ON THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT: "We need criminal penalties, and civil liability for individual officials who violate the law."

WHAT'S IN YOUR WALLET?

Thanks, Mr. President.

I KNEW IT! If you feel ugly, you’re twice as likely to donate to the Occupy Movement.

BARACK OBAMA: not even a 'smidgen' of corruption at the IRS. He'd have been correct if he'd said not even a smidgen of honesty....

IT'S ALL ABOUT THE BENJAMINS: There Is No Republican Primary in Mississippi.

Crony capitalism at its best. (Or worst, depending on how you look at it.)

SOME THOUGHTS on the liberals' smear machine.

DEMOCRATS: Lois Lerner's computer crashed because we taxpayers didn't give the IRS enough money.

ENVIRONMENTALISM: More Greenpeace hypocrisy.

THREE KEY MOMENTS from Monday night's IRS hearing.

AN URBAN REALITY: Smart Cities. It sounds good, but I'm still reminded of Asimov's Caves of Steel, "vast city complexes covered by huge metal domes, capable of supporting tens of millions each ... extended to a point where no one ever exits to the outside world."

No, thanks.

Related: much more here if you're interested in that sort of thing. I'm not.

NATIONAL REVIEW ONLINE: summing up yesterday's primary elections.

GIVE US MORE FREE STUFF: Establishment Wins in Mississippi. Cochran ran as a first-class porker and Democrat trough-feeders put him over the top.

SPINELESS D.C. DENIZENS soon homeless. No, not Congress. Unfortunately.

FROM THE SCOREKEEPER (#8): the federal Department of Sheep Farts. I thought he was describing the White House.

ILLINOIS WARNS PARENTS: You are replaceable. It's not so much that bureaucrats are stupid (although there is that); it's that bureaucracies are truly mindless.

INFLATABLE MODULES COULD CHANGE SPACE EXPLORATION: The International Space Station’s upcoming non-rigid BEAM module may be the key to making the future of space more roomy and affordable.

SEN. CHUCK SCHUMER (D(umb)-NY) can't see the forest for all those damn trees.

IRS COMMISSIONER JOHN KOSKINEN enjoys the just desserts of his supercilious attitude toward the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.

We start with (former prosecutor) Rep. Trey Gowdy (R-SC):



And next to Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH):



Beautiful takedowns of a pompous, arrogant ass donkey.

THE WEEK IN DRONES: Pepper spray paintballs, celebrity selfies, and more.

Keeping up with the droneses.

ANDREW KLAVAN: I am (make-believe) outraged!