All posts by Rand Simberg

Media Criticism, Political Commentary, Social Commentary

No Political Bias Here

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Lois Lerner called conservatives “a**holes” and “crazy” in one of the emails we’ve been able to find.

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This provides useful context for her earlier email describing the Tea Party organizations as “dangerous.” A lot of people are asking, appropriately, if this is what’s in the emails that have been uncovered, just how bad are the “lost” ones?

Humor, Popular Culture, Social Commentary

Torchy

Lileks, back from his Aegean trip, has started a new B&W series.

Also, summer camp reminiscences. Which makes me happy that the place I went to is still around. I still remember the swimming test. I had just had lessons at the high school, and passed everything to be allowed the run of the lake. One part was treading water for some duration (ten minutes, maybe). Another was diving down deep (maybe fifteen feet) to bring up a handful of muck. Probably with bloodsuckers in it.

Media Criticism, Political Commentary

The IRS Cover Up

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Continues:

On Monday the IRS filed an appeal of the judge’s decision denying its motion to dismiss Z Street’s case. The government says the action stops all discovery while the appeal is pending, a process that could take months or even years. By filing the appeal on the last possible day, the Justice Department is running out the clock on discovery during the remainder of the Administration.

This is a whole lot of effort to prevent discovery in a case that is not even seeking damages. Ways and Means uncovered the email exchange between State and the IRS only after Treasury was forced to turn over documents it had previously withheld. What else did it lose in the ether?

By the way, if you’re not following him, the Tax Prof is covering this every day.