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Alien Nation by Peter Brimelow 
August 6, 2008
Who's Groping on the NYC Subway?
(Warning: Some Graphic Language)
The New York City Transit Authority is announcing a program to fight the apparently expanding menace of subway gropers. [wcbstv.com - NYC Transit Plans Anti-Groping Campaign]
The "fight" against groping is reported to include such aggressive measures as the placing of posters encouraging women to report the grouping. (Yes, ladies, now you can relax, confident of the protection provided by the warning posters.)
Confirmation Of My Cochrane Blog On Anthrax And Genome Sequencing
As I've been pointing out, the hero in this investigation is the advance in genome sequencing technology over the last seven years. The Washington Post reports:
Running Tribes of Kenya and Mexico
When I was a kid, you heard more about the Tarahumara Indian runners of Copper Canyon in Mexico than you heard about the Kalenjin of Kenya. The Tarahumara were supposed to be the great runners of the world, able to run a hundred miles without stopping. But Tarahumara runners have only competed once in the Olympics, with indifferent success, while the Kalenjin have consistently won medals.
Identity Theft Ring Busted
The Attorney General announced the charging of 11 people, some of them in foreign countries, in a huge identity theft scheme.
Three of the defendants are U.S. citizens, one is from Estonia, three are from Ukraine, two are from the People’s Republic of China and one is from Belarus. One individual is only known by an alias online, and his place of origin is unknown.[DOJ Press Release]
Greg Cochran On Anthrax
Greg Cochran says, in defense of the much maligned FBI, that in 2001 the technology didn't really exist to sequence the anthrax found in mailed envelopes in the fall of that year. As you'll recall, the Human Genome Project had spent years sequencing Craig Venter's DNA, not finishing until about then.
Italian Military Deployed--in Italy
In recent years the Italian military has deployed a lot to various places--Afghanistan, the Balkans, Iraq, Lebanon. Now they are deploying to Italy itself.
According to the AP report Italy: Soldiers Deployed to Fight Street Crime [Aug. 4th, 2008] :
Italian Crime and Immigration Crackdown
Italy has recently begun a crackdown on illegal immigration. This has been accompanied by a general crackdown on crime that includes use of the Italian military in major Italian cities.
Allan Wall Interviewed by Larry Pratt on "Live Fire"
Allan Wall was interviewed on "Live Fire" by Larry Pratt of Gun Owners of America. Topics of discussion included gun laws in Mexico, the drug war and immigration. The interview can be listened to here, where you just scroll down to where it says "Allan Wall - An American in Mexico reports on gun laws and violence in Mexico".
A Reader Remembers Deval Patrick's Role In An Earlier Race Hoax
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