Under the Fedora: Orioles, The IRS and the game's not over

Ok NOW I understand why so many business’ that seemed to sympathize with what my blog and Radio Show were hesitant to advertise in 2011 & 2012.

This week reminds me of the 1966 World Series between the Baltimore Orioles &the LA Dodgers.

The Dodgers had made the trip to the post season in those pre-playoff days regularly 1947 &featured one of the greatest 1-2 punches in Baseball history with Sandy Koufax & Don Drysdale. 

The Orioles on the other hand had never played in a world series.  Their one trip as the St. Louis Browns was at the height of World War 2 when the best players were absent.

Conventional wisdom was the Dodgers would take the Orioles apart and when journeyman  Moe Draboskey came in to relieve Dave McNallywith the bases loaded and nobody out in the 3^rd things looked grim.

Six innings later Draboskey& the O’s won Game 1 on their way to a sweep of the vaunted Dodgers but were about to start their period as one of the dominant teams of the American League.

Last week at this time President Obama was riding high, Kelly Ayotte was under constant attack for her vote on Manchin/Toomey,  Mark Sanford had just won election on sc-1 ensuring a flock of stories hurting the GOP and talk of the immigration bill was not IF one would pass, but what type of bill would finally make it through congress and how much it would hurt the GOP when it did.

Meanwhile the press was uninterested in Benghazi, the IRS scandal was considered the paranoid ravings of tea party fanatics, and the press knew that their love for Obama was returned.

A lot of things can happen in a week, and there is every chance the media will pivot to something else if they can find an excuse to do so.

One of the things people forget about the IRS scandal is the multiplier effect.  How many people didn’t join the tea party, or give , or talk to other people about the tea party because of  fear of audits?  This is the real scandal, the intimidation of those opposed to this administration.

I wonder if the press that is upset about the chilling effect of the AP being tapped understands this, or are they thinking:  Serves you right.

The outrage of the press and congress  on the targeting of the right is rather amusing to me.  For the last three years they have called the tea party every name in the book, implied they were violent astroturf (unlike occupy everwhere that was supposedly a wholly organic peaceful movement  that never did a violent thing in their lives).  Let’s not forget the moment the Bombs went off in Boston the media was speculating that it was the fault of right wing extremists.

If the press wants to blame someone over this they should look in the mirror.

BTW do you think for one minute the IRS scandal happens if the people involved thought for one moment the press would report on it before the election?

Speaking of the Boston Bomber also known as the young heartthrob of thousands of women.Jahar apparently left a note behind in the Boat where he was taken detailing his grievances against the United States for its crimes against islam and calling the innocents killed “collateral damage”

I’d be angrier about those girls in denial over Jahar, if the MSM wasn’t so much in denial about Islam.

Oh and speaking of another odd coincidence:

Massachusetts state police say they and the FBI are investigating a trespassing incident at the Quabbin Reservoir but have no evidence of terrorism.

The central Massachusetts reservoir supplies drinking water to Boston.

Why would Terrorism even be suspected?

Procopio said they are from Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and Singapore with addresses in Amherst, Cambridge, Sunderland and Northampton, and New York City.

And the explanation for being there at 12:30 AM?

The men told police they are recently graduated chemical engineers curious about the reservoir.

Oh I’m sure there is absolutely nothing going on that has anything to do with any religion that doesn’t have anything to do with terrorism, or even Cigarette Smuggling.

