Late Night Video — The IRS Snipe Hunt of Darrell Issa

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This is from the Democrats on the House Oversight Committee, who have helpfully condensed the snipe hunt masquerading as a Congressional Hearing to it's salient points (approx 1.5 minutes). As in there *is* no scandal at the White House for this. The scandal is that Issa wasted alot of Government time and money in order to get this bit of arson done in full view of a TV audience:
GOP Bamboozlement on SNAP Benefits

GOP Bamboozlement on SNAP Benefits

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SNAP benefits have been in the news over the past few weeks as Congress tries to pass a Farm Bill. The Senate passed a bill that made some cuts to the SNAP program, while the House separated SNAP from the Farm Bill and proceeded to cut SNAP so that 5 million people would no longer be eligible for food support. The GOP ( including the locals who don't have much to say other than to repeat the talking points sent to them each day, and the media, unfortunately) are pushing messaging that tries to link the SNAP program with economic recovery. This messaging ignores some key points....
The Open Thread for Thursday, August 1, 2013

The Open Thread for Thursday, August 1, 2013

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You don't realize how dependent, and how addicted, you are to the internet and email and just computer databases in general until the servers crash and you have no access to anything. That was me yesterday at work. No email. No internet. No computers. Well, we could turn on our computer and type something, but our network is set up in such a way that we could not print what we typed. So yesterday, my office was literally back in the 60's and 70's. We used an old typewriter for letters that had to go out. Seriously, how was business conducted back then? Anyway, thanks for Cass for picking up the ball I dropped. Here is some polling goodness....