Saturday, May 18, 2013

Did Regime Time IRS News to Distract from Benghazi?

May 18, 2013

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RUSH: Folks, we are being told that Lois Lerner's seemingly out-of-the-blue admission about the IRS tax-exempt waivers was carefully planned. The question that evoked her admission was planted as part of prepared strategy for the IRS to release this information to the public, and that's according to the outgoing IRS commissioner, Steven Miller. He said it in testimony before the House Ways and Means Committee this morning.

So Lois Lerner's out-of-the-blue admission about the IRS tax-exempt waivers, that was orchestrated to get that in official testimony. So this would seem to show that they wanted the IRS stuff to come out right at the point where Benghazi was starting to gain traction. That's the point of this. There were some people who laughingly suggested that the lid was blown on this IRS thing last Friday right when Benghazi was starting to heat up.

I remember a number of people called the program here and sent e-mails. They said, "Rush, this is an attempt to cover-up what's going on in Benghazi 'cause that's the real problem," and it is. The IRS thing, though, is easily understandable. The IRS thing, it's abuse of power. That's government overreaching. A lot of people can understand that. The Benghazi thing is still kind of murky, and it's a tougher sell to try to convince the American people that an administration didn't care about the lives of four Americans.

That's a real tough sell.

It's a real tough sell to suggest to the American people that the regime was incompetent, because everybody in this country thinks that the president of the United States, first and foremost, is concerned with defending America, saving Americans' lives, and is indeed competent to do so. I dare say that most people, low-information voters especially, think it's just automatic that every president is profoundly qualified to run the military. They just accept it. They can't conceive of anything else.

Such is the lofty image of the presidency itself.

It's not so much the lofty image of Obama; it's the office. So the Benghazi situation, that's a tougher sell. Bob Woodward is out saying that the talking point controversy of Benghazi is comparable to Watergate. He said, "I have to go back 40 years to Watergate when Nixon put out his edited transcripts of the conversations ... [I]f you read through all these emails, you see that everyone in the government is saying, 'Oh, let's not tell the public that terrorists were involved, people connected to al-Qaida. Let’s not tell the public that there were warnings.'"

Bob Woodward said this on MSNBC today. He said, don't dismiss this Benghazi, this is very serious, and he compared it to Watergate. He compared this to Nixon. I dare say (and I want to remind you again) that in all the e-mails that have been released, not one reference to the video, folks. Not one reference to it! In all of those e-mails, there hasn't been one reference whatsoever to the film, to the video, to the thing that irritated Muslims and so forth.

RUSH: Stephen Hayes. "What About the Video? -- So, what about the video? The White House last week released nearly 100 pages of emails detailing some of the discussions within the Obama administration that resulted in major revisions to talking points about the Benghazi attacks drafted by the Central Intelligence Agency. From the beginning, there have been two big questions about the [regime]'s deceptive spin on Benghazi: How were the talking points whittled down to virtually nothing from the CIA's original draft?

"And how did a previously obscure YouTube video gain such prominence in the [regime]'s explanation of what happened in Benghazi?" Hayes said he's looked
at all these documents. There's nothing in there about the video. They can't find it. Where did this come from? Two big questions: Where was Obama during the heat of the moment of Benghazi attack, and where did this video excuse come from?

RUSH: David, Export, Pennsylvania. Welcome to the EIB Network. Hi.

CALLER: Major dittos from western Pennsylvania and formerly Stockton cauliflower. Hi, Rush. By the way, we already have robots. It's simply an acronym for progressive liberals. They're everywhere. My question to you, Rush, is -- hopefully you'll expound on this -- is why is it seemingly so much energy is being spent trying to uncover the Benghazi -- uncover the cover-up of the Benghazi affair? What will it prove? They lied about a video. Oh, gee whiz.

RUSH: Wait, wait, wait, hold, hold, hold it.

CALLER: We already know that.

RUSH: Hold it just a second. I'm not sure I understand your question.

CALLER: I mean, so much energy is being --

RUSH: Energy by who? Energy by who? Republicans? Media?

CALLER: Congress, seemingly all these questions are being directed about the cover-up. Well, why are doing that? Shouldn't we be going after the initial causes, what led to this in the first place? Isn't that where the true culpability is?

RUSH: Well, that's why. The cover-up is an attempt to cover up why the right thing wasn't done.

CALLER: It's a deflection, Rush, it's a deflection. I mean, it's a low-concocted deflection. It's the cover-up of a stupid video. What does that prove? It doesn't prove a darn one thing, whereas if we uncover --

RUSH: Okay, then tell us how to do it.

CALLER: Well, if we go after what happened in the first place, what happened before the attacks, the neglect of responsibility, if they go after that, it will prove why the cover-ups even took place in the first place, but if you prove that there was a cover-up, what does that prove? Nothing. That's in my opinion. And I was hoping you would elaborate on that.

RUSH: Well, you can't get to what's being covered up until you dispatch with the cover-up. I know what you're saying. You think the regime is very cleverly and craftily focusing everybody on the cover-up to hide what really happened and then once they unravel the cover-up they'll stop going any further because they think they'll have had success in establishing that the Obama administration covered something up.

The cover-up was done for the same reason that there was no security before the attack, and that was to help Obama get reelected. Everything was about Obama getting reelected. The cover-up, the fact that there's no security, are one and the same, if you ask me. The reason there was no security was to make sure that -- they trying to prevent what happened. They're liberals, remember.

Let's go back to the beginning. What really started this -- we've gotta go back to Cairo. We know pretty much what happened here. The embassy, the State Department embassy issues an apology on the early afternoon of 9/11, 2012, before anything has happened. Nothing has happened. That apology apologizes for a video, incidentally. Two days prior to 9/12, 2012, the grand mufti of Egypt was rabble-rousing in a mosque, and he happened to, incidentally, mention a video that had been produced, that he had seen, that made him mad. It was a casual, almost throwaway portion of his main rabble-rousing. The embassy apologized. We were told it was a rogue employee who simply was overzealous and trying to prevent a protest. That's not all. The regime, the Obama administration knew there was going to be a protest. They apologized for themselves in that video in advance hoping to stop it. They believed if they just showed contrition, they were nice people, that the protest wouldn't happen.