Bob Woodward was on Morning Joe this week.  We haven’t seen much of him lately since his last clash with the administration.  When asked about Benghazi Woodward went off the reservation again:

"You were talking earlier about kind of dismissing the Benghazi issue as one that's just political and the president recently said it's a sideshow," said Woodward. "But if you read through all these e-mails, you see that everyone in the government is saying, 'Oh, let's not tell the public that terrorists were involved, people connected to al Qaeda. Let's not tell the public that there were warnings.' I hate to show, this is one of the documents with the editing that one of the people in the state department said, 'Oh, let's not let these things out.' And I have to go back 40 years to Watergate when Nixon put out his edited transcripts to the conversations, and he personally went through them and said, 'Oh, let's not tell this, let's not show this.' I would not dismiss Benghazi. It's a very serious issue. As people keep saying, four people were killed. You look at the hydraulic pressure that was in the system to not tell the truth, and, you know, we use this term and the government uses this term, talking points. Talking points, as we know, are like legal briefs. They're an argument on one side. What we need to get rid of talking point and they need to put out statements or papers that are truth documents. Okay, this is all we know."

Woodward got a lot of grief over hitting this administration earlier this year.  I wonder how much payback was involved there.

Last week we had Dr. Paul Byrne on DaTechGuy on DaRadio talking about Brain Death & Organ donation.  If you only listen to one of my shows.Listen to this one.

A little more sports, How bad are the Houston Astros?  As of May 16^th just 41 games into the season they are 4 ½ games behind the LA Angels.

That doesn’t sound so bad, until you realize the Angels are 11 ½ games out of first.  Teams all over the American League are just dying for the Astros to come to town, they’re a winning streak just waiting to happen.

The same thing must be going on in the NL when Miami comes to town.

The Boston Bruins made an almost impossible comeback against the Toronto Maple Leafs to finish the first round of the NHL Stanly cup playoffs.  Down 4-1 in the 3^rd period they managed three goals to tie, two of them while playing with an empty net , then eventually win in overtime.

Paying with an empty net when you are down is usually an act of desperation.  It’s rare that it works to score once, it’s almost unheard of to have it work twice in one game.

That photo spread of Emma Watson made me feel VERY old.

Some Doctor Who news.  According to reports the season finale was accidently leaked to fans in America when Blu Ray sets of  7^th season  were shipped early accidently.

I tend to disbelieve it as during the week not a single spoiler managed to make it on the net.   In this internet age that’s practically unheard of.

Me If I was a hacker wanting to take control of computers I’d have had an infected torrent with the preview spliced into it as soon as the news came out.  I’d have control of half of England’s internet by now.

See you next week.

 




Follow @NACBU_bloggers

Political Clown Parade: And The Voices That Annoy Him Are Those Of The Fou...

Political Clown Parade: And The Voices That Annoy Him Are Those Of The Fou...: Presented for your dining and dancing pleasure— “In IRS Scandal, Echoes of Watergate” by George Will: The burglary occurred in 1972...

Follow @NACBU_bloggers

The American Maverick: SNYDER, OBENSHAIN PREDICTED TO WIN RPV NOMINATION

The American Maverick: SNYDER, OBENSHAIN PREDICTED TO WIN RPV NOMINATION: "The American Maverick Predictor" emerges to make the early call for this week's highly anticipated Republican Party of Virg...

Follow @NACBU_bloggers

Iranian-American ex-Muslim Amil Imani salutes counterjihadist champion of liberty, Pamela Geller

Iranian-American ex-Muslim Amil Imani salutes counterjihadist champion of liberty, Pamela Geller

Follow @NACBU_bloggers

The Conservative Wife: O'Bummer...You Did Build That

The Conservative Wife: O'Bummer...You Did Build That: It seems that the president was right for a change...we didn't build that, he did. He built an administration so full of corruption ...

Follow @NACBU_bloggers

Under the Fedora: On and on and on...

It just a few weeks out from Boston but Bill Ayers continues to defend his time in the Weather Underground and hasn’t changed his views on America at all:
The United States is the most violent country that has ever been created, Ayers said.
U.S. Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., committed daily war crimes in Vietnam “and I get asked about violence when what I did was some destruction of property to issue a scream and cry against an illegal war in which 6,000 people a week are being killed,” Ayers said. “Six thousand a week being killed and I destroyed some property. Show me the equivalence. You should ask John McCain that question … I’m against violence.”
Only a generation as ignorant as ours could fall for someone like this.

