redundant “I have not done anything wrong. I have not broken any laws. I have not violated any IRS rules or regulations.” –Lois Lerner to the House Oversight Committee. [Worth "$42,531 in bonuses between 2009 and 2011" plus salary of $177,000.] “What I mean is, whether it’s legal or illegal is not important to the [...]
two-fer sale! They truly are Irony Impaired. LGBT Inclusion at Work: The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Managers A resource from DOJ Pride[PDF], the Association of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Employees of the U.S. Department of Justice and Their Allies Yep. DoJPride.org. Here’s #1: Make the Right Assumptions & Avoid Making the Wrong Ones [...]
aah – yer nutso hm… May is Mental Health Awareness Month. One in five children and adolescents in the U.S. has a mental disorder that interferes with their daily lives. … Anxiety disorders, mood disorders like depression and disruptive disorders like ADHD are the most common mental health disorders among children. That stat appears to [...]
“Tolja!” seems so unsatisfying How’s that Utopia comin’ along for ya? The A.P. said that the Justice Department informed it on Friday that law enforcement officials had obtained the records for more than 20 telephone lines of its offices and journalists, including their home phones and cellphones. It said the records were seized without notice [...]
awaiting the retaliation How will DammitJanet respond, I wonder…. “What does not make sense in the information you provided is that Customs and Border Control used [around 14 million] rounds for operational purposes when they rarely fire their guns,” [Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R., Utah), chairman of the House’s Subcommittee on National Security] said. “It seems [...]
dumbing down & ooogie-ing up Humans can adapt to dang-near anything. It is, at once, our saving evolutionary tactic and our biggest pitfall. We’ve adapted from forest to savannah, from tropics to ice sheets, from wandering hunter/gatherer to stationary agricultural and from life amidst Mother Nature trying to kill us 24/7 to the urban jungles [...]
it burnzzzz Tweet: Robert Griffin III @RGIII In a land of freedom we are held hostage by the tyranny of political correctness 1:41 PM – 30 Apr 2013 12,936 RETWEETS 5,024 FAVORITES REtweet: Aaron Nagler @Aaron_Nagler Oh shut up. RT @RGIII In a land of freedom, we are held hostage by the tyranny of political [...]
Nudge A groundbreaking pronouncement from NBA veteran Jason Collins – ["I'm a 34-year-old NBA center. I'm black. And I'm gay,"] – reverberated Monday through Washington, generating accolades from lawmakers on Twitter and a supportive phone call from President Barack Obama. …Michelle Obama chimed in on Twitter … ”So proud of you, Jason Collins! This is [...]
Statesmanlike, even [/sarc] Obama, [at the 99th White House Correspondents’ Assn. dinner Saturday] taking to the podium with DJ Khaled’s song “All I Do is Win” blaring in the background. Being a Simple Tootsie from Teh Country™, I asked, “erm… who?” Khaled bin Abdul Khaled (Arabic: خالد عبد خالد) (born November 26, 1975),[1] better known [...]
here we go Remember Melissa “our children are not our private property” Harris-Perry? The successful, pragmatic strategy of gay activists has been to assert that same-sex marriage will not change the institution itself. Their argument is that there is no need to defend marriage against loving same-sex couples, because these couples don’t want to alter [...]
Now that I’m officially an Official Victim™*, I’m particularly seeeensitive, donchanoo And I can get away with sayin this. Ha! “Workplaces should be emotionally safe places,” Duffy says. “It’s a basic worker’s right.” Who knew? Just as with certain species and the environment, some people are more vulnerable to toxic atmospheres than others. Pyschologist and [...]
I guess the change in my pocket wasn’t enough. Her, too. Reports that some [Federal] agencies had signed contracts for huge quantities of ammunition … forcing the administration to deny reports it was stockpiling. Since then, top officials — including Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano — have fought back. She said the contract that garnered [...]
It. Will. Shock. U. * Remember the HalfFast Bullet Train? The one that goes from Madera to Fresno? Well, we finally got the bid for the first segment settled. The consortium of Tutor Perini Corp. of Sylmar, Zachry Construction Corp. of Texas and Parsons Corp. of Pasadena offered the low bid of less than $1 [...]
even tho we’re apparently the only ones discussing… It’s weird. I’m not hearing much discussion about “tanks” and para-military occupation in the streets of Boston and surrounding towns. Clearly it’s taboo for the MSM. [*insert "If Boooosh were POTUS" here*] I’m not really sure who all the involved Agencies were. Or what were their Rules [...]
teach ‘em how to be a bum Urban Outdoors-Baby “elimination communication,” as the diaper-free method of child-rearing is called, is finding an audience in the hipper precincts of New York City. NYC Proggishness. Parents are drawn to the method as a way of preserving the environment from the ravages of disposable diapers, as well as [...]
not being delayed Time to *runz in circles* again: the Air Traffic Controllers are being furloughed due to *cue Chord of Doom* Sequestration… Nevermind the rule-change that allowed departments to choose where they cut their funding increase: the FAA has chosen to cut the ATCs. The FAA has chosen to inconvenience travelers — mostly those [...]
methodology Yes. Hunting for armed and dangerous terrorists who have already killed citizens and police officers is a difficult undertaking. I’m not sure putting an entire metropolitan area of numerous cities on “lock-down” — a term formerly applicable only to prisons — *without stating the reason is that there are potential bombs in undetermined locations* [...]
is the Dzhoke on US? How are We The People going to handle this? [Some Lawyah] said he believes the baby-faced Tsarnaev can pin the Boston Marathon and last week’s deadly final rampage on his slain big brother and seek mercy as a kid who was easily swayed. Here’s the same baby-faced pic they used [...]
snapin’ off those rear view mirrors Secretariat of State JOhn KErry: “Mr. Chairman, I do not want to spend the next year coming up here talking about Benghazi,” Kerry said at one point, after Rep. Mo Brooks, R-Ala., (who does not chair the committee) asked Kerry why Rice made “false statements” about the attack. “There’s [...]
strap this to your vest A judge has approved a long-awaited $700,000 settlement between a Dearborn McDonalds and people who say they ate chicken sandwiches, that should have been prepared as HALAL: the Muslim equivalent of Kosher. Ahmed Ahmed, the Dearborn Heights man who represents plaintiffs in the class-action suit, claims he bought a chicken [...]
