Mildly Relevant News with Joe Baur

Before the IRS audit this guy's hat actually had four corners

It was revealed over the weekend that for the past three years the IRS has targeted right wing and Tea Party-aligned groups for audits, specifically looking at their status as non-profit organizations, or 501(c)(4)’s. The revelation was, of course, met with outrage from across the political spectrum, and I’m sure Republican congressmen and pundits will attempt to turn it into a political football they can keep in play for months or even years to come. I would even be willing to bet that the people over at Fox News came in their pants a little bit upon hearing of the story.

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This is the second half of the translated and edited transcript from the basketball game Korean ruler Kim Jong-un and American diplomat Dennis Rodman watched, and commentated on, together during Mr. Rodman’s trip to the country last month. You can find the first part here.

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Ed FitzGerald is on his way out to challenge John Kasich for the Ohio governor’s mansion, and clearly has lost interest in serving his current constituents as we can see in this picture of him trolling Facebook while a group of Cleveland young professionals ask Cuyahoga County Council to reconsider renovating a dilapidated skywalk.

So I kindly ask that FacebookFitz either pay attention or leave, so we can get an Executive who at least pretends to care.

Meantime, he’s welcome to do the right thing and follow in the footsteps of Carl Spackler and Wile E. Coyote, who destroy the skywalk in future Cleveland.

Ever since Kim Jong-un became the ruler of North Korea, succeeding his father, Kim Jong-il, who died in December 2011, only one international ambassador has had the political wherewithal and diplomatic savvy to be able to break through the veil of secrecy surrounding Kim’s regime and have any sort of meaningful dialogue with the young autocrat. That ambassador? Former NBA All-Star, and drag show fashion plate, The Worm, Dennis Rodman.

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