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-Land of the Free
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office's appeals board cancels Redskins trademark
Posted by: DarthVader || 06/18/2014 12:06 || Comments || Link || [1 views] Top|| File under:

#1  SQUIRRL!!!
Posted by: DarthVader || 06/18/2014 12:06 Comments || Top||

#2  Not so much squirrel as a proof-positive demonstration that these A$$hats can and shall do what they want.

Notice to all not of a "right mind" has been served.

Alinsky Rule #8: “Keep the pressure on. Never let up.” Keep trying new things to keep the opposition off balance. As the opposition masters one approach, hit them from the flank with something new. (Attack, attack, attack from all sides, never giving the reeling organization a chance to rest, regroup, recover and re-strategize.)
Posted by: Uncle Phester || 06/18/2014 13:07 Comments || Top||

#3  SeattleWeekly: Willpinit High School Redskins, over in Spokane County. Except they have no plans to change their mascot. At a school where more than 90 percent of the students are Indian - in the heart of the Spokane Reservation where author Sherman Alexie was raised – theyÂ’re sticking with Redskins. Said Tim Ames, superintendent of Wellpinit schools, this week: “IÂ’ve talked to our students, our parents and our community about this and nobody finds any offense at all in it. ‘RedskinsÂ’ is not an insult to our kids. ‘Wagon burnersÂ’ is an insult. ‘Prairie niggersÂ’ is an insult. Those are very upsetting to our kids. But ‘RedskinsÂ’ is an honorable name we wear with pride. Â… In fact, IÂ’d like to see somebody come up here and try to change it.”
Posted by: mossomo || 06/18/2014 13:10 Comments || Top||

#4  "Washington Oligarchs" has a nice ring to it, is accurate too.
Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418 || 06/18/2014 15:05 Comments || Top||

#5  Put the football team on Michelle Obama's national school lunch diet, wait 2 weeks, then change the name to the Red Skinnies.

Yeah, that ought a do it.

Posted by: Sneamp Big Foot9272 || 06/18/2014 15:18 Comments || Top||

#6 













Complete with Cheer Leaders from the U.S. Patent and Trademark OfficeÂ’s Appeals Board Office

Posted by: Sneamp Big Foot9272 || 06/18/2014 15:32 Comments || Top||

#7  Apache, Lakota, Tomahawk, Kiowa, Flintstones, Arrowhead, anything injun needs to be renamed. Then we rename everything with Spanish names. No more of this China town stuff. Chicago Bears is an insult to animals rights moonbats...
Posted by: Bubba Graiting8281 || 06/18/2014 15:46 Comments || Top||

#8  Raccoons!
Posted by: 3dc || 06/18/2014 18:10 Comments || Top||

#9  The more and more I think about it when I hear the name 'Washington Redskins' if have a very negative feeling and uneasiness.

I suggest they change to Landover Redskins.
Posted by: Airandee || 06/18/2014 18:23 Comments || Top||

#10  So, when is the Treasury going to get around removing all those slaveholders from the printed and minted money?
Posted by: Procopius2k || 06/18/2014 19:32 Comments || Top||

#11  Whatever happened to no ex=post-facto laws? Isn't this pretty much the same legally speaking,given how the 14th amendment has been so broadly applied (equal protection)?
Posted by: OldSpook || 06/18/2014 20:38 Comments || Top||

#12  How about they take the new name The Blancos?
Posted by: BrerRabbit || 06/18/2014 20:50 Comments || Top||

#13  Washington Rent-Seekers.

New-logo Pork in a barrel
Posted by: Bright Pebbles || 06/18/2014 21:32 Comments || Top||

#14  Washington Accused Pederasts. Use Harry's portait as a logo
Posted by: Frank G || 06/18/2014 21:44 Comments || Top||

#15  Washington los colores del arco iris.
Posted by: Grampaw Snore6263 || 06/18/2014 21:50 Comments || Top||

#16  Washington Smallpox?
Posted by: Muggsy Angeatle1425 || 06/18/2014 21:50 Comments || Top||


Fifth Column
It's not just Lois - emails of 6 more IRS employees lost
This isn't just corruption on a massive scale, this is an extended finger at Congress and the American people. The emails are gone because they implicate Champ (or ValJar). And Champ doesn't care about the law.

