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Written by Gary North on May 24, 2013
The IRS official who took the fifth this week to avoid talking about her leadership in the scandal has been put on administrative leave. Fully-paid, of course. Oh, the shame of it all! So, the lady gets a paid vacation. She oversaw the scandal, pleaded the fifth amendment, refused to answer questions, and then gets […]
Continue reading →Written by Gary North on May 23, 2013
The IRS lady who was in charge of the program to screen non-profit 501(c)(4) applications has taken the fifth amendment. She refused to testify on the grounds that her testimony may tend to incriminate her: the fifth amendment of the Constitution. Good for her. Every IRS official should do the same. They should all be […]
Continue reading →Written by Gary North on May 22, 2013
The FBI arrested a man because he posted inflammatory material on Facebook. They say he is crazy. They put him in a mental institution. On whose word? A psychologist, who spent 15 minutes with him. That is all it takes in America for the FBI to get you. His mother started posting on Facebook about […]
Continue reading →Written by Gary North on May 22, 2013
Major Hasan has not been convicted of doing anything amiss in 2009. So, he receives his paycheck. But what about his court martial? One of these days, Real Soon Now. Were there witnesses? Lots. Were there dead bodies? Thirteen. Wounded? Over 30. Then what’s the problem? Public relations. There will be witnesses called who will […]
Continue reading →Written by Gary North on May 21, 2013
Tea Party groups are organizing a national rally to protest the IRS’s invasive tactics against conservative organizations. An interactive map of where the meetings will be held is here. This has been great publicity for the Tea Party movement. It is likely to grow. Here is why this is important. Bureaucracies fear three things, and […]
Continue reading →Written by Gary North on May 16, 2013
The business editor for the Huffington Post says that IRS was right in treating Tea Party groups differently. (The phrase “business editor” for the Huffington Post is an oxymoron.) I love liberals. They make such great targets! What about the rule of law? Ignore it whenever you can inflict damage on your ideological opponents! FDR […]
Continue reading →Written by Gary North on May 14, 2013
Detroit is bankrupt. Everyone knows this. Everyone has known it for months. It is not official, but it’s close. The pension holders are going to see their dreams blown to dust. They are the cause. They will be the solution. The state has sent in The Terminator. He can shut the city down. He can […]
Continue reading →Written by Gary North on May 10, 2013
A technology class came up with an idea: free benches at bus stops. This would help elderly people, the students imagined. So, they went to work. They designed, then built, a bus stop bench. They put it at a bus stop with no bench. The Detroit Department of Transportation informed them that this was not […]
Continue reading →Written by Gary North on May 3, 2013
My GaryNorth.com site has forums. Yesterday, one of the site members posted this. You will appreciate it. Our company is currently undergoing its annual health coverage renewal and massive increase (about 25% to the company and higher co-pay’s all around) fire drill. The insurance guy shared some complete horror stories with our HR guy. It […]
Continue reading →Written by Gary North on April 24, 2013
A man in Watertown, Massachusetts noticed something odd. It seemed as though his backyard boat had been disturbed. He tipped off the government. The various governments, which had locked down Boston in a vain attempt to find a missing teenager, sent troops into his back yard. They shot up his boat. To see the photos, […]
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