August 17, 2009

Anti-Idiocratic Immigration

By Steve Sailer on August 17, 2009 at 9:20pm

Jason Richwine of the American Enterprise Institute reviews the data suggesting that Mike Judge was right in Idiocracy: low IQ people tend to be surlier and more distrustful (presumably because they are easier to fool, like the prison guard who gets mad at Luke Wilson for telling him he got into the line going

Wajda's "Katyn" finally released on DVD in the US

By Steve Sailer on August 17, 2009 at 9:10pm

Famous Polish director Andrzej Wajda's Katyn, which tells the story of the massacre of Poland's natural leaders (such as his father) by the Soviets in 1940, has finally been released in the U.S.

On And Off The Record

By James Fulford on August 17, 2009 at 6:21pm

Kathy Shaidle has an email exchange with Seth Godin, [email him]who replies to her with an email which has this tacked on to the end:

This note is off the record (blogs and tweets, too) unless we agree otherwise.

Kathy complies, although she`s not not naturally a compliant person, and simply posts her reply:Shorter Seth Godin: 'It's only screaming when other people do it'

Dr. Norm Matloff: USCIS Audit May Catch Underpayments, But It's Nothing To What Employers Can Get Away With Legally

By James Fulford on August 17, 2009 at 5:29pm

Dr. Norm Matloff writes:

Recently I made a post here on the recent government announcement that it would audit H-1B employers. In my post, I stated that the main abuse of the H-1B program is fully legal, due to huge loopholes, rather than to illegal actions on the part of the employers. Yes, some fraud does exist, but the abuse mainly takes the form of fully legal, good old American exploitation of loopholes, exactly what happens with the tax code.

Phony Refugee Minors Head For Canadian Border

By James Fulford on August 17, 2009 at 4:35pm

The Canadian media reports on a familiar familial scam--parents sending their unaccompanied kids to get a foothold as refugees--who can then sponsor their parents.

Lone kids seek entry at border
August 17, 2009
By Tom Godfrey, Sun Media, London [Ontario] Free Press

TORONTO -- As many as four children a week are showing up without parents or loved ones at Niagara Falls border crossings to file refugee claims to stay in Canada, U.S. immigration workers say.

First Full-Blooded Asian To Win A Major Golf Championship

By Steve Sailer on August 17, 2009 at 2:30pm

For the first time, Tiger Woods (who is a quarter Chinese and a quarter Thai) failed to win one of golf's four major championships after leading after three rounds. He was beaten by Y.E. Yang of South Korea, the first full-blooded Asian winner of a major championship.

Illegal Immigration+ U.S. Health Care Policy= Catastrophe

By Patrick Cleburne on August 17, 2009 at 3:05am

H/T, One Old Vet, for spotting a valuable item in Judicial Watchâ€™s Corruption Chronicles. The story, L.A.Countyâ€™s $48 Million Monthly Anchor Baby Tab is a succinct, and given the Health Care row, very pertinent discussion of the financial impact of illegal alien births.