Wisconsin investigating doctors who handed out fraudulent sick notes during budget protests

Eight Wisconsin doctors wrote fraudulent “sick notes” for perfectly healthy protesters at the anti-Scott Walker rallies in Madison are being investigated.

Eight Wisconsin doctors are feeling a little sick to their stomachs today. They wrote fraudulent “sick notes” for perfectly healthy protesters at the anti-Scott Walker rallies in Madison and now they’re being investigated by the Wisconsin Department of Regularion and Licensing and the state’s Medical Examining Board.

…DRL identified 11 people who were asked to provide an explanation to the department about their activities at the Capitol. Based on the complaints and the information received by DRL, a screening panel consisting of three members of the MEB has decided to open investigations on eight individuals. Investigations were not opened as to the other three individuals because the panel concluded no violations had occurred.

Despite the fact that some of the eight were captured breaking the law on video and handing out sick notes willy nilly, the two medical boards will now go through the motions of determining if any laws were broken. After the investigation is complete, the panel will recommend what kind of disciplinary action should be taken.

Please allow us to make a prediction: Slap on the wrist.

Does anyone doubt that we’re right?

Source: WisPolitics.com

Travel Alert: All readers should avoid New York

We’ve never issued a travel alert before, but after reading the following headline the remarkable sense of duty we feel toward our readers compels us to recommend that you avoid the Empire State:

We’ve never issued a travel alert before, but after reading the following headline the remarkable sense of duty we feel toward our readers compels us to recommend that you avoid the Empire State:

NY police arrest man for being a smart aleck

If being a smart aleck is now an offense worthy of arrest, most IHTM readers would end up in hot water within five minutes. So we just recommend that you save yourself some trouble and stay the hell away from New York.

Here’s the story:

After New York’s finest stopped a bicyclist for riding on the sidewalk, a passing pedestrian started began teasing the cyclist with clever bon mots like, “You know that’s against the law!”

The police start hassling the pedestrian and demand his identification. This, of course, escalates what had been a relatively minor stop into a major confrontation. By the time it was over six officers were involved.

The best part? While arresting the smartass, none of the cops even notice another pedestrian – obviously drunk or loaded – stumbling into oncoming traffic.

H/T: HotAir.com

Mexican army sending advisors to train Libyan rebels

Now it’s being reported that Mexico has sent advisors to help train the rebels. Don’t worry, President Obama, things are sure to turn around in Libya any day now.

You’ve probably read stories and seen video clips that reveal how inept the ragtag Libyan rebels are.

Now it’s being reported that Mexico has sent advisors to help train the rebels.

Don’t worry, President Obama, things are sure to turn around in Libya any day now.

News from IHateTheMedia.com’s hometown: Forger shows up in court with forged doctor note

A California woman facing nearly 5 years in prison for forging drug prescriptions showed up at court with a phony doctor’s note seeking a delay.

San Luis Obispo, California, the happiest place in America, has at least one unhappy resident this morning, but don’t blame us. This may be our hometown, but IHateTheMedia.com had nothing to do with it.

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Important notice: If you're ever charged with forgery, do not bring a forged doctor's note to the San Luis Obispo County courthouse

Ohio.com explains the story:

A California woman facing nearly five years in prison for forging drug prescriptions showed up for sentencing with a phony doctor’s note seeking a delay in the proceedings.

Michelle Elaine Astumian was free on $45,000 bail and pleaded no contest in January to felony counts of forgery and using a fraudulent check.

The 41-year-old woman arrived Monday for sentencing in a San Luis Obispo County courtroom and presented a note with a doctor’s signature asking for a postponement.

Prosecutor Dave Pomeroy called the doctor, who said the note is a forgery.
The judge immediately ordered Astumian into custody and she collapsed to the floor. An ambulance took her to a hospital.

Five years in prison for forging a doctor’s note? Hell, under ObamaCare she’ll have to wait that long just to see a doctor.

Source: Ohio.com

Perlcat Rants: “Stop sending me those fundraising emails, RNC”

We now turn IHateTheMedia.com over to frequent commenter Perlcat so he can let off a little steam.

We now turn IHateTheMedia.com over to frequent commenter Perlcat so he can let off a little steam:

No good deed goes unpunished. If you mistakenly send a politician twenty bucks to help elect people that you want in office, they make the mistake of believing that you believe in every single splinter of every plank of their platform, every chump, every schmuck, every moron.

