Friday, September 29, 2017
Record $135 billion a year for illegal immigration, average $8,075 each, $25,000 in NY
Record $135 billion a year for illegal immigration, average $8,075 each, $25,000 in NY:
"The swelling population of illegal immigrants and their kids is costing American taxpayers $135 billion a year, the highest ever, driven by free medical care, education and a huge law enforcement bill, according to the the most authoritative report on the issue yet.
And despite claims from pro-illegal immigration advocates that the aliens pay significant off-setting taxes back to federal, state and local treasuries, the Federation for American Immigration Reform report tallied just $19 billion, making the final hit to taxpayers about $116 billion."
And despite claims from pro-illegal immigration advocates that the aliens pay significant off-setting taxes back to federal, state and local treasuries, the Federation for American Immigration Reform report tallied just $19 billion, making the final hit to taxpayers about $116 billion."
How the NFL Fleeces Taxpayers - The Atlantic
How the NFL Fleeces Taxpayers - The Atlantic
"Taxpayers fund the stadiums, antitrust law doesn't apply to broadcast deals, the league enjoys nonprofit status, and Commissioner Roger Goodell makes $30 million a year.
It's time to stop the public giveaways to America's richest sports league—and to the feudal lords who own its teams.
Last year was a busy one for public giveaways to the National Football League.
In Virginia, Republican Governor Bob McDonnell, who styles himself as a budget-slashing conservative crusader, took $4 million from taxpayers’ pockets and handed the money to the Washington Redskins, for the team to upgrade a workout facility.
Hoping to avoid scrutiny, McDonnell approved the gift while the state legislature was out of session.
...Twelve teams have turned a profit on stadium subsidies alone—receiving more money than they needed to build their facilities..."
"Taxpayers fund the stadiums, antitrust law doesn't apply to broadcast deals, the league enjoys nonprofit status, and Commissioner Roger Goodell makes $30 million a year.
It's time to stop the public giveaways to America's richest sports league—and to the feudal lords who own its teams.Last year was a busy one for public giveaways to the National Football League.
In Virginia, Republican Governor Bob McDonnell, who styles himself as a budget-slashing conservative crusader, took $4 million from taxpayers’ pockets and handed the money to the Washington Redskins, for the team to upgrade a workout facility.
Hoping to avoid scrutiny, McDonnell approved the gift while the state legislature was out of session.
...Twelve teams have turned a profit on stadium subsidies alone—receiving more money than they needed to build their facilities..."
“Muskegon County’s Urban Safety Corps is seeking to fill several full-time AmeriCorps member positions” from Muskegon Police Department : Nixle
“Muskegon County’s Urban Safety Corps is seeking to fill several full-time AmeriCorps member positions” from Muskegon Police Department : Nixle:
"Muskegon County’s Urban Safety Corps is seeking to fill several full-time AmeriCorps member positions
“Muskegon County’s Urban Safety Corps is seeking to fill several full-time AmeriCorps member positions.
The Urban Safety Corps is located within various sites in Muskegon County, with program oversight provided by the Muskegon County Land Bank Authority.
The program is working to implement initiatives to increase public safety by decreasing victimization and increase community awareness in the urban core neighborhoods in Muskegon County.
The interventions employed by the program are intended to reduce blight, support community by promoting communication among residents/organizations and engage volunteers from across Muskegon County neighborhoods to stimulate not only service but national service as well.
To apply or learn more about this opportunity, please go to the Muskegon County human resources website: or submit a resume directly to Amanda Grover at groveram@co.muskegon.mi.us”"
"Muskegon County’s Urban Safety Corps is seeking to fill several full-time AmeriCorps member positions
The Urban Safety Corps is located within various sites in Muskegon County, with program oversight provided by the Muskegon County Land Bank Authority.
The program is working to implement initiatives to increase public safety by decreasing victimization and increase community awareness in the urban core neighborhoods in Muskegon County.
The interventions employed by the program are intended to reduce blight, support community by promoting communication among residents/organizations and engage volunteers from across Muskegon County neighborhoods to stimulate not only service but national service as well.
