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Economist traces height trend as indicator of nation's success
Post Date: 2008-06-04 13:45:39 by Tauzero
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Economist traces height trend as indicator of nation's success By Tom Hundley - Chicago Tribune CHICAGO --When John Komlos wants to take the measure of a nation's economic well-being, he doesn't check its gross domestic product or consumer price index. He ignores its average household income and unemployment figures. Instead, Komlos takes a look at how tall its people have grown. "Height is a very good overall indicator of how well the human organism thrives in its socioeconomic environment," he explained. Komlos, a professor in the economics department at the University of Munich, Germany, has dedicated his professional life to the study of anthropometric history ...
Mexicon Bail Out
Post Date: 2008-06-03 23:20:13 by X-15
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I was laughing and saying "Shoot!! SHOOT!!!!" at the same time...
Germany Faces Dairy Shortages as Farmers' Protests Escalate
Post Date: 2008-06-03 22:32:14 by DeaconBenjamin
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Germany's supermarkets are facing imminent shortages of dairy products as farmers blockade dairies and refuse to sell them milk. Farmers insist they will keep up their protests until retailers agree to pay higher prices. The refrigerators in Germany's supermarkets could soon be looking very bare. Germany is facing an imminent shortage of milk and other dairy products as bitter protests by the country's farmers start to take their toll. Dairy farmers angry over low milk prices have been protesting across Germany since Tuesday of last week. Farmers have stopped supplies to dairies and have blockaded dairies across Germany with tractors and other vehicles. Over 20 of ...
Bob Barr, Born-Again Libertarian, Backsliding On Mass Immigration
Post Date: 2008-06-02 20:31:27 by buckeye
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VDARE.COM - http://www.vdare.com/epstein/080519_barr.htm May 19, 2008Bob Barr, Born-Again Libertarian, Backsliding On Mass Immigration By Marcus EpsteinFormer congressman Bob Barr (R.-Georgia) announced last week that he would seek the Libertarian Party nomination for president. With Republican nominee-presumptive John McCain absolutely the last choice for most conservatives, and the "lesser-of-two-evils" argument wearing very thin after eight years of Bush betrayal, the 2008 election provides an excellent opportunity for a conservative third party candidate. The Constitution Party has already nominated Rev. Chuck Baldwin (a former VDARE.COM columnist!) But Barr could be ...
Surgeon: one in three A&E patients in London has been knifed
Post Date: 2008-05-30 23:37:23 by Horse
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Knife violence in London is now running as high as gun warfare in some US cities, it is claimed today. One of Britain's leading trauma surgeons has told how one in three of his Accident & Emergency patients is now a stabbing victim. Karim Brohi, a consultant surgeon at the Royal London Hospital, said the proportion of injuries from knives and guns was now on a level with - if not greater than - cities such as Los Angeles or Chicago. He described how, on occasions, the wards in his hospital resembled "a war zone" with some patients being treated for their second or third knife wound. And - in a letter to the Evening Standard - Mr Brohi, along with two senior trauma ...
Fort Worth teens plead guilty to running prostitution ring
Post Date: 2008-05-30 16:10:07 by Tauzero
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May 29, 2008, 11:43PM Fort Worth teens plead guilty to running prostitution ring FORT WORTH, Texas — Three teenage gang members accused of forcing girls as young as 12 into prostitution each pleaded guilty Thursday to one count of compelling prostitution. The boys — two are 17 and one is 16 — will be released no later than their 19th birthdays, according to the plea agreement. Prosecutors dropped other charges, including human trafficking, in exchange for their guilty pleas, the Fort Worth Star-Telegram reported on its Web site Thursday. Charges against others involved in the ring are pending in adult court. Several teens were arrested after police discovered the ...
Federal judge strikes down Dallas suburb's ban on renting homes to illegal immigrants
Post Date: 2008-05-29 20:34:57 by Jethro Tull
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Texas town's immigrant-renting rule is struck down Thursday May 29, 8:38 am ET By Anabelle Garay, Associated Press Writer FARMERS BRANCH, Texas (AP) -- A Dallas suburb's ban on apartment rentals to illegal immigrants, an ordinance passed by city leaders and later endorsed in a vote by its residents, is unconstitutional, a federal judge found Wednesday. ADVERTISEMENT Only the federal government can regulate immigration, U.S. District Judge Sam A. Lindsay concluded in his decision. The city didn't defer to the federal government on the matter, violating the supremacy clause of the U.S. Constitution, which allows for the federal government to pre-empt local laws, ...
