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On Global Accessibility Awareness Day, the Press is delighted to share an article from Khadija Raza about her recent work experience at the Press:
I am a student in my final year, studying politics at Royal Holloway, University of London. I'm also visually impaired. During this Easter break, I was given the opportunity to complete a week's work experience with the Cambridge Core team at Cambridge University Press.
As a person who is blind, I found the working world to be very intimidating due to the disheartening employment prospects for people with disabilities. Additionally, similar to many university students, I was unsure as to what job role I wanted to pursue. I find that when it comes to employment, students have a limited understanding of what their potential career will entail from a 9 – 5 perspective. I therefore became very intrigued with Cambridge University Press, mainly due to the vast range of job roles that resided within one organisation. I hoped that completing work experience with the Press would allow me to gain both confidence and a better understanding of the working world, whilst providing me a greater sense of direction career-wise.
Through the Press's Disability and Neurodiversity Network, I was able to get in contact with the Head of Community Engagement who circulated my CV to various teams in the organization. This led to an opportunity to work with a technology developer for Cambridge Core, whom I helped improve the accessibility of the platform for people with visual impairments. I was very excited to be working in a role that was focused on accessibility as this coincided with the research for my undergraduate dissertation, which addressed accessibility of information for people with visual impairments.
I was made to feel welcome before the work experience placement even began, as I was sent an email with introductions, questions and information. When I came to the office, everyone was very friendly and welcoming. I was given a tour of the building and the museum, which helped with both my interior orientation of the building and gave me an appreciation for the history of the organisation.
I wanted to understand a range of job roles, so my manager arranged for me to meet with multiple people from a wide variety of professions at the Press. This spanned from Scrum Master to customer experience, technology developers to quality assurance, and community engagement to communications. This was interesting as it provided me with a great insight into the internal organisation of such a large company and introduced me to careers that, up to this point, I didn't know existed. I was also able to meet people who were taking part in the Graduate Training Scheme. I learned a lot from these meetings and, as it turns out, they gained a great deal from speaking with me. Many employees were interested in my perspective and experiences as a consumer who belonged to a demographic that, until very recently, had been overlooked.
During this time, I was also working on my own project. This was to give a presentation on how people with visual impairments access and experience technology. I delivered this presentation at the end of my week with the Press. It was a brilliant way to finish my time with the Press as I had become familiar and friendly with the team. The team was very responsive and engaged in the material I covered and made it clear that it was extremely helpful for them to immerse themselves in a disabled person's interaction with their products.
Overall, I had an amazing week at the Press. My short time was truly utilised to its full capacity and I learned so much about how pleasant a workplace can be. It has made me realise that after I graduate, I would really like to work within an office environment. I gained a lot more confidence in my own abilities and know that the people I worked with fully embrace the idea that people with disabilities can carry out tasks to the same high standard as their abled-bodied peers. The team also made me feel invaluable for providing a hugely beneficial outlook and set of skills to their individual and team goals. I would finally like to thank everyone at the Press who spent time with me and made my experience so wonderful.
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Foods that spoil easily, such as meats, dairy, and seafood, must be prepared a certain way to avoid contaminating the people for whom they are prepared. As such, the rule of thumb is that cold foods (such as dairy products) should be kept cold and hot foods (such as soup) should be kept hot until storage. Cold meats, such as chicken, that are to be cooked should not be placed at room temperature for thawing, at the risk of dangerous bacterial growth, such as Salmonella or E. coli.[139]
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Being vegan doesn't have to mean missing out. These dishes, ranging from dinner-worthy entrées to mouth-watering desserts, show that a plant-based diet can be easy and delicious. For those who follow a vegan diet, which means no animal products of any kind including eggs, milk, cheese, yogurt, and other dairy products. We've focused on the widest interpretation of a vegan diet, so some of the recipes we've identified as vegan do include honey.
Along with changes in food, starting early in the 20th century, governments have issued nutrition guidelines, leading to the food pyramid[13] (introduced in Sweden in 1974). The 1916 "Food For Young Children" became the first USDA guide to give specific dietary guidelines. Updated in the 1920s, these guides gave shopping suggestions for different-sized families along with a Depression Era revision which included four cost levels. In 1943, the USDA created the "Basic Seven" chart to make sure that people got the recommended nutrients. It included the first-ever Recommended Daily Allowances from the National Academy of Sciences. In 1956, the "Essentials of an Adequate Diet" brought recommendations which cut the number of groups that American school children would learn about down to four. In 1979, a guide called "Food" addressed the link between too much of certain foods and chronic diseases, but added "fats, oils, and sweets" to the four basic food groups.
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Southern Bagatelle Rules
The following are the rules of a game called Southern Bagatelle Rules. The game is a variation of the game of bagatelle which is played in all over England.
Southern Bagatelle Billiard Equipment
The game in Southern England, most notably in Coventry and Bristol, is played upon tables are larger usually at 10 x 3 feet and feature two side pockets about three quarters of the way up on either side. There are seven white balls and two red balls. The two reds begin on spots situated on either side of the table just in front of the cups.
The cue balls are placed on the spot at the front of the table and then played up the table towards the cups. Before each stroke, the player must nominate the cup or pocket that he/she intends to aim at.
If a red ball is on the table, then the cue ball must strike a red ball and it must strike one before entering a cup or striking another ball.
Once both red balls are potted, each cue ball must strike another white ball.
If there are no un-potted balls on the table, then the cue ball must strike a cushion.
The forfeit for not following this regime is 5 points for the offending stroke and any balls potted during such a stroke are removed for the remainder of the turn. If a ball slides into an cup or pocket that was not nominated the score is forfeited to the opponent.
Pockets count for 10 points and reds count double. The game is first to 121.
If you have any questions about Southern Bagatelle Rules, please post them in the pool rules forum.
...or view existing Southern Bagatelle Rules questions in the forum.
Southern Bagatelle Rules History
Bagatelle, including southern Bagatelle rules have a rich history. The original game of bagatelle was and is a pub game of skill that is closely related to the games of Billiards, Pool and Snooker. A competition bagatelle table is of a similar form to a Billiards table, slate bed, cloth covered with cushions and measuring 6 - 10 feet long and 2 - 3 feet wide. The first major difference from a billiard table is that one end is rounded instead of square. The second diversion is that instead of pockets around the edge, the semicircular end features nine holes (in the manner of Bar Billiards), one in the middle of the semi circle and the rest surrounding it evenly in a ring. A variety of games can be played with it but all involve the players standing at the square end of the table and hitting the balls with a cue towards the holes at the other end. The origins of bagatelle are even less clear than most games of a similar history although, since the name is a French one, the most obvious guess is a French derivation. From 1770 to 1850, it seems that the bagatelle was just as popular as Billiards throughout England and Britain. To add to the mystery further, the French version of his catalogue refers to the game as "Billiards Anglais".... In the mid 19th century, bagatelle joined the long list of restricted and banned games when a Gaming Act decreed that there should be "no play on a public billiard table or bagatelle table from 1 am to 8 am and on Sundays, Christmas Day and Good Friday".
These days, the name bagatelle is far more likely to conjure up the image of the children's pastime wherein marbles or ball bearings are shot onto a board which features areas fenced in by nails hammered into its surface. Each container scores different points depending upon the likelihood of a ball finishing in it. An entertaining game, generally considered to be for children, the resemblance to the original pub game is not overwhelming. This smaller version began to appear in the late 19th century. The similarities are that the players shoot balls from the square end of the board towards the semi-circular end of the board with the objective of getting the balls to land in scoring holes and areas on the board surface. However, the whole board has been miniaturized to a table-top size. Presumably because aiming the balls was too difficult for youngsters, the balls are run up a channel on the right hand side instead of needing to be aimed. The targets are enlarged by virtue of surrounding nails. And the elements of skill have generally been almost replaced by that of luck. No points are scored if the balls roll right back down to the bottom edge of the board. Early boards all required the balls to be struck up the channel by a cue in the same way as for the adult game. Modern games usually feature a sprung plunger as an alternative or a replacement to the more traditional stick.
Of course, as many readers will have realized, the evolution of the game did not stop at here because children's bagatelle has two children of it's own - pinball and pachinko in all their myriad forms. Even though the success of these modern electronic forms has eclipsed the old games, most people will find the original games to be an experience just as rewarding....
The official Southern Bagatelle Rules are predominently observed in Southern England, Especially in Coventry and Bristol.
How to Play Southern Bagatelle
Title: Southern Bagatelle Rules
The Southern Bagatelle Rules article belongs to the Obstacle Billiards Rules category. Obstacle billiards is a class of billiard games that are played with various obstacles on the table.
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To begin with, what is the Commonwealth; and whose interests has it historically represented? Second, why does a militarist ruler like Yoweri Museveni mobilize resources to subsidize the comfort of the powerful and wealthy during the summit at a time when most citizens are yearning for human security and fundamental rights?
[Issue Of Principle]
In November, the British Commonwealth will hold its biannual meeting of Heads of State and Government, otherwise known as Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM), in Kampala, Uganda.
Ironically, the host president, Yoweri Museveni, has violated virtually all of the stated principles of the Commonwealth, the most important of which are the rule of law, human rights and democratic pluralism.
To host the summit, Ugandan president, Museveni, has devoted the meagre resources of the country to build hotels, buy custom-made vehicles, refurbish roads and hire hundreds of security personnel for the comfort of the dignitaries, while thousands of people languish in concentration camps and prisons and the country at large without health care, clean water, food and proper sanitation.
Three basic questions ought to be asked about CHOGM to raise awareness about the historical function and the practical usefulness of the Commonwealth to the great majority of Africans. A historical understanding of the Commonwealth might also serve an important purpose: arm us with the knowledge to help avoid some of the mistakes of the past.
To begin with, what is the Commonwealth; and whose interests has it historically represented? Second, why does a militarist ruler like Yoweri Museveni mobilize resources to subsidize the comfort of the powerful and wealthy during the summit at a time when most citizens are yearning for human security and fundamental rights? And third, what are some of the criteria used to choose a host country?
To answer the first question, we need to review the history of the Commonwealth. Its existence is mostly a legacy of British colonial imperialism. But because of changing circumstances, it has become a curious institution with chameleon modes of operation. Put plainly, although it might appear anachronistic, it has assumed its current form for pragmatic reasons to realize its objectives in changing circumstances.
The official website of the Commonwealth Secretariat publicizes that the Commonwealth is an association of 53 independent states consulting and cooperating in the common interests of their people. It further states that it works on the basis of principles and declarations.
The first fundamental statement of core values is the Declaration of Commonwealth Principles which was issued at the 1971 summit in Singapore. Among other things, it stresses the need to foster international peace and security; democracy; liberty of the individual and equal rights for all; the importance of eradicating poverty, ignorance and disease; and it opposes all forms of racial discrimination. The Singapore Declaration emphasizes commitment to the inalienable rights of citizens to participate by means of free and democratic political processes in framing the society in which they live.
In the 1991 Harare (Zimbabwe) Commonwealth Declaration, the principles adopted in Singapore were elaborated and explicitly linked to promoting sustainable development. And at the 2002 CHOGM in Australia, the Singapore principles were further amplified, to reaffirm shared commitment to democracy, the rule of law, good governance, freedom of expression and the promotion of human rights.
To what extent has the Commonwealth been guided by these principles? It is often one thing to state high-sounding principles and it is quite another to translate the principles into practical reality. Before evaluation is made of the extent to which the principles have been adhered to, it is appropriate to provide a historical backdrop to the present Commonwealth.
To understand how the British Commonwealth evolved and to appreciate its dynamic modus vivendi, an appreciation of history is a great asset. Professors Ronald Robinson and John Gallagher, two distinguished British scholars, show in their seminal work, Africa and the Victorians: Official Mind of Imperialism, that British approach to Africa was quite consistent for most of the nineteenth century. They conclude that the British establishment always preferred informal control when possible and opted for direct formal intervention only when necessary. By logical extension, the same approach predominated in twentieth century.
The triple abiding objectives of the modus vivendi were and are: to secure geo-strategic territories; to exploit and control trade; and to use the profits of trade to establish a financial hub of the world in London. All three have as their ultimate goal, the insurance of the welfare of British kin and kith.
In fact, the Imperial Commonwealth was originally instituted to achieve two principal and over-lapping objectives. These were: to foster the interests and unity of the British race; and to contain the growth of nationalism among colonized people. In the twentieth century, it first operated under the rubric of “Dominion”. Before the conclusion of World War II and the independence of the Indian subcontinent, its membership consisted of Britain, white South Africa, Australia, Canada and New Zealand.
However, in 1948, in the aftermath of the independence of India, Pakistan and Ceylon (Sri Lanka), the white club reluctantly admitted the so-called Asian Dominions. With non-white races in the club, the cozy and intimate nature of the meetings changed to ones characterized by politeness. By the mid-1960s, during the era of decolonization of African territories under British rule, Commonwealth meetings became more robust and rather annoying to the original club members.
Although the rules of interaction in the Commonwealth have changed from time to time, the central interests to be served have remained essentially the same. What should be understood and made clear is the distinction between means and ends. The means by which the British Empire was created was generally through demonstration of military might as right. It was sustained through socio-cultural engineering in which imperialism was marketed as benevolence; and the colonized were expected to aspire to acquire, imbibe, hold and promote its artifacts as indices of civilization.
The cultural aspects of the British Commonwealth have often been as perplexing as snares that are well constructed and placed strategically to capture prey. An integral politico-cultural aspect of the British Commonwealth, which the British media have marketed as merely symbolic, but in fact arguably the most potent in the arsenals to effect British ends, is the monarchy.
In the Commonwealth, the Queen, as the representative of the British monarchy, is regarded as the titular and unifying head of the club. In Africa as elsewhere in the world, the Queen is more often than not treated with reverence and curious adulation. Yet the Queen is more than simply a ceremonial head; she in fact serves a very vital purpose.
In order to gain some insights into the critical function the Queen serves in the Commonwealth, we might learn by analogy from an unlikely source who wrote about the role of the monarchy in the political set-up of Britain in late nineteenth century.
Walter Bagehot, an English journalist of aristocratic background, published in 1867 a book titled The English Constitution. In it, he examined closely how public business was in fact transacted, as distinguished from the way in which its transaction was officially described. He found out that in fact the monarchy together with the aristocracy in the House of Lords, with their mystique, provided an important dignified façade of constitutional rule in England. It was this dignified role of the monarchy, exhibited in theatrical pageantry, which dazzled the population into semi-filial identity with, mystical reverence of, and habit of obedience to, the ruling class.
Is the role of the Queen in the Commonwealth different from the one portrayed by Walter Bagehot? We should draw broad lessons from his instructive conclusions. In particular, we should appreciate the symbolic and “dignified” role of the Queen in the Commonwealth, which is to dazzle if not mystify the people. It is fair to summarize that the more things seem to change, the more they remain the same. Or rather, they remain the same under different guises.
Thus next month, during the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) in Kampala, it should be expected that the Queen will be entertained with pulsating African dances and the legendry African hospitality. She will likely also be treated more or less as a demi-goddess. While the people who dance and celebrate the occasion might temporarily forget their abject conditions of poverty and oppression under the militarist dictatorship, the business of the Commonwealth will be done efficiently by both visible and invisible hands, largely to foster powerful interests.
To be sure, a number of African elites will play their assigned role obediently in the well- choreographed drama. The president of Uganda, Yoweri Museveni, will give the cues and provide the lead and then bask in the glow of CHOGM, which he will most likely construe as international vote of confidence in his administration. This should be understandable, given his dismal record in the area of democratic pluralism and the rule of law at home. He needs to compensate for what he lacks internally, with external approval, complemented by the military.
From a rational perspective, therefore, the skewed priorities by President Museveni can be explained, though not endorsed. They are intended to win and assure external support from forces to which he has mortgaged the interests and future of the country. It is the external support, not the will of Ugandans, which has become the lifeblood of Museveni’s administration. The truth is that no country in Africa has received more foreign support, whether in terms of financial resources, diplomatic backing, or BBC propaganda, than Uganda under Yoweri Museveni. The quid pro quo formula between Museveni and the Old Dominion is as old as politics. Certainly, Museveni knows that he cannot alienate the forces that keep him in power. Thus he has accordingly shown more loyalty to his foreign backers than to Ugandans. They in turn have chosen to reward him for his fealty with the privilege to host the CHOGM.
The privilege is, however, dubious. For politically conscious Ugandans and progressive Africans, the CHOGM in Kampala is more or less a sore historical reminder of what happened during the Singapore CHOGM in 1971.
Although the principles adopted in Singapore are laudable and are supposed to anchor the Commonwealth, they are also emblematic of the hydra chameleon nature of the Commonwealth. This is so because while the Declaration was being adopted in 1971, the British government under Edward Heath was working to subvert the principles, by overthrowing through military means one of the Declaration’s champions and the democratically elected president of Uganda at the time, Milton Obote. In his place, agents of the British government and other foreign forces installed the military dictator, Idi Amin, whom they praised as a gentle giant and who set in train a reign of terror, which the Museveni regime learnt from and perfected.
Milton Obote was overthrown with the assistance of British agents because he asserted his independence and refused to be a conduit for British interests to the exclusion of the welfare of Africans. It was in Singapore that Milton Obote took the then British Prime Minister, Edward Heath, to task for the lack of robust action against Ian Smith’s contempt for the democratic rights of Africans in Zimbabwe, as legally symbolized in his Unilateral Declaration of Independence (UDI) in Zimbabwe, then Rhodesia, and for the British plan to sell arms to apartheid South Africa at a time when the Black majority were systematically denied fundamental rights.
It might seem confusing to the politically and historically naïve that Obote was overthrown for standing up for what were formally accepted as the principles of the Commonwealth. A reference to the Robinson and Gallagher thesis, cited above, should help solve what seems a puzzle. The truth is that the rhetorical principles of the Commonwealth, designed for public relations, have often been at variance with the action of the Commonwealth, which is still driven by the old idea of the British Dominion.
It was Obote’s challenge of Britain on issues of Pan-African significance that drew the ire of the “mother country”, which resulted in his ouster from power in Uganda. A half a decade before, the great champion of Pan-Africanism, Kwame Nkrumah, had been demonized and ousted from power for similar reasons and in a manner not different from the overthrow of Obote.
This leads to the third question posed above: what criteria are used to select a host country. It is apparent that symbolic geographical rotation is one criterion. Beyond this, it seems that an essential criterion is good standing with the Old Dominion rather than fidelity to the principles for which the Commonwealth is retailed to stand for. This is a conclusion arrived at from analysis of the practice of the Commonwealth. How else can Uganda hosting CHOGM in November be explained, when the current regime has violated practically all of the principles enunciated in Singapore, elaborated in Harare, Zimbabwe and amplified in Australia?
It must be remembered that the hosting of CHOGM by Uganda was confirmed in Malta about two years ago, at the very time when Museveni was showing total contempt for the rule of law and principles of democracy. In fact, during the period, Museveni did not only trump up charges and lock up the leading opposition leader in the country, Dr. Kizza Besigye, but also used his secret police to intimidate the judiciary. He also changed the constitution of the country to permit him to be in power virtually for life. Moreover, at the time, Transparency International Index showed that corruption among the ruling elites had reached epidemic proportions.
These were in addition to the fact that Museveni authorized Uganda’s military forces to invade, occupy and plunder the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) in blatant violation of the UN Charter, international humanitarian and human rights laws. Indeed, in December 2005, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) ruled against Uganda for contravention of Article 2(4) of the UN Charter and ordered it to pay damages of $6-10 billion to the DRC for illegal invasion of the DRC.
In light of Museveni’s record of violating the principles of the Commonwealth and the Charter of the United Nations, how should Africans construe the vote of confidence given him to host the CHOGM summit in Kampala? For most reasonable people, it must mean that the Commonwealth takes African welfare and interests as expendable; and that it uses the principles of the Organization simply for public relations.
All of these remind us that as CHOGM draws closer, it should be understood that the British Commonwealth is not simply a relic of history but also an institution that assumes many different guises to advance various interests. However, whatever view we might have about its historical role, the Commonwealth would be of practical relevance to African people if its operations are informed by rights-based principles to advance the causes of social justice, the rule of law, human rights and democratic pluralism.
As a general rule, the credibility and usefulness of the Commonwealth have often been severely undermined when ethical principles were or are compromised for the sake of raw power politics and strategic advantage. To redeem itself, the Commonwealth should learn from the African Union (AU), which twice denied the president of the Sudan the privilege to host the AU Summit because of the violations of human rights in the country.
The Commonwealth would therefore be better served by applying uniformly to all its members the principles adopted in Singapore, and refined in Harare and Australia.
A good beginning might be for CHOGM in November to demonstrate courage and speak up against the violations of its stated principles by the host president, Yoweri Museveni. Otherwise, what might seem like the Commonwealth’s penchant to make a mockery of its avowed principles should be taken as deliberate strategy to foster conditions and support individuals keen to keep Africans in permanent servitude.
Given the sacrifices Africans made and continue to make in the struggles to improve their lot by throwing off the yoke of formal imperialism, it is not unreasonable to demand for an organization that reflects the interests of the great majority of Africans and also responds to the aspirations for the enhancement of their human dignity and self-worth.
Black Star News columnist Professor Amii Omara-Otunnu is UNESCO Chair in Human Rights, Executive-Director of the UConn-ANC Partnership and Professor of History at the University of Connecticut, Storrs. His column appears bi-weekly online and in the newspaper.
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WestJet Prepares for Global Expansion
Airline welcomes three new senior leaders to the team
CALGARY, Jan. 11, 2018 /CNW/ - WestJet today announced three new vice-presidents will be joining the senior leadership team. Gandeephan Ganeshalingam joins as Vice-President, Lean and Continuous Improvement, Stuart McDonald as Vice-President and Chief Technology Officer and Scott Groh as Vice-President, Crew Resources.
"I am pleased to welcome Gandeephan, Stuart and Scott to the WestJet leadership team," said Gregg Saretsky, WestJet President and CEO. "As we continue on our path to becoming a global, full-service carrier, the additional bench strength provided by our newest leaders is key to this exciting initiative."
Gandeephan joins WestJet February 19, from GE Canada, where he most recently served as Chief Innovation Officer. There, he supported WestJet on several initiatives including an artificial intelligence project to improve dispatch reliability for WestJet's Boeing 767s. Prior to joining GE, Gandeephan led the Continuous Improvement (CI) team for Avery Dennison, a Fortune 500 manufacturing company. He was a key member of the leadership team that successfully introduced Lean and CI concepts across the organization. Gandeephan holds a P.Eng degree from the University of Waterloo and an MBA from the University of Toronto.
Stuart McDonald will be Vice-President and Chief Technology Officer when he starts with WestJet on January 29. With 25 years of global IT leadership experience, Stuart most recently served as Vice-President, Strategic Initiatives, and Vice-President, Employee Enablement at TD Bank. Prior to his time at TD, Stuart held leadership roles in the technology and telecom industries in Hong Kong and Australia, including two years with Cathay Pacific as Head of Enterprise Programs. Stuart holds an Honours Bachelor of Computer Science from University of Technology Sydney and will work with WestJet to build out the global technology footprint needed to meet the airline's expansion plans.
Scott Groh joined WestJet, January 3, in the role of Vice-President, Crew Resources. Scott most recently worked for Qatar Airways as Senior Vice-President, Crew Resources, Flight Operations. Scott also held the position of Vice-President, Crew Resources for Etihad Airways for nine years and has more than 30 years of experience in crew planning, and crew scheduling operations. Scott's experience with a complex fleet mix and schedule network involving more than 200 aircraft, 3,500 pilots, and 11,000 cabin crew members with full-service global airlines will help WestJet prepare for the challenges and opportunities of deploying its Boeing 787 Dreamliner fleet and global network plans. Scott is a graduate of Georgian College in the Aviation Management program.
Gandeephan will report to Gregg Saretsky, WestJet President and CEO. Stuart will report to Craig Maccubbin, WestJet Executive Vice-President and Chief Information Officer and Scott will report to Cam Kenyon, WestJet Executive Vice-President, Operations.
WestJet is proud to be named Best Airline in Canada and one of the best Low Cost Airlines in North America, based on authentic reviews from the travelling public on Trip Advisor, the world's largest travel site. We are one of very few airlines globally that does not commercially overbook. Together with our regional airline, WestJet Encore, we offer scheduled service to more than 100 destinations in North America, Central America, the Caribbean and Europe and to more than 175 destinations in over 20 countries through our airline partnerships. WestJet Vacations offers affordable, flexible vacations to more than 60 destinations and the choice of more than 800 hotels, resorts, condos and villas. Members of the WestJet Rewards program earn WestJet dollars on flights, vacation packages and more. Members use WestJet dollars towards the purchase of flights and vacations packages to any WestJet destination with no blackout periods, and have access to Member Exclusive fares offering deals to WestJet destinations throughout our network and those of our partner airlines.
WestJet is publicly traded on the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX) under the symbol WJA. For more information about everything WestJet, please visit westjet.com.
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The 'MIDDLEware' Child: Often the Forgotten One
By Frank D. Brilliant
January 1, 2000 12:00 AM EST
Selecting a middleware solution should be easy, right? Yet in this crowded market, it is important to understand how one middleware solution differs from another, not only in terms of features/benefits, but also investment protection.
Wireless communications have experienced rapid growth in the last five years, climbing to 50 million users, according to the research group IDC a faster adoption rate than cellphones and the Internet. IDC estimates wireless technology usage in the enterprise will grow to a 15+ billion-dollar market by 2004. Furthermore, nearly 40% of U.S. companies with 10,000+ employees are developing mobile strategies now and most (69%) plan to deploy the solutions to employees first. Driven by the need to communicate and collaborate quickly and securely, wireless solutions are viewed as a low-cost, high-return investment for mobile professionals.
The word wireless means different things to different people: pagers, cellphones, PDAs, laptops, voice, and data are just some of the possibilities. For the enterprise, wireless means anytime, anywhere access to productivity tools that run the business, regardless of device or network. Although the device is the most visible component of a wireless implementation, the heart of a successful deployment depends on "behind-the-scenes" technology powering productivity applications into the wireless environment.
There is a wide range of wireless solutions to choose from, all geared to diverse levels of corporate needs. While some employees require access to e-mail and simple messaging services, others need access to enterprise applications like customer relationship management and enterprise resource planning. These varying needs can represent a quagmire for the corporate IT buyer. Flooded with promises of the latest and greatest technologies, buyers tend to overlook the core need for a secure and reliable solution that supports all corporate citizen needs. Deploying the foundation a wireless middleware platform to facilitate access to a variety of enterprise applications will ensure simple, flexible, and powerful wireless communications.
The 'MIDDLEware' Child
What is wireless middleware? In basic terms, it connects disparate applications seamlessly to the wireless environment regardless of device or network. Wireless middleware should use common technology standards and APIs, provide security features consistent with enterprise requirements, and grow and expand with enterprise needs.
Not all wireless middleware platforms are created equal. Since middleware solutions vary in terms of agility and levels of data access, it's important to understand how they rate against user requirements, support staff needs, and business benefits.
In general, a middleware solution should allow the user to choose any wireless device. This is important because it expands the utility to the user and enhances the solution's overall value. Regardless of device, employees realize that staying connected to the office is a requirement. Whether working remotely, traveling, or on personal time, having access to the latest information can make a significant difference in a corporate citizen's ability to be timely and productive. The right wireless solution will deliver reliable, ubiquitous coverage, be simple to use, and make the transition to wireless access straightforward.
From an IT perspective, the solution should deliver enterprise-grade functionality and support. Wireless support staff must leverage existing technology investments, by wirelessly enabling productivity tools already familiar to end users. This way, the amount of training, support, and ongoing administration can be significantly reduced. Additionally, IT will not want to be restricted to one type of network or device. Networks and devices are changing all the time. For example, a mobile executive may be given a wireless e-mail device as a productivity tool, but when on vacation, she only uses her cellphone. She should be able to access the same information regardless of device.
Finally, the company demands all of the above, but also needs to understand how this investment affects the bottom line. A wireless middleware solution should arm mobile professionals with the ability to stay connected while out of the office, thereby increasing productivity and reducing operational costs.
In theory, a wireless solution seems like a great idea, but raises the question, "What measurable return will this solution provide?" With today's shrinking corporate IT budgets, this is a fair question.
Consider the following example from a sales productivity perspective: daily travel for a sales executive is as inevitable as the frequent need to check e-mail and voicemail messages. The challenge comes when the executive needs to boot up a laptop, find a network connection, get into the e-mail system, check for messages, and re-synchronize a PDA. This process can easily consume more than 45 minutes each day. So the sales executive who travels four days a week will accrue a minimum of three hours of unproductive time each week.
Apply this example to a salesperson responsible for a quota of one million dollars. Let's assume he works 50 hours each week to achieve the quota. The three hours of unproductive time spent accessing corporate data each week consumes 6% of time unrelated to achieving the quota.
This may not seem like much, but over the course of a year, it comes out to over three weeks of lost productivity. If we apply that lost 6% to productive selling activities, we can easily add another $60,000 to the bottom line!
Equipped with this information, selecting a middleware solution should be easy, right? Yet in this crowded market, it is important to understand how one middleware solution differs from another, not only in terms of features/benefits, but also investment protection.
A Few Wireless Thorns
For all of its accolades and merits, users have voiced general concerns about wireless solutions. Slow response time, lack of coverage, applications outlasting device investments, and poor customer service are just a few of the many complaints. Customers are presented with promises of convenience, but instead, deal with technical or support issues.
Despite these concerns, middleware solutions have, by and large, stayed above the criticism. The middleware is less visible to the user so expectations have been modest for those interested in basic e-mail functionality. The vast majority of wireless middleware implementations have been done for individuals or small groups within organizations; therefore scalability and extensibility were not a requirementŠuntil now. According to a 2001 Forrester Research report, devices, network problems, and application limitations ranked among the highest concerns in implementing a wireless solution.
The first concern reflects the notion that companies are hesitant to deploy a solution that requires a specific wireless device investment. With device obsolescence taking place in a matter of months, this becomes problematic. Application limitations security, scalability, common standards, and general manageability have also been defined as "watch-outs." If the software behind the solution fails, companies are stuck with a useless solution and a stock of useless wireless devices.
Network concerns stem from the fact that wireless is not known for its ubiquitous coverage. Problems with speed and accessibility prevent many companies from investing in wireless technology. Networks have a wide range of connectivity quality from spotty to superior and it is crucial to know when and where the solution will work.
Today, there are a few solutions available that are device and network agile, and can conform to a variety of preexisting IT investments. Therefore, you should separate these overall wireless concerns from the capabilities of a wireless middleware solution.
Preparation for the 'Big Game'; Some Wireless Calisthenics
If you are looking into a wireless middleware solution, do your homework. Evaluate a solution based on its ability to provide value to the organization in a cost-effective way. Before you make a significant investment, follow these four steps to determine whether or not a solution lives up to its promise:
Step 1: Create a Pilot Program
To create a pilot program, identify a need (i.e., a mobile professional needs access to e-mail or a sales rep needs mobile access to customer account information). Then, determine what's important to the user in terms of features, functionality, data to be accessed, and where the users will be when accessing the information. Network coverage is paramount in your decision, so be precise as to the coverage requirements. Is coverage needed in major population centers or rural environments? While on the road or when deep inside a facility? Without reliable coverage, the value of wireless access diminishes rapidly.
Step 2: Understand the Technology
Take the time to understand the technology architecture, security, hardware, software, and network requirements. Overall, a solution should be able to evolve and grow with your organization's wireless requirements.
Step 3: Try it Out
The "latest and greatest" may sound wonderful on paper, but if it doesn't deliver on its promise, it is worthless to your team. Solid and reliable middleware solutions are known for having a simple interface, reliable system responsiveness, easy installation and configuration setup, and ongoing manageability.
Step 4: Report and Analyze
Gathering feedback from end users will be the best indicator of a solution's potential for success. Take both positive and negative feedback to the vendor for further information and clarification. You can then make the best possible decision for your organization. When discussing the merits of a middleware solution, be sure to include the solution's short- and long-term benefits and support features.
With wireless communications, you can be sure of two things: 1) technology will evolve rapidly, and 2) there will always be the "latest and greatest" solution vying for its "15 minutes of fame." As the market matures and evolves, it's the middleware platform that will come to the forefront as the foundation for any successful wireless enterprise strategy.
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The Clothmaker Legacy
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Dave Chatham
Spinnin’ Good Yarn to Weave Good Cloth
A Column Written By Dave Chatham
Director of the James H. Thomason Library
Note: The views and opinions expressed in this series of columns are those of the author or persons quoted and not those of Presbyterian College.
Installment 1: The Clothmaker Legacy
Both parents of Pat Lanford (born 1944) worked for Clinton Cotton Mills in the weaving department, his mother as a battery filler and his father as a “blow down overhead guy.” Pat was a good baseball player while attending Academy Street elementary school.
One evening during the 1950s, Pat and his dad were at Louie Thornton’s restaurant “gettin’ us a drink and a hot dog when in comes Mr. Bailey, Si Bailey, asked Daddy, said, ‘You gonna be here for a while?’ And Daddy says, ‘Yes sir, I can.’ He says, ‘Well, I’d like to take the little man there to the ball game.’ So he took me to the Cavalier ballpark and sat there in the bleachers. Any time the popcorn man, or the Coca Cola man, or anything else that was being given, or sold, as a food, he’d say, ‘You want one o’ this?’ I said, ‘Sure.’ So, I got my fillin’s that night. And then he brought me back to the restaurant and told Daddy, ‘Have him here again tomorrow night.’ Two nights in a row I got to go out with the person that I assumed owned the mills.”
This heart-warming story of a mill village boy’s unexpected nights out on the town with the mill “owner” gains another dimension when Pat Lanford adds, “But now he knew my daddy, so he called my daddy by name.”
James Buchanan recalls a Saturday afternoon in the early 1980s when his parents were visiting from out of town and his father suggested going to the PC football game. They were standing in line to buy tickets when James “saw Mr. Vance walkin’ up. Mr. Vance, he’s the president, CEO of our company at that time. ‘James, how ya doin’. ‘Doin’ fine, Mr. Vance.’ ‘Well, whatcha doin’?’ ‘I’m gettin’ in line to get a couple o’ tickets to the game.’ ‘Oh, here’s two. Go enjoy the ballgame.’”
Mr. Buchanan continues, “That meant somethin’ to me. Here I am, just, you know I’m Training Director. The President of the company, CEO comes up, knows my name, gives me two tickets. He didn’t have to. He could’ve walked right on by. But that’s the way they were. That’s why I say, it was more of a family-type atmosphere than anything else. That made a big impression on me. And it did my father, too, ‘cause he worked in textiles himself. It just don’t happen anywhere.”
It happened with Clinton and Lydia Mills by design, starting in 1948 with the leadership P. Silas Bailey brought to his new role as President and Treasurer of Clinton Cotton Mills and Lydia Cotton Mills and continued by his successor, Robert M. Vance. Si Bailey recognized the increasing importance of strengthening the mill villages as communities through social and recreational programs. He also understood that the companies would benefit if employees came to feel a spirit of community within the textile plants themselves.
His “President’s Message” launching a company newspaper in February 1952 states in part: “The purpose of this newspaper is to bring all of us closer together. Fellow workers in one plant will know what is going on in the other one. You will know what is happening to your friends and neighbors. You will get to know more about the entire operation of these plants instead of just your immediate work.”
The “Message” continues, “The freshness of Spring will soon be here, serving as an inspiration to each and all of us as it gives us a fresh outlook on our work and our everyday living. We hope this newspaper will reflect on our new outlook, blending all of us together into a closer working team which will result in a spirit of cooperation better than can be found in any other textile plant.”
It appears that The Clothmaker did effectively communicate information about developments in each of the three existing plants, operational processes common to each of the several departments within each plant, various activities and events in the two mill villages, as well as regular brief notes and occasional columns about individual employees and their families.
We can learn much about what was going on in the plants and the villages by reading The Clothmaker, and most of the issues published from 1952 through 1984 are now accessible online. A guide to accessing and reading The Clothmaker is available from the PC Library at https://lib.presby.edu/c.php?g=848852 These issues were given to the archives of Presbyterian College by Mrs. Robert M. Vance. Upon request by PC, The University of South Carolina Libraries agreed to digitize and add The Clothmaker to its online collection, Historical Newspapers of South Carolina. We hope that anyone with issues missing from this collection will contact Dave Chatham at 833-7028 or dchatham@presby.edu
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Classic Albums Revisited
Welcome to our classic album section.
We've all seen those 'Greatest Albums of All-Time' lists in publication after publication, but do you ever agree? We don't.
Sure, there are some albums that will be at or near the top of the pile in just about every list you come across (Pet Sounds, Sgt Pepper, OK Computer etc) but we test them out and grade each album track by track, and then apply our meaty algorithm to give an overall percentage based on our (ALWAYS more than one) view.
It throws up some interesting results; albums we didn't necessarily recognise as being the best of the best perform well, but in contrast, albums that we always thought were our favourites just through memory alone take a bit of a tumble when analysed track by track.
Various anomalies are also taken into consideration, for example the Oasis album '(What's the Story) Morning Glory?' contains two 'interlude' type tracks that are mere musical snippets and therefore cannot be considered as having the same impact as a full track. Such examples are ignored for grading purposes.
Feel free to voice your opinion here, we always like a good debate about music, and hopefully, if this section generates enough interest, we will create a new page just for your views.
Assessments are run decade by decade, follow the links below.
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Army Men: Sarge's Heroes (Nintendo 64): News, Reviews, Videos & Screens
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The Changing of the Thomas Edison Light
The classic Thomas Edison’s light bulb design has changed relatively little over the past 130 years, a testament to aesthetics and tradition. The design has also come to signify the genius of a new idea…the lighting up of something brand new. Now with the mandated use of compact fluorescent light bulbs, what is the message here?
The compact fluorescent light bulb (CFL) was invented in response to the 1973 oil crisis. Though these light bulbs have been around for some time, it’s only in recent years that they have caught on as America and the rest of the world seek to become energy efficient and independent. CFL’s consume significantly less energy and last about eight times as long as the traditional incandescent light bulbs. To encourage the use of these more energy efficient bulbs, international governments have banned or scheduled phase outs of the Edison style light bulb. Many European countries began the phase out in 2009, and the US is set to phase out in 2012.
Edison, who ushered the world into the energy age, was no stranger to energy efficiency and energy independence. Indeed, from a conversation with friends Henry Ford and Harvey Firestone comes this Thomas Edison quote. “We are like tenant farmers chopping down the fence around our house for fuel when we should be using Nature’s inexhaustible sources of energy — sun, wind and tide.” He always searched for ways to make his inventions more efficient, especially his new electric power stations, squeezing as much energy as possible out of his coal fuel.Edison’s electric vehicle was conceptualized for the same reasons too. For a man of his time, Edison was surprisingly forward thinking when it came to energy efficiency.
All in all, Thomas Edison would approve of this new technology using electronically generated light, and if alive today, he would be in there with the competition, coming up with his own lighting innovations. However, the classic light bulb shape will not go quietly. We are seeing compact fluorescent bulbs and LEDs encased in the classic rounded bulb shape—perhaps a compromise to the strong visual and dare we say emotional [visceral] attachment the rounded bulb image has inculcated in the psyche of billions of people worldwide. We strongly associate electricity with the very form of the light bulb itself.
LEFT: Edison Fluorescent Lamp - Patent No. 865,367 RIGHT: Original Edison Incandescent Bulb
Just for the record, Edison did dabble in florescent lighting in the late 1890s, receiving a patent in 1907. The really fascinating aspect of his invention was he used X-rays as the excitation technique. While this invention was never commercialized, it demonstrates his ability to conceive of applications from new scientific areas of study. X-rays were accidentally discovered in 1895 by Wilhelm Conrad Roentgen. Edison filed his patent on X-ray based fluorescent lights in 1896, using a unique tungstate of calcium or strontium [tungsten compound coatings] as his fluorescing or light giving materials.
Editor’s Deep Dive
http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/bl_fluorescent.htm
http://www.google.com/patents?vid=865367
http://www.energystar.gov/index.cfm?c=cfls.pr_cfls_about
http://www.ehow.com/about_6545526_do-cfl-bulbs-work_.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compact_fluorescent_lamp
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Everyone gets an Elder Scrolls game
Standard by admin August 8, 2013 No Comments
The more convention coverage I read and the more conventions I go to, the more I’m concerned by them. The atmosphere is unlike anything I’ve ever experienced before, and rubbing shoulders with the developers of some of my favorite games has its perks. But you hardly ever get to the meat of what determines a great game. Amidst the hype and free booze, every game looks and tastes great, but even the greatest games are less filling under those circumstances. Even we observers from home receive only a candy-coated glimpse of what a game really offers.
The news pouring in from the The Elder Scrolls Online really exemplifies the layers of fluff that the convention atmosphere can place on a game. Two of our reporters spent time talking to the developers of the next venture into the world of Tamriel, and both stepped away with a very positive experience. Admittedly, I feel the excitement, too. I’m twitching with joy. Our freelancer Andrew’s note that he “just didn’t realize [he] was starting a quest when [he] talked to [quest givers]” piques my interest. Have we finally found a game that feels like a living world? And quotes from the ESO developers like, “You can pick up a sword and shield if you start as a sorcerer class and become a sword and shield user, and that’s fine” have me wondering if we haven’t stumbled upon the best mix of sandbox and themepark in an MMO.
This week and next, I want to delve deeper into the reports from E3. Do we find some concerns that the developers are trying to gloss over, or is ESO everything we ever wanted from an Elder Scrolls game?
The biggest announcement by far arrived before E3 officially began: The Elder Scrolls Online will launch on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PC, and Mac.
During the pre-show press conference, we saw a new ESO trailer featuring all in-game footage, and of course, the voice of Max von Sydow, who has kind of become the quintessential voice of the Elder Scrolls. Even though von Sydow appeared in Skyrim alone, his voice encapsulates the feeling of the whole series. When his voice kicked off the trailer with, “A new dawn is upon us,” the game suddenly became a bigger concept than what I had originally perceived it as. I don’t think anyone was surprised by the scope of Skyrim, but for some reason, I thought that ESO was intended to cater to the niche of PC gamers who liked Elder Scrolls and also liked MMOs — maybe adding a few new people to the fanbase of the MMO genre in the process. With this trailer (the first trailer for ESO some people had seen), our niche game stepped into the larger world of gamers in general.
If Bethesda had announced that the game would appear on the WiiU, too, I would have flipped. Thankfully, that didn’t happen, but proclaiming that TESO will be playable on all other platforms both intrigues and concerns me. I love the idea that other types of gamers can experience the same satisfaction that I feel when playing an MMO. That’s not to say that MMORPGs are perfect by any means, but there is no other gaming experience like it and no other gaming experience I’d rather have. It’s about time that console RPGers can experience it, too. Yes, I know DC Universe Online and a couple of other MMOs have crossed over to the console, but these games have really struggled at winning over either crowd fully. The Elder Scrolls already has a solid audience on both PCs and consoles. If I were to name an IP that could make the crossover, the Elder Scrolls would easily be in my top five.
Additional platforms bring with them additional problems. Obviously, the first question that popped up was, “Is everybody going to play on the same server?” and the second was, “Does that mean that the PC version of the game is delayed until the spring of 2014, too?” The answer is no to the first one, but unfortunately, the answer to the second one is yes.
Personally, I don’t mind playing with console gamers. Sure, I’m a PC loyalist, but that not because I hate consoles. I just find PCs more flexible, and I have also found that PCs are ahead of the curve when it comes to graphics quality. But I know some people are so vehemently opposed to console gamers that they will refuse to play on a server that will support both types of gamers. Apparently, console players are the dredges of society to some PC players, but with 11.8 million players of Skyrim (a game PC players like to say was made for them) on Xbox 360 and PS3 combined, they can’t all be that bad. But I’m glad that ESO will be completely avoiding this issue by placing PC and Mac users on one server, Xbox users on another, and PS4 users on yet another server.
Unfortunately, opening up the game on other platforms also means that the game’s launch date has been delayed until it can can be tested on the those platforms as well. I’m not sure that these other platforms are the sole source of the delay, but I’m sure that they have something to do with it. That being said, delays are not necessarily bad for business. They are certainly not bad for consumers. Consumers theoretically receive a better, more polished product in the end. And with all three platforms releasing at about the same time, the age-old debate of which platform received better treatment should be curbed. (Oh, whom am I kidding? That will never happen.)
With all the news from E3 this week, I cannot fit everything I’d like to say into one article, so next week, I will certainly hit on more of the pros and cons of the convention announcements. But in the meantime, I’m interested in your take. What did you find most exciting about The Elder Scrolls Online articles from E3? Is there a particularly good review or hands-on that I should know about? And of course, what’s your take on the delay and cross-platform announcements? I’ll be sure to post some of your answers in next week’s article. Until then, pruzah wundunne. (Do I have to shout that since it’s the dragon language?)
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Peter Dolving quits The Haunted
Just 30 minutes ago Peter Dolving wrote the following statement on his Facebook page:
“I am officially quitting The Haunted. After years of working with the band, I am out. I have had it. I will NOT answer questions to why. It’s no one elses business. Thank you very much. I am looking forward to seeing you people at other shows with other projects.”
Well that’s something I didn’t see coming. Dolving already left The Haunted once in 1998 and returned in 2003. Last year, the band released Unseen, the band’s biggest critical flop.
February 29, 2012 Leave a comment Peter Dolving, The Haunted Guido News
The Haunted live at Wacken
The Haunted have released a new live video for the track ‘No Ghost’. It doesn’t sound live, but allegedly it is, so I guess there has been some great mixing done… Just a shame the song (and video too for that matter) kind of sucks, you know? But I’ll save the “they should have stuck to their heavy Thrash roots” rant for the hundreds of posters on Blabbermouth.
The clip was filmed at Germany’s Wacken Open Air festival in August 2011 by Marcel Schleiff of Record Film and was edited by Anders Björler of At The Gates Production.
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October 18, 2011 Leave a comment The Haunted Mark News
Jonas Björler talks The Haunted, At The Gates and shit
Greece’s Rock Overdose recently interviewed The Haunted (and At The Gates) bassist Jonas Björler. The chat can now be streamed over at Blabbermouth. Well, in theory it can, but the audio player wouldn’t work for me… Maybe it will for you, I don’t know. Who cares though, right? It’s not like the chat will be remotely interesting anyways…
September 26, 2011 Leave a comment At The Gates, The Haunted Mark News
Blast from the Past: The Haunted – The Dead Eye
The Haunted were once a well respected Metal act, but that all began to change with the return of original vocalist, Peter Dolving, in 2004. That isn’t to say Dolving is a worse, or even bad vocalist, because he isn’t. The fact is though, some of his online rantings have proven to rub some Metal fans (particularly Blabbermouth users) the wrong way. In addition to this, his return to the band also came at the same time when the band decided to explore other territories, that haven’t gone down well with everyone. Whilst 2004’s rEVOLOVEr was met with almost universal critical acclaim, not everyone was a fan, and when The Dead Eye was released in 2006, there was even less fans, including the critics.
Fast forward 5 years, and The Haunted have just released, arguably, their worst album yet (if you choose to believe the internet). 2008’s Versus didn’t have many fans either, and most people point to The Dead Eye as the point in which everything started to go wrong. So with that in mind, it’s about time I had a hard look at this album myself and offered my own opinion on this controversial album. Make the jump for the review.
June 16, 2011 3 Comments The Haunted Mark Reviews
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Dostoyevsky Wannabe and its use of experimental publishing models
A conventional publishing model is not the only means by which a publisher might publish a book. At Dostoyevsky Wannabe we engage in a variety of experimental publishing modes.
Dostoyevsky Wannabe has a commitment to pursuing a range of publishing models.
Sometimes it's hard to imagine that publishing can take more than one form and to realise that it exists as a set of particular practices that change over time. Conventions become naturalised to the point where what might be termed 'conventional' publishing becomes the only type of publishing possible in people's minds (if they think about it at all). At Dostoyevsky Wannabe, our view is that there are a number of disadvantages and barriers created by this type of thinking and for that reason we seek, sometimes by necessity and sometimes by deign, to experiment with different publishing models.
A selection of Dostoyevsky Wannabe books at the Prague Microfestival, 2018.
Fairly simple economies of scale govern conventional publishing, the more money a publisher has the less they pay per unit to produce a title and this means that wealthier publishers, with more initial capital to invest in the first place, stand a better chance of selling their books. This leads to a lack of diversity in publishing on a number of levels and subsequently this can lead to a lack of diversity with regard to the actual books and authors most likely to be published.
For the majority of the 20th century books were produced via print runs of a relatively large and numerous size. This maybe followed by second printings and third printings and more if the books continued or less is they failed to sell, the book being discontinued and falling out of print. In the 21st century, the landscape has changed. Aside from e-books, which can remain indefinitely in print, print books too can now remain indefinitely in print via print on demand processes. With print on demand, a book doesn't come into existence until it is purchased by a reader and this new(ish) technology allows the possibility for individuals who do not have great amounts of capital to become publishers and to devise differing publishing models that can either eschew large and expensive print runs or dually utilise them.
The advent of print on demand publishing has largely been made possible by the internet and, as with many online innovations, this has had a detrimental effect on bricks and mortar shops and stores of all kinds. The print on demand model, depending on which print on demand provider(s) a publisher chooses to work with, means less books printed by way of a print run and this is turn can mean that there are fewer books in a publisher's inventory that need to be sold. Traditionally a larger print run yields a large amount of stock that is required to be sold in order to pay the printer and previously this meant that publishers were heavily reliant on bookshops to take these books, on a sale or return basis, in order to sell them. Online sales and print on demand have altered that balance.
All of this suggests that the publishing landscape has changed and that there are now a range of pathways into publishing, some that lean towards online sales, other towards bookshops, and yet more to both. This is particularly true for the small press at least. The major presses continue to be able to have the best of all worlds.
What follows is a short guide to the different publishing models offered by Dostoyevsky Wannabe and why we choose to engage in them.
Dostoyevsky Wannabe books guesting on the monthly publishers table at the South London Gallery, 2018.
The Classic DW Publishing Model
The classic DW publishing model, the one that we started out with, and the one that produced the majority of our books for the first five years of our existence, produces all of its books via print on demand services alone. This classic model produces books quickly and numerously and its only stated aim is that it wants to produce either books that are good, books that are bad (in a good way) or books that are cool. Classic model books are not edited or proofread by Dostoyevsky Wannabe and instead that job falls to the author and/or whoever they engage to help them with their book. That's not to cast doubt on the quality of many of these books, many are carefully edited, and innovatively written with the only difference being that this is all done from the author's viewpoint with no input from us as the publisher. Don't be deceived by the numerousness and speed of the books produced by the classic model, many have sold in good numbers, others have been lauded in both the more independent literary press and the more established literary press, and at least one has been shortlisted for a national prize.
The quality of print on demand books, in the hands of a careful designer, are often every bit as well-made physically as your standard trade paperback with only a few caveats that are linked to unavailability of access to the printer, to knowledge of the print stock, to an ability to colour manage front-cover designs.
In terms of financial organisation between publisher and writer, this classic Dostoyevsky Wannabe publishing model is divided into two options. In OPTION 1, the author/writer sets up their own print on demand account and uploads their own book and Dostoyevsky Wannabe merely assists in giving the book a home as part of the Dostoyevsky Wannabe roster, at the same time as creating the book cover design and setting the type. For this, Dostoyevsky Wannabe earn nothing and, in fact, do not even have access to the sales figures of such books. OPTION 2 follows the same practice but instead the author/writer foregoes their royalties and donates any royalties that arise from the sales of each book to Dostoyevsky Wannabe in return for their trouble in designing and typesetting the book for free. With Option 2, the book is uploaded to a Dostoyevsky Wannabe account where it is usually sold at a very inexpensive price. The decision of whether the book is published under Option 1 or 2 is always the author's. The reasoning behind this is that we do not have the time to prepare royalty statements and accountancy processes for the volume of books that are sometimes published via this publishing model. So it is one or the other. We don't mind. Plus not all literature is published with financial compensation in mind (which is not to say that economic labour doesn't always enter into the equation when authoring literature or publishing literature, because it does).
A note on print on demand royalties. The royalties earned from print on demand books are derived from the triangulation of the retail price of the book (decided upon by the publisher or, in Option 1, the author) as set against minimum cost per unit set by the print on demand supplier (this will often include basis book printing plus costs related to their own distribution networks that mostly fall in life which the types of wholesale discounts preferred nby bricks and mortar shops). As print on demand books are printed only a few at a time, the cost of each unit is slightly higher and does not benefit from the economy of scale of a larger print run. This means that these books are more expensive per unit to produce and this squeezes the amount of royalty that it is possible to earn per unit. At Dostoyevsky Wannabe, we often price our books at an extremely low price for our own personal reasons, although this is not true of all of our imprints. That is not to suggest that a reasonable royalty could not still be attained by way of this publishing model.
A copy of What Is Really Happening that had recently arrived from the printers. This photograph was taken in Federal coffee bar, Manchester.
The Collaborative Publishing Model
Some Dostoyevsky Wannabe titles are the result of us working in collaboration with an increasing range of organisations, sometimes small to medium size organisations such as Partisan Hotel, Berfrois and Queen Mob's Teahouse and sometimes larger concerns such as the The Simon Lee Gallery, the International Anthony Burgess Foundation and the University of Westminster. Sometimes we're commissioned to work with such organisations and we have a freelance client-designer/publisher relationship, other times we do it merely out of mutual partnership and interest alone. Sometimes it's a bit of both. Each of these projects come with their own set of financial arrangements specific to the book or publication or event in question and these arrangements are not governed by Option 1 or Option 2.
The Tailored Publishing Model
This is a new model that we are only now thinking of experimenting with, possibly in 2020.
The tailored model would look to use a range of differing printing services and sometimes different methods of funding to produce quality fiction at a more regular trade-paperback price (say £9.99 per book). The extra cost would go into paying and choosing an editor or editors and to paying authors from net royalties which would differ from the Option 1 or Option 2 method of our 'Classic Model'(see above). This model would not include Dostoyevsky Wannabe Cities and would mostly include single-authored works and maybe some anthologies.
Vik Shirley reading from the first Dostoyevsky Wannabe Cities book at Rough Trade Bristol, 28th April 2018. Dostoyevsky Wannabe Cities are all produced via the Open Source model.
The Open Source Publishing Model
A fact unknown to many people outside of the tech industry is that many of the everyday technologies of the 21st century are the result of open-source activity. Whilst the most popularly known examples of open-source software come in the form of the availability of open-source alternatives to commercial software such as, for example, Photoshop, in actual fact open source projects are embedded a lot more deeply into everyday life these days than many people are aware of. Put simply, for a long time, but sometimes still true to this day, huge social-media platforms such as Twitter, Facebook and Wikipedia use, or have used, MySQL, an open-source technology, as their back-end database technology. There is a good chance that you are using open-source software to view this page right now whether this is because you found this page via a tweet that was stored on a MySQL database or because this website is rendered via the Laravel PHP framework and hosted on an Apache server (that is, in turn, running Linux, an open-source operating system that is free at the point of use). At the very least, you may be viewing this page on a browser such as Mozilla Firefox, itself an open-source technology. What does open source have to do with writing, literature or publishing though and what is open source anyway?
To answer the second question before the first, the most remarkable thing about open-source software is that it is free to use and it is developed not by one company but by a huge array of developers who all work for free. There will be people who take more of an active role in the development of these projects but the whole organisation of the project does not become a hierarchy. Open-source is effectively DIY culture in origin. A more radical form of open source, namely the Copyleft licence, once caused a Microsoft chief executive to have such a tantrum that he labelled open-source project Linux as "Communism" and called it "a cancer that attaches itself to everything that it touches". This was in the year 2000 though and nowadays even Microsoft has reason to embrace open-source. So why did he term it a cancer? He was referring to the Copyleft forerunner of Open Source - an alternative socialistic play on 'Copyright' and a more radical form of early open-source, and to a particular clause within Copyleft, the story of which is too long to go into here. The main thing to know is what could be termed a less radical version of the Copyleft philosophy has grown in importance in the last twenty-years under the name open-source.
Why do people choose to work on open-source projects when such projects earn them no money and why do other people join in to contribute to them also in return for no money? The main reason they do it is because they want to do it, open-source projects scratch some kind of itch, and other people join in to contribute for the same reasons. It is really all about scale. There are so many people working on an open-source project that people can afford to do it in their spare time due to the fact that the effort is dispersed across a number of people. In software circles this might give a developer a chance to show publicly how well they develop and write code in order to indirectly gain employment, that would be one benefit. They might also do it to be part of a community or to work on something that they believe in. This is all simplified of course.
So why the name open-source? The name derives from software and refers to the source code that a program is written in. This source code can either be kept secret and the secret sold as proprietory software or it can be given away free and open for all to see and for all to modify and to improve upon (which usually means it can't be sold as software, or at least not so easily).
So how might there be such a thing as open-source literature or what we are terming our open-source publishing model? Aside from the fact that many authors utilise Wordpress, itself an open source project, to showcase their work, they also, often unwittingly, engage in what seems very much like open-source activity. They might do this by foregoing fees to contribute to anthologies or by writing poems and submitting to online literary magazines in return for the exposure but not for the money. They may do this because they wish to showcase their work and because they want to work with and alongside other writers. Most online literary magazines do not make money and do not pay their contributors but they do continue to do what they do and this makes them open-source-like too. They might also engage a range of contributing editors, again editors who, although they are not paid financially, still wish to help with the project so they too are in some ways open-source-like. Sometimes, rightfully, people look at the amount of people working for free in the 21st century, and conclude this to be a bad thing, and often it is but not in every instance. Some work just seems too challenging and doesn't look like it would conform to the Micawber Principle and thus no conventional small-press or large publisher would be either able to afford to take it on, or would see enough profit in it to take it on. That is not to say that this work might not become more palatable and seeming profitable as a result of it coming to light as an open-source project, because it might. Other times, there is just too much work of a similar kind to publish it all, so lots doesn't get published. This is where open-source's DIY-like mentality can come in and save the day. Think indie music in the 1980s released on small-labels to little fanfare and ignored by the music press and by the major record labels of its time but now sometimes lauded in the 21st century. Without an open-source-like DIY independent record label to put this music out into the world, it would never have been heard.
Dostoyevsky Wannabe Cities anthologies are an example of how we use an open source-like method in our own practice. All Dostoyevsky Wannabe Cities books are arranged via this model.. Whilst the books themselves are not free to buy, they are very close to free inasmuch as they are priced at exactly their cost price (or at the cost price set by the print on demand service that we use to produce them). We forego our design and typesetting fee (at commercial rates this would be around £400-600 per book cover and typesetting at around £1.10-£1.50 per page), the guest-editors who select the work also put in their time for free and so do the writers. The whole thing is produced on a zero-financial budget and the books are sold at exactly a break even price which is dependent on how many pages they have (as this affects the final production cost per unit).
We came up with Dostoyevsky Wannabe Cities series to scratch an itch. We wanted to get a snapshot of writing in particular cities at particular times by way of anthologies but these anthologies, by their very limited geographical nature, would probably be a commercial risk too far if published in a conventional manner via a large print run. By utilising an open-source-like model of publishing we, and a vast number of collaborators, have been able to bring this book series into existence.
Future Dostoyevsky Wannabe Publishing Models
Dostoyevsky Wannabe will retain a commitment to experimental publishing models and modes of organisation as this is a key part of what we have been interested in from the beginning. We are willing to use everything from a conventional print run to an open source model to our classic models. Each book in our catalogue is now labelled with the publishing model used for each particular publication.
We are also increasingly interested in pursuing online methods of non-fiction publishing and we will be undertaking this via the Materials section of this website. Although Materials will begin with quite conventional design, we are excited by the possibilities afforded by recent changes to the CSS grid technology in terms of the opportunities that it might open up for online blog and magazine design. We hope to pursue this along with providing interesting writing online.
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Zero hunger bill could help win war on drugs’
Published on Tuesday, 24 October 2017 21:01
Written by Filipino Express (FPV)
OLONGAPO CITY -- A pro-administration member of the House of Representatives on Monday, Oct. 16, said that ending hunger and poverty would turn people away from narcotics and help win the war on drugs being waged by President Rodrigo Duterte.
“The No. 1 thing we need to address is hunger because if you address hunger, poverty will follow,” Davao Rep. Karlo Nograles said in a briefing on the sidelines of the celebration of World Food Day in Olongapo City.
Food as a human right
Nograles, chair of the House committee on appropriations, has authored the zero hunger bill, or the right to adequate food framework bill, which defines food as a human right and seeks to end hunger in the Philippines 10 years after its passage.
“If you are food-poor, you will grip the knife by the blade,” he said, using a Filipino description of what a desperate man would do. “That is what we don’t want to happen to our fellow Filipinos. The more people that we help, that we pull out of poverty, the more we will help keep them away from illegal activities, including drugs.”
The zero hunger bill, or House Bill No. 61 was approved by the House committee on human rights chaired by Zambales 2nd District Rep. Cheryl Deloso-Montalla.
Nograles was supported by the National Food Coalition and FoodFirst Information and Action Network (Fian) Philippines, the local section of Fian International, a group advocating the right to adequate food in cooperation with the Food and Agriculture Organization.
Nograles said that despite the expansion of the country’s gross domestic product, hunger and poverty still persisted in the country.
Address hunger
“We have to do something. We have to have a system change,” he said. “If we don’t start with that premise [food is a human right] that [hunger] will persist.”
The “most drastic thing” to do to address hunger is to declare the right to adequate food a human right, he said.
Passing the zero hunger bill into law “will force our government to address that need because it would then be declared a human right,” Nograles said.
“If Brazil can do it, why can’t we here in the Philippines?” he said.
The zero hunger bill states that food is not a matter of charity but a legal entitlement that should be backed by a comprehensive food program to be pursued with a “whole-of-government approach.”
It directs the government to set policy targets to end hunger in the country in 10 years. This effort will be led by a presidential commission.
More than 1,000 Aetas and some Igorots marched in Olongapo in support of the zero hunger bill as they celebrated World Food Day and marked the 20th anniversary this month of the passage of the Indigenous Peoples Rights Act.
In a message at the rally hosted by Olongapo City Mayor Rolen Paulino, Commission on Human Rights Chair Chito Gascon said it was “alarming” that entire communities were unable to enjoy the basic human right to food. —Oliver Teves/Inquirer.net
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One New Burlington Place, London W1
One New Burlington Place
London W1
1 New Burlington Place is the reflection of our previous project with the Crown Estate, 10 New Burlington Street. The scheme, designed by award winning architects Allford Hall Monaghan Morris, offers 32,000 sq ft of new flagship retail space over 3 floors along with 80,000 sq ft of new grade A office space.
Following the completion of 10 New Burlington Street, which sits directly opposite this site, The Crown Estate invited us to partner with them for a second time on this landmark development.
Reflecting the success of 10NBS, the same professional team was retained headed by award winning architects Allford Hall Monaghan Morris. The site originally comprised some 12 individual buildings which were outdated and inefficient, but we brought this together into one modern new building (behind the original retained facade on Regent Street), which comprises 32,000 sq ft of new flagship retail space over 3 floors along with 80,000 sq ft of new grade A office space. The scheme also includes the regeneration of two listed buildings on New Burlington Street for a mix of uses.
Development of the building completed in March 2015 and the building was 83% let by that Summer, including the two flagship retail units fronting Regent Street for Ralph Lauren and Michael Koors.
We now only have 4,500 sq ft of office space available to let; for further information on these please contact our the retained agents CBRE and JLL.
Welcome to London. Welcome to Regent Street.
We’re a finalist for the OAS Development Awards 2017
1 New Building Place, which we developed in partnership with the long term owners The Crown Estate, has been named a finalist in the Office Agents Society Development Awards as “Development of the Year. This is the main industry award for the development industry so we’re especially proud that the building has been so recognised. […]
Exemplar wins three OAS Awards
Exemplar wins three major industry awards including “West End Development of the Year” and “West End Deal of the Year.”
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"Tabula Rasa"
"Walkabout"
"White Rabbit"
"House of the Rising Sun"
"The Moth"
"Solitary"
"Raised By Another"
"All the Best Cowboys Have
Daddy Issues"
"Whatever the Case May Be"
"Hearts and Minds"
"Special"
"Homecoming"
"Outlaws"
"...In Translation"
"Numbers"
"Deus Ex Machina"
"Do No Harm"
"The Greater Good"
"Born to Run"
"Exodus, Part 1"
"Confidence Man"
Author's Note: Having grown tired of what's currently available on TV I've decided to rewatch some of my all time favorite shows. I'm limiting myself to one episode per week in order to experience the storytelling as it was originally intended, which hopefully will preserve the thrill of having to wait a week to see what happens next. This article covers the LOST episode “Confidence Man", which originally aired on November 10th, 2004.
