Copyright © 2013 Knight Sac Media. All rights reserved.http://www.siliconinvestor.com/subject.aspx?subjectid=53920This is a "Metablog." By that I mean I post the best from the blogs and the media on Politics and Foreign affairs. It is Libertarian oriented. You are free to comment on it. Please do not post articles of your own and hold down the chatter. Commenting means posting about the post I put up, your ...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/images/Logo380x132.pnghttp://www.siliconinvestor.com/subject.aspx?subjectid=5392038013210Nadine CarrollIssa retained the right to recall her. She will wind up in contempt of Congress if she doesn't testify. Alan Dershowitz agrees that by making her statement (thus introducing the subject of inquiry), she waived her right to take the 5th.http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=289105035/23/2013 12:46:08 AMNadine CarrollDumb and Dumber How neocons and Obama liberals have created catastrophe by consensus in the Middle East Barry Rubin was right from the start. He warned in vain, back when all the reporters were gushing about Facebook kids taking over the world, about the pattern of revolutions: joy and brotherho...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=289104945/23/2013 12:41:41 AMSea OtterInteresting article. IMHO the only possible interest we have in Syria is to try to prevent WMDs getting into the hands of terrorists. Beyond that narrow concern, we should keep as far away as possible. So far Obama is doing the right thing. On a related note, good thing Israel never gave the Golan Heights back to Syri...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=289103895/22/2013 11:04:03 PMDMaAno, you can't. Who can say? Maybe you can maybe you can't. In the US, in 2013, you flip a coin. Literally. Somebody will decide this. The decider will be picked at random, and their reasoning will be arbitrary. Is this anyway to run a country?http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=289103135/22/2013 10:15:10 PMAlan SmitheeCant you pick and choose when to remain silent? I mean theoretically couldn't she have answered some of the questions, and then declined to answer the other questions because they may, in her opinion, incrminate her? no, you can't. If you claim your 5th Amendment rights you have to do it consistently. Answering one que...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=289103075/22/2013 10:09:56 PMCopelandInterestingly enough, both these savages and the bombers in Boston justified their actions as revenge for Muslims killed in the Middle East. It appears that we will see more of these "eye for an eye" attacks in the near future.http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=289102605/22/2013 9:34:39 PMNeekahttp://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=289102275/22/2013 9:15:39 PMElroyThe California Republican said Lerner’s Fifth Amendment right to avoid self-incrimination was voided when she gave an opening statement this morning denying any wrongdoing and professing pride in her government service. Is this correct? If you speak about something, or answer a few questions, are you then required ...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=289101645/22/2013 8:51:06 PMunclewestUK: After brutal jihad attack, Muslim attackers "stood around, waving knives and a gun, and asked people to take pictures of them 'as if they wanted to be on TV or something'" Reportedly, the knives were meat cleavers used to decapitate the victim in the street. When seconds count, the police are minutes away. Th...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=289101505/22/2013 8:44:53 PMLindyBill DMaA says. "Maybe I was too hard on Issa? Maybe he was using strategery." House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Darrell Issa said embattled IRS official Lois Lerner waived her Fifth Amendment rights and will be hauled back to appear before his panel again. The California Republican said ...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=289099625/22/2013 6:31:18 PMponokeeBritain is too in love with ME money to take any big stand but Brits have a habit of forming mobs when police and politicians won't act.http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=289098295/22/2013 5:04:37 PMJohn Carragherit took over twenty minutes to get the right group of cops to respond. they had to determine what threat was coming from the incident and if necessary to send armed policemen. so we have a person hacked to death in the middle of the afternoon and not one person in the area can do a thing but watch. Watch this ugly s...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=289097775/22/2013 4:38:58 PMunclewestWhite House Set to Throw Lerner Under the Bus That will be terrific. It gives her every reason to throw the White House under the bus.http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=289097215/22/2013 4:20:35 PMFUBHOhttp://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=289096505/22/2013 3:53:20 PMBillShulman might be the least impressive agency head I've ever seen. A real weasel. This is what we get when Republican presidents appoint Democrat donors to key positions in their administration.http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=289096305/22/2013 3:45:22 PMNeekaThese liberals are really good. Sowing doubt one question at a time really slows down the discovery process. My first impression was that IG George was neutral..........I don't think that way anymore. It was part of his job to ask these questions. Inspector General Russell George said during testimony that he did ...