December 8, 2009

National Christmas Tree Lighting: "Obama Did Not Pledge Any Additional U.S. Troops To The War Against Christmas"

By James Fulford on December 8, 2009 at 8:15pm

From the DCist blog, on the lighting of the National Christmas Tree.

Census: Foreign Workers Increase Due to Washington Policy Changes

By Brenda Walker on December 8, 2009 at 3:42pm

This just in from the Census Bureau: in a time of record unemployment, America has a record number of foreign-born workers occupying jobs.

[Foreign-Born Make Up One in Six Workers in U.S., Report Shows, Bloomberg, December 8, 2009]

Almost one in six people in the U.S. workforce in 2007 was foreign-born, the highest portion in at least 80 years, an analysis from the Census Bureau showed.

Zulu Animal Sacrifice Goes Forward

By Brenda Walker on December 8, 2009 at 2:46am

In South Africa, bull sacrifice apparently remains highly valued, and the brutal-sounding custom was recently found by a court of law to be acceptable.

[Zulu king wins South Africa bull-killing case, BBC, December 4, 2009]

A bull-killing ritual can go ahead on Saturday after a court ruled against an animal rights group which tried to have the practice banned in South Africa.