Thank You For Your Service: Department of Justice Wraps Up "Investigation" of IRS, Will Not Press Charges Against Incandescantly Corrupt Lois Lerner

Number the times the press has called upon Obama to appoint a special prosecutor, outside his apparachik chain of command? Zero.

"Ineffective management is not a crime," Assistant Attorney General Peter J. Kadzik said in a letter to the House Ways and Means Committee. "The Department of Justice’s exhaustive probe revealed no evidence that would support a criminal prosecution. What occurred is disquieting and may necessitate corrective action-- but it does not warrant criminal prosecution."
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Some Republicans have questioned the validity of the probe from the beginning, after learning that one of the Justice Department lawyers assigned to the investigation was a contributor to Mr. Obama’s political campaigns.
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Investigators said none of the witnesses they interviewed believed Ms. Lerner acted out of political motives, and said that Ms. Lerner seemed to try to correct the inappropriate scrutiny once she "recognized that it was wrong."

"None of the witnesses" -- that is, her colleagues. I'm sure the people whose tax information was illegally forwarded, or who were put through years of abuse, would disagree. But they weren't, apparently, "witnesses" to the wonderful Ms. Lerner's style of operating.

Posted by: Ace at 03:41 PM

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1 Yep. We saw this coming.

Posted by: Vote Blocking Black Panthers at October 23, 2015 03:43 PM (JkjdY)

2 This is outrageous.

Posted by: Dianna at October 23, 2015 03:43 PM (DV/Ik)

3 SO, I guess you people couldn't keep it, huh?

Posted by: Benjamin Franklin at October 23, 2015 03:44 PM (5QLCg)

4 one crime after another with this bunch

Posted by: DaveA at October 23, 2015 03:44 PM (DL2i+)

5 Term Limits - Vince Flynn

Posted by: insert rimshot here at October 23, 2015 03:44 PM (BlCZ6)

6 Is THIS what I ordered people to their deaths for at Trenton and a half-dozen places in America??!?

Posted by: George Washington at October 23, 2015 03:45 PM (5QLCg)

7 The same nothing will happen to Hillary!

Posted by: donna at October 23, 2015 03:45 PM (/dSsq)

8 SO, I guess you people couldn't keep it, huh?
Posted by: Benjamin Franklin

Evidently not.

Posted by: Dianna at October 23, 2015 03:45 PM (DV/Ik)

9 Isn't Lois Lerner one of several people who had regular face to face meetings with Obama over a hundred times?

Posted by: Hayfield Volkovski at October 23, 2015 03:46 PM (YlSaM)

10 I used to have a moral objection to the idea of tax cheating.

Now? Not so much.

Posted by: Hawkins1701 at October 23, 2015 03:46 PM (EdMxw)

11 Republic Status: Banana

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at October 23, 2015 03:46 PM (KrAjA)

12 Man......I should've just stayed in bed with Sally Hemings, for all it would've been worth......

Posted by: Thomas Jefferson at October 23, 2015 03:46 PM (5QLCg)

13 OK, everybody...shocked faces!

Posted by: tu3031 at October 23, 2015 03:46 PM (YFFpo)

14 I wonder if the press will be this forgiving in the next administration.

Sure! Hic

Pres Hillary!

Posted by: donna at October 23, 2015 03:47 PM (/dSsq)

15 Ms. Lerner seemed to try to correct the inappropriate scrutiny once she "recognized that it was wrong."

Obfuscated until exonerated by other minions is the phrase you're looking for.

Posted by: DaveA at October 23, 2015 03:47 PM (DL2i+)

16 And they threw my ass in jail?

Posted by: Kim Davis at October 23, 2015 03:47 PM (326rv)

17 Isn't Lois Lerner one of several people who had regular face to face meetings with Obama over a hundred times?

Are those meetings subject to FOIA requests? (he meant to append before posting.)

Posted by: Hayfield Volkovski at October 23, 2015 03:47 PM (YlSaM)

18 A Republic Maam, If you can keep it...

Posted by: Shit Ben Franklin said, volume 1 at October 23, 2015 03:48 PM (qh617)

19 The stuff of which banana "republics" are made.

Getting a crease in my forehead from all the facepalming lately.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at October 23, 2015 03:48 PM (go6ud)

20 13 Republic Status: Banana
Posted by: RedMindBlueState
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Sure. It looks like a banana from a distance, but up close it's the barbed cock of Satan.

Posted by: Roy at October 23, 2015 03:48 PM (VndSC)

21 It appears that some animals are more equal than others.

Posted by: Old Blue at October 23, 2015 03:48 PM (9iR5/)

22 I wonder if the press will be this forgiving in the next administration.
Posted by: Picric

Don't make me cry. I'm wearing mascara, and no one needs to see a middle-aged lady looking like a racoon.

Posted by: Dianna at October 23, 2015 03:48 PM (DV/Ik)

23 Don't be looking for any impeachment papers to originate in the House...

Posted by: torabora at October 23, 2015 03:48 PM (6GV/b)

24 Tough shit you little people!

Posted by: BignJames at October 23, 2015 03:48 PM (HtUkt)

25 17 Ms. Lerner seemed to try to correct the inappropriate scrutiny once she "recognized that it was wrong."

Obfuscated until exonerated by other minions is the phrase you're looking for.

Posted by: DaveA at October 23, 2015 03:47 PM (DL2i+)

She did nothing wrong... which is why she had to plead the fifth...

oh.... wait...

Posted by: BB Wolf at October 23, 2015 03:49 PM (qh617)

26 Number of times GOP has demanded special prosecutor? X

Number of times GOP fought to force appointment? 0

X * 0 = 0

(Political) SCIENCE!

Posted by: SocietyIs2Blame at October 23, 2015 03:49 PM (RtG9B)

27 She was guilty of at least 2 felonies and she will walk. By the time we have a real DOJ the statute of limitations will have expired.

Posted by: Vic-we have no party at October 23, 2015 03:49 PM (t2KH5)

28 seemed to try to correct the inappropriate scrutiny once she "recognized that it was wrong."

Right there it was admitted that it was "inappropriate" scrutiny and She "Seemed" to try to correct it... a once She recognized it was "wrong' So in other word She's guilty..

Posted by: donna at October 23, 2015 03:49 PM (/dSsq)

29 The IRS wouldn't be a problem if we had a simple tax code, say a flat tax with no deductions and eliminate special tax exempt status for the so called non profit foundations and 501(a)(b)(c)(d)(e)(f)&(g) to infinity and beyond.

Posted by: Hayfield Volkovski at October 23, 2015 03:50 PM (YlSaM)

30 Republic Status: Banana

Posted by: RedMindBlueState

-----------------------

Sure. It looks like a banana from a distance, but up close it's the barbed cock of Satan.

Posted by: Roy at October 23, 2015 03:48 PM

*squints*

Oh. Yeah...

*drinks*

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at October 23, 2015 03:50 PM (KrAjA)

31 Good news for Lois, and the many atheists who will welcome this as new proof of their theory.

Posted by: Austin in TX at October 23, 2015 03:50 PM (F9Hpt)

32 >>> 25 Or maybe the press will actually do there job. Can the next president appoint Lois Learner to the IRS and then will the press ask her hard questions
Posted by: Picric at October 23, 2015 03:48 PM (OpuLe)

LOLOLOLOLOLOLLOLOLOLOLOLOLLOLOLOLOLOLOLLOLOLOLOLOLOL *breathe* LOLOLOLOLOLOLLOLOLOLOLOLOLLOLOLOLOLOLOL!

Posted by: Shrillary's Vagina at October 23, 2015 03:50 PM (5QLCg)

33 No exoneration without obfuscation!

Posted by: Ghost of kari at October 23, 2015 03:50 PM (xuouz)

34 Ms. Lerner seemed to try to correct the inappropriate scrutiny once she "recognized that it was wrong

By destroying her hard drive!

What is the self defense guy is always saying about not trying to give the appearance of guilt or something?

We are no longer a nation of laws. This is a dangerous thing. This has been a maddening week all around and I am glad it's Friday, if only because the stream of bad news might die down for a day or two.

Posted by: Lea drinking beer at the local mexican place at October 23, 2015 03:51 PM (lIU4e)

35 And about that "most transparent administration" thing....this is about as transparent as it gets.

Posted by: BignJames at October 23, 2015 03:51 PM (HtUkt)

36 I'll be damned. I've been willowed.

I'll give a heads up below.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at October 23, 2015 03:52 PM (FsuaD)

37
33 No exoneration without obfuscation!

Posted by: Ghost of kari at October 23, 2015 03:50 PM (xuouz)

If the hard drive quit...

you must acquit!

Posted by: Some Lawyer... at October 23, 2015 03:52 PM (qh617)

38 Or maybe the press will actually do there job. Can the next president appoint Lois Learner to the IRS and then will the press ask her hard questions

Only if he makes her go after libtard organizations.

That idea is sneaky and underhanded. I like it.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy at October 23, 2015 03:52 PM (LUgeY)

39 This is why the GOPe is hated by conservatives.

Posted by: dogfish at October 23, 2015 03:52 PM (0O2Lr)

40 If you like your banana republic, you can keep your banana republic.

/it's good to be in favor with Prez for Life O!

