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 | re: IRS official who refused to testify facing more scrutiny over scandal, past - L.A. on 5/23/13 at 9:50 am
[quote]The Old General walked up to me in the locker room this morning.
Him: Did you see that Lerner woman on TV?
Me: No, but I read about it.
Him: She never should have read that opening statement.
Me: Because it conflicts with her invoking the 5th amendment?
Him: No. Because she looked a...
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Music Board
| re: For those of you who aren't familiar with Tommy Emmanuel - L.A. on 5/23/13 at 9:40 am
[quote]He is obviously talented but I wouldn't want to see the show twice. He can play really fast and enjoys doing that for 90 minutes if that's your thing.[/quote]Most of his stuff isn't like that. It's just a video I happened to be watching last night. He plays some really, really beautiful mus...
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Political Talk
| re: IRS official who refused to testify facing more scrutiny over scandal, past - L.A. on 5/23/13 at 9:29 am
I beat you by one minute: 9:21 to 9:22. :lol:...
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Political Talk
| IRS official who refused to testify facing more scrutiny over scandal, past - L.A. on 5/23/13 at 9:21 am
I find the questioning of the Chrstian Coalition group to be offensive.
[quote]In the 1990's, Lerner also served as chief of enforcement at the Federal Elections Commission.
Under her direction, the FEC undertook the largest enforcement action in its history -- suing the Christian Coalition f...
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| re: For those of you who aren't familiar with Tommy Emmanuel - L.A. on 5/23/13 at 1:42 am
Doesn't ring a bell....
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| re: For those of you who aren't familiar with Tommy Emmanuel - L.A. on 5/23/13 at 1:01 am
[quote]no I've never seen him
he's been in BR at least twice[/quote]Do yourself a favor and go next time he's in town. He's come to L.A. before a number of times (Malibu, Redondo Beach, etc) and I never went. I had to travel all the way up to Napa Valley to see him, but I'm glad I went....
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| re: For those of you who aren't familiar with Tommy Emmanuel - L.A. on 5/23/13 at 12:49 am
[quote]he was in BR a year or two ago [/quote]Did you see the show?
My son and I went to see him at the Napa Valley Opera House this past February (sold out show...we were on row 4, about 25 feet from where he was standing). I'm still thinking about the show he put on....
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| For those of you who aren't familiar with Tommy Emmanuel - L.A. on 5/23/13 at 12:16 am
Here he is, the world's greatest acoustic guitarist (per Guitar Player magazine and Acoustic Guitar Player magazine)
I've seen him live and he puts on one of the best shows I've ever seen. Unbelievable talent!
[link=(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pZBVBerH_pI)]LINK[/link]
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Political Talk
| re: Beheading, More shocking: The act itself or the hordes of people doing nothing? - L.A. on 5/22/13 at 11:14 pm
[quote]Beheading, More shocking: The act itself or the hordes of people doing nothing?[/quote]Cutting someone's head off is more shocking and it's not even close.
My guess is that the bystanders were too scared to do anything given that some maniac holding a cleaver and a butcher knife had just c...
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Political Talk
| re: Why would Lois Lerner invoke the 5th ammendment? - L.A. on 5/22/13 at 10:49 pm
[quote]that's why I made an easier to read diagram at the bottom of page 1 in this thread[/quote]I needed that.. I'm in full 'tard mode tonight. :lol:...
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Political Talk
| re: Why would Lois Lerner invoke the 5th ammendment? - L.A. on 5/22/13 at 10:44 pm
[quote]I am merely demonstrating she was screwed either way once she made her statement and consented to her statements of the past hearings... [/quote]Ah, ok. I couldn't make heads or tails of that chart. :lol:...
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| re: Why would Lois Lerner invoke the 5th ammendment? - L.A. on 5/22/13 at 10:43 pm
[quote]If I were representing someone from a Democratic administration in front of a Republican majority sub-committee (at least given the current state of affairs and the agenda), I may very well advise a client not to say shite. I am dead serious, L.A. My ethical and professional obligation is to m...
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Political Talk
| re: Why would Lois Lerner invoke the 5th ammendment? - L.A. on 5/22/13 at 10:10 pm
[quote]theunknownknight[/quote]
:wtf:...
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| re: Why would Lois Lerner invoke the 5th ammendment? - L.A. on 5/22/13 at 9:53 pm
[quote]Covering for somebody else higher up.[/quote]Could be. I didn't do anything wrong, but I know some people who did....
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Political Talk
| Why would Lois Lerner invoke the 5th ammendment? - L.A. on 5/22/13 at 9:49 pm
Let's say she's telling the truth when she says:
[quote]“I have not done anything wrong.” I have not broken any laws. I have not violated any IRS rules or regulations, and I have not provided false information to this or any other committee.”[/quote]
Assuming all that is true, why won't she testif...