By the way, the Daily Caller points out that the IRS -- of course -- requires all emails that are part of the "federal record" to be archived, both electronically and in paper, for pretty much forever.
Posted by: frozen al || 06/18/2014 00:00 || Comments || Link || [2 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Oh my. Did IT screw up? I think they need to go to jail until they come up with the "lost" emails. Or can dig through the logs to prove who disappeared what and when.
Posted by: gorb || 06/18/2014 2:24 Comments || Top||

#2  Bring on the Flat Tax. All withholdings sent directly to the U.S. Treasury. Pension them all off or transfer to the National Park Service. No more handling tax payers money. No more IRS scandal, no more IRS abuse !
Posted by: Besoeker || 06/18/2014 3:04 Comments || Top||

#3  No more IRS paychecks or pensions.
Posted by: no mo uro || 06/18/2014 4:52 Comments || Top||

#4  I (and david ricardo and Adam Smith) prefer a Land Value tax.

No IRS at all, no government examining your private business. No punishment for working.
Posted by: Bright Pebbles || 06/18/2014 6:47 Comments || Top||

#5  No more IRS acting as an enforcer.

Uh oh . . . . It's here to stay.
Posted by: gorb || 06/18/2014 7:06 Comments || Top||

#6  Throw a few of the arrogant a$$holes in jail for contempt/obstruction of justice and just maybe, they will start to talk more freely and with some candor. Roll them up to the top--unless they are willing to fall on their swords for the ONE.
Posted by: JohnQC || 06/18/2014 8:26 Comments || Top||

#7  1) Shitcan every person involved in targeting with the 501(c)(4) groups. If it's a couple of hundred, good.
2) Strip them of their pensions.
3) Press criminal charges against supervisors, managers, directors, etc.
4) Cut their next fiscal year budget by 20%.
5) Repeal mandatory withholding from all forms of income. If Dems want to get permanent voters by bringing in illegals, we will get even more our way when people have to start mailing in quarterly estimated tax payments.
Posted by: Raj || 06/18/2014 10:04 Comments || Top||

#8  Cease FIRE! Cease FIRE! Pedro sez he is now ready to discuss the e-mails.
Posted by: Besoeker || 06/18/2014 10:26 Comments || Top||

#9  Besoeker for President!
Posted by: Flaiger Uneamp8181 || 06/18/2014 10:55 Comments || Top||

#10  By the way, the Daily Caller points out that the IRS -- of course -- requires all emails that are part of the "federal record" to be archived, both electronically and in paper, for pretty much forever.

They were aware there is continuous back-up of government email and paper copies at the end of the day so they used personal accounts and aliases to conceal them. 'Richard Windsor's' accounts needs forensic IT's to follow the trail to other pseudo names, which may be quite damning to discover ValJar's secret accounts. They need archive the whole lot of them for multiple federal crimes and perjury in federal facilities pretty much forever.
Posted by: Flaiger Uneamp8181 || 06/18/2014 11:11 Comments || Top||

#11  Slimple, just immunize the IT folks and get on with it.
Posted by: Shipman || 06/18/2014 11:22 Comments || Top||

#12  Over a decade ago, I had a system running ME on a real piece of S hard drive, and it crashed.

I took it to some bum eff store in the middle of Kansas and had 90% recovery, 100% recovery on simple items and text - all of my e-mail information.

But today, if so motivated, I could receive an email from some government agency telling me the pizza I just phoned in could affect my BMI but that statistically speaking I prefer banana peppers early in the week but did not order them this time.

You call 7 Jacks. Playing with 1 deck. This is my bullshit face. Pick the cards up.
Posted by: swksvolFF || 06/18/2014 17:20 Comments || Top||

#13  Special prosecutor. NOW.
Posted by: OldSpook || 06/18/2014 20:35 Comments || Top||


Iraq
Harry Reid: Obama's Iraq critics are "flat wrong"
[CBSNEWS] President B.O. has been facing a barrage of criticism from Republican politicians for not pushing to leave a residual troop presence behind in Iraq after 2011, but has found a defender in Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid
... the charismatic senator-for-life from Nevada, currently majority leader ...
, D-Nev.

