February 19, 2009

"Insolent" Embassy Official Expelled for "Meddling"

Finally. The authorities had the gumption to expel a foreign embassy official for meddling in local affairs. The official “allegedly disputed the transfer of a senior police investigator amid a growing diplomatic spat.”

I’ve been saying for years that that’s the way you deal with obnoxious foreigners who don’t know how to behave when abroad.

Unfortunately, the story is good news for … Ecuadoreans! You see, in my best imitation of an MSM reporter, I provided a half-true opening paragraph. You know what they say: A half-truth is a whole lie.

Non-Criminal "Violator" or Felon?

An unsigned news item running all of 111 words provides a lesson in the world of open borders propaganda, in which any given word may be a tactical opportunity.

"Customs officers in Hidalgo found a fugitive wanted on a child-molestation charge hidden in a commercial bus heading for Mexico, a U.S. Customs and Border Protection spokesman said Monday.

Domingo Vazquez Rodriguez, 29, of Saltillo, Mexico …

Help Arne Duncan Spend $5 billion!

From the AP:

Canadian Takes On Tanzanian Slaughter

While researching witchcraft diversity for my VDARE.com article on that subject, I was stunned by the awful crimes committed against albinos in Tanzania in which persons involved in sorcery use albino body parts for their devilish purposes.

Obama's Worst-Case "Family C" v. The Real World's "Family Si"

Obama's mortgage deadbeat bailout plan comes with a Q&A with three examples: Families A, B, and C, who all bought homes in 2006. Family A and Family B each put down at least 20% and are ineligible. Family C, the worst case scenario in Obama's universe, put down 4.3% and are eligible.

Family C: Eligible for Homeowner Stability Initiative

Globalist Responses to Japan and China

I was struck recently by how cruddy the reliability of manufactured products often are today compared to where they ought to be if the positive quality trends in the 1980s and into the 1990s had continued full strength. This is not to say that they've gotten worse, but that they aren't getting better at the same rate as in the late 20th Century.

A TX Reader Finds Wisdom In Shakespeare On "Hate Facts"

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02/18/09 - A CT Soccer Mom Reader Confronts Daily News Columnist Prida

The Long Retreat