Previously on LOST: Sun confides in Michael that she is fluent in English, a fact that her husband remains unaware of. Sayid gets his first real lead on the location of the French woman’s broadcast signal, but is knocked unconscious by an off-screen attacker.
Sawyer is without question my favorite character on LOST. That’s not to imply that I agree with everything he says and does, up to this point he has been little more than an obnoxious jerk selfishly accumulating as much salvage from the plane crash as possible. He’s rude, casually racist, and has contributed little to the group. His bad attitude continually draws the ire of Jack, which is further-fueled by Sawyer’s attraction to Kate. Jack, being aware of Kate’s background as a fugitive sees the island’s bad boy as a romantic threat, and in this episode his dealings with Sawyer will expose some moral blemishes for the camp’s doctor. Sawyer has the ability to strip the goodness away from his rival, doing as much for Jack’s character development as his own.
“Confidence Man” opens with Boone frantically searching Sawyer’s belongings in an attempt to locate Shannon’s inhaler after she suffers an asthma attack. Sawyer beats him Boone, sending him to Jack for medical treatment. As soon as Jack is made aware of Shannon’s condition and the fact that Sawyer supposedly has the inhalers he confronts Sawyer, and the two men appear close to blows before Kate shows up and completes the still-developing love triangle. She successfully defuses the situation but we can see that Jack has reached the end of his rope with the camp’s confidence man, and given the nature of the three characters’ relationship one has to wonder if it wouldn’t have been better if the two boys had exchanged punches. Kate is able to rile the two men up even as she’s trying to help, Jack and Sawyer are not only wage war over the inhalers, but also for her affection.
One of LOST’s greatest strengths is its ability to subtly build the foundation for mysteries before letting them blossom for a few episodes without an answer, and “Confidence Man” finally reveals the contents of the mysterious handwritten letter Sawyer is always reading. Kate approaches Sawyer to play good cop in an attempt to get the inhalers, but when he responds by offering the medicine in exchange for a kiss she turns his down. When she presses him about the letter he allows her to read it, and she is appalled by what it contains. The letter was written by a young boy, and it describes how Sawyer ran a confidence game on his mother, fleecing his family out of a large sum of money. This drove the man to kill his wife before committing suicide, which paints Sawyer as a rather despicable human being. His decision to expose Kate to the letter’s contents speaks volumes about Sawyer’s behavior on the island, this is a man that wants to be despised although at this point we’re not sure why.
With Shannon’s health deteriorating, Jack and Sayid decide that more extreme measures must be taken to extract the location of the inhalers from Sawyer. Sayid had recently spoken to Locke who put the idea in his head that it had been Sawyer who had knocked him out in the previous episode, and since the two men had already tangled multiple times Sayid has no trouble believing Locke. Without Kate’s knowledge, Jack and Sayid knock Sawyer out and tie him to a tree, and after Sayid reveals that some of his time in the Republican Guard was spent torturing people he gets to work on Sawyer. In a particularly brutal scene Sayid shoves bamboo slivers under Sawyer’s fingernails, which borders on torture porn. Perhaps the most uncomfortable part of this sequence is found in Jack’s reaction, as the man who is bound to the Hippocratic Oath finds himself an active participate in the torturing of another human being. Earlier in the episode Jack had tried beating the answer out of Sawyer but had stopped when the rest of the camp had looked at him with disgust, but apparently Jack is willing to endorse physical violence as long as someone else is getting their hands dirty. As I mentioned earlier, Jack’s motivation is only partially driven by a desire to save Shannon’s life, and while I believe that is his main reason for allowing this to happen at least part of the reason he’s there is to punish his romantic rival. Jack has a little bad boy in himself, just like Sawyer does.
Sayid threatens to remove one of Sawyer’s eyes and that proves to be too much for him, and he says he’ll hand over the medicine but only to Kate. When she arrives he once again demands a kiss in return for the inhalers, and this time she accepts the offer. The resulting smooch is far more than a casual peck on the lips, and we can see that whatever lead Jack has in the race to win her over is quickly evaporating. But it turns out that Sawyer hasn’t had the inhalers the entire time and has no clue where they are, which earns him a well-deserved crack to the head from Kate. Sayid makes one more crazy attempt to dig the answer out of Sawyer, but he’s freed himself and after the two tangle Sawyer finds a knife buried in his arm which has severed an artery. His fate now lies in Jack’s ability and willingness to save his life.
Sawyer wakes up on the beach with his arm bandaged and Kate by his side, where she’s been waiting to reveal that she has figured out that Sawyer was actually the author of the letter. The tragic death of his parents drove him to seek out the man responsible, but the pursuit was only successful in turning Sawyer into the same kind of con man that ruined his life. The lines have become so blurred that Sawyer that he has adopted the man’s name and con man persona, which explains his desire to make everyone on the island hate his guts. Since he’s been unable to get revenge the only way to punish the real Sawyer is to discipline him by proxy, and with no one else available he has nominated himself to bear the burden. The episode’s flashback does a great job of supporting this twist as we see Sawyer attempt to run a con on a young woman and her husband, only to abandon the money-making scheme the moment their young son appears. A slice of humanity still remains in Sawyer, giving us hope that he can still find salvation on the island.
A few other things happen in “Confidence Man” that deserve attention. Sun has come up with a solution for Shannon’s asthma, identifying the the eucalyptus plant can serve as a substitute for the missing medicine. Meanwhile Charlie and Claire have displayed a hint of chemistry in prior episodes, but here we see the former rock star step up his game in an attempt to get Claire to move to the safety found at the cave campsite. She’s desperate for a jar of peanut butter but unfortunately all the food from the plane is gone (revealed in a great scene between Charlie and Hurley, a preview of how effective the two characters will be at providing comic relief throughout the series), so he cooks up a scheme where he presents her with an imaginary jar. It’s a touching scene that makes it easy to forget that just one episode ago Charlie was struggling with heroin addiction.
The other item of significance comes at the episode’s end, where a guilt-ridden Sayid reveals to Kate that he’s decided to punish himself for what he did to Sawyer but going into isolation. She pleads with him to stay, but he reveals that his journey isn’t just a punitive measure. With no hope of immediate rescue someone needs to start exploring the island, and he’s decided to make up for his behavior by doing something positive.
Next week on LOST: “Solitary”, which follows Sayid on his island-inspecting journey.
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Illegal immigration is an assault on the rule of law.
A country without borders is not a country. It is a crime to sneak across the border into this country in hopes of finding work (preferably paid for in cash). But even before immigrating illegally, many of the people coming to the U.S. had criminal records in Mexico and Central America. Naturally the other countries are happy to export criminals, but now we're stuck with them, and the prisons are rapidly filling up.
What's really astonishing about the immigration debate lately is the number of influential people who are trying to take the word "illegal" out of the debate, as if the rule of law doesn't really matter. It isn't just a matter of hair-splitting semantics. This is a trend that must be vigorously resisted, because words are important. Words have specific and definite meanings, and things happen when words are written or spoken.
Entering the country illegally is bad enough...
Unanimous Supreme Court: It's 'Predictable' That Noncitizens Will Act 'Unlawfully'. On its way to ruling by a 5-4 majority that the Secretary of Commerce improperly decided to include a citizenship question in the 2020 Census, the Supreme Court unanimously concluded that states had legal standing to sue the federal government over this issue based on the court's conclusion that it is "predictable" that noncitizens will act "unlawfully" by declining to fill out the Census questionnaire. The court explained its conclusion on this question in Part II of its opinion, which all nine justices joined. "To have standing," Chief Justice John Roberts wrote in this unanimously-joined part of his opinion in Department of Commerce v. New York, "a plaintiff must present an injury that is concrete, particularized, and actual or imminent; fairly traceable to the defendant's challenged behavior; and likely to be redressed by a favorable ruling."
Supreme Court offers gun-possession loophole for illegal immigrants. The Supreme Court ruled Friday [6/21/2019] that an illegal immigrant who had a gun — a crime — can't be prosecuted if he didn't know he was in the country illegally. In a 7-2 decision the justices said in a crime where the status of a person is the "crucial element" to the offense, the government must prove the person was aware of that. Otherwise, it might just be an innocent mistake. That could affect "thousands" of previous convictions.
Anyone who crawled over (or under) a wall or a fence in the middle of the night, and then began a "life in the shadows," should be well aware that he or she is living here illegally.
More Than 100,000 Illegal Migrants Have Escaped Border Patrol Agents in 2019, Provost Says. Border Patrol Chief Carla Provost spoke to Congress on Thursday [6/19/2019] about the immigration crisis, and how it's keeping agents from apprehending migrants who cross the border illegally. "I have been forced to divert 40% to 60% of Border Patrol's manpower away from the border as we process and care for nearly 435,000 family and children that have flooded across our southern border so far this year," Provost said Thursday before the House Homeland Security Subcommittee on Border Security, Facilitation and Operations.
Four Mexican Migrants Arrested in Vermont After Crossing Canadian Border. Swanton Sector Border Patrol agents and a K-9 arrested four Mexican nationals who illegally crossed the Canadian border into Vermont. Agents assigned to the Swanton Sector's Tactical Communications Center (TCC) notified agents about a possible illegal border crossing near Highgate, Vermont. Agents deployed to the area with a K-9 team to track down the group of migrants, according to information obtained from Border Patrol officials.
El Paso man calls 911 when mob of migrants climb wall into yard — and no one responds. An El Paso man was sitting on his porch late at night this week when a mob of illegal immigrants came waltzing down his street. Moments later, four of the men climbed over a concrete stone wall and into the courtyard of Ed Gonzalez's home, where he cares for his elderly bedridden mother, KVIA reports. "I was here by myself, four guys here, and I was afraid of getting jumped," Gonzalez said. He yelled at the men repeatedly, and they eventually dashed off, though they left a lingering impression.
Liberals Tell Supreme Court How Illegal Immigration Increases Their Power. Liberals in the U.S. House of Representatives and various state and local jurisdictions are asking the Supreme Court to join them in making a remarkable prediction: Next year, they argue, unless the court acts now to restrain the Department of Commerce, vast numbers of illegal aliens will violate a U.S. law that has profound constitutional consequences. This widespread law breaking, they predict, will impact federal elections for at least 10 years. And, these liberals contend, the bad guys in this situation will not be the illegal aliens violating the law but the federal agency trying to enforce it. We are talking about the 2020 census.
When multiple background investigations fail:
Illegal Alien Served In U.S. Navy and U.S. Border Patrol. Illegal aliens may falsely claim to be United States citizens to evade detection by immigration law enforcement officers and hence, deportation (removal) from the United States but that crime is rarely prosecuted. When I attended the U.S. Border Patrol Academy at the beginning of my career with the former INS was methods for breaking such false claims to U.S. citizenship. To my knowledge no other law enforcement agencies provide instruction in this issue. In an earlier aptly titled article, False Claims To U.S. Citizenship[,] I noted that because of such false claims, particularly when aliens are incarcerated, it is impossible to know how many illegal alien criminals are actually incarcerated around the United States, particularly in "Sanctuary" jurisdictions, where the rule of the day for immigration issues can be summed up as "Don't ask, don't tell."
ICE arrests 123 criminal aliens in New Jersey. There is a lot of focus in the political class about the effects of mass migration on the illegal immigrants themselves, but there is not much focus on the criminals we are letting in who harm Americans. To get a sense of the magnitude of the criminal alien problem in this country, consider that ICE just arrested 123 criminal aliens in one operation in New Jersey, a state where the local officials don't readily hand over those charged with crimes to federal immigration officials.
On-the-spot DNA tests could be key to ICE verifying 'immigrant families' at border. The U.S. government has adopted a DNA testing system that would allow border officials to assess within two hours whether immigrants claiming to be in the same family are telling the truth. Last June, the FBI approved the use of ANDE, an automated system which was developed with the military and can be operated by a nonscientist to process cheek swabs and other DNA. In October, it was used on human remains found after wildfires swept through Northern California. It is now under consideration by the Department of Homeland Security and could be used by Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Federal immigration officials believe the situation at the U.S.-Mexico border is about to become more complicated due to an uptick in falsified documents being used by migrants.
Border smugglers now ramming down corrugated border fences with trucks in San Diego. As California's leftist Gov. Gavin Newsom grandstands about suing the Trump administration over its construction of a concrete border wall, Mexico's human smugglers are having a grand old time, ramming through the corrugated junk metal fencing that's there with heavy smuggling vehicles, terrorist-style.
Armed Human Smuggler Arrested near Migrant Caravan Group. Yuma Sector Border Patrol agents arrested an armed human smuggler with a group of Mexican migrants not far from another group of caravan migrants. It appears the smuggler attempted to use the Central American migrants as a diversion in order to bring across the Mexican nationals.
Customs Intercepts $12M in Meth at Border. Customs and Border Patrol agents intercepted more than $12 million worth of methamphetamine that crossed into the U.S. inside a truck carrying frozen strawberries from Mexico. The agency on Tuesday [2/19/2019]said officers working at the Pharr-Reynosa International Bridge cargo facility in Texas intercepted the truck that held 906 pounds of meth worth $12.7 million. The discovery was made on Feb. 16 after imaging equipment and dogs used to inspect the truck revealed 350 packages of what appeared to be methamphetamine hidden within the trailer.
6 illegal immigrants linked to Mexican cartel arrested in NC for drug trafficking operation, officials say. Six illegal immigrants with ties to a Mexican drug cartel — a rival of the powerful Sinaloa cartel, whose notorious leader Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman was convicted last week — were arrested in an elaborate drug trafficking operation in North Carolina, according to reports. The massive drug operation included transporting large amounts of cocaine and methamphetamine across state lines — for instance, from Texas to Georgia and North Carolina, WSOC reported.
'Huge, Sophisticated' Mexican Cartel Meth Lab Busted by DEA in Georgia. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) agents busted a "huge and sophisticated" meth lab near Atlanta, Georgia, they say is run by a Mexican drug cartel. DEA Special Agent in Charge Robert Murphy told Conservative Review that his office busted a methamphetamine lab run by the Cartel Jalisco Nueva Generación (CJNG) in an affluent suburb near Atlanta. He called the operation "huge and sophisticated."
Group of twelve Mexican and Chinese nationals are arrested after coming ashore in makeshift boat. The Huntington Fire Department rushed to met a makeshift boat that was holding at least 12 people after it came ashore on Monday afternoon [1/28/32019] at the Naval Weapons Station in Seal Beach, California. 'Huntington Beach crews on scene to a Multi-Casualty incident, 9 patients arrive on boat more information to come. PIO en route,' read a tweet posted by the public information officer. Those individuals were revealed to be 10 Chinese nationals and two Mexican nationals. One of the Mexicans is a known smuggler.
Drug Smugglers Bring 700 lbs Of Cocaine Across Border In Area With No Barrier, CBP Says. Border Patrols agents seized hundreds of pounds of cocaine at an unsecured area of the U.S.-Mexico border on Thursday [1/17/2019], according to U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP). "Customs and Border Protection said the suspects were seen loading 'bundles of narcotics' into an off-road-style utility vehicle outside of Garciasville, a city in Texas up against the river," the Washington Examiner reported. "The suspects, apparently aware they had been seen, were able to 'abruptly' drive the vehicle into the river and escape into Mexico."
This New Year's tradition rattles residents in Fort Worth. Growing up in a small pueblo in Durango, Mexico, Carlos Cerda remembers New Year's Eve by the sound of gunfire. The men would run out at midnight and fire their pistols into the air, he said. For Cerda, it was safest to hide under the table. "That was a little traumatizing," he said in Spanish. "The most dangerous part about it is that you don't know where the bullets came from or where they went."
Border agents seize $1.7 million in meth, in second largest drug bust this week. Officials seized nearly $1.3 million worth of meth at the U.S.-Mexico Border in Texas on Thursday [12/13/2018], marking the second time this week that agents thwarted a significant narcotics smuggling attempt. Agents with Customs and Border Protection and the Office of Field Operations were alerted to a 2018 Chevrolet Silverado attempting to enter the U.S. through the Juarez-Lincoln International Bridge.
Caravan Migrant Climbs Tree, Sets It on Fire — Throws Rocks at Border Patrol. A previously deported illegal alien climbed a tree to avoid being arrested by Yuma Sector Border Patrol agents. He then set the tree on fire and threw rocks at the agents and a helicopter. Yuma Sector Border Patrol agents observed footprints leading from the international boundary just east of Andrade, California, port of entry. The tracks led the agents to a man who had just illegally entered the U.S. from Mexico, according to information obtained by Breitbart News from Border Patrol officials.
Mexican National Gets 54 Months in U.S. Prison for Making More Than 1,000 Fake IDs — in Ohio. A 44-year-old Mexican woman living in Marion, Ohio, has been sentenced to 54 months in prison for operating what federal prosecutors call "a document mill that produced more than 1,000 false identification documents." "Law enforcement executed a search warrant at Buendia-Chavarria's residence in October 2017, where they located numerous false identification documents, five handwritten ledgers containing other peoples' names, dates of birth and Social Security numbers, and in some cases, who the identity was sold to, according to court documents," says a statement released by the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Northern District of Ohio.
25 Straight Minutes of Illegal Aliens Crossing Into US Through Arizona Ranch. Arizona rancher John Chilton's 50,000-acre spread along the U.S.-Mexico border is allegedly ground zero for human smugglers, drug cartel members and illegal immigrants, and he has videos showing trespassers sneaking through his property. A fifth-generation cattleman, the 79-year-old Chilton has long warned the government about the dangers of leaving lengthy stretches of the southwest border secured by nothing more than a barbed wire fence. To prove his point, he set up surveillance cameras throughout his property to document the comings and goings of trespassers from south of the border.
Investigation: Potentially 39M Cases of Identity Theft by Illegal Aliens in Last Four Years. There have been potentially 39 million cases in the last four years in which Americans have had their identities and Social Security Numbers stolen by illegal aliens, a new investigation reveals. [...] If each fraudulent Social Security Number user submitted only one W-2 form a year under a fake identity, this still amounts to nearly ten million individuals using stolen identities of American citizens.
Idiot Streaker Who Interrupted MLB Game Could Be Deported — Report. The first rule of immigration, no matter where you are in the world, is "if you're not a citizen of a country, do not break that country's laws. [...] The problem here is that the streaker is an Irish national, not a U.S. citizen, and now he's potentially facing deportation proceedings.
Mexican national deported 5 times from U.S. sentenced to 9 months for 3rd DUI in Chesterfield, felony ID fraud. A Mexican national who has lived in the U.S. illegally for 28 years and has been deported five times was sentenced Monday [7/30/2018] to nine months in jail for his third drunken-driving offense in Chesterfield County and felony identity fraud. The defendant, Mario Santos-Ochoa, now faces deportation again after serving his time. Immigration authorities have placed a detainer on him. Santos-Ochoa, 44, has been raising a family with four children — the oldest is 21 — during his unlawful stay in the U.S. over the past three decades, his attorney said in court Monday.
National Guard making impact at US-Mexico line, Customs and Border Protection agency says. National Guard troops deployed to the U.S.-Mexico border following President Donald Trump's April directive have freed U.S. Customs and Border Protection personnel to apprehend an additional 1,600 people illegally crossing into the U.S., CBP officials said. The approximately 775 National Guard troops have also helped capture 1,000 pounds of marijuana and turn back 451 people who attempted to illegally cross the border, the Washington Examiner reported.
Illegal Aliens Busted with Four Kilos of Cocaine. Two Chapel Hill brothers are facing multiple drug trafficking charges following a traffic stop conducted Tuesday morning [3/20/2018] in Hillsborough, according to the Orange County Sheriff's Office.
Man deported after disgruntled ex-girlfriend reports him to ICE. An illegal immigrant living in Kansas was deported Friday after his ex-girlfriend reported him to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), local media reported. Mexican national Serafin Alegria-Zamora, 37, endured a "final act of terror" when his ex-girlfriend reported him to immigration authorities, his attorney, Rekha Sharma-Crawford said, according to The Kansas City Star. Alegria-Zamora's application for a "U" visa — a nonimmigrant visa designated for "victims of certain crimes who have suffered mental or physical abuse" — reportedly was pending for four months when he was deported.
Harsh lesson for taxpayers as illegal alien felon pleads guilty to stealing $361K in benefits. If you are an average payer of federal income taxes, the entire amount of money you have paid and will pay in federal income taxes over your lifetime has been stolen by one illegal alien, with plenty of money left over to pillage from the tax payments of your neighbors. Kristina Davis of the San Diego Union-Tribune broke a story two days ago that now is rightfully garnering national attention.
Mexican man admits he assumed American's identity in 1980 and stole $361,000 in government benefits. It started as a rather straightforward Social Security fraud investigation — a man receiving disability benefits pretending to live in the United States when in fact he lived in Tijuana. What authorities uncovered was a 37-year identity theft scheme by a repeat felon who violated immigration laws and bilked federal, state and local governments out of hundreds of thousands of dollars in benefits, according to a plea agreement entered in San Diego federal court this week.
Mexican man assumed American identity for decades: court records. A Mexican man who was deported twice and had a history of arrests was able to assume the identity of an American citizen and receive more than $360,000 in government benefits for nearly four decades, California court records show. Andres Avelino Anduaga used a fake birth certificate starting in 1980 to develop a seemingly legitimate persona by applying for a California driver's license, Social Security number and U.S. passport, according to documents obtained by the San Diego Union-Tribune. The official U.S. documents identified him as Abraham Riojos, born in Texas in 1958. Anduaga, who's actually 66 years old and a resident of Tijuana, Mexico, pleaded guilty last week in San Diego to theft of public property and being a previously removed unauthorized immigrant in the U.S., the newspaper reported Saturday [3/3/2018].
Illegal Immigrant From Mexico Used Stolen Identity To Rip Off $300K In Government Benefits. A Mexican national stole the identity of an American citizen and used it to bilk federal and local governments of more than $300,000 worth of disability benefits over more than 30 years, according to a plea entered Thursday in San Diego federal court. The man — identified as 66-year-old Andres Avelino Anduaga — admitted that he assumed the identity of a Texas resident named Abraham Riojos in 1980, and then used Riojos' information to apply for a California driver's license, a Social Security number and a U.S. passport.
Illegal immigrant from Mexico pleads guilty to using fake identity to steal $361,000 in government benefits. A Mexican national has confessed to stealing the identity of an American citizen, and over the course of 37 years pocketing hundreds of thousands of dollars in government benefits. Andres Avelino Anduaga, 66 — who hails from Tijuana, Mexico — admitted in San Diego federal court on Thursday [3/1/2018] that he assumed the fake identity of a Texas resident named Abraham Riojos in 1980 after obtaining a fraudulent birth certificate, and then successfully applied for a California driver's license, Social Security number and passport. From 1989 to 2016, according to the plea agreement, he received around $361,000 in benefits — which included Medi-Cal, food stamps and Supplemental Security Income benefits.
Illegal immigrant deported 44 times in 15 years tops feds' list. He is the world's most persistent illegal immigrant: One Mexican managed to get deported 44 times in 15 years — which means he also managed to sneak back across the border at least that many times. The runner-up was ousted 40 times from 2001 to 2015. No. 3, 4 and 5 on the list were deported 35, 34 and 31 times, respectively, according to data provided to The Washington Times by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. While those are the most extreme cases, repeat-illegal immigrants were back in the news this week after police said a twice-deported man was driving drunk in Indiana on Sunday morning when he plowed into pro football player Edwin Jackson and his Uber driver, killing them both.
DOJ Data on Incarcerated Aliens — 94 Percent of All Confirmed Aliens in DOJ Custody Are Unlawfully Present. President Trump's Executive Order on Enhancing Public Safety in the Interior of the United States requires the Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to collect relevant data and provide quarterly reports on data collection efforts. On Dec. 18, 2017, DOJ and DHS released the FY 2017 4th Quarter Alien Incarceration Report, complying with this order. The report found that more than one-in-five of all persons in Bureau of Prisons custody were foreign born, and that 94 percent of confirmed aliens in custody were unlawfully present.
One Company — 800 Illegal Workers Busted During Chicago Bakery Immigration Raid. No one really knows the scale of how many illegal aliens are currently embedded within the U.S. workforce because the immigration laws and employment laws are in conflict. However, as one example — a single commercial Chicago Bakery, Cloverhill, was audited (raided) by Immigration and Customs Enforcement recently and a full one-third of their 2,400 employee total workforce was illegal.
Previously Deported Illegal Alien Caught Selling Cocaine, Fentanyl in Massachusetts. Tewksbury and Billerica Police, along with state and federal law enforcement officers, arrested three people and recovered large quantities of cocaine and fentanyl during an early Thursday morning raid on Ames Hill Drive in Tewksbury. Wilson Soto, 49, Christina Richardson, 48, and Soto's son, Yojanel Soto, 20, all of 412 Ames Hill Drive, were charged with trafficking fentanyl, trafficking over 200 grams of cocaine, and conspiracy to violate drug laws.
Deported 'Dreamer' Caught Entering The US Illegally Again. It was big news earlier this year when 23-year-old Juan Manuel Montes-Bojorquez filed a lawsuit against U.S. Customs and Border Protection claiming he had been deported to Mexico even though he was a protected DACA recipient. Monday, Bojorque was arrested after coming across the border illegally again.
Illegal Aliens Crash Nancy Pelosi's DACA Press Conference. A group of illegal aliens calling themselves the "Immigration Liberation Movement" crashed a press conference by House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) on Monday [9/18/2017], warning the Democratic Party not to "sell [us] out." The group shouted down Rep. Pelosi, who struggled to maintain control of the meeting, and unfurled a large banner calling for all illegal aliens to be legalized.
Man in the country illegally found in New Hanover County. A man found in New Hanover County has been charged with illegal reentry of a deported alien according to US Department of Justice release sent Friday afternoon. Raul Gaytan-Rodriguez, 32, of Mexico, is facing a maximum of two years in prison, supervised probation and a $250,000 fine if convicted.
College Park to allow non-US citizens the right to vote in local elections. The College Park City Council has voted in favor of a measure that would allow city residents who are not U.S. citizens to vote in local elections. College Park joins six other towns in allowing legal permanent residents and undocumented immigrants to vote in municipal elections.
Illegal Aliens Were Running [a] $100 Million Check Cashing Scheme. Three undocumented immigrants from Brazil are accused of running an illegal check-cashing scheme that laundered up to $100 million, officials say. Burlington County Prosecutor Scott Coffina announced Monday [7/28/2017] the arrests of 51-year-old Renato Maia Da Silva of Cinnaminson; 34-year-old Lucas Alves of Cinnaminson; and 33-year-old Wesley Dos Santos of Palmyra, following a nine-month investigation. All three were charged with financial facilitation of criminal activity.
Illegal Immigrants Stole More than ONE MILLION Identities. Regardless of who steals your identity, the likelihood of it ending up in the hands of an illegal is pretty good. Yet the Left declares allowing illegals in America humanitarian. Spoken like people who haven't been the victims of identity theft.
Did Votes By Non-Citizens Cost Trump The 2016 Popular Vote? Sure Looks That Way. Late in 2016, we created a stir by suggesting that Donald Trump was likely right when he claimed that millions of noncitizens had illegally voted in the U.S. election. Now, a study by a New Jersey think tank provides new evidence that that's what happened.
Six-time Deportee Arrested in Texas. An illegal immigrant deported six times prior from the United States is facing deportation again after crossing the U.S.-Mexico Border. Agustin Jorge Figueroa-Garcia, a 29 of Mexico, was caught by federal immigration agents with the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency in Texas, according to News4 San Antonio.
If anyone asks me, I can solve this problem overnight. Here's how: When someone is caught re-entering this country after having been deported at least once before, he or she should be deported again, to the most remote and desolate part of the Peruvian coast, or perhaps the Ivory Coast. Instead of passing the same people back and forth across a fence, repeat offenders should have a life-changing experience that will make it almost impossible for them to re-enter the United States. The word will get around Mexico very quickly: Don't go north again or you will disappear.
Illegal Aliens Caught With Nearly $1 Million Worth of Dope in Alabama. All five suspects arrested Thursday [5/25/2017] in a probe that yielded nearly $1 million worth of drugs were in the U.S. illegally, authorities said Friday. The Alabama Law Enforcement Agency announced the arrests of Elsy Judith Martinez-Lopez, 30, Bernardo M. Lopez, 36, Misael Agosttini-Otero, 32, Rafael A. Arvayo-Lopez, 31 and Armando Escobar-Jackes, 39. Two of the suspects — Martinez Lopez and Escobar-Jackes — are being held without bond in the Jefferson County Jail. It's unclear who has custody of the other three.
'We're living in an occupied country'. Ranchers Jim and Sue Chilton have been fighting for years for better US-Mexico border protection. Donald Trump is the only one they trust to stop the drug cartel that controls their land.
Deported migrants search for 'right spot' on Mexican border to return to life in US. José Alberto Sánchez is arguably one of the world's most motivated job-seekers. The fibreglass installer has endured hunger, thirst, exhaustion, extortion, betrayal and incarceration in three attempts to enter the United States and reclaim his old job. From the border city of Ciudad Juárez, which overlooks El Paso, Texas, the 40-year-old Mexican is now preparing his fourth attempt.
The news media has recently begun to use these sob-story anecdotes to portray illegal aliens as victims of America's ruthless isolationism, (willing to do the jobs Americans won't do, etc.,) rather than reporting the simple fact that hordes of freeloading criminal invaders are squirming the numerous cracks in our defenses.
Illegal Aliens Busted in Cloned Border Patrol Vehicle. Human smugglers carrying 12 illegal aliens were captured north of Laredo in a cloned U.S. Border Patrol vehicle. The incident happened on Interstate 35 at mile marker 65 near the town of Cotulla. That would be located nearly seventy miles into Texas. A border patrol agent became suspicious of the cloned vehicle while he was following it, Border Patrol Agent Hector Garza told Breitbart Texas while acting in his capacity as president of the National Border Patrol Council, Local 2455. After stopping the suspicious vehicle the driver was arrested and the agent found 12 illegal aliens stuffed inside the Chevy Tahoe that had been painted with Border Patrol vehicle markings.
I think the name of the city is officially pronounced co-TOO-la, but some of the natives call it ka-CHOO-la.
Reid blocks Cruz on tougher penalties for illegal immigrants. Senate Democrats blocked legislation Wednesday [11/4/2015] from Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) that would create tougher penalties for undocumented immigrants who reenter the country after being deported. Cruz, who is running for president, tried to get unanimous consent to pass his legislation — referred to as "Kate's Law," after Kathryn Steinle, who was shot and killed in San Francisco allegedly by an illegal immigrant who had already been deported five times.
Usurpation of Congress: Amnesty Granted to Millions of Illegal Aliens. The White House has released a new strategy surrounding the deportation of illegal aliens in the United States without Congressional approval. Yesterday [8/18/2011] on the White House website, under the disguise of "maximizing public safety and better focusing resources," Homeland Security Officials will now turn a blind eye to illegal aliens who "don't have a criminal record." The problem is, all illegal aliens do have criminal records. Entering the United States without permission is a crime per US Code Section 1325.
What Part of "Illegal" Don't Americans Understand? Do you believe in the free enterprise system? Do you believe in the rule of law, based on the Constitution, as the only way to protect your natural rights? Do you believe that the United States is unique among any other nation or system on earth? If you hold these ideals as truth, then there is only one solution to illegal immigration. It must be stopped.
"Illegal" — Slur or accurate label? "Undocumented" is preferred by some for certain immigrants; others see a cover-up.
Groups Struggle to Clean Up Mess Illegal Immigrants Leave Behind. Government officials and border activists say the garbage dumped in the desert by illegal immigrants and their smugglers is staggering. And the cleanup is costing taxpayers millions. In 2006 alone, more than 1.18 million pounds of trash was collected along southern Arizona border, many in the meeting spots where immigrants rest, change clothes and wait to hitch a ride further north with a smuggler.
U.S. Unable to Deport Most Illegal Immigrants Who Commit Crimes. Ezeiquiel Lopez already had a rap sheet that stretched all the way to Texas when, police said, he shot Kenosha County, Wisconsin, Deputy Sheriff Frank Fabiano in the head, killing him. Lopez, 45, an illegal immigrant from Mexico, was free at the time of the May shooting, after having been jailed for two prior violent crimes. By law, he should have been deported, but federal immigration authorities didn't know he had been in custody, and state and local police didn't tell them.
Attack of the killer euphemisms: How can the truth ever be derived from a debate in which plain facts cannot be set forth plainly?
The Attack of the Alien Outlaws: The instant they plant their foot on American soil they have broken the law. They are illegal aliens and, from that moment, they become a plague on every American's quality of life. They crowd our schools and don't pay for the privilege. They fill our hospitals, forcing many into bankruptcy. They help to infest our nation with dangerous drugs, destroying our children while the crime rate soars. Thousands sneak across the border in dilapidated trucks, endangering law-abiding Americans on our highways. They flood our welfare rolls, costing American taxpayers as much as $30 billion per year.
California Woman's Social Security Stolen by Suspected Illegal Immigrants. Audra Schmierer's Social Security number really gets around. It has been used by at least 81 people in 17 states, most of them probably illegal immigrants trying to get work. The federal government took years to discover the number was being used illegally, but authorities took little action even then.
Immigrants are stealing U.S. Social Security numbers for jobs, not profits. Camber Lybbert thought it was a mistake when her bank told her that her daughter's Social Security number, issued by the U.S. government, was on their files for two credit cards and two auto loans, with an outstanding balance of more than $25,000. Her daughter is 3 years old.
The welcome mat's out for illegal aliens: Incredible as it seems, open-borders advocates are now saying the federal government is responsible for ensuring the safety of those who try to come here illegally.
The Mexican Invasion: The families of eleven immigrants who died while attempting to enter the United States illegally have filed a $41 million lawsuit against two federal agencies. The suits assert that the United States, specifically the Department of Interior and the US Fish and Wildlife Service, failed to provide water to Mexicans trying to sneak into America and that was the reason they died.
Crack Down on Criminal Aliens: "Aliens arriving at our shores must understand that residency in the United States is a privilege, not a right," Ashcroft wrote. "For those aliens ... who engage in violent criminal acts during their stay here, this country will not offer its embrace."
Mexican Deported 7 Times Pleads Not Guilty to Illegal Re-Entry. An illegal immigrant who has been arrested previously on drug and firearms charges and deported seven times Friday pleaded not guilty to illegally re-entering the United States.
Crossing the Border Into Gomorrah: Religious leaders are expected to hold enlightened views. But insisting on church support for illegal aliens is a benighted view. It insults every immigrant who took the trouble to come here legally. It sends the message that following the rules does not matter. Is that the message that churches want to send in this age of mass moral confusion?
The Illegality of the [Austin] City-Run Day Labor Site: It is ironic that a Council insistent on curtailing economic growth to protect lizards would violate federal immigration to law to provide workers for construction and building companies the engines of the urban sprawl they so detest. If the economy ever turns, will there be a mass deportation effort directed against those who were recently provided work by their municipality? Probably not. Illegal immigrants are people, not machines to be turned off when they are no longer needed.
Guests or gate crashers: The Bush administration is pushing a program to legalize "guest workers." But what is a guest? Someone you have invited. People who force their way into your home without your permission are called gate crashers.
Guests or gate crashers? Part II. What about all those illegal workers that we "need"? Many of the illegals are working in agriculture, producing crops that have been in chronic surplus for decades. … In California, surplus crops grown and harvested by illegal immigrants are often also subsidized by federal water projects which charge the farmers in dry California valleys far less than the cost to the government of providing that water — and a fraction of what people in Los Angeles or San Francisco pay for the same amount of water.
Legalizing the Illegals: Many Americans are concerned because millions of illegal immigrants enter this country and little seems to be done to stop them. But California Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi, leader of the Democrats in the House of Representatives, is upset because now something is being done to catch some of them. Police raids on dozens of Wal-Mart stores are "terrorizing" illegal immigrants, according to House Minority Leader Pelosi. What would she do about illegal immigrants? Legalize them!
Home Loans for Illegal Aliens? The American dream of home ownership, complete with the white picket fence, is alive and well for those who break our laws and break down our fences to get in. … Despite federal laws making it illegal to violate the borders, overstay visas, and recruit, harbor and encourage illegal aliens, the Washington Post notes that the illegal alien home loan schemes are "legal."
Poll Shows 68% of All Americans See Illegal Immigration as Extremely or Very Serious Problem. A new Time magazine poll by SRBI Pubic Affairs on immigration finds that 68% of all Americans believe that illegal immigration is either an "extremely" or "very" serious problem and an amazing 82% feel the country is not doing enough to stem the flow of illegal immigration.
What part of 'illegal' don't you get? There are many things I like and admire about President Bush. But his constant pandering to Mexico's Vicente Fox doesn't happen to be one of them. At best, I find it unseemly; at worst, humiliating.
Clinton vows to block bill criminalizing illegal immigrants. Invoking Biblical themes, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton joined immigration advocates Wednesday [3/22/2006] to vow and block legislation seeking to criminalize undocumented immigrants.
Council Declares City an Illegal Migrant Haven: Coachella has become the latest Southern California city to declare itself a haven for illegal immigrants. Under the resolution, the city will not use local police to enforce immigration law, said Mayor Jesse Villarreal.
Company's success was 'curious' to competitors. When Houston-based IFCO Systems North America Inc. reported record profits last year, others in the unglamorous business of recycling wooden pallets couldn't help but wonder how the company did it. … Federal investigators think a significant portion of those profits came on the backs of illegal immigrant workers recruited in Houston and bused to at least 26 plants across the country.
California Rewards Illegal Aliens: Assembly Bill 540 allows undocumented high school graduates who have been in residence in California for three years to enroll in community colleges and the California State University and University of California systems without paying nonresident tuition.
How did 'Americanization' and 'legal' become bad words? America may be too good for its own good. The qualities that draw people from all over the world — religious and political freedom, the rule of law, due process, a vibrant economy, and a high standard of living — are the same qualities bad eggs use against us.
Whether called amnesty or guest worker, it is still immoral. America welcomes immigrants who want to be American, who come to the United States legally, obey the laws and the Constitution, and learn to speak English. Most start with entry-level jobs, but they get the opportunity to rise up and realize the American dream.
Don't be manipulated by the master marketers. The fact is, those who hope we'll ignore the crime committed by illegal aliens used proven marketing techniques to sell you something — and if you weren't paying attention, you bought it. This pernicious practice doesn't stop with border security. We're bamboozled daily on a wide variety of subjects, from abortion on demand for any reason to same-sex "marriage."
Revenge of the Wal-Mart nine: How do people who deliberately set out to break American immigration law get to sue U.S. employers for breaking labor laws? Illegal or not, they've dived into America's biggest melting pot — the pool of plaintiffs in civil suits.
Legalizing the illegals: Police raids on dozens of Wal-Mart stores are "terrorizing" illegal immigrants, according to House Minority Leader Pelosi. What would she do about illegal immigrants? Legalize them! In other words, come here illegally and we will make you legal!
Home loans for illegal aliens?! The American dream of home ownership, complete with the white picket fence, is alive and well for those who break our laws and break down our fences to get in.
A nation of outlaws, Part II. In response to illegal aliens loitering around a local 7-Eleven, creating a public nuisance while waiting for off-the-books jobs, the Herndon Town Council approved a plan to build a central location for the "day laborers."
[But it turns out that it is not legal to spend public money to construct a building that facilitates an illegal activity. That's the reason Judical Watch got involved. Keep reading.]
Judicial Watch Warns Fairfax County against Funding of Unlawful "Day Labor" Sites. Judicial Watch, the public interest group that investigates and prosecutes government corruption, [has] threatened legal action against the County of Fairfax, VA in order to prevent taxpayer funding for three proposed illegal alien job centers — termed "Day Laborer" sites — among them a site in Herndon, over which Judicial Watch has already filed suit on behalf of the town's citizens. The two other sites are in the Culmore and Annandale districts of Fairfax County.
Arizona Prosecutor Has New Twist on Prosecuting Illegal Aliens. [Maricopa County Attorney Andrew] Thomas said that since the suspects paid the coyotes to transport them across the border, they are complicit in their own smuggling and therefore guilty of conspiracy.
Fourteenth Amendment Abuse by Illegal Aliens. The 14th Amendment is a simple document, drafted after the Civil War to assure that newly emancipated black slaves would never be denied citizenship by the states. The drafters had no idea that, years later, the amendment would be used to make a mockery of our immigration laws. It was never intended that an illegal alien can cross the borders into our country, have a baby a few minutes later, and then the baby is automatically declared a citizen of the United States.
Giuliani: Illegal Immigration No Crime. Republican presidential hopeful Rudy Giuliani said illegal immigration is not a crime, prompting rival Mitt Romney to accuse him of not taking the problem seriously. The two have clashed for weeks over illegal immigration, an issue that inflames GOP conservatives who influence primary elections. The irony is that both candidates have in the past taken more liberal stands on the issue.
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Rudy: No crime being an illegal immigrant. Rudy Giuliani said Friday that being an illegal immigrant isn't a crime, and it shouldn't be one in the future either — comments likely to anger conservatives already leery about his liberal immigration policies as New York mayor.
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Illegal immigration isn't a crime? The truth is that the former mayor of the biggest sanctuary city on the planet is similar to President Bush in terms of being tone-deaf to the roar of legal citizens who have positively had it with illegal immigrants.
NY Times/CBS Poll Finds that 69% Believe Illegal Immigrants Should Be Prosecuted. A New York Times/CBS News poll released yesterday found that 69% of American adults believe illegal immigrants should "be prosecuted and deported for being in the U.S. illegally." Just 24% disagree and say they should not.
Memo: Illegal immigrants in Texas need 6 arrests to be charged. Guidelines issued by U.S. attorneys in Texas showed that most illegal immigrants crossing into the state had to be arrested at least six times before federal authorities would prosecute them, according to an internal Justice Department memo. The disclosure provides a rare view of how federal authorities attempt to curb illegal immigration.
Illegal immigrants allowed at least five strikes. Documents released in the controversy about eight fired U.S. attorneys show that federal prosecutors in Texas generally have declined to bring criminal charges against illegal immigrants caught crossing the border — until at least their sixth arrest.
Illegal Mexican alien sentenced after six prior deportations. A 29-year-old Mexican farm worker who has been deported at least six times for illegally entering the United States will spend 15 months in federal prison. Vincente Santiago-Castro then will be sent back to Mexico once again.
Guide coaches illegals on raids. A Maryland-based immigrant-advocacy group is distributing guidebooks instructing those targeted by federal immigration agents during job-site raids not to cooperate with authorities if they are arrested or detained. The eight-page, two-color illustrated book lists what rights "people who are not United States citizens" have if detained by immigration agents, details what to do if served with a warrant or charged with a crime, and urges them to remain silent if they are arrested.
They want your job, your property, and your country. I am speaking, of course, of illegal immigrants, aka undocumented immigrants, aka undocumented workers, aka unauthorized migrants, aka Mexican nationals, whose number may be as high as 30 million — 22 million adults who have invaded this country since the previous mass amnesty in 1986, and as many as eight million children whom female illegal aliens have borne in this country during that time, and which have been improperly defined by the federal courts, in violation of the Fourteenth Amendment, as "American citizens."
U.S. Can't Account for 600,000 Fugitives. Teams assigned to make sure foreigners ordered out of the United States actually leave are grappling with a backlog of more than 600,000 cases and can't accurately account for the fugitives' whereabouts, the government reported Monday [3/26/2007].
Man says he illegally crossed border 4 times in 10 days. Aurelio Solorzano-Ovando, 35, told officials that three of those crossings resulted in arrests by Border Patrol agents, who released him in Mexico. Deputies arrested Solorzano-Ovando and 11 other undocumented immigrants Thursday in the far-west Valley on suspicion of conspiring to smuggle themselves into the country.
Foreign-born inmates slip through ICE net. Foreign-born criminals who are supposed to be a prime target for federal immigration agents are instead slipping through the deportation net, an examination of Denver jail and Colorado court records shows.
Officials failed to deport alien. Federal officials acknowledged yesterday [6/3/2005] they failed in 1998 to deport an illegal alien who was recently acquitted of murder in an MS-13 gang trial, but said that the alien will now be immediately deported or charged with a felony. … Agency officials estimate roughly 500,000 fugitive illegals have avoided deportation and are hiding in the United States.
The Selective Application of Our Laws. Cristobal Silverio emigrated illegally from Mexico to Stockton, Calif., bringing his wife and three children. While there, his wife gave birth to her fourth child. The family had their "anchor baby" — an American citizen by birth. This baby provided the entire Silverio clan a ticket to permanently remain in the United States. The government provides free health care for all illegals. The baby born to the Silverios was premature, and spent three months in an incubator. It cost the hospital $300,000. — it cost the Saverios nothing.
Many illegal immigrants were already violent criminals when they arrived.
Illegal Alien Charged With Child Molestation in North Carolina 'Sanctuary City'. An Asheboro man has been charged with 4 counts of felony indecent liberties with a child among several other charges, according to Randolph County Sheriff's Office news release. The release says deputies received a report on July 5 about allegations of sex offenses involving a minor. An investigation into the allegations showed evidence that Victor Estuardo Diaz, 22, of Asheboro, committed acts against a child under 15, deputies say.
Feds charge nearly two dozen suspected MS-13 gang members with seven murders. Federal authorities have charged nearly two dozen people in California with crimes linked to the MS-13 gang. An FBI, Los Angeles Police Department, and Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department joint task force arrested 22 alleged gang members and potential members on 12 charges related to the murder of seven people over the past two years, according to Fox 11. The indictment, unsealed Monday, details the murders of rival gang members, gang members suspected of helping police, and a homeless man who was living in a park that the MS-13 gang considered its own.
Illegal aliens charged with rape. [Numerous examples]
Democrats Shift From Supporting Legal Immigration To Urging Open Defiance Of U.S. Laws. Far from a mass roundup, ICE's responsibility was to find approximately 2,000 illegal immigrants. Nor were the targets randomly chosen to inspire terror among illegally present foreigners or to display a sign of the administration's lawless lust for retribution against those who break immigration laws. With a population of 11 million illegal immigrants and some estimates saying as many as 1 million of them are already under court order to leave after receiving due process, the arrest of every one of those on the current list couldn't even be counted as a drop in the bucket for dealing with the problem. Moreover, those chosen had already been through the long, tedious process by which the government is forced to prove its case in immigration courts. All have already been ordered out of the country after they had a chance to make their case to be able to stay or even to claim asylum. All of them had broken federal law, received their day in court, and had received court documents telling them they must leave the country.
ICE releases report of illegal immigrants who allegedly committed crimes after cops ignored detention requests. The first of what will be quarterly "Declined Detainer Reports" details incidents from the second quarter of fiscal year 2018, where law enforcement agencies arrested undocumented immigrants, ignored ICE requests to hold them until federal authorities could pick them up, and then those individuals were arrested on new charges. The report features highlighted cases, including ones where the arrests were for rape, murder, assault, burglary, car theft, drug possession, and DUI.
Accused Child Rapist Arrested at Arizona Border. Nogales Station agents arrested a Mexican national after he illegally crossed the border on Wednesday afternoon [7/11/2019]. The agents conducted a biometric background investigation and learned the 30-year-old man has active warrants from the Spanish Fork, Utah, Sheriff's Office, according to information provided by Tucson Sector Border Patrol officials. The Mexican man will be extradited to Utah where he will face charges of two counts of raping a child and aggravated sexual abuse of a child, officials reported.
Why Americans Are Never Told About Murders by Illegal Aliens. Why is it that we only hear about illegal aliens who die of natural causes, and their deaths being blamed on ICE, but never hear about the daily rapes and murders by illegal aliens? [Video clip]
Victims of illegal alien crimes may soon be able to sue sanctuary cities. Republican Representative from North Carolina Thom Tillis sent out a press release on Tuesday [7/9/2019] which details upcoming legislation that will give a voice to those victimized by illegal aliens protected by sanctuary city policies. "The legislation creates a private right of civil action for the victims of sanctuary jurisdictions, allowing them to bring an action for compensatory damages against the sanctuary jurisdiction as a result of a violent crime committed by an illegal immigrant," it reads. "Any sanctuary city or jurisdiction that refuses to waive its immunity as it relates to sanctuary-related civil action would be subject to the withholding of certain Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funding."
Did someone mention sanctuary cities?
Abolishing ICE Means Letting the Worst Criminals Imaginable Stay in the USA. [Scroll down] Quite of a few of these criminals had been arrested and deported years ago. For example, one 25-year-old Honduran who had a prior conviction for aggravated assault with a deadly weapon had been deported before. Now that he has been apprehended, he faces "federal prosecution for re-entry after deportation." Another arrestee, a 32-year old Mexican had also been deported before. This guy is an active gang member with prior convictions for robbery, evading arrest, and aggravated assault. Who wants these thugs in America?
6 illegal immigrants in Honduran burglary ring arrested in Fort Bend County. Fort Bend County Sheriff Nehls and law enforcement detectives announced the arrest of a group connected with a Honduran burglary ring Monday afternoon [7/8/2019]. The Sheriff's Office launched an investigation after reports of a group targeting Indian, Asian and Middle Eastern communities. Officials said the group is tied to more 100 burglaries in the Houston area.
US Demands $12.7 Billion in Judgment Against 'El Chapo'. U.S. authorities said on July 5 they were seeking a court order requiring Mexican drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman to forfeit $12.7 billion following his conviction for racketeering and drug trafficking crimes earlier this year.
War criminals among us: inside the quiet effort to prosecute and deport violators disguised as refugees. They could be your Uber driver or the security guard at a local airport. The elderly neighbor living next door or the operator of the neighborhood ice cream shop. They came to the United States from all corners of the globe — Somalia, Rwanda, El Salvador, the Balkans, Germany, Iraq — claiming to have been persecuted. In reality, they were the persecutors. For decades, war criminals have lived alongside those they tortured or displaced. Under the guise of being a refugee, they've sought new lives in America. But quiet efforts are underway to expose and punish as many of these hidden offenders as possible — and ensure none find a lasting haven in the U.S.
Sheriff: Man held in Alexander County family's killing [is] in [the] U.S. illegally. North Carolina authorities say the man accused of murdering his ex-wife and her two children is a Mexican citizen who's in the United States illegally. Areli Aguirre Avilez, 30, is charged with murder in the death of 38-year-old mother Maria Calderon, and her children, 11-year-old Angel Pacheco and 12-year-old America Pacheco.
5 Suspects Arrested in Texas for Imprisoning 18 Immigrants for Labor, Sex. On Friday [6/28/2019], authorities announced that Houston police arrested 5 suspects in a kidnapping and human smuggling ring. [...] The circumstances are horrifying.
Washington man assaults woman days after being released from jail for raping her last year: prosecutors. Washington authorities are hunting a convicted rapist who they believe attacked a wheelchair-bound woman just three days after getting out of jail — where he'd been locked up for previously raping the same woman. Francisco Carranza-Ramirez, 35, was released from jail last Thursday [6/20/2019] after serving less than a year for the rape of a White Center woman on two occasions. [...] After nine months in jail (including time served as the case proceeded), Carranza-Ramirez was ordered by a judge to return to Mexico as part of a plea agreement.
DHS: Caravans to U.S. Included 1,500 Deported Criminals, 30 Sex Offenders. Recent caravans of foreign nationals included more than 1,500 previously deported convicted criminal illegal aliens, nearly 30 of which were convicted of sex crimes, federal officials say. U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) data provided to the House Oversight and Reform Committee this week reveal that two recent caravans of about 11,300 nationals that flooded the United States-Mexico border in October 2018 and January 2019 included about 1,520 previously deported illegal aliens who had been convicted of crimes in the U.S.
Illegal immigrant day laborer who bludgeoned a wealthy socialite to death with a fire extinguisher is sentenced. An undocumented immigrant day laborer who has admitted to bludgeoning an elderly socialite to death at her New York mansion was sentenced this morning [6/13/2019] to 22 years to life in prison after telling the court he wished he could trade placed with his victim. Esdras Marroquin Gomez, 34, learned his fate after reading a letter through a Spanish interpreter, in which he expressed remorse for taking the life of 83-year-old Lois Colley, the wife of millionaire McDonald's franchisee Eugene Colley, at her 300-acre North Salem estate in November 2015.
Suspects in prison attack on militia leader were previously-deported illegal immigrants. The three federal inmates suspected of attacking a militia leader in a New Mexico jail in April were in custody on immigration charges and had all been previously deported prior, according to a local report about federal documents that were released Wednesday [6/12/2019]. The documents show Roberto Gardea-Limas, Silvano Gurrola-Hernandez, and Martin Soto-Ortega had each been previously deported from the United States and had been in custody at the Doña Ana County Detention Center in late April on varying federal charges, according to Las Cruces Sun News.
Naked Intruder On Immigration Hold After Threatening Dallas Couple. A loud noise awoke a Dallas couple to the sight of a naked man rummaging through a bookshelf in their room. Lying next to his wife, Trent Tate asked the nude intruder what he was doing. "If you move, I'll kill you," was the response. Trent Tate grabbed the man, identified as Oscar Martinez Gomez and wrestled him to the ground while his wife called police.
Feds lost track of criminal alien informants: inspector general. Federal law enforcement agencies knowingly invite foreigners, often with lengthy criminal records, into the U.S., sponsoring them for visas on the hope they'll help out with an investigation. But in dozens of those cases the government has lost track of the people and agents were slow in reporting them to Homeland Security, allowing the trail to go cold in efforts to track down, according to a Justice Department inspector general's report released Wednesday [6/12/2019]. From 2015 to 2017 the Justice Department sponsored roughly 5,500 immigrants for deferred deportation, an S visa or parole into the U.S.
Armed Mexican Cartel Member Filmed Crossing US Border in Broad Daylight! Two weeks ago and over the Memorial Day Weekend the "We Build the Wall" organization led by founder and organizer Brian Kolfage built their first major border wall section on the West Texas-New Mexico border on the side of Mount Cristo Rey.
Democrats Fight For Open Borders As Illegals Bring In Crime, Diseases. After revealing over 140,000 illegal aliens were detained or apprehended at the border last month, the Border Patrol is warning America's immigration system has already collapsed. One America's Pearson Sharp spoke with Chris Harris, a retired Border Patrol agent, who says America will cease to exist unless we can defend our borders. [Video clip]
Mexican government admits 80% of its populated territory is run by cartels, including key border areas. As of last year, the Taliban controlled or contested 46 percent of the districts in Afghanistan's civil war. That was enough justification for us to keep our military perpetually engaged there in combat. What if you were told that 80 percent of Mexico's territory is controlled by dangerous cartels, including all of the key smuggling routes at our border, and that the cartels are orchestrating all of the illegal immigration into our territory and bringing their members back and forth across our own border? Several weeks ago, the Mexican investigative journal Contral'nea posted a map of Mexico prepared by the government of President Andrés Manuel López-Obrador (AMLO), showing that 80 percent of the country's 266 districts recently targeted for enforcement by the Mexican National Guard in a new counter-cartel operation are either controlled (57.5 percent) or disputed (23.3 percent) by the cartels.
The Entitled Uninvited. On a Sunday afternoon in May, Etta Nugent found Marco Cobos, a Mexican national, at her doorstep in Houston after his truck had broken down nearby. Cobos knocked and Nugent, described by friends as "gentle soul" and a "good Christian woman," answered. When Cobos asked her to help him fix his truck, the septuagenarian politely declined, citing her age. Feeling entitled to a different answer, Cobos forced his way into Nugent's home and stabbed her in the chest. He proceeded to show himself to kitchen to look for "more knives," he told prosecutors, while his victim lay grievously wounded. As Nugent attempted to flee, Cobos killed her in her home of 50 years, across the street from St. Francis de Sales Catholic Church where she had worshiped for most of her life. With cash stolen from the house, Cobos drove Nugent's car to an auto parts store to buy a new battery for his truck. He stopped for food before returning to Nugent's home, where he ate and lounged for hours, helping himself to Nugent's credit cards, even paying his phone bill with one of them.
Previously Deported Rapist Arrested Amongst Group of Migrant Families, Unaccompanied Children. A Guatemalan national previously deported from the United States after being charged and serving jail time for rape and kidnapping was arrested this week in El Paso, TX after attempting to re-enter the country. ABC 7 KVIA News reports that "Domingo Larios Castro, 49, was attempting to enter the United States illegally with a group of 43 undocumented immigrants." The group was apprehended by Border Patrol which transported the 40 plus individuals to a station for background checks and other procedures.
Girl Killed by MS-13 Members after Maryland Officials Ignore ICE Detainer. According to authorities, [Josue] Fuentes-Ponce and Escobar killed the girl because they were worried she would report them to police. She had lured a man to Northwest Washington, D.C., where he was beaten, robbed, and interrogated about his gang affiliations. This was not the first involvement in a robbery by Fuentes-Ponce and Escobar. Last year, both were arrested in connection with a robbery case. Because Fuentes-Ponce and Escobar are in the U.S. illegally, ICE asked the Prince George's County, Maryland Department of Corrections to detain them. It did not. Thus, these two MS-13 thugs were free to commit more robberies and to butcher a 14 year-old accomplice.
Right out of the gate, Beto goes low. According to the Texas Department of Public Safety, between June 1, 2011, and April 30, 2019, 196,000 illegal immigrants were charged with more than 306,000 criminal offenses, which included arrests for 3,611 sexual assault charges and 4,826 sexual offense charges.
Illegal immigrant gets 20 years for raping 12-year-old Mississippi girl. An illegal immigrant who followed a 12-year-old Mississippi girl into a restaurant bathroom, got her number, then raped her hours later, was sentenced Tuesday [5/21/2019] to 20 years, according to a report. Valentin Ariosto Alfonso-Arguello, 38, was charged last September for raping the girl the month prior. Authorities said Alfonso-Arguello met the girl at a Ridgeland restaurant — about 12 miles north of Jackson — where he worked and forced her to give him her number.
CNN Refuses To Report On Illegal Alien Serial Killer Allegedly Murdering 12 Elderly Women In Texas. The story broke last Wednesday when Kenyan national Billy Chemirmir, 46, was charged with the deaths of six women in Dallas County and then was charged on Thursday with the deaths of five women in Collin County. Chemirmir was already in prison from charges he faces from 2018 involving another alleged murder of an elderly woman. The story garnered national attention and was widely reported on at most news organizations, except for CNN. On CNN's website, there are no reports about the case, and the network buried the story on its television coverage, giving it minimum coverage so it could not be accused of ignoring it completely.
Non-citizens commit 42% of federal crimes, despite being 7% of population. A new federal report shows non-citizens in the United States commit nearly half of all federal crimes, or more than six times their proportion to the American population. For 2017, data from the U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey shows non-citizens comprise about 7 percent of the country's population, but the 2018 Annual Report and Sourcebook of Federal Sentencing Statistics shows they committed more than 40 percent of all federal crimes. [...] The largest numbers of crimes occurred in border states, and areas with sanctuary policies. Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, Florida and southern California were among the most heavily concentrated areas for federal crimes.
Illegal Alien from Kenya Charged with Killing 12 Elderly Women — CNN Still Ignoring Story. An illegal alien from Kenya has been charged in the deaths of 12 elderly women in Texas, and at least one major media outlet has so far ignored what could be one of the most prolific serial slayings in American history. Billy Chemirmir, a 46-year-old former healthcare worker, had already been charged with capital murder in March 2018 in the death of Lu Thi Harris, 81, but was indicted on Tuesday [5/14/2019] for 11 additional deaths: five in Collin County and six more in Dallas County. Court records show that Chemirmir, a citizen of Kenya living illegally in the United States, allegedly smothered his victims with a pillow and then robbed them, according to The Dallas Morning News.
Father of CO Transgender Shooter is a twice-deported criminal. Two suspects in the Stem school shootings in Highlands Ranch, Colorado are 18-year-old Devon Erickson and 16-year-old Mya (a transgender student, who prefers to be called Alec) McKinney, according to the New York Post. [...] Jose Evis Quintana, the father of alleged 16-year-old killer Alec McKinney was once jailed for 15 months for domestic violence against Alec's mother and 'menacing with a weapon'. Records show Quintana, 33, who was also deported twice, had a string of arrests in Colorado dating back from 2008 to 2017. Quintana terrorized Alec's mother Morgan Lynn McKinney, 32, and then managed to convince her to marry him in 2009, a year before he was first deported.
The Mexican father of alleged Colorado school shooter Alec McKinney, 16, was jailed for domestic violence and deported TWICE. The father of one of the alleged STEM School Highlands Ranch shooters in Colorado is a serial felon and illegal immigrant from Mexico, DailyMail.com can reveal. Jose Evis Quintana, the father of alleged 16-year-old killer Alec McKinney was once jailed for 15 months for domestic violence against Alec's mother and 'menacing with a weapon'. McKinney has been charged alongside his friend Devon Erickson of killing one student and injuring eight others at the school close Denver, Colorado.
Man accused of killing infant over paternity had been deported 5 times: ICE. A man accused of fatally beating a 4-month-old boy after finding out the infant wasn't his son had been previously deported from the United States five times, most recently in late 2016, immigration officials said. Carlos Zuniga-Aviles, a 33-year-old Honduran national, has used multiple aliases, including the fake name of Jose Agurcia-Avila he gave police in Memphis, Tennessee, following his arrest in the boy's death earlier this month, US Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials told WMC-TV. ICE officials have since filed an immigration detainer against Zuniga-Aviles, who was initially deported to Honduras in February 2010. He was also returned to the Central American country in 2011, 2012, 2015 and 2016.
Dozens of Chilean 'tourists' tied to burglaries in Southern California, police say. The crime patterns began emerging in the last year: crews of thieves employing inventive techniques to gain entry and ransack scores of cars, homes and businesses in Southern California and across the nation. As investigations and arrests ramped up, detectives noticed another key commonality: The suspects were Chilean and had gained entry into the U.S. with easily obtained visa waivers. "It is a growing problem," said FBI spokeswoman Laura Eimiller. "They're very sophisticated. It's a hot zone in Southern California." Law enforcement has dubbed it "burglary tourism," and it is thriving locally and around the world.
Boy, just 16 years old, stabbed to death and set on fire by MS-13 in DC suburb. A 16-year-old boy was stabbed over 100 times, and his body set on fire. He was murdered in a neighborhood in Maryland, a suburb of D.C. His body was dumped in Fairfax, Virginia. Another D.C. satellite. The killers were members of violent drug gang MS-13. The boy's offense? He wanted to leave the gang, his mother says. Police announced on Friday that they have arrested five male MS-13 members in connection with the slaying.
Illegal Alien Sentenced to Prison For Running Elaborate Prostitution Operation. Luis Bonilla-Hernandez, an illegal migrant from El Salvador, was sentenced to two years of prison on Friday [4/12/2019] for running a criminal sex operation right in the heart of the Washington, D.C., area. "Bonilla-Hernandez profited from the sexual exploitation of women who found themselves in difficult and vulnerable places," G. Zachary Terwilliger, U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, said in a prepared statement after the sentencing. "The tears, pain, and mental anguish expressed by the victims in this case is heartbreaking. Additionally, this case is yet another example of an individual who is here in the United States illegally and committing serious crimes."
Migrants break border gate, force their way into Mexico. Mexican authorities said a group of about 350 migrants broke the locks on a gate at the Guatemalan border Friday and forced their way into southern Mexico to join a larger group of migrants trying to make their way toward the United States.
Shootout In Phoenix: ICE Agents Take On Human Traffickers Alone. Gunfire, chaos and confusion. That's what happened in Phoenix, Arizona yesterday morning when agents with Immigration and Customs Enforcement attempted to stop a group of human smugglers. Police in the city reported that four Homeland Security Investigation agents, an enforcement arm of ICE, were taken to the hospital following a massive shootout in the Ahwatukee area. While HSI agents were conducting an investigation into human traffickers, they attempted to pull over suspected human smugglers, but what resulted was something like reminiscent of the Wild West.
Fiend charged with raping, killing jogger had been deported twice. The fiend busted for raping a New Jersey jogger before drowning her in a lake is an illegal immigrant from Honduras who had already been kicked out of the US twice before, authorities said Thursday [4/11/2019]. Jorge Rios, 33, was deported from the US first in 2003 and then again in 2004, but snuck back across the border at some point after that, they said.
