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Alien Nation by Peter Brimelow 
January 7, 2009
Immigration Advisers Indicted In Alleged "Tell Feds You're Gay" Scam
An indictment in an immigration fraud case:
Alleged advice to asylum seekers: Tell feds you're gay
A Kent couple who claimed to be experts in immigration cases advised clients to falsely claim to be gay and subject to persecution or even death if they returned home so they could win asylum in the U.S., according to a federal indictment unsealed Tuesday.
By Mike Carter
Seattle Times,January 7, 2009
Let's See Just How Serious Congress Is About Protecting Our Environment
By now many of you have heard that the geniuses at the Environmental Protection Agency, in their ongoing battle to control greenhouse gas emissions, are proposing a tax on "stationary" sources like cattle and hogs that spend much of their time standing around and, well, you know.
I propose applying this tax to the many members of Congress who do pretty much the same thing while the country is allowed to go to hell.
Obama's First 100 Days, Immigration And The GOP
A reader pointed out this article to me by Silla Brush from The Hill:
President-elect Obama will likely make several tough decisions on immigration policy during his first few months in office, even if he postpones wide-ranging reform until later in his first term.
Black Swan Sightings
Jill Claman of Fox News interviews investment guru David Swensen, who has guided Yale's endowment ($20 billion last summer) to (until recently) consistently (and, to my mind, suspiciously) gigantic returns (17.8% per year for ten years):
Joe Guzzardi On Radio Free Rocky D at 12:30 EST
Joe Guzzardi will be on the Radio Free Rocky D show today at 12:30 p.m, EST. The show airs in Charleston, SC and can be listened to here. He will be discussing Wall Street Journal writer Miriam Jordan, winner of the 2009 Worst Immigration Reporter award.
A CA Teacher Says It's Time Schools Were Honest About What They Can—And Cannot—Achieve
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01/06/09 - An Illinois Democrat Calls For Harry Reid's Removal
From:
Kristen Kroll (e-mail
her)
Illegal **Presence** CAN Be A Crime!
In his recent blog entry, Matthew Richer links to a January 1 article (Judge dismisses immigrants’ suit, by C. Eugene Emery Jr.) from the Providence Journal about the arrests of 14 illegal aliens after a Rhode Island state trooper stopped their van because of a traffic infraction.