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We believe Mr. Perlcat is not happy with the Republican National Committee

When it’s the RNC, after much wishy-washiness trying to shave a few tenths of a percent off of a budget that has added trillions in the past couple years, they just plain irritate me to no end. I mean, do they call that an accomplishment? While I’m looking for trillions in budget reduction, they’re talking about the kind of money the EPA finds in the couch cushions. Clearly the Republican “leadership” has not comprehended what the American public has — that it is a spending problem, and you fix it by not spending so much.

This is the organization that encouraged that witch Lisa Murkowski’s write-in campaign after someone else won Alaska’s primary. Clearly, it is more of a solicitation of dues to a club that I’m not allowed to join than it is a campaign fund to elect competent politicians. When we see the light at the end of the tunnel, with bright stars like Jim DeMint, Michelle Bachmann and others, pinheads like Karl Rove think they can use their credibility to hack on them, cut them down, keep the crop of new politicians into office in line with the “more of the same” crowd. So when the RNC sent me their umpteenth letter, I went off on them. I doubt that they’ll ever read it, so I’ll let you guys read it, see what you think.

I hereby revoke the RNC’s right to their acronym, and confer on them the acronym “SSDD”. Yep, Same Sh*t, Different Day.

Dear RNC:

Thank you for your email soliciting a donation from me. Unfortunately, I no longer donate to the Republican party as it clearly does not represent my interests in Washington.

I wish you did. Unfortunately, nothing has transpired in the past year that has convinced me that you offer any more of a solution than the current imbecile residing at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. With very few exceptions, the Republican leadership has proved feckless and of very poor negotiating ability. With a Democrat insurgency hell-bent upon destroying our nation, this is not the time for “me too” politics.

The difference you guys present is marginal at best — a choice in our nation failing in four years instead of two. I’d like to think better of our nation and our politicians. So please remove me from your donor list.

You are welcome to email me when you guys are serious about fixing this nation’s ills. Until then, as I said before, my money goes elsewhere.

If you want suggestions on how to get people fired up, I suggest you guys stop treating the few politicians actually acting as if they gave a damn about the crisis our nation is in like pariahs and tell Rove to drink a tall glass of STFU until he has something useful to say.

Regards,

Perlcat

Holy guacamole: Obama’s approval among Hispanics drops to all-time low

“¡Si, Se Puede!” was the Spanish version of “Yes we can!” Does anyone know how to say, “No we can’t” in Spanish?

“¡Si, Se Puede!” was the Spanish version of “Yes we can!” Does anyone know how to say, “No we can’t” in Spanish? It might come in handy at campaign headquarters because President Obama’s approval rating among Hispanics has dropped from 85% in May of 2009 to 47% today.

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"Yes We Can" has turned into "This guy's a pinche puto"

Gallup reports the muy malo noticias:

As President Barack Obama was preparing to meet at the White House on Tuesday afternoon with a group of business, religious and law enforcement leaders to talk about immigration reform, the Gallup poll released its latest weekly presidential job approval numbers indicating that Obama’s approval among Hispanic Americans had dropped to an all-time low.

In the week of April 11-17, Gallup reported, only 47 percent of Hispanics said they approved of the job Obama was doing as president.

This was only the third week during Obama’s presidency that his job approval among his Hispanics has been lower than 50 percent. The previous two occasions were Sept. 20-26, 2010, when Obama’s approval dropped to 49 percent among Hispanics, and the week of July 26-Aug.1, 2010, when it dropped to 48 percent.

Now if the Republicans could just come up with a better presidential candidate than Donald Trump, we could end this national nightmare.

Paul Ryan? Chris Christie? Marco Rubio? A nation turns its lonely eyes to you.

Source: CNS News

Obama honors important Jewish holiday by passing it over

There’s no way of really knowing but we’re pretty sure that when Moses instituted the first passover his intention wasn’t to celebrate the architects of yet another holocaust.

When it comes to sharing, Barrack Obama has a pretty skewed view of things. A view so skewed, in fact, that we can only sum it up with the phrase “what’s mine is mine and what’s yours is mine.”

His majesty’s hypocrisy is by no means limited to the American taxpayers. He also seems fond of applying it to the Jews. And this time around its not enough for them to give their country over to people who want to kill them. Now he expects them to cede their holidays as well.

