January 1, 2010

Danish Cartoonist Attacked By Somalian In Denmark

The Danish police are providing protection for Danish Cartoonist Kurt Westergard in Denmark, and the protection worked--they shot a Somalian armed with a knife and an ax who was breaking into Westergard's house in Denmark.

20 Year Anniversary Of H-1B: Two Lost Generations

The year 2010 will mark the 20 year anniversary of H-1B program, which was started in 1990. In those two decades the only thing that has changed is that more H-1Bs are working in the United States. Corporations continue to get their cheap labor fix and American workers continue to lose their livelihoods.

USCIS Reaches 2010 H-1B Cap

The USCIS announced that the they have received enough H-1B petitions to meet the 2010 fiscal year limit (or cap). Total H-1Bs to be issued will be 85,000 which combines 65,000 subject to the cap and 20,000 exempts for those with advanced degrees.

USCIS Reaches FY 2010 H-1B Cap

Obama's Mental Health Breaks

In The New Republic, Michelle Cottle gets herself worried about the political imagery of the President's golf habit:

Bunker Mentality
Barack Obama's dangerous obsession with golf

During the 2008 race, Obama’s golf outings drew less notice than his battles on the hard court. But, now that he’s firmly ensconced in the Oval Office, the sticks have come out of the closet as Obama constantly looks to squeeze in a few holes ...

I Guess The Recession Must Be Over

On New Year's Eve, the tuxedo rental shop on the corner was so sold out that they had stripped all the mannequins in the windows and rented out the dummies' tuxes.

Hypnosis

A reader asks:

"What or who did you use to bring yourself under hypnosis?"

I had some New Agey lady hypnotism therapist hypnotize me. My wife found her. I was pretty paralyzed by feelings of doom at the time (right after my diagnosis with lymphatic cancer in late 1996), so I don't remember how my wife found her.