The Obama administration did not want a protest. They didn't want an attack. The Obama administration's running for reelection. The Obama administration has told everybody that Al-Qaeda is on the run, bin Laden is dead, Obama has effectively beaten terrorism and the country's loved again. They don't want any evidence to the contrary. So they apologize in advance before anything has happened. Romney goes out, makes a statement, a presidential statement condemning this apology. "Why are we apologizing for our country again? We haven't done anything." The media then immediately launched into Romney and how un-presidential and how uncalled for it was and how presumptuous it was, Romney's not president, he's just a stupid, feeble little candidate, who the hell does he think he is. Then all hell broke loose in Cairo. And you had the protesters saying, "We're all Osamas, Obama." Well, then Benghazi happened, a planned, coordinated terror attack, which they all knew.

We know everything, David. We know everything. The purpose of the Obama administration cover-up is to try to get us to disbelieve what we know. The purpose of everything they did over there -- Benghazi was lied about to get through the elections. The IRS thing, lied about to get past the elections. Stevens went to -- ambassador went to Benghazi on a goodwill mission, they couldn't admit that they needed heightened security, they couldn't knit that it was a war zone. Remember, we had just kicked Khadafy out of office, supposedly Libya loved us, they couldn't admit that there were terrorists in Libya, Obama had defeated 'em.

What really happened in both Cairo and Benghazi was a blatant illustration of how wrong -- dangerously wrong -- Obama is, how dangerously wrong Democrats are, how dangerously wrong leftists are, how dangerously wrong these pacifists who get in charge of the US military are. They are dangerous. They are so wrong, Americans died. The truth about Cairo and Benghazi, it was oriented toward one thing: protecting Barack Obama.

If you doubt me, take a look at any media story from back, "How is this going to affect Obama?" Any media story. "How is this going to be affect Obama? How is this going to affect Obama's reelection? How is this gonna affect Obama's policy?" Not "Oh, my God, four Americans are dead. Does this regime know what it's doing?" There wasn't any coverage like that. The coverage was, "Oh, my God, how's this gonna affect Obama? How can we help that this not hurt Obama?"

That's why people are looking into this. There was blatant incompetence. There was political maneuvering. Four Americans dies to preserve an Obama campaign lie, and the cover-up was done to keep that from coming out before the elections, and even after. Four Americans died to preserve the Obama campaign. We know this. They are covering that up and trying to keep that hidden, and so the effort to uncover it all so that average, ordinary Americans understand it, is what's going on.

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Congressman: IRS asked pro-life group about 'the content of their prayers'

May 18, 2013

During a House Ways and Means Committee hearing today, Rep. Aaron Schock, R-Ill., grilled outgoing IRS commissioner Steven Miller about the IRS targeting a pro-life group in Iowa.

 “Their question, specifically asked from the IRS to the Coalition for Life of Iowa: ‘Please detail the content of the members of your organization’s prayers,’" Schock declared...

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Oops, Maybe Government is Tyrannical

May 18, 2013

Americans should know there is no guarantee of personal privacy with the government.

Less than two weeks ago President Obama stood in front of graduates from The Ohio State University and told them to reject those who warn of government tyranny.

“Unfortunately, you’ve grown up hearing voices that incessantly warn of government as nothing more than some separate, sinister entity that’s at the root of all our problems,” he said.

To young, idealistic people his words likely sounded insightful — until last week. That’s when it became officially impossible to deny that the government abuses its power for political gain... FULL STORY

The Obama media blackout

May 18, 2013

Let’s see if we can unravel one of the great mysteries of the Obama Administration. The latest invocations of the Incompetence Defense from President Obama, Eric Holder, and now the departing Acting IRS Commissioner (hilariously described by the Associated Press as “ousted,” even though he’s leaving exactly when he was originally scheduled to depart, in June) hold that all of these super-genius leaders found out about various outrages by watching the news, along with the rest of us. They have no idea what their subordinates do every day, until it blows up into a huge scandal on the evening news, and that’s why they should be left in charge of everything...

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Irony Alert: Rep. Charlie Rangel Tells Ousted IRS Head It’s ‘Wrong To Abuse The Tax System’

May 18, 2013

At face value, there shouldn’t be anything wrong with a Democratic member of Congress admonishing recently departed IRS acting commissioner Steven Miller for allowing agents to target conservative groups under his watch. But when that congressman is Rep. Charlie Rangel (D-NY), who was found guilty of 11 ethics violations, including neglecting to pay taxes on his Dominican Republic vacation villa in 2010, things gets a little more tricky.....

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IRS sued for seizing 60 million medical records

May 18, 2013

A healthcare provider has sued the Internal Revenue Service and 15 of its agents, charging they wrongfully seized 60 million medical records from 10 million Americans.

The name of the provider is not yet known, United Press International said. But Courthouse News Service said the suit claims the agency violated the Fourth Amendment in 2011, when agents executed a search warrant for financial data on one employee – and that led to the seizure of information on 10 million, including state judges.

The search warrant did not specify that the IRS could take medical information, UPI said. And information technology officials warned the IRS about the potential to violate medical privacy laws before agents executed the warrant, the complaint said, as reported by UPI.

“Despite knowing that these medical records were not within the scope of the warrant, defendants threatened to ‘rip’ the servers containing the medical data out of the building if IT personnel would not voluntarily hand them over,” the complaint states, UPI reported.

The suit also says IRS agents seized workers’ phones and telephone data – more violations of the warrant, UPI reported.

The complaint alleges the IRS was “invasive and unlawful” and stole access to intimate medical records that included patients’ treatment plans and therapies, UPI said.

The suit seeks $25,000 in compensatory damages, per violation. The records’ seizure could impact up to one in 25 Americans, UPI said.