Ever wonder how Anthony Weiner manages to finance his comeback?  Wonder no more
Weiner touted Parabel as one of his clients in a recent news article outlining his success as a business consultant. Weiner and his wife, Huma Abedin, reported earning $496,000 last year, mostly from his earnings.
What Weiner failed to mention was that on Jan. 13, Parabel transferred nearly all of its assets to a subsidiary in the Cayman Islands — on the same day a United Arab Emirates firm pumped $15 million into Parabel, according to a Securities and Exchange Commission document.
It really comes in handy to have a wife involved in the Female side of the Muslim Brotherhood.  They tend to support their own.
I wonder if any of that money found its way to any of Weiner’s defenders online?

I saw a story at the Orange County Register that really appealed to me:
Of course, some immigrants still come for venerable reasons, such as the freedom to worship. Christians, who make up some 42 percent of Asian-Americans, face surveillance and repression, particularly, in China, where religion is tightly regulated, and dissent from the party line can land adherents in jail. Over half of Asian immigrants, Pew notes, cite freedom of religion as a key advantage of living in America. New faith-based migration could also be seen soon among Christians fleeing increasingly Islamic regimes in Egypt, Syria and other Middle Eastern countries.
This was a primary reason for many of the first settlers of the Americas from Europe.  Some things never change over time.

I was surprised to see the Washington Post make an argument that I made weeks ago concerning Mark Sanford in SC-1:
A Sanford victory puts that guy in the House Republican Conference. That means that not only do the late-night jokes start again but, more importantly, every GOPer in the House and Senate will be asked whether they support Sanford and what they think of serving with him.
That reality is why the National Republican Congressional Committee essentially washed its collective hands of Sanford once the trespassing revelations went public. The party establishment wanted (and wants) to make clear that they have nothing to do with Sanford.  It won’t matter.  The narrative that Republicans have a woman problem will have new life — with little the GOP leadership can do about it.
That’s actually not true, I wasn’t all that surprised to see that argument at a point when there was nothing anyone could do about it and now, of course  with Sanford winning by 10 this might just be a question of sour grapes.
North Korea has returned it’s missiles back into storage, no explanation given.
I’m sure that North Korea’s decision to back down has no relation to Japan’s reaction to  the North’s threats and the fact they (Japan) can be a nuclear & chemical weapon power in less time that it takes to read Under the Fedora this week.
------------------------------
Vodka Pundit has an interesting take on the Euro’s trouble and what will be it’s  eventual failure:
In America, our regional differences are surprisingly enduring, given our labor mobility. But, let’s face it, our differences are cute and quaint and, in the end, not very important. A Californian can make himself into a Texan just fine. In the end, we’re all Americans. There are plenty of Yankees in the South and lots of Southerners in the West and Westerners are heading back East. It’s a mixed-up, muddled-up, shook-up country — but it works.
But a Greek can’t become a German can’t become and Irishman can’t become a Spaniard can’t become a Finn. There’s no such thing as “a European.” Regional differences matter in Europe, in ways they never mattered here, not even during the Civil War.
Whenever I think of Germany and the Euro I think of the Doctor Who episode The Sunmakers and the line from the Collector to the Doctor when he complains about economic imperialism:
We’ve tried war but the use of economic power is far more effective.
I’ve never stopped  thinking the Euro was Germany’s way of conquering Europe without all the earth shattering KaBooms.  The real question to ask is, given the Germans are busting their butts to support everyone else, why would they want it?

