December 8, 2009

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

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

Census: Foreign Workers Increase Due to Washington Policy Changes

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

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.