Source: Washington Times

Colorado sheriffs seek to block new gun restrictions, file lawsuit against state

May 18, 2013

DENVER — Colorado sheriffs upset with gun restrictions adopted in the aftermath of last year’s mass shootings filed a federal lawsuit Friday, challenging the regulations as unconstitutional.

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Durbin Asked IRS’ Shulman to Probe ‘Several’ Conservative 501(c)(4) Groups in 2010

May 19, 2013

Democrats' background on the issue underscores their interest in turning the current scandal into a campaign finance narrative.

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Fitzgerald: President’s supporters change tune

MAY 18, 2013

You can feel their pain as disillusioned devotees begin peeling Obama stickers from their bumpers, no longer anxious to share an identity with him as he slips further and further into a festering pool of scandal.

For years these True Believers rationalized every faux pas and reckless word emanating from the White House, because to them none of it mattered in the greater light of his glorious incumbency.

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Treasury Sec: I Knew About IRS Scandal Last Week--And Also Last Fall

May 18, 2013

In an interview with Bloomberg TV, former Obama chief of staff-turned-Treasury Secretary Jack Lew offered two conflicting yet carefully worded answers as to when he first learned that the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) had targeted Tea Party and conservative groups: he learned last week--and possibly before the 2012 election.

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A Breach of Trust

May 18, 2013


As tax collector for the nation’s second-largest state, I know it’s a necessary function — from the fire station to the space station, nothing government does is possible without taxes.

But it’s sure no path to popularity....


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Thursday, May 16, 2013

Planned Parenthood’s New Abortion Ad Campaign: Your Baby Will Thank You

May 16, 2013

Washington, DC (LiveActionNews) — The other day, I was in the middle of doing research online when I stumbled across a Planned Parenthood ad.

Planned Parenthood, over the years, has run some pretty shocking ad campaigns. Without a doubt, this one is the worst I’ve ever seen...

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Would You Believe The Administration Got Phone Records of The House Of Representatives?

May 16, 2013


That’s the revelation made by California Congressman Devin Nunes, who sits on the House Ways And Means Committee on Hugh Hewitt’s Show Wednesday night.

Here’s the key part of that transcript>>

Obamacare socks union health plans with 40% tax

May 16, 2013


Deep in the list of taxes that the president's Obamacare plan will hit Americans with is a 40 percent excise tax on health plans typical union members have, especially in Midwest states, according to a new analysis.

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The Liberal Union Behind the IRS

May 16, 2013




Obama, IG Report refuse to touch powerful Treasury Employees Union headed by ex-IRS agent.

My question is who is going to jail?
— House Speaker John Boehner on the IRS Scandal

Benghazi Emails Directly Contradict White House Claims

May 16, 2013


The White House on Wednesday released 94 pages of emails between top administration and intelligence officials who helped shape the talking points about the attacks in Benghazi, Libya, that the CIA would provide to policymakers in both the legislative and executive branches.

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The Mainstream Media Obama Psychodrama

May 16, 2013

Do not underestimate the psychological shock currently being processed by many members of the mainstream media and the low-to-medium information voters who rely on them for political analysis. To them, the election and re-election of Barack Obama, the first African American to hold the office of President of the United States, was a cause, a fulfillment of heartfelt dreams.

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Did the IRS give Mitt Romney’s tax returns to Harry Reid? And if so, will any active member of the current government ask for his resignation?

May 16, 2013

Potentially "soon to be" Ex-Senator Harry Reid (D-Nev)
WASHINGTON — During the 2012 presidential campaign, Harry Reid claimed to have intimate knowledge of what was secretly inside Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney’s tax returns.

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You Want Angry? I'll Show You Angry, Obama Says on IRS Scandal

May 16, 2013


Facing criticism from Republicans, the president reasserts his authority by pushing out the IRS's acting commissioner.


The National Journal has the Full Story>>





Embattled IRS official Lois Lerner’s husband’s law firm has strong Obama connections

May 16, 2013

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) official who apologized for targeting conservative nonprofit groups for extra scrutiny is married to an attorney whose firm hosted a voter registration organizing event for the 2012 Obama re-election campaign, praised President Obama’s policy work, and had one of its partners appointed by Obama to a key ambassadorship...

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Want Approval from IRS for Your 501(c)3? A Liberal-sounding Name Helps, Conservative Watchdog Group Found

May 16, 2013


Chris Moody of Yahoo! News has a great story about the saga the conservative media watchdogs at MediaTrackers had with the Obama IRS. The long and short of it is that after after waiting for more than a year for IRS to approve his 501(c)3 application for the group, conservative activist Drew Ryun "determined that Media Trackers would likely never obtain standalone nonprofit status" and so he "tried a new approach," applying as a nonprofit under the name "Greenhouse Solutions" which was "a pre-existing organization that was reaching the end of its determination period."

 And wouldn't you know it, Moody noted, "[t]he IRS approved Greenhouse Solutions' request for permanent nonprofit status in three weeks":   FULL STORY

White House: Have faith in government despite scandals

May 16, 2013

Under siege from a series of scandals, the White House announced the first head to roll in the unfolding IRS scandal and urged Americans not to lose faith in their government.  


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Philip Klein: Obamacare's empress strikes again

May 16, 2013

In 2010, shortly after President Obama's health care legislation was signed into law, I dubbed Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius the "Empress of Obamacare" for the vast new powers she inherited. Reading through the text of the law, I counted more than 2,500 references to the secretary of HHS, of which more than 700 referred to instances in which she "shall" do something and more than 200 cases in which she "may" take regulatory action.

Back then, it was scary enough that any individual would have so many arbitrary powers -- from determining what type of insurance every American must purchase to deciding which insurers could sell policies on new government-run exchanges at what price.

