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[SrWoodchuck]

Wisconsin Political Speech Raid http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702304799404579155953286552832

 

Americans learned in the IRS political targeting scandal that government enforcement power can be used to stifle political speech. Something similar may be unfolding in Wisconsin, where a special prosecutor is targeting conservative groups that participated in the battle over Governor Scott Walker's union reforms.

 

In recent weeks, special prosecutor Francis Schmitz has hit dozens of conservative groups with subpoenas demanding documents related to the 2011 and 2012 campaigns to recall Governor Walker and state legislative leaders.

 

Copies of two subpoenas we've seen demand "all memoranda, email . . . correspondence, and communications" both internally and between the subpoena target and some 29 conservative groups, including Wisconsin and national nonprofits, political vendors and party committees. The groups include the League of American Voters, Wisconsin Family Action, Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce, Americans for Prosperity—Wisconsin, American Crossroads, the Republican Governors Association, Friends of Scott Walker and the Republican Party of Wisconsin.

 

One subpoena also demands "all records of income received, including fundraising information and the identity of persons contributing to the corporation." In other words, tell us who your donors are.

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The probe began in the office of Milwaukee County Assistant District Attorney Bruce Landgraf, though no one will publicly claim credit for appointing Mr. Schmitz, the special prosecutor. The investigation is taking place under Wisconsin's John Doe law, which bars a subpoena's targets from disclosing its contents to anyone but his attorneys. John Doe probes work much like a grand jury, allowing prosecutors to issue subpoenas and conduct searches, while the gag orders leave the targets facing the resources of the state with no way to publicly defend themselves.

 

WSJ via WeaselZippers

[Valin]

 

Perfect. Seattle elects a socialist to city council

Jazz Shaw

November 16, 2013

 

I suppose its time to party like its 1969. Or something.

 

 

 

 

 

Seattle voters have elected a socialist to city council for the first time in modern history.

 

Kshama Sawants lead continued to grow on Friday, prompting 16-year incumbent Richard Conlin to concede.

 

Even in this liberal city, Sawants win has surprised many here. Conlin was backed by the citys political establishment. On election night, she trailed by four percentage points. She wasnt a veteran politician, having only run in one previous campaign.

(Snip)

Ahem @pollyannaish

Well?

 

 

 

 

 

It's not her fault. She doesn't live in Seattle. But @Chickadee does!

 

All I can say if they keep going the way they're going MPLS may start to look positively reactionary.

[SrWoodchuck]

This is a harsh, but possibly accurate synopsis of the "Wun"....delivered as only Ann Barnhardt can:

 

Obama isn’t a loner. He’s a crack-smoking sodomite imbecile who has to be kept hidden. Duh. http://www.barnhardt.biz/2013/11/13/obama-isnt-a-loner-hes-a-crack-smoking-sodomite-imbecile/

 

I happened on this Vanity Fair piece wondering aloud how it can possibly be that their demigod could possibly be the uber-competent, super-genius organizer of people that he is (Right? He is, right? Right? *sniff* I’m skeerd. Hold me!) while being, as it is now clear for all the world to see, held in near-total isolation.

 

There, there now. Let me explain it for you.

 

Barack Obama remains in near-total isolation, never really engaging anyone outside of maybe half-a-dozen to a dozen people inside the West Wing, bluffing his way through pressers and being held safely away from congressional leadership and even his top-tier donors behind velvet ropes, because Barack Obama is dumber than a box of hair, a drug addict, and a sodomite, and CAN’T engage people without blowing his cover.

 

Barack Obama the man, or whatever his name is, spends much of his time locked in the study above the Oval Office. In that study he watches ESPN, does drugs, and is sexually serviced by male concubines. Barack Obama also does not “golf”, unless the word “golf” is the new jive-talk slang for being fellated by a male concubine while smoking crack in the backseat of the presedential limo in the parking lot of the East Course at Joint Base Andrews. If that is what “golf” now means, then yes, Barack Obama sure as hell plays a lot of “golf”.

 

Let’s compare Obama to Bill Clinton. Bill Clinton is a psychopath, a murderer and a rapist. Bill Clinton is also probably a genius on the I.Q. scale. Tales of Bill Clinton’s intellectual dexterity and thus his charm and ability to “work a room” are legendary, from both the male and female perspectives. Both men and women have reported that Bill Clinton can make anyone he is talking to feel as though they are the only person on the planet, and that he understands and sympathizes completely with them and their position. He has used this ability to manipulate men politically and women sexually to an extent that is perhaps unmatched.

 

Obama’s handlers keep him totally isolated and won’t even let him schmooze with his drooling mega-donors. And Obama cooperates, because he knows he is a complete fraud, too.

Who is running the White House? Who is executing the Cloward-Piven strategy from the West Wing? Valerie Jarrett is clearly in charge, but even she is taking orders from above. JPMorgan-Goldman Sachs. Soros. The Saudis. Maybe the ChiComms. Maybe Moscow. I dunno. We’ll all find out at the General Judgment. Michelle Obama is also far more powerful and involved than is let on. This is especially terrifying, because Michelle Obama is every bit as dumb as her fake husband, and perhaps even moreso.

