Thus Spake Russ

Posted By Russ on June 18, 2013 at 11:57 am

Surely a distraction is in order: CNN polls shows 10-point jump in belief WH ordered IRS targeting of conservatives.

[Read this link if you don't recall the reference made by the title of this post. Which I suspect no one will really have forgotten.]

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Posted By Russ on June 10, 2013 at 12:21 pm

• RT @GayPatriot: It's quite evident now that @BarackObama was illegitimately re-elected in 2012 by using the Fed Govt to suppress conservati… ->
• My A/C has failed – 2nd time in 2 weeks. Mayybe this is supposed to be some sort of sign. ->
• RT @CatsPolitics: The fact that Obama chose Biden to be his VP, and now he's chosen Susan Rice to be NSA, shows he's unfit to be POTUS. Rea… ->
• If y'all aren't following @AaronWorthing, do so post haste. He's administering some serious seal-clubbing to clueless lefties. ->
• RT @IMAO_: In a more perfect world, most of our politicians would be dragged off to prison in the middle of the night and never told why. ->
• RT @GayPatriot: You're right, you're right. If Barack Obama was 100% white, I'd support him.

  Oh wait…. ->

• RT @ExtraGrumpyCat: A baby's laughter is one of the most beautiful sounds you will ever hear. Unless it's 3am. And you're home alone. And y… ->
• Just finished the last episode of "Kobato" – what a great little story. It had me completely engaged. Just lovely. http://t.co/1vvkrqhHq7 ->
• RT @freddoso: You know that moment halfway through Conspiracy Theory where you suddenly realize that Mel Gibson's character actually ISN'T … ->
• What's the over/under on there being an #NSA office in Cincinatti with low-level employees that this new scandal can be blamed on? ->
• Don't get to feeling all smug that you're not a Verizon customer. You *know* that the other carriers will have been similarly probed. #NSA ->
• I hadn't considered the YouTube angle. Equally likely, especially given Susan Rice's new position. @rsmccain in reply to rsmccain ->
• As a former Army SIGINT guy, I usually side with #NSA. They may have wanted the phone data, but they couldn't make this happen on their own. ->
• RT @TheRickWilson: 70 years ago, brave Americans stormed the beaches of Normandy to ensure we'd be snooped on by the NSA, not the Abwehr/OKW ->
• Other than "several distinguished careers," how much did the Tailhook scandal cost the taxpayers? $40 million? Doubt it. #IRS ->
• RT @SenTedCruz: Holder says he won't resign until he accomplishes all his goals. I guess there are still some amendments in Bill of Rights … ->
• RT @RBPundit: If the answer was "no" Holder wouldn't ask for an "appropriate" forum to answer. http://t.co/TbRIhUztmc This is HUGE. #DOJ ->
• RT @keder: Man, the government is going to do an awesome job running healthcare. ->
• RT @FoolishReporter: Serious physics nerd joke http://t.co/GLxs27CQL6 ->
• I'm on the phone with a customer who I would swear sounds like the South Park version of Al Gore. Hard not to chuckle. ->
• New blog post – Thus Spake Russ: In my copious free time…. – http://t.co/OC6zzakrF8 ->
• Best smart-sounding random question to toss out into a conference call? So far, I'm leaning towards "Are you sure it isn't a DNS issue?" ->
• I think by now I know more about Joe Theismann's prostate than I'll ever need to know. Unless there's a pop quiz. ->
• RT @SteveWorks4You: Senator Obama is going to be irate when he finds out what the President has been doing. ->

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Posted By Russ on June 8, 2013 at 1:41 pm

I’ve been playing a lot of World of Tanks.

Several months ago, I joined up with the 1st Cavalry gaming clan. In that time, I’ve gone from raw recruit to deputy commander of the training battalion. Maybe I’m not too terrible at this stuff.