Posted by: THE DOJ at October 23, 2015 03:52 PM (JkjdY)

41 So, no wrong doing = full pension?

Posted by: Chupacabra at October 23, 2015 03:53 PM (+hPIb)

42 One can only hope that Obama and this administration continue to overplay their hand, abuse their power, for the next 13 months. It will drive angry, hardworking, taxpaying voters to the polls in droves.

I see the light at the end of the tunnel.

Posted by: se pa moron at October 23, 2015 03:53 PM (sI4OA)

43 I see the light at the end of the tunnel.

Stay away from the light!

Posted by: donna at October 23, 2015 03:54 PM (/dSsq)

44 Hey! Isn't that Lamar Odom doing an ounce of blow off a hooker's ass?

Posted by: tu3031 at October 23, 2015 03:54 PM (YFFpo)

45 Released on a Friday, natch. The deed is done. Buried. It will never be spoken about by the MSM again.

Posted by: txmarko at October 23, 2015 03:54 PM (cVZ+/)

46 Go into the light!
Paradise is on the other side.

Posted by: Hayfield Volkovski at October 23, 2015 03:54 PM (YlSaM)

47 Isn't there a pending Pacific Legal Foundation lawsuit?

Republican fail is all over this, too. Issa is a frak'n softheaded cheesedirk liar.

Posted by: 13times at October 23, 2015 03:55 PM (WHVu+)

48 This wasn't even big enough for a holiday weekend dump.

But I'm sure the next election will fix it all up.

Posted by: Chupacabra at October 23, 2015 03:55 PM (+hPIb)

49 46 Go into the light!
Paradise is on the other side.

Posted by: Hayfield Volkovski at October 23, 2015 03:54 PM (YlSaM)

By the dashboard Light?

Posted by: Meatloaf at October 23, 2015 03:55 PM (qh617)

50 Equal under the law. It no longer pertains to the USA. Lerner and Clinton are two of many who seem to not be bound by the law. We are officially a banana republic.

Posted by: Lady in Black...sigh at October 23, 2015 03:56 PM (pVkEV)

51 Can't wait to see what President Hildebeast has in store for us.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at October 23, 2015 03:56 PM (FsuaD)

52 As I just posted a few minutes ago makes me wonder no matter what the FBI does if the justice department doesn't want to go to war with Bill well just forget it

Posted by: Skip at October 23, 2015 03:56 PM (Ken0l)

53 By the dashboard Light?
Posted by: Meatloaf at October 23, 2015 03:55 PM (qh617)

He would do anything for love, but not that.

Posted by: WTF does this line mean again? at October 23, 2015 03:56 PM (lIU4e)

54 About all played out now. They won all their battles but they're washed out losers. Correct me if you think Learner or Hillary or even Old Bill looks like a winner. IRS is about to become irrelevant too. A dead horse can't pull a wagon no matter how hard you beat it. Mabe they can find a job in the private sector. :-)

Posted by: it'll happen at October 23, 2015 03:56 PM (PGh+Q)

55 You have to wonder how long this corruption will go on without someone starting a battle.

The Executive Branch uses the people's government against them, then uses the judicial branch as a subterfuge to sanction it

I'm thinking eventually this doesn't end well..

Posted by: Marcus T at October 23, 2015 03:57 PM (GGCsk)

56 Yes ignore all the evidence of attempted cover up. They are getting close to forcing a violent revolution . They are eliminating all avenues of peaceful recourse.

Posted by: Max Rockatansky at October 23, 2015 03:57 PM (AHcCm)

57 lol, i'm actually becoming scared of my own countries govt.

what assholes they are to do this in america.
goals or not what fkn assholes.

i spit on them.
shame on them

Posted by: willow at October 23, 2015 03:57 PM (jOumW)

58 All the media will report is that the wing nuts lost again.

And no guilt probably equals no standing, so we're all done here.

Posted by: Chupacabra at October 23, 2015 03:57 PM (+hPIb)

59 50 Equal under the law. It no longer pertains to the USA. Lerner and Clinton are two of many who seem to not be bound by the law. We are officially a banana republic.

Posted by: Lady in Black...sigh at October 23, 2015 03:56 PM (pVkEV)

And yet, no one in the GOP will make this a CAMPAIGN issue...

Why? Because they LIKE it this way... as they are also on the side of the Mandarins... (they just want to be the ones in charge of who gets prosecuted...).

Posted by: Big Bad Wolf at October 23, 2015 03:57 PM (qh617)

60 42 - YA, SURE YOU BETCHA. Uh-Huh. I remember this blog before bammy's first annointing, something like yeah, maybe after 4 years of a bammy regime the country will arise. Did it? No. We doubled down on dumb. And now... I WANNA BACK A WINNER! HILLARY! BCUZ VAGINA!! We. Are. Doomed.

Posted by: OK, Thanks, Bye at October 23, 2015 03:58 PM (ucB75)

61 Openly criminal, openly corrupt, openly evil....

Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 23, 2015 03:58 PM (LrmB9)

62 Notch another one we lost. Score is what? 4,316,331 to 0?

Posted by: OurCountryIsScrewed at October 23, 2015 03:58 PM (DlmoZ)

63 Can we at least immortalize her by creating new legislation that will abolish the IRS and call it the Lerner Law?

Posted by: Lemmiwinks at October 23, 2015 03:58 PM (z+4T3)

64 Everyone keep buying lottery tickets. That ranch in Texas may be our only hope.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at October 23, 2015 03:58 PM (FsuaD)

65 Not to worry. This will all change as soon as we elect a republican to the Office of President.

Posted by: Hayfield Volkovski at October 23, 2015 03:59 PM (YlSaM)

66 And really, the only peaceful power I believe "the people" still wield is the power of jury nullification. The rest is just there to make soothing cooing noises in your ear.

Posted by: Chupacabra at October 23, 2015 03:59 PM (+hPIb)

67 53 By the dashboard Light?
Posted by: Meatloaf at October 23, 2015 03:55 PM (qh617)

He would do anything for love, but not that.

Posted by: WTF does this line mean again? at October 23, 2015 03:56 PM (lIU4e)

( I would never lie to you, and that's a fact...)...

Posted by: Big Bad Wolf at October 23, 2015 03:59 PM (qh617)

68 65 Not to worry. This will all change as soon as we elect a republican to the Office of President.

Like Bushs DOJ who brought charges against Scooter Libby?

Posted by: donna at October 23, 2015 04:00 PM (/dSsq)

69 When it happens I want to lead the mission that eliminates the MSM.

Posted by: Max Rockatansky at October 23, 2015 04:00 PM (AHcCm)

70 Did they ever interview the victims?

IIRC, True the Vote's Katherine Engelbrect and others had said no one ever contacted them to hear their side of the story.

Victimless crime, apparently...

Posted by: Lizzy at October 23, 2015 04:00 PM (NOIQH)

71 No longer a nation of laws.

We are a nation of men and mewling quims.

Posted by: Drill_Thrawl at October 23, 2015 04:00 PM (JOG+K)

72
67 53 By the dashboard Light?
Posted by: Meatloaf at October 23, 2015 03:55 PM (qh617)

He would do anything for love, but not that.

Posted by: WTF does this line mean again? at October 23, 2015 03:56 PM (lIU4e)

( I would never lie to you, and that's a fact...)...

Posted by: Big Bad Wolf at October 23, 2015 03:59 PM (qh617)

DAMN! Sock Fail....

Posted by: Said by every politican right before they lie .... at October 23, 2015 04:00 PM (qh617)

73 What do you call it when an entire political class has ruled themselves above the law and used the auspices of an alleged democratic republic to further that corruption?

Posted by: Marcus T at October 23, 2015 04:00 PM (GGCsk)

74 This will only embolden them.

Posted by: Lizzy at October 23, 2015 04:01 PM (NOIQH)

75 again and again
breaks my fkn heart.

i just cannot.believe.it!

Posted by: willow at October 23, 2015 04:01 PM (jOumW)

76 SO, I guess you people couldn't keep it, huh?
Posted by: Benjamin Franklin at October 23, 2015 03:44 PM (5QLCg)
_____________________

Sorry, no Ben.

We tried, but we were vastly outnumbered by millions of idiots who were far more interested in the size of Kim Kardashian's ass cheeks than the fact that their country was being destroyed and their freedoms stolen from them and their children and grandchildren.

Posted by: TrivialPursuer at October 23, 2015 04:01 PM (a31sM)

77
Dear America,

I gave you the middle finger and you complained. Well, the DOJ just validated my utter contempt for you unwashed members of the proletariat, and you can go fuck yourselves.

Regards,

Lois Lerner

Posted by: Lois Lerner, Unindicted Felon at October 23, 2015 04:01 PM (OiFtZ)

78 Eff Lois!
I'm disgusted by the lack of accountability & all the scandals & media covering up for the SCOAMT.

Posted by: Carol at October 23, 2015 04:01 PM (sj3Ax)

79 There's been mention of Mitch Rapp here recently, but when I read stuff like this, I tend to think of Flynn's 1998 novel Term Limits. I don't advocate violence, I just want these people brought to justice, but I find it incredible that popular authors have been calling our attention to certain abuses, and these exact same abuses have only been getting worse over the decades.