Vanity Fair link: http://www.vanityfair.com/politics/2013/11/barack-obama-loner-self-reliant-closed-off

 

 

Via iOTW

[SrWoodchuck]

NUKEMAP by Alex Wellerstein

 

Weird.....macabre.....but still interesting....and even a little fun. You can use this interactive tool to choose a site & type of nuclear weapon to use.....and check the probable casualties, damage & fallout by computer model. Nuke the mullahs? Yeah, it's even on a pre-selected option: http://nuclearsecrecy.com/nukemap/

 

Via iOTW

[SrWoodchuck]

This is not a Heimlich maneuver.......just grab a Prog & squeeeeeeeeeeeeeze!

 

 

Via TheoSpark

[pollyannaish]

Perfect. Seattle elects a socialist to city council

Jazz Shaw

November 16, 2013

 

I suppose its time to party like its 1969. Or something.

 

 

 

 

Seattle voters have elected a socialist to city council for the first time in modern history.

 

Kshama Sawants lead continued to grow on Friday, prompting 16-year incumbent Richard Conlin to concede.

 

Even in this liberal city, Sawants win has surprised many here. Conlin was backed by the citys political establishment. On election night, she trailed by four percentage points. She wasnt a veteran politician, having only run in one previous campaign.

(Snip)

Ahem @pollyannaish

Well?

 

 

 

SMH. I live on the east side of the state. Which is, sadly, getting bluer but is still red. Seattle itself is the bane of our existence. It's politically hopeless. Sigh.

[SrWoodchuck]

Hope.

 

[NCTexan]

Mind numbing thought for the day...

 

The DEMs insist that the requirement for a valid photo ID to vote is too onerous and will disallow a substantial portion of the population the opportunity to express their political preferences.

 

However... they've concocted a healthcare plan that is based on everyone having the computer skills, computer hardware, internet access, and where-with-all to understand and register for Obamacare.

 

This is the system that is designed to keep them healthy and alive.

 

Worse case is that they would have to find a way to get to a location with a Navigator.

[Valin]

Hope.

 

And Change

[nickydog]

Hope.

 

 

 

A good laugh first thing in the morning.

[SrWoodchuck]

Interesting video.

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rn7rtiYT0go&feature=player_embedded

 

Via iOTW

[Valin]

[nickydog]

 

 

Do you think this is serious, or a joke? It was a well-put together video with just one guy, I'll give him that.

[Valin]

 

 

Do you think this is serious, or a joke? It was a well-put together video with just one guy, I'll give him that.

 

You tell me...Wiki: Alaa Wardi

[nickydog]

 

 

 

Do you think this is serious, or a joke? It was a well-put together video with just one guy, I'll give him that.

 

You tell me...Wiki: Alaa Wardi

 

 

Ah, ha! Thank you.

[Valin]

Ah, ha! Thank you.

I'm forced to admit I'm really pretty great!

 

 

And humble...real humble

Note: this is the point when you're suppose to be nodding yes

[Geee]

 

Ah, ha! Thank you.

I'm forced to admit I'm really pretty great!

 

 

And humble...real humble

Note: this is the point when you're suppose to be nodding yes

 

 

Just picture a little Geee bobble-head

[Valin]

Just picture a little Geee bobble-head:blink:

A Million Dollar Idea!!!

[Valin]

On the Off Chance You Didn't Know It Monsanto, is the most evil company in the world! Well maybe not

[SrWoodchuck]

 

Just picture a little Geee bobble-head:blink:

A Million Dollar Idea!!!

 

 

@Geee! @Valin!

 

I agree.

 

A bobblehead that only bobbles "YES" would be excellent for self-admiration.....and keep those that need it....from self-flagellation.

[NCTexan]

Another elitist, leftist product of Chicago and now Obamanation Education Czar exposes themselves with their statements...

 

... and BTW, you did say it perfectly but you now wished you had obfuscated.

Duncan under fire for comment about 'white suburban moms'

Washington (CNN) -- Proving once again that any controversy will be intensified -- if not illuminated -- by random references to race, class, and gender, Education Secretary Arne Duncan has ignited a storm of protest by noting opposition from "white suburban moms" to one of his prized educational initiatives.

In a meeting with state education chiefs Friday, Duncan said some opposition to the Common Core State Standards -- a controversial effort to standardize education -- has come from parents displeased that test results have exposed local weaknesses. Duncan said he found it "fascinating" that opponents include "white suburban moms who -- all of a sudden -- (discovered that) their child isn't as bright as they thought they were, and their school isn't quite as good as they thought they were."The remark was first reported Friday by Politico, which later reported that Duncan back-peddled, saying that he "didn't say it perfectly."

[SrWoodchuck]

Only in a Democratic administration.....can a Communist, homosexual, pederast-leaning elitist become the US Education Secretary. I fear for the children & young adults that are inside the "beast" that is now the United States education system.

[Valin]

FYI

 

 

 

2013 National Lawyers Convention Schedule

[Valin]

At Last I have found THE TRUTH!

 

Aliens Cause Global Warming

A Lecture by Michael Crichton

 

Novelist Michael Crichton--author of State of Fear and other science- or medicine-based best-sellers--discusses the history of several widely-publicized beliefs and describes what he considers to be an emerging crisis in the whole enterprise of science--namely the increasingly uneasy relationship between hard science and public policy. He makes his case by arguing that a belief in extraterrestrials has paved the way, in a progression of steps, to a belief in global warming.

[SrWoodchuck]

 

Via iOTW