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Posted By Russ on June 3, 2013 at 10:00 am

• RT @iowahawkblog: Breaking: Eric Holder arrests self in DOJ sting; releases self after forgetting to read self Miranda rights ->
• I can't possibly be the only hardcore conservative who is glad to be seeing Michelle Bachmann leaving the national stage. I hope. #tcot ->
• RT @RepFincherTN08: RT if you DON'T trust the #IRS with your healthcare. http://t.co/agapvZaENW #tcot ->
• I've just finished (finally!) reading the entirety of the Affordable Care Act. IT'S A COOKBOOK! ->
• In just a couple of tweets, @AaronWorthing has clubbed @toure like a baby seal. Sure, it doesn't take much… but he's made it into an Art. ->
• RT @CuffyMeh: On this day in 1953, Hillary Clinton's namesake reached the summit of Mt. Everest. Six years after she was born. ->
• RT @LIFECOACHERS: Good morning. Today is Wednesday, May 29, 2013. Remember, everyone you meet today is just like you: secretly killing hobo… ->
• I'm hearing from AG Holder's people those weasel words useful in any scandal:: "Mistakes were made." As if they made themselves. #tcot ->
• Plan of the Day: I will gladly share my experience and advice with my juniors, for there are no sweeter words than "I told you so." ->
• RT @SenRandPaul: 56% of Americans say we'd be better off without ObamaCare. RT if you agree. – Washington Times: http://t.co/z89CAyLjSC ->
• Sadly, I don't have pics, but on #LadiesGunNight, I remember my grandmother Leah, who taught me to shoot when I was 5 or 6 years old. ->
• RT @Jimi971: Happy 65th birthday to Jerry Mathers. Gee Beav!! #Merica ->
• RT @Beregond: #Blocked MT @CnservativePunk: False. 10&11> Baker. ->
• RT @bob_owens: How many died at Watergate? ->
• RT @Jimi971: Back in the day. Dad's stashed a PopTart under their mattress to protect their families ->
• RT @rsmccain: #LetsTweetLikeLiberals The truth is [insert obvious falsehood borrowed from MSNBC commentator] and Rethuglicans are LIARS! ->

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Posted By Russ on May 27, 2013 at 2:58 pm

• Another day, another Obama administration scandal. Color me unsurprised. ->
• RT @JonahNRO: Good God. RT @ClaraJeffery :( Moore, OK before and after: http://t.co/En7xWTJ8Ws ->
• RT @bob_owens: When they say "biblical destruction," I'm pretty sure Moore fits the bill. I'm happily stunned they're finding as many peopl… ->
• RT @ImCh1quita: @bob_owens @RussEmerson NOT to take away from the destruction, but we'll know "biblical" when it gets here. #Armageddon ->
• RT @jamestaranto: "Carney on IRS: Nobody's More Outraged than Obama." RT if you're more outraged than Obama. http://t.co/fbQDNQD1by ->
• RT @michellemalkin: Cue world's smallest violin: #IRS jerk Miller says it "breaks my heart" that agency is besmirched. Cry us a river. @Se… ->
• RT @sarahbellumd: IT'S A PUT-ON! #alsoiloveyou RT @JonahNRO: Question: How is the IRS's story like an eminence front? ->
• RT @miracleofsound: 'What if you wanted a device that could do movies, games, trailers, Skype and internet!' You mean like a PC? ->
• RT @EricStrobel: Why must there be a false dichotomy proposed that #Scandalpalooza is either malevolence or incompetence? No reason it can’… ->
• RT @DrewMTips: If you're a gov't employee and you refuse to testify at a congressional oversight hearing, you must be fired. ->
• RT @JedediahBila: Obama's uncomfortable with us being harsh to terrorists. I'm uncomfortable with terrorists being comfortable. ->
• RT @CatsPolitics: Did he call Obama "bright, clean & articulate"? RT @joanwalsh: Wow, Ted Cruz is kind of a skeezy huckster. Will Republica… ->
• Any day when I get Omaha Steaks, a Victor Davis Hansen book, and a couple of xbox games delivered is a pretty fine day, in my estimation. ->

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Posted By Russ on May 20, 2013 at 12:10 pm