Posted by: Bruce Boehner at October 23, 2015 04:02 PM (VJ3W8)

80 >>What do you call it when an entire political class has ruled themselves above the law and used the auspices of an alleged democratic republic to further that corruption?

Banana republic?

Posted by: Lizzy at October 23, 2015 04:02 PM (NOIQH)

81 Forget it, Jake, It's Chinatown.

Once corruption has been made the order of the day in all our most important institutions, there is no going back.

Posted by: nick at October 23, 2015 04:02 PM (EMQZg)

82 On the off chance that the republicans win the WH, and somehow manage to maintain leadership in the House and Senate, these institutions must be purged. As in the DOJ, IRS, EPA, Dept. Energy (for all those crony loans), Dept. Education and any other 3 lettered agency that tickles the fancy.

These agencies have all become nothing but political and rogue.

Again assuming the WH goes republican, fire each and every head of the agency, and their subordinates. 20-30% across the board non-negotiable budget cuts - by executive fiat. The House/Senate can approve the funding - doesn't mean it has to be spent, right?!?!

Washington DC is in a dire need of a cleansing.

Posted by: OurCountryIsScrewed at October 23, 2015 04:02 PM (DlmoZ)

83 Can't wait to see what President Hildebeast has in store for us. Posted by: Jane D'oh at October 23, 2015 03:56 PM (FsuaD

Please don't go defeatist on us. I will never forget the line of voters lined up before dawn to kick Jimmy Carter out of the White House. I've got the same vib now as I had then.

Hillary Clinton is by no means a sure thing.

Posted by: se pa moron at October 23, 2015 04:03 PM (sI4OA)

84 Doesn't karma ever slap these corrupt Democrats? How is it possible that so few, if any Dems, ever get what is coming to them. Lerner will retire with a full govt pension and be rewarded for her loyalty by the Party. Hillary very well may be our next president. When does any vile, lying, corrupt Dem feeding at the public trough ever get what they have coming? Worst that ever happens is some negative publicity and they retire from public view. Anthony Weiner was one of the few that came close, thanks to the effort of Breitbart but even he deserved far worse than he got. So discouraging.

Posted by: George Orwell de Leon at October 23, 2015 04:03 PM (1BQGO)

85 we really need to organise, fund legal actions start harassing the small willing goons with lawfarfe.

is that a bad idea!?
i keep asking

Posted by: willow at October 23, 2015 04:03 PM (jOumW)

86 If you're not armed by now, you're a fool.

Posted by: Rusty Nail at October 23, 2015 04:03 PM (S2VsH)

87 I see the light at the end of the tunnel.

Posted by: se pa moron at October 23, 2015 03:53 PM (sI4OA)

You mean that light that looks and sounds suspiciously like a train?

Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at October 23, 2015 04:04 PM (4ErVI)

88 If it was a Republican.....ah,nevermind.

Posted by: steevy at October 23, 2015 04:04 PM (8HTq1)

89 And note...

She keeps her Government retirement... $102,000 per year, for the rest of her life...

Paid for, by we the People... or at least the 1/2 of us who actually pay taxes.

Posted by: Big Bad Wolf at October 23, 2015 04:04 PM (qh617)

90 We all knew this is how it would end up, but we could use a happy post for a change.

Posted by: L, Elle at October 23, 2015 04:04 PM (2x3L+)

91 so Peter Kadzic outs himself as corrupt.

Posted by: x at October 23, 2015 04:05 PM (57fhp)

92 87 I see the light at the end of the tunnel.

Posted by: se pa moron at October 23, 2015 03:53 PM (sI4OA)

You mean that light that looks and sounds suspiciously like a train?
Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at October 23, 2015 04:04 PM (4ErVI)

The air horn and diesel fumes are a dead giveaway.

Posted by: Insomniac at October 23, 2015 04:06 PM (2Ojst)

93 This is an *insanely* dangerous game.

Is F. F. Piven still alive? I'd hate to have her see the fruits of all her insanity.

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at October 23, 2015 04:06 PM (bLnSU)

94 Which Moron was talking about karma the other day, and how it wasn't about the universe being fair, but your behaviors turning you into what your actions ordained. Or something like that? Maybe donna?

Hillary definitely lives in a paranoid little box she built for herself. May everything she gains taste of ashes in her mouth.

Or something, something, or other.

Posted by: Chupacabra at October 23, 2015 04:07 PM (+hPIb)

95 I remember seeing that little shit Jonathan Karl at ABC on one of those news shows gushing at the majesty of all these new huge courthouses...gleefully rejoicing in their creation.

Not once did that cunt mention anything about what would actually be going on inside them.

This country is so fucked.

Posted by: Rev E Buzz, the Doc of Rock at October 23, 2015 04:07 PM (kkzoy)

96 As I asked on twitter

Is there a superhero vigilante whose gig is dealing justice to corrupt government employees?
Asking for a fiend.
#LoisLerner

I'm thinking we should create one. Auditman.

Posted by: @votermom at October 23, 2015 04:07 PM (cbfNE)

97

Time to vote for ALL outliers now? All outsiders? Even if they are 18 year old fishing guides?

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at October 23, 2015 04:08 PM (qCMvj)

98 I see the light at the end of the tunnel.

Posted by: se pa moron at October 23, 2015 03:53 PM (sI4OA)

Light never escapes Hilary's event horizon. HUGE.

Posted by: 13times at October 23, 2015 04:08 PM (WHVu+)

99 did they just comment when they believed they were treated unjustly by anyone?

i' srs, even the justice warriors organised and fought back, little increments until they own the show.

so why cannot we organise better

Posted by: willow at October 23, 2015 04:08 PM (jOumW)

100 Check out the back up singers.
Robert Palmer it's not.

By the dashboard lights.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C11MzbEcHlw

Posted by: Hayfield Volkovski at October 23, 2015 04:08 PM (YlSaM)

101
"Number the times the press has called upon Obama to appoint a special prosecutor,"
.................

But I thought he was madder than anyone about this, and was not going to rest until the persons responsible were held accountable.

Posted by: wth at October 23, 2015 04:08 PM (wAQA5)

102 "It will drive angry, hardworking, taxpaying voters to the polls in droves."

The only thing that will cause trouble is if a subsidy stops. Everything but the cash economy is subsidized. In any company only about 20% of the people are doing useful work. The others are compliance, affirmative action, legacy or nepotism. Worse in Government.

Obama broke the will of Congress by turning off EBT cards last time around. Everyone will know how bad things are when food stops getting distributed in Sanctuary Cities. Congress has been effectively been made into a rubber stamp.

Posted by: not kidding at October 23, 2015 04:08 PM (PGh+Q)

103
Ace left out the last part of the post title:

And The Republicans Say Thank You, Sir, May I Have Another?

Posted by: Soothsayer at October 23, 2015 04:08 PM (MGV6a)

104 I'm shocked! Shocked! That a radical leftist AG let a radical leftist IRS agent off the hook. For doing their master's bidding.

Well, turn about's fair play. If we win, purge the fucks from the IRS, and Justice, and then use the power of government to persecute the libs.

Posted by: Iblis at October 23, 2015 04:09 PM (rP2JJ)

105 94 Which Moron was talking about karma the other day, and how it wasn't about the universe being fair, but your behaviors turning you into what your actions ordained. Or something like that? Maybe donna?

--

That was me.

Posted by: @votermom at October 23, 2015 04:09 PM (cbfNE)

106 >>>"may necessitate corrective action"

Sounds like a good line for a gravestone

Posted by: Max Power at October 23, 2015 04:09 PM (q177U)

107 If you're not armed by now, you're a fool.
Posted by: Rusty Nail

I concur with Rusty!
-Hang Nail

Posted by: rickb223 at October 23, 2015 04:09 PM (+ZSW1)

108 94
I think someone posted that as we age, we all get the face we deserve. It matches our soul.

Posted by: CaliGirl at October 23, 2015 04:09 PM (BHl9S)

109 Those talking heads that love them some courthouses are like the teacher in The Sixth Sense when Cole told him that they used to hang people at the school.

Which are also the same ones that got all butthurt about the monopoly on violence thing.

Posted by: Chupacabra at October 23, 2015 04:09 PM (+hPIb)

110
Time to vote for ALL outliers now? All outsiders? Even if they are 18 year old fishing guides?
Posted by: artisanal 'ette at October 23, 2015 04:08 PM (qCMvj)

ok, i like this idea

Posted by: willow at October 23, 2015 04:09 PM (jOumW)

111 101 At first he said that.Later it was a " phony scandal".

Posted by: steevy at October 23, 2015 04:09 PM (8HTq1)

112 All Hail Hydra!

Posted by: Creeky at October 23, 2015 04:10 PM (XemiY)

113

Watching the Dems so gleeful of their own destruction. Such clueless sheep.

You can say this is what they want, but they cannot see to the end of this Marxist tunnel.

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at October 23, 2015 04:10 PM (qCMvj)

114 I thought it was an 'ette. Thanks VM.

Posted by: Chupacabra at October 23, 2015 04:10 PM (+hPIb)

115 31: " Good news for Lois, and the many atheists who will welcome this as new proof of their theory."

Not good news for this atheist.