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Political Talk
| re: CBS News President and WH Official Tied to Benghazi Scandal Are Brothers - L.A. on 5/22/13 at 8:19 pm
How many coincidences are we supposed to believe?...
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| re: Obama adminstration admits to killing 4 Americans with drone since 2009 - L.A. on 5/22/13 at 6:39 pm
[quote]I guess you guys think its best to "send in troupes" to apprehend people like Anwar al-Awlak, right? [/quote]Not me. I want our troops out of there....
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| re: Obama adminstration admits to killing 4 Americans with drone since 2009 - L.A. on 5/22/13 at 6:24 pm
[quote]25% (max) of the killings were targeted[/quote]
100% of them are still dead....
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Political Talk
| Obama adminstration admits to killing 4 Americans with drone since 2009 - L.A. on 5/22/13 at 6:17 pm
Top story on Huff Po right now.
[quote]WASHINGTON -- The Obama administration acknowledged for the first time Wednesday that four American citizens have been killed in drone strikes since 2009 in Pakistan and Yemen. The disclosure to Congress comes on the eve of a major national security speech...
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Political Talk
| re: Trouble in Paradise? (Stockholm Riots) - L.A. on 5/22/13 at 10:48 am
[quote]Hundreds of youths attacked police and emergency services last night as rioting in Stockholm's poor immigrant suburbs escalated. [/quote]Would you say that the youth who [u]aren't[/u] rioting have..... Stockholm Syndrome?
:rimshot:...
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Pelicans Talk
| re: :Great pic of Jen Hale's curves and a calf sitting down with the Brow - L.A. on 5/21/13 at 8:52 pm
[img]https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BK0HfjDCAAAFFiE.jpg:large[/img]
She looks like she outweighs Davis by about 20 lbs. :lol:...
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Political Talk
| re: Day After Obama Meets Treasury Union Chief at WH Tea Party Targeting Begins - L.A. on 5/21/13 at 8:41 pm
[quote]This is a Germans thread btw[/quote]So Rex mentioned. Evidently a similar thread was started yesterday. It happens. Different people are on the board at different times of the day, or in some cases, on different days altogether....
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Political Talk
| re: Day After Obama Meets Treasury Union Chief at WH Tea Party Targeting Begins - L.A. on 5/21/13 at 8:35 pm
[quote]Excuse me if I get upset when a fine man who wants what's best for this country is smeared. [/quote]
This is smearing? Asking if the timing of the meeting is a coincidence or a smoking gun?
[quote]Day After Obama Meets Treasury Union Chief at WH Tea Party Targeting Begins. Coincidence? S...
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Political Talk
| re: Day After Obama Meets Treasury Union Chief at WH Tea Party Targeting Begins - L.A. on 5/21/13 at 8:29 pm
[quote]I merely perused the Inspector General's report... something YOU could have done before making a public fool of yourself. [/quote]Rex, calm down. It's just a message board. Nobody is "making a fool" of themselves. We're just a bunch of private citizens talking about the issues of the day.
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| re: Benghazi WAS about selling StA missles to AQ - New Whistleblowers - L.A. on 5/21/13 at 7:32 pm
[quote]He added that he and his colleagues think the leaking of General David Petraeus’ affair with his biographer Paula Broadwell was timed to silence the former CIA chief on these matters.
Regarding General Ham, military contacts of the diplomats tell them that AFRICOM had Special Ops “assets i...
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| re: After IRS, Benghazi scandals, public trust shifts to GOP - L.A. on 5/21/13 at 6:56 pm
[quote]After IRS, Benghazi scandals, public trust shifts to GOP[/quote]This is good news, but only barely.
Obama and his goons are horrible. The Republicans are only slightly less horrible.
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Political Talk
| re: Lois Lerner to plead the fifth - L.A. on 5/21/13 at 3:54 pm
[quote]Since Lerner won’t answer questions, Taylor [her attorney] asked that she be excused from appearing, saying that would “have no purpose other than to embarrass or burden her.” There was no immediate word whether the committee will grant her request.[/quote]Wow, that takes some hubris to make ...
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More Sports Board
| re: The Clippers Have Fired Vinny Del Negro - L.A. on 5/21/13 at 3:43 pm
From the LA Times on possible replacements:
[quote]Former Cleveland Cavaliers coach Byron Scott, Golden State Warriors assistant coach Mike Malone and San Antonio Spurs assistant coach Mike Budenholzer are the top candidates, one executive said.
Former Phoenix Suns coach Alvin Gentry and India...
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| re: The Clippers Have Fired Vinny Del Negro - L.A. on 5/21/13 at 3:39 pm
[quote]Isn't Bill Fitch dead?[/quote]I swear I was thinking the same thing. :lol:...
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| re: The Clippers Have Fired Vinny Del Negro - L.A. on 5/21/13 at 3:38 pm
:nana: :ice:...
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