Dear Sir or Madam

File this under you can never be too cynical.  

I suppose I can take credit - like 99.9% of the rest of the world - in claiming the IRS wasn't going to come a calling when it came to looking into the Clinton Foundation's tax exempt status. But when I did so, I made this crack:

Besides, if the IRS did approach Hillary about the matter, her response would look something like this.

That link goes to video of Hillary working a rope line by telling someone in line to go to the back of the line.

Well. Instead of Hillary treating the IRS that way - it appears it is the IRS treating members of Congress in this very fashion.

A House Republican called out the IRS on Thursday for sending her a form letter in response to concerns about the Clinton Foundation's tax exemption.

The IRS's response to Rep. Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) was addressed to "Sir or Madam," and the senior agency official who runs the tax-exempt division didn't sign it.

Yeah, yeah, the impersonal nature of addressing a Congresswoman in this manner is troubling. But more importantly, it is appalling in this day and age that even form letters can be so triggeringly microaggressive. How did the IRS know that the recipient of the letter would identify as a sir or a madam, and not one of the other 57 varieties of genderish identification? 

The IRS got lucky that Ms. Blackburn was only outraged by the lack of urgency and by the agency on the matter at hand and the lack of "tact" in perfunctory nature of the letter, otherwise there might have been hell to pay. But this is Barack Obama's America where Congress is just an afterthought, so they will be relatively safe with their response. From the IRS letter:

The Internal Revenue Service has an ongoing examination program to ensure that exempt organizations comply with the applicable provisions of the Intern Revenue Code.  The information you submitted will be considered in this program.

So, yeah, the IRS isn't interested in examining the Clinton Foundation. Back of the line for you, Ms. Blackburn! The sun also rose in the East this morning, and I can confirm that when I brushed my teeth earlier that the water was still wet.  

The most we can hope for here is that someone at the IRS goes to sensitivity training.

 

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Comments

[jimmyk]

First! Everyone still sleeping?

[Jeff Dobbs]

Um, I'm not.

[jimmyk]

I thought maybe you were just up late, Jeff.

[Jeff Dobbs]

Heh, that'll be tonight when I go play pool 'til closing time.

[Jane]

Hell, I've been working for an hour! Well sort of.

[jimmyk]

Excellent post, by the way. The Examiner has become one of the best sources on news now. This might be one case where the "Don't you know who I am!?" reaction of a pol might be appropriate.

[Jack is Lightning⚡️]

For those who like to keep up Michelle and the girls. Your taxes at work again as they plot their European road trip.

http://thehill.com/blogs/in-the-know/244054-obama-women-plot-european-getaway

I'll set the over/under trip cost at $15 million.

[Miss Marple]

Jack,

I bet Cameron and the Queen are figuring out who draws the short straw to greet them. I bet Cameron; the Queen can retire to Sandringham.

I look forward to more cringe-inducing outfits and quotes, as well as multiple shots of the sullen girls rolling their eyes at boring stuff like castles and cathedrals.

[Man Tran]

A comment under the Strassel article someone posted last night:

So the cockroaches don't even scatter anymore when someone turns on the kitchen light? And why should they? They know they're in no danger and can do what they want. Where are the lawsuits? What about fraud charges?

--John Cole

[Cecil Turner]

First we had the help desk fiasco:

But according to a new report from the House Ways and Means Committee, the IRS isn't lacking the resources to answer taxpayer phone calls, but instead prioritized resources to pay out big bonuses to employees and to fund union events instead.

Then we got the hacker scandal:

But Republicans argue that IRS isn't really short on money. It's just bad at spending it correctly. As evidence, they point out that the IRS made Obamacare work -- but it still can't find the money within last year's $2.5 billion tech budget to swap out old computers and improve its cybersecurity.

Starting to see a pattern? GOPers are starving the beast in order to force compliance, and the IRS administration is intentionally cutting where it'll be most noticeable. (Shades of National Park Service during the gov't shutdown.) Form letters to Congress are of a piece with the rest of it.

The answer is obvious: impeach Koskinen. Let's let a bunch of Dem lawmakers try to defend him in the court of public opinion. And pass the popcorn.

[Jeff Dobbs]

Miss Marple:
I bet Cameron and the Queen are figuring out who draws the short straw to greet them. I bet Cameron; the Queen can retire to Sandringham.

You think the Queen really wants to miss out on another ipod of Obama speeches? Or get to sit there while an Obama toast gets interupted by the band because he's droning on?