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=289096175/22/2013 3:39:14 PMLindyBillHow much will the Brits put up with? The elites will forgive anything, but the people will rebel at some point. UK: After brutal jihad attack, Muslim attackers "stood around, waving knives and a gun, and asked people to take pictures of them 'as if they wanted to be on TV or something'" from Jihad Watch by Rober...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=289096165/22/2013 3:39:13 PMLindyBillShulman Visited White House 118 Times During Tea Party Targeting from Breitbart Feed In response to Cummings Fails to Ask Shulman If He Is a Democrat: Democrats are actually asking the witnesses tough questions in today's Oversight and Reform hearing, instead of running interference for them (like they've done i...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=289095655/22/2013 3:22:05 PMLindyBillWhite House Set to Throw Lerner Under the Bus from Breitbart Feed [graphic] Lois Lerner, the IRS official who first went public admitting that the IRS had inappropriately targeted tea party and conservative groups, appeared before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Wednesday to answer questions a...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=289095615/22/2013 3:19:53 PMLindyBillSyria's madness and ours By Spengler "Syria's Descent into Madness" is the cover story of the May 27 Time magazine, recounting the act of ritual cannibalism by a Syrian rebel commander that transfixed the West last week. The sort of atrocities viewable on YouTube - the slaughter by government troops of entire ...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=289095015/22/2013 3:01:27 PMD. LongHoover had the goods on JFK and Inga Arvad, a suspected Nazi spy, while he was in Naval intelligence. For that, he got booted to a desk job in South Carolina and then sent to the PT boats. Later after the war, he hooked up with a prostitute and suspected Soviet spy that Hoover kept under wraps. Who knows what other ...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=289093415/22/2013 1:59:24 PMKLPOh heck, ARS... The government isn't afraid of 'our' drugs.....from what I see, maybe most of the hierarchy is already taking some of them..... [graphic]http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=289093185/22/2013 1:43:03 PMLindyBillI have read that Issa always ran his business's on the edge. Congress going after the IRS is like the Prez and Congress going after J. Edgar Hoover in the old days. He was our "Beria." Had something on everyone. For Instance, Nixon took a 10K bribe as a congressman back in the 40's, and Hoover knew about it. Hoover...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=289092305/22/2013 12:54:00 PMDMaAThe republicans should make the 2014 election a referendum on the US tax code. They would clean up.http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=289091945/22/2013 12:41:53 PMLindyBillGoing Rogue in the Wrong Direction Sarah Palin · As more information about the IRS scandal trickles out daily, the White House’s involvement is becoming clearer. Those of us who’ve been warning about the demise of freedom with Barack Obama’s efforts to “fundamentally transform” our great nation are about to witne...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=289091825/22/2013 12:38:28 PMDMaAhttp://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=289091365/22/2013 12:15:47 PMSdglahttp://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=289091325/22/2013 12:13:30 PMLindyBillLive-blogging the latest IRS hearings by Paul Mirengoff The House Oversight Committee hearing on the IRS scandal is underway. I missed the beginning because I was appearing on Chuck Morse’s radio program. I’m tuned in now and will do a bit of live-blogging. I understand that, as expected, IRS official Lois Ler...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=289091305/22/2013 12:13:05 PMLindyBillI just tuned in and watch the Treasury people brush the Congressmen aside like flies. http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=289091235/22/2013 12:11:36 PMDMaAIt will be quite a spectacle No. It wasn't. Issa let her make a statement professing complete and utter innocence and then he let her go. Now we've got to wonder what dirt do they have on Issa.http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=289090715/22/2013 11:46:53 AMLindyBillTaking the Fifth -- What It Does (& Doesn't Do) for Lerner Carol Platt Liebau | May 21, 2013 [graphic] Tomorrow, Lois Lerner -- director of Exempt Organizations at the IRS when all the targeting occurred -- is going to come to Capitol Hill and ta ke the Fifth Amendment. It will be qu...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=289090585/22/2013 11:41:25 AMLindyBillDebate Aside, Number of Drone Strikes Drops Sharply By SCOTT SHANE In an address on Thursday, President Obama will attempt to lay out his justification for drone strikes, which have been in decline since 2010, and what they have achieved. [graphic] Airman 1st Class Michael Shoemaker/US Air Force, via Reuters...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=289090475/22/2013 11:38:00 AMLindyBillhttp://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=289090425/22/2013 11:37:05 AMLindyBillThis proves Cincinnati was a cutout. DC was running the whole op! Oversight from Washington, All Along IRS specialists in Washington were closely involved in the Cincinnati office’s scandalous behavior. By Eliana Johnson [graphic] ...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=289090135/22/2013 11:26:25 AMDMaARush was laughing yesterday at a poll that found Americans divided over the question of whether Obama is a uniter or a divider.http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=289090085/22/2013 11:24:06 AMLindyBillPolitical Operative Says the Politicization of Politics Has Become Hopelessly Political By Mark Steyn May 22, 2013 10:27 AM Jonah, re that Tweet from that DNC Communications guy, aside from the general flouncey huffiness of it, like a bitchy waiter when you send back the m...