Of all of Obama's many high crimes, I'd rank this one at the top. That's not really based on any sort of analysis, just a gut feeling. The IRS is already given too much power -- they can come in and ruin a man without even so much as a hearing, for the crime of trying to keep the fruits of his own labor. To weaponize this already inherently corrupt agency against his political opponents, and then to investigate it with his own Justice Department henchmen -- there are no words to express my disgust.

It's this sort of thing that makes the second amendment my biggest issue in evaluating candidates. The only thing standing between these assholes and the creation of a system of gulags is a well-armed populace. I know there are a lot of people here who consider immigration their hill to die on; but without 2A rights, that wall they build will end up keeping us in rather than keeping illegals out.

Posted by: Pastafarian at October 23, 2015 04:11 PM (LqrRo)

116 101 At first he said that.Later it was a " phony scandal".

Yeah , phony just like Fast and Furious, Solyndra, Benghazi.etc,etc,etc..

Posted by: donna at October 23, 2015 04:11 PM (/dSsq)

117 Once the balless Rethugs took impeachment off the table Holder and Obama could do anything they wanted w/o fear of any retribution.

So yes, we have no opposition Party.

Posted by: Vic-we have no party at October 23, 2015 04:11 PM (t2KH5)

118 Did they ever interview the victims?

Posted by: Lizzy at October 23, 2015 04:00 PM (NOIQH)

To quote one of Lerner's co-criminals in one of the few e-mails scrounged out by IJ - those kinds of people give the MFM an "icky feeling," so, no, why would they ask *them* what happened? Ewwwwww!

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at October 23, 2015 04:12 PM (bLnSU)

119 Well, turn about's fair play. If we win, purge the fucks from the IRS, and Justice, and then use the power of government to persecute the libs.
Posted by: Iblis

One hitch to your plan, it would require an opposition party.

Posted by: Prince Ludwig the #Problematic at October 23, 2015 04:12 PM (awspb)

120 I put the money back (or at least tried to) once I realized that what I had done was wrong. So . . we're good, right? Totes cool!

Posted by: Willie Sutton at October 23, 2015 04:12 PM (JO9+V)

121
Was the VA Death Scandal "innefective management," too?

Posted by: Soothsayer at October 23, 2015 04:12 PM (MGV6a)

122 What do you call it when an entire political class has ruled themselves above the law and used the auspices of an alleged democratic republic to further that corruption?

Congress? IIRC, they started it by exempting themselves from their own laws. How that is in any way legal befuddles me to no end.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy at October 23, 2015 04:13 PM (LUgeY)

123 I mean it wasn't like she violated anyone's Constitutional rights or anything.

Posted by: Mortimer at October 23, 2015 04:14 PM (0dcbp)

124 Yeah, all "innocent" people take the fifth...

Posted by: donna at October 23, 2015 04:14 PM (/dSsq)

125 Once the balless Rethugs took impeachment off the table Holder and Obama could do anything they wanted w/o fear of any retribution.

So yes, we have no opposition Party.
Posted by: Vic-we have no party

Gosh, you're right. That table used to terrify me so.

Posted by: Bubba Clinton The Impeached at October 23, 2015 04:14 PM (326rv)

126 "so why cannot we organise better"

Work to do. People and animals to care for. Books to read.

Pray. God will protect anyone who asks from these evil people. Everyone who has took up the secular fight has been corrupted or had their corruption exposed. Politics is a nasty business.

Posted by: not kidding at October 23, 2015 04:15 PM (PGh+Q)

127 Consider this your manumission, as it were. When dealing with the government, you need no longer consider ethics or morality, merely consequence.

Posted by: Grump928(c) at October 23, 2015 04:15 PM (evdj2)

128 >>>>Hillary Clinton is by no means a sure thing.

No offense, but I LOLed pretty hard at that one.

/wipes tears

Posted by: Max Power at October 23, 2015 04:15 PM (q177U)

129 F it. If Republicans get control of the WH and both houses, ram shit down their throats. investigate the hell out of them. throw them in jail for trumped up charges. what difference does it make?

Posted by: pointsnfigures at October 23, 2015 04:16 PM (hSpC/)

130 media.

this could not happen without their advocation and assist.

so we have some of fox news barely..
we have prtected the asses sorry assets of corporate world while they throw us down the barrel.

Posted by: willow at October 23, 2015 04:16 PM (jOumW)

131 Why would the President prosecute himself?

Posted by: SH at October 23, 2015 04:16 PM (gmeXX)

132 It has now become your actually patriotic duty to cheat the government and the MFM in every way you can.

Posted by: Grump928(c) at October 23, 2015 04:16 PM (evdj2)

133 Didn't this scold-faced hag use fucking g-mail to conduct her unofficial, clandestine activities?

Oh yeah. Innocent like Grannybot, Slayer of Martinis.

Posted by: Fritz at October 23, 2015 04:16 PM (3tjn4)

134 Gonna be a lot of canoe accidents next year.

Posted by: Max Power at October 23, 2015 04:16 PM (q177U)

135 "At first he said that.Later it was a " phony scandal"

I've read/heard, maybe hundreds of comments by liberals about the phony "alleged" targeting of conservative. F*ing brain-dead idiots don't know or are too stupid to realize Lois Lerner arranged a press conference to announce that is exactly what she did and apologized at it. But conservatives are paranoid and imagining the whole thing.

Posted by: George Orwell de Leon at October 23, 2015 04:17 PM (1BQGO)

136
So yes, we have no opposition Party.

Government shutdowns are worse than Hitler.

Posted by: DNCGOP-UNIPARTY at October 23, 2015 04:17 PM (0dcbp)

137
101 At first he said that.Later it was a " phony scandal".
Posted by: steevy at October 23, 2015 04:09 PM (8HTq1)
...................

Gosh, it's almost as if we're being toyed with.

Posted by: wth at October 23, 2015 04:17 PM (wAQA5)

138 ***"and said that Ms. Lerner seemed to try to correct the inappropriate scrutiny once she "recognized that it was wrong."***

Just like that Sherrod scrunt, she should have recognized it was wrong from the get-go. You can't convince me that these people are that braindead that they didn't know that what they were doing was illegal.

So they either acted with malicious intent or they're complete fvcking imbeciles. There is no other choice and in either case they don't deserve another dime of taxpayer money.

These people are playing with fire.

Posted by: Burn the Witch at October 23, 2015 04:17 PM (Wckf4)

139 This morning I posted a link to an article over at cnsnews.com about a woman who wrote a paper on how kitchens are sexist.

Then, this, from the FreeBeacon

FEDERAL STUDY SEEKS 'GENDER NORMS CHANGE'
CDC STUDY 'CHALLENGING RIGID MASCULINITY NORMS ABOUT WHAT IT MEANS TO BE A MAN'

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is spending nearly $1 million on a study that seeks to change gender norms in order to prevent sexual assault, teaching young men to resist "rigid masculinity."

Study introduces 'Manhood 2.0'
Costs $899,364
'Masculinity that does not involve physical strength'

No one knows what they are anymore. Everyone is becoming brain damaged. We will be wiped out soon. We are raises wimps, whiners, and losers.

Are We Not Men?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hRguZr0xCOc

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at October 23, 2015 04:18 PM (qCMvj)

140 Didn't this scold-faced hag use fucking g-mail to conduct her unofficial, clandestine activities?

Oh yeah. Innocent like Grannybot, Slayer of Martinis.
Posted by: Fritz

Gmail? Disgraceful.

Posted by: John.Brennan_CIAdirector@AOL.com at October 23, 2015 04:18 PM (awspb)

141 I'm going to repeat my list to stimulate other's contributions

There is a lot you can do against Leviathan without even sticking your neck out. Some thoughts in no particular order:

1 Stop buying stuff
2 Do only what the government directly compels you to do.
3 Pay in cash with a winkwink
4 Cheat the government whenever possible
5 Steal all your entertainment
6 If you know of tax cheating, keep your mouth shut
7 If called to jury, refuse to convict
8 Discriminate in all your private dealings, without openly saying so
9 If you see a CoC sticker on a business, go elsewhere
10 Vote against all tax levies, particularly school levies
11 Buy firearms and ammo. It's not simply a just-in-case, it's a good financial investment of small sums when savings are yielding 1/4 of a percent.

Good Citizens are chumps.

They need us more than we need them.

Posted by: Grump928(c) withdraws his consent at October 23, 2015 04:18 PM (evdj2)

142 'Just you try something else, little miss tea party! I'll pull your pigtails so hard you'll pee in your panties!'
L. Lerner

Posted by: Eromero at October 23, 2015 04:18 PM (go5uR)

143 And, doesn't this statement say that ignorance of the law is now a valid defense?

Posted by: Chupacabra at October 23, 2015 04:18 PM (+hPIb)

144
Damn! I missed out on the $1 million dollar end of game lottery! The odds were only 1:1.5 mil.

I coulda been a winna!

Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at October 23, 2015 04:19 PM (iQIUe)

145 Gonna be a lot of canoe accidents next year.

====

And 3D printer sales. And hobbyist plumbers and welders. And maybe some home chemistry sets and backyard rocketry might make a comeback.

Posted by: Bigby's Mangled Manicure at October 23, 2015 04:19 PM (3ZtZW)

146 Illegal=Ineffective Management

Bizarro world.

