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Alien Nation by Peter Brimelow 
January 3, 2008
Craptocracy On Campaign 2008 And Dana Milbank
Since I refuse to read about Campaign 2008 except on C. Van Carter's Craptocracy blog, and he can go weeks without posting anything, I was kind of under the impression that they'd called this whole voting thing off due to lack of interest. But now, there are a bunch of new craptastic postings, so it appears that there will be an election this year after all. (Although Dennis Dale's future history series on Untethered recounting the Fall of 2008 raises questions about that assumption.)
San Jose Mercury News's H1-B Driveby
Today the San Jose Mercury-News gives us yet another example of why the drive-by media is not trusted by the public.
George Macdonald Fraser, R. I. P.
George Macdonald Fraser, the author of the Flashman novels, has died--this is his obituary from the London Telegraph:
What the Iowa Caucuses mean To Immigration Reform
I was looking over the market odds on Intrade for Winning the Iowa Caucuses. Both the Iowa nomination and the and the actual nomination. From that I could look the probability of each candidate winning the nomination if they win Iowa. Now, this is all a pretty thin market--and there were some anomalous results.
| IA | IA+Nom | Nomination |
Illegal Aliens <em>Commuting</em> To American Schools
This is a new one on me, although I suppose it's familiar enough to border residents--these kids aren't illegal residents of the US who are taking advantage of the US free school system, they're living in Mexico, and crossing the border to go to school every morning.
Calif. School Targets Mexican Students
Dec 31 02:39 PM US/Eastern
By ELLIOT SPAGAT
Associated Press
CALEXICO, Calif. (AP) - Children are more likely to shield their faces than to smile when Daniel Santillan points his camera.
A Legally Trained Reader Suggests Charges Could Be Laid Against Illegal School-Users—And Their Parents
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01/02/08 - Illegals and Asbestos
From: William E. Garland (e-mail him)