tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5936951073896589340.post1803884801321651850..comments2024-03-28T15:27:51.773-07:00Comments on LLNL - The True Story -: Don Cook named acting NNSA administratorUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger48125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5936951073896589340.post-53412473406418655842013-05-28T02:53:08.670-07:002013-05-28T02:53:08.670-07:00It first starts with the grammar and spelling nazi...It first starts with the grammar and spelling nazi. Then that naturally leads to anti-Obama, anti-women, anti-Union stuff or just about anything else. Fluffy topics can meander. Topics like EoS, VSP, ignition, etc. tend to re-center themselves.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5936951073896589340.post-255712257746467282013-05-26T15:46:46.944-07:002013-05-26T15:46:46.944-07:00Why is it that within 10 posts or so, every thread...Why is it that within 10 posts or so, every thread on this blog turns into a rant about Obamacare, Unions, or Nazis? <br /><br />Haven't you people got some huntin' an' fishin' to do to get ready for your imminent layoffs?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5936951073896589340.post-48342167534010198552013-05-24T21:51:28.769-07:002013-05-24T21:51:28.769-07:00The uninsured have incentive to get coverage. Tha...The uninsured have incentive to get coverage. Thank god too. They can get problems dealt with early rather that at advanced stages at the emergency room with highest costs eaten by the hospital or government. Thank god for obamacare. Reducing overall costs and increased coverage is the best possible move, even if you want to call it socialized medicine. Romney had the right idea too! Smart guyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5936951073896589340.post-83179229827002773412013-05-24T21:37:38.795-07:002013-05-24T21:37:38.795-07:00It stops government subsidies of healthcare for th...It stops government subsidies of healthcare for the uninsured.<br /><br />May 24, 2013 at 2:58 PM<br /><br />You are seriously misinformed. It uses government money to PAY FOR health care for the uninsured. All of the "exchanges" MUST offer certain coverage through private insurers. Who do you think pays the insurers to do this, especially since they have no reason to want to? This is just a thin disguise for government run health care, the ULTIMATE "subsidy." Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5936951073896589340.post-3921786579541953062013-05-24T14:59:28.724-07:002013-05-24T14:59:28.724-07:00By the way, did you identfy the law that prohibts ...By the way, did you identfy the law that prohibts the IRS from applying greater scrutiny to all non-profit tax-exmption status applicnts? No? Figured.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5936951073896589340.post-32778881401792325442013-05-24T14:58:01.648-07:002013-05-24T14:58:01.648-07:00Obamacare is brilliant. It's not his idea, bu...Obamacare is brilliant. It's not his idea, but he and Romney both undrstand what economists have been telling them for years. The fact that Obama would push this to deal with the negative externalities shows greatness and courage. He made the corrrect fiscally conservative decision to push it. It stops government subsidies of healthcare for the uninsured.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5936951073896589340.post-42676842255810485442013-05-23T19:19:36.232-07:002013-05-23T19:19:36.232-07:00Yep, Obama is God, and no one should defame God. Yep, Obama is God, and no one should defame God. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5936951073896589340.post-54564463667857587422013-05-22T22:10:19.559-07:002013-05-22T22:10:19.559-07:00I'm waiting for him to go on a tirade about Ob...I'm waiting for him to go on a tirade about Obama, unions, blacks, Hispanics, women, gays, lesbians, Californians, democrats, centrists, the low income, or whatever. He's so predictable, simple and stupid. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5936951073896589340.post-73160152124018572382013-05-22T21:37:07.893-07:002013-05-22T21:37:07.893-07:00The one who resigned kept insisting that no laws w...The one who resigned kept insisting that no laws were broken. I wonder if that is factually correct. He still deserves crucification regardless. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5936951073896589340.post-89064747617395979092013-05-22T20:14:32.676-07:002013-05-22T20:14:32.676-07:00Here is a question to the person suggesting greate...Here is a question to the person suggesting greater scrutiny equally... Is the targeting of conservative groups for greater scrutiny even illegal. I believe it is against policy or atleast very very bad form. I ask because I don't know the answer and is curious what law was broken if any, in this event currently in the news. The bureaucrat pleaded the 5th so I'm thinking she did break a law but am having some difficulty finding the specific one(s).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5936951073896589340.post-47257983741103578602013-05-22T19:59:50.374-07:002013-05-22T19:59:50.374-07:00How is this illegal? By what law?
The IRS need...How is this illegal? By what law? <br /><br /><i>The IRS needs to target all non-profits for greater scrutiny, not just conservative groups.</i>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5936951073896589340.post-81404817270613248042013-05-22T19:50:05.303-07:002013-05-22T19:50:05.303-07:00He's not very bright, that's for sure.He's not very bright, that's for sure.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5936951073896589340.post-22609096854972505402013-05-22T19:41:28.945-07:002013-05-22T19:41:28.945-07:00The one-sidedness of debates here is just horrible...The one-sidedness of debates here is just horrible. I think somebody has bad eyesight and is not reading all the your words. What law would prevent the IRS from applying uniform standards for greater scrutiny... that's just bizarre. If there is a law, i'd love to hear it. <br /><br />Same thing with the argument about private funding for basic research in the United States. You were asked to name one source and you named many. Somebody doesn't know how to apply logic.. or just has bad eyesight and is misreading everything... i dunno. It's speaks to the sad state of American education I guess.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5936951073896589340.post-71631056039359783722013-05-22T19:30:22.100-07:002013-05-22T19:30:22.100-07:00They are within the law to uniformly increase scru...They are within the law to uniformly increase scrutiny because there is no law prohibiting them from adding scrutiny uniformly. If every application is going to have 2 checks instead of 1, for instance, that is a matter of IRS procedure.<br /><br />The question I have is regarding the statement made by May 22, 2013 at 1:50 PM:<br /><i>The IRS needs to target all non-profits for greater scrutiny, not just conservative groups.<br /><br />May 22, 2013 at 11:27 AM<br /><br />Again, illegal under current law.</i><br /><br />I'm curious what law is prohibiting all non-profits being targeted for greater scrutiny. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5936951073896589340.post-30090336717341656792013-05-22T19:16:27.980-07:002013-05-22T19:16:27.980-07:00 IRS policies to increase scrutiny across all n... IRS policies to increase scrutiny across all non-profits equally are completely within the law.<br /><br /> May 22, 2013 at 2:59 PM<br /><br />Cite which law you are referring to, please.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5936951073896589340.post-22320814877430714692013-05-22T14:59:23.487-07:002013-05-22T14:59:23.487-07:00IRS policies to increase scrutiny across all non-p...IRS policies to increase scrutiny across all non-profits equally are completely within the law.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5936951073896589340.post-86315571393429400622013-05-22T14:57:16.176-07:002013-05-22T14:57:16.176-07:00Not if they develop further guidelines that are ba...Not if they develop further guidelines that are based purely on non-ideological factors. Profiles and criteria based on historical rates of abuse of tax-exemption status would be well within the law.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5936951073896589340.post-50501515621066190532013-05-22T13:50:03.244-07:002013-05-22T13:50:03.244-07:00The IRS needs to target all non-profits for greate...The IRS needs to target all non-profits for greater scrutiny, not just conservative groups.<br /><br />May 22, 2013 at 11:27 AM<br /><br />Again, illegal under current law.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5936951073896589340.post-76232386751654994692013-05-22T11:27:06.090-07:002013-05-22T11:27:06.090-07:00The IRS needs to target all non-profits for greate...The IRS needs to target all non-profits for greater scrutiny, not just conservative groups.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5936951073896589340.post-87225868893046598792013-05-22T10:26:43.596-07:002013-05-22T10:26:43.596-07:00I like the Obamacare law. We need more laws like ...I like the Obamacare law. We need more laws like this to deal with negative externalities in a rational way. Same with the non-profits, though that is not as severe.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5936951073896589340.post-44179790144755578912013-05-22T08:15:01.786-07:002013-05-22T08:15:01.786-07:00Illegol Smeagol.
So you don't like the law. T...Illegol Smeagol.<br /><br />So you don't like the law. Too bad.<br /><br />By the way, Smeagol's other name is Gollum.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5936951073896589340.post-66453795539754590492013-05-22T02:28:47.282-07:002013-05-22T02:28:47.282-07:00You might be able to force an external review...bu...You might be able to force an external review...but an independent one??? You can only imagine what is involved in covering up the bad analyses of raw data. What needs to be done is a comprehensive review of laser EoS for the 16 year period going back to D2 EoS. NNSA needs to have an assessment of the state of that capability. They need to shut it down if it fubar. Same goes for material strength.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5936951073896589340.post-39756055835513235042013-05-21T21:00:18.279-07:002013-05-21T21:00:18.279-07:00Illegol Smeagol. I'm honestly not a fan of th...Illegol Smeagol. I'm honestly not a fan of the tax exempt status of nonprofits to begin with. They should pay some amount of taxes because they operate using infrastructure paid for by tax money that commercial entities and individuals end up paying for. Some places like Boston hurt because the high density of nonprofits put a squeeze on city revenues needed to pay for police and fire fighting service, upkeep in infrastructure, etc. etc. The real cost (and overhead) of nonprofits is hidden since those infrastructure and public service costs are externalities. And that squeezes commerce if businesses have to pay for it through higher business taxes.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5936951073896589340.post-76499479638883890782013-05-21T08:10:23.726-07:002013-05-21T08:10:23.726-07:00Speaking of fair and balanced, the IRS did the rig...Speaking of fair and balanced, the IRS did the right thing in putting those nutty orgs under scrutiny.<br /><br />May 20, 2013 at 3:07 AM<br /><br />Except for the slight inconvenience that it was totally illegal to do so. If they can do it to anyone, they can do it to you. Think about it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5936951073896589340.post-68965495502385480692013-05-20T03:07:48.269-07:002013-05-20T03:07:48.269-07:00I think Cook will make an excellent administrator ...I think Cook will make an excellent administrator for NNSA. A fair and balanced administrator pushing for independent external reviews...what more could we ask for.<br /><br />Speaking of fair and balanced, the IRS did the right thing in putting those nutty orgs under scrutiny. The IRS was right to question the legitimacy of their non profit status. They deserved a medal, not an investigation. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com