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5/18/13, "Last Week’s Conspiracy Theories are This Week’s Reality," Erik Rush, Canada Free Press
"It is now safe to say that if one cannot see the abject evil of the
Obama administration
as well as the endemic corruption and criminality
in our federal government,
it is only because they are refusing to look.
Due to what some are calling a “perfect storm of circumstances, three scandals have rocked Washington, but these are only the grossest symptoms of the systemic infection that has been festering there for decades.
Those such as myself who suspected on September 12, 2012 that the Obama
administration’s narrative relative to the attack on the US embassy in
Benghazi, Libya, was a false one were mocked and ridiculed....
While Benghazi is the most heinous on one level (since it resulted in
the deaths of four Americans), and the AP scandal is a direct and
unlawful assault on the First Amendment, the IRS debacle most readily
carries the specter of totalitarian oppression, particularly since this
agency is being tasked with executing many areas of Obamacare. It may be
the messiest, and the one with the most visible loose ends. Let us
examine just a few of the established facts attendant to recent
revelations about the IRS:
It has been established via The New York Times (no less) and other media that Senate Democrats pressured the IRS to engage in the very behavior that came to light.
It has been established via USA Today that
during the period in question (2010-2012), the IRS almost
indiscriminately approved applications for liberal nonprofit applicants
(despite the number of these being lower than in the past) while denying
applications from conservative groups.
It has been established
that liberal activist organizations (at least one funded by financier
and former Nazi collaborator George Soros) received documentation on the
aforementioned conservative nonprofit applicants from the IRS. [One was Pro Publica].
It has been established
via the Landmark Legal Foundation that untoward practices have been
employed by congressional lawmakers and the executive branch, who have
used the IRS as a weapon of harassment, for decades (the Landmark Legal
Foundation has been integral in uncovering recent IRS abuses). One of
these is third-party audits, a monstrous practice wherein
government officials request or order the IRS to audit an individual or a
business. Similar offenses were actually included among the Articles of
Impeachment for Richard M. Nixon.
It has been established that the IRS recently seized the medical records of 10 million Americans during an investigation into the finances of one company.
It is essential that the IRS be abolished and the tax code shredded,
but it is much more important that Americans recognize these phenomena
as major symptoms of that into which our government has mutated.
As far as this administration goes, we must consider all of the
foregoing in the aggregate, as well as other as yet unresolved
mysteries: There remains the issue of the Saudi national Abdul Rahman
Ali Al-Harbi, who knew the Obamas, was injured in the Boston Marathon bombing, then subsequently spirited out of the country as evidence of terror cells in Beantown emerged.
There is the Fast and Furious gun running scandal, which is material in being a precursor to illegal gun running
through Libya to Syria. Have you ever wondered why the Benghazi
perpetrators whom Obama promised his administration would work with the
Libyan government to bring to justice have not to date been brought to
justice, or even demonstrably pursued? Could it be because their
testimony would be exponentially more damaging to Obama than that of the
Benghazi whistleblowers?
We have the SEAL Team 6 members killed under highly questionable
circumstances in that helicopter crash in August, 2011, and recent
testimony of government operatives and lawmakers speaking to a vast
clandestine wiretapping and electronic eavesdropping campaign initiated
by the White House. Finally, there are the ongoing efforts of the
administration to neutralize the Second Amendment.
And we are supposed to ignore the voices that warn against government
tyranny, as the President admonished earlier this month? Everything
presented here is representative of this administration’s tyrannical
bent, and indicative of
a megalithic, out-of-control government machine
in the latter stages of dismantling the Republic.
Understanding this is
“comprehending the incomprehensible,” as indicated earlier in this space. Things that have been revealed over the past week that were called fringe conspiracy theories by liberals last week.
Barack Obama and his co-conspirators aren’t liberals; they’re Maoist-Leninists. Comprehending what that means
will be the difference between life and death.
Hope that’s not too much of a fringe conspiracy theory for you…" via Lucianne
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Ed. note: The author notes in the beginning that the criminal US federal government has been growing for decades. Obama is the worst but the way was paved for him. Ted Cruz and Louie Gohmert are about the only so-called Republicans in Congress who will stand up for us. You have every reason to be terrified. You are the hunted.
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Saturday, May 18, 2013
Obama IRS and 15 of its agents are sued for illegally seizing 60 million medical records in 2011, seized material includes personal information of state judges
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5/17/13, "IRS sued for seizing 60 million medical records," Washington Times, C. Chumley
"A healthcare provider has sued the Internal Revenue Service and 15 of its agents, charging they wrongfully seized 60 million medical records from 10 million Americans.