Posted by: Burn the Witch at October 23, 2015 04:19 PM (Wckf4)

147 It's a sad day when the regulars, the trolls, and Sid Blumenthals sock puppets all say the same thing. I refuse to embrace defeatism. Half the population (actual men) hate her and know damn well she's coming for their balls.

Posted by: se pa moron at October 23, 2015 04:20 PM (sI4OA)

148 >>>No one knows what they are anymore. Everyone is becoming brain damaged. We will be wiped out soon. We are raises wimps, whiners, and losers.

Testosterone is a hell of a leveling agent. Biology finds a way.

Posted by: Max Power at October 23, 2015 04:20 PM (q177U)

149 I saw this movie before. Robespierre gets whacked at the end.

Posted by: Roy at October 23, 2015 04:21 PM (VndSC)

150 Of course she is, SE PA. The problem is that no matter how Neo votes, he's still in the Matrix.

Posted by: Chupacabra at October 23, 2015 04:21 PM (+hPIb)

151
Grannybot, Slayer of Martinis.
Posted by: Fritz
...................

oh, I needed that laugh

Posted by: wth at October 23, 2015 04:21 PM (wAQA5)

152 Mais, non!
c'est une république de banane

Posted by: anti-socialist at October 23, 2015 04:21 PM (o9lmn)

153 Not sure Hilary will become president,it may be someone worse.

Posted by: steevy at October 23, 2015 04:21 PM (8HTq1)

154 There is a lot you can do against Leviathan without even sticking your neck out.

============

Its a good list. For another viewpoint with YMMV look at Starving The Monkeys

Posted by: Bigby's Mangled Manicure at October 23, 2015 04:21 PM (3ZtZW)

155 ***"And, doesn't this statement say that ignorance of the law is now a valid defense?"***

This x 18trillion

Posted by: Burn the Witch at October 23, 2015 04:22 PM (Wckf4)

156 >>No offense, but I LOLed pretty hard at that one.

/wipes tears
Posted by: Max Power at October 23, 2015 04:15 PM (q177U)
<<

History tells us it's a very big mistake to look past a bunch of angry people who feel overtly threatened by their government. When that happens, at a minimum, a very large group of those people who don't normally show up to vote, do.

People know corruption when they see it. Even for this Administration, this case is pretty manifest.

She's also not at all likable, even among Democrats. She is even less well liked by Independents.

No, I don't think she is inevitable at all. They only reason she will get voted in is if Republicans piss off and demoralize their base. Which is of course possible.

Posted by: Marcus T at October 23, 2015 04:22 PM (GGCsk)

157 Testosterone is a hell of a leveling agent. Biology finds a way.
Posted by: Max Power at October 23, 2015 04:20 PM (q177U)

survival of the fittest

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at October 23, 2015 04:22 PM (qCMvj)

158 97: "Time to vote for ALL outliers now? All outsiders? "

I can't picture Trump, Carson, or Fiorina doing what has to be done: Gutting the leviathan, eliminating entire departments whose only purpose is to impede liberty and soak up money (including the IRS), slashing both spending and government confiscation of income. I can't see any of them having the will or political savvy to even attempt this.

We need a revolutionary. I think Cruz is a very careful, temperate politician; I hope that's only his outward persona, presented to make him more electable. I'm hoping he's secretly one of you anonymous AoS commenters. Maybe AllenS, or that Empire of Jeff guy that once hung around here.

Posted by: Pastafarian at October 23, 2015 04:22 PM (LqrRo)

159 Pray. God will protect anyone who asks from these
evil people.

Posted by: not kidding at October 23, 2015 04:15 PM (PGh+Q)

You go ahead and depend on "God" to fix everything for us. He's been so nice to all those folks who live in the "Holy Land", after all.

Sorry, but your advice sounds as dumb as the concept of "Insh'allah" to me. While you're busy praying, leftist thugs will be kicking in your door, shooting your dogs, and raping your wife and daughter.

I'm not in a praying mood anymore.

Posted by: Rusty Nail at October 23, 2015 04:23 PM (S2VsH)

160 Wow. Hurricane Patricia with 200 mph winds. Gonna need a taller fence.

Posted by: se pa moron at October 23, 2015 04:23 PM (sI4OA)

161 Posted by: se pa moron at October 23, 2015 04:20 PM (sI4OA)

Observing reality is hardly an embrace of defeatism.

Posted by: Burn the Witch at October 23, 2015 04:23 PM (Wckf4)

162 Gonna be a lot of canoe accidents next year.

====

And 3D printer sales. And hobbyist plumbers and welders. And maybe some home chemistry sets and backyard rocketry might make a comeback. Posted by: Bigby's Mangled Manicure ..................All part of our new Half-Black Market

Posted by: wth at October 23, 2015 04:23 PM (wAQA5)

163 As much as Glenn Beck annoys the ever-lovin' crap out of me, he was dead-on right about the hell we would be facing in Obama's second term.

I pray the descent slows, but history shows that it usually accelerates.

Posted by: Pug Mahon at October 23, 2015 04:23 PM (RwwCT)

164 ¯\_(ツ )_/¯

Posted by: Grump928(c) withdraws his consent at October 23, 2015 04:23 PM (evdj2)

165 Government extortion is a tax.

Sodomy is marriage.

The Bill of Rights has an expiration date.

Mind your place, submit to your betters.

All laws are for you un-people.

America!

Posted by: DNCGOPSCOTUSPOTUS-UNIPARTY at October 23, 2015 04:24 PM (0dcbp)

166 She's also not at all likable, even among Democrats. She is even less well liked by Independents.

====

That's right! They hate her -- but they're not going to do something "crazy" like vote for a Republican

Posted by: Bigby's Mangled Manicure at October 23, 2015 04:24 PM (3ZtZW)

167 So- I guess when a new government takes over who doesn't like the liberals, turnabout is fair play?

I think people should be very careful with their political celebrations. Today's victory may very well presage tomorrows defeat.

Posted by: Marcus T at October 23, 2015 04:24 PM (GGCsk)

168 As much as Glenn Beck annoys the ever-lovin' crap out of me, he was dead-on right about the hell we would be facing in Obama's second term.

-------

I'm not sure Glenn Beck knew anything that no one else knew. But what do people want in this. There is no way Obama is going to prosecute his own agent. This isn't a legal matter. This is a political matter.

Posted by: SH at October 23, 2015 04:24 PM (gmeXX)

169 >>no one needs to see a middle-aged lady looking like a racoon.

Why are you looking at me?

Posted by: Hillary at October 23, 2015 04:25 PM (c7vUv)

170 Fuck it. The GOP candidate should announce that they will prosecute, and will not recognize any pardons issued by Obama.

Also, since we're no longer honoring the constitution, let's remove the whole "corruption of the blood" clause as well. I want to see Lerner's children punished for her crimes.

Posted by: Hillary! at October 23, 2015 04:26 PM (OiH3z)

171
I really hope that no one takes this the wrong way, and I am merely making an historical observation, but with the Benghazi hearing, the ignoring of Lois Lerner and the IRS and the kabuki Speaker theatre, one can understand how a citizenry can welcome the likes of an Augusto Pinochet to "clean up the mess," so to speak.

That is in no way an endorsement. Just an observation.

But I stand by it.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at October 23, 2015 04:26 PM (St6BJ)

172 Glenn Beck, the guy who was going to smuggle "refugees" into the country?

That Glenn Beck?

Fvck that guy.

Posted by: Burn the Witch at October 23, 2015 04:26 PM (Wckf4)

173 I saw this movie before. Robespierre gets whacked at the end.
Posted by: Roy at October 23, 2015 04:21 PM (VndSC)

Only AFTER a lot of sweet nuns lose their heads.

Posted by: Rusty Nail at October 23, 2015 04:27 PM (S2VsH)

174 I really hope that no one takes this the wrong way, and I am merely making an historical observation, but with the Benghazi hearing, the ignoring of Lois Lerner and the IRS and the kabuki Speaker theatre, one can understand how a citizenry can welcome the likes of an Augusto Pinochet to "clean up the mess," so to speak.

That is in no way an endorsement. Just an observation.

But I stand by it.

We are disgusted by this thought.......Except when we advocate it.

Posted by: Spike lee and Thomas Friedman at October 23, 2015 04:27 PM (326rv)

175 172 Glenn Beck, the guy who was going to smuggle "refugees" into the country?

That Glenn Beck?

Fvck that guy.
Posted by: Burn the Witch at October 23, 2015 04:26 PM (Wckf4)

You want Jeff Beck.
You'd settle for a bottle of Beck's.
You'll get Glenn Beck.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at October 23, 2015 04:27 PM (St6BJ)

176 All kidding aside se pa moron, your attitude is admirable.

Posted by: Max Power at October 23, 2015 04:27 PM (q177U)

177 So remember back when Lois plead the 5th? You can only do that in cases of self incrimination.

So, if no crime was committed per the DOJ, then she can't self incriminate, can she? So, ergo, she can either be forced to testify or the DOJ should look again.

Posted by: Jollyroger at October 23, 2015 04:28 PM (t06LC)

178 I desperately need some range time next week for Noise Therapy.

Posted by: Grump928(c) withdraws his consent at October 23, 2015 04:28 PM (evdj2)

179 >>That's right! They hate her -- but they're not going to do something "crazy" like vote for a Republican

Posted by: Bigby's Mangled Manicure at October 23, 2015 04:24 PM (3ZtZW)<<

Those who actually show up to vote. She won't have the GOTV that Obama did. That also depends greatly on who the Republican candidate is.