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President Obama pretending he cares about Jewish tradition

Israel National News has the whole spiel on President Shmendrik’s chutzpah:

Passover recalls the bondage and suffering of Jews in Egypt and the miracle of the Exodus, the unique redemption whose goal was a G-d given way of life to be led in the Holy Land, but U.S. President Barack Obama says its message is reflected in Muslim uprisings.

In his annual message, prior to his third straight participation in the Passover Seder, President Obama stated, “The story of Passover…instructs each generation to remember its past, while appreciating the beauty of freedom and the responsibility it entails. This year that ancient instruction is reflected in the daily headlines as we see modern stories of social transformation and liberation unfolding in the Middle East and North Africa.”

There’s no way of really knowing but we’re pretty sure that when Moses instituted the first passover his intention wasn’t to celebrate the architects of yet another holocaust.

Oy vey.

– Written by Kip Hooker at TheVitaminPress.com

Source: Israel National News

If Obama has to show his actual birth certificate, shouldn’t Donald Trump have to show his actual hair?

The latest controversy about The Donald is that he won’t release his tax returns until Obama releases his birth certificate.

Donald Trump has more skeletons in his closet than a … a … well, maybe we should really figure out how sentences are going to end before we begin them.

Nevertheless, the latest controversy about The Donald is that he won’t release his tax returns until Obama releases his birth certificate.

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Is there any proof that Donald Trump's hair was born in the United States?

The New York Daily News reports:

Donald Trump has a deal for the President: He’ll release his tax returns if Obama releases his birth certificate.

The billionaire businessman and aspiring presidential candidate laid out the conditions for his financial records disclosure Tuesday.

“Maybe I’m going to do the tax returns when Obama does his birth certificate … I’d love to give my tax returns. I may tie my tax returns into Obama’s birth certificate,” he told ABC News’ George Stephanopoulos.

We say the American people are concerned with issues far more pressing than Obama’s birth certificate.

For instance, what exactly is going on with Trump’s hair? Is it real? Is it a comb over? Is it a weave? Is there any proof that it was it born in the United States?

Time to come clean, Donald.

Source: New York Daily News

Democrat violates sanctity of House floor, says “F-ck you” to another Democrat

Foul language on the floor of the Senate? Good gracious sakes alive! Russ Carnahan used the F word and the media yawns — because he is a democrat.

Remember back in 2004 when Vice President Dick Cheney looked Senator Patrick Leahy in the eyes and said, “Go f-ck yourself?”

Foul language on the floor of the Senate? Good gracious sakes alive! It was reported by the Los Angeles Times, Boston Globe, the Associated Press, New York Times, CNN and all the usual liberal suspects. And based on their reaction, one would have thought the world was about to end.

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Why does Missouri Congressman Russ Carnahan always look like something smells bad?

Well, now we have a similar situation with a House Democrat saying exactly the same thing to another House Democrat, but the same media that was horrified by Cheney is silent about the Democrat.

Politico has the story of Russ Carnahan’s vocabularic violation:

Rep. Russ Carnahan has all but agreed to avoid a primary fight against Rep. Lacy Clay if, as expected, the two Democrats are drawn into the same district by the Missouri legislature.

But for detente to occur, there had to be hostilities.

Two weeks ago, a frustrated Carnahan approached Clay on the House floor. Carnahan had been hoping to get Clay and fellow Missouri Democratic Rep. Emanuel Cleave to pressure Gov. Jay Nixon to veto a Republican remapping of the state’s congressional districts. Not only had Clay and Cleaver declined to help, they had stopped taking Carnahan’s calls on the matter.

“[F—-] you,” Carnahan said, according to a source who heard the obscenity. Then, with sarcasm, he added “Thanks for your help.”

And the media responds with a collective yawn.

Source: Politico

O’Reilly wakes up: “The danger to the country lies in the executive branch and President Obama”

When it comes to the subject of Barack Obama, Bill O’Reilly is schizophrenic. Some nights he supports him and demands that conservatives back off, other nights he wants his head on a stake.

When it comes to the subject of Barack Obama, Bill O’Reilly is schizophrenic. Some nights he supports him and demands that conservatives back off, other nights he wants his head on a stake.

Monday night was in the latter mode. He told Brit Hume, “The danger to the country lies in the executive branch and president Obama … I think absolutely the president wants to take from the rich and give to the poor.”

