October 17, 2009

Hedge Fund Galleon's Wall Street: Minority Occupied Territory

By Patrick Cleburne on October 17, 2009 at 4:17pm

As usual, the offshore media is more candid than the American: Bloomberg's Galleon’s Rajaratnam Charged in Biggest Hedge Scheme By David Glovin, Katherine Burton and David Scheer Oct 16 2009 pussyfoots around:

Reuters: Mexicans Aren't Leaving, In Spite Of Crisis

By Brenda Walker on October 17, 2009 at 2:37pm

The Moochicans aren't leaving in any substantial numbers--no real surprise there given the full refrigerator of goodies that America offers, like the "food donations from local church groups" mentioned in the article.

Furthermore the "crackdown" they face from the Obama administration exists in the complaints of open-borders extremists only.

Many Mexican migrants stay put in U.S. despite crisis

Which 20th Century Thinker Would Have Been A 17th Century Polymath?

By Steve Sailer on October 17, 2009 at 2:35pm

The farther back you go in time for about 350 years, the easier to be a polymath. In the 18th Century, Franklin, Kant, and Goethe could make sizable scientific contributions in their spare time. In the 17th Century, polymathic geniuses were thick on the ground, such as Descartes, Leibniz, and Pascal.