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Abolish the IRS: Viewpoint discrimination

J Street, the lefty Jewish organization that is more anti- than pro-Israel, has a counterpart in Z Street, which is wholly supportive of the Jewish state. A policy which has drawn the attention of the American Gestapo, known to one and all as the IRS.

“Z Street sued the IRS in 2010, claiming viewpoint discrimination in the processing of its tax-exempt application. It alleged an IRS agent told the group the government applied an ‘Israel Special Policy,’ subjecting groups to greater scrutiny if their views on Israel were at odds with Obama administration views. In court papers, the IRS denies both that Z Street was told that and that such a policy exists.”

It ain’t just Wormtongue’s administration. The federal bureaucracy is largely of Democrat persuasion and the IRS follows suit. So if the largely leftist Democrat party doesn’t agree with your “viewpoint” you could suffer “discrimination” by the one federal agency all Americans fear.

Texas Republican Senator Ted Cruz wants to abolish the IRS. He says its current political discrimination is part of a Democrat party effort to repeal (yes, repeal) the free speech rights of Americans by regulating when they may contribute money:  “If you can prohibit spending money, you can prohibit virtually any form of effective speech.”

Via Simply Jews.

Second verse, same as the first

“By repeating — and defending — the now-debunked claim that the video was to blame for the attacks on U.S. facilities in Benghazi, [soon-to-be Democrat Presidential candidate Shillary] Clinton risks a renewed focus on the shameful manner in which she and President Obama handled the Benghazi disaster.”

Ambassador Christopher Stevens was not available for comment.

Via Instapundit.

UPDATE: The “bloody shirt” is an old American political ploy and Shillary is trying to hang it on the GOP.

Trigger Warning

I should probably make the headline a permanent sidebar hereabouts ( like the Everlasting Phelps did) for the precious little buttercups who might be, gasp, offended by something here. Altho the “I (heart) Israel” notice might be enuff.

I have to admit I always thought a trigger warning was a) not to put your finger on the trigger until you intended to fire the gun or b) to be prepared to be shot when you saw someone else’s finger on the trigger of a gun pointed at you. I guess you had to go to Leftist schools like UC Berkeley to know better. Live and learn.

Marty Robbins: Gangsta Rapper

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Woke up the other morning inexplicably humming this Marty Robbins oldie, a big hit in 1960, which, of course, you never hear on the radio any more but sure ’nuff did way back then.

I wonder if Scott Chaffin does that from time to time, stirring from a doze in his box seat at the baseball diamond in the sky? Would not be surprised. It was Scott’s idea to include Robbins in the Gangsta Rapper Pantheon. Works for me.

I love the idea that the character of “wicked Felina” was adapted from a girl Robbins had a crush on in fifth grade. As they say, write what you know.

Capitalism vs Socialism

Wormtongue’s persistent complaints about inequality of income and/or wealth—you, know, the 1 percent and all that Lefty humbug—is based on such as French socialist economist Thomas Piketty’s book “Capitalism In The 21st Century.”

Comes now a Financial Times review of the book to say that not only did Piketty misinterpret his own data, but he appears to have exaggerated it to make the inequality worse than it really is. Boy, now there’s a surprise.

Meanwhile, while the Worm bashes the folks whose private investments actually create jobs, his prime constituency, black Americans, have the worst employment prospects of all.

Via Instapundit.

UPDATE:  Others also have noticed Piketty’s errors.

The coming end to transgender bathrooms

I don’t think transgender bathrooms are going to work so well. In Houston or anywhere else. Maybe in theory, but not in practice.

Men aren’t likely to complain about the women-pretending-to-be-men who show up, but women are very likely to complain about the men-to-women creatures, especially those who haven’t yet received all of their equipment.

And the women are likely to rule on this as they do in so much else these days.

No, this new aspect of the modern American circus could be folding its tent before you know it.

Via Mouth of The Brazos.

The Choom Gang in the White House

Wormtongue in an April speech:

“We are here today because we know we cannot be complacent. History travels not only forwards, but backwards and sideways.”

Proof positive that he really is stoned.

Via Everlasting Phelps.

UPDATE:  When you’re high, it’s hard to remember what to keep others from doing.