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DeviantBraeburn Wandering Jew from Dysfunctional California Since: Aug, 2012
Wandering Jew
#55376: May 29th 2013 at 7:29:24 PM

[up] But the Atom Bomb is a great analogy for the One Ring of Power.

Tim Pawlenty Spurns Bashir Amid Grilling Over GOP’s Extremism: ‘There’s Also An Analog On The Left’

A group accusing the Environmental Protection Agency of shielding official work from public view is suing to obtain the text messages of Gina McCarthy, the senior EPA official President Obama has nominated to run the agency.

New York Times, Associated Press Refuse To Attend Meeting With Eric Holder Unless It’s On The Record

Speaking of the IRS, anyone remember that guy who flew a plane into their HQ a while ago? That would be a right wing terrorist.

Considering how that guy's suicide note ended:

"The communist creed: From each according to his ability, to each according to his need."

"The capitalist creed: From each according to his gullibility, to each according to his greed."

..I question the accuracy of that statement.

Andrew J. Stack just seemed to hate everyone and everything.

edited 29th May '13 7:47:02 PM by DeviantBraeburn

Everything is Possible. But some things are more Probable than others. JEBAGEDDON 2016
Linhasxoc Since: Jun, 2009
#55377: May 29th 2013 at 9:12:43 PM

But the Atom Bomb is a great analogy for the One Ring of Power.

Actually it isn't really, but I'm not wading into that whole debate (not to mention it's off topic).

Tim Pawlenty Spurns Bashir Amid Grilling Over GOP’s Extremism: ‘There’s Also An Analog On The Left’

No, T-paw, there really isn't. Or at least, we don't give our crazies microphones.

johnnyfog Actual Wrestling Legend from the Zocalo Since: Apr, 2010 Relationship Status: They can't hide forever. We've got satellites.
Actual Wrestling Legend
#55378: May 29th 2013 at 9:20:02 PM

(Maybe our fringe left is marginalized because it's so multicultural? People assume Black Panthers and head for the hills?)

I'm a skeptical squirrel
Euodiachloris Since: Oct, 2010
#55380: May 29th 2013 at 9:39:57 PM

Trump cracks me up. He really does. <shudders>

Midgetsnowman Since: Jan, 2010
#55381: May 29th 2013 at 10:08:49 PM

[up][up]

so because a lot of the left thinks the white house "scandals" are overblown manufactured conspiracies seeking to distract idiots that makes us purveyors of an overblown conspiracy theory to distract idiots?

TheHandle United Earth from Stockholm Since: Jan, 2012 Relationship Status: YOU'RE TEARING ME APART LISA
United Earth
#55382: May 29th 2013 at 11:04:31 PM

Godel Escher Bach.

Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.
DeviantBraeburn Wandering Jew from Dysfunctional California Since: Aug, 2012
Wandering Jew
#55383: May 29th 2013 at 11:17:14 PM

There Is Now A Vagina-Themed Pinball Machine Inspired By Todd Akin

Everything is Possible. But some things are more Probable than others. JEBAGEDDON 2016
TheHandle United Earth from Stockholm Since: Jan, 2012 Relationship Status: YOU'RE TEARING ME APART LISA
United Earth
#55384: May 29th 2013 at 11:23:35 PM

That is darkly humorous.

Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.
thatguythere47 Since: Jul, 2010
#55385: May 29th 2013 at 11:54:28 PM

Unless I missed something the IRS unfairly targeting political groups because of their beliefs is a scandal.

Is using "Julian Assange is a Hillary butt plug" an acceptable signature quote?
Rationalinsanity from Halifax, Canada Since: Aug, 2010 Relationship Status: It's complicated
#55386: May 29th 2013 at 11:56:41 PM

Is it, but groups on the other side were targeted as well and there may have been some (if not enough) cause to do so. And its very unlikely that Obama was even indirectly involved (as if anyone can control the IRStongue).

Politics is the skilled use of blunt objects.
thatguythere47 Since: Jul, 2010
#55387: May 30th 2013 at 12:12:31 AM

The point is no groups should be targeted. If there is cause to suspect fraud then you go after a group. Just declaring every group with tea party in the name suspicious is wrong.

Is using "Julian Assange is a Hillary butt plug" an acceptable signature quote?
SeptimusHeap from Switzerland (Edited uphill both ways) Relationship Status: Mu
#55389: May 30th 2013 at 12:15:20 AM

Just so we are on the same page: What is the evidence in the IRS controversy so far?

Also, Heritage is complaining about the House bill? Shouldn't they be bitching about the Senate one?

"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled." - Richard Feynman
RavenWilder Since: Apr, 2009
#55390: May 30th 2013 at 12:21:07 AM

[up][up][up] What I heard was they investigated groups with the word "Patriot" in their name, not "Tea Party".

