Their departures weren’t exactly fast and furious, but two DOJ officials have now fallen on their swords in the much in the news gun-trafficking investigation out of Arizona.
Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. announced the resignation of the United States attorney in Phoenix, Dennis K. Burke, and the reassignment of the acting director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, Kenneth E. Melson.
The backstory behind Sarah Palin heading to New Hampshire after her upcoming Iowa event may be almost as interesting as her speech. Romney cancelled a Tea Party event to hook-up with the Tea Party Express. Palin stepped-up and is now going to New Hampshire after Iowa as part of her weekend. Given her appearance before a state group versus the Express may lend an air of authenticity. Meanwhile, Christine O’Donnell is back on the agenda in Iowa. Also, Rick Perry has announced an upcoming event with Virginia Bob McDonnell.
A dispute over wearing a hijab on park rides led to something of a riot at a New York amusement park. Approximately 15 of 30 – 40 Muslims were arrested. Evidently they weren’t amused with park rules.
“Our headgear policy is designed to protect the safety of patrons and safety is our first concern,” said Deputy Parks Commissioner Peter Tartaglia. “This policy was repeatedly articulated to the tour operator, but unfortunately the message did not reach some of the members of his group.”The altercation began when park officials offered refunds and members of the Muslim group got in a scuffle, Tartaglia told The Journal News. Two park rangers were injured when they jumped in to break it up, he said, and were taken to local hospitals.
Some might think this an appropriate expenditure of designated non-profit funds, others don’t. DC is trying to recover the money.
D.C. Attorney General Irvin B. Nathan filed a false-claims complaint Tuesday against the nonprofit group Miracle Hands and its director, reformed gangster Cornell Jones, charging them with misappropriating more than $300,000 from the city’s HIV/AIDS program for renovations on a proposed job training center that instead was used to open a strip club.
A GOP tax expert has been designated top staff aide with the so-called Supercommittee.
Sen. Patty Murray (D-WA), D-Wash., and Rep. Jeb Hensarling (R-TX), R-Texas, have selected Mark Prater, a tax lawyer with the Senate Finance Committee, as the supercommittee’s staff director. They said in a joint statement that Prater’s two decades of experience as a top GOP aide on the panel bring the know-how and experience required to help the supercommittee succeed.
Mitt Romney campaign not panicking over Rick Perry yet. Still, the Texan’s candidacy has upset Romney’s campaign strategy. His plan was essentially to be the last viable candidate standing. That isn’t likely to work now.
If Romney isn’t panicking, the GOP establishment almost certainly is. Expect a virulent attack on Perry after Labor Day.
DOOM: The Truth Will Set You Free…of Kill You
Did the economy slip into a recession Friday? We’ve long believed that a double-dip is inevitable. Much of the economy has been held together on a wing and a prayer…a simple belief that things would eventually turn around. Cause, you know, they always do. Except when they don’t. At best, Washington is generating lots of economic uncertainty. At its worst, Washington is generating some very certain constraints on growth, i.e. expansive new regulations and likely tax hikes.
Big Government’s Joel Pollack exposes the Lefty behind the Kock brothers conspiracy theory.
He has written about having sex with an underage girl, and claims he once threatened to kill a pregnant girlfriend unless she had an abortion. He claims to hate marijuana, but recommends heroin as the cure for suburban boredom. He mocks “Tea Baggers” and scorns “hippies.” His Russian newspaper was shuttered after a government crackdown, and he’s a regular on The Dylan Ratigan Show on MSNBC.
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