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April 19, 2016
ABC CALLS NEW YORK FOR TRUMP.
UPDATE: And for Hillary, though it’s closer for the Dems.
I DUNNO, THERE’S A LOT OF COMPETITION FOR THAT SLOT: The Ugliest Piece Of Barack Obama’s Legacy.
WHO YA GONNA CLICK? Tyler O’Neil — that’s who: he’s Liveblogging the New York Presidential Primary tonight.
WHY SHOULD THE IRS BE ANY DIFFERENT THAN THE REST OF THE ADMINISTRATION? White House rejects demand to boost IRS integrity.
Just as some 5 million Americans are rushing to meet Monday’s tax return deadline, the White House took the unusual step of dumping on three House bills that demand that the IRS improve its integrity.
The Office of Management and Budget, in its “statement of administration policy,” said the bills would hurt the IRS, though they are just in the first stage of consideration.
One bill would block the IRS from hiring any employees until Treasury certifies that no IRS employee has a seriously delinquent debt.
A second would ban bonuses to employees the IRS develops and implements a comprehensive customer service strategy.
And the third would prohibit the IRS from rehiring an employee who’d been fired for misconduct.
They seem reasonable to me. But, then, I’m not a corrupt hack who uses the IRS as a goon squad.
Related: White House Responds to House GOP Calls to Impeach IRS Commissioner. The House GOP should just go ahead. Make Democrats in the Senate defend the IRS in an election year.
WELL, THAT’S A RELIEF: NIH official says Zika poses no threat to pregnant women in US.
LIFE IN THE 21ST CENTURY: Airplanes Are Getting Lighter Thanks to 3-D-Printed Parts.
21st CENTURY HEADLINES: New Hacker Frontier: Health Data on Your Wrist Wearables.
NEWS YOU CAN USE: Are You Planning A Cake Hoax? These 5 Tips Will Make Sure It’s A Success.
Allahpundit style exit quote from, err, Allahpundit himself: “You mean the cake section at Whole Foods — in Austin(!) — isn’t a hotbed of reactionary anti-gay sentiment?”
LENA DUNHAM CREATES DREAM COACHELLA GIRL BAND B.I.T.C.H. WITH DEBBIE WASSERMAN SCHULTZ, JILL BIDEN, CINDY McCAIN:
Actress and publisher Lena Dunham has created her own fantasy all-girl Coachella band that’s interested less in music and more in stifling the “red tide of misogyny” — and it includes DNC chair Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL), Jill Biden, Cindy McCain, California Attorney General Kamala Harris, a hologram of ballerina Maria Tallchief and the “spirit” of feminist writer Andrea Dworkin.
In a bit of creative writing for her “Lenny Letter” newsletter, Dunham wrote that it would be a “special” year at the annual Indio, California music festival.
The movie origin story of how they put the band together and overcame all the odds to make it to the top should be awesome!
AT THE INTERSECTION OF MALE RUNWAY MODELS AND THE EDUCATION APOCALYPSE: “Claremont McKenna College’s student programming board cancelled a planned screening of Zoolander 2 because the film’s humor is inappropriate and comes ‘at the expense of individuals of marginalized identities.’ The college ultimately decided to show Deadpool instead.”
Related: Nick Gillespie of Reason interviews fellow Insta-contributor Greg Lukianoff, president of the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE), in a new Reason TV interview titled “Comedy, College, and the Fight to Save Free Speech: Can We Take a Joke?”
Can we take a joke? To paraphrase one legendary, postmodernist-approved middle east philosopher, college did not create the cis-genered man so that ze could have fun. Since the days of Lenin, Lennon, and Che, the aim of creation was for socialistkind to be put to the test through foosball, hacky sack and non-culturally appropriated forms of yoga. A socialist regime must be serious in every field. There are no jokes in socialism. There is no humor in socialism. There is no fun in socialism. There can be no fun and joy in whatever is serious. Socialism does not allow for trolling in the singles bars and is opposed to free speech, chalk, and social media. Socialism, however, allows campus rock climbing walls, sushi bars, and designer sundae stations.
