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Tuesday, November 15, 2016

TaxProf Blog

TaxProf Blog:
"Washington Times, After Years of IRS Delay, 2 Tea Party Groups Denied Tax-Exempt Status:
Nearly seven years after it applied to the IRS for nonprofit status, the Albuquerque Tea Party has finally been given a decision: Denied.
The tax agency, under orders from a federal judge, is belatedly tackling the remaining tea party cases that it delayed for years, and so far the tea party isn’t doing well.

Only one of the three groups in the case was approved, and the other two, including Albuquerque, got notices of proposed denials last week.
...The IRS, which declined to comment on the new decisions, admitted in court that it did subject the tea party groups to intrusive scrutiny, singling them out because of their political viewpoints and forcing them to go through hurdles that other groups didn’t face.
Jay Sekulow (American Center for Law and Justice), Continuing the Fight Against IRS Corruption in Federal Court:
..."It is clear that we still have an IRS that is corrupt and incapable of self-correction...
As we continue fighting against the Executive lawlessness in federal court, please sign our petition to join the fight – for freedom and for the Constitution."

New hybrid and electric cars must make noise while driving slowly, new U.S. rule says

New hybrid and electric cars must make noise while driving slowly, new U.S. rule says - LA Times: "

New hybrid and electric cars are required to make noise when traveling at low speeds so that pedestrians, especially those who are blind or have poor eyesight, will hear them coming, under a new rule released Monday by the Obama administration.
The new rule could help prevent about 2,400 pedestrian injuries a year once all hybrids on the road are equipped to make noise, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
Hybrid vehicles use both a gasoline engine and an electric motor.
Electric motors, however, make very little noise compared with gasoline and diesel engines.
The rule requires hybrid and electric vehicles to make audible noise when traveling in reverse or forward at speeds up to about 19 mph.
The sound alert isn't required at higher speeds because other factors, such as tire and wind noise, provide a warning..."

Staged! Craigslist ads offer $1,500 a week for paid anti-Trump protesters | BizPac Review

Staged! Craigslist ads offer $1,500 a week for paid anti-Trump protesters | BizPac Review: "Busted!

George Soros strikes again?

As violent anti-Trump riots head into Day 5, new evidence suggests the protests were staged by operatives paid to block traffic and hold up signs protesting Donald Trump‘s duly elected presidency.

A slew of Craigslists ads posted online across Los Angeles, Chicago, New York and other big cities are offering up to $1,500 a week for people to engage in “Stop Trump” movements.

Job duties include “blocking traffic,” and tout “no previous experience required,” "

Symone Sanders Mocks Trump Supporter Beat Up By Mob: 'Oh My Goodness, Poor White People!'

Symone Sanders Mocks Trump Supporter Beat Up By Mob: 'Oh My Goodness, Poor White People!' | Mediaite:
Former press secretary to Bernie Sanders and Democratic strategist Symone Sanders mocked and dismissed a Donald Trump supporter who was beat up by a Chicago mob on CNN Monday because he was white.

Sanders took on Trump for his comments Sunday that his supporters should stop committing hate crimes in his name, saying he needed to go further. “The audacity of privileged white people to sit on national television and question if hate crimes are happening, to just flippantly say ‘stop it, it’s not okay,’ and not put any action behind those words, it’s appalling to me. It’s actually appalling.”

Trump supporter Carl Higbie retorted that there was violence on both sides, and that Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama hadn’t bothered to denounce the violence at anti-Trump rallies. “I’m sorry, hate crimes and protesting are not the same things…” Sanders responded. “A hate crime is a crime that is committed against somebody because of their religion, because of what they look like, because of their sexual orientation. That’s not the same thing as protesting.”

“What do you say to the people who dragged a poor white guy out of a car and beat him?” asked Higbie.

“Oh my goodness, poor white people! Please!” she responded. “Oh my– stop. Stop, Carl.”

“That’s not protesting!” Higbie said. “Dragging someone out of their car are beating them is not protesting.”

You can watch the mob assault below:

Sanders didn’t seem so sure of that. “There has never been an acceptable form of protest…” she responded. “We can’t call for people to be peaceful when the rhetoric that has been used is not peaceful, when people don’t feel peaceful in their home.”

Watch above, via CNN.

Distraught anti-Trump losers wearing safety pins for safe space while they riot like animals

Distraught anti-Trump losers wearing safety pins for safe space while they riot like animals | BizPac Review:

"Some anti-Donald Trump activists have now started to wear safety pins to signify to others distraught over the election to know they are a “safe space.”