The name of the provider is not yet known, United Press International said. But Courthouse News Service said the suit claims the agency violated the Fourth Amendment in 2011, when agents executed a search warrant for financial data on one employee – and that led to the seizure of information on 10 million, including state judges.
The search warrant did not specify that the IRS could take medical information, UPI said. And information technology officials warned the IRS about the potential to violate medical privacy laws before agents executed the warrant, the complaint said, as reported by UPI.
“Despite knowing that these medical records were not within the scope of the warrant, defendants threatened to ‘rip’ the servers containing the medical data out of the building if IT personnel would not voluntarily hand them over,” the complaint states, UPI reported.
The suit also says IRS agents seized workers’ phones and telephone data – more violations of the warrant, UPI reported.
5/17/13, "IRS sued for seizing 60 million medical records," Washington Times, C. Chumley
"A healthcare provider has sued the Internal Revenue Service and 15 of its agents, charging they wrongfully seized 60 million medical records from 10 million Americans.
The name of the provider is not yet known, United Press International said. But Courthouse News Service said the suit claims the agency violated the Fourth Amendment in 2011, when agents executed a search warrant for financial data on one employee – and that led to the seizure of information on 10 million, including state judges.
The search warrant did not specify that the IRS could take medical information, UPI said. And information technology officials warned the IRS about the potential to violate medical privacy laws before agents executed the warrant, the complaint said, as reported by UPI.
“Despite knowing that these medical records were not within the scope of the warrant, defendants threatened to ‘rip’ the servers containing the medical data out of the building if IT personnel would not voluntarily hand them over,” the complaint states, UPI reported.
The suit also says IRS agents seized workers’ phones and telephone data – more violations of the warrant, UPI reported.
2013 Terrorism and Political Violence Map for international business use
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5/17/13, "The 2013 Terrorism & Political Violence Map," Zero Hedge
"The following map (via AON) measures the risk of political violence to international business in 200 countries and territories, based on three icons indicating the forms of political violence which are likely to be encountered: Terrorism and sabotage; Strikes, riots, civil commotion and malicious damage; and Political insurrection, revolution, rebellion, mutiny, coup d'etat, war and civil war." (AON is a risk assessment company)
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5/17/13, "The 2013 Terrorism & Political Violence Map," Zero Hedge
"The following map (via AON) measures the risk of political violence to international business in 200 countries and territories, based on three icons indicating the forms of political violence which are likely to be encountered: Terrorism and sabotage; Strikes, riots, civil commotion and malicious damage; and Political insurrection, revolution, rebellion, mutiny, coup d'etat, war and civil war." (AON is a risk assessment company)
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It took Shenandoah Valley Tea Party 26 months and 235 hrs. of volunteer labor to answer all the IRS questions. The Shenandoah Valley Tea Party submitted 892 pages of documents to the IRS
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May 17, 2013, "Valley Tea Party recalls IRS scrutiny," dailyprogress.com, The News Virginian, Bob Stuart, Staunton
"The topics of immigration and taxation were a part of Thursday’s Shenandoah Valley Tea Party Patriots meeting, but so was the burgeoning IRS scandal that had touched the local group’s application for federal nonprofit status.
Members gathered at the Staunton VFW Post on Thursday night for a regular meeting. While they were anxious to talk about immigration reform, they also wanted to know what the FBI will learn as it investigates the IRS targeting of conservative organizations. The Shenandoah Valley Tea Party Patriots needed 26 months and 235 hours of volunteer labor to answer all the IRS questions and obtain 501(c)4 status.
“We just want to know the truth. We would like the truth,’’ said C.W. Barrett, a tea party member from Waynesboro. Barrett said all organizations should be treated impartially by government agencies when they apply for designations.
Chuck Haggard of Augusta County, a Shenandoah Valley Tea Party Patriot, said it was evident the IRS had an agenda. He helped compile the 892 pages of documents needed to answer all the IRS questions.
“We were not happy,’’ Haggard recalls. “We knew we were being harassed.”
Haggard said mere resignations of IRS officials such as that Wednesday of acting IRS Commissioner Stephen Miller are not enough. “I would like to see some people go to jail. This was an extraordinary abuse of power.”
Shenandoah Valley Tea Party Patriots Director Bruce Richmond told the organization Thursday night that giving up on the application or fighting the IRS legally were options. But ultimately, Richmond said “we decided to comply.”