Migrants riot at Mexican immigration station, reportedly burn documents in face of deportation. Migrants staged a riot at an immigration station in Tapachula, Mexico early Wednesday morning [4/10/2019], multiple Mexican media outlets reported. The group of migrants, mostly from Cuba and Africa, staged the riot to prevent authorities from carrying out deportations, Mexican media outlets Noticias MVS, Milenio and Reforma reported. The migrants reportedly ransacked the building and set some documents on fire before authorities were able to regain control.
'Illegal immigrant' is charged with killing a man by running over him twice after a fight at a club. A woman has been charged with killing a man by running him over twice after an argument in a Texas bar. Laura Rosas, 33, was arrested on Monday night for allegedly murdering Emmanuel Ramirez, 30, OK Corral, a Latin nightclub in Fort Worth, Texas. She is accused of running him over twice in the parking lot in the early hours of Monday morning after an argument inside the club. It is unclear how they knew each other or what they were fighting about.
Illegal immigrant charged in 5 deaths in Missouri, Kansas found dead in jail cell, sheriff says. An illegal immigrant who led authorities on a manhunt across two states after allegedly killing five people in 2016 was found dead in a jail cell early Tuesday [4/9/2019], officials said. The Montgomery County Sheriff's Office said in a Facebook post that Pablo Serrano-Vitorino, 43, was found alone and unresponsive in his jail cell at the St. Louis Justice Center after 2 a.m.
Mexican Border State Mayor Sentenced to U.S. Prison for Passport Fraud. A Mexican mayor from the northern border state of Sonora was given a 15-month prison sentence in the U.S. for passport fraud Monday [4/8/2019]. The politician was previously accused of having cartel ties. The recently elected and now former Bácum mayor, Roberto Aboyte Limón, will serve 15 months in U.S. prison after attempting an illegal crossing into Arizona with a passport not his own on December 27, 2018. During examination after his entry, it was determined that Aboyte Limón failed to disclose a prior arrest for cocaine trafficking. Court records indicate that Aboyte Limón attempted to enter the U.S. under the name "Jaime Fernando Bautista," but when his true identity was discovered, it was determined that he was previously convicted and sentenced to 84 months in a U.S. prison under a third name, Raúl López Montaño.
Child Rapist Found Back in Kansas, Just Nine Days After He Was Deported to Mexico. According to the Kansas Department of Corrections, Simon Rochel-Cervantes, 46, a citizen of Mexico, spent 7-years in the Ellsworth Correctional Facility for the rape and aggravated intimidation of a witness, as reported by IACR's Dave Gibson. He was released and deported on February 19. On March 5, he was found in Sedgwick County, according to a media release from the United State Attorney. Rochel-Cervantes is charged with unlawfully re-entering the United States after being deported.
Report: Nearly 20 Percent of Inmates in Federal Prisons Are Criminal Aliens. According to a new report, criminal aliens currently make up nearly 20 percent of the population in the U.S. Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) system — a total of 34,776. David Olen Cross, a Salem, Ore., crime and immigration researcher, looked at the number of foreign nationals in the U.S. BOP system based on the most recent federal report. As of March 30, 2019, there were 179,761 inmates incarcerated in federal prisons across the U.S.
How deported MS-13 gang members sneak back into the US. The deported MS-13 gang member who was caught back in Long Island this week snuck into the US over the southern border — and may have had help from ganbangers in Suffolk County, law enforcement sources told The [New York] Post Friday [4/5/2019]. William Umberto Martinez Chavez, 40, was first kicked out of the country back in 2017 for a fatal 2000 stabbing — but was found in Huntington on Tuesday morning [4/2/2019] and arrested by Immigration and Custom Enforcement agents for illegal reentry.
Illegal immigrant arrested on 100+ child sex crime charges in Louisiana. Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry has announced the arrest of an undocumented immigrant accused of more than 100 counts of sex crimes. Miguel Martinez, 44, was arrested on 100 counts of possession of pornography involving juveniles under the age of 13 years old, one count of production under the age of 13, and one count of sexual battery of a juvenile under the age of 13. Landry says Martinez was living in Harvey, Louisiana illegally.
Illegal Alien From Honduras Charged With Murder, Kidnapping and Aggravated Sexual Assault. Police arrested and charged 33-year-old Jorge Rios for the murder of Carolina Cano, a 45-year-old nanny living in New Jersey. Ms. Cano's roommate told police she went out for a jog at a nearby park at 5:30 AM on March 24th and never came home — Cano's body was later discovered in a New Jersey lake.
Man charged with murder in county park was deported twice before: ICE. The man charged with raping and strangling a jogger in Jersey City's Lincoln Park had already been deported twice, Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials said. Jorge Rios, who was identified by ICE officials as Jorge Alberto Rios-Doblado, is from Honduras and "has been removed from the country on two prior occasions, in 2003 and 2004," according to ICE's Enforcement and Removal Operation (ICE-ERO) in Newark. ICE officials also said Rios initially entered the country illegally.
Deported MS-13 killer arrested after being caught back on Long Island. An admitted MS-13 gang member who had been booted from the US after killing a man in Huntington, LI, was arrested again Tuesday [4/2/2019] — back on Long Island. William Umberto Martinez Chavez, 40, had been deported in 2017 after he was convicted of manslaughter and did time for the fatal stabbing of a man in May 2000 outside a Huntington deli, federal prosecutors said. But the Salvadoran killer — who has MS-13 tattoos on his chest and stomach — sneaked back into the country and was nabbed in Huntington Tuesday.
Woman who complained about a Mexican migrant shelter feeding her 'pig food' is arrested for assaulting a woman with a gun. A Honduran mother who was dubbed 'Lady Frijoles' after she blasted a migrant shelter in Mexico for feeding her 'pig food', has been arrested in Texas for allegedly assaulting a woman with a gun. Mirian Zelaya Gómez, 38, and her sister, Mirna Zelaya Gómez, 33, were apprehended in Dallas early morning on March 27. Both have been charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. Each are being held at the on a $10,000 bond.
MS-13 gang member gets 26 years for murder and conspiracy. A 19-year-old Maryland man was sentenced to 26 year in prison Friday [3/29/2019] for crimes he committed as part of the violent gang La Mara Salvatrucha, also known as MS-13. Kevin Soriana-Hernandez, who goes by "Brocha," pleaded guilty and admitted to his involvement in at least one murder and attempted murder as part of the gang.
9th Circuit sinks Kate Steinle parents' lawsuit against 'sanctuary city'. A federal appeals court ruled Monday [3/25/2019] the parents of Kate Steinle, who was shot and killed by an illegal immigrant in 2015, cannot sue San Francisco for the "sancutary city's" failure to tell immigration officials about the shooter's release. Steinle's parents alleged San Francisco and the city's former sheriff shared the blamed for their daughter's death because officials did not notify Immigration and Customs Enforcement when Jose Ines Garcia Zarate got out of jail. Garcia Zarate had been deported five times prior to killing Steinle and was released from jail three months before the shooting.
2 more Americans killed by illegal immigrants who should have been deported. Two more Americans — a Washington state sheriff's deputy and an Alabama schoolteacher — were killed this week because we senselessly allow illegal aliens to remain in our country. [...] How many more ticking time bombs of drivers (drunk or otherwise), drug traffickers, murderers, and robbers will remain in the country and do harm to our people as a result of the lack of basic enforcement of our most foundational federal laws?
Washington state deputy was killed by illegal immigrant, ICE says. A road rage suspect who investigators say shot and killed a Washington state sheriff's deputy and wounded a police officer earlier this week was in the U.S. illegally, federal authorities said Thursday [3/21/2019]. In an email to Fox News, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) spokeswoman Tanya Roman said 29-year-old Juan Manuel Flores Del Toro, a Mexican citizen, entered the U.S. at Laredo, Texas, in April 2014 on a temporary agricultural worker visa. Roman said ICE had no record of him leaving the United States or extending his visa after it expired.
Illegal immigrant charged in 4 murders told police he killed because he needed money for meth, official says. An illegal immigrant charged with murder in the deaths of four people in Nevada earlier this year told police he committed the killings because he needed money to buy meth, a detective said Thursday [3/21/2019]. Wilber Ernesto Martinez-Guzman, a 20-year-old Salvadoran national living in the U.S. illegally, broke into tears and repeatedly called himself an "idiot" before confessing to the murders during an interrogation hours after his arrest in Carson City on Jan. 19, a detective told a grand jury.
Illegal Alien Accused of Murdering Mollie Tibbetts Granted $3.2K in Taxpayer Money for Expert Witness. In August 2018, Cristhian Bahena-Rivera, an illegal alien from Mexico, was charged with Tibbetts' murder after police said he admitted to confronting and chasing down the young woman. Tibbetts' body was found in a cornfield in Poweshiek County after a statewide search for her. The illegal alien lived in a region of Iowa that was surrounded by sanctuary cities, as Breitbart News noted, and worked on a dairy farm using a stolen ID and Social Security card after allegedly crossing the U.S.-Mexico border as a child.
Meanwhile, MS-13 is still slaughtering people in the U.S. every day. One week ago, MS-13 members killed a teenager in Fairfax, Virginia. They stabbed him over one hundred times. They set him on fire. Today, five gang members are under arrest for the inhuman slaying. The particular group of MS-13 is based in Fairfax. Not El Salvador. The teenager who was brutally murdered was also a gang member, and his mother says he was forced to join the gang while in El Salvador. They fled the country to escape the gang, she says, but found that small towns in Virginia are no escape from the gang, which is all over the United States.
Illegal immigrant charged with biting off ICE officer's fingertip. A Dominican National in the US illegally has been charged with assault for biting off the tip of a veteran ICE officer's finger, according to newly unsealed court papers and law enforcement sources. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers were attempting to take Cristopher Santos Felix into custody on March 3 when he chomped down on the unnamed officer's left ring finger, a source told The [New York] Post. Santos Felix entered the country in June 2015 on a visitors visa, sources said, and then overstayed it and never left.
Media Largely Ignore Death of San Jose Woman Caused by Sanctuary Policies. Two weeks ago, Bambi Larson of San Jose was murdered by illegal immigrant Carlos Arevalo-Corranza; who has an extremely lengthy criminal history. Not surprisingly, the legacy media largely ignored this story. With the exception of CNN's Early Start and a segment on Univision, all of the cable news coverage of Larson's death came from either Fox News or One America News Network. The Ingraham Angle, one of the Fox News shows that has covered Larson's death, obtained a copy of a DHS immigration detainer notice for Arevalo-Corranza from October 9, 2018; one of seven detainers ICE has issued for him. The detainer had a stamp with the words "not honored per county policy," referring to the sanctuary policy of Santa Clara County, which contains San Jose.
Police Chief Rages Against California Sanctuary Policy After Another Brutal Murder. An illegal immigrant who has been previously deported and has since been arrested many times has been arrested again. This time the criminal was arrested for murder after being given sanctuary again and again by the state of California, Fox News reported.
Five of the six most violent cities in the world are in Mexico, report says. Tijuana was the most violent city in the world in 2018, according a new report by a Mexican nonprofit group that ranked cities based on their homicide rates. The report by the Citizens' Council for Public Security and Criminal Justice found that five out of six of the world's most violent municipalities were in Mexico, where homicides have risen to historic levels in recent years amid a military-led war against criminal groups.
Feds: Suspect bites off part of agent's finger. Federal authorities say a Bronx man bit off part of an immigration officer's finger during a recent arrest.
The Border Emergency Hasn't Gone Away. The news cycle is weird: something will be in the headlines for a while and then disappear. That doesn't mean the problem has gone away, it just means editors and reporters have moved on to something else. Illegal immigration is like that. It is an enormous problem, imposing huge costs on taxpayers, destroying the fabric of countless American communities, straining public service resources across the country, driving down the wages of unskilled Americans, and contributing to violent crime. But it often takes a horrific crime to make the news.
Illegal Immigrant Arrested In Calif. In Connection With Fatal Stabbing. Police in California have arrested an illegal immigrant in connection with the death of a San Jose resident. In a statement Tuesday [3/12/2019], authorities announced they had taken 24-year-old Carlos Arevalo Carranza into custody for allegedly fatally stabbing Bambi Larson. 59-year-old Larson was discovered in her home back in late February after her son checked on her when she had not shown up to work. Authorities are now searching for any connection between Carranza and Larson to pin down a possible motive for the crime. At this point they believe the suspect may have just been looking for a target, because he was seen on video approaching several homes in the neighborhood.
Mexican Army Seizes Rifles, Grenade Launchers in Tijuana. Elements of the Baja California State Preventive Police (PEP) and the Mexican Army (SEDENA) seized a weapons cache consisting of rifles and nine grenades during an operation in Tijuana on Sunday [3/10/2019]. The effort resulted in the arrest of one individual for illegal weapons possession and other charges.
MS-13 has taken over El Salvador and now it's everywhere in the US. The full extent of how stupid our policy is on illegal aliens crossing into the country can be found on the front page Monday [3/4/2019] of the Washington Post. I'm not sure the paper meant to make that point. But the story headlined "Fearing MS-13, police officers flee El Salvador" did it well enough.
Woman who knocked off man's MAGA hat now faces deportation. A woman who was arrested earlier this month at a Mexican restaurant in Massachusetts for an alleged assault in which she knocked off a man's "Make America Great Again" hat is now facing deportation proceedings. Rosiane Santos was arrested in Falmouth, Massachusetts, on Feb. 15 and charged with disorderly conduct, assault and battery for the hat-related disturbance with Bryton Turner, who captured the incident on video. The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency, known as ICE, has since accused Santos of being an unlawfully present citizen of Brazil residing near Falmouth. On Tuesday, Santos was arrested by deportation officers with ICE's Fugitive Operations Team, according to ICE spokesman John Mohan.
Georgia Establishment Legislators Try to Hide Migrant Crime from Voters. Republican and Democratic legislators in Georgia are trying to block good-government legislation that would help Georgia voters learn the number of criminal illegal aliens in their state. The draft legislation would require state officials to provide quarterly reports on the number of deportable illegal migrants and of non-citizens who are held in detention. But it must pass the Georgia House's rules committee and the House floor before midnight March 7.
Border Patrol Museum Reopens After Protest Hits Exhibits. A museum dedicated to the history of the U.S. Border Patrol has reopened after officials say protesters vandalized exhibits during an organized demonstration earlier this month.
MS-13 members planning to target Long Island cops: NYPD. The NYPD has received information that members of MS-13 are "looking to 'hit'" police officers who live in certain parts of Long Island to enhance their credibility within the gang, The [New York] Post has learned. In a memo released Tuesday, authorities from the police department's 105th Precinct warned officers that the department has received "threats against [members of service]" who live in Brentwood and Central Islip, both hamlets in the Suffolk County town of Islip, as well as Patchogue.
Mass. woman charged with assaulting man in 'MAGA' hat now faces deportation. A Brazilian woman who made headlines this week after she was charged with assaulting a man wearing a "Make America Great Again" hat inside a Massachusetts restaurant has been taken into ICE custody, officials said Tuesday [2/26/2019]. Rosiane Santos, 41, was charged this month with disorderly conduct and assault and battery after police said she admitted to attacking a man because he supported President Trump. Video submitted by 23-year-old Bryton Turner showed Ms. Santos yelling at him and knocking the red, "Make America Great Again" hat off his head at the Casa Vallarta restaurant in Falmouth. Ms. Santos told local media at the time that she was the victim in the situation, even though a bartender at the restaurant said Mr. Turner did nothing to provoke the alleged attack.
3-time deported illegal immigrant protected by Cali's sanctuary laws fatally shot after opening fire on county cop. An illegal immigrant with four ICE detainers was shot to death after he opened fire on a Napa County sheriff's deputy. The Napa County Sheriff's Office posted disturbing video from Deputy Riley Jarecki's bodycam showing the fatal shooting of Javier Hernandez Morales, a 43-year-old Mexican national deported from the US three times but protected under California's sanctuary laws.
Illegal Accused of Killing Tennessee Mom Added to ICE 'Most Wanted' List. An illegal alien fugitive accused of killing 37-year-old mother Shirra Branum in a 2017 car crash has been added to the Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) "Most Wanted" list. Alan Jacob Mogollon-Anaya, a 31-year-old illegal alien from Mexico, is now on ICE's "Most Wanted" list for allegedly killing Branum in a Jonesborough, Tennessee, car crash where he was intoxicated, taken to the hospital, and then fled the state to evade arrest. ICE officials said Mogollon-Anaya's last known location was Kenner, Louisiana, and that the illegal alien had been working in the construction industry.
Man who shot at California cop previously deported, arrested but cops wouldn't honor ICE detainer, feds say. The illegal immigrant killed Sunday in a shootout with a California cop had been deported three times and arrested and released over ICE's objection on several occasions — including cases involving the very department whose officer took him down in a dramatic exchange caught on her body cam. In a graphic, 48-second clip released Wednesday, body camera footage from Sunday's traffic stop shows Javier Hernandez Morales rolling down his window, grabbing a handgun and opening fire. Napa County sheriff's Deputy Riley Jarecki narrowly avoided getting struck before running to the other side of the car, firing at least 15 shots into the red Honda. Hernandez Morales, 48, died at the scene and the deputy was not seriously injured, officials said.
Why is Trump, and not Obama, the so-called 'dictator'? President Trump has been turned down by Democrats for a sensible border barrier, so he will declare a national emergency in accordance with a law Congress passed in 1976. Somehow, following a law Congress passed gets Trump labeled as a dictator. Here is the case for declaring a national emergency: Tens of thousands of people die each year from drug overdoses, and a huge percentage of those drugs comes across the porous southern border illegally. [...] Hundreds of thousands of illegal aliens, including gang members and other criminals, descend on our long southern border each year.
El Paso a Major Smuggling Route for Mexican Drugs, Illegal Aliens, & Islamic Terrorists. President Donald Trump's El Paso visit is a great opportunity to point out that the west Texas city is a rats' nest of law enforcement corruption, a major smuggling route into the U.S. for Mexican drugs, illegal immigrants, and Islamic terrorists and the headquarters of a sophisticated narco-terror ring operated by two of the FBI's most wanted. While local officials promote it as one of America's safest cities, Judicial Watch has exposed in a years-long investigation the disturbing reality gripping the municipality that sits along the Rio Grande across famously violent Ciudad Juárez, Mexico. The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) says El Paso is a major hub for Mexican opioids and methamphetamine enroute to the rest of the United States.
Trump Tells Acosta To Ask Angel Moms If There's A Manufactured Crisis At The Border. After CNN reporter Jim Acosta asked President Donald Trump if he was manufacturing a crisis at the border Friday, the president fired back, telling him to ask the family members of those killed by illegal immigrants whether or not the crisis at the border is real. Sitting a few rows in front of the podium in the Rose Garden were a group of "angel moms," mothers of those who lost their lives to illegal immigrant violence. Acosta had asked Trump if he was "creating a national emergency" in order to get his border wall, which Trump quickly responded to by pointing to the grieving mothers.
President Donald Trump Honors Angel Moms During Emergency Declaration. President Donald Trump honored angel families during his Rose Garden emergency declaration Friday as he pointed to the deadly consequences of an unsecured border. The president highlighted "an invasion of our country with drugs, with human traffickers, with all types of criminals and gangs." "We have some of the greatest people I know, they've been with me from the beginning of my campaign, almost from the first week," the president said as he turned attention to angel moms and families, some of whom were seated there in the Rose Garden for the announcement.
Ex-boyfriend held in death of NY woman found in suitcase was in U.S. illegally: ICE. A man held in connection to the death of his ex-girlfriend, a missing New Rochelle woman whose body was found inside a suitcase in Connecticut, was in the United States illegally, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials said Wednesday. Javier Enrique Da Silva Rojas was arrested Tuesday on a felony kidnapping charge in connection to the death of Valerie Reyes, according to officials. Rojas, a citizen of Portugal, entered the U.S. through a visa waiver program but did not leave the country within the required timeframe, ICE officials said.
Texas man, 37, sentenced for impregnating girl, 11: prosecutors. The Associated Press reported that he also faces a federal immigration detainer.
Well, then, he's not a "Texas man" after all.
ICE says MS-13 member charged in Queens subway shooting is undocumented. A day after a suspected MS-13 gang member was officially charged in connection to Sunday's fatal subway platform shooting in Queens, Immigration Customs and Enforcement officials confirmed he is undocumented. ICE officials told PIX11 on Wednesday that Ramiro Gutierrez "is in the country illegally." "He had no status," the representative said. "He entered without inspection, so we don't know when he came in or where."
This article is apparently supposed to make me feel sorry for illegal aliens. It's not working.
Illegal immigrants sent to jail at a rate 4 times higher than U.S. citizens: study. Nearly 3 percent of illegal immigrants in Arizona end up in state prison or jail during the course of a year — four times the rate of U.S. citizens and legal residents, according to a study that uses federal reimbursements for prisons and jails to try to calculate one of the most important yet elusive statistics in the immigration debate. In New Jersey, illegal immigrants are incarcerated five times more often, and rates on the West Coast are triple that of legal residents and citizens, according to the study by the Federation for American Immigration Reform. FAIR based its calculations on federal government reimbursements to states and localities under the State Criminal Alien Assistance Program, which pays some of the costs for holding illegal immigrants in prisons and jails.
Illegal immigrant convicted of child sex abuse busted in Texas. An illegal immigrant — who's served at least three stints in US prisons for sexually abusing children — was reportedly arrested during an early morning traffic stop in Texas on Wednesday [1/30/2019]. Marvin Yovani Mejia Ramos, 50, had given a fake name but was arrested after the deputy who stopped him on 69 North ran an onsite fingerprint scan that revealed his identity, KHOU.com reported. A Mexican national, Ramos was turned over to the Department of Homeland Security after his arrest.
Joni Ernst: Sarah Root's Death 'Prime Example' of Illegal Aliens Getting Away with Murder. Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA) is remembering 21-year-old star graduate Sarah Root three years after her death, when an illegal alien drunk driver allegedly hit and killed her in a car crash. During an interview with SiriusXM Patriot's Breitbart News Daily, Ernst said Root's killing is the "prime example" of illegal aliens quite literally getting away with alleged murder. Root's accused killer, an illegal alien from Honduras who was shipped into the country by the Obama administration, was released from custody and is likely to have fled the U.S. without being prosecuted.
Illegal Pleads Guilty to Molesting 7-Year-Old Girl. An illegal alien from Honduras living in Wichita Falls, Texas pleaded guilty to a sex crime against a child and was sentenced to three years in jail Wednesday. Jose Raul Ramos-Martinez, 36, pleaded guilty Thursday to one count of indecency with a child by sexual contact — a second-degree felony," said the Wichita Falls Times Record. "Per a plea agreement, Ramos-Martinez was given three years in prison with a credit of 1,004 days served. He faced up to 20 years behind bars."
Seven Illegal Immigrants Indicted for Assisting Wanted Cop Killer. Seven illegal immigrants were indicted Wednesday [1/30/2019] in California after allegedly providing assistance and safe haven to another illegal alien wanted for murdering a police officer. The individuals have been indicted for their actions involving Gustavo Perez Arriaga, a 32-year old illegal alien. Arriaga, who has been described as a known gang member, shot and killed a California police officer, Ronil Singh, at a DUI traffic checkpoint the day after Christmas. The murder set off an extensive statewide manhunt, and it seems that Arriaga's extended network of accomplices may have played a key role in enabling him to avoid being arrested by law enforcement for more than two days.
Border agents seize bags of guns, ammo left on Texas ranch. Two duffel bags filled with 17 rifles, shotguns, handguns, and ammunition were found on a private Texas ranch and confiscated by border officials. The weapons were taken from a ranch near the Border Patrol's Carrizo Springs Station in Del Rio, Texas. An unnamed citizen called the agency after seeing a group of suspected illegal immigrants carrying large bags on nearby land Friday [1/25/2019].
Deported Killer Exploits Outdated Border Fence to Enter Arizona. Border Patrol agents in the Yuma Sector apprehended a previously deported criminal alien who exploited outdated barrier fencing to re-enter the U.S. Agents later determined the Mexican man was convicted by a California court for involuntary manslaughter. Agents utilizing border surveillance technology witnessed a man walking northbound from the border about 10 miles east of the San Luis Port of Entry. The man appeared to have dug under an outdated section of the border barrier that does not have a concrete base to prevent tunneling, according to Yuma Sector Border Patrol officials.
Illegal Alien Sentenced to 401 Years to Life for Multiple Violent Sex Crimes. A California judge sentenced an illegal alien on Tuesday [1/22/2019] to 401 years to life in prison for his role in carrying out multiple sex crimes. Macario Cerda, 39, received the sentence after a jury found him guilty in December of several sex crimes — including three counts of forcible rape, seven counts of lewd acts upon a child under 14 years old, one count of kidnapping to commit rape, and one count of criminal threats.
Watch: People in Mexico Hurl Rocks at Border Patrol Agents After Illegal Crossing. A group of individuals in Mexico hurled rocks and insults at U.S. Border Patrol Agents as they apprehended migrants after an illegal crossing. The incident took place on the banks of the Rio Grande, not far from downtown Roma. The rock-throwing and insults were captured in a live video feed taken from the Mexican side by El Tejano.
Not Sending the Cream of the Crop! Gang Enforcer Caught in Caravan. Authorities in the southern Mexico state of Chiapas reported the arrest of a 19-year-old described as a dangerous Salvadoran gang enforcer and a member of the 18th Street gang, according to the attorney general's office as reported by Heraldo de Mexico. Amílcar Orlando "N" — also known as "The Junior, Mala Cría or Hellboy," had warrants out for "aggravated homicide, illegal deprivation of liberty, aggravated extortion, illicit groupings and possession of narcotics." He was a fugitive from Salvadoran justice for the crimes of murder, illegal deprivation of liberty, aggravated extortion, and possession of narcotics.
Nevada police arrest man in connection with four homicides. Wilbur Martinez-Guzman, 19, was arrested at 4:30 p.m. Saturday in Carson City and is being held there on charges related to burglary and possession of stolen property, and charges related to his immigration status.
This Former Border Federal Special Prosecutor's Shocking Stories Will Make You Want To Build The Wall Yourself. [Scroll down] I can cite multiple cases and observations that would horrify the public. One involved a 17-year-old child bride who was 8 months pregnant being smuggled into the United States by her 35-year-old husband who had a criminal record in the U.S. In another, two adults tried to fake their asylum claim by pretending to be married along with a 8-year-old they falsely claimed was their child. I also had multiple cases where convicted child molesters were arrested illegally reentering the United States. In a 6 month period, I prosecuted some of the same people three or four different times for illegally entering the United States. I had multiple cases where the Mexican cartels abducted innocent Mexicans and, after beating and torturing them, forced them to illegally enter the United States, sometimes carrying drugs. One guy who initially refused and was stabbed lifted his shirt up in court to show the wound.
'Likely' illegal alien linked to 4 horrific murders in Nevada. A man, described by Nevada authorities as likely in the United States illegally" has been linked to the murder of 4 northern Nevada elderly people whose homes were invaded and then robbed before being shot to death. [...] How many times will this scenario repeat itself before it becomes a problem recognized by open borders advocates and the media? We are told that these sorts of crimes are "isolated incidents" and that pointing them out or advocating for stronger border security is "racist." Tell that to the families of the dead.
Judges Gone Rogue. [Scroll down] The sergeant who was in charge of that squad called me and asked if I could assist in figuring out who these two guys were. For whatever reason, when the NYPD ran their fingerprints no relating record could be found. They both claimed to have been born in the U.S. In fact, the driver told me had been born "down south in Chicago." This certainly called his claim of being a United States citizen into serious question. I had developed a relationship with the DEA in NYC and although the INS lack the capability to electronically transmit fingerprints to the FBI in Washington, the DEA was able and willing to provide me with that capability. I ran the prints and in the middle of the night I received an urgent call from FBI Headquarters, they wanted to know where the two individuals were, it turned out that they were about to be placed on the FBI's "Ten Most Wanted List" for their involvement in serious of deadly bank robberies where they were alleged to have shot and killed several people. Incidentally, they were both were aliens — citizens of Trinidad and Tobago who had lied about their identities and citizenship.
New Migrant Caravan Organizer Arrested in Honduras on Rape Charge. Police in Honduras arrested one of the organizing members of a new caravan of migrants who are seeking to reach the U.S. border. Police arrested the caravan organizer — serving a warrant on the charge of rape. Authorities have confirmed the arrest of 26-year-old Juan Carlos Molina. They say the man they claim is one of the main organizers and promoters of a caravan of individuals from Honduras who are seeking to reach the U.S. border to request asylum. On Monday [1/14/2019], a group of about 800 migrants left San Pedro Sula on their way north. It is believed that others may join along the way.
People in Hell want ice water, too.
Illegal immigrant found not guilty in Kate Steinle's killing wants gun conviction dropped. The lawyer for the undocumented immigrant who was found not guilty in November 2017 for the 2015 fatal shooting of a woman on the San Francisco pier — but convicted for illegally possessing a weapon — has appealed the conviction, arguing that he had fired the gun by accident and "momentary possession" of a gun is not a crime. Jose Ines Garcia Zarate, 46, a previous felon and undocumented immigrant who served nearly two years for felony re-entry into the U.S. from Mexico, was sentenced to three years in prison for the gun conviction while he awaits deportation.
MS-13 gangs laugh at how easy it is to sneak into US. Mark Morgan — the former chief of Border Patrol under Barack Obama — says the US must build a wall to stem the avalanche of illegal immigration and illicit drugs. Morgan says MS-13 gang members laugh at how easy it is to cross back and forth across the porous US-Mexico border. "Congress could fix this [border crisis] in 5 minutes if they wanted to," Morgan told Fox News host Tucker Carlson.
DHS: Two NY MS-13 Stabbing Suspects Exploited Unaccompanied Minor Loophole to Enter U.S.. Two of the three suspects in the MS-13 gang-related assault of a Long Island teenager exploited the unaccompanied minor loophole after crossing the border illegally in South Texas, a Department of Homeland Security (DHS) official told Breitbart News. The two unaccompanied minors were transported to the New York area where they later allegedly carried out a vicious attack on a group of Huntington High School teens.
Here's a Heartbreaking List of Victims Killed by Illegal Immigrants. President Donald Trump is fighting for U.S. citizens and seeking to prevent further needless deaths at the hands of illegal immigrants by enforcing immigration laws and pushing for a border wall. But the Democrats' new talking point — as well as many members of the mainstream media's — is calling the illegal immigration and border crisis a "manufactured crisis" that the GOP designed to force the funding of Trump's border wall. The Ohio Jobs and Justice PAC (OJJPAC) released a list of victims illegal immigrants killed in the U.S. with descriptions of the crimes and pictures of the victims, showing that these deaths were not manufactured in the slightest.
Long Island teen stabbed by 3 of Nancy Pelosi's 'patriotic young undocumented immigrants'. While Pelosi et al. have lost sight of their pledge to protect "patriotic young undocumented immigrants who came here as children," said children have been busy. Three of them, all members of MS-13 who entered the country illegally as unaccompanied minors, attacked and stabbed a student who attended the same high school in broad daylight.
Immigration loophole allows MS-13 gang members to go free. If the Trump administration had its way, Ramon Arevalo Lopez and Oscar Canales Molina would have been either in detention or deported. Instead, they were out on the streets — thanks to judges' orders — where, according to police, they and another illegal immigrant delivered an MS-13 gang beat-down to two high school students in New York. All three of the illegal immigrants entered the U.S. in 2016 as unaccompanied alien children, meaning they crossed the border without parents — a status that earned them a quick release into the country, where they were quickly reunited with their family and began to live while awaiting deportations that never came.
Media Refuse to Discuss Angel Families, Victims of Illegal Alien Crimes. Since January 1, neither CNN nor MSNBC has booked a single "Angel Mom" — mothers of children brutally murdered by illegal aliens — as guests on their networks, per an analysis conducted by the Republican National Committee (RNC). The RNC told Breitbart News it has tracked both networks since the beginning of the year as they intensely bash President Donald Trump over the government shutdown that is now the longest ever in the history of the United States. Since the turn of the year to 2019 from 2018, neither network has conducted a single interview with any family members of victims of illegal alien crimes.
More than 20 dead bodies found scattered by burned-out vehicles after gang clash in north Mexico near the Texas border. Twenty-one bodies, some burned, have been found in the northern Mexico near the Texas border in what appears to have been a clash between drug gangs. The horrifying scene was discovered near the border town of Miguel Aleman in Tamaulipas on Wednesday. Graphic photographs show the bodies scattered in and around several charred vehicles. President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said the killings appear to have been part of a dispute between gangs. He said details would be released once all the information was gathered.
MS-13 gang members attacked LI teens with bats and knives: DA. Three reputed MS-13 gang members have been busted in a bat-and-knife attack on a group of teens outside a Long Island burger joint, authorities announced Thursday [1/10/2019]. Ramon Aravelo-Lopez, 19, Oscar Canales-Molina, 17, and Nobel Montes-Zuniga, 20, are accused of jumping the Huntington Station teens in the parking lot of a Burger King as they were walking out on Wednesday, said Suffolk County DA Timothy Sini.
17 Dead in Gang Fight Near Border as Dems Say We Don't Need a Wall. Amid reports of Mexico being riddled with gangs and drug cartels, reports also flood in claiming 17 people were burned badly in a gang war gone bad. Sadly, the Democrats still won't budge on funding for the desperately needed border wall. According to Reuters, reports say there are at least 20 dead bodies — 17 of which had been badly burned — discovered on Wednesday [1/9/2019] in the Mexican city of Ciudad Miguel Aleman, which is located a mere 56 miles across the Rio Grande River from the U.S. border city of McAllen, Texas, where President Trump visited with U.S. Border Patrol agents and other officials on Thursday [1/10/2019].
Dead By Illegal Alien? You're Just An Anecdote. "In the last two years," said a solemn President Trump, in his Jan. 8 address from the Oval Office, "ICE officers made 266,000 arrests of aliens with criminal records including those charged or convicted of 100,000 assaults, 30,000 sex crimes, and 4,000 violent killings. Over the years, thousands of Americans have been brutally killed by those who illegally entered our country and thousands more lives will be lost if we don't act right now." It seems crystal clear that, were it not for Geraldo [Rivera]'s plucky, uninvited visitors — more American than a lot of Americans, sneered Comrade Ocasio-Cortez — there would likely be 100,000 fewer assaults in America, 30,000 fewer sex crimes in America, and 4,000 fewer murders in America.
Our open border has turned every American city into a border town. Transnational cartels and gangs are fueling violence, death, and drugs not only at our border, but in every community across America. That is the thrust of a new Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) drug threat assessment report: an indictment of open borders, sanctuary cities, and the so-called "criminal justice reform" jailbreak movement. [...] It's no secret that almost all the illicit drugs killing Americans and all of the violence associated with them are coming from the Mexican cartels pouring their poison and personnel over our southern border. However, a more recent trend over the past decade is that the cartels are using transnational gangs operating in our cities as the distributors and enforcers of their criminal activity and are fueling much of the violence all across the country.
Pelosi Says Stories Like Ronil Singh's Are 'Tragic,' But Not Enough To Call A 'Crisis'. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi stood by Democrats' belief Thursday that the border issue is a "manufactured crisis" created by Republicans and President Donald Trump, and claimed there is not enough data about those who have suffered at the hands of illegal aliens to say otherwise.
Southern Border Violence Far Outpaces Mass Shooting Deaths In U.S. Yet Liberals Say Nothing. Liberals love a good manufactured crisis. Yet, when faced with a real crisis that happens to run counter to their political views, they so often choose to ignore reality and continue to spread media-generated falsehoods. Case in point — the number of deaths, assaults, and sex crimes, including human trafficking, taking place on America's southern border dwarfs by many times over the number of deaths attributed to mass shootings. And yet it's mass shootings that the media covers 24/7 and tens of thousands march against. Where is the coverage of the daily border violence that is so often targeting women and children? Why don't brown lives matter to these same protestors?
20 dead in grisly Mexican gang battle near US border. Mexican authorities are investigating a battle between two suspected gangs that left at least 20 bodies, 17 of them burned, in a border town near where US President Donald Trump will visit on Thursday to win support for his plan to build a wall. Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said at his daily morning news conference that initial information pointed to a "battle between two groups," and that security officials would later provide further information.
RNC Releases New Video Highlighting Families Impacted By Illegal Immigration. The Republican National Committee (RNC) released a new ad on Monday night highlighting how American families have been impacted by illegal aliens, which comes a day before President Donald Trump is set to address the nation about the ongoing crisis on the southern border. The video was released as part of a new website launched by the RNC called Borderfacts.com, which was created to combat misinformation from the media and Democrat Party. [...] The video highlights multiple Americans who have been killed by illegal aliens, including the recent tragedy out of California where an illegal alien allegedly murdered Ronil Singh, a legal immigrant who was a police officer.
Enabling Criminal Aliens. The murder of Newman California Police Corporal Ronil Singh allegedly by an illegal alien with a criminal past is the latest high-profile killing of an American citizen that contains nearly every element in our illegal immigration discourse. [...] Singh's suspected murderer had prior criminal activity that should have been reported to ICE, Stanislaus County Sheriff Adam Christianson had said. Law enforcement was prohibited because of sanctuary laws and that led to the encounter with (Cpl.) Singh. The outcome could have been different if law enforcement wasn't restricted or had their hands tied because of political interference. California is a state that provides a safe harbor for people illegally in the country. California boasts its status as a sanctuary state in violation of federal law and the supremacy clause in Article VI of the U.S. Constitution. California cities have passed laws prohibiting local law enforcement agencies from cooperating with law enforcement officers from the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) with the apprehension of illegal immigrants even after they have committed a crime. Many of these illegal criminals continue on to murder, rape and rob U.S. citizens post-release from a local jail under the catch
Feds: Illegal Alien Family Tried to Smuggle Alleged Cop Killer Across Border. The family of Gustavo Perez Arriaga, a 32-year-old illegal alien, helped him evade police and attempted to help smuggle him across the United States-Mexico border after he allegedly murdered 33-year-old Newman, California, police officer Ronil Singh, federal documents allege.
Fire captain's son killed on Christmas weekend by man held on immigration violation charges. Another American citizen — this one a young 22-year-old Tennessee man — has been killed because of the country's inability to properly secure its overwhelmed southern border. "Franco Cambrany Francisco-Eduardo, 44, was driving a Chevrolet truck north on Chapman Highway Saturday evening when ... he veered into the southbound lane near the 4700 block and hit a Honda Civic driven by Pierce Kennedy Corcoran," the Knoxville News Sentinel reported. Corcoran was the son of Knoxville Fire Department Capt. DJ Corcoran.
Previously Deported Illegal Alien Drug Trafficker Charged With Rape. A previously deported illegal alien convicted of drug trafficking has been charged with first-degree rape in Shelby County, Alabama. According to Yellow Hammer News's Sean Ross, 27-year-old illegal alien Amancio Betancourt Martinez was arrested last month for rape after having already been convicted of trafficking cocaine in 2014 and deported in December 2015 after serving about a quarter of his ten-year sentence.
'Violent mob' repelled in attempt to storm U.S. border in San Diego. A "violent mob" of illegal immigrants tried to ring in the new year by rushing the border in California, and Border Patrol agents fired tear gas at them to repel the incursion, Homeland Security officials said Tuesday [1/1/2019]. About 150 people were involved in the attempt to climb over and burrow under a section of border fence in San Diego on New Year's Eve night. After they were blocked, one group grew more combative, firing rocks over the border to try to hit agents. The Border Patrol fired tear gas, smoke and pepper spray rounds at the group of rock-throwers, said Customs and Border Protection.
The media never cares when Americans are killed by illegal immigrants. It doesn't take a genius to figure out that among the many desperate people coming over a transnational border illegally from violent countries, there will be many criminal elements. I've quantified the illegal alien crime statistics from just one year of ICE apprehensions, and the numbers are staggering. There are over 2,000 illegal alien murder suspects (most of them convictions) apprehended by ICE almost every year. Yet if we had a border wall, ended the lawfare in the courts, and removed the migration magnets, they would never come here in the first place. And if we didn't have sanctuary states like California, they would be apprehended immediately, certainly after committing their first crimes, which are often preludes to murder.
Democrats Killed California Police Corporal Ron Singh. Oh, they will tell you that it was not them, but an illegal alien named Gustavo Arriaga who pulled the trigger and those who were taken into custody for aiding and abetting: Bernabe Madrigal Castaneda; Erasmo Villegas; Maria Luisa Moreno, plus Arriaga's brothers Adrian and Conrado Virgen Mendoza, girlfriend Ana Leyde Cervantes and coworker Erik Quiroz who were also arrested for helping him dodge police. The suspect's brother, 25-year-old Adrian Virgen, and a co-worker, 32-year-old Erik Razo Quiroz, were arrested on "accessory after the fact" charges for attempting to protect Arriaga. Authorities say both men are also in the country illegally. Update: Multiple media reports now allege that all seven of those charged in the death of Corporal Ron Singh are illegal aliens.
Congressional GOP Is Why America Doesn't Have a Wall. One of the most striking differences between this tragedy and similar ones involving illegal immigrants murdering peace officers is the fact that the policeman in question was himself an immigrant. In this case, Corporal Ronil Singh of the Newman Police Department, a legal immigrant and proud father of a young, baby boy, was slain by an illegal immigrant known to law enforcement, who possessed a long record of criminal gang activity and other nefarious connections. Unfortunately, the Democratic Party's sanctuary city policy in California prevented law enforcement from contacting the federal immigration authorities to begin deportation proceedings. Corporal Singh would still be alive today — living the American Dream as so many of his friends and neighbors said of him — had it not been for Democratic Party orthodoxy.
Nervous Dems Hope Voters Ignore Tragic Killing Of Police Officer By Illegal Immigrant Thug. President Trump has warned time and time again how America must better secure its southern border, reform its immigration laws, and work together to help make citizens safer. Democrats refuse to listen and last week, a young man with a wife and child who came to this country legally, worked hard, became a police officer, and was living the American Dream, was shot down by an illegal immigrant with known gang ties. The silence from Democrats and their socialist media cohorts has been deafening.
Imprudent Altruism and Illegal Immigration. I believe there's a lesson to be learned concerning the current immigration debate because, lest we forget, much like Norberto, illegal immigrants have already raped children and murdered nuns. By irresponsibly pushing the poverty-translates-into-piousness narrative, and insisting on the categorical embrace of illegals who may turn out to harbor motives similar Norberto Torres's, the open borders faction puts countless American lives at risk.
Report: NYC Officials Ignored ICE Detainer Requests For Suspect Charged With Attacking NYPD Officer. One of the five homeless individuals who attacked an NYPD officer at a New York City train station was identified as an illegal immigrant that New York City officials ignored federal immigration detainers on him, SiriusXM Patriot David Webb revealed through a source on his program Friday morning [11/28/2018]. "One of the suspects is Eliseo Alvarez Santos, one of the homeless men," Webb said. "And just to give you a bit of his record, on Dec. 1, 2017, he was brought into Manhattan lock up [sic], and Eliseo is illegal, and an ICE detainer was issued on Dec. 25, 2017 — issued, but not honored. Again on Dec. 26, 2017 — again, not honored. In April of 2017, he was charged with forcible touching which was then knocked down to harassment."
Seven Illegals Arrested in the Murder of Officer Ronil Singh. For all the years of its existence, the 12-member police force of Newman, California never had a line of duty death, until that of Officer Ronil Singh, who was shot multiple times at a traffic stop by a member of the Surenos Mexican gang. The gangbanger killer Gustavo Perez Arriaga fled but has since been captured. He was attempting to escape to Mexico, and seven people assisted him — all are here illegally — and most are family.
Cop's Shooting Death May Upend Debate Surrounding Government Shutdown. On Friday [12/28/2018], Stanislaus County Sheriff Adam Christianson announced that authorities had arrested a suspect, Gustavo Perez Arriaga, an undocumented immigrant from Mexico, in connection with the shooting death of Newman police Cpl. Ronil Singh. Singh had pulled over Arriaga for suspected drunk driving Thursday at 1 a.m. The suspect, he said, had two prior convictions for drunk driving, a "known gang affiliation" and was trying to flee to Mexico. "We can't ignore the fact that this could have been preventable," the sheriff said. Christianson faulted California's sanctuary state law that prohibits local enforcement from communicating with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement unless authorities are holding an undocumented immigrant convicted of certain felonies within 15 years. "Ladies and gentlemen" he warned, "this is not how you protect the community."
Suspected killer of California officer Ronil Singh had 6 alleged accomplices: Officials. A Mexican man accused of gunning down a Northern California police officer was taken into custody Friday [12/28/2018] following a massive manhunt that ended with a surrender after authorities surrounded a home in Bakersfield, California, 200 miles south of where the crime took place, officials said. [...] By late Friday night, a total of seven additional people had been arrested for either misleading authorities about Arriaga's whereabouts or aiding him in evading authorities — including a woman described as Arriaga's girlfriend and two of his brothers, according to police officials and ABC-owned station KFSN.
California cops arrest illegal immigrant and member of Mexico's notoriously violent Sureños gang. California authorities have arrested the illegal immigrant suspected of killing a cop just after Christmas, local authorities say. Suspect Gustavo Perez Arriaga, 32, was arrested in Bakersfield on Friday morning [12/28/2018] for killing Newman Police Department Corporal Ronil Singh, 33, on the morning of December 26, according to the Stanislaus County Sheriff's Department. Stanislaus County Sheriff Adam Christianson said Arriaga is a Mexican national who illegally entered the U.S. through Arizona several years ago and was a part of the notoriously violent Sureños street gang.
Suspect in California police officer's slaying was in the country illegally: 'This wasn't supposed to happen'. Law enforcement officers in a small California community battled back tears, at times wrapping their arms around each other, as they issued an emotional plea for the community's assistance in finding the man accused of gunning down a police officer during a traffic stop. A manhunt for the suspect, believed to be in the country illegally, entered its second day Thursday as the Newman community continued to mourn the death of Cpl. Ronil Singh — the first ever officer with the Newman Police Department to be killed in the line of duty. Authorities have shared images of the suspect, but have not yet released his name to the public.
Search continues for suspect in death of Newman corporal. The manhunt continued late Thursday afternoon for the man suspected of gunning down a Newman Police Department corporal. [...] Speaking at a news conference in Newman Thursday morning, Stanislaus County Sheriff Adam Christianson said he believed the suspect was still in the area, although he would not elaborate. [...] Christianson said investigators have identified the suspect, and that he was in the country illegally.
Man demanded tacos during crazed carjacking spree: police. A man in Dallas was busted on Christmas Eve after he tried to carjack several drivers at gunpoint to demand that they take him to get tacos, police said. Roberto A. Canamar Garza, 26, remained held on $500,000 bail early Thursday [12/27/2018] following his Monday afternoon rampage that started when he hopped into a car and pulled out a gun before demanding that the driver get him some Mexican food, according to an arrest warrant affidavit obtained by the Dallas Morning News. [...] Canamar Garza was being held on four counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and one count of aggravated kidnapping. He's also facing an immigration hold by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement, jail records show.
Trump is right, mainstream media is wrong on terrorist threat from migrant caravan. What could go wrong with a raucous group of predominantly males from the most violent Latin American countries headed for our southern border? Well, drugs, gangs, crime, and a fiscal drain on our economic resources are a few reasons to fear this invasion. But there is also an extra national security concern that Middle Easterners, who are already traveling independently to our border, are mixed in with this caravan. It's a general concern that we should take very seriously both with the caravan and the broader waves of illegal immigration.
Former ICE chief Tom Homan rips Nancy Pelosi for doubting border wall works. Former acting ICE Director Tom Homan on Wednesday blasted House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi for calling a border wall ineffective and accusing President Trump of "fear mongering" with the illegal immigration issue. "Every place a wall or barrier has been built, it has resulted in decreased illegal immigration, decreased drug smuggling. One hundred percent of the time, it has proven effective," Mr. Homan said on Fox News, where he is a contributor. "Look at the rest of the data on the border, where arrests of MS-13 [gang] this year are up 118 percent, the seizures of guns [...] are up almost 200 percent. There's your data. Look at it. You can see why we need a wall," he said.
Gang Members, Sex Offenders Arrested near Border in Texas and Arizona. Border Patrol agents in Arizona and Texas stopped multiple previously deported sex offenders and members of violent gangs from making their way into the U.S. interior in the past week. Nogales Station agents arrested a Honduran national after he illegally crossed the border near Nogales, Arizona. Agents transported 51-year-old Hector Gustavo Montoya-Irias to the station, where they carried out a biometric background investigation on the man, according to U.S. Customs and Border Protection.
Caught Again: Dangerous Gang Member Deported 10 Times Since 1993 Arrested in Tucson. The United States Customs and Border Protection agency arrested a dangerous illegal alien and member of the notorious "18th Street Gang" in Arizona on Tuesday evening [12/18/2018], according to a press release. Arizona CBP reports that "51-year-old Hector Gustavo Montoya, a member of the dangerous 18th Street gang in Los Angeles," was apprehended this week near Nogales while agents were patrolling the border. Montoya has been arrested by American authorities on numerous occasions, "most recently in 2016 when he was convicted for drug smuggling offenses. He served a 24-month prison sentence for that conviction and was removed from the country after confinement."
A quarter of a million foreign thugs deported — thanks, Trump!. Amid all the back and forth about who the biggest deporter is among presidents, and whether deportations are up or down under President Trump, the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency has released some impressive numbers: 256,000 deportations of immigration lawbreakers, mostly for committing additional crimes beyond the initial border break, in 2018. [...] This, to be pessimistic, tells us a lot about how many immigration lawbreakers are out there, including ones who commit crimes here and haven't been caught.
Death by Sanctuary State. Earlier this week, Gustavo Garcia, an illegal immigrant with a criminal record, celebrated his release from prison by going on a shooting spree. He killed two people and injured six others before dying as the result of crash at the end of a harrowing car chase in a stolen vehicle. Garcia had been deported twice — first in 2004 and then 2014. Before his second deportation, he had spent 27 months in federal prison for illegally reentering the country. Previously, he had been convicted of armed robbery.
Police: Once-Deported Illegal Alien Murdered American in 'Reign of Terror'. A previously deported illegal alien allegedly murdered a 51-year-old American while on a 24-hour "reign of terror" shooting and crime spree, according to Tulare County, California law enforcement officials. Gustavo Garcia, a 36-year-old illegal alien, shot and killed 51-year-old Rocky Paul Jones of Visalia, California on December 17 at a gas station. Police said surveillance footage revealed Garcia and Jones spoke briefly before the killing, but that the two did not know one another.
Man deported in 2014 shoots California gas station attendant, shoots two more strangers, robs convenience store, carjacks a truck [...]. A man who went on a deadly shooting, carjacking and robbery rampage in California's Central Valley died Monday [12/17/2018] during a high-speed highway chase during which he intentionally tried to smash into other cars, authorities said. Gustavo Garcia, 36, of Visalia was pronounced dead at the scene Monday morning on State Route 65 in Porterville after he was flung from a stolen truck after a gun battle with police and wrong-way car crashes that left four people injured, one critically, police said.
Examples of Serious Crimes By Illegal Aliens. [Example #1] On May 6th 2017 on the way back from DisneyLand, Ingrid Lake's car was struck by a drunk driver. The accident severely injured her 6 year old son Lennox. The driver of the vehicle Constantino Banda Acosta, was previously deported over 15 times before the accident. This accident has forever altered the Lake family.
50-Year Sentence for Illegal Who Raped 6-Year-Old While Tennessee Family Slept. An illegal alien who befriended a Tennessee family has been handed a 50-year sentence for raping a 6-year-old girl while her family slept, after being caught using a secret key to sneak into the house and hide under her bed. Edwin Velasquez-Curuchiche, 42, is already serving 50 years for child pornography charges for the same incident. He pleaded guilty to the two charges of child rape and was sentenced on Dec. 10, according to the police.
Massive ICE operation nabs child abusers, gang members, internationally-wanted criminals. ICE immigration agents arrested 105 people in New Jersey in a five-day operation, despite state Attorney General Gurbir Grewal ordering local, county and state law enforcement to limit their cooperation with federal immigration police. The sweep, led last week by the agency's Enforcement and Removal Operation, was already planned prior to the Grewal's directive, the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement stated in an announcement.
ICE arrests 105 in New Jersey. Foreign nationals from 24 countries — including four people with Interpol warrants for their arrests — were among the 105 arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement during a five-day sweep. [...] The people arrested ranged in age from 18 to 65 years old. The agency said more than 80 percent had either prior convictions or pending charges for a variety of crimes, including sexual assault on a minor, child abuse, possession of narcotics, distribution of narcotics, extortion, DUI, fraud, domestic violence, theft, possession of a weapon, robbery, promoting prostitution, aggravated assault, resisting arrest, endangering the welfare of a child, credit card fraud, insurance fraud, shoplifting, and illegal re-entry.
Catch and Release: MS-13 Killer Avoided Deportation Because of Obama Judge. In September 2016, a lawyer named Mario Sturla was appointed as a federal immigration judge by President Obama's attorney general, Loretta Lynch. Sturla is himself an immigrant, a native of the Dominican Republic who graduated from Brown University in 2003 and got his law degree at Yeshiva University in 2006. In June, Judge Sturla heard the case of Henri Salvador Gutierrez, a 19-year-old Salvadoran entered the country illegally in 2014. Gutierrez, whose MS-13 nickname is "Perverso," had been arrested three different times since his arrival in the U.S. and, by the time of his June 22 hearing in Boston, had been in federal detention for seven months. Homeland Security testified that Gutierrez had been determined "to be a risk to public safety as a verified and active member of the MS-13 gang in the Boston metro area." Incredibly, Judge Sturla turned the foreign criminal loose on the streets.
Time to get tough on deportations. What's the end game for all the pampered, trust-funded judges who are refusing to deport or lock up even the most bloodthirsty illegal immigrants, sometimes allegedly even helping them escape from courthouses in order to continue their crime waves against American citizens? Do these judges think that freeing an illegal to murder a Hispanic teenager will somehow earn them a Profiles in Courage Award from the Kennedys next spring? Do they believe that if they refuse to allow the deportation of these machete-wielding, gangbanging, welfare-leeching fiends from the Third World, that they and their families won't be killed by these savages when they're driving drunk or selling fentanyl?
Border Patrol Arrests MS-13 Member Who Traveled with Caravan. U.S. Border Patrol agents have arrested a member of the infamous Salvadoran MS-13 gang who admitted to authorities that he traveled with a caravan of Central American migrants who were hoping to qualify for asylum in America. Agents arrested Jose Villalobos-Jobel, 29, shortly after 6 p.m. on Saturday [11/24/2018] east of the Calexico Port of Entry on the U.S. side of the border, Customs and Border Protection said in a statement Wednesday. During questioning at the El Centro station, the Honduran citizen confessed that he is an active member of MS-13 and had intended to enter the country illegally after traveling to the U.S. with the caravan of thousands of other migrants. He is in custody pending his deportation back to Honduras.
MS-13 Member Says He Traveled with Migrant Caravan to California. Border Patrol agents assigned to the El Centro Sector in California arrested an MS-13 member who claimed he traveled through Mexico with a migrant caravan. The agents made the arrest after he illegally crossed the border from Mexico into California. El Centro Station agents patrolling east of the Calexico Port of Entry came upon a suspected illegal immigrant who just crossed the border from Mexico. During an interview, the agents learned the man is a Honduran national who claimed membership in the hyperviolent MS-13 (Mara Salvatrucha 13) gang, according to El Centro Sector Border Patrol officials.
Yes, DACA Does Protect Some Known Criminals. The Washington Times reports that Luis Cobos-Cenobio, the man shown last week in a dash-cam video shooting at Arkansas police officers, is an illegal immigrant who received Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA). Of course, every demographic has its bad apples, so one incident hardly proves that DACA recipients are undesirable as immigrants. What is more disturbing here (from a policy perspective) is that Cobos-Cenobio reportedly has a history of arrests and charges that predate last week's attack. Why was he not deported for them? It is one thing to argue that illegal immigrants as a group are not especially dangerous, but here we had a specific person with a demonstrated history of criminality in custody and let him go. That's a difficult policy to defend.
Migrants Attack Mexican Restaurant Employees After Attempted Dine And Dash. Central American migrants, the overwhelming majority of which are young men, are now wreaking havoc in Tijuana, Mexico even as these same migrants demand entrance into the United States. A growing number of Mexican citizens are imploring their government to force the migrants to return home. Most recently, the migrants have taken to assaulting, looting, and stealing from the Mexicans who refuse to give them what they want, be it food, clothing, and money. This is footage you will never see via the Establishment Media: [Video clip]
Child Rapists, Killer Busted near Texas Border. Border Patrol agents in the Rio Grande Valley Sector stopped several criminal aliens and three gang members from making their way successfully into the U.S. interior. Those arrested included two child rapists, two killers, a member of the 18th Street gang and two MS-13 gang members. On the day before Thanksgiving, McAllen Station agents arrested a man who illegally crossed the border from Mexico near the town of Hidalgo, Texas. During processing at the station, agents discovered the man is a Honduran national and a confirmed member of the 18th Street gang. Later that same day, other agents working near Hidalgo arrested a Salvadoran man who illegally crossed the border. Records showed that man is a confirmed Mara Salvatrucha (MS-13) gang member.
Previously Deported Illegal Alien, with Two Anchor Babies, Gets 25 Years for Raping Deaf Woman. A previously deported illegal alien — with two U.S.-born children who were given birthright citizenship — has been sentenced to 25 years in prison after raping a deaf woman. Jose Abarca, a 43-year-old repeat illegal alien from Mexico, was sentenced by Montgomery County Circuit Court Judge Michael Mason for a rape he committed 22 years ago, according to WJLA.
108 caravan migrants arrested for crimes in Tijuana, so far. The Department of Homeland Security took a lot of flak for identifying 500 migrants traveling with the Central American caravan as known criminals. And President Trump was blasted in the press for saying the caravan had a lot of "rough people." But what's undercover intelligence compared to the media narrative that the caravan is just moms and kids, fleeing gangs? Actually, the migrants are the gang. Buried deep in this RT News story, with a Tijuana newspaper link of the official press conference, is news that the Tijuana cops have arrested 108 migrants on criminal charges. Not old charges, but charges for crimes committed upon arriving.
Illegal Immigrant Involved in Shootout with Police is DACA Recipient. ICE agents confirmed yesterday that an illegal immigrant involved in a shootout with an Arkansas sheriff's deputy was in the United States as an Obama-era DACA recipient. The Washington Times reports that Luis Cobos-Cenobio, 29, faces charges of terrorism and attempted capital murder after opening fire on police in two separate confrontations after trying to escape a routine traffic stop last week.
Illegal immigrant, 18, who was deported two years ago, 'shot and killed a Texas convenience store clerk, 48, in an armed robbery'. A suspected illegal immigrant has been charged in the murder of a convenience store clerk during an armed robbery in Houston, authorities say. Jose Bonilla-Ortiz, 18, was arrested on Saturday morning [11/17/2018] at an apartment about two miles north of the Metro Food Mart where he is accused of gunning down Bangladeshi immigrant Faruk Bhuiya, 48.
Migrant caravan at US border is harboring more than 500 criminals, Homeland Security claims. More than 500 criminals are traveling with the migrant caravan that's massed on the other side of a San Diego border crossing, homeland security officials said Monday afternoon [11/19/2018]. The revelation was made during a conference call with reporters, with officials asserting that "most of the caravan members are not women and children". They claimed the group is mostly made up of single adult or teen males and that the women and children have been pushed to the front of the line in a bid to garner sympathetic media coverage.
Yes, the House-passed jailbreak bill releases criminal aliens from prison. Something funny happens when you actually take time to analyze a gravely transformative piece of legislation. It's something that not a single member of the House who voted for the aptly named First Step Act got a chance to do: You understand the consequences of the bill. Proponents of the bill, many of whom are pro-illegal alien to begin with, defensively insist that because deportable aliens (both illegal immigrants and criminal legal immigrants) are not eligible for good time credits, they will not be among those released into home confinement or let out early under the provisions of this bill. The problem is that Section 402, which is extremely dangerous as it pertains to the entire prison population, will mandate that the Bureau of Prisons (BOP) release a number of criminal aliens into home confinement at some point. This is what happens when no section-by-section summary of the bill is released, no hearings are held, and no amendments are made eligible.
Illegal immigrant suspect opens fire on Arkansas police officer. Newly released dashcam video shows the moments a police officer in Arkansas stared down the barrel of a gun during an intense shootout with an illegal immigrant suspect over the weekend. The Washington County Sheriff's Office said in a news release the incident happened Sunday, after County Corporal Brett Thompson tried to initiate a traffic stop around 12:43 p.m. in Tontitown, located just outside Fayetteville. The driver, 29-year-old Luis Cobos-Cenobio, didn't stop and the officer reportedly initiated a brief chase. After eventually pulling over, Cobos-Cenobio got out of his vehicle and began shooting at Thompson, officials said.
Murderer Deported to Mexico Last Month Recaptured in Texas. Laredo Sector Border Patrol agents apprehended a previously deported murderer who illegally re-entered the U.S. about one month following his deportation. Agents assigned to the Laredo Sector conducted an extensive search for a suspected illegal alien who absconded from arrest on November 10. Early Sunday morning [11/11/2018], agents found the suspect near the Interstate 35 mile marker 31 location and took him into custody.
Illegal immigrant released by 'sanctuary' charged with triple murder: ICE. An illegal immigrant released by a "sanctuary city" county in New Jersey was charged this week with a triple homicide halfway across the country in Missouri, authorities said Friday [11/9/2018]. Luis Rodrigo Perez stands accused of being the gunman in a shooting spree last week that claimed the lives of two men and one woman, at two different homes. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement said it tried to deport Perez after he was arrested on domestic violence charges in Middlesex County, New Jersey, last year. But the county, which has a non-cooperation policy with ICE, refused to alert the feds when it released Perez in February of this year, ICE said.
Man charged in 3 killings wanted by immigration authorities. A man who federal authorities believe is in the U.S. illegally has been charged in the fatal shooting of two former roommates and a woman whose home he moved into after his first victims threw him out, police in southwestern Missouri said.
Mollie Tibbetts And The Low Illegal Crime Rate Lie. Open border advocates say immigrants come here to do jobs Americans won't do. Well, excuse me, but we have Americans all too willing to kill their brethren. Murder is a job American criminals are quite willing to do and to those who say immigrants commit crime at a lower rate than American citizens, I say that all that proves is that we have enough criminals — we don't need to import more. The blood of Kate Steinle and Mollie Tibbetts and others is on the hands of open border advocates and the sanctuary city loons who provide no sanctuary for the American citizen victims of illegal alien criminals. Even if it were true that illegal aliens commit crimes, including murder, at rates lower than American citizens, that would be irrelevant. The murder rate for illegal aliens should be zero because none of them should be here [...]
Illegal immigrant ICE wanted deported is now charged in wife's stabbing death. Federal immigration officials say Oregon authorities prevented them from detaining for deportation an illegal immigrant from Mexico who is now charged in the brutal stabbing death of his wife, whose body was found in a ditch Sunday. The case marks the latest dispute between federal authorities and Oregon over the state's "sanctuary" laws regarding illegal immigrants. The suspect, identified as Martin Gallo-Gallardo, 45, had been released in March by the Multnomah County Sheriff's Office after prosecutors dismissed assault allegations against him. His wife and daughter stopped cooperating and a grand jury refused to indict him, FOX 12 Oregon reported.
Mexico's ambassador to U.S. claims there are very violent migrants in caravan. Mexico's U.S. Ambassador — Geronimo Gutierrez — is blasting Democrats for saying everyone in the migrant caravan are all peaceful refugees seeking asylum. On Tuesday [10/30/2018], Gutierrez explained there have been multiple instances where migrants have been "very violent," while rebelling against border authorities. This comes after Mexican officials warned some migrants in Guatemala are building makeshift bombs to use against police officers guarding the border between Mexico and Guatemala.
Caravan Migrant Admits to Previously Being Deported from U.S. for Attempted Murder. A previously deported illegal alien who was convicted of attempted murder in the United States is just one of the at least 7,000 migrants traveling to the U.S. in a caravan. In a candid interview with Fox News, a migrant with the caravan identified as "Jose" admitted that he has already been deported from the U.S. for being convicted for felony attempted murder.
Sicario Human Sacrifice to Santa Muerte. I'm certain that we're vetting the good, hard working folks coming across the border so that the masses don't include people like this, and I'm certain that there is no corruption of border patrol or local LEOs with money or intimidation. Or perhaps that's not the case and you should be prepared for this. You be the judge.