...“Yesterday and today, as I walk around in this unfamiliar new country, I see people of color and wonder if they think I’m one of the 53 percent of white women who voted for Trump.
I see white men and wonder if they’re one of the 63 percent who did.
We need an outward sign of sympathy, a way for the majority of us who voted against fascism to recognize one another,” columnist Michelle Goldberg wrote.
Her call was echoed by Vox, another left-leaning outfit, who said, “potentially related racist and anti-Semitic abuse and vandalism is happening across the country” since President-elect Trump won the election Tuesday.
Apparently, they missed all of the riots, and the beating of a white man by a gang of thugs because he voted for Trump, coming from their side of the aisle.
The #SafetyPin movement is gaining popularity on social media, with even some celebrities joining in.
And, if all else fails, they can give the safety pins to the babies that cannot deal with the results of a fair a Democratic election. They can use them to pin their diapers.
Watch anti-Trump rioters get taken down as cops take back the streets; it’s a new day in America

I wear my #SafetyPin to show I am a safe place.I will protect those who are treated unfairly bc of gender, race, disability, & indiv beliefs pic.twitter.com/gn2LmcTbi5

— Sarah Lill (@SarahLill9) November 11, 2016

AM Fruitcake

History for November 15

History for November 15 - On-This-Day.com
William Pitt the Elder 1708 - Known as the Great Commoner, 1st Earl of Chatham, Georgia O'Keeffe 1887, Ed Asner 1929

Petula Clark 1932, Frida Lyngstad (ABBA) 1945, Beverly D'Angelo 1954

1777 - The Continental Congress approved the Articles of Confederation, precursor to the U.S. Constitution.

1806 - Explorer Zebulon Pike spotted the mountaintop that became known as Pikes Peak.

1864 - Union Gen. William T. Sherman and his troops began their "March to the Sea" during the U.S. Civil War.

1901 - Miller Reese patented an electrical hearing aid.

1920 - The League of Nations met for the first time in Geneva, Switzerland.

1939 - U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt laid the cornerstone of the Jefferson Memorial in Washington, DC.

1966 - The flight of Gemini 12 ended successfully as astronauts James A. Lovell and Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin Jr. splashed down safely in the Atlantic Ocean.

1999 - Representatives from China and the United States signed a major trade agreement that involved China's membership in the World Trade Organization (WTO).

Monday, November 14, 2016

Sheriff Clarke Crushes Obama For Failing To Calm Down Anti-Trump Riots [Video] – Conservative 101

Sheriff Clarke Crushes Obama For Failing To Calm Down Anti-Trump Riots [Video] – Conservative 101:

"Sheriff Clarke just slammed Obama for not doing enough to calm down these protesters and failing to do hi job as president to ensure a peaceful transition of power.

“These are anarchists, full-fledged anarchists. They don’t even support the Constitution. This isn’t constitutionally protected behavior,” Clarke said about the rioters."

Donald Trump Protester Speaks Out: "I Was Paid $3,500 To Protest Trump's Rally"

Donald Trump Protester Speaks Out: "I Was Paid $3,500 To Protest Trump's Rally" - ABC News
"PHOENIX A.Z. (AP) — For months now, rumors have circulated the Internet that individuals were being paid to protest at rallies held by presidential hopeful Donald Trump. Today a man from Trump’s rally in Fountain Hills, Arizona back in March has come forward to say that he was paid to protest the event.

“I was given $3,500 to protest Donald Trump’s rally in Fountain Hills,” said 37-year-old Paul Horner.
“I answered a Craigslist ad about a group needing actors for a political event.
I interviewed with them and got the part.”
Trump supporters have been claiming that protesters are being paid by the Bernie Sanders’ campaign, but Horner disagrees.

“As for who these people were affiliated with that interviewed me, my guess would be Hillary Clinton’s campaign,” Horner said.
“The actual check I received after I was done with the job was from a group called ‘Women Are The Future’.
After I was hired, they told me if anyone asked any questions about who I was with or communicated with me in any way, I should start talking about how great Bernie Sanders is.”
Horner continued, “It was mostly women in their 60’s at the interview that I went to.
Plus, all the people that I communicated with had an AOL email address.
No one still has an AOL email address except people that would vote for Hillary Clinton...”
Read on!

fakehatecrimes.org

fakehatecrimes.org:
The purpose of this site is to compile a comprehensive database of the false reports of "hate crimes" committed in the USA.
It builds on the work of Laird Wilcox, whose Crying Wolf (PDF) is the only book dedicated to this subject so far.
Worth a visit and a bookmark.

Top Clinton Aide: Loss 'Most Devastating In U.S. History' | The Daily Caller

Top Clinton Aide: Loss 'Most Devastating In U.S. History' | The Daily Caller:

"A top member of Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign told Clinton’s top supporters Thursday her defeat was “the most devastating loss in the history of American politics,” while campaign chairman John Podesta said the defeat was due to a pro-Donald Trump bias in the media."

After Nearly Wall to Wall Coverage of Protests, CNN Lets a Truth Bomb Slip On Who 'Promoted' Them

Wednesday night, CNN heavily covered the stories of people across America protesting the presidential election results.
The impression left on many viewers was that the protests were spontaneous and organic.