He recalled having to submit the résumés of 30 leaders of the local tea party organization to the IRS and spending much time editing those résumés. Richmond said the financial costs of all the time needed for the application were $200.
Meanwhile, an official of the conservative American Center for Law and Justice said he anticipated filing a federal lawsuit over the IRS treatment of conservative organizations.
David French, a senior counsel in the organization’s Nashville office, said he expects to file a lawsuit in the next week or two. French said the lawsuit would allege a number of constitutional violations by the IRS, and would seek damages and injunctive and declaratory relief.
The American Center for Law and Justice has provided legal advice to 27 conservative organizations in 17 states over their difficulties with the IRS.
"I would like to see some people go to jail. This was an extraordinary abuse of power."
— Chuck Haggard, Shenandoah Valley Tea Party Patriot" via Free Republic
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Ed. note: All the talk of the IRS and Obama v the Tea Party obscures an important fact. The reason the Tea Party happened was that the Republican Party destroyed the country and itself. It wasn't because of Obama. The GOP gave us Obama and were fine with him. The GOP/Fox News/Bush crowd decided the Tea Party had to be silenced at any cost. That's all they care about to this day. The GOP owes loyalty to Obama and the democrats because they helped them beat the Tea Party. That's what this is about.
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Valley Tea Party recalls IRS scrutiny
May 17, 2013, "Valley Tea Party recalls IRS scrutiny," dailyprogress.com, The News Virginian, Bob Stuart, Staunton
"The topics of immigration and taxation were a part of Thursday’s Shenandoah Valley Tea Party Patriots meeting, but so was the burgeoning IRS scandal that had touched the local group’s application for federal nonprofit status.
Members gathered at the Staunton VFW Post on Thursday night for a regular meeting. While they were anxious to talk about immigration reform, they also wanted to know what the FBI will learn as it investigates the IRS targeting of conservative organizations. The Shenandoah Valley Tea Party Patriots needed 26 months and 235 hours of volunteer labor to answer all the IRS questions and obtain 501(c)4 status.
“We just want to know the truth. We would like the truth,’’ said C.W. Barrett, a tea party member from Waynesboro. Barrett said all organizations should be treated impartially by government agencies when they apply for designations.
Chuck Haggard of Augusta County, a Shenandoah Valley Tea Party Patriot, said it was evident the IRS had an agenda. He helped compile the 892 pages of documents needed to answer all the IRS questions.
“We were not happy,’’ Haggard recalls. “We knew we were being harassed.”
Haggard said mere resignations of IRS officials such as that Wednesday of acting IRS Commissioner Stephen Miller are not enough. “I would like to see some people go to jail. This was an extraordinary abuse of power.”
Shenandoah Valley Tea Party Patriots Director Bruce Richmond told the organization Thursday night that giving up on the application or fighting the IRS legally were options. But ultimately, Richmond said “we decided to comply.”
He recalled having to submit the résumés of 30 leaders of the local tea party organization to the IRS and spending much time editing those résumés. Richmond said the financial costs of all the time needed for the application were $200.
Meanwhile, an official of the conservative American Center for Law and Justice said he anticipated filing a federal lawsuit over the IRS treatment of conservative organizations.
David French, a senior counsel in the organization’s Nashville office, said he expects to file a lawsuit in the next week or two. French said the lawsuit would allege a number of constitutional violations by the IRS, and would seek damages and injunctive and declaratory relief.
The American Center for Law and Justice has provided legal advice to 27 conservative organizations in 17 states over their difficulties with the IRS.
"I would like to see some people go to jail. This was an extraordinary abuse of power."
— Chuck Haggard, Shenandoah Valley Tea Party Patriot" via Free Republic
==============================
Ed. note: All the talk of the IRS and Obama v the Tea Party obscures an important fact. The reason the Tea Party happened was that the Republican Party destroyed the country and itself. It wasn't because of Obama. The GOP gave us Obama and were fine with him. The GOP/Fox News/Bush crowd decided the Tea Party had to be silenced at any cost. That's all they care about to this day. The GOP owes loyalty to Obama and the democrats because they helped them beat the Tea Party. That's what this is about.