Blind sow, meet acorn.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mYdrgHQf8lA

Hilarious: Former Abu Ghraib commander is a progressive, wants to run for U.S. Senate in Texas

Former Iraq commander Ricardo Sanchez, who was forced out of his military post in 2004 after the Abu Ghraib scandal, wants to run for US Senator.

Remember those heady days of progressive protest when Abu Ghraib was the worst scandal in the history of the Republic? Back when progressives told us that taking photos of prisoners in their underwear was far worse than any atrocity committed by Saddam Hussein? Back when they said the commanding officer must pay for the crimes of his people?

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Progressives suddenly consider Ricardo Sanchez to be Robert Mapplethorpe in khakis

Never mind. That was back before Abu Ghraib commanding officer Ricardo Sanchez announced that he’s also a progressive and interested in running for Kay Bailey Hutchison’s seat in Texas.

The National Journal has the sordid story:

It looks like the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee’s secret recruit in the Texas Senate race has been unveiled.

McClatchy reports that it’s likely none other than former Iraq commander Ricardo Sanchez, who was forced out of his military post in 2004 after the Abu Ghraib scandal. Sanchez retired from the military in 2006.

“I would describe myself as during my military career as supporting the president and the Constitution,” Sanchez told the paper. “After the military, I decided that socially, I’m a progressive, a fiscal conservative and a strong supporter, obviously, of national defense.”

Barney Frank has already requested that Sanchez be put in charge of all future Senate photo sessions.

Source: National Journal

Unbelievable: Now we’re giving Colombia $2.84 billion so they can build an oil refinery

We haven’t built a refinery in the United States since 1976, but we can give Columbia $2.84 billion so they can build one

What’s wrong with this picture? We can’t drill for offshore oil in the United States, but we can give billions of dollars to Brazil so they can build one. We haven’t built a refinery in the United States since 1976, but we can give Colombia $2.84 billion so they can build one.

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We're not sure if this is a photo of the sun setting on the American oil industry or rising over the foreign oil industry

CSN News reports the completely inexplicable details of the pissing away of another few billion of your tax dollars:

The U.S. Export-Import Bank, an independent agency of the federal government, is now planning a $2.84-billion loan for a massive project to expand and upgrade an oil refinery–in Cartagena, Colombia.

The money would go to Reficar, a wholly owned subsidiary of Ecopetrol, the Colombian national oil company.

“This is part of a $5.18 billion refinery and upgrade project in Cartagena, Colombia supplying petroleum products to the domestic and export markets,” the Export-Import Bank said in a statement.

The U.S. government-controlled bank says the $2.84-billion in financing it plans to undertake will be the second largest project it has ever done. The largest was $3 billion in financing for a liquid natural gas project in Papua New Guinea.

Yes, we know these are loans and loan guarantees, not outright gifts, and we understand the theory that American companies will benefit from purchases made by the foreign oil interests. But wouldn’t American companies also benefit from purchases made by companies drilling for and refining oil in the United States?

You have to give Obama credit. He may be anti-American, but at least he’s consistent.

Source: CNSnews.com

Get your copy: New book to reveal Obama’s true identity?

Jerome Corsi, the same author who helped sink John Kerry’s presidential campaign with Swift Boat, has penned a new book called “Where’s the Birth Certificate?: The Case that Barack Obama is not Eligible to be President. Pre-order here!

The Drudge Report just announced that a new book may just uncover and reveal the hidden secrets in Barack Obama’s life.

Jerome Corsi, the same author who helped sink John Kerry’s presidential campaign with Swift Boat, has penned a new book called “Where’s the Birth Certificate?: The Case that Barack Obama is not Eligible to be President“

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“It’s utterly devastating,” reveals a source close to the publisher. “Obama may learn things he didn’t even know about himself!”Does Corsi definitively declare the location of Obama’s birth?

Will the president’s attorneys attempt to interfere with the book’s distribution? [The publisher vows to vigorously fight any legal action that may be taken.]

Will the book finally — once and for all — put an end to the growing controversy?

Or will it just ignite new ones!?

“When Donald Trump said he sent PIs to Hawaii to get to the bottom of all this, he meant this book,” declares an insider.

Can’t wait. If this one’s half as good as Swift Boat, it’s going to be very good. The Editor and the Administrator have already ordered copies. And in a blatant attempt to make a few bucks, we’re making it easy for you to order yours, too. Just order through the link below and a few pennies goes in our pocket. We appreciate it:

Pre-order today!