Shirley you jest!

[Miss Marple]

http://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2015-executive-pay-peer-groups/

[Jeff Dobbs]

Legal Insurrection:

In a story that’s gotten remarkably little news coverage, the Baltimore Sun Times reports that four of the Mayor’s highest ranking staff have quit since six Baltimore police officers were charged in the death of Freddie Gray.

Among those who have resigned:

LeVar Michael, Head of the mayor’s Office of Nonviolent Programs, resigned on Wednesday, May 20.

Angela Johnese, Director of the Criminal Justice Office, resigned on Friday, May 22.

Heather Brantner, Coordinator of the Mayor’s Sexual Assault Response Team, also resigned on Friday, May 22. (Coincidence?)

Perhaps most shocking however, was the next resignation the following week:

Shannon Cosgrove, the Mayor’s own Deputy Director, resigned Tuesday, May 26 (the day after Memorial Day.)

[Miss Marple]

Bill Gertz in Washington Times: Obama secretly backing Muslim Brotherhood

http://linkis.com/washingtontimes.com/5XXdA

Not a surprise to people here, but there are interesting details.

[James D.]

I think we have a winner for a new subhead for the blog title:

"triggeringly microaggressive"

[James D.]

MM @ 8:48

The document laying out the policy may be secret, but the policy itself has been pretty much out in the open for a while...

[Miss Marple]

https://www.commentarymagazine.com/article/how-the-second-world-war-made-america-literate/

[Miss Marple]

JamesD,

Most interesting to me is the lastsentenc, which says the Egyptian press is full of stories about the CIA working with the Muslim Brotherhood.

[Peter]

very interesting, Daddy at 4:25 on the other thread. I am wondering if Perry Mason is on DVD as I can never find old tv shows despite having hundreds of channels on my provider

[James D.]

Starting to see a pattern? GOPers are starving the beast in order to force compliance, and the IRS administration is intentionally cutting where it'll be most noticeable. (Shades of National Park Service during the gov't shutdown.) Form letters to Congress are of a piece with the rest of it.

The answer is obvious: impeach Koskinen. Let's let a bunch of Dem lawmakers try to defend him in the court of public opinion. And pass the popcorn.

Why not hold in in Contempt of Congress and send the Seargeant at Arms to detain and jail him? They do have that power, don't they, even if it hasn't been used in...has it ever been used?

Another thing the Congress could do would be to pass legislation specifying travel requirements for executive branch employees (including Presidential appointees):

All domestic travel to be by railroad (or bus, where rail travel is unavailable). All travel is to be by economy-class ticket.

Hotel costs are to be capped at $80 per night.

Per diem for food and entertainment expenses is to be capped at $20 per day.

Conference registration or other travel-related fees paid by the employer are to be capped at $250 per year per employee.

Employees are not allowed to accept any reimbursement from any other organization for any travel costs, regidtration fees, etc.

Oh, and publish on the internet the name, job title and hometown of every executive branch employee who has travelled on the taxpayer's dime over the past 6.5 years, along with the # of trips, the destinations and the total taxpayer cost of the travel. And the name, job title and hometown of whoever approved that travel. Make it a nice, friendly site, easily searchable. Publicize it heavily. Let's let the taxpayers see exactly who and what they're paying for.

Of course they'll moan and cry. Let them. And of course Obama will veto it. Let him.

[Extraneus]

Sister of alleged Hastert sex abuse victim comes forward

The sister of an alleged sexual abuse victim of former House Speaker Dennis Hastert has come forward, just days before the once-powerful congressional leader is set to appear in court to face federal charges.

ABC News aired an interview Friday with the sister of Steve Reinboldt, who was a student equipment manager on the local Illinois high school wrestling team where Hastert was coach decades ago. His sister Jolene told ABC News that Steve revealed the abuse to her in 1979, when he told her he was gay.

"I asked him, when was your first same-sex experience. He looked at me and said, 'It was with Dennis Hastert,'" Jolene told ABC News. "I was stunned."

The claim marks the first time an alleged victim of Hastert has been named.

[Extraneus]

Apparently he wasn't the blackmailer.

Steve Reinboldt died of AIDS in 1995. Jolene said she was told by her brother that the abuse lasted through his four years in high school.

[Jeff Dobbs]

More on the IRS's contempt of Congress, from a House Oversight Committee hearing on Wednesday.

Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-Utah), the chairman of the House Oversight Committee, opened the hearing by lambasting Mary Howard, the director of privacy, governmental liaison and disclosure at the IRS who refused to appear until she was subpoenaed.

Chaffetz then said that Howard — unlike all the other government witnesses — did not provide requested information about her agency’s compliance with the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA).

“We expect you to respond to requests from the United States Congress,” Chaffetz said. “For you to not respond to this committee in a timely fashion … is not appropriate.”

“We will drag the IRS up here every single week if we have to.”

[Miss Marple]

http://www.everyjoe.com/2015/06/05/politics/bruce-jenner-behavioral-sink-in-first-world/#1

[Beasts of England]

@James D: I'd love to see the total Goverment expenditure for conference attendance by its employees. Travel, registration, per diem - all of it. I'll bet that it exceeds the total budget of NASA - and produces absolutely nothing of benefit for the taxpayer.

[Extraneus]

Fake orca nearly drowns before it can scare Ore. sea lions

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) -- An effort to use a fake, life-sized orca to scare off hundreds of sea lions crowding docks off the Oregon coast ended, at least temporarily, with the fiberglass creature belly-up after it was swamped by a passing ship.

Still, Port of Astoria Executive Director Jim Knight said the sea lions briefly "got deathly silent" when the orca sailed into view. That was just before it started listing and tipped over Thursday night.

Once the 32-foot killer whale replica is dried out and repaired, "There's a chance we'll do it again" Friday, Knight said.

[maryrosee]

Ext
How do we know if any of these people are telling the truth
Anyone can say anything
The money payoff to this so called abused one shows at heart he is a grifter wonder if his sister and he have been gainfully employed since 1979

[maryrosee]

Good on Chaffetz
How dare these people refuse to comply with congressional requests for information
For that reason alone she should be fired no benefits
Of course she takes her lead from the disrespectful way that Obama treats the Congress
Side note
Pelosii actually told Boeh Ed he has to come up with 200 votes for Trade bill

[Miss Marple]

Maryrose,

I was wondering if the sister suddenly became affluent after 2010.

And now we have a name, but he's conveniently dead.

[narciso]

part of the whizzo chocolate assortment:

http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2015/06/obama_admits_that_climate_change_will_be_in_obamatrade.html

[jimmyk]

Starting to see a pattern? GOPers are starving the beast in order to force compliance, and the IRS administration is intentionally cutting where it'll be most noticeable.

Yes, we saw that when they closed the national parks and monuments (which probably cost more than leaving them open) in response to the shutdown.

[Miss Marple]

narciso,

As I said, if Obama wants it, it's not in the interests of the United States.

By the way, if I were Malaysia I would think twice about signing it, too.

[narciso]

how many times does the coyote have to go over the cliff, btw, do we have any encryption at all, on our govt installations,

[Jeff Dobbs]

Me, Wednesday: "Apparently the new narrative on the left is going to be: the media hates Hillary Clinton."

I offered up Matt Yglesias (let's call that one "happenstance") and Joan Walsh (yes, mere "coincidence") in my post as evidence.

That's makes this enemy action, right? Step on up Greg Saergent!

Greg Sargent ‏@ThePlumLineGS 24 hours ago
Media is winning: Hillary's #s slide even as new poll finds broad support for her actual positions: http://wapo.st/1G8WYzi

I'm still waiting for the Kurtz, Fournier and Klessler articles, tho.

[Old Lurker]

Sure Narc. We have the best security available for Windows XP which has not been upgraded for 6 or 8 years. You got a problem with that?

[narciso]

well Sargent is like Mikey, or Tomasky at the Daily Basilisk, he'll believe anything,

[narciso]

if you've read Hatred's Kingdom, that formed the
basis for Silva's the Messenger, you'd know how significant this is,

http://www.bloombergview.com/articles/2015-06-04/israelis-and-saudis-reveal-secret-talks-to-thwart-iran

[Jeff Dobbs]

Cecil:
First we had the help desk fiasco:
...
Then we got the hacker scandal

And now we've got the "special project team" the IRS set up, consisting of hundreds of lawyers, pretty much for the sole purpose of hiding information from Congress.

And since I'm on an Inspector General mini-rampage related to Hillary these days - let's just note that the IRS IG report on Lerner's missing emails is expected by the end of the month.

Let's just say that I'm not exactly holding out hope for some kind of bombshell.

[Ignatz Ratzkiwatzki]

I thought this was going to be a thread on Bruce Jenner.