Hondurans Paint Swastika On American Flag, Set It On Fire; Wave Honduran Flags, Give Us The Finger. These are the people demanding we open our borders. You can see this photo as the very final image in this Associated Press slideshow covering the migrant caravan headed to the US.
Steve King: Men from 'Most Violent Countries in World' Are 'Invading' U.S.. Rep. Steve King (R-IA) says men from the "most violent countries in the world" are "invading" the United States through illegal and legal immigration. In an interview with an Austrian media outlet, King discussed the death of 20-year-old college student Mollie Tibbetts whose body was found in September in a cornfield in her rural hometown of Brooklyn, Iowa after she was last seen jogging on July 18. Christian Bahena-Rivera, an illegal alien from Mexico, has been charged with first-degree murder in Tibbetts' death after police say he admitted to confronting and chasing down the young woman.
Illegal Immigrant Pizza Guy Is Arrested Again. Do you remember the story of Pablo Villavicencio? He's the illegal alien who was delivering pizza to Fort Hamilton Army base in New York in June when his identity was discovered and ICE picked him up. Having already been on their radar, Villavicencio was detained and scheduled for deportation. A friendly judge threw a wrench in the works later, ordering the pizza guy to be released while he challenged the deportation order and tried to obtain legal resident status. The judge in the case, Manhattan federal Judge Paul Crotty, defended the pizza guy as being "a model citizen." Now he's in trouble again, but this time not with ICE. Villavicencio has been arrested on allegations of domestic abuse against his wife.
The Liberal Mob Must Be Stopped in November. Democrats are actively encouraging illegal aliens to come to the country, no matter the damage to Americans. [...] As far as Americans being the victims of crimes committed by these illegal aliens, 100 percent of those crimes would be prevented if the perpetrators weren't in the country in the first place. Every murder, rape, robbery, and assault would not have occurred if our border were secure and we deported people here illegally. That means liberals are perfectly fine with Americans being victims of those crimes because they think their identity politics gambit will bring them more votes than the indifference toward citizens costs them.
4 dead, 1 hurt in shooting at Texas toddler's birthday party. At least four men were killed and another was injured Saturday after a shooting at a toddler's birthday party in southern Texas, police said as they hunt for two suspects who fled the scene. Two families gathered at a home in Taft, 12 miles north of Corpus Christi, just after 5 p.m. Saturday [10/13/2018] for a child's first birthday party when an altercation ensued, Corpus Christi Caller Times reported.
Kavanaugh backs Trump administration on jailing and deporting immigrants for crimes committed years earlier. Newly seated Justice Brett Kavanaugh spoke up Wednesday in defense of the Trump administration's view that legal immigrants with criminal records must be arrested and held for deportation, even years after they were convicted and completed their sentences. At issue is a federal law that calls for mandatory detention and possible deportation for "criminal aliens," including legal immigrants convicted of crimes ranging from violent felonies to simple drug possession. The law says the Homeland Security secretary "shall take into custody any alien" with a criminal record that could lead to deportation "when the alien is released." The debate focuses on when, exactly, is when.
Sanctuary City: Previously Deported Illegal Alien Accused of Brutally Raping Long Island Mother for an Hour. A previously deported illegal alien has been arrested and charged with brutally raping a woman in Long Island, New York for an hour, according to police. Ever Martinez-Reyes, a 24-year-old illegal alien from El Salvador, allegedly followed a 36-year-old mother of two to her home, knocked her unconscious, then repeatedly raped her for an hour, investigators say, according to Newsday.
MS-13 Gang Member Apprehensions this Year up 244 Percent, Says Border Patrol Sector Chief. During a recent interview with Breitbart Texas Editor-in-Chief Brandon Darby, Rio Grande Valley (RGV) Sector Chief Manuel Padilla, Jr. reported an increase in the arrest of MS-13 gang members well in excess of 200 percent. The chief explained this is a national security risk because these criminal gang members do not stay in South Texas, but rather, travel all across the U.S. "What we have here in the valley," Chief Padilla explained to Darby, "we have a unique dynamic where the traffic that is coming here, it's actually not staying here. I can tell you we are well over a 200 percent increase [in the apprehension of] MS-13 gang members."
Illegal immigrant charged in New York with vicious rape of woman: police. An illegal immigrant was charged with allegedly "viciously" raping a woman on Long Island for an hour after following her home and knocking her out, officials said. Ever Martinez-Reyes, 24, a native of El Salvador, was ordered held without bail at an arraignment Saturday on rape, sexual assault, and assault charges. The Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas said the Sept. 28 rape was "one of the most brutal" she has ever seen, Newsday reported.
Hamptons millionaires build luxe panic rooms to hide from MS-13. There is a specter haunting the Hamptons — one that's turning some of the priciest properties in the country into fortresses equipped with bulletproof glass, weaponry and panic rooms. "I sleep with a gun underneath my pillow: a Walther PPK/S, the same one James Bond carried," said John Catsimatidis, owner of Red Apple Group and Gristedes Foods, who has a vacation property in East Quogue. "[My wife] Margo prefers a shotgun. Although, once, she thought she heard something, got the shotgun out and shot through the door." The billionaire and his family, like others in the Hamptons, are shaken up over concerns that the vicious Salvadorian gang MS-13 is too close for comfort.
Treat Brett Kavanaugh as good as illegal alien criminals. Why is Kavanaugh, against whom there is no evidence, treated like the world's worst person, while the powers that be in these hopelessly corrupt blue districts bend over backward trying to shield Third World fiends from being brought to justice for their savage crimes against females? Is it because they're future, if not present, Democrat voters? The vast majority of them are on one form of welfare or another, they're not married to the women they impregnate (so they won't be on the hook for child support), they live totally on the arm — no insurance, no driver's licenses, no responsibility for anything whatsoever. In other words, undocumented Democrats. American taxpayers pick up the tab for these layabout career criminals' lawyers when they get arrested over and over, as well as their translators, and the court psychologists to say that they can't be held accountable for their crimes since they come from such primitive backgrounds.
Despite repeated deportations, suspect in homeless beating deaths cut a bloody swath across L.A., police say. Just days after his aunt and uncle were reported missing in Houston, Ramon Escobar got in his Honda CR-V and drove west. The 47-year-old native of El Salvador traveled more than 1,500 miles along Interstate 10, stopping when he hit the Pacific Ocean on Sept. 5. Three days later, Santa Monica police found a homeless man battered and bruised on the beach. Someone had beaten the victim, causing severe injuries to his head, as he slept.
Suspect in fatal baseball bat attacks on LA homeless had been deported 6 times: ICE. The suspect who police say was behind a string of brutal baseball bat attacks on sleeping homeless men in Southern California that left three dead and several more in critical condition had been deported six times, federal immigration officials said Tuesday night [9/25/2018]. Ramon Escobar, 47, who was originally from El Salvador, was arrested Monday after allegedly attacking a homeless man in Santa Monica. He was charged in connection to three murders and four attempted murders this month, ABC 7 reported.
Manhunt under way for illegal immigrant, 32, wanted for the killing of a 35-year-old mother of five. A man who was in the United States illegally allegedly killed a mother of five before fleeing across the border to Mexico, police have said. Dallas police found the body of Martha Alva, 35, in Northwest Dallas on Sunday morning near a dead end. Investigators believe her on-again, off-again boyfriend, Ernesto Carrillo Hernandez, killed her. Hernandez, 32, who was living in Monterrey, did not have legal status in the U.S., according to Fox 4 TV.
16-Year-Old Girl Stabbed to Death by Illegal Alien as New Jersey Goes Sanctuary State. They say that you can't make an omelet without breaking a few eggs. And you also can't make New Jersey into a sanctuary state without stabbing a few teenage girls to death.
Attorney in Mollie Tibbetts Murder Trial: Illegal Alien Has 'Constitutional Right' to Taxpayer Funding. The defense attorneys representing the illegal alien accused of murdering 20-year-old Mollie Tibbetts say it is the foreign national's "constitutional right" to receive American taxpayer funding to fight the murder charges against him. As Breitbart News reported this week, 24-year-old illegal alien Cristhian Bahena-Rivera has been given $5,000 in U.S. taxpayer dollars to hire an independent investigative team to fight the murder charges against him.
Nike Fighting to Keep Oregon a 'Sanctuary State' After Illegal Alien Kills Young Couple. The multinational Nike corporation — accused of employing slave labor — is fighting to keep Oregon a "sanctuary state" for all illegal aliens less than a month after an illegal alien has been accused of killing a young couple in a drunk driving car crash. In a statement this week, Nike CEO Mark Parker announced the corporation's opposition to a statewide measure that would repeal Oregon's sanctuary state law that has protected criminal illegal aliens for three decades.
Previous Deportee Accused of Raping [his] Own Daughter [has been] Caught near [the] Texas Border. El Paso Sector Border Patrol agents arrested a previously-deported illegal immigrant accused of repeatedly raping his 15-year-old daughter in Tennessee. Agents working near the El Paso-Juarez Metropolitan Border Area found tracks left by a group of migrants who illegally crossed the border near the Yselta Port of Entry during a routine patrol. The agents followed the tracks and caught up with the group and placed them in custody for immigration violations, according to a report by KTSM in El Paso.
Man accused of raping daughter caught illegally crossing U.S. border. A Mexican national who was previously accused of raping his teenage daughter was caught trying to illegally enter the U.S. at the Texas border on Tuesday, WKRN-TV reported. Border agents found Rusbel Zamorano-Calderon, 39, near the Ysleta Port of Entry, about 14 miles south of El Paso. The agents said they caught up with Zamorano-Calderon, who was among a group of people, according to a press release.
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Green Card Holder Goes On Mass Shooting Spree, Murders 5 People, Police Say. A green card holder in the state of California allegedly went on a mass shooting spree on Wednesday [9/12/2018], murdering five people before turning the gun on himself after being confronted by law enforcement. Kern County Sheriff Donny Youngblood identified the suspect as a 54-year-old Hispanic male and stated that he used a .50-caliber handgun to murder his victims.
4 Illegal Aliens Connected to Mexican Cartel Arrested With Nearly $6M in Drugs, Cash, and Weapons on Hand. Thanks to a combined effort of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, the Lawrenceville Police Department, East Point Police, and the Georgia State Patrol four Mexican nationals have been arrested in Gwinnett County, GA this week for their connection to a Mexican drug cartel. These illegal aliens were found with 5 million dollars worth of methamphetamine, cocaine, and heroin laced with fentanyl as well as $850,000 in cash and weapons located in a storehouse in the metro Atlanta area. According to NBC 11 Alive, DEA Special Agent in Charge Robert Murphy said the investigation into the cartel started last year. Friday's drug bust of the men's home occurred after a tip came in on Thursday evening [8/30/2018].
Illegal Alien Attacks on ICE & Border Agents Are Increasing, Thank a Democrat. The Washington Times reports that attacks on border agents are increasing as illegal aliens grow more violent. Catering to anonymous foreigners and claiming ICE and border agents are terrorists while calling for abolishing ICE isn't helping. We can thank Democrats for that. Blame prosecutors too. They won't bring charges in most cases.
Assaults on ICE, Border Patrol surge as illegal immigrants get more violent. Assaults on ICE agents reached a decade high in 2017, and assaults on Border Patrol agents have also surged in recent years, according to new government numbers that seem to back up agents' claims that illegal immigrants are increasingly looking to fight rather than flee. The new numbers, reported by Homeland Security's inspector general, could even be underselling the problem, investigators said, because the government doesn't do a good job of tracking incidents, and agents and officers don't always report them properly. But the report does signal renewed danger particularly on the southwest border, where agents say a surge in illegal immigration in recent years generally correlates with growing violence.
Illegals emboldened and getting more violent as judges thwart Trump. Violence? From illegals? The report is a contradiction of the "narrative" put out by the left, its press allies, and even some libertarians, that illegals commit far fewer crimes than the average American and therefore rule of law is unimportant. Illegals, after all, are just moms and toddlers, coming here to celebrate Mother's Day, aren't they?
Man charged in Mollie Tibbetts' death was known by another name. The Mexican man charged with abducting and killing an Iowa college student was known for years on the dairy farm where he worked by another name: John Budd. The alias has emerged as Cristhian Bahena Rivera's employer, a cattle operation owned by a prominent Republican family, faces questions over whether its managers were aware of any warning signs that he was in the country illegally. The name under which Rivera was hired and paid for the last four years was confirmed by three people with knowledge of his employment history. They spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to release the information during an ongoing criminal investigation. One of the people said Rivera's work identity as John Budd appears in official government records.
Washington Post Chronicles Hardships of Iowa's Immigrants in Wake of Mollie Tibbetts' Murder. In the wake of 20-year-old college student Mollie Tibbetts' alleged murder by an illegal alien, the Washington Post profiled the small community of Brooklyn, Iowa, which has been shaken by the crime, focusing primarily on the hardships of the town's immigrants. As Breitbart News has reported extensively, 24-year-old illegal alien Cristhian Bahena-Rivera has been charged with first-degree murder in Tibbetts' death after police say he admitted to confronting and chasing down the young woman. The illegal alien lived in a region of Iowa that was surrounded by sanctuary cities, as Breitbart News noted, and worked on a dairy farm using a stolen ID and Social Security card after allegedly crossing the U.S.-Mexico border as a child.
Dozens of MS-13 members are charged with murder, assault and drug trafficking. More than two dozen MS-13 gang members are facing charges following a murder and drug trafficking investigation in a rural California farm city, according to the US attorney in Sacramento. The notorious street gang is said to have taken advantage of an understaffed police department in Mendota and terrorized the city of about 11,000 people. McGregor Scott revealed the charges in a press conference Friday [8/31/2018] in Fresno, about 35 miles to the east of Mendota.
Halt criminals at border. Illegal immigration must be combated with resolve. We cannot allow the issue to be framed by amnesty advocates as a referendum on Emma Lazarus' poem "The New Colossus," inscribed on the Statue of Liberty, with its famous line, "Give me your tired, your poor ..." As again evidenced last week with the alleged murder of Mollie Tibbetts at the hands of an undocumented immigrant, there are violent criminals among the many who cross the border. No state is immune from crimes committed by illegal immigrants, certainly not Massachusetts. Yesterday brought news that a man was arrested in Texas and is facing child rape charges in Framingham.
The after-market poem attached to the base of the Statue of Liberty is all very nice, but it is not federal law.
MS-13 'Animal' Is Charged After Police Find Remains of Missing Long Island Teen. The murder case of an unidentified Long Island teenager has led authorities to a known MS-13 gang member whom immigration officials already had in custody. Carlos Benitez-Hernandez (shown above), a 21-year-old who has confessed to being a member of MS-13, is believed to have used a machete and sharp objects to hack and stab a teenager to death about a year ago, Newsday reported. Authorities are holding Benitez-Hernandez and four other members of the El Salvador gang syndicate in connection to the murder.
Illegal Alien Started Fire In Hospital Emergency Room. A highly inebriated man set a fire within the Washington Adventist Hospital emergency room, putting dozens of lives at risk, the Montgomery County Fire Marshal's Office tells ABC7. It was 9:15 a.m. on Sunday, May 27. Hospital staff found patient Henry Padilla-Martinez, 20, of an unknown address, wandering the halls of the ER. As an employee attempted to guide Padilla-Martinez back to his room, he noticed the drunken man's hospital bed was ablaze. Staff ran to grab a fire extinguisher and frantically sprayed down the bed to prevent the fire from spreading further.
The latest murder by an illegal alien. Knowing Kate Steinle's name has been painful enough. We know of her because she was killed by a criminal illegal alien in 2015. We now know Mollie Tibbetts' name, murdered last month, and an illegal alien has been arrested for that crime as well. For many who did not originally support Donald Trump for president, a turning point for us was the existential danger of our open southern border. In Mr. Trump, it became clear we had a candidate who understood and was serious about dealing with the disaster of our southern border. Being blunt about the criminals enjoying the open door into our nation, liberals and the establishment gave us our first taste of the hysteria about President Trump that would come to consume them.
The November Election Is About Illegal Alien Crime. If you're cool with Americans being butchered by illegal aliens, this November you should vote Democrat. They're certainly cool with Americans being butchered by illegal aliens. Oh, in theory they would probably prefer that the foreigners sneaking into our country in defiance of the laws we American citizens made through our elected representatives would stop butchering Americans. They don't particularly want your kids to be butchered. They just want uncontrolled illegal immigration more than your kids' safety. So, they've made a choice to be the party of illegal immigration. And the resulting body count is a price Democrats are willing to pay to replace an electorate of Normal Americans who refuse to obey. The Democrats are the party of No Borders, of Abolish ICE, and of murdered Americans.
Texas AG Says Dems' Call to Decriminalize Illegal Entry Could 'Cost Lives'. Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton said Sunday on "Fox & Friends" that a push by three Democrats running for office in the state to decriminalize illegal entry could cost lives. Paxton said that the issue is "a little scary" and that simply advocating for more open borders could draw more people to cross illegally. "The reality is we already struggle with this," he said. "It's going to cost lives if we go down this path."
Dear CNN: This Previously Deported 'Dreamer' Brutally Slaughtered a Minnesota Woman — Is That 'News?'. Here's another story that you won't see on CNN. It doesn't fit the sweet, innocent border-crosser just looking for a better life. Enedelia Perez Garcia, 27, was stabbed to death on August 12 in Shakopee, Minnesota. An illegal immigrant, Fraider Diaz-Carbajal, 35, has been charged with second-degree murder (not premeditated) in relation to her death. And guess what? He had a lengthy criminal record.
Steve King: 'Importing Millions' of Young Men from Central America 'Means Death for Americans'. Rep. Steve King (R-IA) says "importing millions" of young men from one of the most violent regions in the world, Central and South America, "means death for Americans. Following the revelations of the Mollie Tibbetts Iowa murder case — where the 20-year-old young woman was allegedly stabbed to death by an illegal alien from Mexico — King posted online a statement in which he indicates that the United States will only become more violent as more than 1.5 million illegal and legal immigrants, mostly from Central and South America, continue being imported to the country every year.
Open Borders Geraldo Goes Bonkers Over Criticism by Texas' Lt. Gov.. [Scroll down] Geraldo said to the Fox audience, "I'm begging you" to "stop branding this entire population". In other words, the Fox audience are bigots who stereotype all illegal immigrants. Martha [McCallum] called him on that. He went off again, throwing out more straw man arguments about how people of all races commit these crimes. He argued that illegal aliens commit fewer crimes. That is the biggest straw man of all. They don't belong here and they need to come in legally. It doesn't matter if they are by-and-large good people. Any crimes committed by people here illegally would not have happened if they weren't in the country. Geraldo isn't even accurate. Illegal aliens commit more crimes and more serious crimes and the figures are shocking.
Five Other Heinous Illegal Alien Crimes You Didn't Hear About This Week. Mollie Tibbetts, a 20-year-old Brooklyn, Iowa, college student, was murdered by Cristhian Bahena Rivera, 24, who was charged with first-degree murder after confessing and leading authorities to the cornfield where he had tried to hide her body. Rivera is an illegal alien from Mexico who has been in the U.S. for at least four years, but many in the mainstream media are far from eager to report that fact. In its story on Wednesday [8/22/2018], for example, about how law enforcement cracked the case, CNN said nothing about Rivera's immigration status. Readers had to click on a link nearly at the end of the post to go to a second story, and, even then, CNN only described Rivera as "a Mexican man who officials said came to the U.S. illegally ..." That somewhat oblique reference came only in the fourth graph, and it was not repeated until the end of the story in a reference to President Donald Trump.
CNN's Chris Cuomo: 'Offensive' for Trump to Say Mollie Tibbetts 'Permanently Separated from Her Family'. CNN host Chris Cuomo wondered Wednesday whether Americans outraged over the death of Mollie Tibbetts would be as upset if the alleged killer was a white American instead of an illegal alien. In reference to Tibbetts's death and other murders by illegal aliens, Chris Cuomo asked, "I wonder if these sympathizers would be as full-throated about these tragedies if the killers were white citizens, if the victims were not young white women. If that were the case, would we see a video like this from Trump today?" He then played a clip of President Donald Trump talking about Tibbetts's death.
Autopsy: Illegal Alien Allegedly Stabbed Mollie Tibbetts to Death. The illegal alien accused of murdering 20-year-old college student Mollie Tibbetts allegedly stabbed her to death, an autopsy report reveals. This week, law enforcement announced that Tibbetts' body was found in a cornfield in her rural hometown of Brooklyn, Iowa after she was last seen jogging on July 18. Illegal alien Cristhian Bahena-Rivera, a 24-year-old from Mexico, has been charged with first-degree murder in her death after police say he admitted to confronting and chasing down Tibbetts, eventually leaving her body in the cornfield. The illegal alien lived in a region of Iowa that was surrounded by sanctuary cities, as Breitbart News noted.
Mollie Tibbetts Killer Used Stolen and Fake Identification To Remain Illegally in the U.S.. Cristhian Rivera is the illegal alien who killed 20-year-old Mollie Tibbetts in Iowa. Today it is revealed that Rivera used fraudulent and stolen identification to apply for work, a VERY common way for illegal aliens to gain employment in the U.S. The farm where he worked ran the social security number through the authentication process, after completing the I-9 form; however, they did not use E-Verify which is connected to the Department of Homeland Security.
Attorney For Accused Murderer Of Mollie Tibbetts: He's An 'All-American Boy'. On Thursday [8/23/2018], speaking at a hearing for his client, Cristhian Bahena Rivera, who is accused of murdering 20-year-old Mollie Tibbetts, attorney Allan Richards made a claim that would turn the stomach of those who heard it, calling Rivera "an All-American boy." Richards spoke at the Poweshiek County Courthouse in Iowa, where he argued that expanded news media coverage of the case would be inappropriate, saying, "The coverage that's out there is leaning all one way and in fact, government has weighed in at the highest levels. In our system of justice, he's entitled to that presumption of innocence until some evidence is presented. Portraying Cristhian as something that he isn't, in some ways I view that as a political payback for what's swirling around."
New York Times Deletes Immigration Status Of Mollie Tibbetts's Killer From Headline. The New York Times opted to delete the immigration status of the man suspected of killing Iowa college student Mollie Tibbetts in an update to a headline about the incident Wednesday [8/22/2018]. According to the Twitter account Editing TheGrayLady, The Times made a number of changes to the headline of its story on Tibbetts's murder before finally falling on "Immigrant Is Charged In Mollie Tibbetts Murder in Iowa, and Trump Seizes on Case."
Farm says suspect in Mollie Tibbetts murder passed background check despite immigration status. Yarrabee Farms, the Iowa farm that employed the suspect charged with killing Mollie Tibbetts, defended its vetting of Cristhian Bahena Rivera late Tuesday [8/21/2018]. The farm says Rivera passed the government's background check and it had no idea he was an undocumented immigrant. Rivera, who the Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation said Tuesday afternoon is responsible for the 20-year-old University of Iowa student's death last month, was called an "employee in good standing."
Press mocks the murder of Mollie Tibbetts soon as it became an illegal alien story. After whipping up such a brouhaha about illegal immigrants being separated from their children as a result of their lawbreaking, the press was confronted with new story about illegals to report and comment upon, and it didn't quite tug on the heartstrings the way the crying toddlers narrative did.
Suspect in Mollie Tibbetts' murder worked on farm owned by Iowa GOP family. The illegal immigrant who allegedly killed college student Mollie Tibbetts had worked for years at a farm owned by a prominent Iowa Republican family, a report said Tuesday night [8/21/2018]. Cristhian Rivera — the 24-year-old man who is suspected of murdering Tibbetts while she was out jogging — was an "employee in good standing" at Yarrabee Farms, which is owned by the family of former Iowa official Craig Lang, according to the Des Moines Register.
Mollie Tibbetts' suspected murderer identified as 24-year-old Christian Rivera, in US illegally. A suspect in connection with Mollie Tibbetts' murder is in custody and has been identified as a 24-year-old man in the U.S. illegally, investigators announced at a news conference Tuesday [8/21/2018]. Christian Rivera was charged with first-degree murder in Tibbetts' death, officials confirmed Tuesday afternoon. Authorities said that Rivera, of the rural Poweshiek County area, is being held on a federal immigration detainer. He's believed to have been in the area for four to seven years.
Illegal immigrant, 24, charged with murdering missing Mollie Tibbetts. A 24-year-old illegal immigrant from Mexico has been charged with the murder of missing Mollie Tibbetts. Cristhian Rivera, 24, was charged on Tuesday after leading police to the corn field where he dumped Mollie's body after attacking her on July 18. Rivera, who has been in the US illegally for between four and seven years but is from Guayabillo in Guerrero, Mexico, followed her in his black car as she ran at around 7.30pm on July 18.
Mollie Tibbetts' ex-classmate gave birth to murder suspect's baby. A former schoolmate of slain Iowa college student Mollie Tibbetts bore the child of the man accused of killing her, according to a report. Iris Monarrez was a cheerleader at Brooklyn, Guernsey, and Malcom High School while Tibbetts was on the track team there, a picture in their yearbook obtained by the Daily Mail shows. While in school, Monarrez dated Cristhian Rivera, 24, who is accused of abducting and killing Tibbetts. "Iris was very quiet, she kept to her friends. From what I can see she was a really nice person, shy but kind," Bailey Gibson, 18, told the Mail. "I'm sure she's as shocked as we are."
Accused Tibbetts Murderer Has Himself An Anchor Baby. And his Lawyer doesn't want you calling him an Illegal Alien. Cristhian Bahena-Rivera, the illegal alien from Mexico has himself an American-born baby. If Cuomo was wondering why Trump used this issue to point out our desperate need for immigration reform, both with a secure border, and an end to chain migration, here is a good reason. One of Mollie's former high school schoolmates (one grade older) has borne the accused a daughter, who is now three years old.
Media ignore key detail in story about ICE arresting father driving pregnant wife to hospital. The mainstream media were aghast on Saturday after Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrested an illegal immigrant who was driving to the hospital with his pregnant wife to deliver their baby. However, most outlets conveniently buried the story's most important detail: the man was wanted for murder.
Man detained by ICE while driving his pregnant wife to the hospital to give birth is wanted for murder in Mexico. A California man detained by immigration agents while he was driving his pregnant wife to the hospital for a scheduled C-section is wanted in connection to a murder in Mexico. Joel Arrona Lara's arrest in San Bernardino, California on Wednesday [8/15/2018] prompted outrage after his wife Maria del Carmen Venegas revealed she was forced to drive herself to the hospital to give birth. But Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials have since revealed that Arrona, 35, was detained because he was wanted on an outstanding arrest warrant in a homicide case in Mexico.
Fake News Cries a River About Illegal Alien Arrested While Taking His Pregnant Wife to Hospital — Leaves Out Fact He Was Murderer!. The mainstream media cried a river about the arrest of an illegal alien who was caught by police while taking his pregnant wife to the hospital. They left off the part that he is a murderer.
Nearly All Criminal Foreigners in U.S. Are from Central, South America. Nearly all of the criminal illegal and legal immigrants incarcerated in American prisons derive from six countries in Central and South America. The newest Government Accountability Office (GAO) report reveals how mass immigration to the United States from primarily Central America is leading to a booming foreign incarcerated population from the region. Between Fiscal Year 2011 and 2016, about 91 percent of all criminal illegal and legal immigrants in federal U.S. prisons were nationals from Mexico, Honduras, El Salvador, Dominican Republic, Colombia, and Guatemala.
Govt. spent $2.5 billion to jail criminal migrants in 2016: Study. The federal government spends about $1.4 billion a year incarcerating migrants charged or convicted of crimes, and states spent at least $1.1 billion more, Congress's chief investigative arm said in a report Thursday [8/16/2018]. Nearly all of them — 95 percent — were either illegal immigrants at the time of their crimes or were deemed deportable because of the seriousness of their offenses, and removed from the country when their sentences were up, the Government Accountability Office said. But 15 percent of those released from 2011 to 2016 managed to reoffend and end up in a federal or state prison anyway, the investigators said.
DOJ: One in Five Federal Inmates Is An Illegal Alien. On Thursday [6/7/2018], the Department of Justice report released a report, showing that 20 percent of those serving time in federal prisons are in the United States illegally.
FYI: One Of The Alleged New Mexico Terror Suspects Lived In The U.S. Illegally For 20 Years. It's a story that would have been all over the media if it had been a conservative, an anti-IRS activist, an NRA member, or any organization liberals think are right leaning. In early August, authorities raided a compound in New Mexico, where three women, a man, and 11 children were found in deplorable conditions. One child's remains were also found. They were reportedly being trained by Siraj Wahhaj to commit school shootings. Siraj's father, same name, was an unindicted conspirator of the 1993 World Trade Center bombing. To make things more controversial, the judge in the case, Sarah Backus, granted four of the five potential terror suspects to be released on bond. Siraj remains in custody since he was an outstanding warrant from Georgia regarding the alleged kidnapping of his son, who may or may not be the deceased child police found at the compound. Backus is a Democrat and known for setting low bailfor violent offenders.
More about The New Mexico jihadist compound.
7X Deported Criminal Alien Stabs a Man for No Reason in Sanctuary California. An illegal alien is accused of an "unprovoked and brutal stabbing" at a market in California last month. There are witnesses and other evidence. The man has a criminal record and was deported seven times. They keep coming back because they know it's safe in the sanctuary state. Ricardo Velasquez-Romero, 39, who also goes by the name Eulalio Miniz Orozco, was arrested last month. He stabbed an innocent 61-year-old man in the neck at Lola's Market in Santa Rosa on Dec. 21, a man he hadn't spoken to.
Previously Deported Sex Offender from Africa Caught Trying to Enter Daycare Center. An undocumented immigrant and wanted sex offender has been arrested by U.S. Border Patrol agents and police in Detroit, officials said. Authorities have identified the man as Yemaneh Gebremedhin, 53, an immigrant from Eritrea, a country in northeast Africa on the Red Sea coast. Border Patrol officials said agents were called by the Detroit Police on Tuesday to help identify a man who had attempted to get into a Detroit church that has a child care facility.
Colorado Springs: Is Iraqi who shot police officer in the head a refugee? Here we go again, another violent crime and no one seems to know if the alleged perpetrator is a refugee, or if he is here through some other legal immigration program? The story in The Gazette (and on Fox News this morning [8/6/2018]) reminded me that Colorado Springs has the distinction of being the location where five Iraqis who supposedly 'helped' our troops in Iraq were arrested in 2011 (several were ultimately convicted) for brutally raping a local woman. Frankly, authorities do know what sort of visa the latest Iraqi arrested Thursday used to get here, they just don't want the public to know!
Media Blackout: 13-Year-Old Girl was Decapitated by a Pair of Illegal Aliens in Alabama. A preliminary hearing Thursday [7/12/2018] gave more information into a grisly double homicide in Madison County. Mariah Lopez, a 13-year-old, was decapitated and her grandmother, Oralia Mendoza, was also killed. Investigators now believe the case has connections to a drug cartel. 26 year-old Yoni Martinez Aguilar, one of the capital murder suspects, appeared before a judge on Thursday.
Illegal Alien from Mexico Accused of Raping 11-Year-Old Girl. An illegal alien living in northwest Arkansas is accused of raping an 11-year-old girl after convincing her to meet up with him through the messaging app known as "Snapchat." Luis Mario Rodriguez-Torres, a 21-year-old illegal alien from Mexico, allegedly messaged the 11-year-old girl through Snapchat and convinced her to meet up with him, according to KFSM.
Illegal Alien Gang Member Fires Gun on Sidewalk, Claims 2nd Amendment Rights. An illegal alien gang member accused of firing a gun on a public sidewalk in the sanctuary city of New York is now claiming that he has Second Amendment rights just like every United States citizen. Javier Perez, a 28-year-old illegal alien from Mexico, is claiming that he has Second Amendment rights under the U.S. Constitution and therefore is being unfairly charged with possession of a gun. In July 2016, Perez allegedly fired a .380-caliber semiautomatic pistol on a public sidewalk in Brooklyn, New York to fight off a rival street gang, according to the New York Daily News.
Seven Armed Illegal Aliens Charged in Texas Mall Robbery. Seven Mexican nationals who entered the U.S. illegally were arraigned on Monday after they attempted to rob a jewelry store at gunpoint in the La Plaza Mall in McAllen, Texas, on Saturday [7/28/2018], local media and Fox News reported. The seven men were charged with aggravated robbery. During they robbery they brandished handguns and smashed the glass display cases. There were no injuries or gunfire during the attempted robbery, and an undercover police officer with a concealed-carry handgun helped stop the crime.
TX Mall Robbery Was Not Gun Violence But Rather Illegal Alien Criminal Violence. The attempted mall robbery in Texas has disappeared from the news. It was dramatically reported at first as gun violence. Gun grabbers thought they had a great case against guns until they realized no shots were fired. The noise was glass breaking. Seven suspects who were arrested in connection with an attempted robbery at a jewelry store in Texas over the weekend have been identified as Mexican nationals that were in the U.S. illegally. Until these bozos complete their sentences, we won't know the details of how they got here, how long they've been here, and what other crimes they might have committed. At that time, they will be turned over to CPB.
Florida Police Officer Dies After [He was] Allegedly Shot by Illegal Alien. A Florida police officer has died after allegedly being shot in the head by an illegal alien. Law enforcement confirmed to the media this week that Fort Meyers Officer Adam Jobbers-Miller died in the hospital after being in critical condition for a week following a shootout with an illegal alien from Haiti.
The Crimes Committed By Illegals This Month You Probably Didn't Hear About. The liberal media has been too busy breathlessly reporting on the Trump administration's "Zero Tolerance" policy to give attention to the heinous crimes committed by people who shouldn't be in this country in the first place. Now of course these crimes go ignored or underreported because they don't fit the liberal agenda, and they also make the case for actually enforcing our immigration laws and building Trump's wall.
'Dreamer' Charged With Molesting 6-Year-Old Boy Inside Public Library. A man sexually assaulted a boy inside a library in Riverside, authorities announced on Monday [7/23/2018]. Juan Francisco Palacios, a 29-year-old Riverside transient, was caught on camera watching the 6-year-old boy walk into the bathroom alone on July 18, according the Riverside Police Department. Palacios allegedly followed inside and assaulted him.
ICE Just Arrested Dozens of Illegal Aliens in a Sanctuary City, the Majority Have Serious Criminal Records. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, an agency many Democrats want to abolish, recently conducted a raid in Newark, New Jersey and arrested dozens of illegal aliens. The overwhelming majority have serious criminal records. ICE targeted Illegal aliens who had been incarcerated in the Middlesex County Jail and released into the community by local law enforcement without notice to federal immigration officials. The aliens arrested had ICE detainers that were not honored. Newark is a "sanctuary city." "Of those arrested, 16 subjects had been previously released by MCJ without honoring the ICE detainer and 78% had prior criminal convictions or pending criminal charges. The individuals arrested as part of the operation were nationals of Brazil, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, India, Ivory Coast, Mexico, Nigeria, Peru, and Turkey," ICE released Friday [7/20/2018].
Illegal Alien Raped 4 Women in Sanctuary City. Who is the sanctuary city for? San Francisco provided no shelter or sanctuary for Orlando Vilchez Lazo's victims. But it was certainly happy to provide sanctuary for the ride share rapist while he committed his crimes,
Suspected San Francisco Serial Rapist in America Illegally. Authorities arrested Orlando Vilchez Lazo, 36, who allegedly posed as a Lyft driver in San Francisco, CA, in order to lure victims. Lazo received four counts of felony of rape. ICE said he is in the country illegally and "plans to deport" him back to "Peru if he's released from custody on the rape case."
ICE Slaps Detainer on Man in Dallas Held for Sexually Assaulting a Child. A seemingly minor misstep by 24-year-old Jose Nahun Lopez-Cruz, of parking in a handicapped spot in West Dallas, Texas, was only the beginning of a cascade of charges that came crashing down on him when Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) slapped him with a detainer in early July. "It's OK, she's gonna be 16 soon," the man inexplicably said to police about his live-in girlfriend, whom an officer had spotted in the Toyota Camry in a parking lot near Trinity Groves, as The Dallas Morning News reported. It's not "OK" at all — not for him, for her, or for the American people — until justice is served.
MS-13 Gang Member Arrested Again After 4 Deportations. ABC 7 KVIA reports that Texas Border Patrol agents have arrested two MS-13 gang members on two separate occasions this week for illegally entering the country. One of these illegal aliens has previously been deported from the United States four times. Last Sunday, Border Patrol agents working near El Paso monitored a group of nine individuals walking through the desert close to the southern border on the American side. After several hours, the agents confronted the group and all members admitted to illegally entering the country.
ICE: California man who allegedly attacked wife with chainsaw was deported 11 times. A so-called "serial immigration violator" tried to kill his wife with a chainsaw at the couple's home this week in Whittier, California. Alejandro Alvarez Villegas, 32, is facing charges relating to suspicion of attempted murder, child endangerment, hit-and-run, and grand theft auto, according to the Whittier Daily News. He was previously deported 11 times, according to immigration officials.
Chainsaw Attack Suspect Was Removed from US 11 Times: ICE. The man arrested and accused of using a chainsaw to attack his wife had been removed from the U.S. 11 times since 2005, immigration officials confirmed Friday [7/13/2018]. Alejandro Alvarez Villegas, 32, was arrested in Chula Vista, California on allegations he tried to kill his wife with a chainsaw in front of their three children at the couple's home in Whittier. "Department of Homeland Security databases indicate Mr. Alvarez-Villegas is a serial immigration violator who has been removed from the United States 11 times since 2005," a spokesperson for the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) said.
Judicial Watch: New HHS Docs Reveal 'Unaccompanied Alien Children' Processed by Obama Admin Included MS-13 Killers, Drug Smugglers. On Tuesday [7/10/2018], conservative watchdog group, Judicial Watch released new documents containing over 1,000 summaries of Significant Incident Reports (SIRs) revealing the "Unaccompanied Alien Children" processed by the Obama administration included admitted murderers, rapists, drug smugglers, prostitutes, and human traffickers.
New HHS Documents Reveal that 'Unaccompanied Alien Children' Processed During Obama Years Included Violent Criminals, Drug Smugglers, and Human Traffickers. Judicial Watch today [7/10/2018] released 224 pages of documents containing nearly 1,000 summaries of Significant Incident Reports from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services revealing that "Unaccompanied Alien Children" processed during the Obama administration included admitted murderers, rapists, drug smugglers, prostitutes, and human traffickers. The documents, from the HHS Administration for Children and Families reported to the Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR), are for the approximate six-month period May to November 2014. They were produced to Judicial Watch after a three-year delay in response to a November 12, 2014, Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request [...]
Illegal Alien Operating Unlicensed Day Care in Sanctuary City Broke Baby's Legs. A 66-year-old unlicensed day care worker is facing felony child abuse charges after a baby boy in her care went to the hospital with two broken legs, according to KSTU. Elvira Ortega, who runs an unlicensed day care out of her Salt Lake City home, is accused of intentionally inflicting serious physical harm on the child, Salt Lake police Detective Greg Wilking said.
Illegal Alien Gang Member Committed String of Armed Robberies in 'Sanctuary County'. A 20-year-old woman was sentenced to 95 years in prison for setting up several gang-related armed robberies that took place in Montgomery County last year. The robberies spanned from September to November and were all believed to be part of an overreaching conspiracy to benefit the MS-13 gang and to send money back to El Salvador.
'Unimaginable Violence and Brutality' — Liberian War Criminal Illegally Living in Philadelphia Convicted. A federal jury has convicted a Liberian war criminal of immigration fraud and perjury after federal authorities charged the man with lying on his immigration application regarding his past anti-government violent activities including advocating rape, murder, child soldiers, and torture. According to an Immigration and Customs Enforcement press release on July 3rd, Jucontee Thomas Woewiyu "lied on his application for U.S. citizenship by denying that he advocated the overthrow of any government by force or violence and by denying that he ever persecuted any person because of membership in a social group or their political opinion."
Police launch dragnet for 3 non-US citizens accused of raping Ohio sisters. The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agency joined the nationwide search for three men accused of kidnapping and raping two teen girls in Ohio, authorities said. A fourth suspect has been arrested and charged in the alleged crime, police said Tuesday [7/3/2018]. Bowling Green police are searching for David Ramos Contreras, 27, Juan Garcia Rios Adiel and Arnulfo Ramos. Police said Contreras is from Mexico. It is uncelar where the others are from, though Adiel possess a fraudulent permanent resident I.D. out of Florida, police said. Adiel and Ramos are not believed to be U.S. citizens, according to WKRC-TV.
Report: Dozens of Criminal Illegal Immigrants Shielded by NYC's Sanctuary Policy Rearrested for New Crimes. A new report reveals that dozens of criminal illegal immigrants shielded by New York City's sanctuary policy were released from jail and quickly rearrested for new crimes. According to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), 440 criminal aliens were released from New York's jails between January and April despite having ICE detainers placed against them. Of those 440, 40 have already re-offended and been rearrested, ICE said. "In just three months, more than three dozen criminal aliens were released from local custody. Simply put, the politics and rhetoric in this city are putting its own communities at an unnecessary risk," said Scott Mechowski, acting field office director for ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) in New York.
Texas homicides by illegal immigrants have surpassed 1,200: AG Ken Paxton. Homicidal crimes committed by illegal immigrants have reached over 1,200 in Texas, according to Attorney General Ken Paxton. "We have a lot of crime. We have over 1,200 homicides, we have thousands of crimes," the Texas Attorney General told FOX Business' Charles Payne on Tuesday [7/3/2018]. The Texas Department of Public Safety keeps a database of crimes associated with illegal immigration. "So the narrative that is, you know there's no crime associated with illegal immigration, well that's just not true," Paxton said.
Diversity Visa Program: Violent ICE Escapee Caught, Convicted. Brooklyn jurors swiftly convicted the Senegalese man who managed to ditch immigration officers during a layover at JFK airport. It took the panel a mere 90 minutes to declare Mohamadou Lamine Mbacke guilty Friday. He now faces up to a year in a US jail before being deported to Senegal. Upon hearing the news, Mbacke sat back in his chair and smiled. [...] It should be noted that Mbacke came to the U.S. in 2005 on a 'diversity visa' from the African nation of Senegal, and has a long record of arrests and convictions including three weapons charges and the armed abduction and rape of a woman in Detroit.
Illegal Alien Starts 40,000 Acre Fire in Colorado, It's Still Burning. An illegal alien living in Colorado was arrested Saturday [6/30/2018] on suspicion of setting a series of wildfires that consumed more than 40,000 acres and it's still burning. Jasper Joergensen, 52 years, was apprehended after the announcement was made at a community meeting, the Costilla County Sheriff's Office confirmed. Joergensen is not a U.S. citizen and will be given to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) after he faces arson charges, a Costilla County official said at the meeting.
African 'Migrant' Arrested Twice in One Day for Public Indecency. A Dayton man taken into custody early Monday for public indecency was back in the Montgomery County Jail the same night after dancing downtown naked, according to Dayton police reports. Samuel Tumaini, 25, was detained on suspicion of public indecency, read the report. Police received multiple calls around 11:30 p.m. Monday about the incident, ranging from a man standing in front of an RTA bus to a naked man urinating in the street to a naked man lying in a field, according to the report.
Illegal Alien Protected By Sanctuary Policies Convicted In Savage Murder Of Air Force Veteran. This week a Santa Barbara County jury found Victor Martinez, an illegal alien who had been previously convicted of sexual assault, guilty of first degree murder in the brutal 2015 sexual assault, torture, and murder of 64-year-old Air Force Veteran Marilyn Pharis. Though Pharis was murdered just weeks after Kate Steinle was shot and killed on a pier in San Francisco, and sanctuary policies also directly led to her murder, Pharis's case has never attracted the publicity Steinle's case did — and that's a shame. The only reason the country heard about Kate Steinle's case was because the media couldn't ignore it. Steinle was murdered in broad daylight, in a big city, on a busy pier filled with tourists. San Francisco authorities couldn't hide or downplay her murder. And, because we still have access to public records in our country, they couldn't hide her killer's history. Marilyn Pharis was murdered under different, easier-to-ignore circumstances.
Media Blackout: Miami Serial Killer Turns Out to Be an Illegal Alien. A Honduran national in the United States illegally has been charged with killing two women in Miami over the past three months and dumping their bodies on the street, police announced Monday [6/18/2018]. Juan Carlos Hernandez-Caseres, 37, was arrested Saturday morning [6/23/2018] for the murders of Ann Farrin, 41, and Neidy Roche, 39. Both women, police said, were prostitutes.
U.S. Attorneys' Report: CBP and ICE Both Catch More Criminals Than FBI. U.S. Customs and Border Protection and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement both caught more criminals who pled guilty or were found guilty in federal district courts in the last fiscal year on record than did the Federal Bureau of Investigation, according to the latest U.S. Attorneys' Annual Statistical Report. In fiscal 2016, according to data published in Table 3D of the report, 66,670 criminals either pleaded guilty or were found guilty in U.S. District Courts. CBP had referred 14,869 of these convicted criminals to U.S. attorneys. That was more than any other federal agency. ICE had referred 10,608. That ranked it second only to CBP.
Border Agents arrest 5,000 illegal immigrants with criminal records trying to cross the border. Hundreds of gang members and more than 5,000 convicted criminals were arrested trying to sneak back into the U.S. in just eight months. They included 505 confirmed members of violent groups MS-13, 18th Street gang, and the Mexican Mafia hoping to rejoin their organizations. Last week six violent criminals were detained for deportation after crossing the border, including a convicted murder and pedophile.
Illegal immigrant, 41, 'raped and impregnated a special needs girl. An undocumented immigrant has been accused of raping and impregnating a 13-year-old nonverbal girl he was babysitting in Maryland. Reynaldo Mora, 41, of Bethesda, is accused of assaulting the teenager who communicates with 'gestures and writing' and has the 'intellect of a first grader,' police said, in the bedroom at her home, while her two siblings were there. Mora is currently charged with sex abuse of a minor, plus two counts of second-degree rape.
MS-13 gang members, including 10 illegal immigrants, charged in deaths of teens. Eleven MS-13 gang members — all of whom are illegal immigrants except one — are facing life in prison after being charged in the kidnappings and deaths of two teens whose bodies were dug up in a Virginia park last year. The ages of the male gang members charged Friday [6/22/2018] ranged from 20 to 27. All of them are from El Salvador and only one — who is believed to have fled the country — is not in police custody, according to NBC Washington. Police uncovered the bodies of 17-year-old Edvin Escobar Mendez and 14-year-old Sergio Arita Triminio at Holmes Run Park in March 2017 after receiving a tip.
The Real Cost of Illegal Immigration Is Measured in American Lives. Alexander Mazin was just 27 years old when Ernesto Castellanos Martinez allegedly shot him in cold blood behind a San Diego area gym and left him there to die in late February of this year, ABC 10 News reported. Dr. Jeffrey Mazin, Alexander's father, joined Fox News host Laura Ingraham on "The Ingraham Angle" Tuesday night [6/19/2018] just north of Tijuana, where she was broadcasting live from the U.S.-Mexico border as tempers flare over the issue of illegal immigration and how to solve some of the thorniest challenges connected to it.
Border Patrol Confirms that Human Traffickers Recycle Children. It is not uncommon for illegal aliens, including criminals, to pretend children they are traveling with are their own. White House official Stephen Miller revealed that the number of illegal aliens using children to enter the U.S. at the southern border has increased about 315 percent between October 2017 and February 2018. Obviously, the human traffickers understand the bleeding-heart Leftists, and work the system in America. So these minors are smuggled through the southern border with illegal aliens posing as family units. They utilize the "Catch and Release" program to stay here.
Moms Of Children Killed By Illegal Aliens Slam Media For Hypocritical Coverage Of Border Separations. The mothers told TheDC that there was huge hypocrisy in the mainstream media focusing on migrant parents instead of American parents who were permanently separated from their children after those children were killed by illegal aliens. "There is hypocrisy in many ways. The total disregard for American families ripped apart because of illegal criminals, the total lack of concern for children in the U.S. being raped in North Carolina by illegals at disgusting numbers (some months over 400 child rapes by illegals), no concern [for] homeless American children or Veterans who would do anything to have what's provided [to] these children. Yet, our politicians call it inhumane treatment. Would they rather these kids coming across our borders stay with the adults who aren't their biological parents but have kidnapped them to get across the border as a 'family unit?'" Mary Ann Mendoza told TheDC.
Undocumented immigrant killed two women in Miami, dumped bodies on street, police say. A Honduran national in the United States illegally has been charged with killing two women in Miami over the past three months and dumping their bodies on the street, police announced Monday [6/18/2018]. [...] Hernandez-Caseres told police he had picked Farrin up in his car for the purpose of paying her for sex, but sometime during intercourse, he became "enraged" and punched her in the throat and neck. Surveillance footage taken at the time shows a black vehicle coming to a stop between Northwest 38th Street and Northwest 37th Street. The driver gets out, removes a body from the passenger side and leaves it on the sidewalk.
DACA kids approved despite murder, rape and sex crimes arrests. Ten people who'd been arrested on murder charges were nonetheless granted permission to remain and work in the U.S. under the Obama-era DACA amnesty, according to new government data released Monday [6/18/2018]. Thirty-one "Dreamers" had rape charges on their records, nearly 500 had been accused of sex crimes, and more than 2,000 had been arrested for drunken driving — yet were approved for DACA status. All told, 53,000 people who have been approved for DACA — 7 percent of the total — had a criminal record when the government granted them status. Nearly 8,000 racked up criminal charges after they'd been approved, according to the data from U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services.
'Dreamers' Caught Trafficking Methamphetamine in North Carolina. Four people from Georgia are behind bars in the east, accused of trafficking more than 11 pounds of meth. Greenville police arrested Arturto Bahena, 27, Ana Karen Bahena, 25, Elizabeth Mondragon, 19, and Christian Toledo, 22, all of Athens, Georgia, on Wednesday [6/13/2018].
7 Truths Liberals Will Never Acknowledge About Illegal Immigration. [#6] The crime committed by illegal aliens is a big problem. As someone who hired a researcher to come up with illegal alien crime research, I can tell you that there is no such nationwide data. Why? I strongly suspect that it's because if we had data, it would contradict the frequently heard claim that illegals don't commit very much crime. Certainly there is plenty of anecdotal evidence that illegals commit horrible crimes in America, but in some of the places where there are a lot of illegals and we do have data, the numbers suggest there is an extremely serious crime problem with illegals:
MS-13 Brings Its Terror And Recruiting To Middle Schools. The violent gang known as MS-13 has brought its terror and recruiting tactics to a middle school in Maryland, The Washington Post reported. Members of Mara Salvatrucha, the notorious El Salvadorian street gang also known as MS-13, have infiltrated an overwhelmingly Hispanic school, William Wirt Middle School in Riverdale, Md., to sell drugs, draw pro-MS-13 graffiti, and recruit immigrants from Central America who have fled their respective countries because of the brutal gang. School teachers estimate about a dozen members are there now, The Post reported. Fights between gang members and others are now an almost daily occurrence there and the police have been called there at least 74 times in the 2017-18 school year, according to The Post.
Killer, gang members, rapists among 91 arrested in 5-day sweep across N.J., ICE says. Federal officials said that 91 foreign nationals — including some with violent criminal records — were arrested in a five-day sweep across the state. The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement operation netted an El Salvadoran national in West New York who was wanted on a warrant from international policing group Interpol for being a member of the MS-13 gang, and trafficking drugs and guns, ICE said Monday [6/11/2018]. The roundup also included those with convictions for aggravated assault, child endangerment, criminal sexual contact, kidnapping, homicide, drug offenses and other crimes, officials said. About 70 of the people arrested were previously convicted of criminal offenses.
Victims of illegal immigrant crime describe heartbreak, frustration. Senator Grassley began investigating after cases like Emmanuel Jesus Rangel-Hernandez. In 2013, he was mistakenly granted amnesty under President Obama's executive action. His gang membership and previous drug arrest should have excluded him. In February, Rangel-Hernandez was charged with killing four people in a North Carolina murder spree. One of the victims — a former contestant on America's Next Top Model. "You've got an administration that thinks more highly of their interest in protecting undocumented workers than there is enforcing the law and in the process of making that decision, violating their constitutional oath to faithfully execute the laws of this country," said Grassley.
Illegal immigrant found guilty of killing Kansas mom, kidnapping her 6-day old baby. A woman who faked a pregnancy for several months was found guilty on Tuesday of killing her former co-worker and kidnapping the victim's newborn baby with the intent to raise the child as her own. Yesenia Sesmas, 36, an illegal immigrant who was living in Dallas at the time, drove to Wichita, Kan. to shoot 27-year-old Laura Abarca on Nov. 17, 2016, and kidnap 6-day-old Sophia Gonzales. The baby was found safe two days later in Sesmas' Dallas apartment and was returned to relatives.
30 percent of federal prisoners are immigrants, DOJ/DHS reports. Immigrants accounted for more than 30 percent of the federal prison population and nearly all of them are confirmed or suspected illegal immigrants, the government said in a new report Tuesday [6/5/2018]. The government said it had 57,820 migrants in its prisons as of Dec. 31, Homeland Security and the Justice Department said in the joint report. Nearly 20,000 other immigrants were held in pretrial detention by the U.S. Marshals Service, most of them in contracted facilities, costing the government $134 million for just three months. That works out to nearly $90 a day for each person in those contract facilities. Attorney General Jeff Sessions said there shouldn't be any illegal immigrants in prisons, because they shouldn't have been in the country in the first place.
Twice Deported Illegal Alien Re-Enters Country and Kills Daughter. Walter DaSilva admitted to shooting and killing his 19 year-old daughter because she continued to date an older man against his wishes. This apparently upset DSilva who felt further insulted when she refused to visit him on Father's Day in 2016. DaSilva had been separated from his daughter for a lengthy amount of time because he had also attempted to kill her mother, Lillian Silva, in 2002. DaSilva spent 8-10 years in jail and then was deported back to his home country of Brazil. This was the second time that he had been deported. He was also removed from the country in 1999.
Twice-deported illegal immigrant held in connection to missing toddler. A twice-deported illegal immigrant from Mexico was being held Tuesday in the disappearance of a 14-month-old boy who became the subject of an Amber Alert last week after his mother was found dead upstate. Evarardo Donoteo-Reyes, 25, is currently charged with tampering with evidence, but prosecutors expect to file more charges against him once cops determine how his 18-year-old girlfriend, Selena Hidalgo-Calderon, was killed. The young woman's son, Owen Hidalgo-Calderon, is feared dead following an extensive search of the couple's home in Wayne County and surrounding areas. The toddler was reported missing on May 23 after his mom's body was discovered near their residence.
Democrats' dishonesty about MS-13 hands Trump a winning issue. How evil is MS-13? Last year, two gang members in Texas reportedly murdered a teenage girl as an offering to Satan. According to prosecutors, the gang leader (known as "Diabolico") told the young girl that "the Beast" wanted "a soul" before having his partner shoot her in the head and dump her body on a street corner. As charges were read against the two, the Houston Chronicle reported, they "laughed, smiled and waved for the media cameras." MS-13 gang members, police have said, also stabbed a Maryland man more than 100 times before decapitating him and cutting out his heart ... lured a 34-year-old man to his already dug grave ... and stoned an 18-year-old boy to death and dumped his body under a bridge. MS-13 is a demonic death cult. And President Trump has Nancy Pelosi defending its members' humanity. When Trump declared at a White House roundtable "You wouldn't believe how bad these people are. These aren't people. These are animals," he was clearly referring to MS-13. But the media and Democrats took the president's quote out of context and declared that he had referred to all illegal immigrants as animals.
Media Blackout: DACA Recipient Threatens to Commit Mass Shooting at New York High School. A student with a shotgun made a terrorist threat against East High School on social media, according to Rochester police. Abigail Hernandez, 21, is charged with making a terroristic threat, a felony. She is currently in the Buffalo Federal Detention Center in Batavia because she is an undocumented immigrant, Rochester Deputy Mayor Cedric Alexander said. Police said, "The initial threat came from an anonymous Facebook account, which our investigators had to track down and determine the author of the Facebook account."
Why the 'Racist America' Meme is Collapsing. The controversy over Trump's "animal" remark was, as we now know, fake news. The [New York] Times didn't mention until later that his comments were directed at criminal aliens, like those in MS-13. But because we live in an era in which Trump can never, ever be right, the Left is now defending MS-13 and other criminals without comment from our media watchdogs. Incredibly, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) has defended MS-13 as "God's children" with whom we all share an inviolable "spark of divinity." What would the family of an unnamed man who was stabbed 100 times, dismembered, beheaded, and had his heart cut out say to that? The killer was 19-year-old Miguel Angel Lopez-Abrego, a citizen of El Salvador, illegally residing in the United States.
"Unaccompanied Alien Child" MS-13 Illegal Alien Killed Man, Burned Body. Some people are just animals. Or undocumented animals, if you want to be politically correct. [...] Now let's get that RINO DACA fix passed so that MS-13 gang members can create more jobs by murdering and burning the people that lazy American gang members just won't murder and burn.
Protect Hispanics by attacking MS-13. "These aren't people, these are animals. And we're taking them out of the country at a rate that's never happened before." This quote was President Trump's response to a question on MS-13 transnational gang members from a California sheriff who disagrees with her state's recent so-called "sanctuary" protections for dangerous illegal immigrants. Predictably, many in the mainstream media, including the New York Times and Andrea Mitchell of NBC reported that Trump called all illegal immigrants "animals," even though it was exceedingly clear to any fair observer that his statement impugned specifically MS-13 criminals. But even once that point was clarified (Associated Press was forced to issue an official retraction on its first misbegotten reporting), some on the Left still protested. Most notably, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., pushed back at the president. As an aside, Pelosi amazingly sees much value in the life of MS-13 cretins, but none in innocent babies in the womb.
Illegal Alien Raped a 14-Year-Old Girl in North Carolina. A Winston-Salem man was convicted Monday on charges that he sexually abused and raped a 14-year-old girl in 2016. Adrian Valadez-Lopez, 36, of Weatherwood Court, entered an Alford plea in Forsyth Superior Court to second-degree forcible rape, second-degree forcible sex offense and indecent liberties with a child. An Alford plea means that Lopez did not admit guilt but acknowledged that Forsyth County prosecutors had enough evidence to convict him if the case had gone to trial.
Father of Daughter Killed by MS-13 Gang Members Praises Donald Trump for Using 'Correct Word' to Describe Them. President Donald Trump met with parents of children on Wednesday [2/23/2018] who were killed by MS-13 gang members, promising to continue deporting illegal immigrant gangs and secure the Southern border. One father praised the president for describing the gang members as "animals" despite the controversy that followed. "I think you used the correct word. Animals. That they are," said Freddy Cuevas, the father of a girl murdered by MS-13 said.
Criminal Lobby is Rolling in Cash — Thank Soros. Mexican national Juan Corona was deported in 1956 but again violated U.S. immigration law. By 1960, the Mexican became a labor contractor for local American farmers, including Goro Kagehiro. Corona murdered, sodomized and mutilated at least 25 farm workers, and not a single one was Mexican. Today, if employer Goro Kagehiro reported Juan Corona to federal authorities, California Attorney General Xavier Becerra would fine the grower and let Corona do as he pleased. If ICE agents sought to contact Corona in a courthouse, state Supreme Court boss [Tani] Cantil-Sakauye would call that "stalking."
MS-13 gang member nicknamed 'Animal' sentenced to 40 years. An MS-13 member who goes by the gang name "Animal" received a 40-year prison sentence this week for a conspiracy that included the murder of a 15-year-old boy, the U.S. attorney's office in Massachusetts said Tuesday [5/22/2018]. The nickname, which the prosecutors highlighted in the headline of a press release, is particularly telling, coming just a week after President Trump called members of the violent, immigrant-fueled MS-13 gang "animals." Joel Martinez, 23, admitted he murdered the 15-year-old as part of his initiation as a "homeboy" in Mara Salvatrucha, the gang's full name.
MS-13 gang member known as 'Animal' sentenced to 40 years in prison over killing of 15-year-old boy. A member of the notorious MS-13 street gang known as "Animal," who admitted to the 2015 killing of a teenage boy in Massachusetts, was sentenced to 40 years in prison, officials said Tuesday [5/22/2018]. The U.S. Attorney's Office in Massachusetts announced that 23-year-old Joel Martinez, who went by the street name of "Animal," will be subject to deportation once he's released from federal prison.
Two Previously Deported Rapists Re-Arrested in California. Border Patrol agents arrest two convicted sex offenders in Calexico suspected of making an illegal entry into the United States on two separate occasions this week. Eduardo Murillo-Lobo, 21, a citizen and national of Honduras, was arrested Monday night at around 11:30 pm after being spotted by agents operating the Remote Video Surveillance System climbing over the international border fence. Border Patrol agents were notified and they arrested and transported Murillo-Lobo to El Centro Station for identification and processing.
11 Animalistic Crimes Committed Against Americans by MS-13 Gang. When President Trump recently referred to MS-13 gang members as "animals," the mainstream media, left-wing pundits, and Democrats were outraged by the statement. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi slammed Trump's attack on MS-13 gang members, saying, "Does he not believe in the spark of divinity, the dignity and worth of every person?"
NC Police Find $90 Million in Meth Hidden in Truck Driven by Alleged Illegal Alien. Officials in Linden, North Carolina, discovered 120 gallons of liquid methamphetamine hidden inside the fuel tank of a semi truck being driven by an alleged illegal alien, reports say. Harnett County Sheriff's officers pulled the truck over on May 19 and discovered the large amount of the liquefied drug. According to WRAL, the liquid was destined to be turned into 454 kilograms of crystal methamphetamine and would have had a street value of $90.8 million. The seizure was part of a wider investigation into the trafficking of meth in the area.
A grim spectacle: The left fully revealed. [Scroll down] And then, for two days now, they are proudly and openly vilifying President Trump for referring to MS-13 gang members as "animals," which is an insult to animals. These migrants from El Salvador are savages who rape and murder in the most unspeakable ways. The media grasped the "animal" quote and ran with it, most of them with the full knowledge that it was taken out of context. Only the AP retracted the claim that Trump was not talking about all illegal aliens. The rest of them kept up the faux outrage. Pelosi said these gang members all have a "spark of divinity." Tell that to the families of their victims.
Yes MS-13 Gang Members Are Animals. Here's Why. Much to do has been made over the last couple of days regarding President Trump's remarks about MS-13. If you only read the headlines one would think that he called ALL illegal immigrants animals. But of course, very few have bothered to check the actual transcript or video, [...]
Chuck Schumer spends the day defending MS-13 from Trump's 'animal' comments. Democrats sure do seem to have a lot of strange "protected classes" lately. Obviously, they've always liked to put people into groups, fan the flames of a victim mentality, and then play those groups against each other. It's just what they do. But, in the last couple of weeks, they've decided to defend Iran, Hamas, and now — the icing on the cake — MS-13. If you're unfamiliar with MS-13, and I pray to God you are, they're a violent gang made up mostly of Salvadorans whose motto is "Murder, Rape, and Control." They are, unarguably, one of the most violent gangs on the face of the earth, and the horror stories shared by their victims' families are heartbreaking beyond words.
MS-13 Gang Members Murdered Man, Set Body On Fire in Virginia. Police arrested four MS-13 gang members for allegedly murdering a man, dumping his body in the trunk of his car, and setting it on fire at Veterans Park in Woodbridge, Va. Manuel Enrique Robles Lopez, 21; as Erick Alexander Contreras Navarro, 23; Denis Ludwin Espinal Alvares, 19; and a 17-year-old boy were arrested in March.
Mother-of-two, 25, was the 'CEO' of a huge Minnesota meth smuggling gang. A mother-of-two, 25, has been accused of serving as 'CEO' of one of the biggest meth trafficking operations Minnesota has ever seen with its roots stretching across the border to cartels in Mexico. Macrina Perez worked with Mexican drug lords to move wholesale amounts of meth to the Twin Cities metro area, according to prosecutors who charged her nearly two years ago but kept the indictment sealed to protect informers. Investigators have been tracing the cell for three years, and identified Perez by tracing her to a haul of 140 pounds of meth seized at a Brooklyn Center stash house in May 2016, reported the Star Tribune.
Yes, NPR: Illegal Immigration Does Increase Violent Crime. As members of an alien caravan beat their fists at the gates, the experts provide the rationalization for inviting them in. John Burnett wrote last week for National Public Radio, "four academic studies show that illegal immigration does not increase the prevalence of violent crime or drug and alcohol problems." But Burnett curated studies that conflate much and misinform plenty. My favorite among the four is Alex Nowrasteh's Cato Institute study, because you could tell Burnett pulled it from the top of a pile he kept on hand for just such occasions, to convince Americans that the decay they're witnessing in their communities is actually "cultural enrichment."