Where’s the Birth Certificate?:
The Case that Barack Obama is not Eligible to be President




Source: DrudgeReport.com

Sheriff Joe tops himself, lets you vote on Mugshot of the Day at county website

Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s latest stunt is posting each day’s funniest mugshots online so the public can vote for Mug Shot of the Day.

Sure, Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s critics say he’s just a publicity hound. But he must be doing something right because the people of Maricopa County, Arizona keep re-electing him over and over again.

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Click on the link in the story and help Benjamin Luna win Mugshot of the Day

Joe’s latest stunt is posting each day’s funniest mugshots online so the public can vote for Mug Shot of the Day.

Here’s how Joe explains it:

Numerous people are booked into our jails each day. Vote for the mug shot you like best then see if your choice makes mug shot of the day tomorrow! You can change your mind as often as you like but your final vote will be the only one cast. Tell us what you think!

The Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office website gets 800,000 hits a day. We say make it 800,001.

We’d like every IHateTheMedia.com reader to click on the link and vote for Benjamin Luna.

We’re behind you all the way, Ben. And we’re behind you, too, Sheriff Joe.

Source: Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office

Just little reminder: Republican Congressman wants debt clock displayed in House

While we admire New York Republican Tom Reed’s concept, even he must know that his colleagues on both sides of the aisle are unlikely to agree.

While we admire New York Republican Tom Reed’s concept, even he must know that his colleagues on both sides of the aisle are unlikely to agree to anything that might give them pause before they piss away more of our money.

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New York Republican Tom Reed, a big man who hates big debt

The Hill has the details of a great idea that’s going nowhere:

Rep. Tom Reed (R-N.Y.) last week introduced a resolution that would place a clock measuring the U.S. debt in the House chamber as a “visual gesture” that reminds members of the need to reduce spending.

“We are currently borrowing $58,000 per second,” Reed said last week. “We borrow at least forty cents of each dollar we spend. That is unsustainable. The debt clock will be a distinct reminder that our national debt must always be our first consideration as we continue to spend money that we do not have.”

Reed noted that the total U.S. debt reached $1.5 trillion in the U.S.’s first 193 years, but said the country will add that much in red ink in the current fiscal year.

“The voters of the 29th district of New York elected me to get our spending and borrowing under control,” Reed said. “We must never lose sight of that fact that our children and grandchildren will quite literally pay tomorrow for the decisions made today.”

What? Only $58,000 per second? C’mon, Congress, don’t let that impertinent New York Congressman get in your way. With a little effort you can get that up to $60 or $70 thousand in no time.

Source: The Hill

History according to Saint Al: Gore compares his global warming crusade to civil rights battle

Al Gore now compares his global warming battle to the civil rights battle, If that’s the case, we can only assume that he pictures himself filling the role of Dr. Martin Luther King…

Al Gore now compares his global warming battle to the civil rights battle, If that’s the case, we can only assume that he pictures himself filling the role of Dr. Martin Luther King, the fiery preacher who moved the masses with his religious loquacity.

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Saint Al Gore compares the civil rights battle to his global warming battle

TheHill.com has the details of Gore’s historical allusion illusion:

Al Gore told young green energy advocates Friday that progress on global warming must come from a strong grassroots movement that can counter the oil and coal lobbies, which he alleged have “paralyzed” governments.

Gore – who compared action on global warming to the Civil Rights movement – was the keynote speaker at Power Shift 2011, a Washington, D.C. conference attended largely by college students.

“It’s true that governments by and large have been politically paralyzed because the energy companies, the coal companies, the oil companies, the coal-burning utilities, they have spent enormous amounts of money and they have succeeded in many countries in paralyzing the political process,” the former vice president said.

… Gore said the Civil Rights movement was fueled by youth questioning their parents about legal discrimination, and he drew a link to climate change.

“When they could not answer that moral question coming straight from the conscience of young people, that is when the laws began to change,” Gore said. “You need to ask, ‘tell me again why its al right to put 90 million tons of global warming pollution into the atmosphere every 24 hours, 20 percent of it will still be there in 20,000 years.’”

As we recall our 1960s history, the civil rights movement was marked by a series of marches. Seems to us that Gore’s fat, flabby, flaccid body could benefit immensely from some marching.

So it is strictly with Gore’s health in mind that we say, “Hit the road, Al.”

