Maybe, but measure and examine are not the same.

I don't measure my life, I live it.

I believe that some of this played into Obama getting elected.  Before both elections, I heard from multiple sources (including blacks) that if Obama did not get elected there was going to be rioting in the streets, cities were going to burn, that some black groups or gangs would be visiting all whites that voted against Mr Obama.  While I did not believe this would happen, I did have some doubts and know others that had similar ones. 

While the press is not reporting this black on white violence and the government is ignoring it or worse yet hiding it, you still cannot beat up people without news of it getting around.  People know or suspect it is happening.  Blacks that are inclined to do this sort of thing have figured out it will be tolerated.  Whites that have been victims and their friends have started to observe things around them and are starting to fear.

If the Swedes would just be reasonable and submit, peace would once again return. Of course they also need to pay the dhimmi tax, etc.

Who or what is a dash?

So if I understand the premise.  The party out of power (Republicans) is going to win over the party that is in power (Democrats).  When the Democrats have shown both willingness and enthusiasm to abuse their positions and influence in government by deploying both state and federal resources against any that oppose them?  Seriously?

Is it not just as likely that with the press providing cover that the 2016 election will be postponed indefinitely because of civil unrest?  Or that the Constitution will be amended to reflect the modern day social justice policies?

I only ask because if you go up to the average American and ask about the IRS scandal, Fast and Furious, Benghazi they will only give you a dumb look and ask if it will affect their government benefits check.  As long as they continue to get paid they don’t care.

It's a family obligation, so go.
I have no problem with this being on Ricochet, though I do question the wisdom of it being on the main feed.

"Is Islam equal to Christianity?" Back in the day this was a close thing but Christianity prevailed. In modern times it looks like Christianity will come up wanting. Very few Christians have the fire and faith for the trials of to be faced. While it will take a while I expect Islam to sweep the world with only a few hold out locations.

The more I watch this the more I become convinced that I am watching a shakedown in progress. That in the end all that will happen is that these corporations will spend a lot of legal defense money, lobbying money and campaign contributions to be left alone. The politicians see these piles of money sitting offshore and want their taste of it.

So why is Apple or any of these companies in front of congress at all? Right up front everybody says that the companies are not doing anything illegal or wrong so what is there to discuss?

I think the altar boy one will be coming soon.

@TheLogo#12:

Your user management skills need some help, Logo.  You have got to let the users know what is happening in advance and if you run outside your stated maintenance window keep the users informed in real time.  Maybe announce system status and updates via twitter or Facebook to keep the communication channel on a different platform.

If users run across issues during announced events they will understand and cut you some slack but when things start messing up outside those times they want to know that somebody is working on it, otherwise they think you don’t know about the problem or care about them (the users).  

You folks are running and interactive communication company.  Take that to heart, interact and communicate with us, we will love you the more for it.

Show me some reasonable statistical proof that the criteria they were using was applicable to the situation and I will be more than glad to give the IRS a pass. I have not heard the IRS use this as their reason for doing what they were doing. We all get profiled all the time, that is nothing new. But when the profile being used is incorrect then there is a problem.

@gatomal#38: I suspect they already have a list of who belongs to Ricochet, it would not be that hard to get.

See I am a little more cynical than most. I can't help but think that somewhere in all those questions and answers there was some data that somebody really wanted.

What makes you think that the Republicans did not know about this and kept quiet because they did not have a problem with it then?  The Tea Party is no friend of establishment politicians be they Republican or Democrat.  A case could be made that they have offed more establishment Republicans then they have Democrats.  Just ask Dick Lugar how much of a friend the Tea Party is to the old guard Republicans. 

 The Tea Party has been yelling about the way the IRS has been treating them since 2010.  I do not believe I saw any Republicans putting together Congressional Fact Finding Commissions to explore this issue then.  They only seem to show up now late in the game when the damage is done and they can score some political points.