To apply or learn more about this opportunity, please go to the Muskegon County human resources website: or submit a resume directly to Amanda Grover at groveram@co.muskegon.mi.us”"
Waiting Your Turn: Wait Times for Health Care in Canada, 2015 Report | Fraser Institute
Waiting Your Turn: Wait Times for Health Care in Canada, 2015 Report | Fraser Institute:
"Waiting for treatment has become a defining characteristic of Canadian health care.
In order to document the lengthy queues for visits to specialists and for diagnostic and surgical procedures in the country, the Fraser Insti-tute has—for over two decades—surveyed specialist physicians across 12 specialties and 10 provinces.
This edition of Waiting Your Turn indicates that, overall, waiting times for medically necessary treatment have not improved since last year.
Specialist physicians surveyed report a median waiting time of 18.3 weeks between referral from a general practitioner and receipt of treatment—slightly longer than the 18.2 week wait reported in 2014.
This year’s wait time is 97% longer than in 1993 when it was just 9.3 weeks."
"Waiting for treatment has become a defining characteristic of Canadian health care.
In order to document the lengthy queues for visits to specialists and for diagnostic and surgical procedures in the country, the Fraser Insti-tute has—for over two decades—surveyed specialist physicians across 12 specialties and 10 provinces.
This edition of Waiting Your Turn indicates that, overall, waiting times for medically necessary treatment have not improved since last year.Specialist physicians surveyed report a median waiting time of 18.3 weeks between referral from a general practitioner and receipt of treatment—slightly longer than the 18.2 week wait reported in 2014.
This year’s wait time is 97% longer than in 1993 when it was just 9.3 weeks."
Dems Claim Data Awan Took Was Homework | The Daily Caller
Dems Claim Data Awan Took Was Homework | The Daily Caller:
"Democratic congressional aides made unauthorized access to a House server 5,400 times and funneled “massive” amounts of data off of it. But there’s nothing to see here, Democrats told The Washington Post: They were just storing and then re-downloading homework assignments for Imran Awan’s elementary-school aged kids and family pictures.
A congressional source with direct knowledge of the incident contradicted the Post’s account, saying that now-indicted IT aide Imran Awan and his associates “were moving terabytes off-site so they could quote ‘work on the files'” "
A congressional source with direct knowledge of the incident contradicted the Post’s account, saying that now-indicted IT aide Imran Awan and his associates “were moving terabytes off-site so they could quote ‘work on the files'” "
Narrative Fail: Russia Facebook Ads Showed Support For BLM, Clinton
Narrative Fail: Russia Facebook Ads Showed Support For BLM, Clinton
"The Democrats' Trump/Russia collusion narrative took a major hit this week when Facebook leaks about Russia-linked ads forced disappointed Dems to walk back their anti-Trump messaging.
Congressional leaders, in the meantime, have reportedly renewed their focus on Team Obama's election-year political espionage.
The anti-Trumpers' promising story-line -- "Trump and Russia colluded on Facebook" -- had to be downgraded to merely "Russia sought to create incivility and chaos" when it was discovered that the Russia-linked group in question promoted issues and groups on both sides of the political spectrum.
"The Democrats' Trump/Russia collusion narrative took a major hit this week when Facebook leaks about Russia-linked ads forced disappointed Dems to walk back their anti-Trump messaging.
Congressional leaders, in the meantime, have reportedly renewed their focus on Team Obama's election-year political espionage.
According to Facebook's investigators, the company sold up to $150,000 worth of ads to a Russian government-affiliated troll farm known as the Internet Research Agency, which bought the ads through hundreds of phony Facebook pages and accounts.
The intelligence community describes the Internet Research Agency as "a state-funded organization that blogs and tweets on behalf of the Kremlin."
At least one of the over 3,000 Russia-bought ads, which Facebook will soon turn over to Congress, promoted Black Lives Matter and specifically targeted audiences in Ferguson, Missouri, and Baltimore, CNN reported on Wednesday.
The Black Lives Matter ad appeared on Facebook at some point in late 2015 or early 2016, the sources said. The sources said it appears the ad was meant to appear both as supporting Black Lives Matter but also could be seen as portraying the group as threatening to some residents of Baltimore and Ferguson..."