Source: TheHill.com

Gettin’ out while the gettin’s good: Huckabee alligator leaps fence and escapes

Political pundits are analyzing repercussions to Mike Huckabee’s presidential aspirations after an alligator escaped from the Huckabee Delta Rivers Nature Center.

Political pundits are furiously analyzing the tactical repercussions to Mike Huckabee’s presidential aspirations after a nine foot alligator escaped from the Gov. Mike Huckabee Delta Rivers Nature Center in Pine Bluff, Arkansas.

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"Shoes" was relieved to learn that Nancy Pelosi hadn't really drained the swamp

The American alligator, affectionately nicknamed “Shoes” by male staffers at the nature center – and “Purse” by the female staffers – apparently jumped a chain link fence and then slithered under a gate in a second fence. At least that’s what staffers hope after cautiously searching the grounds and peeking under the center’s main building, which sits up on stilts.

Arkansas Game and Fish Commission spokesman Keith Stephens, standing in the bed of his Game and Fish pickup truck, his eyes darting left and right, said he believes the alligator is now in the nearby swamps mingling with other alligators that live in the water. Then he quickly left the area, saying he had business elsewhere.

In spite of assurances by the nature center, many area grade schools have cancelled planned visits.

“It’s a bad sign for Huckabee’s chances in the presidential race,” said one longtime observer of Arkansas politics (who happens to be the author of this article). “In Arkansas, when the reptiles start jumping ship, well, your campaign is in trouble. You never saw gators leaping fences to escape the Gov. Bill Clinton Nature Center.”

– Written by J.P. Travis of JPAttitude.com

Sources: Reuters, Arkansas Times, Telegraph UK

Eric Holder joins the parade of Obama administration tax deadbeats

Another member of the Obama administration has joined the long, distinguished list of Democrat tax deadbeats. This time it’s the Honorable Eric Holder, Attorney General of the United States.

Another member of the Obama administration has joined the long, distinguished list of Democrat tax deadbeats. This time it’s the Honorable Eric Holder, Attorney General of the United States, who talks the talk, but walks out when the bill arrives.

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Attorney General Eric Holder has just been so darn busy battling terrorists and fighting voter fraud that he completely forgot to pay those darn taxes

The New York Post has the deadbeat details:

US Attorney General Eric Holder and his brother failed to pay the property taxes on their childhood home in Queens, which they inherited last August after their mother died, The Post has learned.

And because their ailing mom, Miriam, was already behind on two quarterly tax bills when she succumbed to illness on Aug. 13, the charges went unpaid for more than a year — growing to $4,146.

It wasn’t until The Post confronted Holder last week about the delinquency that he and younger brother William Holder finally paid up Friday, including $73.14 in interest.

The siblings “weren’t aware of the initial missed payments, which happened in the last months of their mother’s life when she was battling illness,” said a Holder spokesman.

The subsequent unpaid bills “occurred during a time period in which the disposition of the estate is still being resolved,” said Department of Justice spokesman Matthew Miller.

“They just weren’t aware.” Next time the IRS comes after you for non-payment of your taxes, we suggest that you simply invoke the Holder defense and tell them that “you just weren’t aware.”

Source: New York Post

Stalin’s version of American Idol: It was like Earth Hour in reverse

How did Soviet citizens vote for their favorite contestants in Eurovision Song Contest during the period of joseph Stalin?

When Stalin ruled the Soviet Union, telephones were in very short supply. And on top of that, cell phones, texting and computers were still just rough concepts in little baby Bill Gates’ mind.

So how did Soviet citizens vote for their favorite contestants in Eurovision Song Contest?

They watched the show in the dark, then turned on their lights when they wanted to vote for a contestant. The Soviet power company measured power spikes and the winner was supposedly the contestant who made power usage jump the most.

Sounds apocryphal to us. We’re not sure Stalin had any interest in demonstrating democracy to the citizens of the USSR.

H/T: Andrew Bolt

Gag: Michelle Obama says, “I want to embrace the country that I love.”

Here’s a clip from Monday’s The View in which the hens gather to cluck over Michelle Obama and the poor, unfortunate woman who’s married to Joe Biden.

And when we say gag, you have your choice of definitions. If she was making a joke, gag means one thing. If she’s serious, gag has a completely different meaning.

Here’s a clip from Monday’s The View in which the hens gather to cluck over Michelle Obama and the poor, unfortunate woman who’s married to Joe Biden.