We can actually turn the corner and peel-out on Hillary if we play this right.

But of course the GOP and entrenched Washington interests have shown us they are willing to shoot the hostage to save themselves. So we'll see.

There seems to be a lot of very pissed off voters who are more active lately.

Posted by: Marcus T at October 23, 2015 04:28 PM (GGCsk)

180 They only reason she will get voted in is if Republicans piss off and demoralize their base. Which is of course possible.

In case you missed it that IS their current plan for not having their precious necks in charge outside the Country Club fence when it all goes pear shaped.

Posted by: DaveA at October 23, 2015 04:29 PM (DL2i+)

181 ***"She's also not at all likable, even among Democrats. She is even less well liked by Independents."***

"Independents" are irrelevant. As shown in 2012. That's why the Donks are swinging so hard to the left.

And they might not like her, but the Donks WILL cast their vote for her when the time comes. And a few extra in a handful of urban centers in swing states.

Posted by: Burn the Witch at October 23, 2015 04:29 PM (Wckf4)

182 That is in no way an endorsement. Just an observation.

===

Its a correct one, if you take The Road to Serfdom as authoritative.

Posted by: Bigby's Mangled Manicure at October 23, 2015 04:29 PM (3ZtZW)

183 Pretty obviously we need to investigate Assistant Attorney General Peter J. Kadzik.

Santa, for Christmas I want a National Reconciliation Commission. We give the Progressives criminals one chance to come clean and admit their crimes, and after that, prison. If necessary we use special courts. Because the existing judges will often be lining up for their own trials.

Posted by: MTF at October 23, 2015 04:29 PM (TxJGV)

184 8 years of Hildabeast or Sanders or Kerry or any other leftist and it will be 1938 Germany but it won't be any ethnic victims it will be conservatives.

Posted by: Skip at October 23, 2015 04:29 PM (Ken0l)

185 Not to be a Debbie Downer, but my gut is telling me this is all over. Hillary wins in 2016 and by 2020, this website will no longer be tolerated and most of us will be mid-audit, dead or in jail. I wish I were just telling y'all that my cat had feline AIDS instead.

Posted by: Eli Cash at October 23, 2015 04:29 PM (a+WIL)

186
You want General Washington
You will settle for General Pinochet
You will get Corporal Punishment

Posted by: Grump928(c) withdraws his consent at October 23, 2015 04:30 PM (evdj2)

187 177 So, ergo, she can either be forced to testify or the DOJ should look again.
Posted by: Jollyroger at October 23, 2015 04:28 PM (t06LC)

She will skate and unless a real conservative gets elected and appoints some sort of hanging judge as Atty. Gen., Lois Lerner will be laughing at us louder and harder than Hilary, perhaps.

If you could lick my mind right now, the thoughts would poison you.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at October 23, 2015 04:30 PM (St6BJ)

188 Term Limits - Vince Flynn

Posted by: insert rimshot
--------------------------------------------------------------
Bwahahah. Someone else had the same thought. Thank you sir.

Posted by: Bruce Boehner at October 23, 2015 04:30 PM (E5UB0)

189 A republic if you can k... tha FUUUUU is this?

Posted by: Ben Franklin, stopping by for a visit from the past at October 23, 2015 04:30 PM (a+WIL)

190 Be a dear and pass me my knitting needles.

Posted by: Madam Defarge at October 23, 2015 04:31 PM (0O2Lr)

191 185 Not to be a Debbie Downer, but my gut is telling me this is all over. Hillary wins in 2016 and by 2020, this website will no longer be tolerated and most of us will be mid-audit, dead or in jail. I wish I were just telling y'all that my cat had feline AIDS instead.
Posted by: Eli Cash at October 23, 2015 04:29 PM (a+WIL)

The sad truth is that it will be the GOP-e that shoves her over the finish line and pulls a Thad Cochran on our candidate, be it Trump, Cruz, Carson or whomever is an outsider in their eyes.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at October 23, 2015 04:31 PM (St6BJ)

192 So.. I'm thinking more and more about that Draft Mitt! movement.. whaddya think?

Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at October 23, 2015 04:31 PM (so+oy)

193 IT'S FUNNY BECAUSE SHE'S GUILTY AS HELL.

Posted by: BEN ROETHLISBERGER at October 23, 2015 04:31 PM (evdj2)

194 You want Jeff Beck.

Friday windup tune.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s5ID15mv0gA

Posted by: DaveA at October 23, 2015 04:31 PM (DL2i+)

195 182 Its a correct one, if you take The Road to Serfdom as authoritative.

Posted by: Bigby's Mangled Manicure at October 23, 2015 04:29 PM (3ZtZW)

Which I do, old boy.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at October 23, 2015 04:32 PM (St6BJ)

196 by 2020, this website will no longer be tolerated
and most of us will be mid-audit, dead or in jail.

Posted by: Eli Cash at October 23, 2015 04:29 PM (a+WIL)

One or two of us will be shooting back. That I promise.

Posted by: Rusty Nail at October 23, 2015 04:32 PM (S2VsH)

197 lol Lois Learner? is she like a teacher or something I don't know who that is lol

Posted by: LIV at October 23, 2015 04:32 PM (VAsIq)

198 I just don't understand what Superman sees in this chick.

Posted by: Grump928(c) at October 23, 2015 04:33 PM (evdj2)

199 193 IT'S FUNNY BECAUSE SHE'S GUILTY AS HELL.
Posted by: BEN ROETHLISBERGER at October 23, 2015 04:31 PM (evdj2)

The legacy of Bill Ayers and Bernadine Dohrn writ large.

They captured the country. No other way to look at it.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at October 23, 2015 04:33 PM (St6BJ)

200 and by 2020, this website will no longer be tolerated and most of us will be mid-audit, dead or in jail

===

Whats so special about this website?

Posted by: Bigby's Mangled Manicure at October 23, 2015 04:33 PM (3ZtZW)

201 196 One or two of us will be shooting back. That I promise.

Posted by: Rusty Nail at October 23, 2015 04:32 PM (S2VsH)

Rhetorically, you mean, I'm sure.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at October 23, 2015 04:33 PM (St6BJ)

202 and by 2020, this website will no longer be tolerated

In fairness, the electric grid will be down anyway.

Posted by: Grump928(c) at October 23, 2015 04:34 PM (evdj2)

203 So, if no crime was committed per the DOJ, then she
can't self incriminate, can she? So, ergo, she can either be forced to
testify or the DOJ should look again.

Posted by: Jollyroger at October 23, 2015 04:28 PM (t06LC)

The House found her in criminal contempt. Holder was obligated by law to prosecute but instead he violated the law and said no he would not bring charges. The House should have impeached him then on he spot.

Posted by: Vic-we have no party at October 23, 2015 04:34 PM (t2KH5)

204
Wow. Hurricane Patricia with 200 mph winds.
.....................

I wonder how many "refugees" we'll get out of this deal.

Posted by: wth at October 23, 2015 04:34 PM (wAQA5)

205 200 Whats so special about this website?
Posted by: Bigby's Mangled Manicure at October 23, 2015 04:33 PM (3ZtZW)

The same thing that made the Nazis go after even the 3 lone Jews living on the occupied Channel Islands.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at October 23, 2015 04:34 PM (St6BJ)

206 Lemme see
18T$ - She keeps her Government retirement... $102,000 per year, for the rest of her life...

= Good luck collecting.

Posted by: DaveA at October 23, 2015 04:34 PM (DL2i+)

207 Maybe Hot Air will rat us out!!!1!

Posted by: Bigby's Mangled Manicure at October 23, 2015 04:35 PM (3ZtZW)

208 202
In fairness, the electric grid will be down anyway.
Posted by: Grump928(c) at October 23, 2015 04:34 PM (evdj2)

Gilligan bikes and hamster wheels notwithstanding.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at October 23, 2015 04:35 PM (St6BJ)

209 Maybe Hot Air will rat us out!!!1!

Who goes Nazi Game.

Posted by: Grump928(c) at October 23, 2015 04:35 PM (evdj2)

210 I just don't understand what Superman sees in this chick.

Posted by: Grump928(c)
-----------------------------------------------------------
Her kryptonite will be when the majority of citizens give her the Mussolini treatment. I really wish we could do this nicely and treat them like the lawbreakers that they are. But there is no more rule of law.

Posted by: Bruce Boehner at October 23, 2015 04:35 PM (E5UB0)

211 9 If you see a CoC sticker on a business, go elsewhere.

WHAT!? You mean Clash of Clans is bad too.

-Drill slinks back to his clan castle and weeps.

Posted by: Drill_Thrawl at October 23, 2015 04:35 PM (JOG+K)

212 207 Maybe Hot Air will rat us out!!!1!
Posted by: Bigby's Mangled Manicure at October 23, 2015 04:35 PM (3ZtZW)

They'll be dragging a shackled Poppin' Fresh off the camps as he screams "But we were civil! WE WERE CIVIL!!!!!"

