will have light bloggage. No, not WA; though this would probably be a good time to see St. Helens.
A roundup of stuff on the IRS law & ethics abuse.
Add up all the recent scandals and the message is clear: the Obama
administration is showing that it cannot be trusted with the basic
functions of government: law enforcement (surveillance of reporters),
taxation (IRS scandals), and national security (Benghazi).
"Money out of politics(unless it's coming to us)!"
Why I don't give to the Red Cross: "So what if you gave money for this disaster? We'll use it as we see fit."
Gov. Howler really doesn't like the commoners speaking out, does he?
Ah, those nasty Methodists, they just can't control themselves(you expect Sweden to call the rioters what they are?)...
Ed Markey is a slimy bastard.
So why is ANYBODY voting for him, even in the PROM?
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No hint in Finnish newspapers either about who the rioters are. But no need - most of the comments are about that. Even the lefty types aren't trying to deny, they are just inventing reasons why everything is the fault of the ethnic Swedes who haven't done enough to help the immigrants to get jobs and feel at home there. Poor immigrants are being suppressed or something (so no miracle they are acting out...).
At least those comments are shown. With most papers you have to be a bit careful about how you phrase things (although sometimes you also see very, shall we say, questionable comments too - I do know of some complaints how their facts only comments disappeared while the racist rant stayed), but if done so most comments seem to go through. Although more and more papers are requiring registration, and often, after that happens, you start seeing more comments which fit the preferred narrative and less opposing views. I don't much like the idea of registration, I guess most people who think like me don't. I guess most of us are a bit paranoid. Perhaps stupid, perhaps not.
Re; the Red Cross.
I quit donating to the Red Cross years ago. A pair of reps came to my workplace to solicit donations for some catastophe or other and when asked if the money donated would go to that catastrophe, they gave the same answer. About two thirds of us told them in plain language they could fuck off, there were dozens of charities that would use the money as we wished and weren't so damned arrogant about it. Got a lot of stammering, harumphing and no coherent answer.
I still think the Co. HR twit was getting a kick-back.
Gerry N.
Hm. I may have been a bit hasty with the previous comment. Now there is news that one of the main suspects in the Swedish riots is a Finnish citizen. One paper I've been checking has been getting a lots of comments on that, mostly full of, well, glee over the fact. Except some which mention that the names of the suspects would be available on some Swedish sites. The first name of the Finnish citizen would be, according to those, Ahmed. The last name isn't anything like Lahtinen either. Points for family roots a bit further south.
And for some reason those comments keep getting deleted, all of them, after a very short while. Funny, that.
Well, truth will come out.
Hell, if ya ever want to see St. Helens, drop me a line. It is basically in my back yard.
I can see it while driving around town, Mt. Hood too.
A little over an hour drive to either one from here.
Busted, may take you up on that, assuming I get the time & money together for the trip
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