Thursday, September 19, 2019

Illegal Immigration and Its Effects on Society and the Economy | Federation for American Immigration Reform

Illegal Immigration and Its Effects on Society and the Economy | Federation for American Immigration Reform
See the source image"...Illegal immigration is fundamentally an issue of law violation.
Our sovereign right to regulate who is legally admitted to the country is being massively undermined by illegal entry and refusal to leave at the end of an authorized stay.
We estimate the illegal population of the country to be between 11 and 13 million persons, and it has been rising recently each year by about a half million persons. 
Other reputable researchers have estimated a much higher illegal population.
...The total fiscal burden from illegal immigration borne by the state’s taxpayers is considerably higher than those estimates because they cover only a limited number of outlays.
If the full costs of administration of justice, e.g., such costs as policing, processing, trials, interpreters, medical expenses and other incarceration costs beyond salaries of the incarceration staff were included, those estimated costs would greatly expand.
...As a rule of thumb, the fiscal cost estimates that we have developed are probably no more than about half of the full costs..."
Read all. Lots here.

Teen fatally stabbed as dozens watched, some rolling video rather than helping, police say

Teen fatally stabbed as dozens watched, some rolling video rather than helping, police say
"A teenager near New York City was stabbed to death in an attack witnessed by dozens of onlookers — some who rolled video of the slaying rather than help stop it, police said Tuesday.
Khaseen Morris, 16, and a friend were set upon by as many as a half-dozen people Monday in an after-school brawl in front of a pizzeria in a strip mall parking lot in Oceanside, a Long Island community about 30 miles east of Manhattan, authorities said.
Morris was stabbed in the chest, and a 17-year-old friend suffered a broken arm and swelling to his head, police said.
...The death of the teen was witnessed by dozens of onlookers — some who recorded the slaying rather than help stop it, police said Tuesday..."
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Immigration Judge Fined For Hyping Hillary Clinton, Dissing Republicans At Deportation Hearing | The Daily Caller

Immigration Judge Fined For Hyping Hillary Clinton, Dissing Republicans At Deportation Hearing | The Daily Caller:
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A federal immigration judge who hoped Hillary Clinton would win the 2016 election because the Republicans had no immigration policy except to “try to deport everybody” has been found guilty of violating the Hatch Act.
Since-retired Judge Carmene “Zsa Zsa” DePaolo, who worked for the Department of Justice, was fined Tuesday for violating the Hatch Act that forbids public servants from engaging in politics while on duty, according to Fox News.

Ann Coulter - September 18, 2019 - PENIS STORY COLLAPSES IN FLACCID HEARSAY

Ann Coulter - September 18, 2019 - PENIS STORY COLLAPSES IN FLACCID HEARSAY


PENIS STORY COLLAPSES IN FLACCID HEARSAY
...Here’s the book’s big new scoop:
A classmate, Max Stier, saw Mr. Kavanaugh with his pants down at a different drunken dorm party, where friends pushed his penis into the hand of a female student.”
This story was on the Times’ website for more than 24 hours when -- at close to midnight on Sunday -- the paper issued an “Editors’ Note” admitting that the victim does not remember it.
I’m not even going to mention that Stier was a lawyer for Bill Clinton, defending him for whipping it out in front of Paula Jones, as governor of Arkansas. 
Obviously, that’s not as serious as doing it as a college freshman.
...Let’s consider just the physics of Stier’s story.
How can anyone, let alone two or more people, "push" a man's penis into another person's hand? Just how big is Brett Kavanaugh's penis, anyway? 
Wouldn't a man's penis, if it were able to be "pushed" by one's friends into third parties, need to be erect and at least 3 feet long? 
Don't push my penis, bro!
The best part of the Times excerpt is the Women’s Temperance League tone of the piece..."
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US Climate Strikes | September 20, 2019

US Climate Strikes | September 20, 2019

On September 20, three days before the UN Climate Summit in NYC, young people and adults will strike all across the US and world to demand transformative action be taken to address the climate crisis. 
Millions of us will take the streets to demand a right to a future, and we’re inviting you to

#strikewithus

Find a strike near you to attend on September 20 on the map below. 
If you don’t see an event in your area, organize one! 
We’ll provide everything you need to get started in planning something in your community so no experience is necessary. 
Whether you’re 7 or 77, you’re invited to join the movement.
For more information, please visit strikewithus.org."