• RT @AaronWorthing: Nothing is more pro-life than executing a serial killer. #Gosnell because pro-life really means "pro-INNOCENT-life." @jo… ->
• RT @iowahawkblog: If you think Benghazi & IRS are bad only insofar as they "help the GOP," you are a pathetic moral cretin. ->
• How does someone as monumentally stupid as Tamara Holder survive to adulthood? The gene pool was better off when such idiocy was terminal. ->
• RT @CuffyMeh: Right now @AP reporters are ripping up the back of their notebooks where they daydreamingly wrote ? Mrs. AP Obama ? ->
• RT @NolteNC: Hi @AP – See what sucking up to Obama got you? He didn't even leave money on the dresser. ->
• RT @NolteNC: Shorter Jay Carney: "Listen, media, the President doesn't know Sh*t, okay?" ->
• RT @LadyLNorth: Did you mean Pederast Harry Reid? MT @RBPundit: Harry Reid just said what led to murder charges in #Gosnell was that place … ->
• So it turns out Packet likes corn nuts. Cats are weirder than I ever imagined. Weirder than I *can* imagine. ->
• RT @iowahawkblog: The US Dept of Justice is apparently the paramilitary wing of Media Matters. ->
• RT @jslconsulting: Lie. Lie about lying. Send Carney out to lie some more. Golf. Fundraise. Blame Bush. Lie about something else. Repeat. ->
• If I could bottle the smell of my kitchen right now, I'd be richer than Croesus. Um… is "Croesus" on the IRS' hit list? ->
• RT @SooperMexican: shut up hippies. ->
• RT @cameronpickford: Surprised to see the Marines holding the President's umbrella. Usually it's the Media providing cover for Obama. ->
• RT @AceofSpadesHQ: What's up with Steve Miller's hair? He looks like Daniel Boone had sex with William Shatner's toupee. ->
• RT @AceofSpadesHQ: Government is a corporation whose main business is auctioning the power to coerce one group of people off to another gro… ->

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Posted By Russ on May 13, 2013 at 10:00 am

• Thunder, boom. Rain, splash. ->
• Today is Kitteh Attention Day. Plenty of snuggles, belleh rubz, noms, playing, and nose boops. In other words, a very good day indeed. ->
• RT @CuffyMeh: All I know is these #Benghazi whistle blowers had better not make a shitty YouTube video. ->
• Dick Harpootlian is proof that, Southern a upbringing with grace and manners notwithstanding, being a leftist can make you a Dick. ->
• RT @TheNardvark: Before Walmart existed, where did overweight families in Stone Cold Steve Austin t-shirts go to practice yelling each othe… ->
• RT @CatsPolitics: It's Spock (@TheRealNimoy) vs. Spock (@ZacharyQuinto) in the greatest commercial ever filmed! http://t.co/SJSnjvS1MR ->
• RT @PoliticsOfFear: In Japan, #RedEye is called “Super Libertarian Force Team 7 Go!” It’s on right after Tiger & Bunny. ->
• RT @Doc_0: Hey, media, while you were sleeping, a whistleblower testified that Hillary's freaking chief of staff called him to arrange a co… ->
• RT @Doc_0: If the media WAS covering these hearings, behavior of Dems would be almost as damaging as the testimony. ->
• This Cleveland hostage thing makes me hope/pray for a happy ending in the case of @michellemalkin 's missing cousin. http://t.co/3ERa68PgBM ->
• MT @iowahawkblog: If you need latest Jodie Arias trial updates, go out in the garage and listen to it on the radio. With the engine running. ->
• RT @gabrielmalor: If a Republican had said "Death is a part of life" at Newtown hearing, crows would be picking apart his disembowled corps… ->
• RT @Doc_0: WH spox says changes to Benghazi talking points were "stylistic." Yes, I believe that style is called "lying." ->
• RT @jimgeraghty: If you don't believe that today's testimony points to a cover-up, I'd really like to know what you would need to see to be… ->
• RT @AceofSpadesHQ: as I just said to @nicksearcy: "There is never any escape from the prison of one's own genius." ->
• These "Lifestyle Lift" ads seriously creep me out. The pasted-on smiles… (shudder.) And whatever happened to aging gracefully? ->
• .@Tweetdeck Remove FB cross-post capability? Seriously? Are you effing nuts? Time to look for another app. ->
• .@sallykohn The lies were to cover up the admin's total incompetence during an election season. More important to get reelected. #Benghazi ->
• "Shill… I mean *Sally* Kohn fails to realize or admit that the lies were meant to cover up the…" — Russ Emerson http://t.co/kHYJPpOxYv ->
• This week is "Ethics Week" at work. In honor thereof, I have postponed my massive theft of printer toner until next week. ->
• RT @prodigalsam: It’s like squirrels have no idea how incredible they’d be at parkour. ->
• It bothers me a bit that I already know exactly what I would do, and to who, if I ever wanted to be sent to Club Fed for cyber terrorism. ->
• I'm pretty sure I don't need a Celebrex ad to know I should get help if I experience swelling of my face or throat. That's kind of a given. ->
• RT @iowahawkblog: #IRS First they came for the Tea Partiers, then they came for the Jews http://t.co/0XJYlME9bj ->
• When did Dennis Kucinich become a Fox News contributor? ->