"Those who attack President B.O. for bringing our troops home are flat wrong in criticizing him for that, and they're out of step not only with the president but with the American people," Reid told news hounds Tuesday. "After a decade of war we've all had enough. I do not support putting our men and women in harms way in Iraq."

Reid, like many Democrats, was a staunch opponent of the war. But his opposition to any American troops returning to Iraq in the coming days may land him on the opposite side of the issue from Mr. Obama. The White House is considering sending a small number of American special forces soldiers to Iraq to aid the government in Storied Baghdad as it tries to fend the advance of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), which has taken several towns and cities in the northern part of the country. Mr. Obama also notified Congress Monday afternoon that up to 275 U.S. military personnel have been deployed to Iraq to provide support and security to Americans and the U.S. Embassy in Storied Baghdad.
Posted by: Fred || 06/18/2014 00:00 || Comments || Link || [1 views] Top|| File under:

#1  "Can't steal water rights from ranchers in Iraq to sell them to the mob. What good are they?"~
Posted by: Squinty || 06/18/2014 0:56 Comments || Top||

#2  Can we fault Obama for training the terrorists? Can we fault him for a nuclear Iran?
Posted by: Airandee || 06/18/2014 7:00 Comments || Top||

#3  we fault him for a nuclear Iran?

Patience . . . .
Posted by: gorb || 06/18/2014 7:05 Comments || Top||

#4  Reid is the same person who claimed "The war is lost!". He's just defending Obama who made his dream possible.
Posted by: CrazyFool || 06/18/2014 8:31 Comments || Top||

#5  This slimy little weasel doesn't run until 2016. Maybe he will be neutered in 2014 if the Pubs take the Senate. What are the odds at this time that they will?
Posted by: JohnQC || 06/18/2014 8:45 Comments || Top||

#6  Squinty, he's not selling water rights to the mob. He's selling them to the Chinese!
Posted by: Ebbang Uluque6305 || 06/18/2014 11:54 Comments || Top||

#7  EU,
Chinese are just another customer. Reid and his cronies in the Nevada BLM have been at this a long time.
Posted by: Squinty || 06/18/2014 16:03 Comments || Top||


Science & Technology
U.S. Senate Provision on NASA Seen as Hurting SpaceX
A U.S. Senate proposal tied to the NASA spending bill may thwart efforts by Elon Musk's space venture while aiding Boeing Co. (BA), the government's No. 2 contractor, a trade group president said today.

The seven-line provision would require companies seeking contracts to ferry astronauts to the International Space Station to file detailed financial reports justifying their costs. The Senate bill for the fiscal year beginning Oct. 1 includes $805 million for the program.
The art of Weasel wording contracts to exclude competitors is alive and well. And is the program going to produce $805 million or more in savings? Ha!
Newer contractors such as Musk's Space Exploration Technologies Corp. and Jeff Bezos's Blue Origin LLC will be at a disadvantage, Michael Lopez-Alegria, president of the Washington-based Commercial Spaceflight Federation, said in a Bloomberg Television interview. The measure would increase their costs because they would have to expand accounting staffs to do the work, he said.

The smaller companies don't have "quite the army in place to do those calculations," while Boeing is probably "best equipped" because it's so large, he said.

The space organization represents companies such as Hawthorne, California-based SpaceX and Kent, Washington-based Blue Origin. Boeing, which is also competing for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's commercial crew program, isn't a member of the federation.
Posted by: Squinty || 06/18/2014 00:00 || Comments || Link || [3 views] Top|| File under:

#1  When you can't compete on the merits bribe a Senator to tilt the table in your favor.
Posted by: Squinty || 06/18/2014 0:58 Comments || Top||

#2  Would somebody please not elect Shelby again and a few other idiots. Please think before voting.
Posted by: 3dc || 06/18/2014 2:40 Comments || Top||