Posted by: Insomniac at October 23, 2015 04:36 PM (2Ojst)

213 192 So.. I'm thinking more and more about that Draft Mitt! movement.. whaddya think?
Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at October 23, 2015 04:31 PM (so+oy)

Just saw over at Breitbart (I think) that Mitt is praising Obamacare and taking credit for it with Massatushits Care.

He really is a loathsome bastard.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at October 23, 2015 04:36 PM (St6BJ)

214 In fairness, I deserve it.

Posted by: Poppin' Fresh at October 23, 2015 04:36 PM (evdj2)

215 The shocking thing is Talking Points Memo will hide a small number of us in their header margins.

Posted by: Bigby's Mangled Manicure at October 23, 2015 04:36 PM (3ZtZW)

216 187: "If you could lick my mind right now, the thoughts would poison you."

Gordon Lightfoot, is that you?

Posted by: Pastafarian at October 23, 2015 04:36 PM (LqrRo)

217 And don't hold your breath waiting for the Justice Department, THIS Justice Department, to indict that scrunt hillary.

Going to Gus's Chicken in memphis tonight to stuff myself and forget

Posted by: Nevergiveup at October 23, 2015 04:37 PM (Q0JX/)

218 Better version
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zmzv5xJ4wE4

Posted by: DaveA at October 23, 2015 04:38 PM (DL2i+)

219 216 187: "If you could lick my mind right now, the thoughts would poison you."

Gordon Lightfoot, is that you?
Posted by: Pastafarian at October 23, 2015 04:36 PM (LqrRo)

Full disclosure: I stole that phrase from a survivor of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising and changed a couple of the words. But, wow! Gordo!

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at October 23, 2015 04:38 PM (St6BJ)

220 Diogenes Lamp was a prophet without honor.

Posted by: Grump928(c) at October 23, 2015 04:38 PM (evdj2)

221 217 Going to Gus's Chicken in memphis tonight to stuff myself and forget
Posted by: Nevergiveup at October 23, 2015 04:37 PM (Q0JX/)

Gus Fring? Los Pollos Hermanos is real???

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at October 23, 2015 04:39 PM (St6BJ)

222 Not a republic any longer.

Not even close.

If you're wondering, the correct term for this nation, now, is "Superstate". We are the American Socialist Superstate. ... have been for a few years, already.

Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at October 23, 2015 04:39 PM (zc3Db)

223 Go on, take the money and ~~run~~ jump.

Posted by: DB Cooper at October 23, 2015 04:39 PM (JO9+V)

224 2/3 of what this administration does is gaslighting conservatives. The other 1/3 is failing upwards.

Posted by: Komissar Vladimir at October 23, 2015 04:39 PM (voUxQ)

225 Talking Points Memo will hide a small number of us in their header margins.

I figure the NSAsearch will #wanderoff from pjmedia scripts.

Posted by: DaveA at October 23, 2015 04:39 PM (DL2i+)

226 And don't hold your breath waiting for the Justice Department, THIS Justice Department, to indict that scrunt hillary.

--------

I'm not and never thought it would. Lerner is making some crystal clear to the electorate. The IRS, FBI, Department of Justice - they are nothing but extensions of the President. They are not and cannot be non-partisan.

Posted by: SH at October 23, 2015 04:40 PM (gmeXX)

227
War is Peace

Freedom is Slavery Ignorance is Strength

Posted by: DNCGOPSCOTUSPOTUS-UNIPARTY at October 23, 2015 04:40 PM (0dcbp)

228 DaveA at October 23, 2015 04:38

Nah, the first one was the better one. The Piano player had the rest of the band going WTF?

and did you see the moustache on that guy?

Posted by: Hayfield Volkovski at October 23, 2015 04:40 PM (YlSaM)

229 Investigators said none of the witnesses they interviewed believed Ms. Lerner acted out of political motives,

LOL.

Now, that really is some funny stuff.

Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at October 23, 2015 04:40 PM (zc3Db)

230 Gus Fring? Los Pollos Hermanos is real???
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at October 23, 2015 04:39 PM (St6BJ)

You mean they're NOT real? How can that be? I have one of their T-shirts!

(actually, I really do have the T-shirt)

Posted by: Rusty Nail at October 23, 2015 04:41 PM (S2VsH)

231 this was about both parties taking down any grass roots efforts to organize against them...

Posted by: Judas Washington at October 23, 2015 04:41 PM (hCdMd)

232 The Glenn Beck that was handing out soccer balls and teddy bears at the border? That Glenn Bleck?

Posted by: L, Elle at October 23, 2015 04:41 PM (2x3L+)

233 At least we still have fast and furious ... surely Holder will be prosecuted any day now.

If we go from lying Obama to another Clinton crime regime, what would we get after eight more years? The COCs/RINOs are probably fine with Clinton, since they know they can deal/steal with her. We the people would have to elect 60% whacko birds (honest Americans) to get any real change.

Posted by: Illiniwek at October 23, 2015 04:41 PM (1XT+t)

234 Nude Pod People

Posted by: Grump928(c) at October 23, 2015 04:41 PM (evdj2)

235 Was that wrong? Should we not have done that?

Posted by: Bonnie and Clyde at October 23, 2015 04:41 PM (JO9+V)

236 "None of the witnesses believed Mr. Dahmer was evil."

Posted by: Judas Washington at October 23, 2015 04:42 PM (hCdMd)

237 Nah, the first one was the better one.

Might be familiarity from interstate speeding expeditions in the goat.

Posted by: DaveA at October 23, 2015 04:42 PM (DL2i+)

238 " survivor of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising "

You means someone survived that? So there is hope for the horde afterall? One or two of us might survive?

Posted by: Hayfield Volkovski at October 23, 2015 04:42 PM (YlSaM)

239 Oh yeah, killing Buckwheat was all he ever talked about.

Posted by: Grump928(c) at October 23, 2015 04:42 PM (evdj2)

240 Investigators said none of the witnesses they interviewed believed Ms. Lerner acted out of political motives,

LOL.

Now, that really is some funny stuff.
Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at October 23, 2015 04:40 PM (zc3Db)

Exactly....that caught my attention also...means there was NO real investigation...what a fuckin joke...Her emails even directly sway she hates conservatives and was after them...they should all fuckin go to jail

7 Days in May

Posted by: Nevergiveup at October 23, 2015 04:43 PM (Q0JX/)

241 You means someone survived that? So there is hope for the horde afterall? One or two of us might survive?

====

No matter how bad it gets, somebody always lives.

Posted by: Bigby's Mangled Manicure at October 23, 2015 04:44 PM (3ZtZW)

242 Screw it, I'm over it, not doing the right thing ever again.

Posted by: Flyover at October 23, 2015 04:44 PM (sVPGf)

243 Expecting the Obama administration to be a check on the Obama administration is a fool's errand.

Posted by: SH at October 23, 2015 04:45 PM (gmeXX)

244
Full disclosure: I stole that phrase from a survivor of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising and changed a couple of the words. But, wow! Gordo!

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at October 23, 2015 04:38 PM (St6BJ)

I'm reading a couple of books on the Ghetto Uprising, and meeting with Holocaust survivors on Sunday. I'm thinking that aside from the amazing stories, and the privilege of listening to these people, that it's probably a good idea to take notes for how to survive what's coming. history repeats itself, sadly.

Posted by: Moki at October 23, 2015 04:46 PM (x303I)

245 I hate having to fear that these assholes can have power over us just for expressing my opinion. Well here is my opinion:

My hope is that Lerner will be tried as a traitor, lawfully, and that it be determined that she had fellow Americans persecuted for their political beliefs.

Because that amounts to trying to stage a coup, she is a traitor and deserves to be executed. I would never advocate for that under any circumstances except as the outcome of a legal trial. But I am so angry that some bureaucratic asshole was allowed to prevent people from expressing their political opinions by persecuting them using the coercive force of their agency which should be abolished.

She is a traitor. I want to see this traitor brought to justice. I do not advocate violence but I really want to see this traitor brought to justice. I feel such anger and despair at this moment. It is causing me to lose all hope in any kind of governmental process for a redress of grievances.

Posted by: Bruce Boehner at October 23, 2015 04:48 PM (E5UB0)

246 Lincoln Chafee drops out of the race at a Woman's Leadership Forum event. I guess he couldn't pander low enough to satisfy that constituency, so he fell on his sword in front of them, like a real man.

Posted by: se pa moron at October 23, 2015 04:49 PM (sI4OA)

247
I wish the republicans would wake up - either she committed a crime and properly took the 5th, or she committed no crime, and she CANNOT take the 5th during congressional testimony. Since DOJ says no crime, thenshe is in contempt of congress. The criminal offense of contempt of Congress sets the penalty at not less than one month nor more than twelve months in jail and a fine of not less than $100 nor more than $1,000.

I'd be perfectly happy with Lerner cooling her heals in jail for a year.

Naturally, the requirement is for the Executive branch to charge her with contempt, which they won't do. And the press will never force Obamas hand.

So she will be guilty as sin, and free as a bird.

The only move left - congress needs to immediately void her pension. Not sure the president can stop that from happening.

