tag:typepad.com,2003:weblog-7413 2013-05-18T11:02:45-04:00 Following The Arc From "Yes We Can" To "You Sit Thinking, 'You Know, Maybe. I Don't Know.' " TypePad tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83451b2aa69e2017eeb4de6f9970d 2013-05-18T11:02:45-04:00 2013-05-18T11:02:45-04:00 Tom Maguire The White House Press Office delivers some light Saturday morning comedy: President Seeks Path Forward Beyond Troubles Their gist - the White House won't be distracted by these distractions and neither will the Times. Instead they will focus on the... tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83451b2aa69e201901c424b92970b 2013-05-16T17:36:27-04:00 2013-05-16T17:57:08-04:00 Tom Maguire It's all about Obama in ObamaWorld. Here is the First Fixer explaining why he is outraged by the IRS debacle (my emphasis): And that, ultimately, is the main priority that I have, but also I think the American people have.... tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83451b2aa69e201901c40a019970b 2013-05-16T13:22:12-04:00 2013-05-16T13:22:12-04:00 Tom Maguire I wonder what else Obama is angry about. I guess we'll find out... tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83451b2aa69e2017eeb3403a8970d 2013-05-15T15:38:22-04:00 2013-05-15T15:44:00-04:00 Tom Maguire CBO revises downward its deficit estimate: CBO Slashes 2013 Deficit Projection to $642 Billion The budget deficit for the current year is projected to come in well below what was estimated just a few months ago, according to a government... tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83451b2aa69e201901c368ede970b 2013-05-15T15:26:49-04:00 2013-05-15T15:32:32-04:00 Tom Maguire Audio forensics reports are available for the upcoming Zimmerman trial. Whether the two reports (FCA, Reich)are actually admissible as evidence is yet to be determined, but the Reich report really needs to be turned into a comedy sketch. A highlight:... tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83451b2aa69e2017eeb2b5e69970d 2013-05-14T19:06:33-04:00 2013-05-14T19:19:15-04:00 Tom Maguire Jake Tapper, now of CNN but a bulldog for truth while at ABC News, is getting lots of love from the left for debunking a bit of the Benghazi talking points story. His gist - the summaries of the emails... tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83451b2aa69e201901c2ae8e7970b 2013-05-14T11:48:35-04:00 2013-05-14T13:08:06-04:00 Tom Maguire Let me be the first to misrepresent this new panel finding: Panel Finds No Benefit in Sharply Restricting Sodium They are not saying "Salt It Up"; they are saying that there are reasons to doubt that lower levels of sodium... tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83451b2aa69e201901c2ad0a7970b 2013-05-14T11:34:02-04:00 2013-05-14T13:08:56-04:00 Tom Maguire The NY Times reports on Obama's presser and includes this bit of oblivion about the IRS scandal: Mr. Obama’s comments about the I.R.S. left the agency and its leadership alone in answering charges that its employees had put added demands... tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83451b2aa69e20191021ad5f7970c 2013-05-13T21:18:17-04:00 2013-05-13T21:47:39-04:00 Tom Maguire Back in May 2012 the CIA, in conjunction with the British MI6 and Saudi intelligence, pulled off a coup - some double agents provided intel about the latest Al Qaeda in Yemen underwear bomb and volunteered to deliver the bomb... tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83451b2aa69e201901c207aec970b 2013-05-13T10:27:07-04:00 2013-05-13T10:27:07-04:00 Tom Maguire The NY Times front pages a story on the IRS tax-exempt scandal and is not distracted by tedious questions such as, what happened: I.R.S. Focus on Conservatives Gives G.O.P. an Issue to Seize On Its a scoring opportunity for the... tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83451b2aa69e201901c0f339a970b 2013-05-11T09:46:42-04:00 2013-05-11T09:46:42-04:00 Tom Maguire Trouble in Bloomberg's Paradise: Privacy Breach on Bloomberg’s Data Terminals By AMY CHOZICK and BEN PROTESS A shudder went through Wall Street on Friday after the revelation that Bloomberg News reporters had extracted subscribers’ private information through the company’s ubiquitous... tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83451b2aa69e201901c0f28b8970b 2013-05-11T09:40:16-04:00 2013-05-11T09:40:16-04:00 Tom Maguire The NY Times spends some time on the perils of hip, edgy ads aimed at a young audience. The recent Pepsi debacle featuring rappers, goats and Emmet Till is featured prominently. Trying to Be Hip and Edgy, Ads Become Offensive... tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83451b2aa69e2019101fd9a4f970c 2013-05-10T12:26:52-04:00 2013-05-10T12:57:36-04:00 Tom Maguire Fortunately, this happened under Obama. If something similar happened under Bush, the sidewalks would be unsafe due to leaping Libs descending from above: IRS apologizes for targeting conservative groups WASHINGTON (AP) — The Internal Revenue Service inappropriately flagged conservative political... tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d83451b2aa69e2019101fd8f51970c 2013-05-10T12:19:28-04:00 2013-05-10T12:19:28-04:00 Tom Maguire The NY Times shows us that newspaper editors are dog's second best friend: Owning a Dog Is Linked to Reduced Heart Risk The nation’s largest cardiovascular health organization has a new message for Americans: Owning a dog may protect you...