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Posted By Russ on May 6, 2013 at 10:00 am

• How is it that I, an adult American male, don't have any duct tape in any drawer in my kitchen? ->
• Dems love guns. No, really. Stop laughing. http://t.co/63SlFwijev via @rare ->
• TANSTAAFL, idiots. // RT @TheDemocrats: 54 million Americans now have free coverage for preventative services. #ObamaCare ->
• OK, Kismet, just because you're a cat and not a dog doesn't make farting any more acceptable. Knock it off. ->
• RT @RGIII: In a land of freedom we are held hostage by the tyranny of political correctness ->
• Packet will eat food he has otherwise rejected if it's microwaved for a few seconds. The lesson: cats are weird. ->
• RT @CuffyMeh: Give Carney a break. Benghazi recedes into the mists of time after you've allowed the 1st terrorist bombing on US soil since … ->
• May 5, 1pm in North Carolina. It's 55 degrees out. Where is Al Gore, and may I deliver him a richly-deserved beating? ->

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Posted By Russ on April 29, 2013 at 10:00 am

• New blog post – Thus Spake Russ: Gotcha Day – http://t.co/uTagiNaKyy ->
• So, some in the Senate want to tax internet sales. Is there *anything* they look at without thinking about how to tax it? Greedy SOBs. ->
• The government should update its motto: "Est, ergo tributum" – It exists, therefore, tax it. ->
• RT @Heminator: When they catch the @AP hacker, I hope they argue his conduct was "undocumented" rather than "illegal." ->
• True Fact: both Korean and Japanese use a word borrowed from German – "arbeit" – for the phrase "part time job." ->
• Based on what's in the box I just got, Amazon must have a warehouse the size of Indiana, a team of psychics, or amazing predictive software. ->
• Happy Birthday, #freemumia. I hope it's your last. How many birthdays did you take from Daniel Faulkner? ->
• I don't like 100% of what he did in office (maybe 85%), but there's no denying that GWBush is a fundamentally and sincerely decent man. ->
• RT @billhobbs: Really looking forward to President Ted Cruz speaking at the dedication of Barack Obama's library. ->
• RT @AnthonyBialy: Obama was classy enough to praise Bush. And Bush was classy enough to not thank the incumbent for making him look better … ->
• RT @AceofSpadesHQ: I'm pretty shocked to see the mother of a jihadi swearing he's innocent and framed by the Jews and otherwise stoking gri… ->
• I spotted and diagnosed a problem FOUR HOURS AGO… and the conference call is still ongoing. I'm not allowed to fix it myself. Argghhh. ->
• My DVR appears to have just shuffled off this mortal coil. Naturally this happens on a Saturday just as my work day begins. ->
• Can you name the broadcast networks' nightly news anchors? The editor of your local newspaper? I can't. The legacy media is dying. #tcot ->

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Posted By Russ on April 22, 2013 at 12:11 pm

It’s hard to believe, but it was five years ago today that I brought the lads here to their forever home.

Kismet and Packet are such opposites in so many ways, and yet remain best buddies. I’m happy to have them.

Sometimes I wonder if the purpose of my existence now is to be the life support system for these lads. If that’s so, I’m fine with it.

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