debkafile reports: Israel has learned that the Iranian cruiser Kharg is carrying long-range missiles for Hizballah which it plans to unload at a Syrian port or Beirut harbor.
US State Department spokesman P.J Crowley said he was “highly skeptical” of the Syrian claim that the two ships’ visit was for training. “If the ships move through the canal, we will evaluate what they actually do. It’s not really about the ships. It’s about what the ships are carrying, what’s their destination, what’s the cargo on board, where’s it going, to whom and for what benefit,” Crowley told a news conference.
He was responding to questions in the wake of debkafile‘s disclosure that the Karg was carrying missiles for Hizballah and indicating that the US and all other UN members were authorized by UN sanctions against Iran to board and search Iranian ships suspected of carrying illegal weapons.
The Internal Revenue Service says it will need an battalion of 1,054 new auditors and staffers and new facilities at a cost to taxpayers of more than $359 million in fiscal 2012 just to watch over the initial implementation of President Obama’s healthcare reforms. Among the new corps will be 81 workers assigned to make sure tanning salons pay a new 10 percent excise tax. Their cost: $11.5 million.
Come on, taxpayers are going to pay that much to collect how much on tanning salons?
How about we collect those $3.3 billion in taxes owed by government employees? I forgot that taxes are for the “little people.” Aren’t you sick of being a “little” person?
Over 280,000 federal workers and retirees owed more than $3.3 billion in back income taxes in 2009 (up from $3.0 billion in 2008 and $2.7 billion in 2007).
The cabinet departments with the largest percentages of employee/retiree tax deadbeats are:
Housing & Urban Development: 4.40%
Veterans Affairs: 4.04%
Education: 3.86%
Army: 3.69%
Health & Human Services: 3.58%
Defense: 3.20%
Commerce: 3.15%
Air Force: 3.14%
State: 3.10%
Navy: 2.95%
The agencies and commissions with the largest percentages of employee/retiree tax deadbeats are:
Committee for Purchase from People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled: 14.29%
Federal Mine Safety & Health Review Commission: 11.11%
U.S. Access Board: 7.32%
Government Printing Office: 6.83%
National Capital Planning Commission: 6.67%
Small Business Administration: 6.34%
Federal Labor Relations Authority: 5.79%
U.S. Commission on Civil Rights: 5.77%
Armed Forces Retirement Home: 5.28%
U.S. Office of Special Counsel: 5.26%
Other departments and agencies:
Federal Reserve Board: 4.32%
U.S. House of Representatives: 3.93%
U.S. Senate: 3.04%
SEC: 2.44%
U.S. Tax Court: 1.75%
Treasury Department: 0.99% (the lowest delinquency rate among cabinet departments)
“The former head of state was admitted to an institution for Saudi princes under a false identity for security reasons,” the paper reported. “His condition is worrying.”
Note to John Wiley Price, you work for the citizens that you told to go to Hell. You are a disrespectful and rude servant. Get therapy, you are NOT a victim, but an ignoramous.
Tuesday’s Dallas County Commissioner’s Court meeting erupted into an argument between Commissioner John Wiley Price and a citizen, ending with Price repeatedly telling several citizens to “go to hell.”
It is the job that you ran for afterall, isn’t it? Every citizen in Dallas County has a right to question your choices. Your actions speak volumes. Your actions say that you are a racist bigot. You have NO business in public service.
The jerk’s explanation of why he is an ass.
Price released a written statement about the episode in commissioners court. It contains offensive language. Here is Price’s statement, published in its entirety exactly as he sent it to us:
In the absence of a fair and balanced media outlet in Dallas, I wanted to submit a statement that offers my perspective of an “encounter” that took place at Dallas County today. Unfortunately, my comments were broadcasted without the benefit and the full context which they were made.
I have been patient and accommodating in every regard as it pertains to the recent resignation of a Dallas County employee. There are laws and business practices in place that govern the discussion of personnel matters and I will honor and respect them. I even went as far as to grant a candid one-on-one interview with the Dallas Morning News and have done countless interviews with others.
However, in open court today, after every considerate attempt to discuss the matter further, one of the speakers shot off a racial slur. “Chief Moolah” has its roots in a slang that was used against Italian immigrants and was later used by the same to defame or discredit African Americans. The speaker continued to use terms like “tribal” and his intent to make race an issue was obvious. “Nigger” is “Nigger,” spoken overtly or incognito.
My history and record will reflect that I am one whose tolerance is limited or non-existent when it comes to racial slurs. The comments were bad enough, but to have them hurled by a member of the Tea Party, known for their racial insensitivity, was more than I plan to absorb.
This is in no way an attempt to apologize to those with who felt the need to infuse race into an otherwise orderly meeting. But all of my friends, black, white and brown alike, are well aware that I am always willing to debate, but never at the expense of my race and my heritage.
Why is a Mexican armed truck on our soil searching a car for 10 minutes before it heads back to Mexico? KRGV contacted nearly a dozen government agencies in an attempt to get answers. After contacting the the FAA about the chopper, KRGV were told to talk to the Customs and Border Protection, who said they knew about the incursion but were apparently unconcerned. State and local authorities refused to return phone calls about the incident after they were also contacted by KRGV.
