March 4, 2009

Dr. Norm Matloff: Vested Interests Decry "Protectionist" Grassley/Sanders

Dr. Norm Matloff writes:

Enclosed below are an article from an HR magazine, and an editorial by the Washington Post, blasting as "protectionist" the recent legislation that placed restrictions on hiring of H-1Bs by TARP recipients.The "P-word" is always invoked in these contexts by the parties with vested interests, and thus might be dismissed as such, but really it's much ado about nothing.

Accused Killers Indicted in Brooklyn Murder of Ecuadoran

When I wrote in December about the beating death of Ecuadoran immigrant Jose Sucuzhanay, I had to look hard to find a news report that mentioned that the race of the attackers was black: New York Governor Condemns Murder of Ecuadoran.

Bubbles and Sex

Michael Lewis visits Iceland for ten days for Vanity Fair to develop A General Theory of the Icelandic Financial Crash.

As Usual, VDARE.COM Reporting Is Several Miles Ahead of the MSM

Of all the incidents of mainstream media failure in the decade or so that I have been analyzing its stories, none is greater than the Washington Post’s 2001 total breakdown while pursing Chandra Levy’s killer. Levy had been California U.S. Representative Gary Condit’s intern.

Has Obama Killed Nuclear Power?

It looks like Obama's budget intends to give up on implementing the Yucca Mountain nuclear waste repository. (Congratulations, Senate Majority Leader Reid (D-NV).

So, nuclear waste would continue to sit around nuclear power plants. Which means nobody is going to build anymore nuclear power plants in the U.S. ever. And since we'll be cutting back on carbon emissions, that will leave, uh, wind and solar power. And don't forget tidal power. Or maybe photosynthesizing bacteria.

"Milk"

An excerpt from my review in The American Conservative of the Best Actor and Best Original Screenplay winning film "Milk:"

A SC Reader Notes Sam Francis Solved Chandra Levy Case Years Ago

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03/03/09 - A Texas Marine Wonders About "Octomom" Family's Immigration Status

The Fulford File, By James Fulford | Ransom Note Racism, Rush Limbaugh, And David Frum

If you ever read the "Intelligence Reports" published by the Southern Poverty Law Center (which is so rich that we've decided to call it the $PLC) or the writings of Max Blumenthal, you notice that they frequently manage to