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Obama admin. says 'war on terror' will last at least 10-20 more yrs. Congress, media, plutocracy approve. This alleged war does nothing but create constant threat to Americans at home & abroad. Greenwald, UK Guardian
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5/17/13, "Washington gets explicit: its 'war on terror' is permanent," Glenn Greenwald, UK Guardian
"That the Obama administration is now repeatedly declaring that the "war on terror" will last at least another decade (or two) is vastly more significant than all three of this week's big media controversies (Benghazi, IRS, and AP/DOJ) combined....
It is hard to resist the conclusion that this war has no purpose other than its own eternal perpetuation. This war is not a means to any end but rather is the end in itself. Not only is it the end itself, but it is also its own fuel: it is precisely this endless war - justified in the name of stopping the threat of terrorism - that is the single greatest cause of that threat....
The Obama administration already claims the power to wage endless and boundless war, in virtually total secrecy, and without a single meaningful check or constraint. No institution with any power disputes this. To the contrary, the only ones which exert real influence - Congress, the courts, the establishment media, the plutocratic class - clearly favor its continuation and only think about how further to enable it. That will continue unless and until Americans begin to realize just what a mammoth price they're paying for this ongoing splurge of war spending and endless aggression." (end of article) via Free Republic
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Comment: Where are busloads of screaming anti-war protesters now? Silent. Proving they never cared about peace, they just wanted control of the country.
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5/17/13, "Washington gets explicit: its 'war on terror' is permanent," Glenn Greenwald, UK Guardian
"Senior Obama officials tell the US Senate: the 'war', in limitless form, will continue for 'at least' another decade - or two."
"That the Obama administration is now repeatedly declaring that the "war on terror" will last at least another decade (or two) is vastly more significant than all three of this week's big media controversies (Benghazi, IRS, and AP/DOJ) combined....
It is hard to resist the conclusion that this war has no purpose other than its own eternal perpetuation. This war is not a means to any end but rather is the end in itself. Not only is it the end itself, but it is also its own fuel: it is precisely this endless war - justified in the name of stopping the threat of terrorism - that is the single greatest cause of that threat....
The Obama administration already claims the power to wage endless and boundless war, in virtually total secrecy, and without a single meaningful check or constraint. No institution with any power disputes this. To the contrary, the only ones which exert real influence - Congress, the courts, the establishment media, the plutocratic class - clearly favor its continuation and only think about how further to enable it. That will continue unless and until Americans begin to realize just what a mammoth price they're paying for this ongoing splurge of war spending and endless aggression." (end of article) via Free Republic
==============================
Comment: Where are busloads of screaming anti-war protesters now? Silent. Proving they never cared about peace, they just wanted control of the country.
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No surge in tax-exempt apps. to IRS in 2010, actually fewer than in 2009 per Inspector Gen. data-Atlantic
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5/17/13, "There Was No Surge in IRS Tax-Exempt Applications in 2010," The Atlantic, Franke-Ruta
"Fewer groups sought recognition as 501(c)(4) social welfare
organizations that year than in 2009, according to the Treasury
Department."
5/17/13, "There Was No Surge in IRS Tax-Exempt Applications in 2010," The Atlantic, Franke-Ruta
"A number of people have sought to explain the IRS targeting of Tea
Party, patriot, and 9/12 group applications -- as well as those from
other conservative groups -- for "specialist team" treatment (mainly
delays and excessive and inappropriate questions) in 2010 by pointing to
the Citizens United decision that year allowing for unlimited,
undisclosed fundraising by such groups. That's the explanation IRS
official Lois Lerner gave a week ago
when she first revealed that the agency had improperly handled a slew
of applications -- the political shorthand was a mistaken attempt to
deal with a surge in applications.
"[W]e saw a big increase in these kind of applications, many of which indicated that they were going to be involved in advocacy work," Lerner said.
But Todd Young, a Republican congressman from Indiana, pointed out at Friday's House Ways and Means Committee hearing with former acting IRS commissioner Steve Miller and Treasury Inspector General J. Russell George that this was not the case, according to the very data the IRS provided to the Treasury IG's office.
There were, he noted, actually fewer applications for tax-exempt status by groups seeking to be recognized as social-welfare organizations that year than the previous one, according to this IRS data. The real surge in applications did not come until 2012 -- the year the IRS stopped the practice of treating the Tea Party class of groups differently from others.
"[W]e saw a big increase in these kind of applications, many of which indicated that they were going to be involved in advocacy work," Lerner said.
But Todd Young, a Republican congressman from Indiana, pointed out at Friday's House Ways and Means Committee hearing with former acting IRS commissioner Steve Miller and Treasury Inspector General J. Russell George that this was not the case, according to the very data the IRS provided to the Treasury IG's office.