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The Burden Is on Us

May 16, 2013

The Obama administration is drowning in the tsunami of its lawlessness. As Barack Obama and his ridiculous crew of spokespersons and sycophants continue to lie and misdirect about the growing scandals of the Benghazi massacre; the Internal Revenue Service targeting organizations that venerate the Constitution or contain the words "Tea Party," "Patriot," or some combination thereof; and Obama's inaptly named Justice Department's snooping on the Associated Press, it is best to recall the words of the brilliant author Mark Helprin. He deftly demolished Obama and his ilk when he said two years ago, "You cannot draw upon the glory of the English language if nearly every utterance is a lie."

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Holder: 95%, 99% Certain Deputy AG Authorized Subpoena 'Acting in My Stead'

May 16, 2013

At today's Wednesday's Capitol Hill hearing with Attorney General Eric Holder at first wasn't sure who subpoenaed the AP's phone records, but later blamed his deputy attorney general...

Full story at TWS

Eagan: Even liberals are leaping off bandwagon

May 16, 2013

You know the worm has turned when even MSNBC’s Chris Matthews and Rachel Maddow hold their noses at the stench from Barack Obama’s scandals — when so many stories from the so-called liberal press now describe the erstwhile Messiah as “aloof,” “arrogant” and “holier than thou.”

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Arming the Syrian rebels is the same as arming al-Qaeda

5/16/13

Unarguably the week's most grisly story must be the YouTube video that purports to show a Syrian rebel commander eating the heart of a captured regime fighter. Like so many of the atrocities in this vile conflict, it is impossible to verify for sure whether this really happened, or just clever propaganda put out by the Assad regime to discredit the opposition.

Either way, this grisly incident has highlighted the deepening concern among the Western powers about the rebel forces' conduct, and has prompted the British and French governments to call for Jabhat al-Nusra, the Islamist faction of the Syrian opposition, to be given the same designation as al-Qaeda, and outlawed as a terrorist organisation.

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Obama’s net worth falls by almost HALF: President’s assets valued at $6.8million compared to $12million in 2010

5/16/13

President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama held assets last year that were worth between $1.8 million and $6.8 million, according to federal financial disclosure forms the White House released Wednesday...

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Holder's uses "I don't know" 57 times during questioning

May 16, 2013

As the nation’s top law enforcement official, Eric Holder is privy to all kinds of sensitive information. But he seems to be proud of how little he knows.

Why didn’t his Justice Department inform the Associated Press, as the law requires, before pawing through reporters’ phone records?

“I do not know,” the attorney general told the House Judiciary Committee on Wednesday afternoon, “why that was or was not done. I simply don’t have a factual basis to answer that question.”

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Rep Darrell Issa blasts Eric Holder at Hearings which angers Freed Slave Sheila Jackson Lee

May 15, 2013

Issa: “Do you think it’s appropriate for someone to – at a federal level – to try to keep information out in order to disguise what’s actually going on?” Issa asked.




Holder said that he was not aware of all of the details of the case. “There are a whole variety of reasons why people, why we as a government and Justice Department, decide not to become involved in qui tam cases,” Holder replied.



I’ll take that as a yes,” Issa interjected.




“That was not a yes,” Holder shot back.







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Disarming Realities: As Gun Sales Soar, Gun Crimes Plummet

May 16, 2016

A couple of new studies reveal the gun-control hypesters’ worst nightmare…more people are buying firearms, while firearm-related homicides and suicides are steadily diminishing. What crackpots came up with these conclusions? One set of statistics was compiled by the U.S. Department of Justice. The other was reported by the Pew Research Center.

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The Obama administration is making the case for conservatism better than Mitt Romney ever did.

May 16, 2013

Mistakes by Obama's administration have made
smaller government seem more appealing.

(SLATE) - It must get confusing in the IT department at the Associated Press: Are you talking about the hackers who hacked our Twitter account or the Justice Department hackers who hacked our phones? Monday, the Associated Press reported that the Justice Department had secretly obtained two months of records of phone conversations by its reporters. Meanwhile, the Washington Post revealed that the Internal Revenue Service’s targeting of conservative groups was more widespread than first reported. Someone at the IRS also leaked information about conservative groups to ProPublica. The Environmental Protection Agency may also have made it easier for environmental groups to file Freedom of Information Act requests than conservative organizations.

The Obama administration is doing a far better job making the case for conservatism than Mitt Romney, Mitch McConnell, or John Boehner ever did. Showing is always better than telling, and when the government overreaches in so many ways it gives support to the conservative argument about the inherently rapacious nature of government.

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Parents fired up over school's plan to fingerprint students

May 16, 2013

“They fingerprinted her today, and they never told me anything. She is only 5 years old,” said Fallon Franco of York.

Franco doesn’t want her 5-year-old daughter to have her fingers electronically scanned.

The district plans to do that eventually for all of its students, but students at Jackson Elementary experienced it first. It’s a high-tech image finger-scanner for identifying students who buy food in the cafeteria.

The problem is that some Jackson parents say they were never told about the device until their children called them on the phone.

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Dotcom: Supreme Court grants leave to appeal

May 16, 2013

"In a 49-page judgement released in March, the Court of Appeal accepted while an extradition judge could refuse to extradite on insufficient evidence, the hearing was not the same as a full trial."

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Wednesday, May 15, 2013

#BENGHAZI real-time emails started 20 minutes after the fighting began

May 15, 2013


AMAZING: Six month old article "grows into" a 100% accurate overview of the "Obama Benghazi Scandal", right before our very eyes! 

READ: Benghazi Stand Down Denials Don't Stand Up To Reason

AP Exclusive: Health reforms penalize some Indians

May 15, 2013

"...Under President Barack Obama's health care overhaul, DeRouen and tens of thousands of others who identify as Native American will face a new reality..."

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Document: IRS ordered conservative educational group to turn over a list of high school and college students it trained

May 15, 2013


Federal government demanded a list of everyone a Tennessee organization had ever trained, or planned to train

Linchpins of Liberty mentors high school and college students and teaches them conservative political philosophy, but is not tea-party-linked

'Can you imagine my responsibility to parents if I disclosed the names of their children to the IRS?' asked the group's founder

IRS Inspector General report listed seven questions the agency should never have asked, but this wasn't one of them




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Leno: 'I Was Going to Start Off With an Obama Joke But I Don't Want to Get Audited by #IRS'

May 15, 2013


The sad reality is how funny these jokes would be if it weren't for the fact that they're SO DAMN TRUE!!!


