June 25, 2008

<em>Los Mets</em> Fired the Wrong Man

Eight days later, New York Mets’ general manager Omar Minaya’s dead-of-night firing of manager Willie Randolph reverberates.

As an assistant Mets GM during the late 1990s, the Dominican-born Minaya proved himself an astute judge of talent, and the Montreal Expos (now the Washington Nationals) hired him away in 2002 as their GM.

Unknown Man Shoots Unknown Victims In Kentucky

A man in Kentucky shot six co-workers and then shot himself. [Man in Kentucky Kills 5 Co-Workers, By GRAHAM BOWLEY New York Times, June 25, 2008] There's no reason to suspect that this is an immigrant type mass murder crime, or an interracial hate crime--but there's also no reason to suspect that the media will tell us.

Bill Gates' Last Day On The Job

Bill Gates is now working full time at his foundation, helping his wife make sure that every child in America gets a college education.

Of course, Bill, himself, didn't bother getting a college education. He dropped out of Harvard.

Indeed, his generational peers--Steve Jobs, Larry Ellison, and Michael Dell -- all dropped out of college, too.

NYT: Italy Lagging Lamentably On De-Italianification

Wouldn't the whole world be better off if Italy weren't so damn Italian? I mean, what has Italian culture ever contributed to anything? When will the Italians get with the program and adopt the Universal Globoculture? The New York Times wants to know!

Italy Gives Cultural Diversity a Lukewarm Embrace

Europe, for all its diversity, can be remarkably provincial.

Where Did The Obamas' money go, 1997-2004?

It might be interesting for somebody to go through the Obamas' tax returns from 1997-2004 and try to figure out where all the money went. This isn't a Davos Man Mystery like with the Clintons' tens of millions; this is just the kind of yuppie personal finance that most readers of this blog can identify with.

Inevitable Happens At Last! Amnesty Pol Defeated In Utah Primary

Despite massive elite denial, it's always been obvious that eventually the immigration issue would break into politics, probably in an unexpected way. Well, it's happened at last: Cannon Ousted In Republican Primary, by Josh Kraushaar, CBS News, June 25, 2007

The Rain in Spain falls...on Presidential Candidates?

The Christian Science Monitor, if it can be considered a Main Stream Media component, has far and away the most respectable record of MSM coverage of America’s immigration disaster. This was further sustained on Monday by IMMIGRATION CRACKDOWN MAY BOOST US JOB PROSPECTS
By David R. Francis June 23 2008

What's needed to discourage illegal immigration into the United States has been known for years: Enforce existing law.