Border Agents Lured by the Other Side
Post Date: 2008-05-27 06:11:09 by Ada
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SAN DIEGO — The smuggler in the public service announcement sat handcuffed in prison garb, full of bravado and shrugging off the danger of bringing illegal immigrants across the border. Skip to next paragraph “Mexico: Crimes at the Border,” a documentary produced by Frontline/World in association with The New York Times, will be shown Tuesday on PBS at 9 p.m. in most areas. Raul Villarreal, a United States Border Patrol agent at the time, in a Mexican advertisement against smuggling. He is now wanted on suspicion of helping smugglers. “Sometimes they die in the desert, or the cars crash, or they drown,” he said. “But it’s not my fault.” The ...
OPEN BORDERS PROVE "WAR ON TERROR" IS SUPERFICIAL (Chuck Baldwin)
Post Date: 2008-05-24 14:03:44 by christine
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The American people were led to believe that America's fine men and women in uniform were sent halfway around the world to Iraq and Afghanistan to fight a "war on terror." Of course, everyone now knows that Saddam Hussein had nothing to do with the attacks on September 11, 2001. I am sure that most everyone also remembers that the vast majority of the terrorists who participated in those attacks were from Saudi Arabia, not Iraq. Yet, Saudi leaders continue to enjoy the coziest of relationships--and, dare I say, friendships--with President George W. Bush. Does anyone besides me remember when Bush said that countries had to decide whether they would be friends with either ...
270 Illegal Immigrants Sent to Prison in Federal Push
Post Date: 2008-05-24 10:22:08 by DeaconBenjamin
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WATERLOO, Iowa — In temporary courtrooms at a fairgrounds here, 270 illegal immigrants were sentenced this week to five months in prison for working at a meatpacking plant with false documents. The prosecutions, which ended Friday, signal a sharp escalation in the Bush administration’s crackdown on illegal workers, with prosecutors bringing tough federal criminal charges against most of the immigrants arrested in a May 12 raid. Until now, unauthorized workers have generally been detained by immigration officials for civil violations and rapidly deported. The convicted immigrants were among 389 workers detained at the Agriprocessors Inc. plant in nearby Postville in a raid that ...
Rodeo rejects mediation request over minorities (Houston)
Post Date: 2008-05-23 21:38:16 by X-15
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The Houston rodeo has rejected a U.S. Justice Department offer to mediate disputes with minority groups who say it needs more minorities in high-ranking positions, doesn't give scholarships to noncitizens in the country legally and has stopped featuring Tejano performers on its main stages. The Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo does not believe mediation is needed because it promotes diversity and does not engage in discrimination, said chief operating officer Leroy Shafer. "At this point, we see no need to have a Justice Department mediator involved in this," he said. "We've heard (the minority groups') issues. We think they are all pointless." Johnny Mata ...
Mexico homicides jump 47 percent
Post Date: 2008-05-23 19:57:37 by Jethro Tull
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MEXICO CITY - Homicides related to organized crime jumped 47 percent in 2008, Mexico's attorney general said Friday in a rare confirmation of how bad violence has become. Attorney General Eduardo Medina Mora told Radio Formula that 1,378 people have been killed so far this year, compared with 940 in the same period last year. The statistic reflected what many in Mexico already knew: Drug-related killings have soared in recent months. But the details were the first official snapshot on the rise in killings. The Mexican government has been reluctant to release homicide statistics, leaving the public to rely on informal tallies by the news media. Medina Mora said many of the recent ...