There were, he noted, actually fewer applications for tax-exempt status by groups seeking to be recognized as social-welfare organizations that year than the previous one, according to this IRS data. The real surge in applications did not come until 2012 -- the year the IRS stopped the practice of treating the Tea Party class of groups differently from others.
All of which raises, once again, the question financial journalist David Cay Johnson asked in a column today: "Why is Lois G. Lerner still on the taxpayer's payroll?"
NB: The Chronicle of Philanthropy was on this story two days ago." via Lucianne. data above provided by "Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration," per Atlantic
NB: The Chronicle of Philanthropy was on this story two days ago." via Lucianne. data above provided by "Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration," per Atlantic
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Friday, May 17, 2013
Soros-funded groups began firing letters to IRS in Oct. 2010 seeking scrutiny of Tea groups, scores of liberal media outlets defend IRS Tea Party probe, many wrote to IRS seeking conservative targeting
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The left knows their ideas can't win on a level playing field so they spend a fortune silencing all opponents.
5/17/13, "23 Liberal Media Outlets, Including MSNBC Defend IRS Tea Party Probe," Newsbusters, Ciandella
The left knows their ideas can't win on a level playing field so they spend a fortune silencing all opponents.
5/17/13, "23 Liberal Media Outlets, Including MSNBC Defend IRS Tea Party Probe," Newsbusters, Ciandella
"The IRS admitted to giving extra scrutiny to applications for nonprofit
status from groups with words like “tea party” or “patriot” in their
descriptions. After this revelation, at least 25 media outlets ran
stories arguing that “The IRS was doing its job,” “the IRS was
justified,” and that the only crime the IRS committed was “the sin of
political correctness.”
These stories called for further scrutiny of conservative nonprofits
after the IRS was already found to be targeting such groups. Besides the
consortium members, at least an additional eight liberal news outlets
have written similar stories since the IRS scandal became public
knowledge.
MSNBC
host Lawrence O’Donnell declared: “I believe that the IRS agents in
this case did nothing wrong.” Even The Los Angeles Times ran a story
arguing that the IRS was justified in its targeting of Tea Party related
groups.
Alternet, Care 2, Color Lines, the David Parkman Show, Democracy Now!,
Feet in 2 Worlds, Free Speech TV, Free Speech Radio News, Hightower
Lowdown, LA Progressive, Mother Jones, The Nation, Thom Hartmann,
Truthout and the Washington Monthly are all members of the Media
Consortium that wrote articles speaking out against conservative
nonprofits and defending the actions of the IRS since May 10, 2013, when
the story broke. At least nine of these 15 outlets are Soros-funded.
Alternet argued that “The IRS was doing its job,” but that the “staff were overwhelmed by thousands of obvious political groups.” Mother Jones
blamed the scandal on “incompetence” and “not wrongdoing,” saying that
it was difficult to tell which groups needed to be singled out.
The Media Consortium
was created to be a progressive "echo chamber," where left-wing media
outlets can network and share ideas, as well as cross-promote stories.
The Huffington Post, American Prospect, The New Republic, Think
Progress, Reader Supported News, the Campaign Legal Center, the Center
for Public Integrity and Democracy 21 are not members of the Media
Consortium, but also ran articles or sent out press releases criticizing
conservative groups. The Los Angeles Times ran a piece on May 14
subtitled “Allowing so many 'social welfare' groups to enjoy tax-exempt
status while participating in politics must stop. The IRS is obligated
to scrutinize applicants, 'tea party' or no.”
Terrorists slipped thru US no-fly list says IG report-yet another deadly scandal discovered in 2012 but we're only hearing about now
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5/17/13, "Terror suspects eluded no-fly list, allowed on US commercial flights," rt.com
"The problem emerged in 2012, when it became known that at least two suspected terrorists eluded US law enforcement and slipped past the no-fly list onto commercial flights, revealed a new report from the US Department of Justice’s inspector general....
The inspector general's report said ”a small but significant number” of suspects actually used commercial flights, but refrained from announcing how many exactly."...
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5/17/13, "Terror suspects eluded no-fly list, allowed on US commercial flights," rt.com
"The problem emerged in 2012, when it became known that at least two suspected terrorists eluded US law enforcement and slipped past the no-fly list onto commercial flights, revealed a new report from the US Department of Justice’s inspector general....
The inspector general's report said ”a small but significant number” of suspects actually used commercial flights, but refrained from announcing how many exactly."...
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