“I want to embrace the country that I love,” Michelle babbled. “The country that I know is positive and fair and there’s so much of that out there, that’s it very easy to kind of push the other stuff aside and not take it in. It’s easier than you’d imagine.”

That’s not fair, Michelle. Don’t keep us in suspense any longer. Which country is it?

http://youtu.be/GpEXGPBsDb4

Shocker: Roger Ebert didn’t like Atlas Shrugged

Why can’t liberal journalists be honest? If they believe in a specific brand of political philosophy, that’s fine, but shouldn’t they stick to facts when making their case?

Why can’t liberal journalists be honest? If they believe in a specific brand of political philosophy, that’s fine, but shouldn’t they stick to facts when making their case?

Roger Ebert is a longtime supporter of the Democrat Party and unabashed admirer of Michael Moore (They look alike, don’t they? Has anybody ever seen both of them at the same time?) so nobody was overly surprised when he didn’t like Atlas Shrugged, which hit theatres April 16.

Most Ayn Rand fans were actually pleased that he wasn’t pleased, because a bad review by Roger Ebert is often a harbinger of success. And vice versa. He panned Die Hard, for example, a movie so popular it spawned three sequels (so far) and made over a billion dollars (so far). But he lauded Speed 2: Cruise Control, one of the biggest box office bombs in history.

In 2010 he gave three stars to both Toy Story 3, which grossed over a billion dollars, and mega-flop Knight and Day, which didn’t even cover its production costs, saying of the latter, “Basically, what I wanted was more of it.” Him and nobody else, apparently.

Oh, and he labeled Clint Eastwood’s classic Dirty Harry “fascist” while praising Moore’s Sicko for peddling the propaganda of actual real-life fascist Fidel Castro. Go figure.

Unsurprisingly, while giving Atlas Shrugged a rating of one star and making fun of just about every aspect of its production, Ebert also took the time to add a dishonest characterization of Ayn Rand’s philosophy: “For me, that philosophy reduces itself to: ‘I’m on board; pull up the lifeline,’” he said in his snarkiest movie critic tone.

Three choices here: either he doesn’t have the IQ to comprehend Rand’s philosophy, or he never read it, or he’s being intentionally dishonest.

Ebert claims that his film reviews are “relative, not absolute” meaning they are intended for what he feels are the film’s prospective audience. So how come Atlas Shrugged is running an A- rating on Yahoo! User Reviews?

Perhaps he meant some other prospective audience?

– Written by J.P. Travis of JPAttitude.com

Sources: Chicago Sun-Times, Yahoo.com

Obama administration boycotts Fox News, but admits it has “a great relationship” with Al-Jazeera

The Obama administration, which refuses to allow any of its representatives to appear on Fox News, proudly boasts that it has “a great relationship” with the anti-American Al-Jazeera television network.

Figures. The Obama administration, which refuses to allow any of its representatives to appear on Fox News, proudly boasts that it has “a great relationship” with the anti-American Al-Jazeera television network.

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"Excellent," the Emir of Qatar thought. "He said it just the way I told him to."

Politicom.com has the defining story:

Seven years after then-Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld called the broadcaster’s reporting “vicious, inaccurate and inexcusable” and President George W. Bush joked about bombing it, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton praised it as “real news” in her recent Senate testimony.

Not only that, her staffers, as well as those of the CIA and the Obama White House, were attending the Congressional Correspondents’ Dinner as Al-Jazeera’s guests.

“They are a really important media entity, and we have a really great relationship with them,” said Dana Shell Smith, the State Department’s deputy assistant secretary for international media engagement, who speaks Arabic and has frequently appeared on the channel. “This administration has empowered those of us who actually do the communicating to be in a close relationship with Al-Jazeera. They understand that the relationship can’t consist of complaining to each other about the differences we have.”

… “The emir of Qatar come by the Oval Office today, and he owns Al-Jazeera basically,” Obama said in remarks recorded by CBS News’s Mark Knoller. “Pretty influential guy. He is a big booster, big promoter of democracy all throughout the Middle East. Reform, reform, reform. You’re seeing it on Al-Jazeera.”

Re-write that last paragraph thusly:

“Rupert Murdoch came by the Oval Office today and he owns Fox News basically,” Obama said. “Pretty influential guy. He’s a big booster, big promoter of democracy all throughout America. Reform, reform, reform. You’re seeing it all on Fox.”

We feel confident in saying that’s not going to happen anytime soon. The target of the reform rarely endorses the reformer.