[narciso]

there audience is so selective, even Nigel pipes up

http://thefederalist.com/2015/06/04/media-matters-exec-editor-for-the-nation-have-no-clue-who-marcus-luttrell-is/

[GMax]

My own brief time interacting with the government employees of Washington DC, leads me to say sadly that the IG offices are mostly populated by the third string. That they find their way home at night is a minor miracle, so dont expect much from any report from an IG and you will rarely be surprised or disappointed...

[Old Lurker]

Glitch or Feature, GMax?

[narciso]

well we see the treatment Gerald, the Americorps IG, received, we see how George, the IRS IG was dismissed and then derided, the previous State IG, was drummed out, in order to have this very circumstance, occur,

[Jeff Dobbs]

Ig:
I thought this was going to be a thread on Bruce Jenner.

I am so triggered right now.

[GMax]

Syriza appears to have become Sheriff in Blazing Saddles, (Clevon Little) with their latest ploy, threatening early elections. Sure sure.

BTW the latest polling in Greece says the people might be having second thoughts:

An opinion poll on Friday suggested public support for the government's tough negotiating position is slipping.

The Alco survey for news website Newsit found 47 percent disagreed with how the government was handling negotiations, while 39 percent agreed. The June 3-4 telephone survey of 1,000 respondents also found 74 percent backed remaining in the euro, with only 18 percent of those polled preferring a return to a national currency.

[Ben]

The battle of the posts with a link to last page continues.

[narciso]

of course, they haven't any understanding of who they are dealing with:

http://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2015/06/report-obama-admin-tried-to-recruit-taliban-5-to-work-for-us-after-their-release-failed-miserably-video/

[Ignatz Ratzkiwatzki]

Speaking of the Jenner twins, a comment at that WSJ article got me to thinking about the timing here.
Bruce Jenner caused a car accident in which a person was killed, but for which he has not yet faced the legal consequences.
But Bruce Jenner no longer exists and Caitlyn Jenner was nowhere near the place on the day in question. Just ask the witnesses, none of whom would identify the driver as a tall, scary, thin, buxom woman with great fashion sense who tosses a mean javelin.
Sorry daddy, but Perry Mason couldn't crack that alibi.

[Threadkiller]

A fake killer whale seems to sum up the times we are living in.

All those fag protesters want Shamu released? I know right where to drop him.

[Jane]

Alan Bond died. He's the Aussie who won the America's Cup in '83 taking the cup out of Newport for the first time. I was in Newport for some of those races - there was a controversy about the secret keel.

A few years later I met his wife, Red (now ex)and we became close friends. I went to his daughter's wedding in England and to visit them in Oz for a month in 2002.

Alan started out as a sign painter and at one point was the wealthiest man in Australia. Then he went to jail for 3 years where he spent his time teaching inmates business practices.

RIP

[Jane]

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-06-05/alan-bond-life-and-times-quotes-and-pictures/6521774

Some quotes from Bond

[GMax]

No truer words have been penned, but that it shows up in Slate is a surprise:

Like that other august and effective international body, the United Nations General Assembly, most major FIFA decisions (including the election of its chairman and the location of the World Cup) are determined by a “one country, one vote,” process. This means that, also like at the U.N., dictatorships, thugocracies, and other illiberal regimes—what the late U.S. Ambassador Daniel Patrick Moynihan referred to as the “jackals” of Turtle Bay—have disproportionate sway over FIFA business.

[Jack is Back]

In 2010 & 2014 the Giants won the World Series and Obama and the Dems got swamped. Let's pray for another Giants WS victory in 2016. BTW, Obama is one sick puppy.

http://www.jammiewf.com/2015/always-humble-obama-lauds-sf-giants-at-white-house-i-seem-to-be-good-luck-for-them/

[Captain Hate]

Bruce Jenner caused a car accident in which a person was killed, but for which he has not yet faced the legal consequences.

I don't know what I would feel like as a family member of the victim but cold murderous rage is a good starting point, to both that mentally ill pile of shit and his MFM enablers.

[Captain Hate]

Let's pray for another Giants WS victory in 2016.

Never

[Jeff Dobbs]

Iggy:
Speaking of the Jenner twins

Trigger, trigger, trigger. Safe space. I need a safe space. I thought JOM would be a safe space. Make the bad man stop.

[DebinNC]

BOzo to the visiting-props/Giants yesterday:

“They’ve got that even-year magic; they’ve got that championship experience,” Obama said of the team, which won the Fall Classic in 2010, 2012 and 2014. “I seem to be good luck for them.”

