Show your support by purchasing VDARE.com merchandise. 
VDARE.com's Amazon connection has been restored! Remember to enter Amazon via the VDARE.com link and we get a commission on any purchases you make—at no cost to you!
Alien Nation by Peter Brimelow 
July 8, 2009
A surprisingly sophisticated GOP report on the Mortgage Meltdown
Republican staffers on the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform (Darrell Issa (CA-49), Ranking Member) have penned a lengthy report on The Role of Government Affordable Housing Policy in Creating the Global Financial Crisis of 2008. Despite the inevitable partisan tendentiousness -- no mention of George W.
The New York Times And The Huffington Post Need Retraining
Sometimes it's interesting to see how a major newspaper like the New York Times can do such good reporting and yet fail to mention the obvious.
Unemployment For Electrical Engineers And The H1B Cap
Unemployment for electrical engineers continues to increase. The 8.6% unemployment is bad enough, but the number is an underestimate because it doesn't include EEs that are underemployed, or who found a job in a lower paying non-engineering job. There is plenty of evidence that unemployment statistics for engineers and computer/IT are error prone because these individuals are usually more resourceful than the general population at finding survival jobs. Dr.
Amnesty: Our Betters Are Back At It
The Washington Post reports:
A bipartisan task force will recommend today that the United States overhaul its immigration system in response to national security concerns, saying that the country should end strict quotas on work-based immigrant visas to maintain its scientific, technological and military edge.
President Disses Vice President
From the LA Times:
President Obama, issuing an unusual clarification of his vice president's words, said today that his administration has "absolutely not" given its blessing for an Israeli attack on Iran.
Obama said that though Israel has the right to defend itself, U.S. officials have emphasized the need to avoid "major conflict in the Middle East."
Un-American Apparel
One part of American Apparel's appeal is their advertising, featuring pictures of young women in, and half out of, their products. This is disapproved of by feminists but approved of by red-blooded American men. Another part of their appeal to the customer is the name: American Apparel.
Muslim Men Mourn Murder
Crocodile tears are being shed along the Nile for a female member of the Egyptian tribe who was murdered in a German courtroom: Egypt mourns 'headscarf martyr' [BBC, July 6, 2009].
It was indeed a terrible crime: a pregnant Muslim woman was stabbed to death on the witness stand by a man who had called her a terrorist.