Not surprisingly, Jay Leno on Monday had a lot of jokes in his monologue about the various scandals facing the White House.

Right off the get go, the Tonight Show host said, "I was going to start off tonight with an Obama joke but I don't want to get audited by the IRS."

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A brief history of slimy Dem snoops and dumpster divers

May 15, 2013

It’s always the “low-level” peon’s fault, isn’t it? When Democrats get caught red-handed abusing government powers and bullying their political enemies small and large, nobody at the top knows nuttin’. The buck stops…in the janitors closet or something.

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DC Police Chief: We Will Kill Protesters

May 15, 2013

Rest assured, the DC Police will not be confronting armed protesters with non-lethal weapons.

Lanier has promised to arrest anybody who crosses the bridge carrying loaded rifles. She argued that walking into Washington D.C. with loaded rifles is a violation of the law, regardless of whether or not it’s part of a protest. Carrying a loaded weapon of any type is currently illegal in the District of Columbia.  

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Pennsylvania: Students Can Bring Guns on Campus

May 15, 2013


At least five Pennsylvania state-owned universities are now allowing guns on campus after the state’s lawyers concluded that an outright ban on weapons was likely unconstitutional.

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Monthly Federal Tax Revenues Hit All-Time Record in April; Individual Income Taxes Up 36%

May 15, 2013

Federal tax revenues hit an all-time non-inflation-adjusted monthly high of approximately $406.7 billion in April, according to newly released data from the U.S. Treasury.

Overall federal tax revenues in April 2013 were up 28 percent from April 2012, and individual-income-tax revenues specifically were up 36 percent.

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Obama administration gives wind farms a pass on eagle deaths, prosecutes oil companies for same

May 15, 2013


Each death is federal crime, a charge that the Obama administration has used to prosecute oil companies when birds drown in their waste pits, and power companies when birds are electrocuted by their power lines. No wind energy company has been prosecuted, even those that repeatedly flout the law.

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Obama Congratulates Pakistan for Electing Islamist Prime Minister Linked to Osama bin Laden

May 15, 2013

President Obama congratulated the people of Pakistan on national elections Saturday that marked the country’s first democratic transfer of power.

“I congratulate the people of Pakistan on the successful completion of yesterday’s parliamentary elections,” Obama said in a statement. “The United States stands with all Pakistanis in welcoming this historic peaceful and transparent transfer of civilian power, which is a significant milestone in Pakistan’s democratic progress.



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State Department shuts down Benghazi questions: 'You'll have to take my word for it'

May 15, 2013

“You’ll have to take my word for it,” said a spokesperson for the most transparent administration in history when reporters asked her to substantiate her claim that the CIA removed references to terrorists from the Benghazi talking points before the State Department ever saw them.

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Progressive Group: IRS Gave Us Conservative Groups' Confidential Docs

May 15, 2013

The progressive-leaning investigative journalism group ProPublica says the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) office that targeted and harassed conservative tax-exempt groups during the 2012 election cycle gave the progressive group nine confidential applications of conservative groups whose tax-exempt status was pending.

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Corruption Flashback: White House Asks Contractors to Release Political Donations Before Bidding

May 15, 2013

Back in 2011 the Obama Administration asked contractors to release information on their political donations.

Here’s the letter:

IRS official Lerner speedily approved exemption for Obama brother's'charity'

May 15, 2013

Lois Lerner, the senior IRS official at the center of the decision to target tea party groups for burdensome tax scrutiny, signed paperwork granting tax-exempt status to the Barack H. Obama Foundation, a shady charity headed by the president’s half-brother that operated illegally for years.

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Tuesday, May 14, 2013

White House Watched Benghazi Attacked And Didn’t Respond

May 14, 2013

Incompetence, or the desired result when pawns become "useless idiots"?

Just one hour after the seven-hour-long terrorist attacks upon the U.S. consulate in Benghazi began, our commander-in-chief, vice president, secretary of defense and their national security team gathered together in the Oval Office listening to phone calls from American defenders desperately under siege and watching real-time video of developments from a drone circling over the site. Yet they sent no military aid that might have intervened in time to save lives.
Why?


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“Illegal Signs” Along Roadway Prompts IRS Raid

May 14, 2013

(Liberty Firewall) - Charles’ business has an almost identical logo and advertising, promising thousands in refunds for tax filers with children. That advertising landed him in Orange County Court on Thursday.

He pleaded guilty to 20 misdemeanor charges of illegally placing signs in medians and along roadways advertising quick tax refunds. County Judge Jeanette Dejuras Bigney fined him $3,400.

“It was probably the most obnoxious example of illegal signs we’ve had in quite a long time,” Orlando Code Enforcement Director Mike Rhodes said.


Silencing the Opposition: Venezuela's Last Opposition TV Network Sold

May 14, 2013

Globovision, Venezuela’s only opposition television network which had a long history of clashes with the socialist government, was sold Monday and will change its critical coverage, network officials said.

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California: City of Oakland Seeks to Suspend 2nd Amendment

May 14, 2013



“Under AB 180, the City of Oakland would be given the authority to regulate the registration of firearms and licensing of gun owners—areas which are currently pre-empted by state law. AB 180 is a smart and sensible bill that empowers Oakland and provides local control in addressing gun violence,” said Bonta.


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*footnote: regulating legal resident's gun ownership in no way reduces illegal gun possession by residents and non-residents of the city of Oakland

Attention America: It is officially "under the bus" time!

May 14, 2013

Unreal: IRS Blames Low Level Career Staffers When Senior IRS Officials Knew Everything

On Friday, the IRS released a report exposing their own malfeasance in targeting conservative groups during the 2012 election.