History for September 29
History for September 29 - On-This-Day.com
Miguel de Cervantes 1547, Horatio Nelson (England) 1758, Gene Autry 1907
Jerry Lee Lewis 1935 - Musician, Madeline Kahn 1942, Lech Walesa 1943
1829 - The first public appearance by London's re-organized police force was met with jeers from political opponents. The force became known as Scotland Yard.
1953 - "Make Room for Daddy" premiered on ABC-TV.
1960 - "My Three Sons" debuted on ABC-TV.
1982 - In Chicago, IL, seven people died after taking capsules of Extra-Strength Tylenol that had been laced with cyanide. 264,000 bottles were recalled.
1983 - "A Chorus Line" with performance number 3,389 became the longest running show on Broadway.
1984 - Elizabeth Taylor was voted to be the world's most beautiful woman in a Louis Harris poll. Taylor was at the time in the Betty Ford Clinic overcoming a weight problem.
1990 - "Millie's Book" by First Lady Barbara Bush was the best-selling non-fiction book in the U.S.
2008 - The Dow Industrial Average lost 777 points. It was the largest one-day decline to date. The drop came after the U.S. House of Representatives had voted down a $700 billion bank bailout plan.
Thursday, September 28, 2017
78 Obama appointees 'burrowed' into career jobs, watchdog finds - Washington Times
78 Obama appointees 'burrowed' into career jobs, watchdog finds - Washington Times:
"A government watchdog found that 78 political appointees of President Barack Obama managed to “burrow” into career government jobs over a six-year period.
A Government Accountability Office report obtained by The Washington Times Wednesday shows that seven of Mr. Obama’s political appointees switched to career jobs without obtaining necessary approval from the Office of Personnel Management. Of those, four were later denied the jobs by OPM and three left their posts."
"A government watchdog found that 78 political appointees of President Barack Obama managed to “burrow” into career government jobs over a six-year period.
A Government Accountability Office report obtained by The Washington Times Wednesday shows that seven of Mr. Obama’s political appointees switched to career jobs without obtaining necessary approval from the Office of Personnel Management. Of those, four were later denied the jobs by OPM and three left their posts."
George Washington University committee will explore renaming ‘problematic’ campus buildings - The College Fix
George Washington University committee will explore renaming ‘problematic’ campus buildings - The College Fix:
"Student committee will consider whether buildings are named after ‘bigoted or discriminatory’ individuals
A new committee at an elite Washington, D.C. university will explore the possibility of changing “problematic” building names.
Amid a flurry of iconoclasm aimed at Civil War and other early American symbols, students at George Washington University are forming a committee to examine the backgrounds of people for whom buildings on campus are named in order to determine “if individuals with bigoted or discriminatory views are being honored on campus,” The GW Hatchet reports.
...Earlier this year, Yale University renamed its Calhoun College due to its namesake’s slave-owning past.
In January, meanwhile, the University of Michigan rolled out “a process to rename buildings” named after those who “supported slavery or discrimination.”"
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"Student committee will consider whether buildings are named after ‘bigoted or discriminatory’ individualsA new committee at an elite Washington, D.C. university will explore the possibility of changing “problematic” building names.
Amid a flurry of iconoclasm aimed at Civil War and other early American symbols, students at George Washington University are forming a committee to examine the backgrounds of people for whom buildings on campus are named in order to determine “if individuals with bigoted or discriminatory views are being honored on campus,” The GW Hatchet reports.
...Earlier this year, Yale University renamed its Calhoun College due to its namesake’s slave-owning past.
In January, meanwhile, the University of Michigan rolled out “a process to rename buildings” named after those who “supported slavery or discrimination.”"
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Swedish class photo creates reactions in Norway
Swedish class photo creates reactions in Norway:
"A Swedish primary school class photo that has been spread on social media, generates strong reactions - in Norway.
The picture, showing a single ethnic Swedish girl surrounded by non-ethnic Swedish children, some with with hijab, and a blonde teacher, was published in the alternative Norwegian news outlet "Ekte Nyheter," with the inscription "A picture says more than a thousand words".
On social media many Norwegians have commented and many are also concerned about this development coming to Norway.