'Dreamer' Stabs Couple To Death In Their Texas Home. A teenage boy is arrested in connection to a double stabbing that happened at a home in the southeast side of San Antonio. The Bexar County Sheriff's Office arrested 17-year-old Jorge Carmond in the case.
Mexican Cocaine Trafficker Busted In North Carolina. A 36-year-old man is facing multiple charges after a month long investigation into area drug trafficking. Detectives charged Abimael Marco Alvarez-Villaseno, AKA Juan Alonso Alvarez-Villaseno or "Chato," after seizing more than 75 grams of cocaine and more than $1,600 in cash late Thursday [5/3/2018].
Admitted MS-13 illegals placed around the country. Loopholes in immigration laws being squeezed by the Trump administration but embraced by the Obama administration have allowed youthful illegal immigrants who self-identified as MS-13 gangbangers to be placed around the country instead of sent home, according to newly released documents. Unlike illegal criminals who avoided border security, those cited by Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Chairman Sen. Ron Johnson in a letter to a key immigration agency were initially held by the Obama administration then put in placement centers throughout the nation and eventually with "sponsors" despite their gang ties.
Previously deported immigrant accused of shooting his co-worker with a nail gun. A previously deported immigrant who returned to live in the US illegally has been accused of shooting his co-worker multiple times with a nail gun. Mexican national Jesus Ascencio Molina, 24, was charged with attempted murder and first-degree assault in the construction site rampage on April 13 in Happy Valley, Oregon. The victim, 24-year-old Andres C. Marcelo, was rushed by Life Flight to an area hospital and is in stable condition after suffering multiple nail impacts.
MS-13 directs members to 'take out a cop'. MS-13 has directed its members to "take out a cop" in a terrifying directive that has police on high alert across the New York area, according to a new memo obtained by The [New York] Post. Police are hunting for the gang member suspected of putting out the hit order — a tall, light-skinned Hispanic man with a thin build and a tattoo of three dots next to his eye. Cops in Hempstead, one of the Long Island towns the violent gang has terrorized, were tipped off to the threat Wednesday [4/18/2018] by a "credible" informant, the NYPD memo said.
Vietnamese National Tried to Kidnap 5-Year-Old Girl in Georgia. Police have arrested a man after they say he tried to grab a 5-year-old girl out of a taxi in Gainesville. The Gainesville Police Department said they were called to the 400 block of Atlanta Highway on Friday night by a taxi driver. The driver told them that she had been approached by an Asian man "who was acting oddly," who asked for a ride to Oakwood, Georgia. After she declined the ride, police say that the suspect, 35-year-old Tuan Van Nguyen, grabbed her daughter, who was in the cab at the time.
Illegal immigrant Uber driver raped passenger then fled to native Ghana, police say. An Uber driver charged with raping a passenger earlier this month was able to walk free because officials failed to notify immigration agents about his arrest, authorities said. Frederick Amfo, 30, an illegal immigrant from Ghana, was arrested after a female passenger said that on April 8 he forced her into the backseat of his car and raped her, police said. Hours after he was released from police custody, he fled to his native Ghana. He was supposed to surrender his passport but did not.
Liberal Sanctuary Cities Protecting Blood-Thirsty MS-13 From Deportation. Liberals in sanctuary cities are now protecting the bloodiest and deadliest gang members in the world from deportation. They are actively choosing to release dangerous gang members back into our communities than cooperate with ICE and enforce immigration laws on the books. [...] They're literally protecting deadly gang members, and placing Americans in danger.
Sanctuary Cities Protecting MS-13 Gang Members from Deportation, Says ICE. There is a "rather long list" of sanctuary cities across the United States that choose to release incarcerated members of the notoriously violent Mara Salvatrucha (MS-13) gang back into U.S. communities rather than allow immigration agents to prosecute and deport them, testified a federal officer under oath before lawmakers.
MS-13 Members Claiming to be 'Unaccompanied Minors' at [the] Border. According to Border Patrol officials, a member of the notorious MS-13 gang was captured, posing as a minor traveling as part of the "migrant caravan" which was making its way toward the U.S. border. Some parts of the so-called caravan are also now arriving on United States soil. Agents at the Yuma Station discovered a large group of immigrants who crossed the border illegally this week near southern Arizona. The group contained 1 Mexican national, 59 Guatemalans, and one Salvadoran. The Salvadoran claimed to be a minor, unaccompanied, and this is when they caught him.
MS-13 Member Posing as Unaccompanied Minor was Linked to the 'Migrant Caravan,' Says Border Patrol. Border Patrol officials told Breitbart Texas that the MS-13 gang member who presented himself as an unaccompanied minor and the group he traveled with were part of the Central American "migrant caravan." Individuals from and portions of that caravan are now arriving on U.S. soil. Agents assigned to the Yuma Station came upon a large group of 61 illegal immigrants who crossed the border Monday afternoon near the San Luis Port of Entry in southern Arizona. The illegal border crossers consisted of a single Mexican national, 59 Guatemalans, and one Salvadoran who claimed to be an unaccompanied minor, according to information provided to Breitbart Texas by Yuma Sector Public Affairs officials.
Gang members admit to firebombing black families in Boyle Heights housing development. Members of a Latino street gang have admitted to carrying out a racially motivated firebombing attack on black families in a Los Angeles housing project, prosecutors announced Thursday. Three men belonging to the Big Hazard gang will plead guilty to federal hate crimes stemming from the 2014 attack, according to written plea agreements. In exchange for the confessions, prosecutors for U.S. Atty. Nicola T. Hanna agreed to seek some leniency for the men when they are sentenced. Each faces more than 30 years in federal prison.
Trump: Migrant 'women are raped at levels that nobody has ever seen'. Tossing his "boring" prepared remarks into the air, President Donald Trump on Thursday [4/5/2018] unleashed a fierce denunciation of the nation's immigration policies, calling for tougher border security while repeating his unsubstantiated claim that "millions" of people voted illegally in California.
Attempted Mass Poisoning: Illegal Alien Poured Drain Cleaner Into Food At Florida Restaurant. Pleading guilty to putting lye in sauce led to a seven-year prison sentence for a Florida restaurant worker — and possibly more punitive action at the federal level. Margarito Padilla began serving his sentence Monday [2/5/2018], according to Florida Department of Corrections records. On Tuesday, Immigration and Customs Enforcement's Tampa office filed a detainer on the 54-year-old Guadalajara, Mexico, native, meaning ICE wants to know when Padilla finishes doing his time. Padilla's employment at a Hibachi Express in Lakeland ended last June, after franchise owner Zhong Jiang thought the Yum-Yum sauce refrigerated in a 55-gallon barrel didn't look so yummy.
The Military Can Secure the Border and Build the Wall. El Salvadoran migration has inflicted 207 murderers on this country. The migrant caravan threatening to invade this country includes migrants from El Salvador. Some of them may be MS-13 members. The Pueblo Sin Fronteras caravan of 1,000 migrants is the product of an alliance between international leftists and migrant invaders. Their goal is the invasion, colonization and occupation of America. And the only ones defending us against them are the members of an outnumbered border patrol, threatened by both drug cartels on the other side of the border and sanctuary states in this country. That's why President Trump is mobilizing the troops to do the job that the Democrats won't do.
Border Control Arrests Convicted Sex Offender Trying To Cross Into The US. Border Patrol agents in Tucson say they have arrested a previously convicted child sex offender as he allegedly tried to illegally re-enter the United States.
Report Shows that Illegals Are Destroying our National Parks. According to a new report from park services, illegal immigration and drug running have destroyed border parklands. Illegals and drug smugglers have threatened two species on the endangered list and led federal officials to ban visitors and campers in areas considered too dangerous to visit.
85-Year-Old Illegal Alien Raped 10-Year-Old Girl in North Carolina. An 85-year-old man from Mexico was arrested after deputies in Iredell County said he sexually assaulted a 10-year-old child. According to the Iredell County Sheriff's Office, deputies received a tip on March 20 in reference to the sexual assault of a child that allegedly occurred on March 15, 2018.
America Is In Utter Jeopardy. President Trump recently signed the largest six month spending bill in United States history. Illegal border crossers are having a field day crossing our southern border like they did during the Obama presidency. Border officials are back to catching and releasing those who shuffle into our republic illegally. Leftist democrats like Nancy Pelosi and Chuckie Schumer are still celebrating the massive funding of sanctuary cities. Obviously neither Chuckie or Nancy have any regard for American born sovereigns and legal immigrants who are often raped, robbed, or beaten to death by illegal border crossers who moonlight as dastardly MS 13 gang members. History has proven ever since the barbarians sacked Rome, that enemies will infiltrate any nation foolish enough to not secure their borders.
MS-13 Pour Into LI, Some Are 'Unaccompanied Minors'. About 475 gang members have been arrested by the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency's "Operation Matador" sting, with 99 of those gang members arrested having arrived in the U.S. as "unaccompanied minors," Breitbart reported. Sixty-four of the 99 were granted Special Immigrant Juvenile Status (SIJ), which acts basically as amnesty.
Alleged MS-13 members charged after yearlong Vegas killing spree, police say. MS-13 has brought "third-world violence" to Las Vegas, a local pastor said, as authorities announced the breakup of a yearlong killing spree allegedly committed by the gang. Four illegal immigrant MS-13 members who police say are responsible nearly a dozen slayings during the past year were charged Tuesday [3/27/2018] in federal court, police in Las Vegas said. The news comes on the heels of recent declarations by President Donald Trump and Attorney General Jeff Sessions that they are committed to cracking down on MS-13.
Suspected Mexican cartel leader smuggled 44 pounds of fentanyl into NYC, officials say. A suspected Mexican cartel drug kingpin was charged Tuesday in the seizure of 44 pounds of fentanyl from a sting operation late last year, officials said. Francisco Quiroz-Zamora, 41, was arrested in November after he traveled to New York City to collect a payment from an undercover agent posing as a drug dealer, authorities said. Officials charged him in connection with the opioid seizure at a Bronx hotel and a posh Manhattan apartment. Authorities used undercover agents to track Quiroz-Zamora's shipments from Mexico to Arizona and Californian and New York, according to the New York Post.
This is the 'violent' deportee who escaped ICE custody. A "violent" immigrant being deported to Senegal completely humiliated federal agents escorting him through JFK — when he broke free, dashed out of the terminal and sped off in a yellow cab, authorities said Wednesday. Mohamadou Lamine Mbacke, 31, was still on the loose Wednesday night as Immigration and Customs Enforcement were scrambling to figure out how he escaped — and where he went. Mbacke, who most recently lived in Detroit, has ties to New York dating back to at least 2006, when he racked up the first of 10 arrests in the city, an NYPD source said.
Vegas police say 5 arrests in MS-13 case solves 10 murders. Five members of the MS-13 street gang have been arrested in the killings of 10 victims in the Las Vegas area over the past year, authorities said Monday.
Illegal immigrant who has already been deported back to Guatemala TWICE 'repeatedly raped a girl under the age of 14' after sneaking back into the US. A man who was deported twice to Guatemala has been charged with the rape of a girl younger than 14 in Oregon. Anastacio Eugenio Lopez-Fabian, 24, was arrested by Seaside police in Oregon in February after investigators found he had sex with the underage girl multiple times. He has been charged with rape as well as assault and harassment. He posted bail and was released but was later detained again on March 7 after police learned of his illegal status in the US and that he had been deported twice before. He is currently held at a detention center in Tacoma, Washington.
Illegal Alien Heroin Dealer has been Charged 41 Times in 10 Years. A career criminal and suspected illegal immigrant with a history of eight immigration violations, at least 10 aliases, dozens of prior arrests and fingertips sliced to obscure his prints was nabbed on heroin dealing charges by state police Friday, court records show. Eddy Cabral, 53, was ordered held on $75,000 bail by Wareham District Court Judge Lisa F. Edmonds, while Immigration and Customs Enforcement placed a detainer on him for probable immigration violations, an ICE spokesman said.
Illegal Alien Burglarized Home Three Days After Crossing Border. A Superior Court judge handed down a six-month prison sentence to an undocumented immigrant who spent the night in a residence in Rio Rico that he and another suspect entered illegally. Cristian Manuel Cortez Ruiz, 25, was sentenced Feb. 26 by Judge Thomas Fink after he pleaded guilty to one count of criminal trespass, a Class 6 felony. The judge gave him credit for 135 days served prior to the time of sentencing.
Texas home nurse, reportedly in the US illegally and facing murder charge, now being eyed in other deaths. A home health care nurse who reportedly is in the U.S. illegally and is accused of smothering an 81-year-old Texas woman to death may have more victims, police said Friday [3/23/2018]. Billy Kipkorir Chemirmir, 45, was taken into custody Tuesday after Lu Thi Harris was found dead from homicidal violence in her Dallas home, police said. A source told FOX 4 News that she was found with a pillow nearby and her makeup was smeared, and that Chemirmir worked as a home health care nurse. [...] Records show Chemirmir is in the U.S. illegally and has an immigration hold on him, according to Fox 4. Two Kenyan news websites reported that he hails from the African country.
Dad Whose Son Was Shot By Illegal Immigrant Destroys Oakland Mayor For Sanctuary City Policy. Jamiel Shaw Sr., whose son was killed by an illegal immigrant, called out the Democratic mayor of Oakland, Calif., for "allowing Americans to be murdered." Mayor Libby Schaaf has been criticized by media pundits and federal officials for tipping off a group of wanted illegals [sic] aliens and warning them about an impending federal raid. "You know, it was just disgusting," Shaw said on "Fox & Friends" Friday. "Her job is to protect the citizens, the American citizens, you know. And for her to take a stand like that, she's allowing Americans to be murdered."
Illegal immigrants, who dodged California ICE raid after Dem mayor's tip-off, re-arrested for new crimes. Three illegal immigrants, who avoided capture after Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf blew the whistle on a raid by federal immigration authorities last month, have since been re-arrested for new crimes including robbery and spousal abuse, ICE officials said. Schaaf tweeted out a warning ahead of the raid in northern California last month, infuriating Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials and the Trump administration. "How dare you!" Attorney General Jeff Sessions said in California this month, addressing Schaaf. "How dare you needlessly endanger the lives of our law enforcement officers to promote a radical, open borders agenda."
Calif. judge bars LA from enforcing gang restrictions that authorities credited with reducing crime. The city of Los Angeles has been barred from enforcing the vast majority of its gang injunctions, which applied restrictions on gang associations that authorities have long credited with reducing crime. The ruling Thursday by U.S. District Judge Virginia A. Phillips, an appointee of former President Bill Clinton, agreed with the American Civil Liberties Union that the injunctions were likely to be unconstitutionally broad, and affect people who did not have adequate opportunity to challenge them in court. The gang injunctions are civil court orders that have applied to nearly 9,000 people and 79 gang sets since 2000, the Los Angeles Times reported.
Kate Steinle's killer launches new battle to sue America and stay in the U.S.. After firing a stolen gun and killing Kate Steinle on the San Francisco waterfront in 2015, and then getting away with it in front of a leftwing jury which signaled motivation to strike back at President Trump, do you think Jose Ines Garcia-Zarate, is going away quietly? Do you think the five-times-deported illegal alien drug dealer and transient, with a record of seven felonies, will just allow himself to be deported, and then come back as he always does? Nope, not the case. He's apparently gotten a pile of leftwing-lawyer backing to sue the federal government over his 'vindictive prosecution.'
Anchor Baby Suspected of Murdering Nursing Student has Fled to Nicaragua. On Friday [3/9/2018], Binghamton police officers found the body of 22-year-old Haley Anderson at 23 Oak Street. Police have labeled the death as a homicide. According to Binghamton Police Chief Joseph Zikuski, Haley Anderson was last seen around 4 a.m. on Thursday and she had stopped returning texts on Thursday afternoon. He also notes they believe Anderson was not forced to come to 23 Oak Street. Zikuski says they believe Orlando Tercero, 22, is the suspect in Anderson's death. Tercero, a United States citizen born in Florida, flew out of John F. Kennedy International Airport around 8 a.m. on Friday and is now in Nicaragua.
WaPo: A Teen Warned That MS-13 Was 'Taking Over' Her New York High School. Then She was Murdered. Over the course of our national immigration debate — speaking of which, has anyone noticed that the DACA deadline expired without Congressional action? — border hawks are sometimes scolded for highlighting examples of violent crimes committed by illegal immigrants. I tend to agree that judging groups of people by their worst elements is an unfair practice that can cross into toxic demagoguery and scapegoating. It's true, for example, that immigrants commit fewer crimes on a percentage basis than natural-born Americans, though the same truth doesn't apply to illegal immigrants. But we shouldn't airbrush tough truths, either. Part of the conversation must entail the brutal crimes committed by some people who've entered the US illegally. Simply declaring such topics off-limits or unseemly amounts to a refusal to confront reality.
Illegal alien has gun. Police look the other way. The Indianapolis Star and other outlets report that police arrested an illegal alien from Saudi Arabia for possessing guns and ammo outside of a hotel where women were preparing for their Women's March in Indianapolis. "Federal law prohibits someone in the country illegally from possessing guns or ammo, but court records say police found him with weapons on two occasions in January," the Star reported. So twice they found him with illegal guns, and let him go — even though he threatened to kill two people.
Man had rifle with scope and bump stock outside downtown Indy hotel on day of Women's March. A man in the country illegally has been charged with a federal crime after two gun scares, including one involving an AR-15-styled rifle equipped with a scope and bump stock outside a downtown Indianapolis hotel on the day of the Women's March with thousands of attendees. Ahmed Alaklouk, described in federal court documents as a Tunisian native and Saudi Arabian citizen, has been living in Indiana on a terminated student visa.
California Sanctuary City Laws Likely Responsible for 5K Crimes by Released Criminal Illegal Aliens. The state of California and the sanctuary city laws that make it a safe-haven for criminal illegal aliens is likely responsible for at least 5,000 crimes that were committed by criminal illegal aliens released by local authorities rather than being handed over to federal immigration officials. According to data conducted for Breitbart News by the Center for Immigration Studies' Director of Policy Jessica Vaughan, the state of California — which refuses to hand over criminal illegal aliens to the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency — makes up about half of all non-cooperation with federal immigration officials in the U.S.
Meet Some Of The Criminal Illegals California Has Set Free. The White House released a list of criminal illegal immigrants set free by the state of California in lieu of allowing ICE to detain them, in a Thursday morning [3/8/2018] statement. The Trump administration filed suit against the state of California Wednesday for classifying itself as a sanctuary state. "California is using every power it has — and some it doesn't — to frustrate federal law enforcement. So you can be sure I'm going to use every power I have to stop them," Attorney General Jeff Sessions said in his announcement of the lawsuit Thursday.
Illegal immigrants with sex, robbery convictions among those who evaded capture after Dem mayor's warning. A Democratic mayor's warning to illegal immigrants of an incoming ICE raid in northern California may have led to a number of illegal immigrants with violent and sex-related convictions evading capture and deportation. Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf tweeted out an impending warning of the four-day raid last week, alerting targeted individuals to the imminent arrests, and infuriating Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officials, who say that many more could have been caught if they hadn't been warned.
Violent criminals among illegal immigrants caught in California raid derailed by Dem mayor. A sweep of Northern California by federal immigration officials this week, which was partly thwarted when the Oakland mayor sounded the alarm, nabbed a number of illegal immigrants convicted of a variety of serious and violent crimes. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officials announced this week that the four-day raid led to the arrest of 232 illegal immigrants in the San Francisco Bay Area. Of those 232, 180 "were either convicted criminals, had been issued a final order of removal and failed to depart the United States, or had been previously removed" from the country and had come back illegally.
Accused MS-13 members laugh in court near victim's family. Five accused members of the bloodthirsty MS-13 street gang palled around like they were having a grand old time in court Tuesday as the family of a 16-year-old girl they're accused of slaughtering looked on grimly from the gallery. Enrique Portillo, Alexi Saenz and Jairo Saenz laughed and grinned amongst themselves, their shackles clanking, as prosecutors said they'd yet to hear if the Justice Department will allow them to seek the death penalty for the murder of best friends Nisa Mickens and Kayla Cuevas in Brentwood in 2016. Mickens, 15, and Cuevas, 16, were bludgeoned with a baseball bat and hacked to death with machetes by the men as the girls headed home from school, authorities have said.
How DACA Shields Violent Gang Members. The March 5 deadline to end protections under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program is rapidly approaching and Congress still doesn't have its act together. Democrats claim that failure to act is putting lives on the line by threatening upheaval and deportation to thousands — unless Congress intervenes. On this point, Democrats are right, but not in the way they think they are. A failure to act on DACA, and illegal immigration more generally, is indeed putting lives on the line. A recent report issued by the Center for Immigration Studies (CIS) shows just how many. CIS reviewed more than 500 cases of MS-13 gang members arrested nationwide since 2012. The group's conclusions reveal startling facts about the danger that illegal alien gang members pose to Americans.
Illegal Alien Murdered Man, Set His Body On Fire. A short time after beginning the death investigation, officers began receiving tips advising that a man by the name of Arturo had killed a man named Jorge Martinez, according to Somerset Police. Further investigation revealed that "Arturo" was an alias allegedly used by Humberto Mesa-Vasquez, 34, of 431 South Main Street in Somerset. Officers went to that address and located Mesa-Vasquez and two other Hispanic males; Mesa-Vasquez was found wearing clothing that had blood stains on them, according to SPD. All three individuals were driven to the Pulaski County Sheriff's Office for questioning, and a search warrant was executed on the South Main Street address.
DACA Illegal Alien Arrested for School Shooting Threats in New York. An illegal alien shielded from deportation by the President Obama-created Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program was arrested after allegedly threatening a school shooting in upstate New York.
200 Murders by MS-13 in 22 States since 2012, Claims Report. A new report from the Center for Immigration Studies (CIS) reveals that the hyper-violent MS-13 transnational criminal gang has spread to 22 U.S. states. The gang accounted for 207 murders, mostly in California, Maryland, New York, and Virginia since 2012. The rapid growth is attributed in the report to the influx of Unaccompanied Alien Children from Central American countries like El Salvador, Honduras, and Guatemala.
MS-13 Resurgence: Immigration Enforcement Needed to Take Back Our Streets. All criminal gangs are a threat to public safety, but MS-13 is a unique problem because of the unusually brutal crimes its members have committed, its success in using intimidation to victimize and control people in its territory, and its focus on recruiting young members, often in schools. Nevertheless, because such a large share of MS-13 members are not citizens, they are especially vulnerable to law enforcement, and many can be removed from the communities they terrorize. Strategic use of immigration enforcement is a necessary element to disrupting and dismantling MS-13 gangs and any other transnational criminal organization operating in our communities. The proliferation of sanctuary policies that interfere with cooperation between state and local law enforcement agencies threatens to hamper efforts to stifle MS-13 activity. The federal government must take steps to clarify how federal law permits such cooperation and also must set up consequences for those jurisdictions and officials who impose sanctuary policies.
An MS-13 Horror Story that the Press Has Largely Ignored. In a December 2017 post captioned "No Sanctuary for MS-13", I discussed how members of the notorious MS-13 gang were preying on the residents of Prince George's County, Md., a sanctuary county in the National Capital Region. Recently, however, a handful of press outlets have been reporting on a particularly horrific offense allegedly perpetrated in neighboring Montgomery County, Md. Montgomery County denies that it is a "sanctuary jurisdiction", but its leaders make it sound like one. In particular, the press reported in February 2017 that: ["]Amid reports that parents are keeping children home from school because they fear deportation, leaders in Montgomery County, Maryland, are reassuring immigrants that they are welcome and safe.["]
MS-13 spreads to 22 states, fed by 300,000 illegals, DACA recipients, tied to 207 murders. The vicious MS-13 gang, stifled under former President George W. Bush, exploded during the Obama era fueled by 300,000 illegals, including those given amnesty under the DACA program, and has now been linked to crimes in 22 states, according to a new report. Since 2012, 207 murders have been tied to the gang called "Mara Salvatrucha," and there are over 500 cases nationwide of MS-13 members being charged in major crimes, according to the report from the Center for Immigration Studies.
GOP Rep Introduces Legislation to Revoke Citizenship From MS-13 Gang Members. Rep. Lee Zeldin (R., N.Y.) on Tuesday [2/20/2018] introduced legislation to revoke the citizenship of naturalized immigrants who are involved in gang-related crimes. The Protecting Our Communities from Gang Violence Act would allow the U.S. government to revoke the citizenship of individuals who came to the country as immigrants and got involved in gang activity either prior to or within 10 years of becoming a naturalized citizen. The act seems to be the direct result of an increase in the numbers of crimes being committed by MS-13 gang members in Zeldin's congressional district and the state of New York as a whole.
How many members of MS-13 are U.S. citizens? Few, if any. MS-13 people don't care if they have citizenship or not. I suspect the majority of them don't have plans for a long life.
212 ICE Immigration Arrests in L.A.: 195 Repeat Offenders, More Than Half Serious or Violent Criminals. Eighty-eight percent of the 212 individuals arrested in the Los Angeles area this week for immigration law violations were previously convicted criminals. Over the course of five days, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) deportation officers and special agents made the arrests and served 122 notices of inspection (NOIs) to businesses in the Los Angeles area of responsibility. This is in addition to notices of inspection issued to 77 businesses in northern California just weeks ago. One hundred and ninety-five of the 212 arrested included convicted criminals, those who failed to leave the United States after being issued a final order of removal, and those who returned to the U.S. after being removed.
Tucker: Violent Criminal Illegals Now a 'Protected Class' in California. Illegal aliens — including violent criminals — have become a protected class in California, Fox News host Tucker Carlson declared Tuesday [2/13/2018], reacting to the state's new sanctuary policy: "It doesn't matter even if they have a history of crime, even violent crime. In California, illegal aliens are now a protected class. And even more significant, the state itself is now in direct opposition to this country's most basic laws." Carlson listed several ways California's laws give special treatment to illegal aliens: [...]
Three Illegal Aliens Gang-Raped Handicapped Woman in New Jersey. ICE has placed detainers on three restaurant workers charged with sexually assaulting an incapacitated woman in East Rutherford. Records show that dishwasher Rene Jimenez, 29, and kitchen helper Emeterio Castelan, 25, are both Mexican citizens sharing an East Rutherford apartment across from the borough post office and a day-care center. The third defendant, 20-year-old Luis Tenecela, is an Ecuadoran citizen living in Hackensack.
Manhunt: DACA Recipient Wanted For Murder In Texas. On Friday [2/9/2018], authorities in Texas revealed that a man they believe is responsible for the murder of a good Samaritan who attempted to help another victim shot by the suspect is an illegal immigrant who is in the United States under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. Authorities say that Judas Deluna, 21, shot and killed a man outside DJ's Food Mart in Harris County on January 26, after the man came to the aid of another man that they say Deluna also shot.
Police: man charged with murder in Tukwila human remains case was in country illegally. A Tukwila man accused of stabbing his cousin then dismembering the man last month should have been in the custody of federal immigration agents, according to Kent police. Rosalio Ramos-Ramos, 37, was being sought by Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) late last year and was almost turned over, when an apparent lack of communication between police and Harborview Medical Center resulted in his discharge from the Seattle trauma hospital, police said. "I believe this person needed to be off the streets. He had been deported four times prior, he is a convicted felon and he's a very violent person," Kent police Chief Ken Thomas told KOMO on Thursday [2/8/2018].
Man is slashed in the face and neck with a box-cutter at Maryland bus stop after asking 'drunk' illegal immigrant to stop urinating in public. A man was slashed in the face and neck at a Maryland bus stop after asking a 'drunk' and 'belligerent' stranger to stop urinating in public. Salvador Gomez-Lopez, 46, of Montgomery County, was arrested on two counts of assault, public intoxication and possession of a dangerous weapon with intent to injure after the incident last November. He has recently been indicted. A spokeswoman with Immigration Customs and Enforcement told Fox News that Gomez-Lopez was a wanted fugitive, in the country illegally from El Salvador. ICE have since 'lodged a detainer'.
Six MS-13 gang members busted in Long Island teens' murders. Two Long Island teens, inseparable in life, walked together into a deadly September attack by four homicidal gangbangers swinging baseball bats and a machete. The quartet of killers, along with their two leaders in the brutal MS-13 street gang, were charged Thursday [2/1/2018] in the revenge killings of Nisa Mickens, 15, and Kayla Cuevas, 16, federal authorities said. The horrific Sept. 13 slaughter of the unarmed girls was a homicidal overreaction to a Brentwood High School dispute just one week earlier, a 34-pagefederal indictment charged.
'Dreamers' and Demons. The bright hopes of young Xinran Ji, a University of Southern California engineering student from Inner Mongolia, died in 2014 at the hands of a then-19-year-old "Dreamer" and his thug pals. Mexican illegal alien Jonathan DelCarmen, who first jumped the southern border at age 12, pleaded guilty to second-degree murder last summer in the savage robbery and fatal beating of Ji — who was walking home from a study group after midnight. No, it wasn't President Trump, ICE agents, Republicans or conservative talk show hosts who racially profiled Xinran Ji. It was "Dreamer" DelCarmen and his partners in crime: Alberto Ochoa, 17, Andrew Garcia, 18, and Alejandra Guerrero, 16. The gangsters targeted Ji because he was Asian and assumed he "must have money."
Parents Of MS-13 Victim At SOTU Had This to Say About MSNBC Host's Comments. In discussing the problem of criminal illegal aliens in America during his State of the Union Address Tuesday night, President Trump invited as guests Elizabeth Alvarado and Robert Mickens, whose teenage daughter was murdered by the gang, to put a face to the issue. But MSNBC's Joy Reid didn't find the president's discussion of the problem terribly important, as she dismissed the gang as something only Fox News talks about. "He gives a speech tonight, in which he makes it sound like the biggest issue in the United States, the biggest threat is MS-13, a gang nobody that doesn't watch Fox News has ever heard of. So he makes it sound like they're the biggest threat," she said. Alvarado and Mickens got their chance to respond Wednesday on Laura Ingraham's Fox News program.
Dem Rep Brenda Lawrence Slams Trump For Focusing On "M-16" Street Gang. Michigan Representative Brenda Lawrence (D) has apparently never even heard of MS-13. After Trump's State of the Union address on Tuesday, she went on C-SPAN2 to slam the president for being "so focused" on this "M-16" street gang, which she says "spoke nothing about crime in America." "To be so focused on this M-16, or, the, this illegal immigrant gang that he speaks of, spoke nothing about crime in America, about his commitment to America First," Rep Lawrence said. "What about fighting the crime that's in our streets? It's not by immigrants!"
Corona Para Los Muertos. As it happens, three days after the president's 2016 election victory, California denied parole to Juan Corona, the Mexican serial killer who makes an even stronger case for border enforcement. Corona was born in the Mexican state of Jalisco in 1934 and in 1950 illegally crossed the border into the United States. He picked carrots and melons in Imperial Valley then moved north to the Yuba City area, near Sacramento. Deported in 1956, Corona had no trouble entering the United States illegally a second time. By 1960, the Mexican became a labor contractor for local American farmers, including Goro Kagehiro. On May 19, 1971, Kagehiro noticed that someone dug a man-sized space in his peach orchard and filled in the hole. This turned out to be the grave of Kenneth Whiteacre, whom somebody had sodomized before stabbing him to death then chopping apart his head with a machete.
New Crime Stats Prove 'Peaceful' Illegals Have a Mean Violent Streak. Non-leftists have been trying to warn everyone about illegals' less-than-optimal track record on crime since before Hillary Clinton's first full body regeneration. All along, leftists have been calling us a bunch of prejudicial haters of brown people. Except, now we've got the cold hard numbers on our side. Try rebutting these crime stats: [...]
Illegals commit crimes at double the rate of native-born: Study. The crime rate among illegal immigrants in Arizona is twice that of other residents, Attorney General Jeff Sessions said Friday, citing a new report based on conviction data. The report, from the Crime Prevention Research Center, used a previously untapped set of data from Arizona that detailed criminal convictions and found that illegal immigrants between 15 and 35 are less than 3 percent of the state's population, but nearly 8 percent of its prison population.
Illegal immigration numbers: MS-13 exploding, 1,100 border arrests a day, 1M on deport list. The White House is steeling for battle with Democrats and moderate Republicans over immigration reform, raising new concerns that the illegal population is out of control — and violent. The White House released Homeland Security numbers about the troubling elements of illegal immigration created by legal loopholes that have helped to expand the killer MS-13 gang is expanding.
MS-13 wants to send 'younger, more violent offenders' to the US, officials say. Frustrated MS-13 gang leaders feeling the pressure from the Trump administration's crackdown are looking to send "younger, more violent offenders" to the United States to take over the role of being enforcers, officials say. The revelations were made Thursday [1/18/2018] during a House Committee on Homeland Security meeting on fighting international criminal organizations, where officials discussed the arrests and imprisonment of MS-13 members and leadership over the last year.
Mexican Uber driver in US illegally charged with four rapes. A California Uber driver living in the country illegally has been charged with raping, assaulting and robbing at least four young women. Alfonso Alarcon-Nunez, 39, faces 10 criminal charges, including forcible rape, rape of an intoxicated victim, oral copulation of an intoxicated victim and first degree burglary. He pleaded not guilty to all 10 counts Monday [1/22/2018] and was being held on $1.4 million bail. San Luis Obispo County District Attorney Dan Dow said Alarcon-Nunez was not always driving for Uber when he picked up those women but added that the alleged crimes show that the company should improve its driver screening process.
Illegal immigrant accused of stabbing stranger in neck at California market had been deported seven times. A man accused of an "unprovoked and brutal stabbing" at a market in California last month is an illegal immigrant with a criminal record who had been previously deported seven times, a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement spokesman told Fox News. Ricardo Velasquez-Romero, 39, who also goes by the name Eulalio Miniz Orozco, was arrested last month after local police say he stabbed a 61-year-old man in the neck at Lola's Market in Santa Rosa on Dec. 21. Department of Homeland Security databases indicate Velasquez-Romero "has been repatriated to his native Mexico seven times since 2007," a spokesman for ICE said.
Illegal charged with cop-killing: 'Wish I had killed more'. An illegal immigrant facing murder charges for the killing of two law enforcement officers in Northern California went off the rails during his most recent court hearing and said, with a grin on his face, "I wish I had killed more," Fox News reported. This is what the sanctuary-loving left wants to shelter from the deportation storm? Luis Enrique Monroy Bracamontes, 37, is a Mexican citizen who stands accused of killing two officers, Sacramento Sheriff's Deputy Danny Oliver and Placer Sheriff's Deputy Michael Davis Jr., in 2014 — at a time when he was in America illegally. His past court appearances have been marked by strange outbursts where he blurted even stranger statements and mocked everyone from witnesses to members of the media.
Newly Released Arizona Crime Data Just Shattered a Key Liberal Narrative on Immigration. "Undocumented immigrants are at least 142% more likely to be convicted of crime than other Arizonans," [John] Lott concludes from the data. While documented immigrants, or legal permanent residents, accounted for 3.9 percent of Arizona's population in 2014, but only 1.5 percent of the prison population (which again shows why it's inaccurate to lump documented and undocumented immigrants for any statistical purposes), undocumented immigrants account for 11.6 percent of first and second most serious offenses. Further, undocumented immigrants in Arizona are consistently more likely to be convicted of murder, manslaughter, armed robbery, sexual assault of a minor, sexual assault, DUI or DWI, and kidnapping, among other serious crimes. And undocumented immigrants are 163 percent more likely to commit first degree murder than are U.S. citizens in the state.
Report: 'Dreamer'-age Illegals Have Crime Rate Double Young Americans. DACA-aged illegals commit crimes at twice the rate of young Americans, says a comprehensive summary of crimes and convictions in Arizona during the past 32 years. The report punctures claims by pro-amnesty advocates that young 'dreamer' illegals are vital to U.S. industry and civic life, and indicate that any amnesty will ensure that many more crimes — including murders and rapes — will be inflicted against Americans and legal immigrants, including Hispanics and blacks.
Illegal Alien Assassins Kill Wrong Woman in Florida. Midway into a Florida murder-for-hire plot, a boyfriend-girlfriend hit team realized they'd zip-tied and duct-taped the wrong woman — and then killed her anyway, officials said. Victim Janice Marie Zengotita-Torres, 42, of Kissimmee, was forced into the trunk of her own car, tortured for her ATM card and then suffocated with garbage bags, officials said. The mother of a 14-year-old son, she was found Monday, dumped in Ormond Beach, six miles north of Daytona, ABC News reported.
Man who threatened to kill Greyhound passengers had been previously deported, officials say. A man who has been living in the country illegally was arrested after authorities say he threatened to kill passengers on a Chicago-bound Greyhound bus. Margarito Vargas-Rosas, 33, has been charged with making terrorist threats, a felony, and disorderly conduct. He had been previously deported to Mexico and came back to the United States, where he lived in Chicago and worked at a restaurant in Milwaukee, Racine County Sheriff Christopher Schmaling told reporters at a news conference Saturday [1/13/2018]. The bus was traveling southbound on I-94 in Milwaukee just before 10 p.m. Central time Friday, when authorities received at least two 911 calls from passengers. Schmaling said Vargas-Rosas had gotten into an argument with two other passengers and later, for reasons still unclear, threatened to shoot everyone on board as he dug into his waistband.
Greyhound bus chased by police after illegal immigrant threatens passengers. An illegal immigrant on a Greyhound bus who allegedly threatened to shoot and kill passengers on Friday — leading police on a chase from Wisconsin to Illinois — was deported five times, a U.S. Customs and Border Protection spokesperson told Fox News. The spokesperson said on Sunday [1/14/2018] that Margarito Vargas-Rosas, 33, who faces terror charges, was in the U.S. illegally and was "removed" from the U.S. the last five times Border Patrol agents encountered him. He also had a previous DUI arrest to his name.
One in Fifteen Oregon Prisoners Is a Criminal Alien; Nearly Half Convicted of Sex Crimes. The murder of Kate Steinle in California highlighted the fact that we have a serious criminal illegal alien problem in this country. Many of these individuals, after breaking the law to enter the country, go on to commit other crimes — theft, rape, and even murder. David Olen Cross released a December 2017 report based on Oregon Department of Corrections (DOC) data, announcing that there are "973 foreign nationals (criminal aliens) incarcerated in the state's prison system." Oregon has 14,739 inmates incarcerated in its 14 prisons scattered across the state. "Approximately one in every fifteen prisoners incarcerated by the state was a criminal alien, 6.60 percent of the total prison population," the report said. According to Cross, all of the 973 criminal aliens currently in the state's prisons were identified by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). Anytime that happens, DOC officials will place an "ICE detainer" on the inmate. "After the inmate completes his/her state sanction, prison officials will transfer custody of the inmate to ICE," he said.
"Combative" Mohammed Abraar Ali Killed Police Officer Andrew Camilleri. Initial reports identified him only as a 22-year-old man who had allegedly been intoxicated on alcohol and high on marijuana. A drunk, stoned driver killing a police officer is a serious matter, and many Californians wondered why the CHP had not released the driver's name, booking photo, and any background information of interest. Nothing emerged until more than a week later, on January 2, 2018. The CHP explains the delay as due to hospitalization but Californians could be forgiven for their doubts. As it happened, the state's new sanctuary legislation kicked in on January 1, and the driver who had taken officer Camilleri's life was identified as "Hayward man" Mohammed Abraar Ali. The CHP did not inquire about his immigration status.
MS-13 Gang Member Stabbed Girl To Death, Sliced Off Her Tattoo. A teenager who sought to avenge the death of her boyfriend and told a 15-year-old girl she would "see her in hell" before stabbing her 13 times pleaded guilty Monday [1/8/2018] to the brutal slaying that raised the spotlight on MS-13's presence in the suburbs of the nation's capital. Venus Romero Iraheta, who was 17 at the time of the January 2017 murder, pleaded guilty in a Virginia courtroom as an adult in the murder of Damaris Alexandra Reyes Rivas, the Washington Post reported. Iraheta, now 18, faces a a maximum of life in prison plus 20 years when she is sentenced on May 25.
Illegal Immigration And Crime: The stunning numbers the Left cannot refute. On December 21, 2017 the Department of Justice issued a press release, "Departments of Justice and Homeland Security Release Data on Incarcerated Aliens — 94 Percent of All Confirmed Aliens in DOJ Custody Are Unlawfully Present." The initial statistic cited in the title of that DOJ press release shows that there is a truly significant distinction to be drawn between aliens who are lawfully present in the United States and aliens who are illegally present in the United States, either because they have entered the United States illegally or they have violated the terms of admission after entering the United States via the inspections procedure at ports of entry. [...] Although immigration anarchists have consistently manipulated language, engaged in tactics of bullying and intimidation and, when all else failed, flat-out lied about every aspect of immigration, the Trump administration is providing the truth.
Illegal Immigration And Crime. On December 21, 2017 the Department of Justice issued a press release, "Departments of Justice and Homeland Security Release Data on Incarcerated Aliens — 94 Percent of All Confirmed Aliens in DOJ Custody Are Unlawfully Present." The initial statistic cited in the title of that DOJ press release shows that there is a truly significant distinction to be drawn between aliens who are lawfully present in the United States and aliens who are illegally present in the United States, either because they have entered the United States illegally or they have violated the terms of admission after entering the United States via the inspections procedure at ports of entry.
Illegal Alien Sold LSD and Cocaine to Undercover Officer. A Raleigh man accused of selling drugs to the same undercover police officer three times in less than a week is facing several charges. Tomas Aguayo-Moreno, 25, was charged by Wake County sheriff's deputies with eight counts of trafficking in LSD, one count of trafficking in cocaine, three counts of maintaining a dwelling or vehicle for drug purposes, felony marijuana possession and one count each of cocaine possession, cocaine sale and cocaine delivery. Aguayo-Moreno was arrested about 5 p.m. Tuesday [12/19/2017] when deputies stopped his black Audi on New Bern Avenue in east Raleigh. Deputies say they stopped the car after Aguayo-Moreno sold between 500 and 1,000 doses of LSD to the undercover officer.
Mystery in West Texas: How Did a Border Patrol Agent Die? President Trump called it proof of the need to build a wall; Senator Ted Cruz said it was a "stark reminder" of insecurity along the border. To everyone, it seemed like a horrendous example of the dangers that border patrol officers face as they cover vast, remote and unforgiving territories. But a month after a middle-of-the-night incident in which one border patrol agent was killed and another, who is said to have no memory of what happened, was severely injured, no one seems to know how the men came into harm's way off an interstate in West Texas.
North Carolina's Children [are] Still Being Victimized by Illegal Aliens. Unfortunately, as we have reported in several previous articles, though North Carolina's capital city of Raleigh is more than 1,500 miles from the nearest border crossing with Mexico, the children of that state have been preyed upon as if they live in a border state. Though, the numbers of reported child sexual assaults are down significantly from just a few years ago (reaching an all-time high of 672 charges in April 2014), one is too many, and completely preventable. Between January 1, 2017 and November 30, 2017, at least 530 child sexual assault charges were filed against illegal aliens in the Tarheel State.
Anchor Baby Raped 10-Year-Old Girl in Arkansas. A Siloam Springs man is behind bars after police say he raped a 10-year-old girl. The Siloam Springs Police Department said Jose Garcia-Chicol, 33, was booked into the Benton County Jail on Monday. He faces a charge of rape (two counts). Police said the victim came forward on Saturday [12/16/2017] to speak with authorities.
Previously Deported Violent Mexican Shot Sheriff's Deputy in California. The man suspected of shooting a three-year Humboldt County sheriff's deputy in the left shoulder with a 12-gauge shotgun at a Ferndale dairy farm early Sunday morning was a Mexican national here illegally who was previously deported in 2015, according to Humboldt County Sheriff William Honsal. At a press conference Monday morning, Honsal said both the injured deputy, whose name is not being released at this time, and the suspect Hugo Parral-Aguirre, 30, are in stable condition and are no longer in the hospital. Hugo had three gunshot wounds after two deputies returned fire, Honsal said. Honsal said the outcome was "very lucky" because the female deputy who was shot could have been killed if the shot had struck her a few inches away.
Tucker Carlson Unveils 'Never-Before-Seen' Statistics Proving Illegal Aliens Commit 'Massively Disproportionate' Amount of Crime. Fox News host Tucker Carlson unveiled 'never before seen,' statistics Thursday night [12/21/2017], proving convictions among illegal aliens are significantly higher than U.S. citizens. Carlson kicked off the segment by walking through the Democrats' textbook argument for illegal immigration, recounting how liberals claim non-citizens commit less crime than U.S. citizens.
Four Criminals on the FBI's Top Ten Most Wanted List Are Immigrants. Looked at the FBI's Most Wanted list lately? If not, you might be surprised to learn that four of the 10 criminals on the list are immigrants — including at least two who were in this country illegally when they committed their heinous crimes. The makeup of the list highlights the problem of illegal immigration and crime in this country that President Donald Trump raised throughout his presidential campaign — something he's continued to emphasize, with the creation of a special unit at the Department of Homeland Security called Victims Of Immigration Crime Engagement (VOICE). Of the six American citizens on the list, three are Spanish speakers. Two of those three have ties to Mexico and are thought to possibly be hiding out in that country.
Pair of 'Dreamers' Murdered a Man in North Carolina. Two Siler City residents pleaded guilty this week to charges in connection to the October 2015 death of a man. On Thursday [12/14/2017], Miguel Angel Munoz, 19, pleaded guilty to second-degree murder and concealing an unnatural death in the death of Francisco Rivas Galves, also of Siler City, according to the Randolph County Sheriff's Office. Randolph County Superior Court Judge V. Bradford Long sentenced Munoz to 200 to 252 months in prison. Munoz is a citizen of El Salvador and will be returned to his home country based on an pre-existing federal warrant.
Illegal immigrant acquitted of Kate Steinle's murder seeks new trial for firearm conviction. The illegal immigrant who was acquitted of the murder of Kate Steinle late last month is seeking a new trial for his firearm possession conviction. Lawyers for Jose Ines Garcia Zarate on Thursday [12/14/2017] claimed that the judge presiding over the murder trial failed to properly instruct jurors before they acquitted him.
80% of 101 Illegals Arrested in NJ ICE Operation Are Convicted Felons. A five-day sweep in New Jersey last week nabbed 101 illegal aliens, 80% of whom are convicted felons, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) announced Tuesday. In all, ICE reports that 88% of the 101 illegal aliens arrested in the operation had prior criminal convictions. Examples of the sex crime, assault, drug and pornography convictions of the illegal aliens arrested reported by ICE include: [...]
Illegal Alien Found Guilty of Murdering Family of 5. An illegal immigrant from Vietnam faces life in prison after being convicted Monday in the 2012 hammer-killing of a family of five after losing money at a casino earlier in the evening. Binh Thai Luc, who had a violent criminal history and was supposed to be deported in 2006, was found guilty in the murders of a family of Chinese immigrants. He was also found guilty of five counts of attempted robbery and two counts of burglary. Luc, who was in debt and served an eviction notice, killed the family during a robbery after he lost money at a casino on March 23, 2012.
California Sheriff 'Mistakenly' Released Illegal Alien Who Repeatedly Molested 5-Year-Old Girl. A California sheriff says a "screw-up" led to the mistaken release of an inmate who had pleaded guilty to child molestation. The Merced Sun-Star reported Thursday that Merced County jailers mistakenly allowed 38-year-old Primitivo Gonzalez to post bail on Nov. 22. Gonzalez had pleaded guilty to repeatedly molesting a 5-year-old girl. A judge had ordered him held without bail until sentencing, when he faced 35 years-to-life in prison.
ICE report: 92 percent illegal aliens arrested have criminal convictions. According to a new report released Tuesday by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), 92 percent of illegal aliens arrested this year had "criminal convictions, pending criminal charges, were an immigration fugitive, or were an illegal reentrant." In addition, arrests of members of the violent MS-13 narco-terrorist organization surged 83 percent. Under new management since the Trump administration began, ICE has seen huge enforcement improvement. "The most significant changes in immigration enforcement strategy can be found in the interior of the United States. The executive orders issued by President Trump in January 2017 strongly emphasized the role of interior enforcement in protecting national security and public safety, and upholding the rule of law," said the report.
Feds Indict Kate Steinle's Killer. This is not double jeopardy, principally because the federal government is a separate sovereign, and double jeopardy applies only to charges from the same sovereign.
New immigration, gun charges filed against illegal immigrant acquitted in Kate Steinle trial. Federal officials filed a new set of immigration and gun charges Friday against Jose Ines Garcia Zarate, the illegal immigrant found not guilty last week in the murder of Kate Steinle. "A federal grand jury indicted Jose Inez Garcia-Zarate today for being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition, and for being an illegally present alien in possession of a firearm and ammunition," according to a statement released by the Department of Justice. If convicted of either charge, he could face a maximum of ten years in jail.
3-strikes felon released early, now back behind bars, facing murder charges. It was supposed to be a second chance at a new life. A three-strikes felon serving life in prison was released early. But, two years later, he and another man showed up to the Kent Regional Justice Center Monday to face murder charges. The alleged victim's family was also there. The Cabrera family said it was a struggle to show up in court and come face-to-face with the two men suspected of killing their loved one, 24-year-old David Cabrera.
Illegal Alien Sexually Assaulted Woman at Bus Stop While She Was Having a Seizure. A disabled woman's trip to her local 7-Eleven morphed into a terrifying experience when a stranger sexually assaulted her during an unforeseen medical emergency. The victim, whom ABC7 is not identifying, told police she had just purchased a pack of cigarettes at the 7-Eleven along the 12800 block of Clopper Road in Germantown. It was around 11:30 p.m. While walking home, the woman suffered a seizure, causing her to collapse onto a bench at a Ride On bus stop. It's unclear how long the woman was unconscious, but when she came to, she realized an unknown man had one of his hands down her pants.
Mexican immigrant deported 20 times gets 35 years in Portland sex assaults. An undocumented immigrant, with a history of arrests and deportations, was sentenced to 35 years in prison Friday after his sexual assault conviction earlier this year. KATU News reported that Mexican national Sergio Jose Martinez, 31, attacked two women in Portland, Ore., on the same day. The first was a 65-year-old whose car he stole, and a younger woman. He was arrested July 24, the report said. Prior to the attacks, Martinez had been deported 20 times, had a series of probation violations for illegal crossings into the United States and had a felony burglary conviction, KGW.com reported, citing court documents filed in March.
Border Patrol Agent Dead, Partner in Serious Condition in Texas. [W]e need to build a border wall to save the lives of our border patrol agents who are being targeted by criminals breaking into our country. Do their lives matter, or is this a small price to pay for "diversity" and an end to "racism"?
Exclusive: Illegal Aliens Killed Border Agent by Crushing in His Skull with Rocks, Says NBPC. Exclusive details have emerged on the early morning attack against Border Patrol agents that left one agent dead and another hospitalized in serious condition on November 19, 2017. Breitbart Texas first broke the news of the death and injuries and now the National Border Patrol Council (NBPC) says that their agents on the ground have stated that the agents were tracking a group of illegal aliens who then beat the agents with rocks until one was killed and the other hospitalized.
Trump renews call for border wall after patrol officer dies in Texas. President Trump on Sunday [11/19/2017] reiterated his calls to build a wall along the country's southern border after a U.S. Border Patrol agent died from injuries he sustained on patrol in Texas.
Almost 300 MS-13 Gang Members Arrested in Nationwide Bust. Nearly 300 members and associates of the infamous transnational drug gang MS-13 have been arrested in an interdepartmental collaboration called Operation: Raging Bull, leadership of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Agency announced Thursday [11/16/2017]. Led by ICE Homeland Security Investigations' (HSI) National Gang Unit, the operation was a multi-phase, multi-month project of numerous federal law enforcement agencies, including ICE, U.S. Customs and Immigration Service, the U.S. Border Patrol, and the Department of Justice. The operation led to a total of 267 arrests of MS-13 members and associates. In September, ICE announced initial arrests of 53 MS-13 gang members in El Salvador, the product of 18 months of investigation. On Thursday [11/16/2017], the results of an additional month of investigation were further revealed. Over that second phase, between October and November of 2017, 214 members of MS-13 were arrested. 93 of those were arrested on federal or state criminal charges, while the other 121 face immigration violation charges.
Illegal immigrant charged in 2015 murder of New York socialite. An illegal immigrant was charged this week in the death of a New York socialite who was found bludgeoned to death in her hilltop estate two years ago, the end result of an elaborate international manhunt. Esdras Marroquin Gomez, 32, pleaded not guilty Monday at his arraignment on a murder charge in the death of 83-year-old Lois Colley, according to the Westchester County district attorney's office, who said he was indicted by a grand jury last year.
Where does America's 3rd-world violence come from? The term "body count" is something we usually read in a story about Juarez or Kabul. Yet that is the headline of an AP article over the weekend describing the growing problem of MS-13 violence in Long Island, a once peaceful and prosperous suburb. Although it's hard to tell for sure because the AP tends to view illegal aliens as citizens, the story appears to refer to illegal alien children slain by MS-13. [...] A profound irony is lost on the AP and other advocates of open borders and the vicious cycle of amnesty. It is this endless cycle of amnesty and lawlessness they advocate that has turned our country into the very third world, like Honduras, that many immigrants, both legal and illegal, would like to escape. You do nobody any favors by making America like the countries of origin of illegal immigrants.
African 'Migrant' Kidnapped Autistic 6-Year-Old Boy In New York. Police have located an autistic Brooklyn boy who was kidnapped by his babysitter over the weekend. Six-year-old Devin Monroe was found Monday morning and is said to be in good health while his 39-year-old sitter, identified as Emmanuel Kolajo, was taken into police custody for questioning. The NYPD had been searching for the boy since receiving a call from his frantic mother on Sunday afternoon after she couldn't reach Kolajo.
Illegal Alien Raped 12-Year-Old Girl, Forced Her Into Prostitution. A Winston-Salem man was convicted Monday of sexually abusing a 12-year-old girl and allowing other men to rape the girl in exchange for money numerous times over a two-year period, resulting in her getting pregnant and contracting a sexually-transmitted disease. Armando Graciano, 43, pleaded guilty in Forsyth Superior Court to attempted rape of a child, human trafficking, sexual servitude and two counts of taking indecent liberties with a child.
Sessions unleashes organized crime task force on MS-13. Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced Monday [10/23/2017] that he's designated the MS-13 street gang as a priority for the Justice Department's Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Forces — enabling authorities to target the gang with broader array of federal resources.
Illegal immigrant who paved way for Massachusetts' 'sanctuary' policy arrested in stunning robbery. The illegal immigrant whose case turned Massachusetts into a "sanctuary" state is behind bars yet again. Police say he committed a stunning daylight robbery by taking a wheelchair-bound woman, slapping her and stealing the $2,000 she had just carried out of the bank. Sreynuon Lunn had been free on the streets of Boston because his home country won't take him back, leaving immigration officers no choice but to release him under a 2001 U.S. Supreme Court ruling.
Illegal Alien Caught Trying to Rape Elderly, Bed-Ridden Woman. Officers arrested a Donna man Saturday after he sexually assaulted an 80-year-old woman, according to the criminal complaint against him. At 4:20 p.m. Saturday, the Donna Police Department dispatched officers to the 600 block of South 10th Street. Officers met with a 60-year-old man who said he caught Jacobo Zelaya, 43, of Donna sexually assaulting his mother, according to the criminal complaint.
Illegal Alien Drowns Her Two Sons Over Worries Of Deportation. In another horrific killing, a Delaware mother has been taken into custody for drowning murders of her infant son and his older brother. Kula Pelima is the 30 [year old] mother that is being charged is charged, and has been brought up on two counts of first-degree murder of her 5-year-old son, as well as her 3-month-old.
Man Connected To Starting California Fire Is Illegal Alien- Deported TWICE Before. Oh this should be a fun debate to watch. Progressives in California are now being forced to choose between their two greatest loves: Harping on people about "man-made" climate change and welcoming illegal aliens into our country with no regard for safety. As it turns out, the person who set a blazing wild fire in Sonoma County Wine Country is an illegal alien who had been deported not once but twice before. Meanwhile, liberal heads continue to explode as they attempt to figure out who/what they should defend here.
ICE Director: Suspected Wine Country Arsonist Is Illegal Alien Mexican National. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Acting Director Tom Homan confirmed on Thursday that a man arrested in connection with setting a fire in Sonoma County Wine Country is an illegal alien from Mexico who has been twice returned to his "home country." Homan also confirmed that ICE has issued detainer requests for Jesus Fabian Gonzalez five times now in the past year alone, including the one issued on October 16 in relation to his most recent arrest on suspicion of arson. All of the arrests were made "by Sonoma County on various felony and misdemeanor charges," according to Homan.
Illegal Alien Charged with California Wildfire that Killed 40 People. The U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement Agency (ICE) issued a detainer request on the Sonoma County Jail for Jesus Fabian Gonzalez, who was arrested Sunday on suspicion of arson in Wine Country fires that have killed at least 40 residents. Breitbart News reported earlier this week that Sonoma County Sheriffs had arrested Jesus Fabian Gonzalez, 29, at Maxwell Regional Park in Sonoma County after a series of reports of ongoing fires in the region. Mr. Gonzalez was observed around 3:00 p.m. PDT wearing a jacket and walking "out of the creek area and a plume of smoke behind him," according to the Santa Rosa Press Democrat.
ICE Detainer Issued for Suspected Wine Country Arsonist in Sonoma Jail. Breitbart News reported earlier this week that Sonoma County Sheriffs had arrested Jesus Fabian Gonzalez, 29, at Maxwell Regional Park in Sonoma County after a series of reports of ongoing fires in the region. Mr. Gonzalez was observed around 3:00 p.m. PDT wearing a jacket and walking "out of the creek area and a plume of smoke behind him," according to the Santa Rosa Press Democrat. Mr. Gonzalez, who is homeless and reportedly known by law enforcement to have been living under a nearby bridge, claimed he was cold and had lit the fire to stay warm. But it was a balmy 78 degrees when he and the plume of smoke were first observed. Mr. Gonzalez was booked into the Sonoma County Jail for suspicion of felony arson.
Sanctuary Cities Allowed Criminal Alien to Remain in U.S., Murder Kansas Deputy. An illegal alien who was drunk driving has pleaded guilty to killing a Kansas deputy sheriff after causing a deadly car crash last year. Sanctuary city policies in two jurisdictions allowed the previously convicted drunk driver to remain in the U.S. leading to the murder of the deputy. Adrian Espinosa-Flores, a 39-year-old illegal alien, pleaded guilty to reckless second-degree murder charges in Johnson County, Kansas after crashing his vehicle into Master Deputy Brandon Collins, killing him, as Kansas City Star reported.
Illegal alien accused of murdering teen girl was in DACA program. A man accused of killing a South Carolina high school student had been protected from deportation under the DACA program, U.S. officials confirmed to Fox News Thursday evening [10/12/2017]. Daniel De Jesus Rangel-Sherrer, 19, is accused of murder, kidnapping and possession of a weapon during a violent crime in connection with the death of 18-year-old Diana Martinez-Gonzalez. Martinez-Gonzalez, a junior at Greenville High School, was found dead in a wooded area Oct. 4. Officials said she had been forced into the woods and shot multiple times in the head.
8 Alleged MS-13 Gang Members Charged With Murder, Extortion In Maryland. A group of suspected MS-13 gang members in Maryland are facing charges in connection with a racketeering operation. Federal court documents released Wednesday show the eight men are accused of four murders and extortion as well as drug trafficking. The September indictment alleges that from 2015 to 2017 the group extorted owners of illegal businesses, and sent the profits to gang members in El Salvador.
Illegal immigrant breaks into NJ home, rapes 6-year-old girl, police say. An illegal immigrant in New Jersey is accused of raping a 6-year-old girl then jumping out of a second-floor window after her father walked in during the assault, police said. Edgar Mendoza, 32, is accused of breaking into a Trenton, N.J. home at about 1:30 a.m. on Sept. 19 and molesting a 6-year-old girl while she was in bed, according to the Trentonian. [...] Mendoza, originally from Guatemala, faces charges of burglary, endangering the welfare of a child, sexual assault and aggravated sexual assault, the newspaper reported.
Convicted rapist throws a fit while being deported. A convicted rapist from Africa threw a fit as he was being deported from the US — telling federal agents that he "would rather die than go back to Togo" — during a violent confrontation at Dulles International Airport, a report says. "I am not going back to Togo," seethed Koffi Ameyapoh, 51, of Maryland. "You will be shipping a dead body back to Togo," he told the agents, according to court filings obtained by NBC Washington on Monday [9/18/2017].
Alleged SF killer had been released from jail despite request for immigration hold. One of three men accused of using a gun stolen from a San Francisco police officer to kill a man in the Mission District last month had been released from County Jail earlier in the year despite a request from federal immigration agents that he be held and turned over for potential deportation, officials said Friday [9/15/2017]. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials lodged what is known as a detainer request for Jesus Perez-Araujo, 24, after he was arrested three months before the Aug. 15 street killing of 23-year-old Abel Enrique Esquivel Jr., said ICE spokesman James Schwab. The agency asked the city to hold him for up to 48 hours after his release.
Anguish, outrage over street killing of SF man with gun stolen from cop. [Scroll down] According to a complaint filed by the district attorney's office, Perez-Araujo served as the driver the night Esquivel was killed, as the three men cruised the city, looking for targets to rob. After midnight they held up three people, and encountered Esquivel about 2 a.m. at 26th Street and South Van Ness Avenue, authorities said. Pineda is accused of firing the fatal bullet. At the time, Pineda was wearing a GPS tracker that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents had strapped to his ankle, and data from the monitor is evidence in the case, according to law enforcement sources familiar with the matter.
9 Family Members of Americans Killed by Illegal Aliens Respond to Possible DACA Deal with Democrats. Nine Americans who have lost loved ones at the hands of illegal aliens spoke out in response to reports out of a Wednesday night [9/13/2017] dinner meeting between President Donald Trump, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi that the discussions involved a deal to shield DACA illegal aliens from deportation.
Assaults against Border Patrol agents hits record high. New government data shows a record-high 671 Border Patrol agents have been assaulted this fiscal year while on the job. U.S. Customs and Border Protection reported 720 total assaults against its Border Patrol, Air and Marine Operations, and Office of Field Operations teams since Fiscal Year 2017 started Oct. 1, 2016. Last year, 585 total assaults against the agency's three branches were documented. Border agents by far bore the brunt of the attacks. The total number of assaults specifically against Border patrol is up 167 percent since the same period last year, when 403 assaults were reported.
Dream Act 2017 Is Pretty Generous On Allowing Dreamers To Commit Crimes. The normal process for applying for citizenship is pretty burdensome, and requires that people have good moral character, ie, do not commit crimes. Certain crimes will immediately knock a candidate out, no matter how long they've resided in the U.S. Other crimes will most likely knock them out. What about with the Dream Act?
The Virtuous Republic. News articles about crimes committed by illegal aliens.
Enough with DACA! Where's the sympathy for THESE Americans? Here is the proper context of the broader immigration issue that will be absent from the media coverage and the political posturing from the derelict politicians — the reality that the swamp political elites refuse to acknowledge.
• Illegal aliens account for 13.6 percent of all offenders sentenced for crimes committed in the United States, even though they only represent 3.5 percent of the population.
• Illegals account for 12 percent of murder sentences, 20 percent of kidnapping sentences, and 16 percent of drug-trafficking sentences.
• There are 2.1 million illegal and legal immigrants convicted of crimes, but 1.2 million criminal aliens remain at large in the United States and have not been deported. Remember, the prime demographic for violent crime is young males, broadly covered by the "dream" amnesty.
Father Of Murdered Florida Mother Reveals Killer Was DACA Recipient. A grieving father in Florida has now revealed who murdered his daughter outside of a bar in Naples: Carlos Rodriguez, a convicted, illegal alien who is under protection by the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program.
2,139 DACA Recipients Convicted or Accused of Crimes Against Americans. As Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced the end of the Obama-created Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), from which more than 800,000 un-vetted young illegal aliens have been given protected status and work permits, the number of them who are convicted criminals, gang members, or suspects in crimes remains staggering. Below, Breitbart News has compiled a list of 50 of the 2,139 DACA recipients, deemed "DREAMers" by the open borders lobby, who have had their temporary protected status revoked due to crimes including: [...]