Bishop McManus of Worcester is having a bad year, first there was the Robert Spencer issue and now he’s been picked up for DUI:
McManus was arrested at 10:32 p.m. Saturday on charges of drunken driving, leaving the scene of an accident, and refusing a chemical test, Narragansett Police Captain Sean Coorigan said. McManus is to be arraigned Tuesday in district court in Wakefield, R.I.
“I made a terrible error in judgment by driving after having consumed alcohol with dinner,” McManus said in the statement. “There is no excuse for the mistake I made, only a commitment to make amends and accept the consequences of my action.”
People often forget that just because a person is a priest or Bishop or even a Cardinal they don’t sin.  People don’t stop becoming people when they have holy orders, even the Pope has a confessor.
Robert is a big man and I doubt he is taking glee from the Bishops troubles but I suspect he is taking immense satisfaction from this story concerning a blogger who had hit him and Pam very hard over some of their Rick Perry stuff:
And then we saw Texas public schoolchildren made to dress in burqas and declare that "Allah is the Almighty God." Yet no retractions, no apologies came from any of the Perry cult members who denounced us in 2011. And they won't come after this, either:
"Hollywood conservative unmasked as notorious Holocaust revisionist," by Rory Carroll in The Guardian, May 3 (thanks to all who sent this in):
You don’t get a story like that every day

Pamela Geller weighs in here; Big Fur Hat has a terrific takedown of Ace and Weasel here, and Zilla has another here. Big Fur Hat gets right to the heart of the matter: "Ace and Zip pointed and laughed at Pamela’s vetting of Perry while heavily relying on the work of a guy they never vetted. The work of some closeted neo-nazi jerkwad was 'good enough' in order to smear Geller."
Pam also takes a victory lap
After I wrote extensively on the Islamic Texas curriculum, the right wing blogos went nuts. Vicious and unhinged, they attacked me for exposing their dream candidate, Rick Perry. Their sole source for refutation was David Stein. This man from out of nowhere -- with no history or blog cred or anything was the club they attempted to use.  David Stein, who today was exposed as Holocaust Denier David Cole (more here).
And Zilla notes something I’ve seen a lot of:
I’ve noticed a pattern with the attacks against Geller and Spencer over the years that others would do well to remember next time they think they have some big ‘gotcha’ that’s going to take my friends down: while those attacks may inflict some damage and be a temporary needless hassle to Pamela, Robert, and others in the counterjihad, time has a funny way of bringing out the truth and that truth is invariably on the side of the truth tellers. Over and over again the attackers implode and their enablers are left with egg on their faces and a steaming hot plate of crow to eat – and they can choke on it, along with their lies.
Speaking of Confessing things  I confess I don’t understand why people continue to doubt Pam Geller and Robert Spencer.  A supporter of the pair once told me he could never do what they do as he couldn’t deal with the death threats & the need for security.   People forget Pam & Robert could have a much easier life and be able to lose the bodyguards if they only shut up and I’m sure the Saudi’s would make them rich if they did.

If you want to know why I don’t give a lot of weight to psychics here is one reason:
She wants answers. “Can you tell me…Is she out there?” Berry’s mother Louwana Miller asked. “I hate when they’re in the water,” Browne said. “She’s not alive honey.” It was bad news from the world-renowned psychic. It’s what Miller didn’t want to hear. “So you don’t think I’ll ever see her again,” Miller said. “Yeah in Heaven on the other side,” Browne responded. “I’m sorry.”
I’ll believe in Psychics when people walk through their door and they instantly say something like:  “Yes he’s cheating on you  $20 please.”

Some sports,  If you took my advice and took a bunch of bets on the Red Sox at 100-1 odd in Boston in March, you're sweating a bit now aren't you?
This Article on Tim Tebow inability to find a team caught my attention
Since playing in a pair of playoff games 16 months ago, Tebow, whose only off-the-field baggage comes in the form of his cult-like following and the media frenzy it provokes, hasn't been afforded the opportunity to show that he sucks.
It's certainly possible that he's simply not up to NFL standards, and never will be, but wouldn't it be nice to get some conclusive proof before this story comes to a meek and unfulfilling close?
If you're a franchise like the Seattle Seahawks, San Francisco 49ers or Carolina Panthers — teams with young, athletic quarterbacks who should absolutely feel secure in their starting roles — wouldn't you think about bringing in Tebow as a similarly mobile backup?
The article suggests the reason temas are passing is the "circus" Tebow would bring.  That never seemed to stop teams from signing all kinds of miscreants before.