"What is happening to Sweden?
this also come to Norway in a few years?"
But the fact is that this is already happening in Norwegian cities, especially in the Norwegian capital of Oslo, where a large number of schools (52 out of 132) now have a majority of immigrant students, as reported here.
- We are in the process of replacing the population, said Per-Willy Amundsen, who is now Minister of Justice, in 2014, when figures from Statistics Norway showed that the Norwegians will be a minority in Norway by 2050.
If you want a glimpse of the future, look at the primary schools."
"A Swedish primary school class photo that has been spread on social media, generates strong reactions - in Norway.
The picture, showing a single ethnic Swedish girl surrounded by non-ethnic Swedish children, some with with hijab, and a blonde teacher, was published in the alternative Norwegian news outlet "Ekte Nyheter," with the inscription "A picture says more than a thousand words".
On social media many Norwegians have commented and many are also concerned about this development coming to Norway."What is happening to Sweden?
this also come to Norway in a few years?"
But the fact is that this is already happening in Norwegian cities, especially in the Norwegian capital of Oslo, where a large number of schools (52 out of 132) now have a majority of immigrant students, as reported here.
- We are in the process of replacing the population, said Per-Willy Amundsen, who is now Minister of Justice, in 2014, when figures from Statistics Norway showed that the Norwegians will be a minority in Norway by 2050.
If you want a glimpse of the future, look at the primary schools."
NFL Sunday Down Double-Digits AGAIN As Americans Say NO To Anti-American/Anti-Police Protests - DCWhispers.com
NFL Sunday Down Double-Digits AGAIN As Americans Say NO To Anti-American/Anti-Police Protests - DCWhispers.com:
"The NFL penalizes and fines players for celebrations in the endzone, taunting, arguing with officials, illegal hits, etc., and yet has actually promoted the anti-flag/anti-America protests by a number of its players."
"The NFL penalizes and fines players for celebrations in the endzone, taunting, arguing with officials, illegal hits, etc., and yet has actually promoted the anti-flag/anti-America protests by a number of its players."All Russian Roads Lead to DNC: Russian Purchased Facebook Ads Promoted Hillary Clinton and Black Lives Matter
All Russian Roads Lead to DNC: Russian Purchased Facebook Ads Promoted Hillary Clinton and Black Lives Matter:
"Another Screaming Headline — Another Media Hoax
Will Mueller investigate this?
"Another Screaming Headline — Another Media Hoax
On September 6, 2017, liberal media elites believed they found the missing link between Donald Trump and the Putin regime.
A Russian firm linked to pro-Kremlin propaganda had advertised on Facebook during the election.
The company spent only $100,000 on the Facebook ads but liberals believed this was enough to flip the election to Trump..."
...Sept 25 WaPo article: “Ads highlighted support for Democrat Hillary Clinton.” All Russian roads lead to DNC. Will Mueller investigate this?
Georgetown Law Profs Take A Knee To Protest Jeff Sessions' Appearance On Campus To Discuss Free Speech
TaxProf Blog:
"Huffington Post, Georgetown Law Faculty Take A Knee To Protest Jeff Sessions’ Campus Visit:
In what may be a first, a style of protest that started in the NFL has spread directly to ... Georgetown Law.
Faculty members at the prestigious law school took a knee Tuesday morning in dissent of a visit by Attorney General Jeff Sessions, who was on campus to “give remarks about free speech.”
Professors at the school have vociferously opposed the visit by Sessions.
In an open letter published ahead of the event, signed by around a third of the law school’s faculty, professors lambasted it as “hypocritical” and “troubling.”
"Huffington Post, Georgetown Law Faculty Take A Knee To Protest Jeff Sessions’ Campus Visit:
In what may be a first, a style of protest that started in the NFL has spread directly to ... Georgetown Law.
Faculty members at the prestigious law school took a knee Tuesday morning in dissent of a visit by Attorney General Jeff Sessions, who was on campus to “give remarks about free speech.”
Professors at the school have vociferously opposed the visit by Sessions.
In an open letter published ahead of the event, signed by around a third of the law school’s faculty, professors lambasted it as “hypocritical” and “troubling.”