#3  Just because the Jerk has a (R) next to his name it doesn't mean he has the welfare of the nation as his goal.
Posted by: 3dc || 06/18/2014 3:01 Comments || Top||

#4  And as fast as you could say "regulatory capture".........
Posted by: no mo uro || 06/18/2014 4:55 Comments || Top||

#5  Were I Elon, I would make a lot of noise about this at every opportunity.
Posted by: gorb || 06/18/2014 7:02 Comments || Top||

#6  If I were Elon I'd ignore it, forget about government contracts, and do all the commercial space lifting to make Boeing irrelevant.
Posted by: Steve White || 06/18/2014 8:41 Comments || Top||

#7  Shelby is just another member of the Beltway Party. The R or D is irrelevant. The only thing that matters is the graft and corruption.
Posted by: AlanC || 06/18/2014 9:14 Comments || Top||

#8  The R or D is irrelevant. The only thing that matters is the graft and corruption.

......and if that doesn't work, we'll simply tell the proles that a computer crashed and we lost two years worth of e-mails.
Posted by: Besoeker || 06/18/2014 9:18 Comments || Top||

#9  Gotta wonder if the reason Boeing needs an army of accountants is so they can hide all the bribes. SpaceX might not be at such a disadvantage after all.
Posted by: Ebbang Uluque6305 || 06/18/2014 11:58 Comments || Top||

#10  One company invests in Research and Innovation and hiring top talent to create a new, cheaper, more efficient and innovative product.

The other company invest in lawyers, lobbyists, and senators.

Guess which one wins?
Posted by: CrazyFool || 06/18/2014 14:09 Comments || Top||

#11  Guess which one wins?

The politicians?
Posted by: DarthVader || 06/18/2014 16:48 Comments || Top||

#12  This scares them!
Posted by: 3dc || 06/18/2014 18:32 Comments || Top||

#13  On NBC
Posted by: 3dc || 06/18/2014 18:36 Comments || Top||

#14  and on RT with Congressman Dana Rohrabacher
Posted by: 3dc || 06/18/2014 18:42 Comments || Top||

#15  From the discussion on NASASpaceFlight.com
Quote from: JF on 06/11/2014 01:20 PM
At least Mr. Sowers screwed up enough courage to post his viewpoint here. Did he listen to anyone but himself? Will he respond to fact based objections? Nahh.
TBF he did respond a few times. I'm not sure if they were to substantive questions however.
Quote
Shelby will not post here; his position is indefensible, and he could not make any rational line of reasoning to support the positions he is taking, and would, in an ideal instance of the universe, have to admit the false premises underlying his virtually complete track record in his long term evisceratiion our nation's HSF capabilities, not to mention a good possibility of not getting any such capability back within the next few decades.
His "rationale" can be summed up in 2 words. "Marshall" and "Decata," with a side order of Alabama U. (go "The Crimson Tide" What ???)

I'm fairly sure he less about if the rest of NASA imploded as long as they, and the centres that support them, were preserved (Yes I'm aware Decata is not a NASA facility).

Keep in mind that that is exactly in line with his responsibilities of keeping the cash flowing to his state. :(
It's what the people who employ him want.

Wheather it's in line with his responsibilities for the good of the nation as a whole is another matter. :( I thought members of Congress were meant to swear some kind of oath to support the whole nation, not just the region they were elected to represent, but my education on that side of things has been fairly minimal.

The Space Access Society are more charitable. They feel a lot of this is that members of Congress basically still see NASA though the rose tinted backvision of the mid 1960's, when every mission was an exploration missions, as so little was known the environment (both LEO and Lunar) and how well (if?) the equipment they had been issued with would function.

