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Alien Nation by Peter Brimelow 
April 4, 2010
American "High IQ Risk Takers": Why Thomas Friedman Is An Ass
Roger Chaillet writes, re Steve Sailer's post Tom Friedman Repeats Phrase “High I.Q. Risk-Takers” 8 Times which is based on Start-Ups, Not Bailouts, By Thomas L. Friedman, April 3, 2010.
Why No Arrests Of Investment Bankers Yet In 2008 Collapse?
A year and a half after the financial crash of 2008, no major Wall Street figures have been arrested (except for loners like Bernie Madoff). There has been much discussion of how to improve financial regulation, but it's clear that A) It's very complicated and B) Clever guys on Wall St. would probably find ways to outsmart not-as-clever civil servants.
To The Surprise Of Nobody
In local police blotter news on Saturday, a man walked into the usually "oddly empty" restaurant in a nice part of the southeast San Fernando Valley and shot six people, four of whom have died so far. I tried to drive by last night and the cops had four square blocks barricaded off.
Tom Friedman Repeats Phrase "High I.Q. Risk-Takers" 8 Times
Thomas Friedman writes in the New York Times:
Finally, A Poll On How Clueless Everybody Is
From the Washington Post:
If he stays past this term, [John Paul] Stevens will remain on course to become the oldest and longest-serving justice in Supreme Court history. Paradoxically, he is also among the court's least-known members; in a poll taken last summer, only 1 percent of Americans could summon his name.
Does Rep Giffords really care about Arizona border dwellers?
Brenda Walker reports that after the murder of an Arizona border rancher, suspected to be by a border intruder, Representative Gabrielle Giffords (Numbers USA Career Immigration grade D+ ) rushed to the Photo-Op. There she came out with a real Biggie:
Giffords told the huge crowd, “You have the right to live on your property and do your work without fear.”
An Irish-American Catholic Says His Church Must Abandon Its Open Borders Advocacy
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