Left, Right, and Centered

Don’t Forget May 20, 2013

To buy one (or two)

Memphis/Spurs May 20, 2013

Well, if the Grizzlies play like that, they’re not upsetting anyone.

Irrelevant May 19, 2013

This guy is such a hack
funny how it was crucial where Obama was when they killed Bin Laden
This guy’s answers basically mean they don’t want to talk about what OBama was doing that night.

NBA Playoffs May 19, 2013

Waited til the semis to discuss.

Any of the four matchups could happen in the Finals.

The logical analysis is Heat/Spurs with the Heat wining. Heat have Lebron,

But. Everyone has weaknesses. 

Lots of different things can happen with these matchups.

I’m going upsets in both.  

I’m going to say Dwayne Wade is banged up enough that he can’t be the force he has been .Chris Bosh will hurt Indiana from the outside and Lebron will make for difficult match ups.

But the Pacers inside game is the Heat major weakness. And the Pacers pass the ball well. If their shooting holds up, Pacers in seven.

In the West, the Spurs are a little old. Marc Gasol will be a difficult matchup and the Grizzles are fast and play defense. the spurs will not outscore them

Grizzlies in seven. Then we’ll see.

Odds of winning the NBA finals (different from my picks)

Heat 30%

Spurs 25%

 Grizzlies 25%

Pacers 20%

Segue – Three Immortals May 19, 2013

Gypsy’s mom, The Cowardly Lion, and Cole Porter

Nothing Fazes These People May 19, 2013

They tell falsehoods, brag about their lack of math skills, deny the obvious, and show no contrition over anything be it incompetence or malevolence.

 that’s what’s really scary. And let me be clear.

Barack Obama as president is not the problem.

He is a symptom of a deeper problem.

People who think they can undermine the political process and the system of government. 

And they didn’t break laws to do it (or if they did it’s not glaring, like Watergate).

They didn’t have to break laws. They did it thru rigging the system. 

More Oskafagus By The Administration May 18, 2013

NY Times:

The inspector general gave Republicans some fodder Friday when he divulged that he informed the Treasury’s general counsel he was auditing the I.R.S.’s screening of politically active groups seeking tax exemptions on June 4, 2012. He told Deputy Treasury Secretary Neal Wolin “shortly after,” he said. That meant Obama administration officials were aware of the matter during the presidential campaign year.

The disclosure last summer came as part of a routine briefing of the investigations that the inspector general would be conducting in the coming year, and he did not tell the officials of his conclusions that the targeting had been improper, he said.

Treasury officials stressed they did not know the results until March 2013, when the inspector presented a draft.

so the Treasury Department knew in June of 2012, but the President didn’t find out until last Friday when he heard on the news.

Right.

Steyn On the IRS May 18, 2013

On The Hewitt Show:

Right, right, except I think there is the difference that we are not talking about a couple of nickel and dime no-name burglars. I mean, this idea, this whole sort of branch office of Cincinnati, this is the office that deals with 501c3’s and 501c4’s. So you can’t say oh, wall, the Cincinnati office got a bit out of hand, but the office in Augusta, Maine, and the office in Pocatello, Idaho, are working fine. For this particular aspect of tax law, Cincinnati is the head office in the same way that for international tax treaty tax questions, Buffalo functions as the main office. So in other words, this is the head office of that aspect of law. And it is inconceivable to me, it is inconceivable to me, as we learn more and more about it, that the people will still buy the, you know, a few rogue employees got out of hand here. Either there’s a culture of, either there’s a politicization of the IRS as a whole, or they were under some kind of political direction explicitly within the administration.

Trains Derailing – No Reason To Believe It Was Anything But An Accident May 18, 2013

“We’re most concerned about the injured and ultimately reopening the system,” Malloy said from the scene about three hours after the crash. He said there was no reason to believe it was anything other than an accident.

Except for the fact that three weeks ago, the FBI claims to have broken up an Al Qaida train derailment plot between New york and Toronto. Other than that no reason.