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=289089915/22/2013 11:20:30 AMLindyBillSlowly they turn, and step by step, the NYT is being forced to cover the scandals. A Sleeper Scandal Awakens for Obama, Post-Election By MICHAEL D. SHEAR WASHINGTON — The allegations had all the makings of a perfect election-year scandal that might threaten President Obama’s chances for a second term and re-ene...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=289088555/22/2013 10:40:31 AMalanrsThe current government pulls our chains and yammers about being afraid of our guns....knowing full well that the majority of citizens in the US are not the ones to be worrying about in that regard. Most of us are law abiding, and are just utterly sick about what we see happening around us. Just for fun. The cur...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=289088545/22/2013 10:39:57 AMKLPHave you ever seen anything like this? This is worse than anything I have seen in my lifetime....I range from inner rage, to wanting to ignore the entire thing and back to wanting to do something about this unbelievable mess. The current government pulls our chains and yammers about being afraid of our guns....knowi...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=289088485/22/2013 10:37:58 AMLindyBillHere is "Spengler's" full version. Middle East Dumb and Dumber How neocons and Obama liberals have created catastrophe by consensus in the Middle East By David P. Goldman|May 20, 2013 [graphic] Egyptian protesters, seen through a flag, march to...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=289084535/22/2013 6:48:48 AMLindyBillCatastrophic Consensus: A Dissent from Spengler and Mead by Michael Ledeen Spengler (aka David Goldman) is one of my close friends and a long-time guru. William Russell Mead is just a guru, but I’m an avid fan. So when I find myself disagreeing with both of them, I start by telling myself that I’m probably wr...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=289084505/22/2013 6:44:59 AMLindyBill Rand Paul: My colleagues just voted to arm the allies of al Qaeda Hat tip, FUBHO Posted By John Hudson[graphic] Tuesday, May 21, 2013 - 5:51 PM [graphic][graphic] Share [graphic] Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) blasted members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee Tuesday, which...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=289084415/22/2013 6:29:53 AMNadine CarrollI may mean nothing long term, but isn't it fun to watch the Admin come apart at the seams? Keeps their ability to attack us down, and may help in the next election. I think they blew up a lot of their Teflon when they were dumb enough to go after reporters. And there is just so much to report on. This administration...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=289084185/22/2013 5:39:48 AMNadine CarrollBut if, as one suspects, the Benghazi timeline they intended to release was not, ahem, strictly factual, then wouldn't Kathryn Ruemmler have a good point when she quashed the idea?http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=289084165/22/2013 5:35:43 AMLindyBillAn Early Sign of Obamacare’s Impending Collapse? by Walter Russell Mead [graphic] In March, we reported that the Pre-Existing Condition Insurance Plan (PCIP), a program created to provide coverage to sick Americans who have been uninsured for at least six months, was in serious trouble. Only a fraction of the ex...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=289084055/22/2013 3:48:41 AMLindyBillSurprise! Another California Green Policy Flop by Walter Russell Mead [graphic] California’s “Hydrogen Highway” is a road to nowhere. About a decade ago, then-Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger called for the state to invest more than $50 million in the program, which was to lead to the creation of 100 hydrogen fuel ...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=289084035/22/2013 3:46:04 AMLindyBillObama and Elizabeth Warren Feed the College Beast by Walter Russell Mead [graphic] College students may see their debt rise sharply overnight, as the interest rate for Stafford Loans is set to double to 6.8 percent on July 1st. Fortunately, students have some friends in high places: The Obama administration, H...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=289084015/22/2013 3:42:49 AMLindyBillBreaking News: It’s Official, Iran’s Presidential Election is A Sham by Barry Rubin The names have now been announced of who will be allowed to run for president of Iran by the regime in the June 14 elections. Six of eight are supporters of the current ruling faction; the rest are two weaker candidates of the othe...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=289083975/22/2013 3:17:09 AMLindyBillI may mean nothing long term, but isn't it fun to watch the Admin come apart at the seams? Keeps their ability to attack us down, and may help in the next election. Next Against the Wall: White House Counsel Kathryn Ruemmler? from National Review Online - The Corner by Daniel Foster Buzzfeed has it from two White ...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=289083955/22/2013 2:59:58 AMLindyBillAt Gray Lady, Naked Hackery from National Review Online - The Corner by Daniel Foster Brian Cates with a big catch. Here’s the Times’headline for its coverage of the IRS hearing, as originally printed: Treasury Knew of IRS Inquiry in 2012, Official Says And here’s the headline after a massage from the Washington ...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=289083925/22/2013 2:50:10 AM