But in between interviewing protesters about their beefs, CNN reporter Jean Casarez dropped a truth bomb:

“This was promoted by Socialist Advantage and one of the things they said the purpose of this rally was for was, was to not only protest the election of Donald Trump the 45th president of the United States but also to protest that the Democratic party had let them down.”

'Socialist Advantage' was the hashtag many used to communicate on Twitter:

And it turns out the real group 'promoting' the protests was really called “Socialist Alternative.”

THAT’S EASY. A “RIOT” IS WHERE BROOKS BROTHERS-CLAD REPUBLICANS DEMAND BALLOT FAIRNESS. A “PROTEST”…

Instapundit » Blog Archive »
"THAT’S EASY.
A “RIOT” IS WHERE BROOKS BROTHERS-CLAD REPUBLICANS DEMAND BALLOT FAIRNESS.
A “PROTEST” IS WHERE DEMOCRATS BURN CARS AND BEAT PEOPLE UNCONSCIOUS.
Media still struggles with the difference between a protest and a riot.

Fabulous!-----Think America=Iguana, Liberal media=Snakes-------Iguana chased by snakes - Planet Earth II: Islands

Noon-toon

The Communists Behind the Anti-Trump Protests | Frontpage Mag

The Communists Behind the Anti-Trump Protests | Frontpage Mag:

"In short, the anti-Trump protests that are currently making headlines are 100% contrived, fake, phony exhibitions of street theater, orchestrated entirely by radicals and revolutionaries whose chief objective is to push America ever farther to the political left. Moreover, they seek to utterly demoralize conservatives into believing that public opposition to their own (conservative) political and social values is growing more powerful, more passionate, and more widespread with each passing day."

Crime highest in 16 years, Obama legacy

Crime highest in 16 years, Obama legacy | Washington Examiner:
The personal crime rate throughout America has hit a 16-year high, with nearly 30 percent of all households report being "victimized," according to a new survey

"Americans' direct experience with crime is at a 16-year high, consistent with a gradual increase — from 22 percent in 2001 to 29 percent today — in the percentage saying that they or a household member was the victim of a robbery, vandalism or violent crime in the past year," Gallup reports.

What's more, some 16 percent that they personally have been the victim of crime, most often theft.
Gallup said the recent increase wasn't huge, but the years of increases a concern.
"Americans' self-reported experience with crime has been trending up since about 2001 and is now at a numerical high..."

Democrats Are Now Calling For A ‘Revolution In The Streets’, And I Believe That They Are Quite Serious

Democrats Are Now Calling For A ‘Revolution In The Streets’, And I Believe That They Are Quite Serious:
"The surprise victory by Donald Trump on November 8th has spawned a series of violent protests and riots all over the nation as stunned leftists continue to throw the largest post-election temper tantrum in U.S. history.

anti-trump-protest-photo-by-fibonacci-blue

Protesters in large cities all across America have been disrupting public transportation, looting stores, hurling objects at the police and burning Trump in effigy.
There have even been shootings at anti-Trump rallies in Seattle and in Portland.
Hundreds of protesters have been arrested so far, and organizers are promising that this is only just the beginning.
Meanwhile, large numbers of enraged leftists are physically threatening Trump on Twitter, and some are even calling for a violent revolution.
Sadly, I believe that they are quite serious about this.
...But for many on the radical left the time for patience is over.
The “Not My President” movement is taking off like a rocket, and one survey found that only 58 percent of all Clinton supporters consider Trump’s victory to be legitimate.
A protest near Trump Tower in New York City on Saturday drew approximately 25,000 people, and USA Today reported that the anti-Trump protest in Portland, Oregon on Saturday night rapidly “devolved into a riot“.
It is becoming clear that these protests are not going away any time soon, and some are even beginning to refer to this movement as “the Purple Revolution”…

No sooner had Trump been declared the 45^th president of the United States, Soros-funded political operations launched their activities to disrupt Trump during Obama’s lame-duck period and thereafter. The swiftness of the Purple Revolution is reminiscent of the speed at which protesters hit the streets of Kiev, the Ukrainian capital, in two Orange Revolutions sponsored by Soros, one in 2004 and the other, ten years later, in 2014.

As the Clintons were embracing purple in New York, street demonstrations, some violent, all coordinated by the Soros-funded Moveon.org and Black Lives Matter, broke out in New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Oakland, Nashville, Cleveland, Washington, Austin, Seattle, Philadelphia, Richmond, St. Paul, Kansas City, Omaha, San Francisco, and some 200 other cities across the United States.

So could we actually see a violent revolution on the streets of America?

Is the radical left really so horrified by the prospect of a Trump presidency that they would actually be willing to engage in a prolonged campaign of chaos, violence and physical intimidation..?

Read on! Scary stuff!