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Friday, July 06, 2018

Outrage-inducing AP story on Army ‘discharging’ immigrant recruits has some pumping the brakes – twitchy.com

Outrage-inducing AP story on Army ‘discharging’ immigrant recruits has some pumping the brakes – twitchy.com
"We’re not entirely sure what to make of this AP story after having read it.
It includes plenty of heart-wrenching quotes from those who’ve been affected, and it’s getting passed around a whole lot Thursday.
But is it a major scandal or not?

Like we said, the tweet managed to stir up plenty of outrage.

And it does sound horrible.

Service in the U.S. military should be a path to citizenship.

But is the AP’s tweet reflective of what’s actually going on?

A lot have their doubts.

You ought to know!

Calls to Abolish ICE Omit that Majority of Immigrants Agency Arrests are Convicted Criminals - Judicial Watch

Calls to Abolish ICE Omit that Majority of Immigrants Agency Arrests are Convicted Criminals - Judicial Watch:

As a growing number of Democrats and their allies call for abolishing Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), it’s important to remember that the overwhelming majority of illegal immigrants arrested by the agency have criminal convictions. In 2017 immigrants with criminal convictions accounted for 74% of all arrests made by ICE, according to government data used by the nonpartisan Pew Research Center in a study published earlier this year. Sixteen percent of those arrested by ICE had pending criminal charges and only 11 % had no known criminal convictions or charges, the Pew analysis found.
Nearly 60,000 illegal aliens deported by ICE last year were convicted of driving under the influence of alcohol and another 57,438 for possessing or selling dangerous drugs such as opioids.

Far-Left Calls on Dems to Take “Emergency Steps” to Create Permanent Majority - The Schpiel

Far-Left Calls on Dems to Take “Emergency Steps” to Create Permanent Majority - The Schpiel:

"Far-left academics are suggesting the “endangered state of American liberal democracy” under President Donald Trump will require the Democratic Party to defy political norms and pursue “emergency steps” in order to create a permanent progressive majority and “thoroughly disempower” anyone opposed to their agenda.
“Democrats should plan to treat political norms, when and if they’re in charge of a unified government, the way Trump and the Republicans do,” declared Rob Goodman, a political theorist at McGill University, writing for Politico.
“They should be readying a program of systematic norm-breaking for partisan advantage—but only if they are willing and able to follow it through to its conclusion.”
Specifically, Goodman cities a new book by political scientist David Faris, It’s Time to Fight Dirty: How Democrats Can Build a Lasting Majority in American Politics, as a framework for the type of “systematic norm-breaking” he is advocating for the Democratic Party to undertake.
...Such a radical power grab by the Democratic Party would “require party leaders to pursue policy changes that will be ridiculed by their opponents as outrageous affronts to democratic decency and received by their own voters with puzzlement or even shock.”...
Read on.

AM Fruitcake

History for July 6

History for July 6 - On-This-Day.com
John Paul Jones 1747 - First United States' well known naval fighter in the American Revolutionary War, Harold Vanderbilt 1884 - American railroad executive, Nancy Reagan (Anne Frances Robbins) 1921 - Wife of U.S. President Ronald Reagan, actress
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Pat Paulsen (Patrick Layton "Pat" Paulsen) 1927 - Comedian, satirist, Sylvester Stallone 1946 - Actor ("Rocky" series of movies), George W. Bush (U.S.) 1946 - 43rd President of the United States
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1854 - In Jackson, MI, the Republican Party held its first convention.

1885 - Louis Pasteur successfully tested his anti-rabies vaccine. The child used in the test later became the director of the Pasteur Institute.

1917 - During World War I, Arab forces led by T.E. Lawrence captured the port of Aqaba from the Turks.

1922 - The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics was established.

1942 - Diarist Anne Frank and her family took refuge from the Nazis in Amsterdam.

1967 - The Biafran War erupted. The war lasted two-and-a-half years. About 600,000 people died.

1983 - The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that retirement plans could not pay women smaller monthly payments solely because of their gender.

1988 - Several popular beaches were closed in New York City due to medical waste and other debris began washing up on the seashores.

Thursday, July 05, 2018

Statue of Liberty climber at 'Abolish ICE' protest forces Liberty Island evacuation on July 4 - Washington Times

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Statue of Liberty climber at 'Abolish ICE' protest forces Liberty Island evacuation on July 4 - Washington Times:

Liberty Island was evacuated Wednesday and at least 10 people arrested as a group of self-styled “Resistance” members demonstrated at the iconic Statue of Liberty to protest President Trump and demand that immigration enforcement end.
At least one female protester also tried to scale the statue on America’s Independence Day.

The way we were-----Andrews Sisters Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy

Boob-tube-----Abbott & Costello Who's On First

Interviewd 50 students. Got paid $50,000 by MSU-----Prof claims Hispanic students perpetuate 'colorblind racism'

Prof claims Hispanic students perpetuate 'colorblind racism'

A Michigan State University sociology professor claims that the "abstract liberalism" of many Latino and Latina college students serves to reinforce "colorblind racism."

Maria Isabel Ayala interviewed 50 Latino(a) students at Midwestern University, and was dismayed to find that they attribute their success to hard work and self-reliance while shunning affirmative action.

A professor at Michigan State University is alleging that Latino students perpetuate “colorblind racism” due to their commitment to meritocracy and free market values.

Sociology professor Maria Isabel Ayala made the argument in a recent study published by the Journal of Latinos and Education, having received $25,000 from the school to conduct the research.

"Abstract liberalism counters affirmative action and supports race-blind college admissions." Tweet This

Ayala interviewed 50 Latino(a) students at Midwestern University—27 women and 23 men—to probe how they explained their academic success, discovering to her dismay that many students expressed credence in both “colorblind racism” and “abstract liberalism” while shunning affirmative action policies in support of the “free market, meritocracy, and laissez-faire ideology.”...

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U.S. Greenhouse Gas Emissions Falling Under Trump; European Emissions Rising

U.S. Greenhouse Gas Emissions Falling Under Trump; European Emissions Rising:

"Environmental data for 2017 are pouring in, and the results might not be what you’d expect.
In the United States, where President Trump has promised to unshackle the coal industry and to abandon an international climate change treaty, greenhouse-gas emissions fell last year and are expected to continue falling.
In Europe, where political leaders consider climate change an urgent priority, emissions rose last year..."

In Newly Obtained Memo, Congress’s Top Cop Said House Democratic Caucus Server VANISHED | The Daily Caller

In Newly Obtained Memo, Congress’s Top Cop Said House Democratic Caucus Server VANISHED | The Daily Caller:

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A secret memo marked “URGENT” detailed how the House Democratic Caucus’s server went “missing” soon after it became evidence in a cybersecurity probe. The secret memo also said more than “40 House offices may have been victims of IT security violations.”
In the memo, Congress’s top law enforcement official, Sergeant-at-Arms Paul Irving, along with Chief Administrative Officer Phil Kiko, wrote, “We have concluded that the employees [Democratic systems administrator Imran Awan and his family] are an ongoing and serious risk to the House of Representatives, possibly threatening the integrity of our information systems and thereby members’ capacity to serve constituents.”