Here’s what the Washington Post reported regarding this disclosure



Revealed: The 55 Questions IRS Asked One Tea Party Group After Two Years of Waiting

May 14, 2013



Revealed: The 55 questions the IRS asked one tea party group after more than two years of waiting – including demands for names of all its donors and volunteers

Lengthy questionnaire arrived more than two years after the Richmond Tea Party applied for tax-exempt status

IRS demanded ‘names of the donors, contributors, and grantors’ and insisted: ‘Please identify your volunteers’

Tax collectors began in 2012 to scrutinize conservative nonprofits more closely than others

Documents show senior IRS officials in Washington knew of the practice as early as August 2011, but the White House says it learned last month.



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Islamic American History?

May 14, 2013


Have you ever been to a Muslim hospital, heard a Muslim orchestra, seen a Muslim band march in a parade, witnessed a Muslim charity, shaken hands with a Muslim Girl Scout, seen a Muslim Candy Striper, or seen a Muslim do anything that contributes positively to the American way of life ????

It is not very likely at all... wonder why?

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Rubio's immigration legislation is Obamacare on steroids

May 14, 2013

Americans should get ready for the newest affliction from Washington D.C. This time it is in the form of immigration legislation. As porous as our borders are presently, this monstrous legislation will enable a deluge of immigrants to flow into this country. Marco Rubio, a Republican Senator from the Great State of Florida, is spearheading the push to move this legislation forward. Commercials have already appeared noting this legislation as a cure-all to all the prior failed immigration laws and policies that preceded it. Three decades ago one of our best presidents, Ronald Reagan, made a concerted effort to stem the flow of illegals from south of the border, it failed. Since then a hodge-podge of remedies have been attempted to bring sanity to the immigration process. They also failed...

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Associated Press says government seized journalists' phone records

May 14, 2013

WASHINGTON - The Associated Press on Monday said the U.S. government secretly seized telephone records of AP offices and reporters for a two-month period in 2012, describing the acts as a "massive and unprecedented intrusion" into news-gathering operations.

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Man with altered Saudi passport arrested with pressure cooker at Detroit airport

May 14, 2013

A man traveling with an altered Saudi Arabian passport was in federal court Monday after a pressure cooker was discovered in his luggage at the Detroit airport over the weekend.

The man, identified in a criminal complaint filed in U.S. District Court as Hussain Al Kwawahir, made his initial court appearance Monday on charges of altering a passport and lying to customs officials.

Al Kwawahir, 33, wasn't charged with any terrorism-related offenses, however, and U.S. officials told NBC News they were handling the incident as simply a documents case.


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Missouri: Your Action is Needed to Support Important Pro-Gun Bills

May 14, 2013

Charlotte, NC - (Ammoland.com)-  With a few days remaining in the 2013 legislative session, the Missouri General Assembly is taking critical steps to reform the state’s Right-to-Carry law and further protect your inherent right to self-defense.  

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US ambassadors to boycott UN disarmament body over Iran role

May 14, 2013


"This is like putting Jack the Ripper in charge of a women's shelter," said Hillel Neuer, head of the Geneva-based UN Watch, announcing the organization would organize protest events involving Iranian dissidents.

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Monday, May 13, 2013

IT MAKES PERFECT SENSE NOW: ABC, CBS and CNN top executives all have siblings or spouses working directly for Obama

May 13, 2013

The Democrat Party and the media are indistinguishable from one another and it doesn't take much digging to prove it.

You knew the mainstream media was biased, but this is incredible. It was revealed today that CBS News President David Rhodes' brother is Obama Deputy National Security Advisor Ben Rhodes, who was instrumental in rewriting the Benghazi talking points. But it gets worse. It is now learned that ABC President Ben Sherwood's sister, Dr. Elizabeth Sherwood-Randall, is a Special Assistant to Barack Obama on national security affairs. But even this isn't it! CNN's deputy bureau chief, Virginia Moseley, is the wife of Tom Nides, who until February was Hillary Clinton's deputy.      EVEN MORE>>

Benghazi victim's mother wishes Hillary Clinton happy Mother's Day

May 13, 2013





(Washington Examiner) - Pat Smith, the mother of one of the victims of the Benghazi consulate attacks, went on the Huckabee show Saturday to deliver a message to Hillary Clinton.

"I want to wish Hillary a happy Mother's Day," she said. "She has her child. I don't have mine because of her."

Huckabee asked Smith if she was somewhat comforted by the congressional hearings about the attacks last week.

"Absolutely not," she said. "I am still waiting to answers to just about everything."

Records Show Tsarnaev Brothers May Have Used Their EBT Cards to Fund Terror Spree

May 13, 2013

In February radical Islamist cleric Anjem Choundary urged his followers to use their welfare checks to fund the jihad.

Now this…
Records show the Boston Marathon bombers may have used their EBT cards to fund their terror spree that left 4 dead and 260 injured.


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The Myth of a Moderate Obama

May 13, 2013

From the May-June 2013 issue:

THE GREATEST myth in American politics today is the view, perpetrated by the Democratic Left and elements of the news media, that Barack Obama is a political moderate. In truth he represents an ideology that is barely within the American mainstream as understood over two and a quarter centuries of political experience. Indeed, the crisis of American politics in our time is a crisis of political deadlock, and it is a deadlock born largely of the president’s resolve to push an agenda for which he has no clear national consensus.   KEEP READING


Pelosi: My, these Republicans certainly are obsessed with Benghazi

May 13, 2013


On MSNBC Saturday morning, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi said that she, too, wants to find out what happened in Benghazi, but that Republicans are taking political advantage of the investigation to distract from other, more important issues.   

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US Discussing Giving Russia Missile Defense Data

May 13, 2013

WASHINGTON (AP) — The head of the U.S. Missile Defense Agency says that the Obama administration has discussed declassifying key data on U.S. missile defense in order to provide it to Russia.  Keep Reading..

