IRS Protest: Tea Party Activists Demonstrate In Ohio
CINCINNATI — Chanting “IRS has got to go,” tea party activists are rallying in Cincinnati to protest extra IRS scrutiny of their groups. Waving such signs as “internal revenge service” and some wearing Colonial-era attire, members of tea party groups gathered Tuesday at the city’s Fountain Square. They plan to march to the nearby federal [...]
An Australian politician suffered gashes to one of his legs when a close encounter with a kangaroo during his morning jog turned violent. Shane Rattenbury, a minister for the local government that manages the territory around the Australian capital, Canberra, said he bumped into the animal early Thursday as he was running along the side [...]
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WASHINGTON — The war authorization that Congress passed after 9/11 will be needed for at least 10 to 20 more years, and can be used to put the United States military on the ground anywhere, from Syria to the Congo to Boston, military officials argued Thursday. The revelations came during a hearing before the Senate [...]
Continue reading …IRS Tea Party Scandal: White House Did Not Drive Investigation, Inspector General Says
May 15, 2013 No CommentWASHINGTON — The IRS Inspector General said Tuesday that incompetence, not malice, was behind the tax agency’s heavy scrutiny of conservative groups applying for tax-exempt status in the lead-up to the 2012 elections. A 48-page IG report explicitly stated that the IRS behavior was “not politically biased,” that it was due to lower-level staff who [...]
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WASHINGTON — President Obama, facing re-energized Republican adversaries and new questions about the administration’s conduct, on Monday dismissed a furor over the handling of last year’s attacks in Benghazi, Libya, as a political “sideshow” but joined a bipartisan chorus of outrage over disclosures that the Internal Revenue Service had singled out conservative groups for special [...]
Continue reading …Nate Silver Takes Down Peggy Noonan “She makes Bullshit look like elegant Soufflé “
December 18, 2012 201 Comments
Today with the release of a profile in Out magazine, which named Silver its Person of the Year. Silver once again takes a swipe at his detractors , political punditry and his adversaries . On Noonan Peggy Noonan is someone who is very, very skilled at making bullshit look like some elegant soufflé. She’s very good at rhetoric and argument, [...]
Continue reading …Mitt Romney Accidentally Confronts A Gay Veteran With Awkward Results
September 5, 2012 339 CommentsOops! It looks like Mitt Romney may have to end his campaign earlier than expected! During a campaign stop in New Hampshire which happened in December 2011, Mitt Romney decided to stop by Vietnam War veteran Bob Garon’s breakfast table to have a chat. What we didn’t expect is the level of awkwardness which ensues [...]
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ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — As U.S. frustration with Pakistan’s six-month blockade of Afghanistan-bound supplies became painfully apparent Monday at the NATO summit in Chicago, Pakistanis are growing worried that their government’s negotiating strategy could cost their country millions of dollars in American aid and jeopardize its prospects for a voice in Afghanistan’s postwar future. For weeks, [...]
Continue reading …The meticulous biographer David Maraniss revealed President Barack Obama’s early girlfriends in an excerpt of his forthcoming biography, and now the Internet is seizing upon new details of the president smoking marijuana with his buddies at the Punahou School in Hawaii. Politico’s Playbook teased the following excerpt from “Barack Obama: The Story,” which will be [...]
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SAN FRANCISCO — In 1958, the Gallup Poll asked Americans whether they approved or disapproved of marriage between blacks and whites. The response was overwhelming: 94% were opposed, a sentiment that held for decades. It took nearly 40 years until a majority of those surveyed said marriage between people of different skin colors was acceptable. [...]
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