Obama: Rush Limbaugh, Lou Dobbs Feed 'Xenophobia, Hate Crimes'
Post Date: 2008-05-23 17:56:01 by Peppa
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Michael Bender of the Palm Beach Post reported from a Barack Obama fundraiser at a local hotel where Obama railed against opponents of illegal immigration on radio and TV: "A certain segment has basically been feeding a kind of xenophobia. There's a reason why hate crimes against Hispanic people doubled last year,'' Obama said. "If you have people like Lou Dobbs and Rush Limbaugh ginning things up, it's not surprising that would happen." The Post noted that Obama also dismissed the notion that he would have a difficult time wooing Hispanic voters that Sen. Hillary Clinton and Republican Sen. John McCain have claimed as their own. "I'm confident ...
Shamnesty John McCain is back in full force: No, he never “got the message”
Post Date: 2008-05-23 17:15:23 by farmfriend
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Shamnesty John McCain is back in full force: No, he never “got the message” By Michelle Malkin • May 22, 2008 07:23 PM First, my friends, a reminder of what was printed right here on January 23, 2008: After spearheading a disastrous, security-undermining illegal alien amnesty bill last year with Teddy Kennedy, “straight-talking” GOP Sen. John McCain claims he has seen the light. In TV appearances, he vows to put immigration enforcement first. On the campaign trail, he offers a perfunctory promise to strengthen border security and emphasizes the need to restore Americans’ trust in their government’s ability to defend the homeland. “I got the ...
Democrats Unaware of US Warning About Border Violence
Post Date: 2008-05-23 11:56:03 by mirage
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(CNSNews.com) - Three Democratic lawmakers who spoke Wednesday about alleged anti-immigrant coverage by conservative media outlets were not aware of a recent State Department travel alert warning Americans about military-like "combat" along the southern U.S. border in Mexico, where Americans are being kidnapped and murdered. "The situation in northern Mexico remains very fluid; the location and timing of future armed engagements there cannot be predicted," said the State Department alert. "Armed robberies and carjackings, apparently unconnected to the narcotics-related violence, have increased in Tijuana and Ciudad Juarez. Dozens of U.S. citizens were kidnapped ...
'tube - Illegal gang member kills HS football star
Post Date: 2008-05-22 19:45:25 by Jethro Tull
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Poster Comment:California...the land of the loony left. Just annex the place to Mexico and be done with it.
Hispanics Sue Over English-Only Rule at Catholic School
Post Date: 2008-05-22 14:06:21 by X-15
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WICHITA, Kan. — Four Hispanic families are suing St. Anne's Catholic School over a policy that requires students to speak English at all times while at school. The lawsuit, filed Monday, calls for an end to the policy and asks for an order barring similar policies at other diocese schools. It seeks the return of one student to the school who was allegedly kicked out for refusing to sign the "English only" pledge. And it asks for court costs and unspecified damages for discrimination and emotional suffering. "Language is an essential characteristic of one's national origin," according to the complaint filed in the case. "The ban on Spanish at St. ...
Hispanic lawmakers upset with Democrats
Post Date: 2008-05-22 14:03:11 by X-15
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WASHINGTON -- Rep. Joe Baca, chairman of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus, is steamed. Latinos have become a political "punching bag" this year, the California Democrat complained recently, attacked by "the misinformed" and "the misguided." Baca and other Latino lawmakers on Capitol Hill are angry at their fellow Democrats -- and they say they're not going to take it anymore. They've held a news conference on the steps of a House office building to denounce their leadership's willingness to cater to immigration critics by holding hearings on enforcement measures proposed by endangered Democratic moderates. They've threatened to block ...
Pastor sentenced in illegal immigrant visa scheme
Post Date: 2008-05-22 13:42:24 by X-15
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A Kennesaw pastor was sentenced to nine years in prison Tuesday for her part in a profitable multi-state scheme to encourage illegal immigrants to file untruthful visa applications. The Rev. Emma Gerald, 56, was convicted in December of helping mostly Brazilian immigrants in Cobb County, Florida and other states file applications for temporary residency, work permits, and travel permits. hearing Tuesday in Atlanta at the U.S. Federal District Court for the Northern District of Georgia. Gerald said she "didn't think it was wrong," when she charged illegal immigrants hundreds of dollars to fill out untruthful applications. Prosecutors had argued for a 14-year sentence, ...