I’m running pretty long this week so I’ll close with a quick Doctor Who remark.
This week’s episode the Crimson Horror may be the best of this season and easily make the top 10 episodes of the revived series.  Along with great writing and the usual fine performance of Matt Smith this episode featurs Diana Rigg & her Daughter was a joy.  Both were superb and  the characters of Madame Vastra, Jenny, and Strax were never better used then they were in this episode.
Make sure you see it.
Catch you on DaTechGuy on DaRadio Noon till 2 PM EST Saturdays on the Money Matters Radio Network & FTR Radio

 







Follow @NACBU_bloggers

Under the Fedora -- Quick takes

Does anyone actually believe that seeing their friend on TV prompted three kids to go to his dorm and suddenly decide, “let’s take laptops & explosives from his apartment because we had nothing to do with it and no knowledge of it?”

Hitler’s last remaining food taster has outedherself at 95. 

Imagine being offered that job, how quickly would you be shot if you said:   “No!”?

Pundit &Pundettenames names:

Attorneys Mark Greenwald, Charles Hartwell, David Grubb, Andrew Kramer, William Newport, Juan Ruiz, and Kerry Maloney were confronted with a growing pile of disquieting facts about Gosnell, including a detailed, inside account from a former employee, and a 22-year-old dead woman. Every time, though, they managed to dismiss the evidence as immaterial. Every time, that is, until the facts hit the fan.

And asks the question

Have they been held accountable in any way? Have they at least lost their jobs? Let me know if you have any information.

Don't hold your breath.

Hezbollah says they aren't going to sit back and let Assad fallTheir statement is here

So we have the potential of Hezbollah terrorists, fighting Al Qaeda Terrorists, fighting the Syrian Government and killing each other?

As a Catholic I say it's a shame, but the American at war with terror says: "Pass the popcorn"

It's May and as I type this the oil truck came down to my house and made a delivery costing $492

My weekly pay  from writing is $300 and that’s totally dependent on readers.  Two thoughts:

This same oil bill was half the price when George Bush was president.

Global warming my ***

I found an interesting quote at Viral Read concerning yet another liberal fake hate crime:

Even after the threat was exposed as a hoax, a University of Wyoming spokesman cited the “progress” resulting from the “discussion” Lanker-Simons’s fraud had provoked.

“This episode has sparked an important discussion reaffirming that the UW community has no tolerance for sexual violence or violence of any type,” university spokesman Chad Baldwin said in a statement. “The fact that the Facebook post apparently was a fabrication does not change the necessity for continued vigilance in reassuring that we have a campus where everyone feels safe. It’s important that this event does not undermine the progress that has been made in this area.”

Remember this is a university spokesman.  I wonder if a Gay Group, or a Black Group or a Muslim Group had been implicated in a criminal hoax if the university would say the reaction "sparked an important discussion"

Maybe they can give a list of who we can accuse falsely to advance our agenda?

This story has gotten a lot of play this week (except in the MSM)

So President Barack Obama’s civilian appointees who lead the Pentagon are confirming that the military will make it a crime--possibly resulting in imprisonment--for those in uniform to share their faith. This would include chaplains—military officers who are ordained clergymen of their faith (mostly Christian pastors or priests, or Jewish rabbis)--whose duty since the founding of the U.S. military under George Washington is to teach their faith and minister to the spiritual needs of troops who come to them for counsel, instruction, or comfort.

Remember the quote from Cardinal Francis George :

I expect to die in bed, my successor will die in prison and his successor will die a martyr in the public square.

 Still doubt it?

Was there anything more disingenuous than the stacked town hall with MSNBC there to bring the Newtown girl to hit Kelly Ayotte?

There is a term for the threat of half the staff of the LA Times threatening to quit if the Koch brothers buy the paper, it’s called “incentive”.