International Red Cross plants trees to honor Palestinian terrorists

May 13, 2013

Ceremony named "My Honor is My Freedom" honored 150 "veteran prisoners"

In a ceremony celebrating its 150th anniversary, the International Red Cross together with the Palestinian Red Crescent planted 150 trees bearing the names of "veteran prisoners." The Palestinian Authority uses the term "veteran prisoners" to refer to those who have been in jail the longest, and in most cases are serving life sentences for murder or multiple murders. Giorgio Ferrario, representative of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, participated in this ceremony honoring terrorists, which was named "My Honor is My Freedom."   FULL STORY

The First 2016 Anti-Hillary Ad

May 13, 2013

Fox News’ Eric Bolling shared a campaign ad that he said was up for grabs for Joe Biden, Chris Christie, Rand Paul or Marco Rubio to use in 2016.





Source: Western Journalism

Susan G Komen Virtually Quits Lobbying

May 13, 2013

Komen has been trying to recover from its decision, revealed in January 2012, to eliminate $680,000 in grants to Planned Parenthood for breast cancer screenings and education. The funds were canceled because Planned Parenthood provides abortions, though not with Komen money.   Read More..

The Cost of Islamic Incest

May 13, 2013

A tragic phenomenon which is taking a terrible toll on everyone involved.

There is a dire phenomenon rising in Europe that is crippling entire societies and yet the continent sleeps, refusing not only to confront the destructive elephant in the room, but also to admit its very existence.

The troubling reality being referred to is the widespread practice of Muslim inbreeding and the birth defects and social ills that it spawns.


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Arrest NOT impeach

May 13, 2013

Originally posted at
The Patriot Factor via
The Dryer Report

Benghazi…MURDER, lies, and cover-ups…and ‘whistleblowers’ getting demoted for speaking the truth.

Cover-ups of the first degree. In fact, Senator Inhofe (R-OK) said that Benghazi “is going to go down as most serious, most egregious cover-up in American history.”

”We may be starting to use the I-word before too long” he added.

The thing is that the I-word is already being talked about but in the case of Barack HUSSEIN Obama and Benghazi impeachment is NOT the way to go.

In order to impeach a sitting president the House of Representatives needs a simple majority vote, but to obtain a conviction in the Senate a two-thirds majority (67 votes) is needed. Unfortunately, with the current Democratic controlled Senate this is NOT likely to happen, so the Republicans are looking forward to the 2014 elections to try to take back the Senate.

But another year is too long to wait to avenge the MURDERS of Ambassador Stevens, Information Officer Sean Smith, and ex-Navy SEALS Tyrone Woods and Glen Doherty. Too long and with NO guarantee that the Republicans will even take back control of the Senate for we all know that Obama will ‘fix’ the mid-terms with voter fraud and machine ‘irregularities’ just like he did in November.

After all, this time his neck is on the line…literally.

And even if he was by an outside chance impeached, impeachment gives credibility to his presidency and all his misguided policies and laws would still stay in place…something we surely do NOT want. Also, remember that once charges are brought for impeachment and they fail in the Senate, it’s over and cannot be brought back again.

The simple fact is that Barack HUSSEIN Obama can and should be arrested for treason under Article 3, Section 3 of the Constitution which states, “Treason against the United States, shall consist only in levying War against them, or in adhering to their Enemies, giving them Aid and Comfort…”

Meaning in NO uncertain terms that the betrayal of the United States of America by consciously and purposely acting to aid her enemies is indeed grounds for treason.

And treason fits Obama to a tee for this man NOT only sends monies to our enemies (like the Muslim Brotherhood and Hamas), but I believe that Barack HUSSEIN Obama was sending, without Congressional approval, guns and weapons to Syrian rebels, rebels with direct ties to al-Qaeda, got caught by Ambassador Stevens, who then had to be silenced at all costs.

Benghazi…a cleverly crafted plan that used the fortunately timed release of a ridiculous YouTube video as an opportunistic point of blame and for a time…for eight long months…the masses bought into it as the media covered for him…spreading his lies and covering-up the truth.

I’ll even go one step further and speak of a nagging feeling deep inside that Barack HUSSEIN Obama might have set-up the entire Benghazi attack to cover his butt, because if caught for illegal gun and weapons smuggling that would indeed be grounds for immediate impeachment and arrest.

And could it be even worse than that for dare I say it…I dare…but could Obama himself have been behind the video…could he have ordered it made for he knew he’d need a cover story…something he could blame if all hell broke loose…NOTHING would surprise me with this miserable excuse of a man.

A video to blame, that is until the ‘whistleblowers’ came forward with the truth and threw a wrench into Obama’s cleverly crafted cover-up story…a cover-up that Hillary Clinton knew about…was part of…and of her own free will went along with.

So my friends, impeachment is but a slap on the wrist and won’t do for Barack HUSSEIN Obama or for Hillary Clinton for that matter. Arrest, try, convict, and sentence carried out for treason, aiding and abetting the enemy, murder, and crimes against America is the way to go.

And along with Article 3, Section 3 of the Constitution there is a possibly that the military could arrest Obama and bring him before a military tribunal. A military tribunal is a military court designed to try members of enemy forces during times of war. A definitive case can be made that Barack HUSSEIN Obama, by his actions or should I say deliberate lack of actions in regards to Benghazi, is a member of our enemy’s forces.

And it’s also appropriate to subject a private citizen to a military tribunal if that person is being tried for treason, which would be the case with Hillary Clinton…a now private citizen who knew of the gun-running…who covered it up…and who lied about it all thus aiding and abetting the enemy.

Charges of treason against Barack HUSSEIN Obama can come in my guises, just a few of which are:

In 2009 when Obama accepting a foreign title and office while President without consulting Congress, he assumed the Chairmanship of the UN Security Council, the international body responsible for declaring war on behalf of the UN, thus being in violation of US Constitution Article I, Section 9.

Benghazi.

Surrendering sovereign US war-making to foreign powers and international authorities by attacking Libya without consulting Congress, in violation of US Constitution Article 1, Section 8 (the War Powers clause) and U.S. Code Title 50, Chapter 33:1541-1548.

Benghazi.

