’ bipartisan co-chairs: Bob Bauer, who served as Obama’s counsel, and Republican attorney Ben Ginsberg, who worked for Mitt Romney. The other appointees—a mix that Steve Croley, deputy...
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The Los Angeles Times reported Tuesday afternoon that Lois Lerner, who heads up the Internal Revenue Service’s tax-exempt division, plans to invoke the Fifth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution in a hearing Wednesday before the House Committee on Oversight and Government Affairs. The Fifth Amendment provides that U.S. citizens may not be compelled to...
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Not sure why I still follow news on Benghazi… Clinton and Obama will sail off into the sunset unscathed. We’ve already forgotten Fast & Furious… (PJ Media) – Stevens’ mission in Benghazi, they will say, was to buy back Stinger missiles from al-Qaeda groups issued to them by the State Department, not by the...
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Good job ‘Murica! (NBC 5) – The Department of Defense confirms to NBC 5 Investigates that accused Fort Hood shooter Major Nidal Hasan has now been paid more than $278,000 since the Nov. 5, 2009 shooting that left 13 dead 32 injured. The Army said under the Military Code of Justice, Hasan’s salary cannot be suspended...
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Via Bob Owens: Incredibly, since the government doesn’t want to deal with these head injuries, they’re using the personality disorders that are a direct result of their injuries as an excuse to throw veterans out of the military with other-than-honorable discharges, so that they don’t have to take care of the wounded. Of course, this is all the...
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The “charity” run by President Barack Obama’s half-brother that was fast-tracked for IRS tax-exempt status is based at a Virginia UPS store, according to its website. The organization’s IRS filings list another Virginia address that is actually a drug rehab center where the foundation does not appear ever to have been based. The Barack...
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More whistleblowers will emerge shortly in the escalating Benghazi scandal, according to two former U.S. diplomats who spoke with PJ Media Monday afternoon. These whistleblowers, colleagues of the former diplomats, are currently securing legal counsel because they work in areas not fully protected by the Whistleblower law. According to the diplomats, what these whistleblowers...
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According to an article in the Independent.ie, the Irish are hopeful that the immigration bill (I thought there was more than one, but they only reference one), will soon reach the floor of the U.S. Senate for a vote. They have concerns, however. Getting the bill to the Senate has been an achievement. If...
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In Israel… (Israel National News) – Hundreds of residents of Gush Etzion, south of Jerusalem, were astounded Monday morning to see an oversized Nazi flag flying next to a mosque in the Arab town of Beit Omar. The residents notified the IDF. A resident, Uri Arnon, told the Tazpit News Agency: “I felt we were going back 75...
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Thought police are coming out in the open: (National Review) – When the Department of Justice is finished violating journalists’ First Amendment rights, perhaps it should look into this: Liberty Counsel, an international Christian litigation organization, has obtained a brochure entitled, “LGBT Inclusion at Work: The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Managers, distributed to...
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Apologies to any who may have suffered eye damage while viewing this post. Anyone who’s every witnessed a ‘get together’ by members of a public sector union will tell you that the one thing they all have in common (besides their Leftwing ideology) is the sheer girth of their waistlines. Behold the bovine beauty...
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