ONE SMALL STEP TOWARD NON-PLANETARY REPRODUCTION: Mammal Embryos Can Grow Normally In Space.
IT’S BACK: The Bug-A-Salt 2.0 Fly Gun. I ordered one.
HOPE FOR reversing Type 2 Diabetes.
THE STRUGGLE IS REAL: Mizzou Activists Demanded Generators And A Toasty Fire Pit As They Protested Poop Swastika.
Fight the power. Roast the marshmallows.
TECHNOLOGY SAVES LIVES: Travis County Sherriff: Drunk driving in Austin decreases thanks to ridesharing.
TRUMP’S BIGGEST GAFFE YET? Remembering the 7-Eleven Attacks.
What is it about the humble convenience store chain that trips up egocentric motor-mouthed left-leaning questionably-coiffured presidential candidates?
FRACKERS ARE DOING MORE FOR AMERICA THAN OBAMA’S ENTIRE FOREIGN POLICY AND ENERGY TEAMS: US Energy Consumption Nearly Eclipsed by Surging Production.
A COLD-EYED VIEW OF ALLIES HAS LEFT OBAMA WITH FEW OVERSEAS FRIENDS:
For someone who preaches the importance of diplomacy and outreach, even to longtime enemies, President Obama can be awfully tough on his friends.
In recent months, he has offended most of the United States’ Persian Gulf allies. “All I need in the Middle East is a few smart autocrats,” he joked privately, according to a recent profile in the Atlantic magazine. Publicly, he has said he “weeps” for Saudi and Kuwaiti children.
The United States’ European allies, he complains, have grown too dependent on American firepower to keep them safe.
Even the United Kingdom, a U.S. “special” partner, has received criticism. Obama seemed to blame the postwar chaos in Libya on British Prime Minister David Cameron, who he said “became distracted by other things” and didn’t do enough to bring order to the fractious country.
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Still, when Obama is standing with the Saudi king, the British prime minister or the German chancellor, talking about their countries’ enduring alliance, it’s possible that some may be thinking back to an interview the president did late last year with comedian Jerry Seinfeld.
“How many world leaders do you think are just completely out of their mind?” Seinfeld asked Obama.
“A sizable percentage,” the president replied without missing a beat. “Some of these people, you meet them, you’ll just be chatting and you look in the eyes and go, ‘Oh, this guy’s gone.’”
And just imagine what the Washington Post would be writing about the guy if they weren’t completely in the tank for him.
Related: As Austin Bay noted last month, Obama Needs to Get Over His Self-Serving Guilt Trip.
GET TO WORK HOLLYWOOD, SOMEBODY HAS TO TURN THIS INTO A WEEKLY TV SHOW: Bulldozers Battle in China:
1/1 scale Tonka Toys duel to the death! It’s like a real-life version of Robot Wars.
DISPATCHES FROM THE LEFT’S WAR ON BATHROOMS:
Shot:
Transgender and unisex bathroom regulations empower terrible people. Sexual predators are diabolical, and the worst thing the law can do is to make access to women and girls in their most vulnerable and private moments easy for predators. It’s insane.
Bathroom controversies demonstrate the evolving priorities of the radical left. Protecting women from harassment is yesterday’s fight. Today it’s time to smash gender and eradicate sex differences. After all, only a bigot would be offended by the sight of another woman’s penis.
Chaser:
Transparent, the Amazon-streamed show about transgender acceptance, is having a disagreement on its set related to its new unisex bathrooms. Some crew members are reportedly upset about having to use the restroom in the same space as coworkers of different genders, now that both bathrooms are open-access. TMZ reports the story, adding that many are allegedly afraid to complain about the issue over concern that they’ll be labeled transphobic.
As Rod Dreher writes, “It’s like being a servant in Kim Jong-un’s palace. You don’t dare complain about anything, or it’s curtains.”
CHRISTIAN ADAMS ON DEMOCRATS AND THE NEW JIM CROW.
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