Immigration: Politcally Correct Scam Job
Post Date: 2008-05-21 10:10:50 by christine
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When you talk to American citizens rather than politically correct editors, publishers, TV producers and talk show hosts, you get to the heart of the matter. As illegal alien migration and mass legal immigration rage into this country like a “Human Katrina”, every American citizen pays financially. Other costs include cultural destruction, linguistic chaos, educational breakdown, incarceration and medical consequences. From the heartland in Indiana, Jackie Murray gave several observations that stick in the reader’s craw. He said, “Immigration policies have changed for the worse since the 1960s. Prior to "diversity" being next to Godliness, we imported an ...
US Warns Tourists of 'Small-Unit Combat' at Mexico Border
Post Date: 2008-05-19 06:39:08 by PSUSA
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CNSNews.com Senior Staff Writer May 16, 2008 (CNSNews.com) - The U.S. State Department has issued an alert, warning travelers that the "equivalent to military small-unit combat" is taking place across the southern U.S. border in Mexico and that Americans are being kidnapped and murdered there. "Recent Mexican army and police force conflicts with heavily-armed narcotics cartels have escalated to levels equivalent to military small-unit combat and have included use of machine guns and fragmentation grenades," said the State Department alert. "Confrontations have taken place in numerous towns and cities in northern Mexico, including Tijuana in the Mexican state of ...
Immigration Raid Jars a Small Town Critics Say Employers Should Be Targeted
Post Date: 2008-05-18 12:57:36 by Horse
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POSTVILLE, Iowa -- Antonio Escobedo ran to get his wife Monday when he saw a helicopter circling overhead and immigration agents approaching the meatpacking plant where they both work. The couple hid for hours inside the plant before obtaining refuge in the pews and hall at St. Bridget's Catholic Church, where hundreds of other Guatemalan and Mexican families gathered, hoping to avoid arrest. "I like my job. I like my work. I like it here in Iowa," said Escobedo, 38, an illegal immigrant from Yescas, Mexico, who has raised his three children for 11 years in Postville. "Are they mad because I'm working?" Monday's raid on the Agriprocessors plant, in which ...
ILLEGALS FROM 'SPECIAL INTEREST COUNTRIES' FLOCKING TO NEW MEXICO
Post Date: 2008-05-16 13:12:05 by christine
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Two news articles recently appeared in their respective newspapers. Both articles deal with the same news story but the difference in the way that the stories were written is significant. The first article makes it clear that the aliens who attempted to procure driver's licenses through fraud were from so-called "special interest countries," that is to say, countries that are linked to terrorism. The second article describes these aliens as coming from "New Jersey!" I know that New Jersey may seem to be an unusual state for folks from other parts of the country, but in point of fact, New Jersey is, in fact one of our nation's 50 states. The illegal aliens did, ...
Gypsy shanty towns burn in Naples as Italian police swoop on illegal immigrants
Post Date: 2008-05-15 21:39:43 by X-15
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Italian police began a nationwide round-up of nearly 400 illegal immigrants from the Balkans and North Africa yesterday in the midst of a series of arson attacks on Roma gypsy camps in the suburbs of Naples. The first step in a drive on crime promised by the new centre-right government of Silvio Berlusconi targeted temporary encampments on the outskirts of cities from Naples to northern Italy. Some 118 people held in the operation were ordered to be expelled immediately for offences ranging from drug dealing and robbery to prostitution. But in Naples local people have anticipated the new policy, taking the law into their own hands. This week’s assaults on Roma shanty towns by scores ...
Hundreds face expulsion from Italy as police swoop on illegal immigrants
Post Date: 2008-05-15 13:19:39 by FOH
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Xenophobia: The camp blazes after baby kidnap allegations against a Roma girl Italian police arrested hundreds of suspected illegal immigrants today in a sign of the new right-wing government's determination to clamp down. Some of those held in the operation, which stretched from northern Italy to the Campania region around Naples, were ordered to be immediately expelled. It comes as illegal Roma camps in Naples had to be evacuated by police after local people, angry at an alleged baby-snatching incident involving a 17-year-old Roma girl, set fire to their shacks repeatedly during the night. The police action and the arson attack both follow Silvio Berlusconi's return to power ...
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