2,139 DACA "kids" convicted of other crimes. Barack Obama's unconstitutional "law" that protects people who claim they jumped the border as "children" is actually keeping 800,000 adults here who arrived illegally. Breitbart reports that 2,139 of these adults protected by Obama committed crimes including murder — and cannot be deported as judges pretend DACA is the law.
California Crime Wave Follows Criminal Justice Reform. In November 2014, California voters approved Proposition 47, which downgraded drug possession and many property crimes from a felony to a misdemeanor. As Debra Saunders reminds us, proponents argued that lesser punishment for low-level offenders would enhance public safety. Unfortunately, this utterly counterintuitive notion has not panned out. In San Francisco, according to a police spokesman, theft from cars is up 47 percent this year over the same period in 2014. Auto theft is up by 17 percent. Robberies are up 23 percent. And aggravated assaults are up 2 percent. (To be fair, burglaries are down 5 percent). How about Los Angeles? It has seen a 12.7 percent increase in the overall crime this year, according to the Los Angeles Times. Violent offenses are up 20.6 percent; property crimes by 11 percent.
Judge Sentences Illegal To 15 Years After Evidence Presented. Illegal immigration is a massive problem plaguing our country. Despite this, many on the left continue to advocate for policies protecting undocumented aliens from deportation. Because of this, innocent people are currently being harmed by people who shouldn't be in this country in the first place. For example, an illegal immigrant living in Danbury, Connecticut, was recently sentenced to prison for torturing a young girl in her care after "nanny cam" footage caught her burning, beating, and dragging the helpless child. [...] As a consequence, she was sentenced to 15 years behind bars.
DREAMer With Long History Of Arrests Charged With Murder. A 24-year-old man is in the Collier County Jail after one woman died and another was injured in an early Sunday morning [8/27/2017] shooting outside an East Naples bar, authorities said. Carlos Ruben Rodriguez, of the 4500 block of Gulfstream Drive, is charged with murder, aggravated battery with a deadly weapon and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, the Collier County Sheriff's Office said in a news release Sunday.
32 convicted sex offenders nabbed on Long Island, held by ICE. During a sweep, immigration agents nabbed 32 convicted sex offenders on Long Island and held them for deportation. The offenders, with convictions ranging from sex abuse to attempted rape, were grabbed during a 10-day crackdown that ended Aug. 3, Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials said. The initiative was dubbed "Operation SOAR," an acronym for Sex Offender Alien Removal.
Illegal Alien Shot a Woman In North Carolina. A woman is recovering at home after being shot during a disturbance in Seven Springs. The Wayne County Sheriff's Office says it happened around one o'clock Monday morning [8/7/2017] on the 2300 block of Piney Grove Church Road in LaGrange. When deputies arrived they found Megan Goodman with shotgun pellet wounds to her legs Willis Lane. Investigators say Goodman told them she had been shot during a disturbance at hone on Pine Grove Church Road. Deputies say the victim was able to get away and hid in field until seeking help. Goodman was treated and released from the hospital.
Group of Illegal Aliens Charged With String of Robberies in Denver. Denver prosecutors have charged four men accused of participating in two bank heists and robbing several businesses, including an adult entertainment shop, with felonies including aggravated robbery and kidnapping. The defendants are variously alleged to have been involved in five robberies and one attempted robbery that occurred in May and June this year, according to a news release Monday from the Denver district attorney's office. Alfredo Ray Garcia, 48, faces 44 counts, including violation of the Colorado Organized Crime Control Act, one count of second-degree kidnapping and 12 counts of aggravated robbery.
'Dreamer' from Honduras Beat Man to Death with Crowbar in VA.. A Newport News man who beat one of his co-workers to death and injured another last year was found not guilty by reason of insanity Tuesday [8/1/2017]. Circuit Judge Mary Jane Hall ruled after reviewing two psychiatric evaluations for Edwin Meza, 28, during a hearing on second-degree murder and aggravated malicious wounding charges. Meza attacked two of his co-workers without provocation while they were doing construction work last August on a house on Lake Whitehurst, prosecutors have said.
Homeless sex offender arrested for rubbing up on 12-year-old girl. A homeless sex offender with more than 40 prior arrests violated a 12-year-old girl from Ohio who was staying at a Midtown hotel with her family [8/2/2017], police said. [...] The girl then told her family, who alerted police. The pervert was captured a short time later as officers were canvassing the area for him.
Immigrants are 22 percent of federal prison population. A stunning 22 percent of the federal prison population is immigrants who have either already been deemed to be in the country illegally or who the government is looking to put in deportation proceedings, the administration said Tuesday [8/1/2017]. [...] The 22 percent is much higher than the population of foreign-born in the U.S. as a whole, which is about 13.5 percent. All told, the government counted more than 42,000 aliens in federal prisons as of June 24. About 47 percent already face final deportation orders, making them illegal immigrants, and 3 percent are currently in immigration courts facing deportation proceedings.
Prosecutors Look To Treat Illegal Alien Crimes Different From Actual Citizen Crimes. [Scroll down] In other words, there are games being played with the criminal justice system in order to protect illegal aliens who commit crimes above already being unlawfully present. This is the point where the federal system should jump in and charge prosecutors and district attorneys with things like prosecutorial misconduct and violations of immigration law, such as 8 U.S. 1324, providing shelter to an illegal alien.
Horrific Crime by Dreamer in a Sanctuary City Leads To Backlash. The crime by a so-called DREAMer in a Washington state sanctuary city was horrific. The teen girl suffered a broken orbital bone, a broken jaw, her ear was dangling off, her lip was damaged, she had head injuries, she lost teeth, her nose was broken, she couldn't talk and she was raped. Salvador Diaz-Garcia, 23 years of age, is charged with second-degree assault, second-degree rape and third-degree child molestation for perverted acts that occurred on June 25 at a kid's pool. The woman's mother called police about 10 p.m. that night, reporting that her daughter came home with a bloody head, missing teeth and wearing only a tank top.
Man Deported 20 Times Before Sexually Assaulting Elderly Woman, Police Say. Sergio Jose Martinez has a lot to answer for, say cops in Portland, Oregon. On Monday, the 31-year-old broke into a 65-year-old woman's home, sexually assaulted her, threatened to kill her before beating her up, stole her car, then attacked another victim, police claim. And it's not his first time violating the law. Besides prior criminal convictions, this suspect, an undocumented immigrant from Mexico, has been deported 20 times according to court documents obtained by KGW. Commissioners for Multnomah County, in which Portland lies, unanimously voted to expand their sanctuary policy for immigrants in December. The Department of Homeland Security said that they issued a detainer for Martinez that same month, but local authorities did not notify them after he was released from custody. For years, Multnomah had already stopped holding suspects for Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
Illegal Alien Allegedly Burns Apartments for Revenge, 130 Left Homeless. An illegal alien from Mexico sits in a North Carolina jail after allegedly setting fire to an apartment complex to get revenge on an ex-girlfriend. The fire left 130 residents homeless. Police arrested Jesus Reyes Lopez, 20, after he reportedly started a fire at the Woodscape Apartments in Charlotte, North Carolina late last week. The fire damaged 40 apartment units and drove 130 people from their homes, the Charlotte Observer reported.
U.S. immigration raids to target teenaged suspected gang members. U.S. immigration agents are planning nationwide raids next week to arrest, among others, teenagers who entered the country without guardians and are suspected gang members, in a widening of President Donald Trump's crackdown on illegal immigrants.
Or, to put it another way ...
U.S. ICE Officials Focus on Apprehending Obama's Criminal UAC Admissions. Many people might be familiar with the 2013/2014/2015 "Unaccompanied Alien Children" (UAC) crisis which stemmed from a specific President Obama policy/construct to allow a massive influx of South American migrants to enter the U.S. Despite most media reports to the contrary, a considerable number of those UAC's were teen and young gang members from South America, including MS-13 members. The aliens were granted entry by the Obama administration, supported by false assertions of refugee status and shipped to various regional locales.
Previously Deported Illegal Alien Caught Selling Cocaine in North Carolina. An illegal immigrant deported in 2016 after his arrest on drug charges in Johnston County has been arrested after he allegedly returned to the area and was caught selling cocaine. Luis Lauro Sarmiento, 51, of Clayton was deported after his arrest last year. The Johnston County Sheriff's Office was conducting an undercover investigation in April 2017 and learned Sarmiento had returned to the area.
Illegal Immigrants Face Criminal Charges for First Offenses. Migrants who are caught crossing the border illegally for the first time are now facing criminal charges in federal court in Arizona as the Trump administration steps up efforts to deter illegal immigration.
Cartel Violence Spills into Texas as Gunmen Storm Past U.S. Border Security. Two cartel gunmen fleeing from a raging gun battle with Mexican authorities ran through U.S. border security measures twice as they crossed into Texas and back; using their vehicle to ram barriers. The cartel gunmen were able to cross into Eagle Pass through International Bridge #2 by running the security checkpoints. Shortly after they crossed back through a second bridge that was closed at the time. The gunmen used their vehicle to ram security barriers and later ditched it escape on foot.
Ignorance of the Law is no Excuse — Unless You're a Refugee. A man in Manchester, NH was arrested on six counts of domestic violence. "According to court paperwork, he was accused of striking, pushing, grabbing, kicking and pulling out the hair of a woman who was 27 weeks pregnant at the time." It was evidently an open and shut case. The man, 33 year old Augustin Bahati, is a refugee from the Congo who was "resettled" in 2015. He, like many refugees, has been placed in Manchester, and many cities like it, without the permission, and quite often without even the knowledge of the city. The feds, under Obama, just brought in refugees and quietly bussed them to cities around the country. [...] You may be thinking — oh great — another immigrant clogging up the judicial system, and another for which we taxpayers must pay to incarcerate. You'd be wrong. He got off scot-free.
Illegal Alien Left a Man Facing Surgery After Horrific Beating. A Jacksonville man is accused of causing such damage to another man's face, he'll need reconstructive surgery. Johan Rivera-Hervert, 28, of Daisy Street in Jacksonville was arrested Friday by the Jacksonville Police Department and charged with felony assault inflicting serious bodily injury. Rivera-Hervert is accused of damaging a man's right orbital socket to the point that he'll need reconstructive surgery, according to warrants.
Anchor Baby Tried to Murder Family by Setting Fire to Home. A Fayetteville man will spend more than 35 years behind bars after pleading guilty to Arson and Attempted Murder. 32-year-old Nicholas Rodriguez set fire to his home in 2015, while three kids and three adults were still inside.
Illegalophilia and Islamophilia. When Nabra Hassanen was killed by Darwin Martinez Torres, the media rushed to blame Islamophobia and Trump. The truth was simpler. It was the left's own Illegalophilia that killed the Muslim teenager. [...] The murder happened in Fairfax County. Earlier this year, Fairfax County Chief of Police Ed Roessler had assured illegal aliens that they had nothing to worry about. The police were not going to do anything about them until they killed someone. "We're not targeting someone on the street that we may or may not know is here unlawfully," Deputy County Executive David Rohrer soothed.
Almost 10,000 refugees suspected of (organised) crimes in 2015 and 2016 alone. A Dutch police report that was supposed to remain hidden from the public now unveils that in 2015 and 2016 there are 104 cases of status-holders suspected of serious crimes, like armed robbery and sex offences. Furthermore, 183 are repeat offenders, while 9300 of them are suspected of committing a single offence. What makes this worse, is that large groups of asylum seekers seem to be part of organised crime groups, that trek from country to country, stealing on order.
Report: After Phoenix Dropped Sanctuary City Status, Crime Rate Fell. When the City of Phoenix ended its sanctuary city status crime began to fall, the Arizona Police Association reports. Their statement contrasts sharply with politically motivated chiefs of police from around the country. "When we eliminated our sanctuary policy back in 2008, we saw crime, violent and stolen vehicles fall by 25 percent," former Phoenix police officer and Executive Director of the Arizona Police Association Levi Bolton told Fox News Channel's William La Jeunesse in an interview. "We saw a 20-year low crime rate. When we were allowed and had the discretion to contact our federal immigration partners, crime fell drastically."
Mother: 'My Son Is Dead Because Politicians... Put Illegal Aliens Ahead of American Citizens'. Maureen Maloney, whose son was killed in August 2011 by a drunken, unlicensed undocumented immigrant, was addressing parents and relatives of Americans who have been victimized by people who came to this country illegally.
Deported MS-13 Gangsters Keep Sneaking Back Across U.S. Border. U.S. immigration officers keep apprehending and deporting members of the brutal Mara Salvatrucha (MS-13) gang, but they keep sneaking back across the southwest border into the United States, a high-ranking Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) official told lawmakers. "In many cases, we know who these individuals are. We have biometric identifiers. They've been arrested by the Border Patrol [USBP] or been arrested by ICE previously and removed and then re-entered the country unlawfully," testified Matthew Albence, the executive associate director for Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) at ICE, under oath.
Leftist Illegalophilia, Not Islamophobia, Killed a Muslim Teen. The murder happened in Fairfax County. Earlier this year, Fairfax County Chief of Police Ed Roessler had assured illegal aliens that they had nothing to worry about. The police were not going to do anything about them until they killed someone. [...] Fairfax County's refusal to investigate illegal aliens made it a magnet for a rising illegal alien population. Its jails have nearly 2,000 illegal aliens and the area has become a magnet for the El Salvadoran MS-13 gang. It's unknown whether Torres was an MS-13 member, but his behavior matches the extreme brutality and fearless savagery that the group, which has been lethally active in Fairfax, is known for.
A Renewed MS-13 — Courtesy of Obama's Lax Immigration. From 2009 to 2014, the number of UACs apprehended by the Border Patrol, mostly teenaged boys, increased 13-fold from El Salvador, 15-fold from Guatemala, and 19-fold from Honduras. Despite tendentious suggestions to the contrary, this was not a natural, unavoidable development. The increased crime and disorder in these three so-called Northern Triangle countries of Central America no doubt sparked greater interest in heading to El Norte, but it was Obama's response to the initial flow that transformed it into a flood. Mexicans caught at our southern border are sent back right away with relatively little fuss. But Mexico won't take back non-Mexicans — even though its officials often wave people through on their way north — so returning these OTMs (Other Than Mexicans) to their countries takes more time. That presents the authorities with two options: either detain them until they can be repatriated or, if you run out of detention space, give them a summons to report to an immigration court (called a "notice to appear") and let them go, even though it could be years before their scheduled court dates.
Judge Frees Illegal Immigrant MS-13 Member Because Of 'Rights Violations'. An Obama-appointed federal judge in Virginia early this month released a Honduran teen who sold drugs, illegally crossed the U.S. border, and was a member of the violent street gang MS-13. U.S. District Judge Elizabeth K. Dillon ordered the 17-year-old to be released because his "rights had been violated" after he crossed the Rio Grande and turned himself in to U.S. Border Patrol, the Washington Post reported. "The judge ruled that, by holding the illegal alien gangbanger without a hearing, the government violated his rights to due process and family unity," according to Judicial Watch. The former gang-member's identity has not been revealed due to his status as a minor.
Nearly 30% of illegal immigrant children at border have ties to MS-13 or other gangs. Nearly 30 percent of the illegal immigrant children the U.S. is currently holding in its secure dormitories have ties to criminal gangs, the government revealed Wednesday [6/21/2017], suggesting the Obama-era surge of Central Americans has fed the country's growing problem with MS-13 and other gangs. Federal officials refused even to guess at the true scope of the problem, telling the Senate Judiciary Committee that they can give only small snapshots of what they see. But they said the devastation on communities across the country is clear: killings and chaos, particularly among other immigrants — both legal and illegal.
Obama-Appointed BLM Activist Blames White People For Illegal Alien Murdering Muslim Girl. Leftists initially blamed Trump supporters and Islamophobes for the murder of 17-year-old Muslim teenager Nabra Hassanen, who was killed early in the morning on Sunday [6/18/2017] in Virginia. After police said the murder was not a hate crime, but was instead related to road rage and the suspect arrested for the crime was a 22-year-old illegal immigrant from El Salvador named Darwin Martinez Torres, their "Islamophobic Trump supporter" narrative was shattered.
Illegal Aliens Made Up 66% of Criminal Alien Convictions in Texas in 6 Years. The Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) reported that in the last six years around 220,000 criminal aliens have been booked in Texas jails. DHS confirmed to DPS that at least 148,000 or 66% of those criminal aliens had entered the U.S. illegally. The DPS report showed that almost 600,000 criminal offenses were filed against the criminal aliens from June 1, 2011, and May 31, 2017. 266,000 of those charges resulted in convictions.
Virginia: Muslim girl a victim of illegal alien's road rage, not hate crime. A young illegal alien is accused of brutally murdering a Muslim teenager in Fairfax County, Virginia near a mosque. Darwin Martinez Torres, a 22 of El Salvador, is responsible for the beating death of 17-year-old Nabra Hassanen, according to police, NBC Washington reported.
Liberals Blamed White Supremacy For Muslim Teen Murdered By Illegal Immigrant From El Salvador. Liberals on Twitter are blaming white supremacy and Donald Trump for the murder of a Muslim teen, despite the fact that the suspected murderer is an illegal immigrant from El Salvador.
20 Phoenix Cops Murdered Since 1981 — 7 by Illegal Aliens. The Phoenix Police Department (PPD) has lost 20 officers to murder since 1981 — seven of those officers were killed by illegal aliens. With its close proximity to the U.S.-Mexico border and being situated in the path of main drug trafficking routes for Mexican transnational organized criminal groups (cartels), the PPD and other law enforcement agencies in the Phoenix metro area have suffered numerous deaths and serious injuries to officers at the hands of criminals illegally in the United States. Some of these criminals had numerous previous deportations, but were able to re-enter the U.S. through its porous southern border.
Illegal Alien Murderer Had Murdered Before. The illegal alien who murdered a father and two sons in San Francisco in 2008 not only evaded deportation with the city's help but also had murdered before, the San Francisco Chronicle has revealed. Even worse, the FBI knew it and did nothing. According to the Chronicle, an informant from the Salvadoran MS-13 gang told the FBI that Edwin Ramos, convicted on July 30 for murdering 49-year-old Tony Bologna and his sons, Michael and Matthew, had murdered a gang foe before he cut down the three Bolognas in a hail of gunfire. Another son, Andrew, survived the attack. The revelation adds another shocking detail to the story of an illegal alien who received the protection of leftist San Francisco officials in defiance of federal immigration law.
Previously Deported Would-Be Cop Killer and Child Rapist Re-Arrested in Arizona. Border Patrol agents working in the Tucson Sector arrested two previously-deported Honduran nationals with felony convictions. One of the men had previously been convicted of attempting to kill a police officer while the second had a conviction for sexual activity with a child. The agents assigned to the Ajo Station observed a man illegally crossing the border near the Lukeville Port of Entry early on Thursday [6/8/2017]. After he made his way into Arizona, agents apprehended him and took him to the Ajo Station for processing, information obtained from U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officials by Breitbart Texas revealed.
Media Blackout: Border Patrol Agent Kidnapped, Fingers Cut Off by Assailants. An off-duty Border Patrol agent suffered serious injuries Friday night [6/9/2017] after an apparent assault in New Mexico. At about 11 p.m. Friday, a motorist found the off-duty agent "on the side of the road" in Doña Ana County, New Mexico, according to a news release from U.S. Customs and Border Protection. "The agent suffered multiple, serious injuries to his head, chest and hands," according to the news release. "Emergency Medical Services transported the agent to a nearby hospital where he is being treated for his wounds. The agent is in stable condition."
Border Patrol Agent was Kidnapped, FBI Leads Investigation. A leaked official document from the El Paso Sector Intelligence and Operations Center reveals that the injured off-duty Border Patrol agent who was discovered on the side of a roadway on June 9, 2017, is believed to have been kidnapped prior to sustaining severe injuries to his "head, chest, and hands." Breitbart Texas exclusively obtained the document from a trusted source operating under the umbrella of Customs and Border Protection (CBP).
Lawrence illegal immigrants swept up in raid prove Sununu, LePage right. Where do New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu and Maine Gov. Paul LePage go to get their apologies from the Democrat hacks and the fake-news media who were so recently blasting them as xenophobes and nativists for pointing the finger at the illegal immigrant drug dealers wreaking havoc on their states? As recently as March, Sununu said there's "no doubt" illegal Dominican drug dealers from Lawrence are involved in peddling heroin in the Granite State.
Presidents Bush and Obama to blame for harm caused by illegal immigrant deported 17 times. Former Presidents Bush and Obama owe a personal apology to the family of a California boy gravely injured by an illegal alien. They should also pay for the child's medical bills.
The Democrats' Second Secession & America's New Civil War. [Scroll down] Mexico is composed of two main ethnic groups: the descendants of the Spanish conquistadors who enslaved and slaughtered the indigenous Indians, and the descendants of the Indians. In other words, actual oppressors and actual oppressed. When members of these two groups cross into the United States, however, they both become "people of color," therefore oppressed; therefore, deserving of special sensitivities, special allowances, special privileges — all without regard to their individual histories and merits. That is why criminal migrants from Mexico, who are here illegally, can commit felonies against Americans, including rape and murder, and become a cause for progressives and Democrats, who create "sanctuary cities" and policies to protect them. Because they are people of color and allegedly oppressed.
Obama admin knew gang members were part of illegal immigrant surge: Whistleblower. The Obama administration knowingly let in at least 16 admitted MS-13 gang members who arrived at the U.S. as illegal immigrant teenagers in 2014, a top senator said Wednesday [5/24/2017], citing internal documents that showed the teens were shipped to juvenile homes throughout the country. Sen. Ron Johnson, chairman of the Senate Homeland Security Committee, said a whistleblower turned over Customs and Border Protection documents from 2014 detailing the 16 persons who were caught crossing the border.
Almost two dozen MS-13 gang suspects arrested in early-morning sweep. Twenty-one people accused of being part of the notoriously violent MS-13 gang were arrested Wednesday as federal and local investigators forced their way into homes and businesses across Los Angeles County in a pre-dawn sweep that came as a result of a more than two-year racketeering investigation. At least two dozen locations were raided by investigators with the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, the FBI and officers with the Los Angeles Police Department.
Previously Deported Felon Shot Limo Driver in Arizona. A man suspected of shooting a limo driver in the leg twice on Sunday in Phoenix has been linked to two other shootings, Maricopa County court records show. Zhair Zamora-Sepulveda, 29, was booked into Maricopa County's Fourth Avenue Jail Sunday [5/14/2017], police said.
Three Illegal Immigrants Arrested For Kidnapping Texas Lawyer. Police in Orange County, Tex. have arrested three illegal immigrants connected to the abduction and robbery of a local attorney. Detectives with the Orange County Sheriff's Office tracked down German Adalid Borjas-Benitez, 19, Henrry Eduar Rivera-Antunez, 17, and Erik Pagoada-Bustillo, 17, in Port Arthur, Tex. on Friday [5/12/2017], 12NEWS reported. All three suspects are illegal aliens from Honduras, police confirmed.
Three Illegals Arrested for Kidnapping — Mainstream Media Silent. 3 Illegal teens have been arrested in Orange County, Texas in a vicious kidnapping. Because this sick crime goes against the liberal media and Obama era narrative of all illegals being innocent little dreamers, there is a complete media blackout and the story has only been covered by outlets such as Breitbart and the local news.
Biggest ICE gang raid ever: 1,378 arrests, 21 murder charges, 3 'Dreamers'. In pure numbers, ICE said, "Of the 1,378 total arrested, 1,098 were arrested on federal and/or state criminal charges, including 21 individuals arrested on murder related charges and seven for rape and sexual assault charges. The remaining 280 were arrested on administrative immigration violations. Of the total arrested, 933 were U.S. citizens and 445 were foreign nationals from 21 countries in South and Central America, Asia, Africa, Europe and the Caribbean." The Trump administration has made criminal gangs and illegals with criminal records a priority. The administration has put a special focus on MS-13, the gang from Latin America.
Twilight Zone: Mexicans Are Upset About Immigrants Bringing Crime To Their City. Residents of a Mexican city are upset about immigrants causing crime, according to a Tuesday report from El Universal. The report said that there was a press conference held in Tapachula by a leader of a local group called: "For a different Mexico." The group's president, Victorino Alvarez Fuentes, said that immigrants were urinating in public and sexually assaulting women and minors. Tapachula is near the Guatemalan border and besides immigrants from Central American countries, there has been a recent influx of African immigrants entering Mexico seeking to eventually get to the U.S.
Baltimore Sun: Say, Could Someone Explain Why Illegal Aliens Are Treated Better Than U.S. Citizens in Court? On the bright side, illegal aliens are mostly not responsible for the massive spike in crimes, shootings, stabbings, and murders in Charm City. What with all that crime, one can understand that the police would have illegals as lower rungs on the ladder. But, they still go after people who violate traffic laws, do they not? Of course, the number of police working for Baltimore has dropped precipitiously since the city decided to demonize the police.
Group reportedly chanting 'MS-13' stabs and robs man in New York City. A group of men reportedly shouting "MS-13" stabbed and robbed a man in New York City on Saturday [5/6/2017]. Three men stabbed the victim at around 8 p.m. in Queens and stole $600 from him on the sidewalk, authorities told NBC New York. Police told the station the group was screaming "MS-13" during the attack.
Thousands Flee Chicago For Safer Areas Of The Country As America's Third Largest City Becomes A Gang-Infested Wasteland. Of course we aren't supposed to talk about the fact that this is quietly happening in communities all over America. This is one of the reasons why there is such a disparity in real estate prices these days. The wealthy are willing to pay a substantial premium to live with other wealthy people in areas that are far away from all the violence. [...] Would you want to raise your children in an area where this was going on?
DoJ Releases First Estimate of Number of Foreigners Held in Federal Prisons: Over 45,000. This is the first time we've troubled ourselves to attempt a first-pass count — we count everything in this country. We have whole sections of government devoting to counting every thing in America — air conditioners, cars, gay and transgender students at risk, etc. The only things we don't count are the things the Ruling Class doesn't want the public to know the numbers on.
Housing Illegal Aliens in America's Jails Costs $1.2 Billion. Nearly a quarter of the inmates in federal prisons were born outside the U.S., and more than half of those have final deportation orders, the Department of Justice said Tuesday [5/2/2017].
DOJ: One in Four Federal Inmates Is Foreign-Born. The Justice Department published statistics on the prison population to comply with directives in President Donald Trump's January executive order overhauling the immigration system. The foreign-born prison population as of March 25 totals 45,493, or 24 percent of all federal inmates. Of that group, 3,939 now are American citizens. That leaves 41,554 inmates who remain citizens of foreign countries. Some 22,541 of them, or 54.4 percent, have final orders to be deported once they've completed their sentences. Another 33.4 percent, 13,886, are under investigation by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents for possible deportation.
Rape charges dropped against immigrant teens in Maryland high school case. Rape charges against two teenage illegal immigrants accused of raping a 14-year-old girl in a Maryland high school bathroom in March were dropped on Friday [5/5/2017]. A judge granted the defense attorney's request to drop charges of first-degree rape and first-degree sexual offense charges against 17-year-old Jose Montano. "Facts in this case do not support the original charges," John McCarthy, state attorney for Montgomery County, said. "Prosecution is untenable." McCarthy said that Montano will be released immediately and referred to juvenile court on pornography charges, and 18-year-old Henry Sanchez will now face pornography charges. No other charges are being pursued.
Sanctuary City Cops Refused to Release These Images of an Illegal Immigrant Fugitive Accused of Rape. A once-deported illegal immigrant accused of raping a Massachusetts college student is on the run, according to Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials. Luis Baez, 34, also known as Pedro Valentin, has fled town after a state judge released the Dominican national on $2,500 bail — despite requests from the state prosecutor to set bail at $100,000, and despite ICE's request to place an immigration detainer on him.
Three illegal immigrant MS-13 gang members arrested for attempted murder in Long Island machete attack. Police in New York say three members of the MS-13 gang, all illegal immigrants, have been charged with attempted murder. Brothers Fidel Hernandez, 23, and Jose Hernandez, 26, and 18-year-old Miguel Urias Arguenta face attempted murder charges in a Sunday [4/30/2017] machete attack in Westbury, New York. Nassau County police said the attack took place shortly after 1am, after the Hernandez brothers got into a dispute with a 19-year-old.
New Orleans Mother Raped And Murdered By Illegal Immigrant Released In 2015. The direct result of Obama's catch and release policies.
Baltimore Announces Illegal Aliens Can Commit Any Crimes They Want. Baltimore's murder rate is out of control. It's so bad that they've asked for Federal help. Meanwhile their split lefty personality is taking sanctuary city to its logical conclusion. California and other sanctuary jurisdictions have been complaining of Federal personnel showing up to bust illegal aliens. But they can't bust them if you never charge them.
'Dreamer' Molested 6-Year-Old Girl at Shopping Center. A 26-year-old man has been arrested and charged with sexually assaulting a 6-year-old girl at a shopping center in Panorama City. Jorge Enrique Lopez-Maza is accused of assaulting the girl behind some recycling bins in a parking lot on Friday [4/21/2017].
Man in U.S. illegally admits he kidnapped, raped girlfriend. A Honduran man who has repeatedly been deported pleaded guilty Thursday [4/27/2017] to kidnapping, interstate domestic violence and illegally entering the country, U.S. Attorney for New Jersey William Fitzpatrick said. Jose Amaya-Vasquez, 32, was arrested in Texas in 2005 for attempting to enter the country illegally. He was released but failed to appear for a court date. In June 2014, police in Kansas City arrested Amaya-Vasquez for domestic assault after he pushed his girlfriend into a table. He was later turned over to immigration officials, who deported him.
Suspect in Rape of 9-Year-Old Girl Had Already Been Deported. These are the people who Democrat-donating judges are going out of their way to protect as they "resist" law and order.
Man accused of sexually assaulting 9-year-old Oregon girl was deported to Mexico in 2001. The man accused of sexually assaulting a 9-year-old Oregon girl is a career criminal who was once deported to Mexico, authorities said. Investigators are still searching for Santiago Martinez-Flores, 48, who they have linked to the crime through physical evidence gathered at the scene. Martinez-Flores allegedly assaulted the girl while she was asleep in her Clackamas County home on Feb. 26.
Ganging Up in America. Out on Long Island, law enforcement seems one step behind the infamous MS-13 gang who recently killed another four teens and are suspected of killing scores of people in Suffolk County, New York alone. In Rockville, Maryland, despite the media's best attempt not to report it, outrage spread across the country when two immigrant teens, of which at least one is in the country illegally, allegedly raped and solemnized a 14-year old girl in a public school restroom. Over shadowed in this horrific story is that the prosecution is in possession of photographs showing both suspects flashing gang symbols.
Twice-Deported MS-13 Member Wanted For Three Murders Caught In Texas. A law enforcement fugitive from El Salvador and member of the Mara Salvatrucha (MS-13) gang, who is wanted for aggravated homicide and discharging a firearm, was deported Friday by officers with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) in San Antonio. The government of El Salvador has a program called "Los 100 Mas Buscados," among which today's detainee is part of.
Wife beater's delight: Authorities shield abuser from justice keep him from being deported. Have the sanctuary cities' quest to shield everyone from deportation superceded every other claim on justice? That's certainly the case in San Jose.
Half of FBI's 'Most Wanted' [are] not Americans, one [is] here illegally. There's something missing on the FBI's Most Wanted list — the expected domination of Americans. On the current list, which includes two who have recently been captured, four of the remaining eight are non-Americans, one of whom entered the country illegally. Walter Y. Gomez is Honduran and wanted for an MS-13 murder.
21,362 Illegal Aliens Arrested Under Trump So Far. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has ramped-up arrests of illegal aliens during the first weeks of President Trump's term. According to newly released statistics by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), originally requested by The Washington Post, arrests of illegal aliens increased 32.6 percent during the first several weeks of the Trump Administration. Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrested 21,362 illegal aliens from January 20 through March 13, an increase of 5,258 from the same period in 2016.
Illegal Alien Kidnapped, Repeatedly Raped Autistic Woman. Two men, one who is an undocumented resident living in the United States illegally, have been charged with kidnapping, rape, and sexual abuse after a missing 22-year-old woman with autism was found in Greene County. 25-year-old Luis Arnold Lopez-Lara, an illegal alien, and 23-year-old Helmer Alexander Erazo were charged with two counts of rape, one count of sexual abuse, and two counts of kidnapping. Two other men involved also have pending charges.
61% of federal criminal arrests are of non-citizens. The liberal Pew Research Center analyzed new data from the Bureau of Justice Statistics and found that most of the people arrested and charged with crimes by the federal government are not citizens. While immigration violations now are half the arrests made by federal agents, non-citizens also made up a disproportionately high percentage of those charged with crimes by the federal government.
John Kelly: 'Even A Single DUI' Could Start Deportation For Illegal Aliens. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary John Kelly confirmed Sunday that federal immigration authorities won't shy away from arresting illegal immigrants who would have been ignored under the Obama administration. New categories of criminal aliens will be targeted for deportation, not just those who've committed headline-grabbing crimes like rape and murder, Kelly said on NBC's "Meet the Press." "Someone, as an example, with multiple DUIs," he said, is the kind of illegal immigrant that would draw attention from immigration authorities. "Even a single DUI, depending on other aspects, would get you into the system," he added.
Illegal Aliens Caught Committing "Minor" Crimes Are Now Getting... Arrested. [Scroll down] Perhaps they aren't the ones that Trump said he would go after, but, he's not sitting their approving each and every illegal who ICE goes to detain. Furthermore, ICE typically picks up the low and no crime illegals because they have outstanding deportation orders already on the books. Double furthermore, this same thing happened under Obama. Because Obama was only going to micro-manage ICE operations so much. Just because Trump said he would "prioritize" does not mean ICE won't pick up those with other crimes or no crimes. And, really, is DUI not a serious crime? When you drive under the influence, usually alcohol, you are drastically increasing the danger to other people. Fraud usually involves stealing legal citizen's information, which can ruin their lives. Oh, and none should be here in the first place.
'Dreamer' Repeatedly Molested 7-Year-Old Girl in North Carolina. A 19-year-old Raleigh man was charged early Wednesday with three counts of taking indecent liberties with a child between Dec. 1 and Monday [4/3/2017]. Detectives who investigate sex crimes charged Douglas Benjerman Henriquez-Martinez after questioning him at their offices on Green Dairy Road, records showed. Police said the victim in the case was a 7-year-old girl who already knew Henriquez-Martinez. Henriquez-Martinez was 18 at the start of the period police listed in the charges.
Three MS-13 gang members are charged with second-degree murder of a missing 17-year-old Virginia teen. Three MS-13 gang members have been charged with second degree murder of a missing teenager. The body of 17-year-old Raymond Wood was found lying in the middle of Roaring Run Road by a motorist in Bedford County, Virginia, on Monday. Authorities detained and charged Victor A. Rodas, 19, Jose Corea-Ventura, 21, and Lasandro A. Vasquez, 24, of Maryland, with second-degree murder of Wood. Police said all three men are known MS-13 gang members and are illegal aliens.
Suspects in death of teen are gang members, Bedford County sheriff says. Three Salvadoran MS-13 gang members have been charged with second-degree murder in relation to the death of 17-year-old Raymond Wood, Bedford County Sheriff Mike Brown announced Friday afternoon [3/31/2017]. Victor Arnoldo Rodas, 19; Jose Coreas-Ventura, 21; and Lisandro Posada-Vazquez, 24, have been arrested and charged with second-degree murder, Brown said during a news conference at Central Virginia Community College's Bedford campus. All three are undocumented immigrants and were arrested by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement on Tuesday after initially being detained by the Bedford County Sheriff's Office, according to an ICE spokesperson.
Attorney General Sessions Has A Plan To Deport Illegals As Quickly As Possible. This has made Democrats very sad and very angry, which, to be fair, is their normal state of being. Even though Democrats constantly state that they want to get rid of the bad illegal aliens, they seem to be hell bent on defending them. Because the bad ones are the ones that ICE is mostly scooping up. Ones convicted of crimes like arson, burglary, robbery, major drug offenses, identity theft, homicide, rape, and child molestation.
Alleged rape only latest violent incident at Rockville H.S.. A videotaped alleged assault at Rockville High apparently took place before the infamous alleged rape and one victim and parents wonder whether officials are committed to safety.
ICE Report Dumps Cold Water On A Favorite Defense Of Sanctuary Cities. An Immigration and Customs Enforcement report puts a damper on the argument that sanctuary cities aren't a problem because they only shield non-violent illegal immigrants. Sanctuary city proponents often say their policies limiting cooperation with federal immigration authorities don't endanger public safety. As ICE's latest weekly declined detainer report shows, however, many county and city law enforcement agencies regularly release criminal aliens who have been convicted of violent crimes, including domestic battery and sexual assault. The report, which covers February 4-10, tallied 47 declined detainer requests from two dozen jurisdictions across the country.
Two More Deported Sex Offenders Busted Crossing Border. Border Patrol agents apprehended two Mexican nationals crossing the border in southern Arizona after being previously deported for sex crimes. Agents assigned to the Tucson Border Patrol Station arrested Vicente Gonzalez-Hernandez hear Sasabe, Arizona, late Thursday. Agents transported the Mexican national to the Tucson station for processing. U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) records revealed that Gonzalez-Hernandez has a lengthy criminal history that includes a conviction for "felony assault to commit mayhem/rape" in the state of California, according to information received by Breitbart Texas from CBP spokesman Rob Daniels. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers removed him from the country following his one-year prison sentence.
What Does It Take to Declare a School 'Unsafe'? [Montgomery County, Maryland] citizens have since learned that an illegal immigrant can be 18 years old, enroll in the public schools, undergo no background check, and because they have no verifiable high school credits, automatically be enrolled as a freshman, putting them in the same classes as 14 and 15-year-olds. Under the law, the school cannot ask about the student's immigration status; the school system chooses to not perform background checks on incoming students. In this light, the shock is not that this happened, the shock is that this hasn't happened until now.
CNN hammers Fox News for covering alleged gang rape of 14-year-old by illegal immigrant. CNN's Brian Stelter condemned Fox News for covering the alleged gang rape of a 14-year-old Maryland high school student by at least one illegal immigrant. He said coverage of rape is normally reserved for the local news and suggested Fox News is only covering this one because of the ongoing debate about illegal immigration.
Father of Maryland high school rape suspect arrested by ICE. The father of an 18-year-old Rockville High School student charged with the rape of a fellow classmate has been arrested for being in the country illegally, according to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). ICE spokesperson Sarah Rodriguez said 43-year-old Adolfo Sanchez-Reyes was arrested last Friday "after a review of his immigration history revealed he was unlawfully present in the United States" from Guatemala.
The Consequences of Immigration for America's Public Schools. It is difficult to overstate the impact that immigration is having on our nation's schools. In a recent report based on Census Bureau data authored by myself and colleagues Bryan Griffith and Karen Ziegler, we map the profound impact immigration has had on schools across the country.
On FNC, Defense Attorney for Rockville Rape Blames Trump for Public Outrage. Friday night [3/24/2017] on Fox News' The First 100 Days, host Martha MacCallum interviewed the attorneys defending one of the illegal immigrants accused of raping a 14-year-old girl at Rockville High School, just over a week ago. The two lawyers defending 17-year-old Jose Montano blasted what they called the "sensationalized" coverage of the story, (despite the media blackout of its coverage). The primary defense attorney even blamed Trump's immigration policies for spurring undue outrage at the story.
Anchor Baby Raped 14-Year-Old Girl, Allowed to Bond-Out. Gabino Vargas-Perez was a junior at Central High School when a 14-year-old girl told police he raped her. He posted $5,000 bond and then disappeared. Prosecutors said Vargas-Perez, 20, is a legal U.S. resident, but his parents are in Guatemala. The victim's family says the damage has been done, and now they fear justice will never be served.
In Maryland Rape Case, Liberals Adhere to Political Correctness. On the morning of March 16, a 14-year old girl was allegedly raped by two illegal aliens in a high school bathroom in Rockville, Maryland. One of the alleged rapists, Henry Sanchez-Milian, is an adult, 18 years old, while the other suspect, Jose O. Montano, is 17-years old. They have been charged with first-degree rape and two counts of first-degree sexual offense for allegedly dragging the young girl into the boys' bathroom, sexually assaulting her and forcing her to perform sexual acts. This incident has shocked the nation and exposed the dangers of open borders and lax immigration enforcement. By allowing millions of illegal aliens into this country, the safety of law abiding Americans has been put at risk. Daily, tragic stories are reported of Americans being victimized by illegal aliens. This case is even more disturbing for the victim is an innocent 14-year old girl.
Rape of Maryland schoolgirl has illegal alien advocates in desperation mode. Advocates for illegal alien immigration and diversity proponents are on the defensive as a result of the brutal rape of a 14-year-old girl at a Maryland school by 2 illegals. But they are trying to defend the indefensible, and in so doing, they have resorted to ignoring the immigration status of the attackers, or, as in the case of major media outlets, pretending the attack didn't happen.
Illegal immigrant, 54, strangles popular 49-year- old teacher's aide to death in her Boston home. An illegal immigrant is alleged to have strangled a 49-year-old woman to death inside her home in the Boston suburb of Worcester, Massachusetts earlier this month. Sandra Hehir's body was found in her apartment on February 5, according to The Boston Globe. The Worcester district attorney's office said it obtained DNA evidence which links Jose Melendez, 54, to the crime. Melendez, who was arrested last week, has a history of run-ins with law enforcement.
5 Facts About Sandra Hehir And Her Illegal Immigrant Murderer. The case of a slain teachers aide has caused much concern in the Boston suburb of Worcester, MA since Sandra Hehir's body was found in her home on February 5th of this year.
High School Rapists Entered U.S. as Unaccompanied Alien Children, Lived in Sanctuary County. The teenage illegal immigrants charged with raping a 14-year-old girl in the bathroom of a Maryland public high school last week entered the United States under an Obama program that's accommodated tens of thousands of Central American youths who crossed the Mexican border. The administration coined them Unaccompanied Alien Children (UAC) and portrayed them as innocent, desperate kids fleeing violence and famine in their homeland. Most are from Honduras, El Salvador and Guatemala and the influx has overwhelmed border agents, government health agencies and military bases that serve as shelters not to mention public schools nationwide.
Reading, writing, and raping. Rape was once a capital crime almost everywhere. But the politically correct culture, with its gift for dumbing down everything, regards rape now not as a felony, but a misdemeanor, something like shoplifting. The abduction of a 14-year-old girl at Rockville High School in Maryland's Montgomery County by two classmates, newly arrived illegal immigrants, who are charged with torturing, raping and sodomizing her in the boys' restroom, has outraged most of the residents of the county. But some of the county officials, not so much. Outrage is fatiguing. In Montgomery County, which aspires to be a sanctuary for illegal aliens in trouble with the law, it's more fashionable to be outraged by Donald Trump.
Networks censor rape story involving illegal immigrant. The "big three" networks — ABC, CBS, and NBC — continued their shameful blackout into Wednesday night of the horrifying rape of a teenage girl in a Maryland high school bathroom, allegedly by two men, including one who police say is in the U.S. illegally. Instead, the pathetic liberal media that's shown no interest in the Rockville High School case complied with Rolling Stone in giving more than 10 minutes of coverage in two days to the fake 2014 claim that a University of Virginia fraternity gang-raped a female student.
Mayors of sanctuary cities should be thrown in jail. Moms and dads in Montgomery County, Maryland are terrified and angry — and with good reason. They don't know how many more illegal immigrant predators might be living among them — waiting to brutally rape another 14-year-old American school girl. The Washington Post reports the two men accused of raping a ninth-grader on March 16 at Rockville High School came into this country illegally. Jose Montano, 17, and Henry Sanchez Milian, 18, were among tens of thousands of young people who crossed the U.S.-Mexico border illegally in 2016, the Post reported. In other words, former President Obama let them into the country.
MS-13 gang member deported 4 times stabbed 2 women, abused child, cops say. A member of the MS-13 street gang who had been deported from the U.S. four times stabbed two women and sexually assaulted a 2-year-old girl in a New York City suburb, according to local police. Tommy Vladim Alvarado-Ventura, 31, attacked the child Tuesday in the Long Island town of Hempstead while the girl's mother was at work and he was babysitting, Nassau County Police said in a news release. Prosecutors said he later attacked a woman outside a bar early Wednesday after getting into an argument over buying marijuana, punching and stabbing her in the back, thigh and mouth before running away, according to police. The woman was hospitalized with a collapsed lung.
Border union: Obama policies cause of 14-year-old's rape in school. Open door immigration policies put in place by the Obama administration were cited a cause for the alleged rape of a 14-year-old student inside Maryland high school by two illegals, according to the head of the Border Patrol union. Brandon Judd, president of the National Border Patrol Council, cited the former administration's "catch and release" program for letting the two illegals charged in the rape into the United States. In Senate testimony, he said, "Had we done our job that 14-year-old girl would never have been raped. Period. That's all there is to it."
Dreamer Charged with Murder of Two Teens in Colorado. A 19-year-old man was booked on first-degree murder and kidnapping charges in the deaths of two teens who were found dead on the side of a Colorado road, authorities said. Gustavo Marquez, 19, was also charged with aggravated robbery and child abuse resulting in the deaths of Derek Benjamin Greer, 15, and Natalie Partida, 16, according to the El Paso County Sheriff's Office. The victims' bodies were found on the side of a road about 15 miles from their Colorado Springs high school.
Are alleged Rockville rapists Unaccompanied Alien Children? That is the question I have about the story you can't possibly have missed over the last day or two. Were the pair (one from Guatemala and the other from El Salvador), who are behind bars in Maryland for dragging a 14-year-old girl into a boys bathroom and raping her considered 'refugees' by the Obama Administration that would have been in charge of them if they turned themselves in at the border as part of the flood of 'children' that invaded our border for years during the Obama presidency, so-called UACs? Keep an eye out for any news about whether they were actually under the protection of the federal Office of Refugee Resettlement.
Rockville High School Rape - Montgomery County School Superintendent Press Conference. The Montgomery County Public School superintendent, Jack R. Smith, held a press conference last night [3/21/2017] to discuss the rape of a 14-year-old ninth grade student by two illegal alien students, also enrolled in the ninth grade, aged 17 and 18. Mr. Smith begins the press conference by stating anyone who opposes undocumented adult illegal aliens being allowed to enroll in Montgomery County Public Schools with young students is a bigot and a racist. The far-left political advocacy of this progressive School Superintendent is stunning. This school district is so far over the ideological deep end, it seems hopeless for the residents and parents.
The Editor asks...
How many more 19-year-olds are enrolled in 9th grade classes in Montgomery County?
18-Year-Old Illegals Allowed into the 9th Grade Brutally Rape a 14-Year-Old Girl Right in a School Bathroom. Two dangerous and violent Obama "DREAMERs," both illegals from Guatemala, were arrested for brutally raping a 14-year-old girl right in a Maryland high school bathroom last week. The two males are both nearly past high school age but were put into the 9th grade with 14 and 15 year old American children even as they should never have been allowed into government funded schools at all. The two monsters, Henry E. Sanchez, 18, and Jose O. Montano, 17, were allowed to enter the ninth grade due to their relative ill-educated ignorance. This is typical with the people who streamed into our country during Obama's reign of terror on this nation. They have no education, often cannot speak English, and usually can't even write in their own language, much less English. Yet these lawbreakers come here, and what is the first thing our left-wing lawmakers allow? That's right, they let them enter school on our dime. It is also very common for these illegal aliens to be put in grades with children several years younger than they.
Obama tried to legalize migrant accused of murdering 15-year-old step-daughter. The Obama administration last year began the process of granting legal status to a 36-year-old illegal immigrant with a long criminal rap sheet whom agents had twice tried to deport and who now stands accused of killing his 15-year-old girlfriend, mother of one child with him, and pregnant with another. The Texas case, involving Armando Garcia-Ramirez, a Mexican, is raising new questions about immigration enforcement under President Obama, as supporters of President Trump point to the matter as proof of a broken-immigration system. Mr. Garcia may even have been the girl's stepfather at the time he impregnated her — something federal authorities apparently missed last year after he was arrested for smuggling five other illegal immigrants into the U.S.
30 Countries Are Refusing To Take Back Illegal Immigrants Convicted Of Serious Crimes. Approximately 30 countries are refusing to accept the deportations of illegal immigrants who have committed serious crimes in the U.S., according to Texas Rep. Henry Cuellar. While these countries are refusing to accept the deportations of these criminals, the U.S. government is still issuing visas and student visas to citizens of those countries, according to the Texan congressman. There is already a law on the books which allows the U.S. to hold visas from a country that is not taking back its criminals, but according to Cuellar, the U.S. is not enforcing it.
Deported killer caught heading back into US from Mexico. Border Patrol agents have arrested a Mexican man who had been deported from the United States last month after serving a prison term for reckless homicide in Tennessee.
Police: 2 students charged with raping girl in high school bathroom. Police have charged 17-year-old Jose Montano and 18-year-old Henry Sanchez with first-degree rape and two counts of first-degree sexual offenses. The suspects were arrested at Rockville High School by investigators. They are both are being charged as adults. [...] Although the two suspects are 17 and 18 years old, they were enrolled as freshmen because they both arrived in the United States only a few months ago and were taking English as a Second Language (ESL) classes. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has now lodged an immigration detainer on Sanchez. Prosecutors said he came to the U.S. from Guatemala and has only been in the country for seven months.
Two of President Obama's Undocumented Alien "Children" Brutally Rape 14-Year-Old Maryland Student During School. Those of you who have followed the Undocumented Alien Children (UAC) story, which began in the summer of 2014, will note the nationality of two UAC's who brutally raped a 14-Year-Old Rockville Maryland Student. Henry Sanchez, 18, originally from Guatemala and Jose Montano, 17, a native of El Salvador, brutally raped a 14-year-old high school student on Thursday [3/16/2017]. Sanchez had a pending illegal alien removal case (deportation order) pending, which was not carried out while immigration activists tried to block the deportation.
ICE targets 'sanctuary city' Philadelphia in arrest of 248 criminal illegals. Making good on the president's campaign pledge to target illegal immigrants with criminal records or facing charges, Immigration and Customs Enforcement Tuesday announced the arrest of 248 in just three states, including 50 previously deported. ICE officials said that the arrests by Enforcement and Removal Operations were in Pennsylvania, West Virginia and Delaware. They occurred Monday, Feb. 27, 2017 through Friday, Mar. 10, 2017. "ICE officers make extraordinary efforts to keep our communities safe, and this operation is just a small example of what they do every day. ERO officers took oaths to protect the homeland and to arrest individuals in violation of immigration laws," said ERO Philadelphia Acting Field Office Director Jennifer Ritchey in a statement. "This operation resulted in multiple arrests of individuals with violent criminal arrests or convictions in the three-state region," she added.
Illegal Immigrant Crime: The Real Story. Deal with it, Democrats: illegal immigrants commit crime far more often than legal immigrants. [...] Why is the media fabricating a false narrative that illegal immigrants commit fewer crimes than American citizens? Here's why: To attack President Trump's immigration policies, most notably his travel ban. How moronic do the journalists at CNN[,] the New York Times and the rest of the mainstream media think we are? And why is no one exposing this huge scandal?
Guatemalan teen killed cousin, fled to Missouri, authorities allege. Authorities have arrested a Guatemalan teen who they say murdered his cousin, then fled the state. Jose Lazaro Gonzalez, 18, has been charged with the Feb. 26 murder of 27-year-old Marvin Lazaro, Acting Essex County Prosecutor Carolyn Murray and Caldwell Police Chief James Bongiorno announced in a release Wednesday [3/8/2017].
Illegal Migrant Beheads Mother in North Carolina. Police arriving on scene in North Carolina were shocked to find illegal migrant, Oliver Mauricio Funes Machado, holding his 35 year-old mother's head in one hand and a large knife in the other. Eighteen year-old Machado is from Honduras and lived with his mother in Franklin County.
Illegal Immigrant Teen Beheaded His Mother, Say Police. An illegal immigrant has been charged with first degree murder after allegedly beheading his mother with a butcher knife. Oliver Mauricio Funes-Machada, 18, has been confirmed to Breitbart Texas by the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency as an illegal immigrant living in North Carolina from Honduras.
2 Salvadoran murder, kidnapping suspects had Satanic shrine. Authorities say two gang members from El Salvador who had a Satanic shrine in their Houston apartment are suspects in the killing of one teenager and the kidnapping of another.
Dreamers Brutal Murders: From Dreams to Nightmares. Twelve of Obama's DREAMERS recently murdered 7 American citizens and kidnapped another. All suspects belong to MS-13, a gang that runs drugs and mayhem across the Western hemisphere. Two criminal illegals in Houston stand accused of kidnapping, rape, and murder. Miguel Angel Alvarez-Flores, 22 and 18-year-old Diego Alexan Hernandez-Rivera are from El Salvador. Reminiscent of hardened serial killers, the pair laughed, smiled, and waved in court on Wednesday [3/1/2017].
Obama's DREAMers accused of killing eight people. Thirteen DREAMers from El Salvador stand accused of seven murders, including beating to death two Long Island girls with a baseball bat. In Houston, two more DREAMers from El Salvador face charges of kidnapping one girl and murdering another girl in a Satanic ritual in their apartment. They are members of MS-13, a gang that runs drugs and mayhem in America thanks to decades of open borders policies by both Presidents Bush as well as Clinton and Obama. While Congress never passed the DREAM Act, it is de facto law as the Washington Establishment has prevented the border patrol from going after minors or illegal aliens brought here as minors.
Six MS-13 gang members busted in Long Island teens' murders. Two Long Island teens, inseparable in life, walked together into a deadly September attack by four homicidal gangbangers swinging baseball bats and a machete. The quartet of killers, along with their two leaders in the brutal MS-13 street gang, were charged Thursday [3/2/2017] in the revenge killings of Nisa Mickens, 15, and Kayla Cuevas, 16, federal authorities said.
MS-13 gang members indicted in killings of three NY teens. Several members of the notorious Salvadoran gang MS-13 have been arrested and indicted on federal charges in the killing of three teenagers that shocked a Long Island community last year. The arrests were made in a series of raids Thursday morning [3/2/2017] in Suffolk County executed by FBI and Suffolk police. Local and federal law enforcement have been cracking down on gang violence following the murders of the teenagers in Brentwood, N.Y., last year. MS-13 has been blamed for 30 other killings on Long Island since 2010.
Alleged MS-13 gang members accused in Houston woman's 'Satanic' murder. Two alleged MS-123 gang members, Diego Hernandez-Riversa, 18, and Miguel Alvarez-Flores, 22, were charged Wednesday [3/1/2017] in a case involving the killing of a Hispanic woman in Houston as part of a 'Satanic' ritual. The pair had been arrested Monday and charged the following day with aggravated kidnapping in a different case. The MS-13 gang, also known as the Mara Salvatrucha, has roots in El Salvador and a violent record in several countries. The MS-13 first reached into the U.S. in the 1980s and has become a well known international street gang.
A Nation of Immigrants — Only If They Assimilate. Anyone who visits Japan is struck by the ethnic homogeneity of the nation. If you meet a Caucasian, a black or a Hispanic in Japan, you can be all but certain that the person is visiting or studying there, not a citizen. Likewise in the United States, there is direct correlation between ethnic homogeneity and low levels of violence. According to 2016-2017 data, the four states with the lowest percentages of violence are:
Vermont — where 95 percent of the population is one race (white).
Maine — where 95 percent of the population is one race (white).
Wyoming — where roughly 93 percent of the population is one race (white).
New Hampshire — where roughly 94 percent of the population is one race (white).
Man suspected in Amber Alert had been previously deported, immigration officials say. The man suspected of taking a 6-year-old Connecticut girl prompting an Amber Alert on Friday [2/24/2017] had previously been deported, federal immigration officials said. Oscar Hernandez was taken into custody on Friday following a high-speed car chase and crash on Interstate 99 in Benner Township, Pennsylvania. State police said he had refused to pull over when a state trooper spotted the car, which had been the subject of an Amber Alert. Federal immigration officials said Hernandez is a citizen of El Salvador and had been previously deported on Nov. 27, 2013. He has prior felony convictions including assault and threatening. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement had placed a detainer on him, an agency spokesman said in a statement.
Previously Deported Illegal Goes On Murderous Rampage Days After CT Gov Refused To Work With ICE. Just days after Connecticut Governor Dannel Malloy ordered police not to cooperate with ICE in enforcing immigration laws, a previously deported illegal alien went on a murderous rampage killing a mother and stabbing her friend.
Arizona Sheriff Releasing 400 "Criminal Illegal Immigrants" Every 10 Days. An average of 400 "criminal illegal immigrants" are being released every 10 days by the newly elected sheriff in Arizona's most populous county, federal law enforcement sources tell Judicial Watch, many of them violent offenders. It's part of Maricopa County Sheriff Paul Penzone's new policy to protect illegal aliens, even those who have committed serious state crimes, from deportation. [...] During a recent 10-day period, more than 400 criminal illegal immigrants were released from the Maricopa County Jail, according to federal law enforcement officials directly involved in the process in Phoenix. Weekdays are the busiest, with an average of about 40 criminal illegal aliens getting released from Maricopa County Jail facilities, the sources said. On weekends the number drops to about ten each day.
Supreme Court divided over U.S.-Mexico border shooting. A closely divided Supreme Court struggled Tuesday [2/21/2017] with what one justice called the "very sympathetic case" of a Mexican teenager shot and killed from across the border by a U.S. Border Patrol agent. Denied any legal recourse by lower courts that said Sergio Adrián Hernández Güereca lacked constitutional protection inside Mexico, the 15-year-old's parents received encouraging support from the high court's liberal justices during an hour[-]long oral argument that could prove pivotal.
ICE: Yes, 75 Percent Of Illegal Immigrants We Arrested Have Criminal Records. Over the past couple of days, immigration enforcement agents have round up almost 700 illegal aliens — 75 percent of which had criminal records. Rep. Nancy Pelosi disputed the claim, but Immigration and Customs Enforcement also confirmed the figure released by the Department of Homeland Security.
Dingbat Nancy Pelosi Stands Up for "Our Values" Defending a Self-Confessed Gangbanger. Democrat dingbat Nancy Pelosi once again demonstrated some very sketchy Democrat values. She is characterizing an ICE action as against "our values". ICE took a gangbanger into custody. She left that out when she made her statements in his defense. "In another assault on our values in the past week we had witnessed ICE raids across our nation targeting parents, students and a DACA-protected DREAMer. We talked about some of this yesterday with their members," the dingbat said. But Nancy is advocating breaking up the family! The criminal father is being deported.
ICE Wanted to Deport This Man: His Release Led to Murder. Ever Valles, 19, was arrested in October for multiple charges, including possession of a weapon, vehicle theft and eluding. The Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents (ICE) flagged him to be detained with the expectation that when he was released by Denver jail officials, ICE agents would be notified and then would take Valles into federal custody. [...] According to ICE, Valles is a known gang member and a citizen of Mexico. He was made an ICE priority due to his criminal history and gang affiliation. On Friday [2/17/2017], he and his partner, Nathan Valdez, were arrested in a violent crime on the Denver-Lakewood border, which resulted in murder of the first degree. Had Valles been properly handled, this tragedy would never have occurred.
MS-13 Gang Linked to Disappearance Of Young Girls in Maryland. Baltimore's most violent gang, the MS-13, has been linked to a number of kidnappings which may have likely resulted in murder. Reports from authorities indicate that the gang could be recruiting children as young as 11-years-old! The gang had been dismantled a decade ago when most of its members were imprisoned. However, the spate of attacks reveals a probable resurgence. A fifteen-year-old Damaris Reyes from Gaithersburg is a notable victim who fell prey to MS-13. She was eventually killed and details of her murder captured in a video described by Virginia's Fairfax County Police Chief as "horrific"
Two charged with sex assault on Morristown child. Two undocumented immigrants from Honduras were indicted Thursday [2/16/2017] on multiple charges of sexually assaulting a girl in Morristown beginning when she was 8 years old until last year, when she was 14. A third man who also is undocumented — Jose Bueso, 20 — was charged last year with abusing the same girl, but he quickly pleaded guilty in October to touching an intimate part of her body in June and was sentenced last month to four years in state prison. Bueso, who also lived in Morristown, faces deportation to Honduras when he finishes his sentence.
Arizona Bill Would Dish Out Harsher Penalties For Illegal Immigrants. Activists in Arizona are rattled over a new bill brought before the state Senate that would dish out harsher sentences for undocumented immigrants compared to U.S. citizens, according to AZfamily.com. The bill under consideration, SB 1279, will also make it impossible for undocumented felons to be released early on parole.
Hundreds of immigrants convicted and not deported committed more crimes — even murder. At least 121 killings within a four-year span were carried out by convicted immigrants who were not deported, according to a 2015 U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee document recently reviewed by el Nuevo Herald. Every year, federal immigration authorities release foreign nationals convicted of crimes — including murder — both because the U.S. Supreme Court has prohibited indefinite detention or because their countries refuse to take them back even after immigration judges have ordered deportation.
Mother Of Son Killed By Illegal to Pelosi: Which One Of Your Children Is Expendable For An Illegal Life? At a CNN townhall Tuesday night [1/31/2017], Nancy Pelosi was asked by a sobbing mother who lost her son to an illegal immigrant, who she said brutally tortured him before death, which one of her grandchildren she would give up to make room for an illegal. "If you need to go home tonight and line up your babies as you say, and your grandbabies, which one of them could you look in their eyes today, and tell them that they're expendable for another foreign person to have an a nicer life? Which one would you look to say, you, my child, are expendable for someone else to come over here and not follow the law and have a nicer life?" Laura Wilkerson, who said her son was "slaughtered" by an illegal immigrant, asked Pelosi.
Border Patrol agent assaulted by undocumented immigrant. A U.S. Border Patrol agent avoided getting stabbed by an undocumented immigrant thanks to his radio.
Trump to publicize crimes by illegal immigrants in 'sanctuary cities'. President Trump plans to publish a weekly list of crimes committed by illegal immigrants in the Big Apple and all other sanctuary cities that do not cooperate with federal immigration authorities. The list will inform citizens and others about "public safety threats associated with sanctuary" cities, according to an executive order Trump signed Wednesday. "The [Homeland Security] Secretary shall utilize the Declined Detainer Outcome Report or its equivalent and, on a weekly basis, make public a comprehensive list of criminal actions committed by aliens and any jurisdiction that ignored or otherwise failed to honor any detainers with respect to such aliens," the order said.
Man who allegedly stole $1.6M in gold flakes in NYC arrested in Ecuador; was reportedly deported 4 times. The man police say snatched $1.6 million worth of gold flakes from an armored truck in New York City in September was arrested Thursday [1/19/2017] in Ecuador, The [New York] Daily News reported. The report said Julio Nivelo, 53, was deported four times to Ecuador, but managed to make his way back to the U.S. Federal agents from Homeland Security assisted in his capture. The report said authorities believe Nivelo made his way from New York to Florida and then to California. It is believed he made his way to Ecuador from California.
Authorities: Trooper was shot by driver he sought to help. The man who shot and severely beat an Arizona state trooper last week was a former member of the Mexican federal police who was in the country illegally, authorities said.
Illegal Alien Rapes 5-Year-Old Girl In 'Sanctuary State' California. The entire basis for the liberal claim that Donald Trump is a racist stems from from his announcement to run for president. Back in 2015 Trump promised he would put an end to illegal immigration and said that some illegal aliens are rapists. Hillary Clinton and the willing liberal media twisted this true statement into a false allegation that Trump called all immigrants, especially Latino ones, criminals. The reality is that Trump only called some illegals rapists and part of that reality is that he was 100% correct.
Illegal immigrant suspected of sexually assaulting 5-year-old in California. Authorities in Southern California were searching for an illegal immigrant from El Salvador on Wednesday [1/11/2017] who is accused of sexually assaulting a 5-year-old girl. Fullerton police said Rigoberto Arevalo Cubias, 30, is suspected of engaging in sexual intercourse of sodomy with a child under the age of 10 years old after an investigation, which started in late December. Authorities believe Cubias might have a fraudulent California driver's license, according to CBS Los Angeles. Cubias also has an outstanding $50,000 arrest warrant from a 2014 DUI. Police say he goes under many different aliases, including Jose Cubias, Jose Cubias Arevalo, Jose Riberto Cubias and Jose Alfonso Cubias Arevalo. Investigators Cubias may have ditched his car and cellphone in an attempt to throw off police.
Mexican man accused of rape had 19 deportations, removals. A Mexican man accused of raping a 13-year-old girl on a Greyhound bus that traveled through Kansas had been deported 10 times and voluntarily removed from the U.S. another nine times since 2003, records obtained by The Associated Press show.