Good luck for Republicans nationwide too.

[narciso]

well they both deserve the halibut,

http://twitchy.com/2015/06/05/musket-gets-a-fish-slapping-john-cleese-is-not-a-fan-of-piers-morgan/

[Microagressive Ignatz]

Sorry Jeff, but you really need to man up.

[Cecil Turner]

Why not hold in in Contempt of Congress and send the Seargeant at Arms to detain and jail him? They do have that power, don't they, even if it hasn't been used in...has it ever been used?

Contempt charges are referred to DoJ for prosecution . . . which they can decline to do. Most recent such case: Lois Lerner.

[Microagressive Ignatz]

Sorry Jeff, but you really need to man up.

[Captain Hate]

Maybe now I can pick up a DVD of High Fidelity on the cheap:

http://www.weaselzippers.us/225640-moonbat-actor-john-cusack-obama-worse-than-dick-cheney/

[Microagressive Ignatz]

Confirmed; People that own cats are crazy.

[Jeff Dobbs]

State Department preparing to probe Clinton email scandal

Or perhaps better put in a letter the IG released to Common Cause in the course of a FOIA request: "[The IG is] conducting preliminary work to determine the proper scope and methodology for a review of the Department's email communication policies and practices, among other things."

Breath Holding Status: Inhaling and exhaling continues

[Jeff Dobbs]

Ig:
Sorry Jeff, but you really need to man up.

Although.....in a sane world, manning up would probably include not talking about Jenner.

[DebinNC]

Speaking of Daniel Patrick Moynihan, it's been 50 yrs. since his prescient The Negro Family: The Case for National Action ... when fatherless black families were then 25%. I bet the stat in Baltimore today is over 80%.

[narciso]

you might use one of these rebreather things:

http://www.buzzfeed.com/andrewkaczynski/tom-coburn-on-2016-gopers-cruz-and-walker-not-ready-for-prim#.huaBpp3ZD

[Captain Hate]

Contempt charges are referred to DoJ for prosecution . . . which they can decline to do.

I'm sure that the opposition party, as part of that grueling confirmation hearing for Lynch, got a firm commitment to get right on that. Should happen any day now...

[narciso]

surprise, to no one, with any common sense:

http://www.thetower.org/2124-former-u-s-ambassador-nuclear-agreement-with-iran-wont-change-its-hegemonic-goals/

[Captain Hate]

From narc's link:

Coburn said Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker is “not ready for primetime in my opinion.” He said Walker didn’t win the recall election in 2012 but “Republicans around the country did it for him.”

I'm sorry but I can't remember the likes of Rove and the rest of the GOPe exerting themselves at all on the part of Walker. Am I overlooking something?

[Ben]

LeBron is not the Won. Heh. Hooda thunk the Warriors would ever go so far.

[henry]

CH, Republicans Tea Party people around the country did it for him

AFP and Tea Party Express on the ground here, and the verifytherecall people nationally.

No Coburn or Rove togas were splattered by unseemly WI beer & brats.

[James D.]

Ig @ 10:46, does that mean I can attribute all my questionable decisions or odd behaviors to cat parasites?

[Captain Hate]

Hooda thunk the Warriors would ever go so far.

Once Jerry West was brought into the fold in an advisory capacity it was only a matter of time before they became good.

[Microagressive Ignatz]

Absolutely James; scapecats.

[narciso]

shirley he can't be Sirius,

yes, t gondii, even featured in that financial thriller some years back,

[DebinNC]

WH: "As part of the Let Girls Learn initiative and following her recent visits to Japan and Cambodia, the First Lady will visit London where she will meet with students and discuss how the UK and the U.S. are working together to expand access to girls education around the world – supporting adolescent girls in completing their education."

MOzo's mother, daughters, and more than likely extended family members will be along. After London, they'll "visit cultural sites in Venice." Ca-ching.

[Beasts of England]

Looks like yesterday's high-seventies were an anomaly and the upper-eighties are calling today. Works for me.

So, the Bikini Babe signal has been illuminated and I'm scrambling to find an exciting new beverage for the day's adventures. I saw some raspberry tea at Publix and that's good to be a good drink base. I shall investigate...

Peace out, Girl Scouts!

[Microagressive Ignatz]

--As part of the Let Girls Learn initiative...--

You know who's really into letting girls learn?
The Muslim Brotherhood.