So if people want a more sensible space programme (and a better NASA) I guess they have to engage with their bit of Congress, find out what they think about NASA and start to (gently) correct their misconceptions ("No sir 'Armageddon' was not a dramatization of real events") about it. :(

One Senator can stop the Shelby amendments cold. It all begins with one.
Posted by: 3dc || 06/18/2014 19:12 Comments || Top||

#16  Move to Canada.
Posted by: gorb || 06/18/2014 21:32 Comments || Top||

#17  Gorb, you are just full of helpful advice.
Posted by: Grampaw Snore6263 || 06/18/2014 21:41 Comments || Top||


Government
Obamacare Will Cost More than any Democrat Ever Admitted
Posted by: DarthVader || 06/18/2014 15:58 || Comments || Link || [2 views] Top|| File under:

#1  As intended to increase AmericansÂ’ dependence on government.
Posted by: DarthVader || 06/18/2014 15:59 Comments || Top||

#2 
Posted by: nice penalty removal || 06/18/2014 17:29 Comments || Top||

#3  Same little 'camel's nose under the tent' done by the same players with Medicare.
Posted by: Procopius2k || 06/18/2014 19:30 Comments || Top||


Troubled Phoenix VA Doled out $10M in Bonuses
[ABCNEWS.GO] Workers at the Phoenix VA Health Care System -- where Sherlocks say veterans' health was jeopardized when employees covered up long wait times for patients -- received about $10 million in bonuses, newly released records show.

Documents from the VA indicate than 2,100 employees got bonuses over the course of a three-year period, the Arizona Republic reported Tuesday.

The records, which were obtained through a Freedom of Information Act request, show the bonuses kept increasing. The VA paid $2.5 million in 2011, $3.5 million in 2012 and $3.9 million last year. The merit-based bonuses were doled out to nearly 650 employees each of those years. The employees included doctors, nurses, administrators, secretaries and cleaning staff.

"The VA employee recognition and awards program provides an entire range of rewards to recognize employees who make contributions that support goals and objectives across the facility," Phoenix VA spokeswoman Jean Schaefe said.

A VA inspector general's report found that 1,700 veterans seeking treatment at the Phoenix VA hospital were at risk of being "lost or forgotten" after being kept off the official waiting list.
Posted by: Fred || 06/18/2014 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Well, all the employees performed at 'above average' levels. Kinda life the new Consumer Finance Board. (They scrapped their employee rating system because they couldn't pass.)
Posted by: ed in texas || 06/18/2014 8:24 Comments || Top||

#2  And don't forget IRS bonuses. The bureaucratic culture run rampant. Been near a couple of them there cliques to know they 'expect' the bonuses as a regular part of their pay. They long ago left civil 'service' and are now just suits with the ability and power to self reward themselves. And they do.
Posted by: Procopius2k || 06/18/2014 8:36 Comments || Top||

#3  This whole country is being run by suits with the ability & power to reward themselves. Civil servants should be satisfied with their pay & should never receive bonuses. If they don't like them conditions, let them resign & seek work in the private sector. As if there was work to be had there.
Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418 || 06/18/2014 15:11 Comments || Top||

#4  DC based cronyism.
Posted by: OldSpook || 06/18/2014 20:37 Comments || Top||


NY wants to grant citizenship to illegals.
[Kevin Jackson, the Blacksphere] While Congress drags its feet on immigration reform, New York state lawmakers are mulling an immigration bill of their own: It would grant state citizenship to some non-citizen immigrants, including undocumented residents, allowing them to vote and run for office. Under the "New York is Home" Act, non-citizen residents who have proof of identity and have lived and paid taxes in the state for three years, could apply for legal status that would let some qualify some for Medicaid coverage, professional licensing, tuition assistance, and driver's licenses, as well as state and local--but not federal--voting rights. The responsibilities of citizenship would also apply, including jury duty.
If "New York is Home" why is everyone leaving and moving to the south ?
Because "Home" is an euphemism for "income taxes."
Posted by: Besoeker || 06/18/2014 00:00 || Comments || Link || [1 views] Top|| File under:

#1  The oikophobic establishment loves the increased rents and lower wages that subsidised immigration enables.
Posted by: Bright Pebbles || 06/18/2014 6:54 Comments || Top||

#2  So illegal immigration moves under the control of the bureaucracy. They'll need to hire more bureaucrats to do the investigations, verify the claims, fill out the forms, etc. More workers on the gubbamint payroll, more taxes to support them - it's a democrat's dream!
Posted by: Bobby || 06/18/2014 7:49 Comments || Top||

#3  States that want to assist the feds in enforcing immigration laws run into all kinds of trouble. Even SCOTUS seems to be against States assisting in enforcing immigration laws. States and so-called sanctuary cities that don't want to not enforce immigration law get the green light to break laws. There is something seriously wrong going on in the country. It would seem the States who can show damage/harm/loss from hordes of illegals flooding across the border would have standing in the courts to bring a lawsuit against the Federal government.
Posted by: JohnQC || 06/18/2014 8:33 Comments || Top||

#4  Caracas on the Hudson.