Jeff Sessions: Justice Dept. will defend free speech on college campuses - Washington Times
Jeff Sessions: Justice Dept. will defend free speech on college campuses - Washington Times:
"The Justice Department is thrusting itself into the raging debate about free speech on college campuses, filing a statement of interest Tuesday in a case challenging the establishment of “free speech zones” on the campus of a public university in Georgia."
"The Justice Department is thrusting itself into the raging debate about free speech on college campuses, filing a statement of interest Tuesday in a case challenging the establishment of “free speech zones” on the campus of a public university in Georgia."
Westerners: Guilty of Reading the News
Westerners: Guilty of Reading the News:
"...What is more ridiculous still is the idea -- consistent from a range of opinion polls over recent years -- that the British people, like those across Europe and America, are in the grip of some profoundly irrational mania.
...The central conceit of a poll such as this, however, is, of course, to present the whole issue of terrorism as a misunderstanding by the general public.
The issue is not just the four Islamist attacks in the UK so far this year...
The issue is not the appearance of a Libyan suicide bomber at a pop concert in Manchester in May, or the young men of Pakistani origin who rampaged across London Bridge and into Borough Market in June, while they slit the throats of passers-by and shouted, "This is for Allah".
...The question they seem to wish to get to the root of is: Why the British people might have bigoted and unpleasant attitudes?..."
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- If the public are asked whether Arabs should be profiled for security reasons, why should it be surprising if a very slight majority of the public think they should be? A large number of terrorist incidents have occurred in the Arab and Western world in recent years.
- If, at some point, large numbers of, say, Czechs, Poles and Hungarians had started to export terrorism across the planet, a majority of the public in a country such as Britain might be relied on to call for increased security checks on people of Eastern European origin. In the meantime, the public would appear to be guilty of nothing other than reading the news.
- Few newspaper commentaries bothered to wonder whether the people who had decapitated a soldier on the streets of London might not be responsible for the negative sentiments that followed. For Arab News, any such explanation would be an impossibility.
"...What is more ridiculous still is the idea -- consistent from a range of opinion polls over recent years -- that the British people, like those across Europe and America, are in the grip of some profoundly irrational mania....The central conceit of a poll such as this, however, is, of course, to present the whole issue of terrorism as a misunderstanding by the general public.
The issue is not just the four Islamist attacks in the UK so far this year...
The issue is not the appearance of a Libyan suicide bomber at a pop concert in Manchester in May, or the young men of Pakistani origin who rampaged across London Bridge and into Borough Market in June, while they slit the throats of passers-by and shouted, "This is for Allah".
...The question they seem to wish to get to the root of is: Why the British people might have bigoted and unpleasant attitudes?..."
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Media Ignore Mass Shooting In Tennessee Because It Doesn't Fit Their Leftist Narrative | Daily Wire
"The media, eager to bury the story of the mass shooting at a church in Tennessee on Sunday in which a Sudanese immigrant, who is black, murdered a white mother of two and wounded six other people, including the pastor, has totally ignored the incident, conveniently using the NFL/ Trump controversy as grist for its mill.
Emanuel Kidega Samson, from Sudan, first murdered Melanie Smith, 39, in the parking lot, then entered Burnette Chapel Church of Christ and started shooting.
Engle then retrieved his firearm from his car and stood guard over Samson until police arrived.
Matt Walsh, in a powerful column at The Blaze, pointed out:
"Maybe you read about this story on page 14 of the newspaper.
Matt Walsh, in a powerful column at The Blaze, pointed out:
"Maybe you read about this story on page 14 of the newspaper.
I’m not exaggerating, either.
The New York Times put this mass shooting on page 14...
- The church shooting does no favors to the liberal narrative, so it must be ignored.
- The shooter was black.
- He’s a Sudanese immigrant.
- He killed a white woman.
- He was stopped by a good guy with a gun.
If the races were switched and you removed the pesky pro-Second Amendment element of the story, perhaps it may have fighting chance to compete with choreographed protests in professional sports for airtime..."
Must read!-----Be skeptical of Ken Burns’ ‘The Vietnam War’ - The Citizen
Be skeptical of Ken Burns’ ‘The Vietnam War’ - The Citizen
"...For many years I have been presenting to high school classes a 90-minute session titled “The Myths and Truths of the Vietnam War.”