His consistent and blatant pandering to America’s sworn enemies in the muslim world is treason, the definition of which according to the US Constitution, is the aiding and abetting of America’s enemies. Remember, he is supplying arms, including F-16 fighter jets and Abrams tanks, to Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood controlled government and sends millions to Hamas and Hezzbolah (terrorist groups with ties to al-Qaeda).

Benghazi.

Adhering to the enemies of the United States, giving them aid and comfort, as witnessed by consorting with, supporting, and installing to powerful Federal positions persons who in writing, word and deed have called for and promoted the overthrow of America’s constitutionally guaranteed Republic form of government, and the overthrow of the United States Constitution; including but not limited to William Ayers, Bernadette Dohrn, Cass Sunstein, John Holdren, Van Jones, Dalia Mogahed, Harold Koh, and Eric Holder, in violation of US Constitution, Article III, Section IV and U.S. Penal Code, Section 2385.

Benghazi.

Broke a law that he himself pushed and helped to pass as a Senator that provides protection for Inspector-Generals who do their jobs by investigating corruption, waste, and fraud in the federal government…as in why was there NO protection for the ‘whistleblowers’ as demotions were immediately placed against them for speaking out.

Benghazi.

Refusing to secure our borders from illegal alien invasion, international criminal incursion, and terrorist cadre penetration, in violation of U.S. Constitution, Article III, Section 3 and Article IV, Section 4.

Benghazi.

The list of crimes against America this man has committed is endless. And with this current Congress sitting back and doing NOTHING…with this Congress deliberately looking away at what Barack HUSSEIN Obama has done are they actually accessories to treason…just something to think about…just something to consider…just something that must be dealt with now and NOT in 2014…for by then the media will have locked its protective arms around their ‘savior’ even more than they already have.

NO…Benghazi must NOT be swept under the rug like Fast & Furious was…Benghazi must be the end of the road for this man and his miserable administration, because if it’s NOT the ‘blood on their hands’ might very will spread to the streets of America.

Hat Tip: PJNet

DHS: Homeschooling Linked to Extremism

May 13, 2013


According to Time Magazine, the rhetoric that supposedly contributed to the bombing of the federal building in Oklahoma City came from “well known-elements of far-right thought: tax protesters, Christian homeschoolers, conspiracy theorists… and self-reliant types” in opposition to the federal government.

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Sunday, May 12, 2013

Pirate Bay Takes Over Distribution of Censored 3D Printable Gun

May 12, 2013

A few days after the blueprints for the world’s first printable gun were published online, Defense Distributed has been asked by the State Department to pull them down, citing possible arms trafficking violations. The blueprints, however, are still available on The Pirate Bay and many other file-sharing sites, which adds a 3D chapter to the IP enforcement debate.The Pirate Bay says it welcomes the blueprints and has no intention of taking the files down.

In late 2012 the 3D blueprint website Thingiverse decided to ban 3D gun designs, citing their terms of service which clearly prohibit files used to make weapons.

Enter DEFCAD, a site dedicated to hosting designs that have been banned at Thingiverse. Namely, the entirely printable 3D gun design which clocked up more than 100,000 downloads within its first two days of release.

This did not sit well with the Department of State Office of Defense Trade Controls who kindly requested that DEFCAD remove the availability of the 3D printable gun documents, enthusiastically named “The Liberator,” citing a possible violation of International Traffic in Arms Regulations.

In the letter from the State Department, which can be read in full at Forbes, the Government explains that it wants to review whether the designs are in compliance with arms export control laws.

While the attempted censorship of the 3D gun blueprints may come as no surprise, the popularity of these files is a vivid example of the daunting task faced by those charged with censorship of information.

While DEFCAD promptly complied with the request to remove access to the design, it was shared so widely during the short window of availability that it is now virtually impossible to prevent any further distribution. Currently, there appears to be several torrents available for the design at The Pirate Bay and the site informs us that these will not be censored.

“TPB has for close to 10 years been operating without taking down one single torrent due to pressure from the outside. And it will never start doing that,” A Pirate Bay insider told TorrentFreak.

Guns on The Pirate Bay


The Pirate Bay is not out to promote guns, but they do have a great interest in 3D printing.

“We think the whole idea of a printable object is interesting. You can print guns for sure, but even better you can print plowshares and other things as well. The problem is not the object but what you do with it. Just as with a cooking knife.”

The torrent site also says it welcomes Defense Distributed founder Cody Wilson to start publishing designs on The Pirate Bay. A year ago TPB launched a 3D print section where the blueprints would fit nicely.

“When Defcad is closed down there is still TPB. Cody is welcome to upload everything on Defcad to TPB as well, so the users can comment on the crap.”

“Cody Wilson’s site has been branded ‘A Pirate Bay for 3D objects’ which is kind of funny, since TPB has had its physibles section more than a year already, with lots of objects in there. And since the whole idea behind TPB is to not let outside pressure judge, TPB is prepared for things like that.”

The Pirate Bay insider welcomes a debate on gun laws and U.S. oppression of free speech. “We laugh at their gun love since it’s so obviously the wrong way to go.”

“We think that the good thing about the discussion about 3D printers and their gun laws might bring more focus on the double standards that the U.S. is having and hopefully – people will start printing signs to protest against the guns, the corruption and the threats against freedom of speech that the U.S. is pushing on us.”

For now the 3D gun links posted on The Pirate Bay are from unverified sources. Printing those might not be such a good idea, but it is clear that the original designs are not going away. All one needs in order to access these files is a hash, there is no longer a central source that can be shut down to prevent public access to these files.

This BitTorrent connection also gives the term Defense Distributed a whole new meaning.

The takedown of the blueprints could very well mark the beginning of an era where proponents of so-called cyber warfare begin using military resources in attempts to regulate a data distribution protocol which has, thus far, been impossible to regulate.

At the minimum, it’s the start of a crackdown on 3D blueprints, which will undoubtedly become more common as technology advances.

Ryan Smith contributed to the article.



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