The MSM wakes up: IRS probe ignored most influential groups

I’m sure it’s payback purely a coincidence that this is from the AP.

A Black Mound of Canadian Oil Waste Is Rising Over Detroit

Whatever. Detroit isn’t in the State Department’s area of responsibility,
so this shouldn’t affect the Keystone XL decision.

Tories to long-term unemployed: drop dead, and do it cheaply

Conservatives float two-tier benefits system

People who are unemployed for long periods could receive less in benefits than those who have worked and then lost their jobs, according to plans being considered by the Conservatives.

“Good” evening, f.

Although it has not been widely reported,
in his youth Reid was a boxer. A real fighter, I tell ya.

In the unlikely event that the rules are changed,
it will be intentionally too late to make any difference this Congress.

No! NO!! NO!!!

I just meant that the news on some (most) days is so depressing that it must be hard to look at the Roundup items and think, this is the state of the world.

News from Rahmtopia. The little people push back:

Class Actions Challenge Closure of 53 Chicago Elementary Schools

Chicago’s plan to shut down 53 elementary schools will “needlessly uproot, transfer, and destabilize” black and special ed children, parents say in two federal class actions.

they won’t let go

And now they have MrsWienerGate to chew on.

So many muppets, so little time to rip them off:

Shareholders: Kodak purposefully undervaluing operations

Eastman Kodak Co. is starting to see increasing pushback about who gets what in the company’s plans to emerge from bankruptcy later this year. … The … letter joins a growing chorus of shareholders howling about Kodak’s plans, which would see them lose their stock.

The shareholder letters typically also echo the same refrain … — that Kodak is not accounting for or disclosing some assets or lines of business that could materially affect the value of the company and thus what is available for shareholders.

My snark tags are written in invisible ink pixels.

US Marines flee pain ray weapon (video)

It’s a good thing that this is strictly for military use and would never be used on civilians.

❖ President Obama: “‘No Apologies‘ For Investigating Leaks Of Classified Information”

His rhetoric is almost Nixonian. Has Pat Buchanan signed on as a WH consultant?

f., how do you deal with assembling the Roundup day after day? Doesn’t it get you down?

❖ “Susan Rice, the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, is likely to be tapped as the next National Security Advisor”

Would that be the National Security Advisor of the US or of Canada?

Rice and her husband own at least $1.25 million worth of stock in four of Canada’s eight leading oil producers, as ranked by Forbes magazine. That includes Enbridge, which spilled into Michigan’s Kalamazoo River in 2010 — in U.S. history.”

that OFA will not pressure the White House on Keystone regardless of its members’ interest in the project

Does this mean EFCA is off the table?

Shorter EH: I am not the controlling legal authority.

Abu, all is forgiven.

Tony Hayward gets his life back:

Former BP Chief Emerges as Glencore Interim Chairman

Tony Hayward was appointed interim chairman of the mining company Glencore Xstrata on Thursday, almost three years after he resigned as chief executive of BP in the wake of a huge oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.

Bad news from Japan … if you’re an Austerian:

Japanese economy grew at 3.5 percent pace in 1Q

And to think they did it without cutting Food Stamps.

What gives muppets shareholders …

Serves me right for commenting before breakfast.

JPMorgan Shareholders Are Denied Access to Results

Why gives muppets shareholders the right to think that they should be treated any better
than borrowers or depositors? The nerve.

Emanuel to shaft shift retired city workers to Obamacare

Mayor Rahm Emanuel plans to start reducing health insurance coverage next year for more than 30,000 retired city workers and begin shifting them to President Barack Obama’s new federal system.

The move is aimed at saving the city money and comes as the Emanuel administration has been trying to wrangle significant pension cost concessions from employee unions.