Trump is Set to Deport 820,000 Criminal Illegal Aliens — 81% are Felons. President-elect Donald Trump has said that he will deport many of the illegal aliens who are criminals. A recent report indicates that there are at least 820,000 illegal aliens in the US with criminal records. Among those, 81% are convicted felons. While many have theorized that illegals who have been convicted of crimes other than being here illegal number about 2,000,000, the Center for Immigration Studies indicates that the number of criminal illegals are larger than the populations of the states of Wyoming, Alaska, Vermont and North Dakota.
Report: 820,000 criminal illegals, 84% with felonies, serious misdemeanors. Illegal immigrants with criminal records, the deportation priority of President-elect Trump, total at least 820,000, with most having felony and serious misdemeanor convictions, according to a new report. Some estimates have suggested up to two million criminal illegals, but the numbers cited by the Center for Immigration Studies still show an enormous group larger than the populations of four states, Alaska, North Dakota, Vermont or Wyoming. The immigration think tank cited numbers from the Urban Institute. That group downplayed the crimes and also questioned deporting any of those who are parents of children who might get left behind.
Illegal immigrant accused of killing 2 in hit and run had been deported 8 times. The illegal immigrant wanted for allegedly killing two people in a hit-and-run case in Kentucky had been deported eight times, the Department of Justice has confirmed. Miguel Angel Villasenor-Saucedo, 40, is wanted for the Oct. 22 drunken car crash that killed two women in Louisville. Villasenor-Saucedo was most recently deported in 2013.
Land of the Free, Home of the 33,000 Violent Street Gangs. The FBI says that altogether, the United States is now home to about 33,000 violent street gangs, with a presence in all 50 states. There are an estimated 1,350 gangs in Los Angeles alone. [...] There are a total of 1.4 million criminally active gang members across the country. That means for every two sworn law enforcement officers in America, there are three gang members. The number of violent gang members today is 40 percent higher than in 2009, and 25 times higher than in 1975. And the figure keeps growing each year.
Border Patrol agents continue to be attacked in the Rio Grande Valley. The incident occurred Thursday evening [11/24/2016] when Weslaco Station Border Patrol agents assigned to the riverine unit were patrolling the Rio Grande near Hidalgo, Texas. The agents reported that three subjects on the Mexican side of the river began throwing rocks at them.
Woman accused of murder, kidnapping baby was living in US illegally. A Dallas woman accused of killing a Wichita mother and taking her baby was in the country illegally when she was released from a Kansas jail this summer before immigration officials had a chance to request she be held, law enforcement authorities said Wednesday [11/24/2016].
Man who indirectly caused death of Florida deputy had been deported twice before. A man from El Salvador who indirectly caused the death of a Florida sheriff's deputy had been deported twice before, most recently in September. During a court hearing on Monday, Francisco Portillo-Fuentes told a federal judge he wanted to plead guilty to illegally re-entering the United States but claimed his innocence in regard to Deputy Eric Oliver's death. Oliver, a Nassau County deputy, was fatally struck by a passing SUV while he was chasing Portillo-Fuentes on foot.
Two-time deportee arrested in killing of Florida sheriff's deputy. Nassau County Sheriff's deputy Eric Oliver might still be alive if the Obama administration took illegal immigration more seriously. Oliver was struck by a vehicle full of illegal aliens that fled from Florida Border Patrol agents on Tuesday, law enforcement officials say.
America's Sanctuary City Nightmare. A litigation battle is raging between the states and President Barack Obama over his attempt to impose a nationwide "sanctuary" policy for illegal aliens. Yet, there is no question that existing sanctuary policies implemented by numerous towns and cities have victimized innocent Americans. Those sanctuary policies have enabled illegal aliens to commit thousands of crimes — crimes that would not have occurred had their perpetrators been deported in keeping with existing law. In 2011, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) released a study on approximately 250,000 illegal aliens locked up in our federal, state, and local prisons. They represent more than a quarter of all of the prisoners in the federal prison system alone. The GAO's "study population" had been arrested nearly 1.7 million times and committed three million offenses, averaging about seven arrests and 12 offenses per criminal alien.
Illegal Alien Rapes Girl in Ditch as Border Apprehensions Skyrocket. On Halloween night in Northern Virginia, a young woman's horrific nightmare really did come true. An illegal alien forced her car off the road with his SUV. He then dragged her out of her vehicle into a ditch and raped her for hours. He left his shirt behind with her when he took off. The victim was finally able to call for help. She was taken to a hospital for treatment. Three days later, Roberto Carlos Flores Sibrian was arrested at the construction site that he works at in North Carolina. Authorities ascertained that he was an illegal alien with no documentation and no ID.
Uncle Charged In Death Of Child Found In Well; Was In US Illegally. Smith County Sheriffs have confirmed that Gustavo Zavala-Garcia, 24, was charged with Capital Murder for the death of Kayla Gomez-Orozco, 10. "He's given us information from him, and we've been able gather enough evidence in our investigation to charge him with that crime," said Smith County Sheriff Larry Smith. A relative of the slain little girl, Zavala-Garcia was the lone suspect in the case.
Report: East Texas Child Murdered by Previously Deported Illegal Alien. Law enforcement officials in East Texas are reporting the alleged murderer of 10-year-old Kayla Gomez-Orozco is a previously deported illegal alien from Mexico. Officials with the Smith County jail confirmed to Breitbart Texas that Gustavo Gonzalez, 24, is currently being held in the jail on an immigration detainer from Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers. Gonzalez was also confirmed to be a Mexican national by the jail official.
Previously deported illegal immigrant charged with sex crimes. A Union County man who was previously deported and is in the country illegally was arrested on Thursday on sex charges involving two victims, including a minor, the sheriff's office said. Felipe Carrera Santiago, 36, was charged with second-degree sex offense and attempted second-degree sex offense. He was jailed on $50,000 bail. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has filed an immigration detainer against Santiago. He will remain in custody pending disposition of the Union County charges, the sheriff's office said.
The safety of US citizens must come before criminal aliens. Last year, Jean Jacques brutally murder Casey Chadwick, a 25 year-old young woman in Connecticut. Jacques had been released from prison a year earlier after serving seventeen years for attempted murder. Rather than being deported by the federal government — as he was in the U.S. illegally — Jacques was simply put back on the streets in the U.S. because his native Haiti refused to take him back. Casey and hundreds of others have had their lives taken by criminal aliens, and thousands more have been victims of rape, molestation, assault and theft. There is absolutely no reason that criminal aliens — those who are non-citizens with criminal convictions — should be put back onto American streets, yet that is exactly what is happening by the thousands each and every year.
Sanctuary city illegal immigrant sparks $61M fire in national forest. Angel Gilberto Garcia-Avalos had been deported five times in just the past four years, yet each time he has managed to sneak from Mexico back into the U.S., where he ended up in more mischief: driving without a license, attempted burglary and felony weapons charges. In August, he graduated to full-fledged mayhem, sparking a fire in the Sequoia National Forest that has already cost the government $61 million and left some of the country's most beautiful landscape scarred for years to come.
Texas soccer coach, an undocumented immigrant, accused of abusing 8 players. A soccer coach in Texas was arrested after he was accused of sexually abused eight of his players — boys between 10 and 15. Police say more players are likely to come forward. Marcos Ramos, an undocumented immigrant living in Corsicana, Texas, is also is wanted in his native Guatemala for sexually assaulting children, police said. He faces three counts of aggravated sexual assault of a child and five counts of indecency with a child.
35 members of notorious gang with links to El Salvador arrested in N.Y.. Thirty-five suspected members of a Long Island gang have been arrested amid a string of brutal killings, including the discovery of a teenager's skeletal remains.
Criminal Aliens Sexually Assault 70,000 American Women — But Paul Ryan Targets Trump. In July of 2015, an illegal alien allegedly broke into the home a 64-year-old Air Force veteran Marilyn Pharis while she was asleep in her bedroom. Using a claw hammer, the illegal alien and his accomplice began savagely beating the elderly woman, according to police. Authorities say they shattered her eye sockets, strangled her, broke her neck bone, raped her, and left her for dead. Pharis, described by her family as a "gentle" woman, desperately tried to fight back as she was pinned down in her own bed under the heavy weight of her assailant as he was crushing the bones in her face with his hammer, according to police. Pharis died a few days later in the hospital.
10-times deported Mexican man accused of raping a child on a Greyhound bus. A man from Mexico who had been deported 10 times in the last six years is behind bars on charges of raping a child on a Greyhound bus. Hays Post reported Tomas Martinez-Maldonado, 41, sexually abused a 12-year-old girl while on Interstate 70, in Kansas' Geary County, late last month. "A Greyhound bus had made a stop in Kansas City and there was an alleged rape that occurred on the bus, however they had no idea where this rape took place," Geary County Sheriff Tony Wolf told Hays Post.
Mexican Illegal Alien Deported Ten Times Since 2010 Charged With Child Rape. A Mexican illegal alien allegedly raped a girl in Kansas in September after being deported ten times in the past six years alone, according to reports. Tomas Martinez-Maldonado, reportedly born around 1978, allegedly raped his child victim on September 27.
Getting Facts Straight on Illegal Alien Crime. Kimberly Mehlman-Orozco, writing in Washington's The Hill newspaper on October 10 about the issue of deporting illegal aliens, claimed, "In fact, there is a scholarly consensus, which has concluded for years that these foreign nationals [referring to illegal aliens], despite their violation of civil immigration law, commit proportionally fewer criminal offenses than U.S. citizens." She is identified as having a Ph.D. in criminology, law and society so she should know, right? Wrong. There is a scholarly consensus that immigrants in general — legal and illegal — commit fewer criminal offenses than U.S. citizens, but that is only because the legally admitted immigrants have a much lower crime incidence than the native-born population and outnumber the illegal aliens by three to one. That statistic based on the combined foreign-born population, disguises the incidence of criminality by illegal aliens alone.
Mother Tells Story of Daughter's Murder at Hands of Illegal Alien. The cold-blooded murder of 22-year-old Shayley Estes, at the hands of Russian illegal alien Igor Zubko, is the subject of a new video produced by the Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR). "Illegal immigration is not a victimless crime," said FAIR President Dan Stein. "More often than not, those in favor of mass immigration attempt to sweep that fact under the carpet," he said. "But we refuse to let that happen." The video features a moving testimonial by Shannon Estes, Shayley's mother, who discusses the tragic loss of her daughter and the heartbreak her family suffered after her daughter alerted police that she was being stalked by Zubko, who was in the United States on an expired visa.
Previously deported man shoots woman, good Samaritan who came to her rescue. Brian Geer was shot on Oct. 1 after he went running to help a woman who was frantically banging on his front door. Geer's home surveillance camera captured the whole thing as the woman was trying to escape the suspect, Jesus Garcia-Chavez, at Geer's front door. [...] Garcia-Chavez has a long criminal record and was wanted on two outstanding warrants. He was illegally in the U.S. after previously being deported.
Illegal Alien Kidnaps and Rapes Six-Year-Old Girl in Texas. Police say Edis Moya Alas kidnapped the girl Saturday [10/8/2016] from her home in southeast Fort Worth. [...] Alas was interviewed by Immigration Customs Enforcement and it was determined he is in the country illegally.
Reverend offers sanctuary to undocumented man with domestic battery charge. Rev. Jose Landaverde and his church, St. Peter the Apostle Mission, have become a safe haven for an undocumented man and his 7-year-old daughter. Lorenzo Solorzano Morales is facing deportation for a domestic battery charge arrest in 2011. According to Kane County Court and police records, he pleaded guilty to the misdemeanor offense a few months following the arrest. He was accused of pulling a woman's hair during an argument.
US immigration policies allow gangs to thrive in violence-plagued NY community, say critics. Critics say a combination of federal and local policies is being blamed for rolling out the red carpet for illegal immigrants, some of whom have committed violent crimes, allowing them to pour into a Long Island, N.Y., neighborhood where four teens have been murdered in recent weeks. Federal policy that allows Central American children apprehended by Border Patrol to be placed with illegal immigrant sponsors has sent thousands of teens to the region in recent years. While most don't arrive as hardened gang members, many are placed in homes with little supervision, say critics.
'They Keep Finding Bodies': Gang Violence in Long Island Town Fuels Immigration Debate. Brentwood, a hardscrabble town of nearly 60,000 on Long Island, 40 miles east of Manhattan, has reached another crisis point. For nearly two decades, MS-13, a gang with roots in Los Angeles and El Salvador, has been terrorizing the town, the authorities say, especially its young people. Since 2009, its members have been accused of at least 14 murders, court and police records show. School officials are scrambling. Police officers are searching. Students are frightened. Parents are anguished.
Unarmed black man killed by police near San Diego had twice been ordered deported. A Ugandan refugee fatally shot by police in El Cajon, Calif., on Tuesday [9/27/2016] had twice been ordered by an immigration judge to be deported because of criminal convictions but was allowed to remain in the United States when Uganda refused to accept him, officials said Thursday [9/29/2016].
Suspect in two Texas killings, kidnapping had been deported three times, authorities say. Juan Navarro Rios, 40, was arrested Tuesday night after he barricaded himself in an apartment complex in an Austin suburb and set fire to part of the building, according to police, who said they grabbed him as he tried to flee down a staircase. He is suspected of shooting and killing two motorists in the Dallas area, and kidnapping a landscape worker in Austin.
NY town mourns 4 murdered teens, and some blame federal immigration policy. The village of Brentwood, on New York's Long Island, is nearly 2,000 miles from the Mexican border, but with four dead teenagers, it has become a flashpoint in the debate over federal immigration policies and their possible links to gang violence. The murder last week of Brentwood High School students, Nisa Mickens, 15, and Kayla Cuevas, 15, and the discovery of two sets of human remains, males ages 17 and 19, in a wooded area adjacent to the Long Island Railroad have allegedly been linked to the MS-13 gang that has wreaked havoc in Brentwood.
Trump to Victims of Illegal Alien Crime: You Have Been 'Forced into the Shadows'. On Saturday [9/17/2016], Republican nominee Donald Trump addressed the American families victimized by open borders that have been "forced into the shadows" by both establishment politicians and media elites. "Help is coming," Trump told the angel families, assuring them that "their loved ones will not have died in vain." At a Saturday luncheon hosted by the Remembrance Project, a group that represents the American victims of illegal alien crime, Trump honored the "stolen American lives" and pledged to "advocate for justice on behalf of all American victims."
Trump: Open Borders Cost American Lives. Donald Trump says he is "shining a national spotlight" on Americans killed by immigrants living in the United States illegally and vowed to deliver justice to the families of the victims. "What is the acceptable number of lives to be lost in the name of illegal immigration? Let me tell you what that number is: zero," Trump said Saturday [9/17/2016] at anti-illegal immigration group's conference in Houston, Texas.
Sanctuary Jurisdictions Protect Nearly 12,000 Criminal Illegal Immigrants in 19 Months. The recent murder committed by a twice-deported illegal immigrant gangbanger in a Maryland sanctuary county makes the following information both enraging and unbelievable; nearly 12,000 illegal immigrants with criminal histories were protected from federal authorities by sanctuary jurisdictions in the U.S. during a 19-month period, according to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) figures obtained by the Washington D.C.-based Center for Immigration Studies (CIS). A few weeks ago CIS published a map identifying about 300 jurisdictions that have official policies shielding illegal aliens from federal authorities. During a 19-month stretch from January 1, 2014, to September 30, 2015, more than 17,000 federal detainers were rejected by these sanctuary jurisdictions, CIS found. Around 11,800 of the detainers, or 68%, were issued for individuals with a prior criminal history.
An Illegal Immigrant Sexual Predator Terrorizes Austin, Texas. Nicodemo Coria-Gonzalez, a 26-year-old illegal alien from Mexico now in custody in Austin, Texas, is thought by detectives to be a violent serial sexual predator who since December had terrorized women in North and Northeast Austin. Previously deported five times, he could serve as Donald Trump's new poster boy for get-tough deportation policies and a massive border wall — replacing San Francisco's Juan Francisco Lopez-Sanchez, the undocumented Mexican immigrant facing murder charges for shooting 32-year-old Kathryn Steinle as she strolled with her father along a trendy pier. That crime inspired "Kate's Law." Like Austin's Coria-Gonzalez, Lopez-Sanchez had a long rap sheet and had been deported five times.
Unaccompanied minors swelling ranks of American gangs, say experts. A surge of unaccompanied children coming across the southern border could be swelling the ranks of one of America's most dangerous gangs, either as fresh recruits or hardened sleepers, according to federal authorities. Some 227,149 unaccompanied children have been apprehended at the border over the last six years, according to the U.S. Border Patrol. They remain in federal custody until a sponsor can be located, at which time they are often sent to communities where they are ripe for recruitment by Latin gangs such as the infamous MS-13.
Hispanic Activist Who Criticized Trump's Mexican Rapist Comments Arrested for Raping Illegal Immigrant. You might remember a Hispanic political activist named Tony Yapias, who was extremely critical of Donald Trump's assertion that some illegal Mexican aliens were rapists. [...] This week Tony Yapias has been arrested for rape. However, not only was Yapias arrested for rape — his victim was, ...wait for it..., yep, an illegal alien.
Sanctuary State: New Mexico State Police refuse to ask for cop killer's citizenship status! The Alamogordo, New Mexico Alamogordo Daily News reported on September 2, 2016 that 33-year-old Police Officer Clint Corvinus was fatally shot on September 3, 2016 by 38-yr-old wanted fugitive Joseph Moreno. In the shootout, following a routine traffic stop, involving Moreno, Officer Corvinus, and a second Police Officer, Christopher Welch, Moreno was also fatally shot.
Meet Thong Vang: Illegal Alien Child Rapist Hillary's State Department Did Not Deport, Shoots Two Officers. An illegal alien and convicted child rapist was able to shoot two California corrections officers on Saturday [9/3/2016] because Hillary Clinton's State Department refused to enforce the law and take actions that would have forced his home country to repatriate him. On Saturday, Thong Vang, a 37-year-old Laotian national, shot and critically injured two corrections officers in Fresno, California. Vang had previously served sixteen years in prison for gang raping three girls under the age of 14[.]
Illegal alien charged in daughter's 'chilling' slaying. An illegal immigrant twice kicked out of the country — and sporting a "Kiss My A--" tattoo on his neck — vowed to see his teenage daughter "in hell" as he shot her in the face and pumped her back full of bullets for snubbing him on Father's Day, authorities said. "It is disturbing that he'd been deported and came back into the country illegally, but he's here," Bristol District Attorney Thomas M. Quinn III said yesterday [9/6/2016] after Walter Gomes Da-Silva, a 45-year-old Brazilian, grinned widely as he pleaded not guilty to murder and firearm charges. "This is a very chilling set of circumstances — a father being accused of killing his teenage daughter. We'll just have to see how it plays out."
Left-Wing Journalist: Moms Whose Sons Were Murdered By Illegals Like 'Hate Group'. On Wednesday night [8/31/2016], Donald Trump gave an immigration speech that managed to elate the likes of Immigration-obsessed Ann Coulter while successfully pulling off Trump Pivot 5.0. In one powerful moment nearing the end of the speech, the Republican nominee invited the mothers of children who were murdered at the hands of illegal immigrants, referred to as "Angel Moms," on stage. A left-wing journalist with a past steeped in anti-Americanism and anti-Semitism likened these "Angel Moms" to a "hate Group."
More Than 28,000 Mexican Citizens [are] Housed in U.S. Federal Prisons. There are 28,683 Mexican citizens being housed in U.S. federal prisons as of the most recent statistics, PJM has learned. The figure represents the total number of inmates with Mexican citizenship in the custody of the U.S. Federal Bureau of Prisons as of July 30, 2016, out of the total 193,391 inmates. Mexican inmates are currently the second largest group of inmates based on citizenship of the total federal prison population at 14.8 percent, behind U.S. citizens at 77.8 percent. In May, the number of Mexican citizens housed in federal prisons was higher at 29,371 out of 194,991 total inmates. The bureau could not provide the specific number of inmates in their custody who are illegal immigrants.
FBI Agent Affidavit Reveals MS-13 Gang Member Was Instructed to Say He Was a Refugee. A February affidavit from a Federal Bureau of Investigation special agent about the transnational gang MS-13 reveals a member was instructed to say he is "fleeing the violence in El Salvador" when dealing with police. The FBI special agent details how Joel Martinez, aka "Animal," was promoted to "homeboy" status in a Boston MS13 gang after stabbing 15-year-old Irvin De Paz to death in September 2015. According to the affidavit, rival 18th street gang members sought to kill Martinez and he had to flee. One MS-13 member, "told Martinez that when dealing with the police he should be humble and say that he is fleeing from the violence in El Salvador," FBI special agent Jeffrey Wood wrote.
17,000 criminal illegals shielded from deportation by 'Sanctuary Cities,' 1,591 jails ignore feds. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump on Wednesday [8/31/2016] said he will end the practice of some 300 cities, towns and states giving "sanctuary" to illegal criminal immigrants instead of handing them over to federal authorities for deportation. In a statement issued as he readied for a meeting with Mexico's president and later his delivery of a major address on immigration, his campaign issued a statement detailing the outlines of his plan.
Report: Sanctuary Cities Ignored 17,000 ICE Detainer Requests. Sanctuary jurisdictions across the U.S. ignored 17,000 requests to detain illegal aliens eligible for deportation, the overwhelming majority of whom had prior criminal records, in less than two years according to a new report. According to the Center for Immigration Studies, there are approximately 300 sanctuary jurisdictions, from cities to counties to states, that hinder immigration law enforcement and protect dangerous illegal aliens from deportation. Sixty-eight percent of the 17,000 requests were made for illegal aliens with criminal histories.
Court says cockfighting conviction should not be deportable offense. The court discussion boiled down to this: How similarly should chickens and people be viewed? An immigration court ruling held that being involved in an illegal activity — such as cockfighting — that hurt a chicken was, in essence, harming a member of a "protected class of victim," and thus a crime involving "moral turpitude." That view of cockfights denied a Mexican man, Agustin Ortega-Lopez, the right to contest his deportation. But on Tuesday, a federal appeals court said that in this case, chickens were not the same as people, and remanded the case back to immigration court, according to the Los Angeles Times.
Trump brings mothers of children 'slaughtered' by illegal immigrants on stage at Texas rally. Donald Trump charged Hillary Clinton with planning to 'let everybody in' to the country as he met with the mothers of children 'slaughtered' by illegal immigrants and vowed to go after criminal immigrants. Trump charged Clinton of planning a 'massive amnesty' just hours after he told Fox News host Sean Hannity there could be a 'softening' in his deportation plans. 'There have been hundreds of immigrants and their children [killed] inside the United States since 9/11 and a number of terrible attacks like the Boston bombing, San Bernardino, and Orlando,' Trump told a cheering crowd in Austin Tuesday evening [8/23/2016].
Obama chills while nation simmers. Nero fiddled while Rome burned. Obama is playing round after round of golf and eating on the arm at la-de-da restaurants on Martha's Vineyard as Milwaukee burns, Louisiana floods and illegal aliens hunt down and rape American women and children on mainland Massachusetts. In Haverhill, two illegals are arraigned for the Friday night rape of a woman at Riverside Park. One was deported in 2013, returned to the U.S. through Laredo last year and was issued a notice to appear before an immigration court in May 2015, an appearance the alleged rapist did not make.
Sanctuary for Crime Part 1. There are nearly 300 so called "sanctuary cities" in the U.S. Laws in these cities help shield illegal immigrants from deportation, even after they've committed felonies. Full Measure found the problem of the U.S. as a Sanctuary for Crime is much larger, and often understated by politicians and advocates with special interests at stake.
ICE: Deportations at 10-year low, criminal illegal expulsions cut 60%. Despite a series of crimes committed by illegal immigrants and public polls showing anger at three years of juvenile Latin Americans crossing the border, deportations have dropped to a 10-year low and under President Obama, the eviction of those convicted of criminals has plummeted 60 percent, according to new immigration statistics. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement statistics reported to Congress show that 230,000 illegal immigrants will be deported this year. That is slightly more than half of the 400,000 that were deported in 2012, and come after the country has been flooded with juvenile illegals, a situation continuing today.
New immigration scandal: Foreign nations refusing to take back criminal illegals. Instead of forcing nations to take back 19,723 illegal immigrants convicted of many crimes including rape and murder, the administration simply let them go, just a quarter of the tens of thousands of criminal illegals set free in the past three years, a House oversight committee revealed Thursday [7/14/2016]. Outraged with the administration's actions, Rep. Jason Chaffetz, chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, told top Obama aides at a hearing, "Pull the trigger... get rid of them."
Just Under 20,000 Illegals Convicted of Robbery, Rape, Murder, Set Free Last Year. Instead of forcing nations to take back 19,723 illegal immigrants convicted of many crimes including rape and murder, the administration simply let them go, just a quarter of the tens of thousands of criminal illegals set free in the past three years, a House oversight committee revealed Thursday [7/14/2016].
Texas Most Wanted List Filled with 'White' Fugitives Who Aren't White At All. The 10 most wanted fugitives in Texas are nearly all male, save one, and every one of them is listed as white. Except, they're not. At first glance, it appears that only one fugitive is actually white and the rest are Hispanic. This must be the George Zimmerman Effect, after the media's initially labeling of him as the "white" shooter of Trayvon Martin, only to later change it to "white Hispanic." But these obviously non-white Hispanic fugitives are a rowdy, disgusting bunch wanted for offenses including murder, child rape, child pornography, drugs, and burglary. Three of the "white males" have gang affiliations with groups like the Latin Kings, Barrio Azteca, and the Texas Syndicate. Some of their names include Raul Ambrosio Jimenez, Jr., Jose Fernando Bustos-Diaz, Jaime Gonzalez, and Eusebio DeLeon. The only "white female" on the list is named Iris Iliana Rodriguez, wanted for indecency with a child by sexual contact.
200K Criminal Aliens Booked Into Texas Jails Over Past 5 Years, Says DPS. Nearly 200,000 criminal aliens have been booked into local Texas jails over the past five years. Those numbers included more than 155,000 criminal illegal aliens. A report recently released by the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) revealed that Texas taxpayers have been forced to foot the expense of over 195,000 criminal aliens who were booked into Texas jails between June 1, 2011 and June 30, 2016. Sixty-six percent of those criminal aliens identified by the DPS were aliens whose Department of Homeland Security (DHS) status was that of being illegally present in the United States at the time of their arrest. These numbers do not include those criminal aliens who have had no previous contact with DHS where fingerprints or other biometric information was obtained.
Illegal immigrant, 29, who 'murdered three and critically injured another' at an Oregon pot farm had been deported SIX Times. An illegal immigrant from Mexican who was charged with aggravated murder in the shooting deaths of three people at a rural Oregon blueberry farm had been deported six times. According to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Bonifacio Oseguera-Gonzalez, 29, was most recently deported in 2013 and had no significant prior criminal convictions. Oseguera-Gonzalez pleaded not guilty to three counts of aggravated murder and one count of attempted murder Tuesday [6/28/2016] in Marion County Superior Court.
Oregon triple murder suspect had been deported six times. A Mexican national charged with aggravated murder in the shooting deaths of three people at a rural Oregon blueberry farm had been deported six times, most recently in 2013, according to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
Illegal Alien Who Butchered Conn. Woman Not Deported After Serving 15 Yrs. for Murder Because Haiti Refused to Repatriate. An illegal immigrant who stabbed a young Connecticut woman to death after completing a 15-year sentence for murder couldn't be deported by the U.S. government because his homeland, which receives billions in aid from Uncle Sam, wouldn't take him back — three times! So federal authorities released the violent criminal, a Haitian national, and didn't even bother tracking his whereabouts allowing him to commit yet another heinous crime. Now, a year after an innocent woman was viciously butchered to death in her own apartment, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is getting a bit of a spanking from its watchdog for failing to do its job.
Illegal immigrant makes Donald Trump's point by attempting to assassinate Donald Trump. You're supposed to believe that every impulse to crack down on illegal immigration is rooted in nothing more than abject racism. Never mind the fact that illegals come in all shapes, sizes, colors, and nationalities. If you want to enforce America's border security laws, you're a "phobe" who hates the "brown people." At least that's the moronic story that progressives try to peddle. Fortunately, we have illegal immigrants who are doing everything they can to disprove the left's fantasy.
Illegal alien charged with five horrific murders in LA. The man charged burning five people to death in Los Angeles is an illegal alien from Honduras. He was caught by the border patrol in 2012. However, the Obama administration ordered the border patrol to release him into the public. The Obama administration has a "catch and release" policy because the goal is to transform the US electorate via open borders and 3rd world immigration.
Homeless Man Charged Fire Deaths Was In US Illegally. A homeless man charged with setting a fire that killed five people at a vacant Los Angeles building was in the country illegally, and was arrested for drug possession days before the blaze.
Suspect in fire that killed 5 was here illegally, fought with another transient before slayings. A Honduran citizen charged with murdering five homeless people in an arson fire was in the United States illegally and had been arrested three times in the months before the blaze in a vacant Westlake building where transients were squatting, officials said Friday [6/17/2016]. Johnny Josue Sanchez, 21, started the fire to avenge a beating he took in a dispute over occupying a room in the building, a law enforcement source said.
Exclusive: Border Patrol Agent Brutally Attacked in Arizona — Alien Shot Dead. A Border Patrol agent was brutally attacked by an illegal alien in the Yuma Sector on the U.S.-Mexico border on the night of June 9 and the agent responded with deadly force and killed the illegal alien. Multiple sources operating under the umbrella of Customs and Border Protection (CBP) discussed the issue with Breitbart Texas on the condition of anonymity. The Border Patrol agency confirmed the incident to Breitbart Texas when called.
Over 50 arrested in police crackdown on Latino gangs near Los Angeles. More than 300 law enforcement personnel swept an area east of Los Angeles in an operation targeting two Latino gangs that resulted in 52 arrests and the seizure of drugs with a street value of $1.6 million, California's Attorney General's Office said in a statement. Police seized 67 firearms, including assault rifles and semi-automatic weapons, as well as $100,000 in cash and quantities of methamphetamines, cocaine and marijuana, in Thursday's [6/9/2016] raids in Riverside County.
Great News, Only a Third of Obama's Freed Criminal Aliens Committing New Crimes! The Boston Globe conducted an investigation review of 323 criminal aliens released in New England from 2008 to 2012 and found that 30% of these criminal aliens went on to commit more crimes, including rape, robbery, and murder, after being released. This is a much higher rate than ICE and the Obama administration have reported. Pres. Obama has claimed that deporting criminal aliens is a "priority" under his Priority Enforcement Program (PEP), but under this new policy 60% of all criminal aliens were released in 2015 alone according to ICE. PEP prohibits ICE agents from targeting most illegal aliens for removal, unless they commit a "serious" crime or are considered a national security threat. In February a letter from ICE to Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), showed that 130 murders or attempted murders have been committed by released criminal aliens since 2010.
Criminal immigrants reoffend at higher rates than ICE has suggested. They were among the nation's top priorities for deportation, criminals who were supposed to be sent back to their home countries. But instead they were released, one by one, in secret across the United States. Federal officials said that many of the criminals posed little threat to the public, but did little to verify whether that was true. It wasn't.
Report: Secretly-Released Criminal Illegal Aliens Continued to Commit Serious Crimes, Managed to Register to Vote. Illegals released by Obama administration officials stabbed an old girlfriend, robbed a man outside a 7-11, and murdered a young woman in New England after failing to be deported. The mayhem caused by Obama was discovered when the Boston Globe sued the Obama administration and found illegal aliens who were top deportation priorities were secretly turned loose back into New England communities — with as many as 30 percent going on to commit serious crimes such as attempted murder and rape.
ICE Has Been Lying About Criminal Immigrants. Federal officials have been secretly releasing illegal immigrants who have committed a crime across the country, saying that the criminals were not a dangerous threat to the public. Now a new Boston Globe review of the matter finds that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has been misleading Congress and the public, if not outright lying to them.
Why, I'm sure this has nothing at all to do with illegal immigration. Not to put too fine a point on it, illegal immigration correlates directly with high rates of auto theft: More than 71 percent of all recovered stolen cars in 2005 in Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, Nevada, and California were stolen by illegal aliens or by "transport coyotes," those who bring in illegals across the Mexican border.
Many immigrants released to reoffend. A [Boston] Globe review of 323 criminals released in New England from 2008 to 2012 found that as many as 30 percent committed new offenses, including rape, attempted murder, and child molestation — a rate that is markedly higher than Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials have suggested to Congress in the past. The names of these criminals have never before been made public and are coming to light now only because the Globe sued the federal government for the list of criminals immigration authorities returned to neighborhoods across the country. A judge ordered the names released in 2013, and the Globe then undertook the work that the federal government didn't, scouring court records to find out how many released criminals reoffended.
Report: Obama Admin. Lied About Rate That Criminal Immigrants Re-Commit Violent Crimes. A new report from the Boston Globe shows that Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers may have lied to Congress and the public about the likelihood of criminal immigrants, who should have been deported, to re-commit violent crimes when released into the general population. The Boston Globe reviewed the cases of immigrants who had been set free in New England from 2008-2012, rather than being deported to their native countries. Of the 323 criminal immigrants tracked, 30 percent were found to re-commit violent crimes, "including rape, attempted murder and child molestation."
ICE Released 19,723 Criminal Aliens in 2015. In 2015, ICE freed 19,723 criminal aliens, who had a total of 64,197 convictions among them. These included 8,234 violent convictions and 208 homicide convictions. While the total number of releases is lower than the past two years, since the number of arrests has declined quite dramatically, the rate of releases is approximately the same — meaning that this is no progress at all, and certainly will be no consolation for the victims of these criminal aliens.
Congressman: Obama Admin Withholding Info About 86,000 Criminal Illegal Immigrants. The Obama administration is withholding from Congress and the American people detailed information about more than 86,000 illegal aliens who have committed serious crimes and continue to walk the streets in the United States, according to conversations with a member of Congress, who disclosed to the Washington Free Beacon that "if the public knew about this there would be total absolute outrage" over the matter. Rep. Brian Babin (R., Texas) told the Free Beacon that the administration is trying to suppress information about the release of some 86,000 criminal illegal immigrants who have committed 231,000 crimes in just the past two and a half years.
Declining Deportations and Increasing Criminal Alien Releases. The Obama administration has embraced a radical new approach to immigration law. It has, without the consent of Congress, transformed violation of immigration law into a "secondary offense." That is to say, the goal is to ensure that an alien faces consequences for breaking immigration law only if he also breaks some other, "real," law involving, say, violence or drug dealing. And even then, the primary violation has to be quite severe to warrant deportation for the (secondary) immigration offense.
Truck full of illegal immigrants crashes into Naval Air Station. Three people were recovering in a hospital Monday and 12 were in custody after a truck carrying 15 illegal immigrants crashed into a barrier at a Texas Naval Air Station on Saturday night, The Corpus Christi Caller Times reported. The vehicle ran the initial entry gate at Naval Air Station Kingsville before crashing into the base's "final denial barrier," a news release said. The vehicle was not the subject of a pursuit prior to the crash, air station spokesman Kevin Clarke told The Austin American-Statesman.
Armed Citizens Saving Police Officers. This article was originally by Ohioans for Concealed Carry PAC and then by the Kentucky Concealed Carry Coalition. It has ceased to exist on those pages. I found it on learnaboutguns.com, where it was republished. It is a compilation worth keeping. The article was originally published before February 8th, 2009. It has not been updated since then. I know that it is only a partial listing. For example it does not list the case of Rory Vertigan, who shot, then captured one of three drug dealers who ambushed and killed Officer Marc Atkinson of the Phoenix Police Department on March 26, 1999. All three drug dealers were illegal aliens.
Teenage member of El Salvador's MS-13 gang gets 12 years in prison for raping and robbing girl, 16. A teenage gang member was sentenced to 12 years in prison Wednesday for raping a teenage girl on a Long Island golf course last year. Joel Escobar, 18, was the second teen to be sentenced in what Suffolk County District Attorney Thomas Spota called the 'brutal' robbery, rape and sodomy of a 16-year-old girl on May 29, 2015. Spota said Escobar and Jose Cornejo, 17, who is serving a 15-year prison sentence in the same case, took turns raping the girl while a third teen, Bryan Larios, allegedly acted as a lookout.
DHS freed nearly 20,000 convicted criminal immigrants in 2015. The U.S. tried repeatedly to deport Jean Jacques, an immigrant living in the U.S. illegally, but his native Haiti wouldn't take him back after he served more than a decade in a state prison for attempted murder and committed multiple parole violations. Each time Jacques was arrested on a parole violation, he would serve a sentence in state prison and then be released to immigration custody. At least three times, Haiti refused to take him back, so Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials in early 2015 did the same thing they do thousands of times a year — they released a violent criminal immigrant from jail.
Sanctuary City: Criminals Welcome. Last June, when he said he was running as a Republican for president, billionaire Donald Trump famously called out Mexico for sending "people that have lots of problems" across the border. [...] Many were offended to hear Trump equate undocumented immigrants with dangerous criminals. Yet the same thing is happening on the Left Coast. Tuesday the San Francisco Board of Supervisors will vote on a measure to reinforce a sanctuary city policy — named "Due Process for All" and passed in 2013.
Illegal Alien Convicted of Murder After Stabbing Father of Two to Death, Ripping Out His Liver. An illegal alien from El Salvador, Mauricio Morales-Caceres, faces life in prison without parole after being convicted of stabbing acquaintance Oscar Navarro, father of two, "at least" 89 times with a 15-inch butcher knife and tearing out his liver with his bare hands — but no comments on this shocking murder by a foreign national, who smiled cheerfully in his mugshot, are allowed, according to the Washington Post.
WashPost Buries Uncomfortable Fact: Gruesome, Slashing Killer Is An Illegal Alien. On the front of Sunday's [5/1/2016] Metro section of The Washington Post came this headline: "Gruesome images test jury during trial in Md." Post reporter Dan Morse reported on a trial in suburban Montgomery County surrounding the murder of 36-year-old Oscar Navarro: "prosecutors were allowed to show jurors eight of the most disturbing photos — a key to their obtaining a first-degree murder conviction Friday [4/29/2016] against Mauricio Morales-Caceres, 24." It was only in paragraphs 29 and 30 that the Post acknowledged what they clearly felt was the least relevant news detail in this court case: The convicted murder is an illegal alien.
ICE under fire for releasing thousands of illegal immigrants with rap sheets. The Obama administration took fire at a House hearing Thursday for releasing back into society thousands of illegal immigrants who had committed crimes on U.S. soil — including those behind more than 200 murders. "These are people that were here illegally, got caught committing a crime, were convicted of that crime and instead of deporting them, they were just released back out in the United States of America," House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Jason Chaffetz, R-Utah, said. According to a new report from the Center for Immigration Studies, Immigration and Customs Enforcement in 2015 "freed 19,723 criminal aliens, who had a total of 64,197 convictions among them." This included "8,234 violent convictions and 208 homicide convictions."
Good News! Obama Only Released 20,000 Criminal Illegal Aliens in 2015! ICE continued to release deportable criminal aliens from its custody at an alarming rate in 2015, according to figures the agency provided to members of Congress this week in advance of a hearing taking place Thursday, April 28. In 2015, ICE freed 19,723 criminal aliens, who had a total of 64,197 convictions among them. These included 8,234 violent convictions and 208 homicide convictions. While the total number of releases is lower than the past two years, since the number of arrests has declined quite dramatically, the rate of releases is approximately the same — meaning that this is no progress at all, and certainly will be no consolation for the victims of these criminal aliens.
ICE under fire for releasing thousands of illegal immigrants with rap sheets. The Obama administration took fire at a House hearing Thursday for releasing back into society thousands of illegal immigrants who had committed crimes on U.S. soil — including those behind more than 200 murders. "These are people that were here illegally, got caught committing a crime, were convicted of that crime and instead of deporting them, they were just released back out in the United States of America," House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Jason Chaffetz, R-Utah, said.
20,000 illegals with criminal convictions released into U.S. communities in 2015. Homeland Security has made some gains in detaining criminal aliens but still released into the community nearly 20,000 immigrants last year who'd already been convicted of crimes — including hundreds charges with sexual assault, kidnapping or homicide — according to figures sent to Congress this week. Between them the aliens notched a total of 64,000 crimes, including 12,307 drunken driving convictions, 1,728 cases of assault, 216 kidnappings and more than 200 homicide or manslaughter convictions, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) told the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform ahead of a hearing Thursday [4/28/2016].
ICE Released 19,723 Criminal Aliens in 2015. ICE continued to release deportable criminal aliens from its custody at an alarming rate in 2015, according to figures the agency provided to members of Congress this week in advance of a hearing taking place Thursday, April 28. In 2015, ICE freed 19,723 criminal aliens, who had a total of 64,197 convictions among them. These included 8,234 violent convictions and 208 homicide convictions. While the total number of releases is lower than the past two years, since the number of arrests has declined quite dramatically, the rate of releases is approximately the same — meaning that this is no progress at all, and certainly will be no consolation for the victims of these criminal aliens.
President Obama: Accessory To The Crimes Committed By Illegal Aliens? Congressman Lamar Smith of Texas had previously chaired the House Immigration Subcommittee and the House Judiciary Committee. [...] Smith's understandable outrage at the April 19th hearing became readily apparent when he stated rhetorically that he wondered if President Obama might be an accessory to the crimes committed by illegal aliens since he has implemented policies that he knows are going to result in the loss of life to innocent Americans, noting that the administration had released from custody some 100,000 aliens who had been convicted of committing serious crimes. He also noted that although it has been estimated that illegal aliens account for about 3% of the U.S. population, they account for 30% of all murders — making illegal aliens 10 times more likely to commit murder than anyone else.
America Has The World's Most Predatory "Victims". Any non-liberal white man who disagrees with a non-conservative black or Hispanic person is immediately presumed to be racist. Decent people are incessantly called "racists" just for disagreeing with liberal policies. We're told black Americans are such victims that they must be helped out with Affirmative Action. But who's really getting victimized when the son of a white cop is passed over for the son of a black CEO purely because of the color of his skin? It has gotten so bad that illegal aliens, who broke the law KNOWING that the penalty for it is deportation, are now considered to be victims. Enforcing the law against illegal aliens? We're not supposed to do that because they're a protected victim class that has to be allowed to break the law with impunity.
Press Ignores Testimony of Parents of Illegal-Immigrant Murder Victims. Three important things happened at Tuesday's hearing of the House Judiciary Committee's Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security. The first was the testimony of two mothers of children killed by illegal immigrants. The second was the outrageous and false contention by a Methodist bishop that the mere act of bringing attention to these heinous offenses is a form of "blind vengeance" over "isolated ... incidents." (In other words, it is our moral duty to shut up.) The third explains why very few Americans have no idea that the first two items occurred, namely that the establishment press, consistent with its practice since Republicans took over the House of Representative in early 2011, chose not to cover what happened at yet another congressional hearing.
Mother of Son Murdered by an Illegal Breaks Down in Tears Before Congress. The mother of a teenage son who was tortured and murdered by an illegal immigrant broke down in tears Tuesday [4/19/2016] before a House panel, begging for the government to enforce immigration law. Laura Wilkerson, the mother of Josh Wilkerson, described in vivid detail the manner in which Hermilo Vildo Moralez, an illegal immigrant, beat, tortured, and eventually killed her son Josh then went to a movie.
Trey Gowdy: [There are] More Illegal Immigrants Convicted of Crimes At Large in the U.S. Than the Population of Pittsburgh. There are more illegal immigrant criminals in the United States than the population of major U.S. cities, Rep. Trey Gowdy (R-SC) argues, expressing frustration at the Obama administration's focus on the plight of illegal immigrants rather than the victims of their crimes. "Today there are over 350,000 known criminal aliens in the United States who are not detained by ICE, 350,000," Gowdy, the chairman of the Immigration and Border Security Subcommittee, said opening a hearing examining the victims of illegal immigrant crime.
Bipartisan Sentencing Reform Bill Will Release Criminal Aliens. The bipartisan sentencing reform push in Congress would cause the premature release of many criminal aliens without a guarantee of deportation, according to NumbersUSA. The immigration reduction group predicts that legislation the House and Senate is considering will disproportionately benefit criminal aliens and represents a "Trojan Horse Amnesty" for their release.
Border Patrol Agents Catch Previously Deported Child Sex Offenders Sneaking Back In. Two previously deported child rapists were captured after re-entering the United States by Border Patrol agents operating in southern New Mexico. Another man was busted for human smuggling. Agents operating in Santa Teresa, New Mexico, found a group of illegal aliens and discovered that one of the men had previously been convicted for sexual assault of a child, according to a statement from the Border Patrol obtained by Breitbart Texas. The 59-year-old man from El Salvador, Manuel Saravia Guerrero, was arrested and is being processed for prosecution and removal by federal authorities.
Alien Crime Victims to Wisconsin on Eve of Vote: Stop 'Traitor' Ryan from Stealing Delegates. On the the heels of new reports indicating Speaker Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) could likely emerge as the GOP nominee should the "#NeverTrump" clique keep Donald Trump from getting 1,237 delegates outright, the American victims of illegal alien crime are now speaking out against the possibility of a President Ryan. Paul Ryan's position on immigration is "treasonous," said Dan Golvach, whose 25-year-old son Spencer was murdered and shot in the head during a drive-by shooting carried out by an illegal alien.
TX: Illegal Immigrant Arrested for Raping, Impregnating 12-Year-Old. An illegal immigrant has been arrested and charged with raping and impregnating a 12-year-old Texas girl, authorities say. Prosecutors charged that in 2015 an illegal immigrant, Jose Alejandro Najarro, tried to convince his 12-year-old victim to have sex with him, but she refused. Refusing to take "no" for an answer, the suspect allegedly raped her at his home in Kyle, Texas. Several months later, the girl was found to be pregnant and an investigation into her predicament was begun at that time. The girl told authorities she only had sex one time and that was with the suspect.
A border first: Smugglers buy U.S. land, build house to hide tunnel, feds say. For the first time on the border, drug traffickers allegedly bought U.S. property for the sole purpose of building a house to conceal the end of a 415-yard smuggling tunnel from Mexico, authorities said Wednesday [3/23/2016]. Four people were arrested this week in connection with a raid on the tunnel underneath a three-bedroom house in Calexico, California, that sits about 300 yards north of the international line, authorities said.
MS-13 gang killings linked to immigrant surge. The notoriously violent MS-13 street gang, known for slashing victims to death with knives and machetes, is reviving its brutal brand of violence to reassert its dominance in the Washington metropolitan area — with authorities linking at least eight homicides in Virginia and Maryland over the past year to the gang. The recent uptick in violence can be traced to a failed gang truce in El Salvador and, in part, to a surge of unaccompanied Central American children who entered the United States last year to flee violence at home, according to gang analysts.
Four illegal immigrants charged in rape, beating; two were previously deported. Four illegal aliens from Guatemala are charged in the rape of a Massachusetts woman and the vicious beating of her boyfriend, and one of the suspects was arrested less than a month before the attack — but he was not reported to immigration authorities. Federal immigration officials have requested detainers on Elmer Diaz, 19, Ariel Diaz, 24, Adan Diaz, 32, and Marlon Josue Jarquin-Felipe, 27, following their arrests in the March 13 incident in Framingham, The Boston Herald reported. The three Diaz men are brothers.
Illegals held in vicious Framingham rape. Federal immigration officials are requesting detainers on four illegal aliens accused of a heinous attack on a Framingham couple in which the woman was raped and her boyfriend was beaten and threatened with death, the [Boston] Herald has learned. Two of the illegals had previously been deported to Guatemala, said Immigration and Customs Enforcement spokesman Shawn Neudauer.
President Obama's collateral damage. Mr. Obama's stubborn devotion to his agenda of change reveals a closed mind with lethal consequences. There are more than a hundred Americans who should be alive but are not, along with thousands of surviving victims of lesser crimes, the grim result of the president's determination to keep the nation's southern border porous. He may consider that a small price to pay for reshaping the nation to match his vision, but he's not the one who must pay.
How a Suspected Murderer and Criminally Convicted Illegal Immigrant Avoided Deportation. Before Pablo A. Serrano-Vitorino became the suspect in a murder spree across two states, the man, a once-deported Mexican living in the United States illegally, was convicted of multiple crimes, across different agencies, but still free. Serrano-Vitorino's case involved a series of errors that kept him from being detained by federal immigration authorities, and from facing another deportation last year when he should have been removed from the country.
Grieving Mom Responds To Kasich's Amnesty-In-100-Days Pledge: Visit the Grave Of My Murdered Child. "It's all so senseless," Maureen Maloney said of the death of countless Americans at the hands of illegal aliens. Maloney's 23 year-old son Matthew was hit by a repeat-offending illegal alien drunk driver. Although Matthew survived the initial crash, he died as he was subsequently dragged a quarter of a mile — caught in the wheel well of the illegal alien's pick up truck — as the alien sought to flee the crime scene. "Witnesses who saw [Matthew] pinned screaming under the truck ran out and pounded on the vehicle, crying out to the driver who kept going...' [Matthew] was alive for a good portion of it,'" wrote one report from the time.
124 illegal immigrants released by DHS later charged with murder: report. More than 100 illegal immigrants caught but released by the Obama administration over the last five years have gone on to be charged with murders after they were set free, according to a new report being released Monday [3/14/2016] from the Center for Immigration Studies. In all, some 121 immigrants who were freed by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement between 2010 and 2014 went on to be charged with a total of 135 homicide-related crimes. Another three immigrants were charged with murders in 2015, bringing to 124 the total number of murder suspects the government had, then released.
ICE: 124 illegal immigrants freed from jail later charged in 138 murder cases. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has revealed that 124 illegal immigrant criminals released from jail by the Obama administration since 2010 have been subsequently charged with murder. A Center for Immigration Studies report on the data from ICE to the Senate Judiciary Committee added that the committee is not releasing the names of the murder suspects.
Illegal Alien Arrested for Serial Murder Spree. Another one of Obama's "Dreamers" has been nabbed after a state-wide manhunt. This week the Missouri State Patrol arrested an illegal migrant who was suspected of going on a murder spree after being "accidentally" released by federal immigration officials. Police apprehended Pablo Antonio Serrano-Vitorino around midnight on Wednesday as he fled authorities in central Missouri nearly 175 miles away from the scene of the murder of four people in Kansas City.
Feds Missed Not One BUT TWO Chances To Deport Illegal Alien Accused Of Slaughtering Five. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) failed on two occasions last year to detain and deport a 46-year-old illegal alien who is accused of slaughtering five strangers with an AK-47 in Kansas and Missouri earlier this week. It was reported early Wednesday [3/9/2016] that the suspect in the killings, Pablo Serrano-Vitorino, slipped through ICE hands following a traffic arrest in September in Overland Park, Kan. ICE erroneously filed a request to detain the Mexican national — who had been deported in 2004 — with the Johnson Co., Kan. sheriff's office. But that agency never had Serrano-Vitorino in its custody so he went free.
Illegal immigrant arrested after murder spree. A man suspected of killing five people across Kansas and Missouri was arrested early Wednesday [3/9/2016] after an extensive manhunt, the Missouri Highway Patrol said. Highway Patrol officials told the Kansas City Star that Pablo Antonio Serrano-Vitorino was arrested in Montgomery County, Missouri. He was found lying on a hill just north of Interstate 70 and no shots were fired, according to The Star.
Mom of Son Murdered by Illegal Alien: Reject Rubio, 'Deliver Justice' to American Victims. Donald Trump's Saturday [3/5/2016] rally in Orlando, Florida featured Laura Wilkerson, whose 18 year-old son, Joshua, was tortured to death by an illegal alien. [...] "Florida voters have a chance to deliver justice for all of the families who have suffered from our open borders and can finally stop amnesty with their vote," Wilkerson declared.
Victims of illegal immigrant violence tell GOP to reject Marco Rubio. Victims of illegal immigrant violence released a letter Monday [2/29/2016] demanding Republican voters reject Sen. Marco Rubio's presidential campaign, saying he made himself unacceptable by pushing for "amnesty" in 2013. "The inconvenient truth is that we have been betrayed by politicians," the letter, from the Remembrance Project said. More than three dozen people whose relatives were killed by illegal immigrants signed onto the letter.
Almost 90,000 dangerous illegal immigrants go free. Nearly 60 percent of illegal immigrants identified by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement as criminal threats are not deported and are eventually released, the latest example of the Obama administration's failed immigration policy. Internal ICE figures show that in fiscal 2015, the agency encountered 152,393 illegal immigrants labeled a criminal threat, mostly in jails, but charged 64,116. About another 88,000 were not processed for deportation, according to the Center for Immigration Studies' Jessica Vaughan.
U.S. Failed 3 Times to Deport Illegal Alien Who Murdered Woman. Before delving into the details of this gruesome case, it's important to mention that Connecticut has long protected illegal immigrants with sanctuary policies and even offers them special drivers' licenses, known as Drive Only. The state also gives illegal aliens discounted tuition at public colleges and universities and authorities work hard to restrict the feds from deporting illegal immigrants. In fact, despite President Obama's amnesty and open-borders policies, Connecticut is always a step ahead when it comes to protecting illegal immigrants and granting them rights. Undoubtedly, this attracts a large population of undocumented aliens like the murderer in this case.
Report: MS-13 foot soldiers use 'surge' to cross border, 'colonize new criminal territory'. Criminal networks with Latin American roots, such as MS-13 and the 18th Street gang, are using the administration's open-door policy at the border to slip in recruits that are causing a huge spike in murder and violence throughout the nation, according to an immigration expert. Testifying Thursday at a House hearing on the border surge of young Latinos, the expert said, "Established gangs have been able to transfer an unknown number of experienced foot soldiers from Central America to help colonize new criminal territory in the United States."
Authorities arrest more than 50 members of MS-13 gang in Boston area. More than 50 members of the MS-13 gang in and around Boston have been indicted on federal racketeering charges, federal authorities announced Friday [1/29/2016].
Escaped California inmate was ordered deported in 1998, but never left. One of the three violent convicts who escaped from a Southern California jail Friday [1/22/2016] had been ordered deported to his native Vietnam in 1998, but was able to remain in the U.S. and rack up more criminal convictions. Immigration and Customs Enforcement said Tuesday [1/26/2016] that Bac Duong, 43, came to the United States legally in 1991 but was ordered removed seven years later after he served time in state prison for a 1997 burglary conviction. However, the Orange County Register reported that Vietnam routinely refused requests from the U.S. to accept Duong and other deportees.
Obama Dealing Terror. President Obama began releasing illegal aliens with criminal records from the early days of his presidency and well before the sequester that he used as an excuse for doing so. Despite Obama's misrepresentation to the American people that these criminals were not dangerous, tens of thousands of illegal immigrants, many with violent criminal records, have been released from jail including illegals "charged with kidnapping, sexual assault, drug trafficking and homicide." A House Judiciary Committee report revealed that between 2009-2011, the Obama administration released criminal illegal aliens who were later charged with 19 murders, three attempted murders and 142 sex crimes. Kathryn Steinle's murder last summer by an illegal alien with seven prior felony convictions was inevitable.
Ninth Circus Court: Car Theft No Longer Grounds For Deportation. Vehicle theft does not constitute a crime of moral turpitude for the purposes of deporting an immigrant, the en banc Ninth Circuit ruled Monday [12/28/2015].
Relief for Immigrant Convicted of CA Car Theft. In the case at hand, an immigration judge ordered the deportation of Gabriel Almanza-Arenas after finding that his conviction for vehicle theft in California met the statutory bar as a crime involving moral turpitude. The Board of Immigration Appeals had affirmed that finding, concluding that Almanza-Arenas had a duty he did not meet to produce evidence showing that he did not intend to permanently deprive anyone of the vehicle he stole.
Illegal immigrant sentenced to 4 life sentences for rape, sodomy of minors. The Baldwin County District Attorney's Office has charged 40-year-old Michael Rodriguez Garcia with rape and sodomy of two minor victims. Garcia, who came to America illegally, was convicted by a jury and sentenced to four life sentences to run concurrently for the rape and sodomy charges. He also received an additional 10 years on the charge of enticing a child for purposes of performing sexual acts.
Obama's Recipe for Disaster. When millions are here illegally who don't speak English and won't learn, who care nothing about our culture and history and prefer that which they left behind, who gobble up benefits provided by the American taxpayer, who wind up displacing American workers who need jobs, not to mention that every day the news includes more stories about illegal aliens who have murdered, raped, driven drunk and killed innocent Americans and then fill our streets demanding their "rights" — and do so without any fear of being deported by the Obama administration — is it any wonder that Americans feel like they are indeed strangers in their own land?
Teen among three MS-13 members charged with murder. Three documented MS-13 gangmembers are behind bars on charges of murder, accused of gunning down a man last month, prosecutors said Tuesday [12/8/2015]. In court for the initial appearance of Jonathan Steven Guevara, 17, prosecutors asked the judge to prohibit contact between Guevara and Anibal Antonio Guevara, 30, and Giovani Antonio Herrera, 20. Assistant Harris County District Attorney Lisa Collins said the three documented gangmembers are accused in the fatal shooting of Hector Daniel Diaz, 27.
Congress: More Than 179,000 Criminal Illegal Immigrants Roaming Free in U.S.. More than 179,000 illegal immigrants convicted of committing crimes, including violent ones, continue to roam free across the United States, with reports indicating that these illegal immigrants commit new crimes "every day," according to lawmakers and the director of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency, also known as ICE. Sarah Saldana, ICE's director, disclosed to Congress on Wednesday that the agency is apprehending and removing fewer illegal immigrants than in past years. Somewhere around 179,029 "undocumented criminals with final orders of removal" from the United States currently remain at large across the country and are essentially untraceable, according to Sen. Chuck Grassley (R., Iowa), chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, who disclosed these numbers during a Wednesday [12/2/2015] hearing. The total number of criminal illegal aliens in the United States is in the millions.
Illegal Immigrants Attack And Bite Summerdale Cop. Summerdale police Corporal Vince Miller was forced to call for emergency back-up when he and his partner were overpowered and attacked by three men on a traffic stop. The driver was the one who initially resisted when he was arrested for DUI, but Cpl. Miller says the situation took a potentially deadly turn when the driver's two buddies got out of the car. Miller took two or three good licks and was bitten by one of the men.
Exclusive: Los Zetas Cartel Gunmen Crossed into Texas — Disappeared into U.S.. Breitbart Texas traveled to the Mexican States of Tamaulipas and Coahuila to recruit citizen journalists willing to risk their lives and expose the cartels silencing their communities. The writers would face certain death at the hands of the various cartels that operate in those areas including the Gulf Cartel and Los Zetas if a pseudonym were not used.
Sheriffs fume at mass release of 6,000 federal inmates. Local sheriffs across America are voicing concern for the safety of the citizens they've sworn to protect after the biggest one-time release of federal inmates in U.S. history — though advocates of criminal justice reform maintain the release is being handled responsibly. The 6,112 inmates were released from federal prison at the beginning of November in response to a decision by the U.S. Sentencing Commission to reduce sentences for most drug trafficking offenses and apply them retroactively. It coincides with a broader and bipartisan push for rethinking federal sentencing. But the mass release raises immediate practical questions about how the ex-inmates can adjust.
Man who ran over Dallas cop outside nightclub had been deported 3 times. The man accused of running over a Dallas, Texas, police officer Monday night is in the United States illegally and had been deported three times, immigration authorities say. [...] The Mexican man was shot in the arm, treated and released from the hospital Tuesday. He has been charged with three counts of aggravated assault and is being detained on an immigration hold in the Dallas County jail.
'NCIS' actress Pauley Perrette assaulted by homeless man who threatened to kill her. "NCIS" actress Pauley Perrette tweeted Friday morning [11/13/2015] that she was assaulted overnight by a "psychotic homeless man" who said he was going to kill her. Perrette plays forensic scientist Abby Sciuto on the hit CBS show. She posted a tweet including an image of a long document that described the incident.
Trail of theft, destruction in Englewood: Teen accused of squatting in home of soldier. [Scroll down] One of the alleged squatters, identified as Carlos Rosales-Campos, 18, was charged with armed robbery, possession of an illegal handgun, burglary, theft and criminal trespass, police said. Rosales-Campos was in the Bergen County Jail on $500,000 bail. The four other men, accused of criminal trespass, were identified as Rosalio Valencia-Hernandez, 49; Rene Contreras-Ixtla, 39; Evaristo Chavez, 34; and Oswaldo Meneses-Arango, 47. The four were taken to the county jail and held on $2,500 bail. Rosales-Campos, the man charged with armed robbery and a string of at least seven burglaries since late September, is from El Salvador and living in the United States illegally, Detective Capt. Timothy Torell said.
Sheriffs fume at mass release of 6,000 federal inmates. Local sheriffs across America are voicing concern for the safety of the citizens they've sworn to protect after the biggest one-time release of federal inmates in U.S. history — though advocates of criminal justice reform maintain the release is being handled responsibly. The 6,112 inmates were released from federal prison at the beginning of November in response to a decision by the U.S. Sentencing Commission to reduce sentences for most drug trafficking offenses and apply them retroactively. It coincides with a broader and bipartisan push for rethinking federal sentencing.
Anti-cop violence spreads as illegal immigrant gang member slugs deputy sitting in car. An illegal immigrant MS-13 gang member the Obama administration had released on bond committed an unprovoked attack on a sheriff's deputy, slugging the deputy as he worked on a traffic report while sitting in his car, the Frederick County, Md., sheriff's department said Friday [11/6/2015]. Jose Misael Reyes-Reyes, 18, had been arrested in May on weapons charges and in June on charges of malicious destruction of property, but federal immigration authorities had left him free on bond while he awaited a deportation hearing, the sheriff's office said.
Va. high school student was killed on orders from gang leaders in El Salvador. A 17-year-old MS-13 gang member known as "the Enforcer" of Sterling, Virginia, shot and killed a high school student on orders handed down from gang leaders in El Salvador because the boy had left the gang and joined a rival group, according to testimony given Thursday [11/5/2015] by law enforcement officials investigating the homicide. The testimony was given during a preliminary hearing in Loudoun County for two illegal Salvadoran immigrants accused of stashing the gun used in the September killing. It sheds new light on the motivation for a homicide that has elicited outrage from a U.S. senator.
Watch Ted Cruz Destroy Harry Reid Over Opposition To Kate's Law. Ted Cruz has been on the Senate floor fighting for the passage of Kate's law, the law named for Kate Steinle who was murdered by an illegal alien in July of this year. The bill would block states and cities from receiving federal law enforcement funding if they refuse to communicate with the Immigration and Customs Enforcement due to that state or city's "sanctuary city" policies. One of the bill[']s most vocal opponents has been Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid. During yesterday's debate on the Senate floor, Reid falsely characterized the bill as one that would "tear innocent families apart." [Video clip]
Harry Reid: Kate's Law 'Yet Another Attack on the Immigrant Community'. Senator Ted Cruz skirmished with Senate minority leader Harry Reid Wednesday [11/4/2015] over a bill that would impose mandatory-minimum sentences on criminal immigrants who return to the United States following deportation. The Texas Republican took to the Senate floor to celebrate last night's electoral defeat of San Francisco sheriff Ross Mirkarimi, who defended the city's sanctuary policy this summer after Kathryn Steinle was killed there by an immigrant who had been deported five times. "That is a striking statement of where the American people are on this issue," he said Wednesday [11/4/2015].
Georgia becomes 'border state' for violent illegal immigrants. A groundbreaking Channel 2 Action News investigation has exposed a pattern involving thousands of unauthorized immigrants convicted of violent crimes. Many are removed from the United States multiple times after committing even more crimes.
The Criminal Alien Emergency: American Lives Matter. [Scroll down] Obama has already released 66,000 criminal aliens in FY 2013 and 2014. Who knows how many more he has recently released. The released illegal immigrants had a total of 166,000 convictions on their collective rap sheets: 30k DUIs, 414 kidnappings, 11,000 sex assaults, 395 homicides. At least 121 of them went on to commit more murders after being released. According to DHS, there are an estimated 179,027 illegal aliens with criminal convictions at large in the country who have already been ordered deported. And those are just the ones ordered deported. There are an estimated 2.1 million illegal and legal immigrants convicted of crimes in this country, but 1.2 million criminal aliens remain at large in the U.S. Imagine how many more criminal aliens have never been arrested, convicted, or ordered deported?
Obama's Mass Release of Felons: How many more Americans will be killed or maimed as a result? This scandalous act comes on the heels of the adminisration releasing multiple waves of criminal illegal aliens into American communities, including murderers, rapists, and drug-dealers among them. Simultaneously, the American justice system is allowing illegal aliens the right to bail, despite the fact that they are almost certain flight risks. The courts have even prohibited states from Arizona from enforcing immigration law.
