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Re: “It Could Happen to You: the open line”
Women are now legally free to roam bare-breasted in New York City.
In February of this year, 34 thousand New York City police officers were instructed that if they encounter a topless woman in public who is not breaking any laws, they are not to arrest her."
http://samuel-warde.com/2013/05/topless-wo…
Re: “Sunday morning: IRS, Kochs and movies”
Try seeing the dots before contemplating the term " connect."
Re: “Sunday morning: IRS, Kochs and movies”
>>Gee, then I wonder why the President was outraged?
"Islam is a religion of peace."
--George W. Bush
Connect dots.
Re: “Sunday morning: IRS, Kochs and movies”
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>The situation with the IRS was not "made up" by the Republicans.<
It was pretty damn close to being "made up," consider:
"Republican accidentally debunks GOP narrative at IRS hearing"
During a congressional hearing regarding the IRS on Friday, Rep. Peter Roskam (R-IL) inadvertently led the head of the IRS to contradict the notion that conservative nonprofits were singled out for scrutiny.
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“If the targeting wasn’t targeting, if the targeting wasn’t based on philosophy, how come only conservatives got snagged?” Roskam confidently asked.
“They didn’t, sir,” Miller responded. “Organizations of all walks and all persuasions were pulled in. That’s shown by the fact that only 70 of the 300 organizations were tea party organizations, of the ones that were looked at by TIGTA [Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration].”
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/05/18/repu…
Re: “Sunday morning: IRS, Kochs and movies”
>Martha may be guilty as sin, but the FBI was low-down dirty for arresting her on a Saturday and keeping her in the jail until Monday before a bond hearing.--ok
I believe that was a call by the U.S. prosecutor in her Federal district. He's the one calling the shots and heaping on additional humiliation. Premature and unnecessary jail confinement, a line-up shot of perp, marching accused by cameras in chains all creates an additional aura of guilt which is of incalculable value in persuading the public prior to habeas corpus, without a plea ever being entered. Sometimes it backfires.
See Susan McDougal.
The U.S. is a prosecutorial nation. We love it. We pretend "innocent until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt" but, let's face it, we love the charges and accusations. We've been brainwashed into accepting it. Otherwise there would be no front page, live tv coverage of arrests. Just an announcement by officials describing the accusations and the disposition of the accused. Front page coverage should be reserved for truly dangerous persons at loose.
But, hey! There's a huge free market in the accused.
Re: “UPDATE: FBI confirms State Treasurer Martha Shoffner's arrest, apparently for official misconduct”
>Republicans Buy American and we pop corks on American "Champagne sytle" sparkling wines.<
You must mean like Rob Walton, Chrm, WMS, whose company imports billions in consumer goods from China, India, Mexico, Sri Lanka on a weekly basis. A man, who with his wife, routinely donates $30K per year to Republican state parties from Sea to shining Sea. Additional contributions are made to Repub candidates for Congress' two houses.
That's the Repubs I see. The Repubs I know have a love of imported pistols and rifles too.
Re: “UPDATE: FBI confirms State Treasurer Martha Shoffner's arrest, apparently for official misconduct”
Arkansas Business has more
http://www.arkansasbusiness.com/article/92…
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