Lunch video-----Pod People

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Ilhan Omar Deletes 2013 Post That Revealed Her Father’s Name | The Daily Caller

Ilhan Omar Deletes 2013 Post That Revealed Her Father’s Name | The Daily Caller:
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Omar’s spokesman, Jeremy Slevin, did not answer questions from the Daily Caller News Foundation about why a congresswoman would try to erase the identity of her father from the internet. But the name of the man who Omar married under unusual circumstances was Ahmed Nur Said Elmi, adding to evidence that she married her brother.

We've lost sight of the real scandal | TheHill

We've lost sight of the real scandal | TheHill
See the source image"...We’re so wrapped up in the daily tick-tock, we could be losing sight of a big picture that’s come into focus over the past two years. 
For the first time in our nation’s history, an inspector general — one appointed by President Obama — has determined that at least two men who sat in the top spot at the FBI committed multiple violations that warrant possible prosecution. 
That in itself is a scandal with national implications deserving of headlines, congressional hearings and promises to overhaul a broken system.
Of course, the complicating factor in the whole mess is that the government entities responsible for addressing any wrongdoing are the same ones inextricably tied to the alleged wrongdoing.

  • ...The Department of Justice took a pass on filing charges against ex-FBI Director James Comey for alleged violations that the inspector general documented with precision in more than 70 pages of a report last month.
  • Finally, there have been no FBI apologies offered to former Trump campaign volunteer Carter Page after the FBI wiretapped him for more than a year. No post-mortem launched into how the FBI could have been so wildly wrong when swearing to the court, over and over, that Page was a Russian spy.

...But the calculus may be different when those in charge of indicting the sandwich are the same ones making it."
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Worried about the wrong farts?


Climate Friendly British Army Plan to Run Tanks on Magic | Watts Up With That?

Climate Friendly British Army Plan to Run Tanks on Magic | Watts Up With That?
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Army could phase out fossil fuels to attract ecofriendly recruits, senior general says
Speaking at a defence and security event in London, he said: “The Army is leading defence on sustainable energy solutions, both at home and when deployed overseas...
Calling on British industry to lead the way on developing new sources of energy for the military..
“That gives the British Army considerable operational benefits, such as reducing our logistical drag, and also puts the Army … on the right side of the environmental argument, especially in the eyes of that next generation of recruits that increasingly make career decisions based on a prospective employer’s environmental credentials.”...
Fine words, but that new source of energy doesn’t exist..."
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#1 This day 1985-----Dire Straits - Money For Nothing music video (Good quality, all countries)

Nuts!-----Ivy League prof paints ‘microaggressions’ as ‘toxic rain’ in lecture

See the source imageIvy League prof paints ‘microaggressions’ as ‘toxic rain’ in lecture
"...Columbia professor Derald Wing Sue will give “Microaggressions: Toxic Rain on College Campuses” at the Virginia school...
...“Although microaggressions often seem harmless to observers, they are considered a form of everyday discrimination that can have a cumulative and negative psychological impact,” Washington & Lee spokeswoman Erica Turman said in the news release.
Campus Reform has previously reported on students being punished for “microaggressions” in class, as well as schools encouraging students to report “microaggressions” to authorities by filling out bias reports...."
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Gotta wonder about the media.


Lewandowski Slams Hillary During Impeachment Hearing: I Didn’t Delete My Emails | The Daily Caller

Image result for flickr commons images Corey Lewandowski Lewandowski Slams Hillary During Impeachment Hearing: I Didn’t Delete My Emails | The Daily Caller:

Former Trump campaign manager Corey Lewandowski slammed former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton during Tuesday’s hearing on a congressional impeachment inquiry, noting that he didn’t delete his emails.