Posted by: George Orwell's Ghost at October 23, 2015 04:49 PM (dEwvU)

248 I wonder how many "refugees" we'll get out of this deal.

None. I'm pretty sure all the mexicans are here already.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy at October 23, 2015 04:49 PM (LUgeY)

249 I guess I am hoping a BLMer mistakes Lois Lerner for a policeman.

Posted by: Bruce Boehner at October 23, 2015 04:51 PM (E5UB0)

250 Well I'm sure the DOJ and the media will show the same deference and discretion when President Trump starts auditing fat losers.

Posted by: brak at October 23, 2015 04:53 PM (xwPSp)

251
"Department of Justice Wraps Up "Investigation" of IRS, Will Not Press Charges Against Incandescently Corrupt Lois Lerner"

Thanks Thom!

Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at October 23, 2015 04:57 PM (kdS6q)

252
This is an excellent example of how a GOP Congress has done nothing to even mildly resist the unprecedented unraveling of the republic.

IRS should have been crucified over this - yes with opportunistic demagoguery against the whole outfit, cuz duh public opinion - and budgets and structure changed. Or Obama forced to veto and defend it all.

There'll be no Pinochet, there'll be no armed insurrection, there'll be no widespread tax non-compliance in protest, there'll be no "burning". Yes the collapse of the normal mechanisms for push-back and reform (opposition party, division of powers) leaves no constructive outlet - BUT this country is a huge vessel that can contain much more pressure than this before anything interesting happens. The stability and prosperity produced by rule of law and responsible governance (overall) themselves createhuge "give" in the system, even as though foundations are dynamited.

Posted by: rhomboid at October 23, 2015 04:58 PM (QDnY+)

253
"even as THOSE foundations are dynamited"

(sorry, weird dizzy-sickness has me literally on my back, weird ergonomics to typing on the laptop at the moment)

Posted by: rhomboid at October 23, 2015 05:00 PM (QDnY+)

254 In a real banana republic, the media is state-controlled, as opposed to party-controlled. This means that ALL executives can get away with being corrupt, not just the ones that are ideologically 'correct.'

Thus, in a BR, Hillary Clinton would be in no danger of going to jail for having in her possession hundreds of FBI files of her enemies. But neither would Charles Colson have gone to jail for having 3 or 4 of them.

The irony is that a BR is in this respect superior to what we have now because there is no double standard.

There is also less pretense.

Posted by: Margarita DeVille at October 23, 2015 05:00 PM (JfN61)

255 Politicized DOJ clears politicized IRS. Shocking.

Posted by: PC at October 23, 2015 05:01 PM (tcamx)

256
Excellent point, Margarita.

I think the "banana republic" term is just a handy generic term for a crappy minor society ruled by whim and corruption as opposed to rule of law. I often use "Third World" as a similar catch-all expression of revulsion.

Telling that Americans' terms for political pathology mostly derive from foreign experiences. Much of our history we've had few domestic examples to draw from. And now? Well.

Posted by: rhomboid at October 23, 2015 05:10 PM (QDnY+)

257 So as we comment here our outrage over these recent events, ponder this:

If the republicans get in - what if they exhibit the same behavior? Sure the media DNC (but I repeat myself) will cry bloody murder. But will we?

Will we turn the tide and do the same to them? Shove the same treatment up their ass so far that the pineapple tickles their tonsels?

Or do we demand, DEMAND that this apparatus be disassembled?

Posted by: OurCountryIsScrewed at October 23, 2015 05:16 PM (DlmoZ)

258 Its a good thing her colleagues agree that she didn't target folks lest they get targeted as well. I'm sure the FBI probe of Hillary! will turn out a much more honest result.

Posted by: Mr. FeverHead at October 23, 2015 05:20 PM (j1Wvr)

259 82 On the off chance that the republicans win the WH, and somehow manage to maintain leadership in the House and Senate, these institutions must be purged. As in the DOJ, IRS, EPA, Dept. Energy (for all those crony loans), Dept. Education and any other 3 lettered agency that tickles the fancy.

These agencies have all become nothing but political and rogue.

Again assuming the WH goes republican, fire each and every head of the agency, and their subordinates. 20-30% across the board non-negotiable budget cuts - by executive fiat. The House/Senate can approve the funding - doesn't mean it has to be spent, right?!?!

Washington DC is in a dire need of a cleansing.
Posted by: OurCountryIsScrewed at October 23, 2015 04:02 PM (DlmoZ)

Hahahehehoho! You morons really think my "friends" on the other side of the aisle will help you peons!?
Hahahackle cackle cough spluge splutter...you maka me laugh you you ahh hahahehehoho!!
Suckers!...

Posted by: Wicked Witch of Chicago at October 23, 2015 05:21 PM (Nr15I)

260 They chose the perfect timing: when the Shrillary-media complex has already gone into high gear on the Benghazi Committee as meanie, "political" Republicans oppressing the Historic First Woman, they drop this one because any calls for impeaching the AG now will just feed into the meme.

Not to say that they shouldn't just impeach her ass anyway, but the D's have R leadership figured out to a T.

Posted by: Ex NYC Peasant at October 23, 2015 05:24 PM (k8tEg)

261 My frensh. You have nothing to fear from that highly decorated Generalissimo shouting slogans from the veranda.

Posted by: Sr. Juan El Caine at October 23, 2015 05:27 PM (k8tEg)

262 Unbelievable. Unbelievable.

...

Unbelievable.

Posted by: Sean Hannity: great American at October 23, 2015 05:30 PM (EHU9F)

263 This country was founded on a tax revolt, just remember every dime you give to Uncle Sam is funding people like Lois Lerner.

Posted by: Coolio at October 23, 2015 05:37 PM (XwAvu)

264 Time for some Tree of Liberty watering, methinks.

Posted by: Mark in Portland at October 23, 2015 06:13 PM (DpRZj)

265 Posted by: not kidding at October 23, 2015 04:15 PM (PGh+Q)

Yes; i will continue to pray and i don't need Rusty Nail's permissions of that of any other other hardware item left out in the rain to do so nor does he need mine not to pray. My sense is "not kidding" is a sockl doing a little routine to get a reaction. because of course God wont protect everyone who asks for it, but then God is not a big gumballl machine in the sky in which we put in our prayer and get just the answer we want. nor does God promises that that. It says God hears our prayerst. I don't expect God to "solve everything" if that means God will make the US a lawful and moral country again unless we all repented individually and as a nation. I don't expect blasting away with lots of guns will necessarily solve everything either. God has promised a new heaven and a new earth and a life beyond this life for those that put their trust in him. I just endeavor to be faithful in my own limited way.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 23, 2015 06:42 PM (No/ki)

266 That's right, she had absolutely no political bias towards us "assholes."

Posted by: Eisenhorn at October 23, 2015 06:43 PM (J9FkY)

267 265 was really addressed to Rusty Nail following a comment made to "not kidding."

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 23, 2015 06:44 PM (No/ki)

268 But it wouldn't sound quite so bad if "not kidding" said "Pray that God will protect everyone who asks" but they didn't. They said "Pray. God will protect.... which sounds like a childish view of scripture. What does "protect" mean anyway?-save them from harm-put am invisible shield around them so bullets don't hurt them. Nonsense. Stop your routine, not kidding or clarify what you meant so you don't appear like a sock needing attention.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 23, 2015 06:56 PM (No/ki)

269 It's so cute when you goyim still think you're in charge.

Posted by: ZOG at October 23, 2015 07:00 PM (vexAN)

270 fgs alter kakher

Posted by: willow at October 23, 2015 07:47 PM (jOumW)

271 A new bench mark of corruption has been set.

Posted by: Buffalbob at October 23, 2015 09:45 PM (8nL8o)

272 Thanks to the department of Just Us!

Posted by: JonJon at October 23, 2015 09:55 PM (KeKuH)

273 She deserves nothing better than a scratchy ass orange jumpsuit, hard ass white flip flops and a greasy curled ponytail no natural eyebrows girlfriend to comfort her while she tosses and turns on a mattress that has had 400 previous occupants, all which were better people than her. Bitch.

Posted by: Hedy at October 24, 2015 02:09 AM (4ugnK)

274 I remember seeing that little shit Jonathan Karl at ABC on one of those
news shows gushing at the majesty of all these new huge
courthouses...gleefully rejoicing in their creation.

Not once did that cunt mention anything about what would actually be going on inside them.

As Machiavelli explained in exquisite detail, tyranny is most efficient and unstoppable when the outer forms, names and so on remain the same, but the inner workings of a public institution become totally transformed. Thus those who see the change are confused since the thing still looks and is named as it was, even though it now fulfills and entirely different, indeed sometimes opposite purpose.

Examples: Supreme Court, Senate, President, War Department (now Defence so no more sic vis pacem parabellum), Marriage, Equality, Fairness, Race, Religion, Borders, Security...

Posted by: Flying Tiger Comics at October 24, 2015 03:59 AM (EspJK)

275 When five mobsters meet in a suburb they say, "Oh those guys are bad people up to nefarious purposes" and that meeting alone creates a charge of conspiracy and racketeering.

When bureaucrats meet for nefarious purposes, apparently unless somebody writes or blurts "I r teh criminal muhahaha" then they can break laws concerning integrity in federal investigations for years. Even using aliases in emails to do it.

Where are the left of center groups denied 503c status? All the victims of this "error" are politically right of center. That's the historical fact.

Posted by: Chris Balsz at October 24, 2015 02:46 PM (EioIi)

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