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To: bentway who wrote (717941)	5/27/2013 11:42:43 AM
From: joseffy	1 Recommendation Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1580679

Tensions on streets after slaughter of British soldier: War memorials defaced .............................................................................................................. Daily Mail ^ \| 5/27/13 \| Martin Robinson Two of Britain´s most celebrated war memorials have been defaced, apparently with the word ´Islam´ scrawled across them and inscriptions scrubbed out with red paint. Police have confirmed they are investigating the vandalism of the RAF Bomber Command Memorial in Green Park and the Animals In War Memorial in Park Lane, both in central London. Pictures taken today show that the damage has now been covered over with plastic or white sheets. Scotland Yard said there have not been any arrests,

To: bentway who wrote (717941)	5/27/2013 11:45:53 AM
From: joseffy	1 Recommendation Respond to of 1580679

Claim: IRS May Still Be Targeting Conservatives ............................................................................................... Breitbart's Big Government ^ \| May 26, 2013 \| Tony Lee Though the White House has insisted the IRS stopped formally targeting Tea Party and conservative organizations in May of 2012, two attorneys representing conservative organizations have claimed the IRS's targeting may still be ongoing. Jay Sekulow of the American Center for Law and Justice (ACLJ) and Cleta Mitchell, the attorney representing True the Vote, have evidence their clients are still being targeted. According to National Review, Sekulow "plans to file suit in federal court in the coming weeks on behalf of more than two dozen conservative groups that claim their harassment at the hands of the nation’s tax authority continued long past the White House’s purported end date." At least ten organizations the ACLJ is representing still have not received their determination letters. National Review notes the Albuquerque Tea Party applied for 501(c)(4) status in December of 2009 while Linchpins of Liberty applied in January 2011. Both organizations still have not received their letters. Sekulow told the publication that "to suggest this tactic ended a year ago is not only offensive, but it is simply inaccurate as well.” He said the White House's timeline of events "simply does not square with the facts." True the Vote, the nonprofit that trains workers to find and report voting fraud, is waiting for approval as a tax-exempt organization three years after initially filing its application with the IRS.... (Excerpt) Read more at breitbart.com ...

To: bentway who wrote (717941)	5/27/2013 11:48:51 AM
From: joseffy	1 Recommendation Respond to of 1580679

Lawmakers zero in on IRS meetings at White House ............................................................................. May 23, 2013 \| 9:00 pm Susan Ferrechio Chief Congressional Correspondent The Washington Examiner Excerpt: Top IRS officials, whose agency was under investigation for targeting conservative groups, visited the Obama White House more than 100 times over two years while the probe was going on, far more often than in previous administrations and frequently enough that Republicans suspect White House officials knew about the targeting. Lawmakers now investigating the Internal Revenue Service practice zeroed in on those nearly weekly White House meetings to determine whether an IRS official — or someone higher up in the administration — had approved the targeting and whether it was politically motivated. The frequent meetings also raised questions about the White House's claims that it couldn't have instigated the targeting of conservative groups because it took a hands-off approach to the tax agency, going so far as to describe it as independent of the administration even though it's part of the Treasury Department. "The IRS as an independent agency requires absolute integrity and people have to have confidence that they're applying the laws in a nonpartisan way," President Obama said shortly after the targeting became public earlier this month. Former Internal Revenue Service Commissioner Doug Shulman visited the White House 118 times between 2010 and 2011. Acting Director Steven Miller, who took over at the IRS in November, also made numerous visits to the White House, though variations in the spelling of his name in White House visitor logs makes it difficult to determine exactly how many times. The frequent trips to the White House under Obama far outnumbered the times other administrations felt the need to meet with the IRS, according to Mark Everson, who led the IRS under former President George W. Bush. Everson said he remembers making only one trip to the White House between 2003 and 2007 and said he felt like he'd "moved to Siberia" because of the isolation. "I fear the IRS is on a slippery slope as regards its traditional independence due to being so intertwined with a major domestic policy initiative like health care reform," Everson said. Shulman said he couldn't remember why he went to the White House so frequently, though some of the visits were probably about the IRS' role in implementing Obama's health care reforms, he told a congressional committee. Logs show Shulman met with two West Wing officials working on health care. "The IRS has a major role in the money flow," Shulman explained to Congress. But while the health care-related visits were explained in the logs, many others included no explanation. Other sources said the IRS and White House were also talking at the time about an investigation into excessive IRS spending on employee conferences, travel and awards. Article

To: bentway who wrote (717941)	5/27/2013 11:58:06 AM
From: longnshort	3 Recommendations Respond to of 1580679

MILWAUKEE – Deidri Hernandez’s seven-year-old son won’t be in school today, after officials at Tippecanoe School for the Arts and Humanities confirmed they’re still holding “Switch It Up Day” – a time for students to come dressed as members of the opposite sex. http://www.rightwingnews.com/education/at-least-one-milwaukee-mom-wont-be-sending-her-child-to-school-on-cross-dressing-switch-it-up-day/

To: bentway who wrote (717941)	5/27/2013 12:13:03 PM
From: i-node	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1580679

>> "Private insurers will have to meet minimum standards for coverage when they begin open enrollment in October, allowing people to compare apples to apples for the first time when shopping for individual or family policies." I don't know why you think that would present a problem for biggest insurers in the country. AETNA & CIGNA, in particular, offer some of the best plans in the country today -- far better than ANY of the plans offered in the so-called "exchange".