It's settled science so why not ban "deniers"?-----Climate change deniers are dangerous - they don't deserve a place on our site

Climate change deniers are dangerous - they don't deserve a place on our site
"At The Conversation Australia we’ve recently vowed to improve our climate change coverage, and part of that means moderating comments with a similar degree of rigour.
...But it’s 2019, and now we know better. 
Climate change deniers, and those shamelessly peddling pseudoscience and misinformation, are perpetuating ideas that will ultimately destroy the planet. 
...That’s why the editorial team in Australia is implementing a zero-tolerance approach to moderating climate change deniers, and sceptics. 
Not only will we be removing their comments, we’ll be locking their accounts.
...It is counter productive to present the evidence and then immediately undermine it by giving space to trolls. 
The hopeless debates between those with evidence and those who fabricate simply stalls action.
As a reader, author or commenter, we need your help. 
If you see something that is misinformation, please don’t engage, simply report it. 
Do this by clicking the report button below a comment.


We know you want to have constructive positive discussions, so please don’t engage with the climate change deniers. 
Dob them in and help us create a space where they don’t derail the conversation."

AM Fruitcake


History for September 19

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History for September 19 - On-This-Day.com
Leon Jaworski 1905, Sir William Golding 1911, Adam West 1928 - Actor (TV: "Batman")
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Mike Royko 1932, David McCallum 1933, "Mama" Cass Elliott (The Mamas and Papas) 1943
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1819 - John Keats wrote "Ode to Autumn."
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1876 - Melville R. Bissell patented the carpet sweeper.
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Wednesday, September 18, 2019

Border wall outside San Diego gets Trump visit - Washington Times

Image result for flickr commons images president trumpBorder wall outside San Diego gets Trump visit - Washington Times:

President Trump boasted Wednesday about progress on his border wall during a visit to a section outside San Diego, saying he thinks he can get to 500 miles by next year, depending on “terrain conditions.”
He also suggested he is living up to his promise to make Mexico pay for the wall by pointing to their stepped-up efforts to combat the flow of immigration from Central America.
“They’re paying for 27,000 soldiers, as you know,” he told reporters.

A Key Witness Has Lost Confidence In Blasey Ford’s Kavanaugh Accusation | The Daily Caller

Image result for flickr commons images Christine Blasey FordA Key Witness Has Lost Confidence In Blasey Ford’s Kavanaugh Accusation | The Daily Caller:

Leland Keyser, a key figure in Christine Blasey Ford’s account of Justice Brett Kavanaugh’s alleged sexual assault, told the authors of a forthcoming book that she does not have confidence in Ford’s story.
Ford placed Keyser, one of her closest high school friends, at the house party where Kavanaugh supposedly attacked her in the summer of 1982.

The way we were-----Mary Hopkin Those were the days lyrics

Boob-tube-----Weird TV ads from the 60's and 70's

Climate change won't be stopped with fear (or hypocrisy)

Climate change won't be stopped with fear (or hypocrisy)
"Opinion: The years-long fear campaign over climate change hasn't worked. So, why do we keep ramping up the panic?
Every week, the prophecies become more frightful.

  • “As Earth faces climate catastrophe, US set to open nearly 200 power plants,” a USA Today headline warns.
  • In the UK, The Guardian proclaims, “World 'gravely' unprepared for effects of climate crisis.” 
  • For the New Yorker, it’s already too late: “What if We Stopped Pretending the Climate Apocalypse Can Be Stopped?”

...Throughout our lives, eco-fearmongering has been a constant.
My first-grade teacher handed out maps showing how a pollution-caused ice age would soon cover our Chicago suburb with a glacier. 
Mom eased the panic with a reminder we were moving to Phoenix that summer.
After that, acid rain was going to kill us, then the ozone hole, then global warming, then “global weirding,” and now, climate change.
Granted, the climate has always changed, but progressives think it started about a century ago..."
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Your "trusted" media choice didn't mention this?-----Hagan Freeman - Clarice Feldman "Today China removed all tariffs...

Hagan Freeman - Clarice Feldman "Today #china removed all tariffs...
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"Today #china removed all tariffs from US oil. 
Up until this weekend, #china had been breaking US #sanctions by buying oil from #iran
This is a *strong* indication #china believes Saudi Arabia & others are going to deal a crippling blow to Iranian oil production. 
In short, it shows China believes iranian oil will not be available after the strike, & the timing of the announcement is a sign they expect a strike is going to come very soon."