Just for the record, NY was one of the last states to ratify the new Constitution and only did so at the end because they feared they'd be left out of commerce with the other states as the document prohibited taxing commerce between participating states. Been a long way from worrying about driving business out to importing ballot box stuffers, but they're there.
Posted by: Procopius2k || 06/18/2014 8:46 Comments || Top||

#5  When the Depp South seceded from the Union, New York (the city) juggled with the idea of declaring itself independent. Howver by the time of the unprovoked Southern agression at Fort Sumter New York was already unionist.
Posted by: JFM || 06/18/2014 10:30 Comments || Top||

#6  Me encanta Nueva York - Nueva York es mi nuevo hogar,los liberales gracias !

I Love New York - New York is my new Home, thank you liberals !

Posted by: Sneamp Big Foot9272 || 06/18/2014 11:34 Comments || Top||

#7  I would encourage New York to secede from the United States. That way, no more Chucky Schumer in the Senate and Hildebeast would be ineligible to run for president. All the illegal immigrants in California, Arizona and Texas could then move to their new home in New York and everybody's happy!
Posted by: Ebbang Uluque6305 || 06/18/2014 11:52 Comments || Top||

#8  OK. Instead of dumping all the illegals in Arizona fly them to NY instead. Cuomo can change diapers.
Posted by: Squinty || 06/18/2014 14:05 Comments || Top||

#9  Spread the rumor that the WH is giving out permanent visas, big screen TVs, Obama phones, and welfare benefits. All the illegals have to do is camp out in front of the WH for their benefits. There might be chaos but on the other hand, Obummer might just give them all these things in exchange for their Donk vote.
Posted by: JohnQC || 06/18/2014 14:12 Comments || Top||

#10  unfortunately I think that rumor is already out JohnQC, without the need to camp out in front of the WH.

(and it includes Free and Immediate Citizenship too...).
Posted by: CrazyFool || 06/18/2014 14:14 Comments || Top||

#11  We should just put them on the bus and send them to DC and Chicago.
Posted by: 49 Pan || 06/18/2014 14:38 Comments || Top||

#12  Seems mean to call someone a criminal just because they did something illegal like sneaking into the country. That's seriously judgemental.

And I rather like the idea of amnesty for crimes if you can get away with it for 3 years. I see great promise for the fields of bank robbery and meth cooking.
Posted by: SteveS || 06/18/2014 16:50 Comments || Top||



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Wed 2014-06-18
   Iraqi PM sacks senior security officers over failure in fighting insurgents
Tue 2014-06-17
  Iraq calls for Iranian help to fight militants
Mon 2014-06-16
  Mighty Pak Army launches operation in North Wazoo
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  Iraq Rebels Stall North of Baghdad
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  Iran sends forces to Iraq as ISIS militants press forward
Fri 2014-06-13
  Iraqi security forces withdraw from Syrian border
Thu 2014-06-12
  'They have lined the streets of Mosul with the heads of police and soldiers'
Wed 2014-06-11
  Maliki asks for state of emergency
Tue 2014-06-10
  Mosul Falls to Insurgency
Mon 2014-06-09
  Sisi Sworn in as Egypt President, Vows 'No Leniency' for Violence
Sun 2014-06-08
  Gunmen attack Karachi's Jinnah International Airport
Sat 2014-06-07
  Heavy clashes, suicide bombings kill 36 in north Iraq
Fri 2014-06-06
  Boko Haram kills "hundreds" in Nigeria
Thu 2014-06-05
  Libya: Haftar Escapes Suicide Attack
Wed 2014-06-04
  At Least 120 Dead in Clashes in Yemen


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