Grief does things to people I would like to think she is being used, instead of using her mother's murder to advance her agenda.

There was a funny post at YouTango giving advice to women on how they lose men.  It wasn't the post that was so funny as was the description of the author as a "certified sex coach"? 

What does a sex coach do.Do she sit and watch and then stop you in the midst of intimacy saying:  No you do it THIS way?

Is it like a baseball manager, if you just don’t have it do they call to the bullpen for a replacement?

And what about Certification?  Who certifies such a person? 

How do they DO the certification?  Do you have a board of 5 people in a room, have the coach sit down, bring in a couple of porn stars to work for 10 minutes and have the coach list what they did wrong?

Unless your state has crime, budgets and a first rate education system I don’t think It should be spending money on certifying Sex Coaches.

Jason Collins the 34 year unsigned backup center late of the Washington wizards is still getting all kinds of Accolades for coming out as gay.  I think it’s pretty wise financial move,  he doesn’t want to be thenancial move,  he doesn' there is no next Larry Doby after all.

What you've never heard of Larry Doby?  That's odd he is a member of the Baseball Hall of fame.  He played 13 seasons in the Majors with the Indians White Sox and Tigers,  led the league in runs and Home Runs in 1952, Homers & RBIs Runs in 1952, Homers & Rbi's in 1954 slugging and in 1948 played on the last Cleveland Indian team to win a world series beating the Boston (now Atlanta) braves in 6 games.

But he was the 2^nd Black player in the Majors (Although the 1^st in the AL) and even though he won a World Series 7 years before Jackie Robinson .

There is no percentage in being #2  and being the first at a time when the entire media was simply begging for a gay player to come out is the best meal ticket a man could buy.

One more thing now that Collins has come out as gay I wonder if NBA teams will be making sure the work environment is not uncomfortable in NBA offices & locker rooms?  I don’t mean for Gays, I mean for Christians.

I wonder how things would be different if Christians started making those complaints and suing?  Could be interesting.

The 4^th Doctor special premiered last weekend and it was simply delightful.  Tom Baker, Louise Jameson and John Leesonthe voice of K-9 all were interviewed.  It actually had some information I had not previously known.  It was a real pleasure.

On the minus side we now have news about 50^th Anniversary special that apparently will not be as special as we all thought.

After months of speculation about which, if any, previous Doctor Who actors would return for the show's 50th anniversary episode, David Tennant alone has been confirmed.

The new issue of Doctor Who Magazine, out today, states: “Although David Tennant has returned to his role of the Tenth Doctor, the other old Doctors will not be taking part.”

It’s not as if the old doctors don’t want to appear either:

"All of us want to do it, just for the fans - because that's what they want," he explained. "But we've heard nothing - Tom Baker's heard nothing, Colin Baker, Peter Davison, Paul McGann… none of us have heard anything."

Apparently what does it matter what the old fans who kept things going for 50 years. 

"I remember [former Whoshowrunner] Russell T Davies saying something to a fan once - the fan was saying, 'You should bring back the Brigadier and you should bring back Leela and you should bring back all these different characters'.

"Russell said, 'No, it's not appropriate sometimes. It's not always about the uber-fan... it's about the viewer and the new audience who are watching'."

Yeah it’s not appropriate sometimes but for the 50^th Anniversary, Yeah it’s pretty damn appropriate.  As I’ve said before, what’s the point of having a 50^th anniversary special and not have any of the living Doctor’s in it except for the new series.  That makes it a 9^th anniversary special not a 50^th big whoop.

That’s the real shame of it all, normally a multi Doctor Story with the 10^th& 11^th doctors would be a cause for celebration and excitement, instead it a cause for disappointment. 

Cripes is the BBC taking lessons on disappointing the base from the GOP?

Later

is being Lionized everytaff of the LA Times threatening to quit if the Koch brothers buy the paper, it't they did

Follow @NACBU_bloggers