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China's decision to remove crude oil from its latest tariff list in an esca...

California adds Iowa to 'travel ban' over refusal to fund gender transitions | Fox News

California adds Iowa to 'travel ban' over refusal to fund gender transitions | Fox News:
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California announced last week that it has added Iowa to the list of states on its ever-expanding "travel ban" list because of that state's new prohibition against funding gender-transition surgeries under Medicaid.
The announcement by state Attorney General Xavier Becerra means that as of Oct. 4, California will no longer offer taxpayer-funded trips to Iowa for any public employee or student at a state-run university.

Scientists Skeptical of Anthropogenic Global Warming

Scientists Skeptical of Anthropogenic Global Warming--Bud Bromley shared a link.
"Anthropogenic or human-caused Global Warming theory (AGW) holds that fossil fuels cause an increase in total CO2 which in turn causes an increase in global temperature. 

In fact, UN IPCC and others hold that human CO2 emissions from fossil fuels are causing MOST of the increase in atmospheric CO2 concentration. 
In other words, A causes B which causes C, or so AGW theory holds.
However, Professors Jamal Munshi and Murry Salby and others have clearly shown that there is no correlation between fossil fuel emissions and CO2 emissions. 

And, you can simply prove it to yourself instead of believing any expert...(info at link)
...When you examine the CO2 data itself, you will find no significant anomalies, despite the widely estimated 15% annual increase in fossil fuel emissions, gigatons per year, since 2000. 

Try it.
Since there is no correlation between A and B, then A cannot be causing C. 

In other words, fossil fuel emissions cannot be causing significant temperature change.
...Since the fossil fuel contribution is too small to detect in the overall trend, we do not have data that might inform whether the anthropogenic fraction is so small that it is insignificant, lost in the noise of the massive flux of global CO2 emissions and absorptions by nature, or alternatively whether the carbon sinks, sources and balance are adjusting to the injection of gigatons CO2 emissions of fossil fuels, or some combination of these two alternatives..."
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The Strike On Saudi Oil Facilities Was Unprecedented And It Underscores Far Greater Issues - The Drive

The Strike On Saudi Oil Facilities Was Unprecedented And It Underscores Far Greater Issues - The Drive:
  • Air defense systems aren't magic and many currently have serious limitations when it comes to spotting and engaging drones and cruise missiles.
"I don't know how better to say it—there was some really shoddy and downright reckless reporting over the weekend on the Saudi oil infrastructure attacks. 
...I wanted to take the time to talk about some of the inaccurate analysis being cast around in the media and about some of the larger and very pressing issues surrounding the attacks and its aftermath.
...First off, no, the direction of impacts seen in satellite photos is not any sort of conclusive evidence as to where these weapons originated from. 
I saw this parroted all over the place, from cable and network news to blogs over the weekend. 
...In other words, this is not unguided artillery here, it can maneuver dynamically to approach a target from a direction that its targeters find most advantageous—either for kinetic effects, survivability, or deniability reasons.
...With that in mind, the attacks could have come from any vector-based on impact information alone—Iraq, Yemen, Iran, or even a boat in the Persian Gulf...
...The big takeaway is that this is just the beginning
You are getting a glimpse at the future of warfare in these satellite photos and quite honestly, considering how omnipresent this threat has become, we are lucky a couple busted up oil production facilities were the only result of such an eye-opening attack... "
Much here, read all.

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Texans have Texas-sized response to Beto's questionable story alleging they would give up firearms - TheBlaze

Image result for flickr commons images Don't Mess with TexasTexans have Texas-sized response to Beto's questionable story alleging they would give up firearms - TheBlaze:

However, considering that Texans overwhelmingly support Second Amendment rights, not many believed O'Rourke's claims, which he made without corroborating evidence.
Blaze Media's Jason Howerton mockingly responded to O'Rourke, joking that O'Rourke could not take his AR-15 because of his criminal history.