One of my opening comments is, “The truth about Vietnam is bad enough without twisting it all out of shape with myths, half-truths and outright lies from the anti-war left.”
...Part of my presentation is showing them four iconic photos from Vietnam, aired publicly around the world countless times to portray America’s evil involvement in Vietnam.
I tell the students “the rest of the story” excluded by the news media about each photo, then ask, “Wouldn’t you want the whole story before you decide for yourself what to think?”
Our dishonorable enemy negotiated a cease-fire for that holiday, then on that holiday attacked in about 100 places all over the country.
Here’s what I tell students about the execution in the photo.
“Before you decide what to think, here’s what the news media never told us.
This enemy soldier had just been caught after he murdered a Saigon police officer, the officer’s wife, and the officer’s six children.
The man pulling the trigger was Nguyen Ngoc Loan, South Vietnam’s Chief of National Police.
His actions were supported by South Vietnamese law, and by the Geneva Convention since the captured killer was an un-uniformed illegal combatant.
Now, you might still be disgusted by the summary execution, but wouldn’t you want all the facts before you decide what to think?”
Each one had only the half of the story told by news media during the war, the half that supported the anti-war narrative..."
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"...For many years I have been presenting to high school classes a 90-minute session titled “The Myths and Truths of the Vietnam War.”
One of my opening comments is, “The truth about Vietnam is bad enough without twisting it all out of shape with myths, half-truths and outright lies from the anti-war left.”
...Part of my presentation is showing them four iconic photos from Vietnam, aired publicly around the world countless times to portray America’s evil involvement in Vietnam.
I tell the students “the rest of the story” excluded by the news media about each photo, then ask, “Wouldn’t you want the whole story before you decide for yourself what to think?”
- One of those photos is the summary execution of a Viet Cong soldier in Saigon, capital city of South Vietnam, during the battles of the Tet Offensive in 1968.
Here’s what I tell students about the execution in the photo.
“Before you decide what to think, here’s what the news media never told us.
This enemy soldier had just been caught after he murdered a Saigon police officer, the officer’s wife, and the officer’s six children.
The man pulling the trigger was Nguyen Ngoc Loan, South Vietnam’s Chief of National Police.
His actions were supported by South Vietnamese law, and by the Geneva Convention since the captured killer was an un-uniformed illegal combatant.
Now, you might still be disgusted by the summary execution, but wouldn’t you want all the facts before you decide what to think?”
- The other one-sided stories about iconic photos I use are a 9-year-old girl named Kim Phuc, running down a road after her clothes were burned off by a napalm bomb, a lady kneeling by the body of a student at Kent State University, and a helicopter on top of a building with too many evacuees trying to climb aboard.
Each one had only the half of the story told by news media during the war, the half that supported the anti-war narrative..."
Read it all!
Trump border wall construction begins - Washington Times
Trump border wall construction begins - Washington Times:
"Homeland Security said it began construction Tuesday on the prototypes for President Trump’s new border wall.
In a short notice, U.S. Customs and Border Protection said the building began in San Diego on eight prototypes, which had been awarded over the summer.
Four of the prototypes are concrete walls and four are nonconcrete designs, all selected from dozens of proposals submitted by contractors earlier this year."
In a short notice, U.S. Customs and Border Protection said the building began in San Diego on eight prototypes, which had been awarded over the summer.
Four of the prototypes are concrete walls and four are nonconcrete designs, all selected from dozens of proposals submitted by contractors earlier this year."
Lingerie Football League Responds to NFL: 'We Stand!'
"The all-woman league formerly known as the Lingerie Football League announced this week its belief that America's flag and national anthem are "far too sacred" to protest.
The league, recently rebranded as the Legends Football League, said in a Tuesday statement that its players would not be taking a knee during the national anthem as many of their male counterparts in the NFL have done.
"The LFL recognizes everyone's First Amendment right to protest, but our nation's flag and anthem are far too sacred," the league said.
"Too many fellow Americans have made the ultimate sacrifice, so that our flag and anthem continue in all its majesty..."
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