Source: Politico

Al Sharpton rants: More lunacy and more racism than you could expect in one 4-minute clip

Crazy comments from Reverend Al during a panel discussion at the National Action Network Spring Dance and Race Baiting Conference.

Let us enumerate the crazy comments from Reverend Al during a panel discussion at the National Action Network Spring Dance and Race Baiting Conference:

(1) Construction sites with no black workers should be shut down, (2) Black students should only be taught by black teachers, (3) Barack Obama is losing ground with blacks because of a media conspiracy, (4) Sharpton beat back Glenn Beck, and (5) The Tea Party is racist.

Somebody alert the Guinness boys: This may be an all-time record for packing in the most racism per minute.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DCxPXQdaxY4

February 10: Obama administration says Muslim Brotherhood doesn’t want an Islamic state in Egypt.
April 17: Muslim Brotherhood says, “We want an Islamic state in Egypt.”

The folly of the Obama’s Smart Power™ on display.

The folly of the Smart Power™ promised by the Obama administration was put on full display again on Sunday when Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood made an announcement that surprised no one.

Well, no one except Director of National Intelligence James Clapper, that is.

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Mahmoud Ezzat: "The Muslim Brotherhood wants to establish an Islamic state in Egypt."

AlMasryAlYoum.com has the details:

Mahmoud Ezzat, the Muslim Brotherhood’s deputy Supreme Guide, said in a forum held in the Cairo district of Imbaba on Thursday that the group wants to establish an Islamic state after it achieves widespread popularity through its Freedom and Justice Party.

Meanwhile, Brotherhood leader Saad al-Husseiny, said at the forum that the group aims to apply Islamic legislation and establish Islamic rule. His remarks rattled the leaders of several political parties, who said the statements, which were at odds with the concept of a civil state, would worry liberals.

Of course, back in February we were assured by Clapper that the Muslim Brotherhood had no interest in establishing an Islamic state in Egypt. No, they were just a bunch of guys who got together to do public service. Kind of an Islamic Kiwanis Club.

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James Clapper: "Well, I'll be damned. My bad."

The Daily Caller reminds us of Clapper’s remarkable ignorance back in February:

Director of National Intelligence James Clapper said at a House Intelligence Committee hearing on Thursday that Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood is a secular organization.

Clapper said the Egyptian opposition group, which many American commentators have expressed fears of coming to power in a post-Mubarak Egypt, is a “very heterogeneous group, largely secular.”

Clapper said that the group “has eschewed violence and has decried Al Qaeda as a perversion of Islam” and “have pursued social ends, a betterment of the political order in Egypt.”

He also said the the Muslim Brotherhood, which has branches in many Muslim countries, has “no overarching agenda, particularly in pursuit of violence, at least internationally.”

Sigh. Smart Power™ at its finest.

Source: AlMasryAlYoum.com, DailyCaller.com

Government union calls Republican plan a “mistake for America.” Translation: “Oh, crap.”

The National Treasury Employees Union called passage of the republican Path to Prosperity resolution a “mistake for America.”

House Republicans passed a common sense bill on Friday. In light of the trainload of fiscal disaster racing down the tracks toward us, they voted to freeze federal employees pay for three years and to allow 10% of the federal workforce to wither away through attrition.

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Typical federal worker

As you might imagine, it makes a lot more sense to us than it does to federal workers.

Federal News Radio has the details:

The House passed a fiscal year 2012 bill today that freezes federal pay for three years and cuts the federal workforce by 10 percent through attrition.

The budget plan by House Republicans – called the Path to Prosperity – also requires federal employees to pay for half of the defined benefit they receive at retirement.

The GOP plan proposes a plan that promises $6 trillion in spending cuts over the next decade compared with the budget President Obama unveiled in February.

The final vote in the House was 235-193.

The National Treasury Employees Union called passage of the resolution a “mistake for America.”

“Apart from the broad social changes the resolution seeks to make, its anti-federal employee provisions would result in federal agencies having great difficulty not only in retaining the highly-skilled, dedicated employees they now have, but in recruiting new talent to the government,” said NTEU President Colleen Kelley in a statement.

Colleen, honey, you seem to miss one very important point: We don’t need to recruit any more of that great talent to the government. We need to cut it to the bone.

The same bone you’re using on the American taxpayers.

H/T: CO2Insanity

Source: Federal News Radio

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