The last thing an old dyed in the wool law and order authoritarian wants to be called is soft, and in some instances a hardy application of pragmatism can (wrongly) be confused with going soft but there is a reason why we separate the spirit from the letter of the law. Rigidity for its own sake diminishes justice, re visiting edicts with fresh eyes and periodically replacing them back on those scales for recalibration fortifies … Read more
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This actually looks staged to me — the same guy involved in four, apparently deliberate, collisions, ending with a pratfall... - CM on IRS was engaged in election rigging. (UPDATED)
From what I can tell, Lerner’s lawyers insisted that because the Justice Department has opened a criminal investigation into the... - CM on IRS and AP Scandal Updates
Telling you that your metaphor is inappropriate is not “telling you what you mean”. That Moore might be accused of... - CM on IRS and AP Scandal Updates
Actually, it suggests a different reason for the visit. It can't "suggest a different" reason if it fails to mention the... - Xetrov on IRS was engaged in election rigging. (UPDATED)
Her statement stated that she didn't do anything illegal. How does Fifth Amendment Protection apply? Either she broke... - richtaylor365 on IRS was engaged in election rigging. (UPDATED)
House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Darrell Issa said embattled IRS official Lois Lerner waived her Fifth Amendment rights... - Iconoclast on Somewhere in China
Spoiler Alert? This actually looks staged to me -- the same guy involved in four, apparently deliberate, collisions, ending with a... - richtaylor365 on The Apple Of His Eye
Along the same lines, don't you find it amusing to witness all the backslapping and high fives going on in... - CM on Somewhere in China
I love that his pillion just walks off. - Hal_10000 on The Apple Of His Eye
I was working on a post on the Apple thing. It's ridiculous that these guys are hauling Tim Cook...
