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Alien Nation by Peter Brimelow 
December 5, 2007
Shooter Identified
As I more or less expected, given the demographics of Nebraska, the shooter, identified as Robert A. Hawkins, turns out to be a white kid. Interestingly, he recently failed the IQ-loaded ASVAB test, which you need to pass to get into the Army.
Omaha Shooter's Name Announced, But Not Race
This is probably the best set of links on the Omaha shooting that has so far, apparently claimed eight lives. (Reports say nine, but they're counting the shooter.)
Omaha City Weekly Media Watch: The Westroads Shooting: Coverage Notes
Industry Lobbyists Tout Nonexistent EU "Blue Cards" In Bid To Make Congress Issue More Green Ones
According to this article [High-tech visa debate comes to Congress via 'blue cards', By Heather Greenfield, Technology Daily December 3, 2007] , the industry lobbying group CompeteAmerica is attempting to scare Congress into granting more H-1B visas by distributing "Blue Cards".
The Fight In North Carolina Over Aliens In Community College Heats Up
Faithful North Carolina reader John J. Pershing submits this update on the fight over illegal aliens in community colleges.
After being subjected to a two to three day flogging and hissy fit by sane North Carolinians, punctuated by all sorts of hemming, hawing, backpedaling, and claims that the executive directive regarding admission of illegal aliens to North Carolina's community college system was
Immigrant Attrition During The Great Wave
Those of us crusading for immigration sanity (i.e. an end to illegal immigration, departure of all illegal aliens, and severe throttling of legal immigration) routinely come up against the thought-stopping--and thoughtless--slogan that we're a "nation of immigrants." (Oh? And a native Chicagoan such as myself could "return" to which country?)
Makes You Proud To Be An American...(International School Test Results)
I never know how seriously to take international school achievement tests, such as the newly released results for the 2006 Program for International Student Assessment that tests 15 year olds in the 57 richest countries in reading, math, and science. Math seems reasonably straight-forward to compare (although the order in which topics are presented in high school could mess up comparisons if the test expects some things that will only be taught later in that country).
Lyre, Lyre, Pantz & Fier--Cohen And Grigsby Videos Online
The infamous videos of lawyers at Cohen & Grigsby explaining how employers can game the system and avoid hiring an American, even when the law requires them to--referred to in Paul Craig Roberts' recent column--are now online at a website set up for the purpose: