Are the Uniforms getting Darker?

[MSimon]

Florida Sheriff: Report Neighbors Who Don't Like Government

Because they won't be knocking on my door to make sure I'm 'OK.' They will be knocking on my door to look for signs of subversion. They will be looking for indications of dissent, for signs of rebellion, and for excuses to disarm me.

http://mypetjawa.mu.nu/archives/215871.php

No worries for you D. Just tell them you are an ardent Prohibitionist. That should give you some cover.

[hanelyp]

http://pjmedia.com/instapundit/168626/

SO WHEN HE WAS NEW IN OFFICE, BARACK OBAMA JOKED ABOUT TAX AUDITS FOR PEOPLE WHO DISPLEASED HIM. Now the IRS has admitted that it targeted conservative and Tea Party groups in 2012.

More commentary and many links.

[hanelyp]

http://bigstory.ap.org/article/govt-obt ... ords-probe

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department secretly obtained two months of telephone records of reporters and editors for The Associated Press in what the news cooperative's top executive called a "massive and unprecedented intrusion" into how news organizations gather the news.

Time to pop some popcorn. And maybe borrow a polycarbonate blast shield.

[ladajo]

And the IRS passed on what they found out...

And they leaked it

[choff]

I just wonder if it's possible an overzealous bureaucrat would take an off the cuff joke by the president as a literal instruction to carry out.

[ladajo]

In my experience, yes.

[hanelyp]

An off the cuff joke may take on an additional dimension if the joker has the power to carry it out.

As for a clerk taking the joke as a directive, my understanding is that a lone clerk couldn't conduct the IRS abuses described by themselves.

[MSimon]

An off the cuff joke may take on an additional dimension if the joker has the power to carry it out.

As for a clerk taking the joke as a directive, my understanding is that a lone clerk couldn't conduct the IRS abuses described by themselves.

The lone clerk theory surfaces.

[Stubby]

An off the cuff joke may take on an additional dimension if the joker has the power to carry it out.

As for a clerk taking the joke as a directive, my understanding is that a lone clerk couldn't conduct the IRS abuses described by themselves.

The lone clerk theory surfaces.

Their office window overlooks a grassy mound.

[choff]

One curious fact I picked up about the Boston Marathon Bombings today, there was enormous press and tv reporting of the first explosion, but almost nothing of the 2nd explosion 200 yards down the street, but given the casualties involved this should have had at least equal coverage.

[Diogenes]

[hanelyp]

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/ju ... ourt-order

The National Security Agency is currently collecting the telephone records of millions of US customers of Verizon, one of America's largest telecoms providers, under a top secret court order issued in April.

The order, a copy of which has been obtained by the Guardian, requires Verizon on an "ongoing, daily basis" to give the NSA information on all telephone calls in its systems, both within the US and between the US and other countries.

Suspected, but uncertain, is the same done with other phone carriers.

Social network data on a scope Facebook dreams of.

[TDPerk]

"One curious fact I picked up about the Boston Marathon Bombings today, there was enormous press and tv reporting of the first explosion, but almost nothing of the 2nd explosion 200 yards down the street, but given the casualties involved this should have had at least equal coverage."

Why do you think it is curious? I saw both events as one event--they happened within seconds of each other, scarcely separated in space, and separated in time by a few seconds. They were done by the same people, both events were captured on video from several angles.

What do you think was curious? How do you think the events were distinct from each other such that they deserved different coverage?

One was very close to the finish line, so there were a lot more images of it, there were a lot more cameras there. I never saw first explosion victims listed separately from second bombing victims, did you?

[Stubby]

Not to mention that the 'official' cameras were clustered around the finish line (first explosion) and not 200 yards back down the course.

[choff]

There's no surveillance camera coverage of blast 2, including from before the event showing the suspects, very little smart phone pic and video from blast 2, and the press couldn't be bothered to walk 200 yards down the street where more people were killed or wounded. Then there's this little oddity.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SkHVuTL6v7Y