[Miss Marple]

http://linkis.com/www.breitbart.com/bi/9nja4

Fiorina calls for release of text of Obama trade deal.

[narciso]

i'm sure there's an explanation,

http://www.morganton.com/sports/ap/ap-sources-half-of-m-bucks-arena-to-come-from/article_2d31e904-5618-5661-a987-e2cb93d84149.html

but what's this about?

[Ben]

West has been on the Board since 2011. I did not know that CH.

I think he should replace Jude as patron Saint of the lost cause. :)

[henry]

narciso, standard sports franchise extortion. Based on past rounds, the state budget of WI is hostage to $460 million loss if ransom in the form of a new arena is not payed. What is not clear is how the mechanics of this deal work (on the surface, no tax for Lambeau expansion or Miller Park). From the radio this morning, if the Bucks leave Milwaukee, they have to pay off the bonds.

Its not clear this is a good deal, only a worse deal is possible. It is also not clear the legislature will pass the deal.

[Captain Hate]

Even though Mr Clutch is always associated with the Lakers, he helped the Memphis Grizzlies get good very quickly as a favor to the owner.

[narciso]

so, do we really know China is behind these hacks, or is it just a guestimate,

[Captain Hate]

The Ewok expends a lot of words to say "get off my lawn":

http://acecomments.mu.nu/?post=357137

[narciso]

that was an odd review,

in a generation, the Dutch will be saying this of their own countrymen:

http://unitedwithisrael.org/latest-dutch-warning-beware-of-rock-throwing-jews/

[Thomas Collins]

Jerry West again? Too many times for it to be attributable to luck. Time for the 76ers to pry him away from Golden State.

[Thomas Collins]

I would say the Knicks, but I wonder whether Phil Jackson's ego would allow that.

[Captain Hate]

so, do we really know China is behind these hacks, or is it just a guestimate,

I'm sure somebody in NSA knows where it came from; whether or not they've communicated it to the gossipy security nightmares of this administration is unknown.

It's hard to rank the particulars of just how bad 404 has been to the country, but the way he and his fellow dipshits blithely disregard any standards of confidentiality and the mistrust that breeds has to be near the top.

[Peter]

I never even knew where "Golden State" was, but I am now rooting for the Warriors, since apparently, Stephan Curry is a Christian and his little girl is so cute.

[Porchlight]

The children of the elderly woman killed by Jenner's reckless driving are suing him.

[narciso]

I'm highly skeptical of any widely disseminated account, specially when it serves a given narrative:

[Captain Hate]

I would say the Knicks, but I wonder whether Phil Jackson's ego would allow that.

I don't know what the Zen Master plan is for the Knicks but he hasn't been very good as a GM/Preznit/whatever so far; for example the Cavs wouldn't be in the Finals if JR and Shump weren't given to them. The Knicks under Dolan have been extremely toxic; I might be holding Phil to too high of a standard in dealing with that hot mess.

[narciso]

the Ewok is punching down, seriously one has to ignore an idiot like that, unless we can ridicule Gillibrand for believing her,

[jimmyk]

unless we can ridicule Gillibrand for believing her,

That's the real scandal, plus Columbia's administration tolerating her. A generation ago this woman would have been institutionalized, but now she's getting her full 15 minutes (at least one hopes that's all it is), with the result that her mental state will deteriorate further.

[Miss Marple]

http://gawker.com/flight-logs-put-clinton-dershowitz-on-pedophile-billio-1681039971

Gawker has flight records.

[Captain Hate]

According to my daughter, Columbia tolerating dimwits while running roughshod over the rights of the delusionally accused isn't a recent phenomenon. Hell, they probably should have expelled a certain chinless undergrad in the 60s instead of caving like feckless cowards.

[James D.]

CH @ 12:20

I think "extremely toxic" is probably the kindest thing you can say about the Knicks over the last 15 years.

There may well be worse-run profesional sports franchises than Dolan's Knicks, but I don't think there's any franchise that has sprnt as much money as they have to be as bad as they've been, or that's wrecked as many careers.

[lyle]

but the way he and his fellow dipshits blithely disregard any standards of confidentiality and the mistrust that breeds has to be near the top.

It was the same thing with Clenis. My brother is AF reserve but his job is all software. He was outraged at the careless shit Klintoon's admin was doing and bitterly pointed out that in a normal world, the red-nosed predator would not even get security clearance to do my brother's job. Gah.