CaptainKatsura Decoy from    Poland    Since: Jul, 2011
Decoy
#55391: May 30th 2013 at 2:26:02 AM

Going back to topic of South American miners, I do not plan to exploit Polish miners in case I were in charge, I just want to eliminate privilidges that their representatives and workers in mining industry above the ground hoard for themselves. Saved money could be spend on better equipment and safety measures (survivalibity of workers is important because the better trained they are the more efficient they become). Exhaustion of easily available oil deposits will likely lead to a local boom in industry as extracting fuel from coal and shail oil will become a viable option.

My President is Funny Valentine.
DeviantBraeburn Wandering Jew from Dysfunctional California Since: Aug, 2012
Barkey Since: Feb, 2010 Relationship Status: [TOP SECRET]
#55393: May 30th 2013 at 6:01:24 AM

I hate my state so much.

I guess the bullet-button just wasn't good enough for the gun-grabbers. I really wanted an AR with a Raddlock too.

The stupid part is that they had 30+ round magazines in that picture, and they I guess "re-banned" them or something, because 10 rounds has been the magazine limit in California for quite a while now.. Then again I shouldn't be surprised that my congresscritters aren't aware of our own laws.

Plus, are you fucking serious? A 50 dollar fee to be put on some sort of list as a requirement to buy ammo? And they didn't mention how often you'll have to do this? Not to mention the entire fact that I have to be put on a list and go through the entire background check shit just to buy ammo??

Sometimes I think the goal of these folks is specifically "Make it so ammo is too expensive for poor people" or something. A 50 dollar tax every time I buy ammunition would be absolutely crippling. It would make it more profitable for me to drive to the state line to buy ammo in Nevada or Arizona almost. Nothing about that is reasonable, so I hope it gets knocked out in the assembly. It just seems like the goal is always "Fuck regular people. But if you have enough money we're ok with it."

edited 30th May '13 6:07:26 AM by Barkey

AnSTH Lawful Evil Since: May, 2013 Relationship Status: Showing feelings of an almost human nature
#55394: May 30th 2013 at 6:03:55 AM

[up]I'm getting a 404 on that link. (Actually the site comes up but with "Page not found." Same thing really, but some people are die hard on the technicalities.)

This it?

EDIT: Something seems to be wrong with the outgoing link to the LA times. The story can be found on the feed on the right side of the page anyway.

edited 30th May '13 6:06:11 AM by AnSTH

But that's a story for another time.
Barkey Since: Feb, 2010 Relationship Status: [TOP SECRET]
#55395: May 30th 2013 at 6:08:08 AM

Yeah that's the one. When you put in the URL information, it creates two spaces that you have to delete next to some commas.

This better not mean M 1 A's are banned. Because fuck them if it does.

The only good thing for California to come out of all of this is that the ranks of Reserve Police Officers and Reserve Deputies have absolutely swelled. I'm probably going to Reserve Academy sometime soon, then I'll be a POST certified peace officer instead of just military, and I'll be able to flip the bird to California and just buy whatever I want, 30 round mags and all.

edited 30th May '13 6:10:36 AM by Barkey

3of4 Just a harmless giant from a foreign land. from Five Seconds in the Future. Since: Jan, 2010 Relationship Status: GAR for Archer
Just a harmless giant from a foreign land.
#55396: May 30th 2013 at 6:10:48 AM

[up]Until I googled I thought you meant the M 1 A tank...not the rifle.

"You can reply to this Message!"
Barkey Since: Feb, 2010 Relationship Status: [TOP SECRET]
#55397: May 30th 2013 at 6:14:43 AM

Haha no.. I meant the civilian version of the M14. Which along with the Mini-14 is one of the few mag fed rifles in California that doesn't require stupid bullet button or fixed magazine nonsense. tongue

nightwyrm_zero Since: Apr, 2010
#55398: May 30th 2013 at 8:32:34 AM

About the whole IRS thing...I'm just a bit confused. Isn't it their job to audit people and make sure everyone is paying their taxes? If you paid your taxes and did your paperwork correctly, shouldn't they have nothing on you? It's not like being targeted by the IRS means them coming to your place and trashing it or breaking your legs.

If resources allowed, shouldn't the IRS be ideally auditing everyone and make sure everyone is paying their taxes?

Xopher001 Since: Jul, 2012
#55399: May 30th 2013 at 8:34:02 AM

The IRS supposedly targeted theses groups specifically , despite evidence brought up earlier here that they have also equally been auditing left leaning groups

nightwyrm_zero Since: Apr, 2010
#55400: May 30th 2013 at 8:43:46 AM

[up]Yes, but what's so bad about it? Does it involve the IRS coming to your office and disrupting your work or is it just the IRS looking more closely at your tax returns they have on file.

edited 30th May '13 8:44:26 AM by nightwyrm_zero


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