Nearly 180,000 criminal illegal aliens ordered deported but still at large. The Department of Homeland Security told the Senate immigration subcommittee that nearly 1 million illegal aliens who have been ordered to leave the country are still at large, with 179,027 of them possessing criminal records. [...] A deportation program that rarely deports anyone. Does that sound like a government operation or what?
AZ Sheriff Babeu: 'No Chance' Illegal Immigrants Released From Prison Will Be Deported. [Scroll down] ["T]hey're releasing — they released a murderer, in my county, from Russia. This guy stabbed a guy, poured fuel on him, lit him on fire, tortured him to his death, and they released him in my county and let me know two weeks after they released him. There's no business that any of these criminals that — we're talking the small portion of illegals who are here, that are committing these heinous acts, murder, rape, kidnapping, a small portion, they should have no option, they should be deported to their country of origin, never to return again, and the president can't even do that right."
Families of Victims Murdered By Illegals To House GOP: 'No Paul Ryan'. Following his endorsement by Rep. Mick Mulvaney (R-SC), founder of the House Freedom Caucus, Ryan is effectively ensured the Speakership. That will put him in an even more powerful position than the Vice Presidency, potentially able to complete his widely-documented two-decade push for amnesty and unlimited migration.
Who wants to be "Willie Hortoned"? I bring up Willie Horton because bipartisan legislation pending in Congress would free thousands of felons for prison. Given the rate at which released prisoners are rearrested — around 75 percent within five years — these freed federal felons will commit thousands of crimes. [...] It's true that this isn't the same America that existed in 1988. A modern Willie Horton might well receive partially sympathetic treatment in the press.
These Illegal Alien Crime Stats Should Scare The Living Daylights Out Of You. Several recent reviews of crime statistics suggest that illegal immigrants are responsible for a disproportionate amount of the murders in in a number of states. [...] Despite the veritable crime wave, sanctuary cities continue to allow illegal immigrants to walk the streets with impunity. Texas Governor Greg Abbott is not standing for it.
Sanctuary City Policies Will 'No Longer be Tolerated in Texas,' says Governor Abbott. Texas Governor Greg Abbott admonished Dallas County Sheriff Lupe Valdez over her recent decision to consider honoring immigration detainers on a "case-by-case" basis. The governor said sanctuary city policies like this will "no longer be tolerated in Texas." Governor Abbott wrote the tersely worded letter to Sheriff Valdez after her decision to scale back on honoring immigration detainers sent to her jail by the federal government's Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
Families of Victims Murdered by Illegal Aliens Storm Washington. Families of Americans murdered by illegal aliens are in Washington, D.C. demanding the political class put a stop to the alien invasion that took the lives of their beloved family members.
Sanctuary for Crime Pt.2. For tens of thousands of illegal immigrants, the U-S has become a Sanctuary for Crime. A spokesman from Immigration and Customs Enforcement told Sharyl Attkisson that it is "focused on smart, effective enforcement that prioritizes the removal of criminal aliens." But, Congress has repeatedly asked ICE to explain why, then, so many dangerous criminals are set free.
Toddler's brutal beating prompts call to withhold bail from illegal immigrants. When Francisco Javier Chavez posted bail on charges of beating a California toddler within an inch of her life in late July, there was little reason to expect the illegal immigrant, who has spent much of his adult life hopping back and forth across the Mexican border, would return to face justice. Two weeks later, at his scheduled arraignment on Aug. 13, Chavez was a no-show. The 27-year-old career criminal had put up $10,000, or 10 percent of the amount set for his alleged crimes by California's bail schedule. His disappearance is hardly a surprise to critics who believe violent illegal immigrants are, by definition, flight risks who should be denied bail in such serious cases.
5 Obama Scandals The Mainstream Press Is Ignoring. Every time there's a shooting, gun control takes center stage. But when illegal immigrants kill and maim, there's not a peep about Obama's failed immigration-enforcement policies. Where are the tearful stories of families ripped apart by a violent illegal let loose by Obama's immigration department?
My Gun Control Debate With a Liberal. [Scroll down] But since we're talking about saving the children, shouldn't we be more worried about the epidemic of violent crime by illegal aliens (by the Obama administration's own numbers, 37 percent of all federal sentences were levied against illegal aliens). In fact, the Government Accountability Office reports that more than 25,000 homicides (1,000 Sandy Hooks!) were committed by illegal aliens over the last few years. So, in fact, if you would like to save thousands of lives without having to repeal the Bill of Rights, perhaps sealing the border might serve as an excellent appetizer.
These are the real numbers on Illegal Immigrant Crime in America. The media and progressives tell us everyday how amazing the illegal immigrants coming into the country are. Whether they're spewing the usual "immigrants commit less crimes than native-born Americans" talking points or citing figures that don't exist, they always seem to ignore the facts.
Illegal Immigrant Accused of Gruesome Executions and Burning Corpses in Texas. One illegal immigrant has been formally charged with capital murder and another is expected to be charged soon in connection with the execution of two men and the burning of the victims' corpses in Texas. The two jailed illegal immigrants are said to be members of a fearsome gang called the Tri-City Bombers which has been tied to multiple massacres and high profile murders in the past.
Alleged gang member deported to El Salvador to face multiple murder charges. An accused Salvadorian gang member implicated in multiple homicides was flown out of Louisiana last week by Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers to face murder charges in El Salvador. Cesar Amauri Cruz-Marin, 42, is accused of shooting three men in the head in December 2009 in El Salvador, according to a press release sent Monday (Sept. 28) by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Authorities say he is a member of the M-16 gang, also known as Mara Salvatruch.
Invasion of Obama "Dreamers" Adding Thousands of Members to Ultra-Violent MS-13 Street Gang. The tens of thousands of illegal immigrants, coined Unaccompanied Alien Children (UAC) by the government, came mostly from Honduras, El Salvador and Guatemala. The Obama administration rolled out the welcome mat, quickly offering housing, food, medical treatment and a free education. The UACs have brought in dangerous diseases — including swine flu, dengue fever, Ebola virus and tuberculosis — and have occupied our military bases as shelters. Many have been disbursed throughout the U.S., igniting a crisis for overwhelmed public school districts nationwide. As soon as the UACs started arriving, Homeland Security sources told Judicial Watch that many had ties to gang members in the U.S.
Gang Threat Increasing Thanks To Lax Obama Border Policy. Donald Trump got a standing ovation from some 20,000 supporters Monday [9/14/2015] after vowing to kick illegal alien gangsters out of the country. An alarming new Texas study on the MS-13 threat shows why. Conducted by the Texas Department of Public Safety, the study reveals that the nation's most violent street gang — MS-13 — has been energized by the flood of illegal immigrant minors entering the U.S. through Mexico, after President Obama rolled out the welcome mat for them. El Salvador-based MS-13 has now emerged as a "top-tier" threat in Texas, responsible for a rash of gruesome machete murders in Houston and other Texas cities.
Elusive crime wave data shows frightening toll of illegal immigrant criminals. The federal government can tell you how many "Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders" stole a car, the precise number of "American Indian or Alaska Natives" who were arrested for vagrancy or how many whites were busted for counterfeiting in any given year. But the government agencies that crunch crime numbers are utterly unable — or unwilling — to pinpoint for the public how many illegal immigrants are arrested within U.S. borders each year. In the absence of comprehensive data, FoxNews.com examined a patchwork of local, state and federal statistics that revealed a wildly disproportionate number of murderers, rapists and drug dealers are crossing into the U.S. amid the wave of hard-working families seeking a better life.
Some 20 Percent Of Illegal Immigrants Caught At The Border Have Criminal Records. If nothing else, Donald Trump deserves credit for cutting through the politically-correct fog that had settled onto the immigration issue by noting that a large number of the illegal aliens coming across the border were criminals. While the elites gasped at so vulgar a statement, citizens of states like Texas, where illegals have committed more than 600,000 crimes since 2009, were refreshed that finally, someone in politics was willing to call a spade a spade.
America's descent into lawlessness. Barack Obama once warned Latino activists that he had no legal authority to suspend enforcement of federal immigration law, stop deportations and offer de facto amnesties. But that caution was only a campaigning talking point. After his re-election in 2012 and the midterm elections in 2014, Obama made a mockery of immigration law. Hundreds of liberal sanctuary cities have announced that federal immigration law does not apply to them. That scary, neo-Confederate idea of legal nullification was sanctioned by the Obama administration — in a way it never would have been if a city had suspended the Endangered Species Act, emissions standards or gun-control legislation. As a result, once-detained and later-released immigrants with criminal records have murdered innocent American citizens.
Three Illegal Alien/MS13 Gang Members Kill Teen In Virginia — Arrested Today. Looking at the names, ages and origins of the murder suspects gives a clear profile of identity within the South American "Unaccompanied Alien Children" influx. [...] This is not the first, nor will it be the last. Recently: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
Virginia Town Rocked By 'MS-13' Vandalism Just Days After Illegals Murder High Schooler. Multiple buildings and vehicles in Loudoun County, VA were vandalized with graffiti tags bearing the moniker of a notorious El Salvadorian street gang early Tuesday morning [9/8/2015]. According to WUSA9, several vehicles on Gatwick Square and Wintergrove Drive were discovered with "MS-13" spray painted on the exteriors. MS-13 is known as one of the most violent gangs in the world, and has been connected to a string of murders on both the East and West coasts.
3 illegal immigrants charged in shooting death of 17-year-old high school student. Three illegal immigrants were charged Saturday [9/5/2015] in connection with the murder of a 17-year-old Virginia high school student who was gunned down on his way to a bus stop Friday morning. According to The Washington Post, Danny Centeno-Miranda, who attended Park View High in Loudoun County, was about 50 yards from the school bus stop when he was shot twice in the back. Centeno-Miranda, who moved to Virginia from his native El Salvador to live with relatives in 2013, died later at Inova Fairfax Hospital.
244 undocumented immigrants arrested in L.A. sweep, most had a criminal record. More than 240 undocumented immigrants from 21 countries were arrested by federal officials during a four-day sweep by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in the Los Angeles area. Officials announced Monday [8/31/2015] that the sweep ended Thursday with the arrest of 244 people — with the majority having at least one criminal conviction to their name. ICE officials said 56 percent had criminal records that included felony convictions such as child sex crimes, weapons charges and drug violations. The rest had "significant or multiple misdemeanors."
Three Muslim Immigrants Spend Hours Beating a Christian Man to Death in Portland, Maine. Portland, Maine has been shocked by a monstrous crime perpetrated by three Muslim immigrants who spent hours beating a Christian man to death after being invited to his home for a party. The three Muslims were at the home of Freddy Akoa when at some point they decided to slowly murder him by spending hours kicking him, punching him, and hitting him with a piece of furniture until he finally died from his grievous injuries.
Illegal Immigrant Accused Of Bludgeoning To Death An Elderly Man With A Hot Frying Pan. Every day in America, citizens must deal with the consequences of illegal immigration. While most of us must deal with their crimes by paying more in taxes, some pay the ultimate price and deal with the violence that comes with welcoming millions of illegals into the U.S.
DHS Kept Secret the Release Of Violent Criminal Illegal Immigrants. Obama administration officials only began notifying local law enforcement officials of the release of violent criminal illegal immigrants within the last two weeks, according to Arizona law enforcement officials, who say they have for years been kept in the dark about the release of illegal immigrants back into local towns. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) had been keeping secret its release of illegal immigrants with violent criminal records from local law enforcement for at least two years, denying for a time that this was taking place, law enforcement officials disclosed to the Washington Free Beacon. The public disclosure of this practice, in which Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) frees criminal illegal immigrants back into U.S. communities, came to light earlier this week, when Arizona law enforcement was made aware that three illegal aliens with violent criminal records had been released back onto the streets.
3-Time Deported Top Mexican Drug Trafficker Caught Illegally Re-Entering Texas. A three-time deported Mexican drug trafficker was caught at the Texas border once again re-entering the country illegally. His arrest comes just a little over a month after his last deportation. The previously convicted drug dealer was described by DEA agents as one of the top methamphetamine distributors in Des Moines, Iowa. U.S. Border Patrol agents arrested 27-year-old Daniel Gonzalez Hernandez in the border city of Donna. He was arrested just after he had crossed into the country illegally, court records obtained by Breitbart Texas revealed.
Out-Of-Control Big Government Is Destroying Us. Consider the vast bureaucracy of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Is it culpable for knowingly not enforcing immigration law and thus allowing some undocumented immigrants to commit violent crimes? In cases where innocent Americans are killed by undocumented immigrants with long histories of felonies and deportations — such as the recent killing of Kate Steinle in San Francisco — can the victims' families sue ICE or sanctuary cities for either releasing or hosting criminals who were residing in the U.S. illegally? In our litigious society in which plaintiffs sue fast-food franchises for serving excessively hot coffee, why do government bureaucrats escape culpability when the innocent die or are injured as a result of bureaucratic negligence?
Letter: Obama Administration Releasing Violent Illegal Immigrants Back into U.S. Towns. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has been releasing illegal immigrants with violent criminal records back into local U.S. communities, where they have often gone on to commit violent crimes against American citizens, according to new disclosures by a leading lawmaker and local law enforcement agencies. Rep. Matt Salmon (R., Ariz.) and law enforcement officials petitioned the Obama administration on Wednesday [8/19/2015] to end a policy that enables illegal immigrants with criminal records to be released back into the United States. Arizona law enforcement officials announced on Tuesday that three illegal aliens with violent criminal records had been released by DHS and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) back onto the streets, where they went on to commit crimes including kidnapping and murdering an infant.
Obama Illegal Kills Three in Florida. Brian Omar Hyde is the latest Obama illegal alien to kills Americans. This time three Americans in Florida were killed by illegal alien Brian Omar Hyde from Belize. This wasn't some illegal alien drunk driver who killed three Americans. Brian Omar Hyde killed Dorla Pitts, daughter Starlette Pitts (who was pregnant), and Michael Kelly, Jr., 19. The three killed by the Obama/Jeb illegal died from repeated, sharp force trauma to the head and neck. So someone needs to ask Jeb Bush if this is just another 'act of love' by illegals invading this country.
Illegal alien arrested in Billings on drug charges after multiple deportations. An illegal immigrant who prosecutors said has been deported from the U.S. more than a dozen times was arraigned in Yellowstone County District Court Thursday [8/13/2015] on drug charges. Alejandro Gonzales Marquez, 37, denied Thursday the charge of felony criminal possession with intent to distribute.
Illegal immigrant, 19, accused of stabbing his aunt, her pregnant daughter, 17, and the daughter's boyfriend to death in Florida. A teenage illegal immigrant has been charged with stabbing his 37-year-old aunt, her pregnant daughter, 17, and the daughter's boyfriend, 19, to death in a frenzied attack. Brian Omar Hyde, 19, who is from Belize but has been living in Florida for seven months, is alleged to have attacked his cousin, Starlett Pitts and her boyfriend Michael Kelly Jr at their home on Tuesday [8/11/2015]. Cops say Hyde's aunt, 37-year-old Dorla Pitts, then arrived back to her house in Lehigh Acres, Florida, while talking on the phone to her husband, before also being killed.
Top chairman: 'How many Americans must die at the hands of unlawful criminal immigrants?' The top House Republican on immigration matters blasted the Obama administration Friday as more reports surfaced of crimes committed by illegal immigrants, insisting more attention be paid to rounding them up. "How many Americans must die at the hands of unlawful criminal immigrants before the Obama administration takes a serious look at the failure of its own policies?" said Rep. Robert W. Goodlatte, Virginia Republican and chairman of the House Judiciary Committee.
Illegal Alien Beats Two-Year-Old Child Near Death — Now Walking Around On Bond. I never quite understand the position of affording illegal aliens U.S. constitutional rights, when they are illegal to begin with. Seriously, what makes the protection of U.S. constitutional law applicable to an illegal entrant.
Sanctuary State Is a Haven for Criminals. On July 24, two burglars allegedly broke in to [Marilyn] Pharis' home as she slept. They sexually assaulted and beat her. Pharis, 64, a U.S. Air Force veteran, died in the hospital Aug. 1. It turns out that one of the two men charged for the crime, Victor Aureliano Martinez Ramirez, 29, is an undocumented immigrant against whom Immigration and Customs Enforcement issued a detainer in 2014. Ramirez has pleaded not guilty.
Another Brutal Murder By Illegal Alien — Another Sanctuary City Release. A man who allegedly attacked a 64-year-old California woman and brutally raped her is an illegal alien from Mexico who has been arrested four times in the past two years. The victim, Marilyn Pharis, died eight days after the attack, which occurred July 24 while she was asleep in her Santa Maria home. An autopsy is being conducted to help determine if Pharis died as a direct result of the heinous crime.
Suspect charged with capital murder in death of 6 children, 2 adults. The man accused in the murderous rampage that left six children and two adults dead inside a northwest Harris County home climbed through an unlocked window, restrained them and shot each one in the head, according to prosecutors. "He restrained, shot and killed eight people," Celeste Byrom, an assistant district attorney said during a brief court hearing in which David Ray Conley III, 49, who is charged with multiple counts of capital murder, was ordered held without bail.
Illegal immigrant admits murdering his pizza parlor co-worker and setting her body on fire. An illegal immigrant from Mexico has admitted to strangling a 30-year-old New Jersey woman he worked with, and setting her body and house on fire to cover up the crime. Juan Jimenez-Olivera, 30, pleaded guilty Wednesday [8/5/2015] to murder, aggravated arson, desecrating human remains, theft and related offenses in the slaying of Sviatlana Dranko, his co-worker at a pizzeria.
Illegal Alien on Probation Allegedly Rapes, Beats Woman with Hammer During Home Invasion. Victor Aureliano Martinez Ramirez, an illegal alien who allegedly broke into 64-year-old Marilyn Pharis's home, raped her and savagely beat her with a hammer, had been arrested four times by Santa Maria police in California — and was on probation at the time of his arrest. Police say Ramirez broke into Pharis's home on July 24, raped her and beat her with a claw hammer, leaving her for dead before trying to break into another home.
Illegal Alien Arrested Four Times In Two Years Allegedly Beat California Woman With Hammer, Raped Her. A man who allegedly attacked a 64-year-old California woman and brutally raped her is an illegal alien from Mexico who has been arrested four times in the past two years. The victim, Marilyn Pharis, died eight days after the attack, which occurred July 24 while she was asleep in her Santa Maria home. An autopsy is being conducted to help determine if Pharis died as a direct result of the heinous crime. Victor Aureliano Martinez Ramirez, 29, was arrested shortly after the attack while he was inside another home nearby.
String of Driver Murders Invoke Militarized Transport for El Salvador. Last week, members of the two largest and most violent gangs in El Salvador — Barrio 18 and the Mara Salvatrucha — brought the country's public transportation system to a standstill. The gangs ordered public buses stop running and killed nine drivers who disobeyed their demands, all in an attempt to [apply] pressure to Salvadoran government to negotiate and ease their crackdown, according to officials.
Human Smugglers Running Wild in Texas Border City. In the most open area of the Texas border, human smugglers are running wild in their efforts to circumvent U.S. Border Patrol Agents. Earlier this week, border patrol agents arrested 10 suspected human smugglers in connection with various conspiracies to smuggle more than 75 illegal aliens in total. Breitbart Texas researched the court records for the 10 suspected smugglers who have all been formally charged in federal court in this border city.
Mothers of Children Killed by Illegals Condemn 'Hate-Filled' Luis Gutierrez. After Democratic Rep. Luis Gutierrez (D-IL) exploded with rage at Jessica Vaughan of the Center for Immigration Studies for daring to quote him as saying Kathryn Steinle's death was a "little thing," three mothers whose children were murdered by illegal aliens walked out of the hearing in disgust. Now, those mothers want their voices to be heard.
Obama's Border Patrol Releases Another Illegal Alien Who Murdered and Raped Americans. Obama's immigration department has freed another criminal illegal into the heartland this time by releasing a rapist who went on to murder an American citizen in Ohio.
Feds: 664,607 illegals granted amnesty, some linked to terrorism, gangs. The administration's program to grant amnesty to illegal immigrants under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrival program has given the green light to 664,607 since 2012, including several linked to fraud, terrorism and gangs, according to the U.S Citizenship and Immigration Services agency. What's more, applications for permanent residence have surged from 3,000 to 7,500 a month, far above projections, according to agency answers provided to Senate Judiciary Immigration and the National Interest Subcommittee Republicans and obtained by [the Washington Examiner].
Lake County murder suspect found to be in country illegally during July 7 traffic stop. Lake County sheriff's deputies learned that Juan Emmanuel Razo was in the U.S. illegally from Mexico more than two weeks before his arrest in the death of a 60-year-old Concord Township woman. Razo made his first court appearance Tuesday [7/28/2015] in the death of Margaret Kostelnik where a judge set a $10 million bond. He's also accused in the attempted rape of a 14-year-old girl and the shooting of another woman who survived.
Because We're Not Broke Enough: Obama Poised to Give College Education Grants to Prisoners. I have this queasy feeling in my stomach that upon leaving office, Barack Obama will mass-pardon tens of thousands of federal prisoners. The odious Slate Magazine hinted at this last year. But I just have this strange vibe, which only grows stronger when I read something like this.
Escalating Violence in Mexico and the Southwest Border as a Result of the Illicit Drug Trade? Within the United States, DEA has worked with DHS to implement its "License Plate Reader Initiative" (LPR) in the Southwest border region to gather intelligence, particularly on movements of weapons and cash into Mexico. The system uses optical character recognition technology to read license plates on vehicles in the United States traveling southbound towards the border. The system also takes photographs of drivers and records statistical information such as the date, time, and traffic lane of the record. This information can be compared with DEA and CBP databases to help identify and interdict vehicles that are carrying large quantities of cash, weapons, and other illegal contraband toward Mexico. DEA and other law enforcement agencies will soon be able to submit queries to the database and obtain near real-time responses and can place alerts on suspect license plates.
The Coming Confrontation, Part 2. In 2014, this administration released 30,558 criminal immigrants with a total of 79,059 criminal convictions, including convictions for 86 homicides, 186 kidnappings, 373 sexual assaults, 449 other sexual offenses, 1,194 battery, 1,346 domestic abuse, 13,636 DUI, 994 aggravated assaults, 56 arsons, and 31 smuggling offenses. The Supreme Court set the precedent for this in Zadvydas vs. Davis by ruling that an illegal immigrant cannot be held indefinitely if his home country refuses to take him back. It works well for the illegal's home country. They get rid of a criminal and refuse to take him back. He gets to further his criminal career in this country. Our adminstraton says there is nothing we can do but release them. That is inaccurate, the ruling leaves a great deal of room for interpretation. The State Department can impose visa restrictions on countries that will not take these criminals back.
Illegal Immigrant In Deportation Proceedings Arrested For Sexually Assaulting 14-Year Old. An illegal immigrant sex offender in deportation proceedings is being charged with sexually assaulting a 14-year old girl after he was released on bond, according to reports. Keane Dean, a 26-year old from the Philippines, was arrested last week in Los Angeles County after authorities discovered a 14-year old girl — whose parents reported her missing — was in Dean's garage, according to the Associated Press. The girl told authorities that Dean had befriend her at a grocery store and sexually assaulted her.
Illegal immigrant victim's mother: 'We are at war right here in this country'. Choking back tears, parents whose children were slain by illegal immigrants said Tuesday [7/21/2015] the federal government and so-called sanctuary cities both share blame for their children's deaths, and pleaded with Congress for an all-out effort to secure the border and deport those who already snuck in. "I don't want your sympathy, I want you to do something," demanded Laura Wilkerson, whose 18-year-old son was strangled, had his throat smashed and his body lit on fire by an illegal immigrant trained in mixed martial arts.
Mother of Son Murdered by Illegal Alien Slams Sanctuary Cities, Politicians. At a Tuesday [7/21/2015] Senate hearing dedicated to the families who lost loved ones thanks to illegal aliens, Laura Wilkerson gave testimony on her youngest son Joshua's horrific death while some in the silent audience wept. Wilkerson called on Congress to place American lives and interests over foreigners, especially those illegally living in the country.
Sex offender accused of assaulting teen was in U.S. illegally, officials say. A convicted sex offender charged last week with sexually assaulting a 14-year-old girl in Santa Clarita is in the country illegally and had recently been released on bail from immigration custody, according to federal authorities. Keane Dean, 26, a citizen of the Philippines, was released in April on $10,000 bond so he could be free while he contested his immigration case. He had been targeted for deportation because of his criminal record.
Deportation's revolving door: Suspects in Lawrence shooting shouldn't have been in U.S.. Dominican Republic nationals Wilton Lara-Calmona and Jose M. Lara-Mejia were arrested on drug charges by police investigating the shooting death of Mirta Rivera, 41. The Lawrence nurse was killed in her sleep by a gunshot fired through the ceiling from an upstairs apartment, where both men lived. But Immigration and Customs Enforcement records reviewed by the Herald show the men shouldn't have been in the country in the first place.
Immigration Activist Smears Victims of Illegal Alien Crime Before Their Congressional Hearing. An advocate of mass immigration defended sanctuary cities and scoffed that an upcoming congressional hearing featuring families whose children were murdered by illegals would be a "circus" during a Monday [7/20/2015] press call.
The Democrat Crime Wave: 8,100 Criminal Illegal Aliens Released in 276 "Sanctuary Cities". As more attention is placed on sanctuary cities and how the policy affects those communities, a new report out from the Center for Immigration Studies (CIS) shows that thousands of criminal aliens sought by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) have been released by state and local jurisdictions with sanctuary policies. According to the report, the 276 jurisdictions in 43 states and the District of Columbia (See map here) released 8,145 criminal aliens with detainers from ICE. Of these, 63% had prior criminal histories or were labeled a public safety concern at the time of their release. Nearly 1,900 of the released criminal aliens were arrested [for] another crime within the eight month period the study looked at, from January 1, 2014, to August 31, 2014. The report went on to document that a majority, 63%, of the criminal aliens released from state and local custody had serious prior criminal records with a quarter of them being convicted of a felony.
Rejecting Detainers, Endangering Communities: Sanctuaries release thousands of criminals. State and local sanctuary policies caused the release of more than 8,000 criminal alien offenders sought by ICE for deportation in 276 jurisdictions around the country over an eight-month period, according to ICE records obtained by the Center for Immigration Studies in a FOIA request. Sixty-three percent of the individuals freed by local authorities had prior criminal histories or were labeled a public safety concern at the time of their release. Nearly 1,900 of the released offenders subsequently were arrested for another crime within that eight-month period. ICE arrested approximately 750 of the recidivists, but just over 1,000 (60 percent) remained at large.
Jeh Johnson's Stunning Statements on Sanctuary Cities and Immigration Law. Jeh Johnson warned Congress not to pass any laws to stop sanctuary cities. He also made it clear he won't use the tools available to him to return criminals from countries who don't want them back. It's not just hardworking men and women crossing the southwest border, but drugs, weapons, victims of human trafficking and people with terrorism ties, as well. The border is not secure and we don't have a southern border, according to testimony in March of this year by border agent Chris Cabrera. Jeh Johnson was asked about it on Tuesday and evaded the questions, answering with diversionary responses. Johnson did say he does not want to see nor does he want to enforce any law against sanctuary cities. Nor will he use the powers he has as DHS Chief against countries who refuse to repatriate illegal aliens from their country. He will talk with them instead.
Illegal Alien Accused of Brutal CT Murder Was Spared Deportation by Democrats. How many more crimes — on top of the thousands of killings, rapes, abductions and child abuse already suffered — will Americans tolerate before demanding that Democrats and Republican Crony Crapitalists finally seal the border?
DHS Documents Show 260 Criminal Illegal Aliens Criminals Released in Arizona in Just Three Weeks. Judicial Watch announced today [7/15/2015] that it obtained records from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) revealing that nearly 260 illegal alien criminals, including 40 incarcerated for violent crimes, were released from Arizona detention facilities during the last week of February and the first two weeks of March 2013. After first denying that the mass release had taken place, the Obama administration claimed the releases were due to the anticipated sequestration budget cuts.
Alien With Four Felonies Arrested In SC Brutal Beating And Rape Case. A foreign-born alien who sought help with his immigration papers has been arrested for the alleged brutal beating and rape of the woman who was helping him. Zenen Alvarez-Alguezabal, is behind bars in Seneca, South Carolina and has four previous felony convictions in the United States. It is currently unclear how the man had immigration papers, considering he had four felonies that spanned South Carolina, Texas, California, and Washington state.
Every 12 Days Someone is Murdered by an Illegal Alien Criminal Obama Released From Custody. Spotted an important piece at, of all places, the Washington Post, where Marc A. Thiessen simply obliterates the President and his henchmen, who have gutted U.S. immigration law and needlessly endangered thousands of Americans.
10 Insanely Vicious Crimes Committed By Illegal Immigrants, Most of Which Media Refuse to Report. [I]llegal immigrants have a murder rate that is 3 to 10 times higher than the general population. So anyone that suggests that illegal immigrants don't commit more crime than the rest of us is simply lying to you. Unfortunately, even though we could prevent thousands upon thousands of violent crimes by securing our borders, the Obama administration refuses to do so and it has become very politically incorrect to even talk about this. Every single day, American citizens are being murdered and raped by people that should not be in this country and yet nobody is supposed to address this issue. No wonder our nation is in the process of self-destructing.
Illegal Aliens Murder at a Much Higher Rate Than US Citizens Do. [Scroll down] Per the GAO, "as of fiscal 2009, the total alien — non-U.S.-citizen — population was about 25.3 million, including about 10.8 million aliens without lawful immigration status." Since the population of the U.S. was about 306.8 million in 2009, non-citizens comprised 8.25% of the population and illegal aliens about 3.52%. (Recall that they represented 25% of the federal prison population then, and almost 39% in 2013.) How many crimes did they commit? Almost three million.
Trump is Right: Illegal Alien Crime is Staggering in Scope and Savagery. It is estimated that there are some 133,741 foreign criminals in prisons and jails in the USA. They are not there for spitting on the sidewalk or jaywalking, and very few are there for immigration violations, as those illegal alien criminals are typically deported in fairly short order or simply let go as we have seen time and time again. They are there in large part for molesting, raping, killing, maiming and murdering people in America, as you will see [in this article]. Add in the 168,680 convicted criminal immigrants who have final orders of removal but who remain at large in the U.S., and another 179,018 convicted criminal aliens with deportation cases pending but who are also at large [...]
Missing Florida girl found with alleged kidnapper by Van Buren County officials. The Van Buren County Sheriff's Office helped recover a 13-year-old girl reported missing from Florida Thursday night [7/9/2015]. On Thursday, the Van Buren County Sheriff's Office learned a girl reported missing from Polk County, Florida might be at a residence on 48th Avenue in Hartford Township, Michigan, with a male. The Van Buren County Sheriff's Department went to the home and found the missing 13-year-old girl. The man, 23-year-old Aurelio Hernandez-Gomez of Chiapas, Mexico was found hiding inside the residence.
The Coming Confrontation. A five-time offender just killed a girl in San Francisco. What was he doing here? How many criminals has ICE and DHS let loose on our streets, to commit more crimes, and even legal immigration has been taken over. [The latest figure is 350,000 illegal alien criminals have been released on to our streets.] Disneyland hired over 200 illegals, and Southern California Edison hired over 400 H1B visa immigrants who will work for less money than a citizen. The employees they replace are forced to train them.
Slain Football Player Jamiel Shaw's Father: Donald Trump 'Is Telling the Truth' on Immigration. Relatives of Jamiel Shaw Jr. met with Trump at an undisclosed location Friday afternoon [7/10/2015] and later attended a news conference with him. Shaw died at age 17 in a 2008 shooting near his Arlington Heights home when gang member Pedro Espinoza mistook him for a rival gang member because of the victim's red Spider-Man backpack. Espinoza, who was in the country illegally, was in 2012 sentenced to death for the murder. He had jumped out of a vehicle, shot Shaw in the stomach and then fired a second execution-style shot in his head.
Here's a helpful tip: Don't hurl rocks at cops.
Family of man shot by Washington police seeks more than $4 million in damages. The family of a man who was shot and killed by police in Washington state early this year is seeking nearly $4.8 million in damages, according to public records obtained by CNN. Authorities say that Antonio Zambrano-Montes, a Mexican national and migrant worker, was throwing rocks at police in Pasco, Washington, before he was fatally shot on February 10. Officers had used a Taser on him, but it wasn't effective, police said. Two officers were hit by the rocks, one of which police claim was as large as a softball, according to authorities.
'Illegal immigrant' charged with groping 2 girls at Michigan's Adventure. An Indiana resident called an "illegal immigrant" on court documents has been charged with sexually groping two 17-year-old girls on the Fourth of July in a Michigan's Adventure wave pool. Eliazar Rivas-Rodriguez, 29, of Middlebury, Indiana, was arraigned Tuesday, July 7, on two counts of fourth-degree criminal sexual conduct involving force or coercion. The arraignment was conducted through a Spanish-speaking interpreter, according to court records.
The Democrat Open Borders Crowd: Accessories to Rape, Mayhem and Murder. It is absolutely indisputable that San Francisco's sanctuary policies contributed to the horrific, senseless, shooting death of 32-year-old Kate Steinle on July 2. Francisco Sanchez, the illegal alien who admitted killing her, has said that it was the city's sanctuary policies that attracted him to it. City leaders have Kate's blood on their hands. But that blood is a drop in the bucket compared to the outrages regularly being committed by the illegals among us, while politicians of both parties sing their praises.
According to the ACLU, La Raza, the New York Times, and the SSA, 75% of illegal aliens commit felonies. According to these organizations, as many as 75 percent of illegal immigrants use unlawfully obtained Social Security numbers to pay payroll (Social Security) taxes. That, in turn, means that the vast majority of illegal immigrants are committing multiple federal and state felonies including forgery, Social Security fraud, perjury on I-9 forms, and identity theft. It also means that potentially millions of Americans, including an untold number of innocent children, are victims of identity theft when their Social Security numbers are used by illegal immigrants.
Trump is Right About Illegals, Says Grieving Father. A fiery black opponent of so-called sanctuary cities whose teenaged son was murdered in cold blood by an illegal alien gangster from Mexico is cheering on Donald Trump for demanding that the U.S. government enforce existing immigration laws.
What ever happened to the Democrat warcry of "If we can only save one child?". Between November 1, 2013 and October 31, 2014, there have been 4,317 charges of child sexual assault filed against illegal aliens in North Carolina, according to the citizens advocacy group known as NCFIRE. 12 months, 4,300 charges of sexual assault on kids by illegal invaders. In one state.
So Much For Obama's Slogan-Infested Immigration Stand. Nobody worries about deportation these days. The Obama administration favors illegals, using executive orders to protect them. In 2014, Obama ordered the Department of Homeland Security to release 30,558 illegals with criminal records onto U.S. streets, after releasing 36,007 illegals in 2013. And in the past three years, these same illegals murdered 131 Americans, not counting Steinle or the El Paso woman murdered by an illegal with a hammer last weekend. How big a problem is the illegal crime wave? A 2011 Government Accountability Office report says some 300,000 inmates of federal prisons are illegals.
250 Murders by Criminal Illegals Intentionally Released in 2014. Crime figures released at a hearing before the House Judiciary Committee show a massive number of criminal illegals released by ICE in 2014 have come back to haunt American society. Despite his big talk about focusing resources of dangerous criminal illegal aliens, President Obama's record on preventing illegal immigration and now enforcement of current law is seriously lacking.
41.7 Percent of Federal Criminal Cases in 5 Districts on US-Mexico Border. According to data released by the U.S. Justice Department, 41.7 percent of the federal criminal cases that U.S. attorneys filed in U.S. district courts in fiscal 2014 were in the five U.S. attorneys' districts that sit along the U.S.-Mexico border. In fact, the five districts that sit along the border — those for Southern California, Arizona, New Mexico, Western Texas and Southern Texas — were the top five in the country for criminal cases filed in U.S. district courts.
House Judiciary Chair: 'This Administration Is Releasing Criminals Back Onto the Streets'. Rep. Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.), chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, is criticizing the Obama administration for "releasing criminals back onto the streets." He was talking about the murder of a 32-year-old woman in San Francisco last Wednesday [7/1/2015], allegedly by an illegal alien with seven felony convictions who had been deported five times to Mexico. Because San Francisco is a "sanctuary city," local authorities did not honor a U.S. Customs and Enforcement Agency detainer for Francisco Sanchez. The detainer could have kept Sanchez in jail until ICE officials picked him up.
Kathryn Steinle killing fuels outrage over Democrats' deportation opposition. The Democratic campaign to relax national, state and local deportation policies is fueling outrage ignited by the shocking slaying of a woman in San Francisco by an oft-deported illegal immigrant with seven felony convictions. House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte slammed the Obama administration for turning federal requests to detain illegal immigrants into "something voluntary" and "releasing criminals back onto the streets." "This administration is not enforcing our immigration laws," the Virginia Republican said. "And, quite frankly, I don't think they care."
Trump: 'Infectious disease is pouring across the border'. Donald Trump doubled down on his controversial comments about illegal immigration from Mexico on Monday [7/6/2015], saying, "infectious disease is pouring across the border." Trump issued a lengthy — nearly 900 word — statement invoking the death of a San Francisco woman shot and killed last week by a suspect who had previously been deported to Mexico five times. "This is merely one of thousands of similar incidents throughout the United States," Trump said Monday [7/6/2015]. "In other words, the worst elements in Mexico are being pushed into the United States by the Mexican government."
The Sanctuary Country. When national politicians fret about states that defy federal laws or even national attitudes, they aren't talking about "sanctuary cities." No, that kind of defiance meets with their approval. If those cities flew confederate flags or tardily issued gay marriage licenses, pols could work themselves up into a lather about them. But ignoring federal immigration law? That's no big deal, until an illegal immigrant in one of those cities shoots somebody and then the finger-pointing begins.
Donald Trump's Criminal Illegal Immigrants. President Obama has been releasing illegal immigrants from jails for committing felonies that would put all legal citizens into prison. This gives the impression that he is following the law and deporting more illegal immigrants than ever. Unfortunately, it also enables tragedies such as the murder of an innocent young woman in San Francisco by an illegal immigrant who had been deported, and allowed by liberal policies to return across the southern border, five times.
O'Reilly: Trump Right About Border Wall, San Francisco Officials 'Directly Responsible' For Steinle Murder. On Monday's [7/6/2015] broadcast of "The O'Reilly Factor," host Bill O'Reilly took real estate mogul and GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump's side in the immigration. O'Reilly said Trump was correct on two calls — the wall on the southern border he had proposed and who was responsible for the death of Kate Steinle, which was the result of murder by an illegal immigrant that had been deported five times.
It Happened Again: Local PD Failed To Report Illegal Alien, And Now Someone Is Dead. A man who confessed to murdering his wife with a hammer in Texas is a four-time deported illegal alien who has had repeated run-ins with the law, Breitbart is reporting. Juan Francisco De Luna Vasquez had been captured in the U.S. and deported multiple times back to Mexico but repeatedly returned illegally. Amazingly, the Laredo Police Department had previously intervened between the illegal alien in his wife, but did not tell Border Patrol he was in the United States.
Trump Is Right About Mexican Illegals Committing Crimes. Despite attempts to take his comments out of context, Donald Trump was clearly talking about illegal immigration. So, if you want to say, "My grandfather came here legally from Mexico..." or "I know a legal Mexican immigrant who serves in the military," it has nothing to do with what Trump said. Even when it comes to illegals, Trump noted that some of them are "good people." So what's really upsetting people on the Left is Trump's assertion that Mexican illegal aliens are committing a substantial amount of crime in America. That is inarguably true.
Trump On Criminal Illegals: 'Both Sides Need To Grow Up And Put America's Interests First'. [Scroll down] "According to a Government Accountability Office (GAO) 2011 report, America's prisons house 351,000 criminal aliens who committed a crime after having already broken the law by entering America illegally." Trump added, "Making taxpayers pay for 351,000 criminals who should never have been here in the first place is ridiculous." Trump noted that even the government's own figures estimated the incarceration costs of these illegal criminals is $1.1 billion.
Two Previously Deported Illegal Immigrants Allegedly Murder Two Women in Two States — In 24 Hours. In both instances, the women's murder could have been prevented by authorities had they enforced existing U.S. immigration laws and/or had the U.S.-Mexico border been functionally secured.
The Progressive Policies That Murdered Kate Steinle. [Scroll down] Although this violent thug pulled the trigger, progressives, through the laws they have enacted, put this man on the streets which allowed him to murder. Federal authorities had Lopez-Sanchez in custody in March after he was set free from a federal prison. They transferred him to San Francisco authorities because he was wanted by them on drug-related charges. The feds filed what's called an "immigration detainer" requesting that the local authorities notify them before releasing the man. But San Francisco, home of the most militant leftists in America, refused the request because local policy forbids it. The prisoner in effect got a "get out of jail free card" from the left-wing open-borders movement which argues that keeping illegals in jail violates their constitutional rights.
San Francisco — A "Sanctuary City" For Whom Exactly? A San Francisco article gives some insight into how the decision to make a "sanctuary city", has now made them a safe harbor for illegal alien criminals, murderers and rapists. Alternate headline: "Donald Trump Is Right".
Flashback: 'Christmas Story,' 'Waitress' Directors Killed By Illegal Aliens. The media, Democrats, and weak-kneed Republicans who defend and dismiss our porous Southern border, have plenty of blood on their hands — and not just the everyday Americans victimized by people who simply shouldn't be here. Due to our unwillingness to secure the border and protect our own citizens, this country lost two major American artists in the last decade, Bob Clark and Adrienne Shelly.
Obama, Brown, Harris Allowed S.F. Murderer To Stalk The Streets. The senseless, random murder of 32-year-old Kathryn Steinle last week, allegedly by illegal alien Juan Francisco Lopez-Sanchez, has shocked the city of San Francisco and outraged the nation. The alleged murderer was free because of a local policy and state law that prevent cooperation with federal immigration detainers — and because of a federal government that encourages such disobedience.
Feds: Cops should not have freed suspect now charged in random killing. U.S. immigration officials said Friday [7/3/2015] that the San Francisco Police Department did not honor a request they made in March to hold onto a Mexican citizen now charged in the random shooting of a tourist on the San Francisco pier. Francisco Sanchez, 45, has been charged with killing a 31-year-old woman who was strolling with her family along the scenic Embarcadero waterfront on Wednesday evening, police said.
Man arrested in connection with San Francisco killing had been deported several times, officials say. The man arrested in connection with the seemingly random killing of a woman who was out for a stroll with her father along the San Francisco waterfront is an illegal immigrant who previously had been deported five times, federal immigration officials say. Further, Immigration and Customs Enforcement says San Francisco had him in their custody earlier this year but failed to notify ICE when he was released.
Police identify motel intruder shot by ex-CNN reporter. Tomorio Walton had absconded from parole out of Memphis, and it wasn't clear how long he had been in New Mexico, Albuquerque Police Department spokesman Tanner Tixier said late Thursday [7/2/2015].
Random killing Trumps San Francisco's sanctuary city policy. The horrific murder of a pretty young woman by an illegal alien at a prime tourist location in San Francisco is validating the argument of Donald Trump on the influx of violent criminals, and causing at least some local media reflection in arguably the nation's most politically correct city. This morning edition of the San Francisco Chronicle website (which reflects the newspaper's front page to some extent) gives prominent placement to Trump's contention that the murder of Kathryn Steinle shows that he's right.
Woman is 'randomly shot to death at popular San Francisco pier in broad daylight. The man accused of randomly shooting dead a California woman as she walked along a popular San Francisco pier has a serious criminal history and has been deported to Mexico multiple times, according to reports. What's more, Francisco Sanchez, 45, was already on probation out of Texas and should have been sent to federal authorities as an 'enforcement priority' following a Bay Area arrest four months ago.
Woman mourned, suspect held in random killing on S.F. pier. The suspect was identified as Francisco Sanchez, who is approximately 45 and whose last known address was in Texas. He spoke with homicide inspectors and was later jailed on suspicion of murder, officials said. Sanchez was on probation, said Sgt. Michael Andraychak, who wouldn't elaborate.
Media Hide Facts, Call Everyone Else a Liar. When Donald Trump said something not exuberantly enthusiastic about Mexican immigrants, the media's response was to boycott him. One thing they didn't do was produce any facts showing he was wrong. Trump said: "When Mexico sends its people, they're not sending their best. They're not sending you. They're not sending you. They're sending people that have lots of problems, and they're bringing those problems to us. They're bringing drugs. They're bringing crime. They're rapists. And some, I assume, are good people." The first thing a news fact-checker would have noticed is: THE GOVERNMENT WON'T TELL US HOW MANY IMMIGRANTS ARE COMMITTING CRIMES IN AMERICA. Wouldn't that make any person of average intelligence suspicious? Not our media. They're in on the cover-up.
Coulter: 'I'm Offended' Is Not An Argument Against Trump, Facts Back Him Up. Monday [6/29/2015], NBC announced it was cutting ties with Trump following the backlash over the GOP presidential contender's view that Mexican immigrants are bringing their problems to the U.S. "They're bringing drugs. They're bringing crime. They're rapists. And some, I assume, are good people," Trump said during his campaign announcement earlier this month. Coulter, who devotes a goodly portion of her new book to immigrant crime and the media's failure to report fully on the "immigrant crime wave," points out that arguments against Trump amount to a straw man claim that "not all Mexicans are rapists." "The point is: Why should America be taking in ANY RAPISTS?" Coulter wrote in an email to Breitbart News. "Were we short on rapists? By definition, we're talking about people who have no right to be here. If Mexico is sending us 2 rapists — THEY'RE SENDING US RAPISTS."
Obama extending amnesty to illegals in prisons, jails. The administration has ordered agents to begin ignoring many of the illegal immigrants they encounter in prisons and jails, as President Obama begins to implement a lesser-known part of his deportation amnesty policy — though his program isn't sitting well with either side of the immigration debate. In a nod to so-called sanctuary cities, the president's policy prohibits U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents from targeting most illegal immigrants for deportation, including most of those who come into contact with state and local police.
Obama DHS freed thousands of violent illegal aliens. Thousands of illegal immigrants convicted of serious crimes — including rape, child molestation and kidnapping — have been released in the United States by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the agency doesn't bother keeping track of the alien convicts. The DHS agency responsible for removing dangerous illegal aliens, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), simply releases sex offenders when they complete their criminal sentence and fails to monitor or force them to register with local authorities in the communities where they resettle. The incredulous story of this outrageous system comes via an investigative series published this week in a Boston newspaper that sued the government for the records.
Terrorists and Criminals Yes, Trans Fats No. Obama's tragicomic reign recently has taken several truly frightful turns. On his eagle-eyed watch, we now learn, easily preventable homicides actually occurred, and designated potential terrorists are manning the secure areas of U.S. airports. Meanwhile, Obama deployed the federal government's ferocious power ... against a food additive. For starters, Obama's hands are soaked with the blood of as many as 121 people who were murdered by illegal-alien criminal convicts after he failed to deport them and, instead, released them onto America's streets.
Enforcement? What Enforcement? Three recent items highlight the continuing collapse of interior immigration enforcement under Obama. The first is information pried out of DHS by Senators Grassley and Sessions: ["]One hundred twenty-one convicted criminals who faced deportation orders between 2010 and 2014 were never removed from the country and now face murder charges, according to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).["] Just to be clear, these were convicted criminals, in ICE custody, who had been ordered deported but were instead released back into U.S. communities, and then went on to murder Americans.
Illegal Alien Rapists, Child Molesters Freed in U.S. Instead of Deported. For years, doctors warned federal immigration officials: Do not take your eyes off Santos Hernandez Carrera. He had raped a woman at knifepoint and spent roughly half his life in jail, where immigration officials hoped to keep him until they could send him home to Cuba. As far as the public knew, the strategy worked: Until last month, the public sex offender registry said Hernandez Carrera, who has been diagnosed with a mental illness, had been deported. He never was. Instead, the Globe discovered that Hernandez Carrera is in Florida, one of hundreds of immigrants convicted of sex crimes who should have been deported but instead were released in the United States because their homelands refused to take them back. They are convicted rapists, child molesters, and kidnappers — among "the worst of the worst," as one law enforcement agency put it. Yet the Globe found that immigration officials have released them without making sure they register with local authorities as sex offenders.
121 murders attributed to illegals released by Obama administration. More than 100 immigrants whom the Obama administration released back into the community went on to be charged with subsequent killings, according to government data released Monday that raises more questions about whether immigration authorities are doing enough to detail illegal immigrants awaiting deportation. In one case, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement acknowledged that its agents didn't find out about an illegal immigrant's death threats and court injunctions against him — which should have put him back in detention — until after the man was accused of murder.
Another of Obama's "Dreamers" caps off a life of crime with mass murder. The Washington Times reports that Immigration and Customs Enforcement has flagged Darron Wint for deportation, should he ever be released from prison. That's unlikely, since he murdered four people, including a 10-year-old boy who was tortured first, in the Washington, D.C., "Mansion Murders." Though ICE's action is a necessary formality, to call it a day late and a dollar short is a ghoulish understatement. Little has been reported about how Wint got here, other than he came, legally, from Guyana in 2000 at age 20, probably under one of the family categories. But the relevant question here is why this depraved monster was allowed to remain in the United States?
What Happens When You Don't Enforce the Immigration Laws. Needless to say, Darron Wint will never receive the punishment he deserves. But here's the point: he never should have been in this country in the first place. He immigrated from Guyana in 2000, at age 20. His arrival here was legal, apparently because he was related to others from Guyana who were already in the U.S. So he was a "legal permanent resident." But a permanent resident doesn't get to stay forever; that designation merely means that there is no legal end point to the person's stay at the time when he arrives.
Abbott Signs Sweeping Border Security Bill. To Gov. Greg Abbott, signing a sweeping, multimillion-dollar border security bill hundreds of miles from the Rio Grande made sense. "Here in Houston, there are more than 20,000 dangerous gang members that are associated with cross border traffic-related crime," Abbott said Tuesday [6/9/2015] as he was flanked by lawmakers and peace officers at a Texas Department of Public Safety facility. "More than 100,000 of those gang members operate across the state of Texas."
Illegal Alien Sends Border Patrol Agent to Hospital after Assault. An illegal alien from Honduras has been accused of attacking a U.S. Border Patrol Agent who was trying to stop a group of illegal immigrants that had just crossed the Rio Grande. The assault took place last week near the border community called Sullivan City, when a group of agents riding all-terrain vehicles were notified about a group of 20 illegal immigrants making their way north from the river, court records obtained by Breitbart Texas revealed.
Three El Salvadorean MS-13 gang members arrested for 'brutal, heinous' attack. Three teenage reputed members of the MS-13 street gang were ordered held without bail Friday [6/5/2015] on charges they forced a 16-year-old into a wooded area of a Long Island golf course, where two of them took turns raping her while the third stood as a lookout.
Obama Releases 3,700 'Worst of the Worst' Criminal Illegals Into the US. Once again we see Obama's administration releasing criminal illegal aliens arrested for vicious crimes released right back into the US with no penalties for the criminals. Obama is releasing murderers, rapists, drunk drivers, thieves, and other major criminals into the country after they have been arrested.
Actual New York Headline: 3 Held Without Bail in "Brutal, Barbaric" Rape of 16-Year-Old Girl in Long Island Woods. You'd have to go more that a little deep into the article to see the part where "Four Salvadorian Nationals", are under arrest for the most brutal and barbaric rape of a 16-year-old. Those same "Salvadorian Nationals" are also known as the "2014 Unaccompanied Alien Children" that Glenn Beck and Dana Loesch were desperate to provide 'teddy bears and soccer balls' for last summer.
3,700 illegal immigrant 'Threat Level 1' criminals released into U.S. by DHS. Most of the illegal immigrant criminals Homeland Security officials released from custody last year were discretionary, meaning the department could have kept them in detention but chose instead to let them onto the streets as their deportation cases moved through the system, according to new numbers from Congress. Some of those released were the worst of the worst — more than 3,700 "Threat Level 1" criminals, who are deemed the top priority for deportation, were still released out into the community even as they waited for their immigration cases to be heard.
ICE Still Releasing Criminal Aliens Into U.S. Population at a Frightening Pace. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution has published an investigative report on violent criminals released by ICE. Aptly titled "Convicted, but free to roam: Giving little notice, federal authorities have released thousands of detained undeportable immigrants — sometimes with grave results", the article tells the story of a rapist and a murderer turned loose by ICE. Such criminal alien releases are continuing at an alarming pace in 2015.
Epidemic of MS-13 Gang Busts Reveal Disastrous Results of Executive Amnesty. Authorities Wednesday [5/20/2015] rounded up 37 MS-13 gang members in Charlotte, N.C., on racketeering conspiracy charges, along with charges of murder, attempted murder and firearms violations. All of them are illegal aliens from El Salvador, Honduras and Guatemala. Several are round-trippers — illegals who broke in once, committed crimes, got deported and broke back into the U.S. — proving that our border is porous and unsecured. Charlotte police discovered the rat's nest of foreign gangsters after some of them started shooting up local nightclubs and bars. Reading the indictment, much of the money these immigrant hoods raise from illegal gang activity is wired back to El Salvador to arrange for even more gangsters to come across the border.
MS-13 Gang Epidemic Tests Obama's Amnesty Excuse. Recent busts of murderous MS-13 gangsters put the lie to President Obama's sympathetic amnesty narrative of illegal immigrants as "workers who mow our lawns, make our beds (and) clean out bedpans." Authorities Wednesday rounded up 37 MS-13 gang members in Charlotte, N.C., on racketeering conspiracy charges, along with charges of murder, attempted murder and firearms violations. All of them are illegal aliens from El Salvador, Honduras and Guatemala. Several are round-trippers — illegals who broke in once, committed crimes, got deported and broke back into the U.S. — proving that our border is porous and unsecured. Charlotte police discovered the rat's nest of foreign gangsters after some of them started shooting up local nightclubs and bars.
Two Illegals Plead Guilty to Baseball Bat-Machete Murder of Teen. Two illegal aliens in Walker County, Texas, have pleaded guilty to murdering and dismembering a 16-year-old high school student with a baseball bat and a machete in a national park nearly two years ago. According to investigators, the crime was a revenge killing ordered by the infamously violent Latin American gang Mara Salvatrucha, or MS-13.
Don't let gangbangers get immigration benefits. North Carolina's Republican senators have joined Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, to file legislation prohibiting people with gang ties from gaining immigration benefits. The bill comes after federal immigration officials admitted that, in 2013, they stopped the deportation of a gang member who is now the suspect in the February slayings of four people in Charlotte. Emmanuel Jesus Rangel-Hernandez was granted special immigration status two years ago, despite being listed in a federal database as a gang member.
Obama Administration Admits Granting Known Gang Member Amnesty. The Obama administration is admitting it granted executive amnesty protections to a known gang member — one charged with four counts of murder — and is now reviewing prior approvals to double check that other gang members have not also been approved for deferred status. In a letter to Senate Judiciary Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-IA) dated Friday [4/17/2015], U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) Director Leon Rodriguez explains that Emmanuel Jesus Rangel-Hernandez's request for deferred status under President Obama's Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program "should not have been approved" based on standard procedure.
Feds releasing hundreds of illegal immigrant rapists, murderers: report. The administration is deporting fewer criminal aliens than it did last year, according to new statistics released Tuesday that undercut President Obama's justification for his new amnesty, which he said was intended to free agents to focus on the most dangerous of criminals by focusing on "felons not families." Instead, both arrests and deportations of criminal aliens are down about 30 percent through the first six months of fiscal year 2015, signaling that agents, who have been told to stop focusing on rank-and-file illegal immigrants, have not been able to refocus on criminal illegal immigrants instead.
Obama DREAMER Accused Of Killing Four. Just another illegal alien doing the 1st degree murder that Americans won't.
ICE: 167,527 Criminal Aliens Loose in U.S.A.. According to weekly detention and departure reports from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, there were 167,527 non-detained convicted criminal aliens in the United States as of Jan. 26 of this year, a congressional hearing revealed Thursday [3/19/2015]. House Oversight and Government Reform Chairman Jason Chaffetz (R-Utah.) read the statistic aloud Thursday durin a hearing examining ICE's priorities and procedures for removing criminal aliens currently living in the United States. "In that report, it said that there are 167,527 non-detained, final-order convicted criminals on the loose in the United States," Chaffetz pointed out while questioning ICE Director Sarah Saldana.
23 Dreamers from Obama amnesty snared in criminal dragnet. Nearly two dozen of the illegal immigrants picked up in a nationwide sweep for criminal aliens earlier this month had previously been approved for President Obama's deportation amnesty, the Homeland Security Department said Wednesday [3/18/2015]. All 23 were part of Mr. Obama's original program for so-called Dreamers, which began in 2012 and which had granted tentative legal legal status to nearly 640,000 as of the end of last year. Of the 23, 15 were still actively part of the amnesty, while eight had been approved once but had not gotten their status renewed after the first two-year period expired.
DHS released another 30,000 criminal aliens onto streets. Federal immigration officers released another 30,000 immigrants with criminal records last year, following the 36,000 it released in 2013, the government announced Wednesday — though it promised to take steps to cut down on the problem. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the agency that handles detention and removal of illegal immigrants, said it will no longer allow overcrowding to be the main reason a dangerous illegal immigrant is released, and will require a top supervisor to approve the cases of any serious criminals that officers want to release. Overall, ICE released 30,558 criminal aliens in fiscal 2014, which is down from the 36,007 criminals released a year before.
1,000 'criminal aliens' released by ICE committed new crimes, Grassley says. The chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee said Friday that 1,000 of the more than 36,000 "criminal aliens" released by federal immigration authorities in 2013 have been convicted of new crimes. Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, cited Department of Homeland Security statistics in a statement released by his office. The list of crimes included assault with a deadly weapon, terrorist threats, failure to register as a sex offender, lewd acts with a child under 14 and spousal rape by force.
Talks continue as FBI, Federal Bureau of Prisons relocate about 2,800 inmates from South Texas facility. The owner of the Willacy County Correctional Center provided an update on Sunday morning in regard to a plan, announced Saturday, to move 2,900 inmates to other federal prisons in the region in the wake of a Friday morning riot. More than 300 inmates from the Willacy County Correctional Center were transferred to other Federal Bureau of Prisons in the region, according to a statement from the center's owner, Management and Training Corp.
Illegal Aliens Riot in Texas Prison Near Border. Approximately 2,000 inmates at a federal detention center near the border that primarily houses immigration detainees rioted and set off fires, requiring a massive mobilization of law enforcement to secure the perimeter and restore order. The uprising began Friday morning [2/20/2015] at the MTC Detention Center in Raymondville when a group of prisoners began getting agitated about the medical services in the private prison facility, KGBT reported.
2,000 inmates armed with pipes seize control of part of Texas prison. Thousands of federal prisoners will have to be moved to other penitentiaries after 2,000 inmates armed with pipes set fire to part of a South Texas prison after seizing control of the area. The uprising began on Friday when prisoners at the Willacy County Correctional Center refused to perform their work duties in protest of the current state of their medical services. The conflict erupted around noon when prisoners stormed the recreation yard and set fire to three of the prison's ten housing facilities.
The Costly Asylum Racket. Did you hear about the El Cajon, California Iraqi man who was found guilty of murdering his wife after writing a phony note from supposed Islamophobes telling the family to leave the U.S.? Did you know that the Tsarnaev Boston Bombers came to our country with false claims of persecution and then cashed in to receive $100,000 in U.S. welfare handouts? Did you hear about the Oregon Somali Christmas tree bomber? Did you hear about the Somali youths who left Minneapolis to join Al-Shabaab and ISIS? [...] If you didn't hear those facts, put it down to the secrecy of the refugee racket, which does its best to operate under the radar.
AZ Sheriff: 30% of Illegals Caught at Border Have Criminal History in U.S.. Speaking before the House Judiciary Committee on the issue of illegal immigration, Sheriff Paul Babeu, from Pinal County, Ariz., said up to 30 percent of the roughly 120,000 illegal aliens apprehended every year at the southwest U.S. border around his county have some kind of criminal record in the United States, adding that "the border is not more secure than ever" as President Barack Obama has stated.
Illegal immigrants released from custody committed 1,000 new crimes. One thousand of the 36,000 illegal immigrant criminals the government released in 2013 have gone on to commit other crimes, including child sex abuse, hit-and-run and child cruelty, according to new data released Friday evening by Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Charles E. Grassley. The information, which the Homeland Security Department provided to Mr. Grassley, details all 1,000 convictions including dozens of drunk-driving convictions, drug offenses and weapons convictions. But the more serious crimes include domestic abuse, carjacking and aggravated assault.
Sen. Chuck Grassley Introduces Legislation to Stop 'Catch and Release' Policy for Dangerous Illegal Immigrants. Ever since Homeland Security instituted a policy of "catch and release" for illegal immigrants accused of serious felonies, they have been found time and time again committing violent assaults and murders. When their home countries refuse to take them back, they are sent back out into the streets, at most being required to post bond. With Republicans now in control of both the House and the Senate, perhaps Congress will be able to override this dangerous practiced ordered by Obama.
1,000 'criminal aliens' released by ICE committed new crimes, Grassley says. The chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee said Friday [1/30/2015] that 1,000 of the more than 36,000 "criminal aliens" released by federal immigration authorities in 2013 have been convicted of new crimes. Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, cited Department of Homeland Security statistics in a statement released by his office. The list of crimes included assault with a deadly weapon, terrorist threats, failure to register as a sex offender, lewd acts with a child under 14 and spousal rape by force.
Illegal Alien Felon Kills American for No Particular Reason. There is a price to be paid for the lawless open borders policy of our moonbat rulers. Unfortunately, they don't have to pay it; normal people do.
Illegal Alien Free On Bond Allegedly Murders Store Clerk. An illegal immigrant — who video surveillance reportedly shows calmly murdering a young store clerk in order to steal a box of cigarettes — was already out on bond from U.S. Immigration services and even had a previous conviction from which he had received no jail time.
Should police issue commands in Spanish when facing a suspect at gunpoint? Three McMinnville police officers faced off with Juventino Bermudez-Arenas as he held the large blade he'd just used to kill a 20-year-old Linfield College student. Officers pulled their guns. One, who spoke Spanish, reached for her Taser but dropped it and grabbed her pistol as Bermudez-Arenas lowered his head and his hands and appeared to move forward. Seconds before they fatally shot the 33-year-old Mexican man, police yelled, "Get on the ground," and, "Drop the knife," again and again. They yelled their commands in English, the dominant language in the U.S. But in the days after the Nov. 15 shooting of Bermudez-Arenas, his family and his employer told detectives he had understood few English words and couldn't speak the language.
A reasonable and sober person could surmise that if the cops in any country are yelling at you in any language, and pointing their guns at you, that's a clear signal that you should get passive quickly. So here's a tip for all knife-wielding homicidal immigrants: Learn enough English to understand the cops, or you might get yourself killed.
The Mexican Mafia Is the Daddy of All Street Gangs. The indictment of 38 members of Los Angeles street gang Big Hazard once again puts the national spotlight on the Mexican Mafia, a treacherous and violent criminal organization also known as La Eme that has deep roots inside California's prison system. Federal officials spent Wednesday arresting members of the Boyle Heights-based street gang which has strong ties to La Eme.
DHS' New Guidelines on Deporting Illegals: Longtime Aliens, Some Criminals Get Special Consideration. On Nov. 20, the same day President Barack Obama announced executive action to shield millions of illegal aliens from deportation, Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Jeh Johnson issued an agency-wide memorandum explaining new guidelines for enforcing the nation's immigration laws — or not enforcing them based on a wide range of "circumstances."
'You're Not Going to Be Deported,' Obama Assures 'Ordinary' Illegal Immigrants. Speaking about his new immigration program in Nashville on Tuesday [10/9/2014], President Obama assured "ordinary" illegal immigrants, "You're not going to be deported," even if they don't register with the U.S. government. [...] Obama explained that the Homeland Security Department has set deportation priorities: "And at the top are criminals, people who pose a threat, and at the bottom are ordinary people who are otherwise law-abiding. And what we're saying, essentially, is in that low-priority list, you won't — you won't be a priority for deportation. You're not going to be deported. We're not going to keep on separating families."
Obama Deputies Free 30,862 Foreign Criminals. President Barack Obama's immigration deputies released 30,862 foreign criminals into the United States' cities and neighborhoods, according to a federal document. The document also showed that Obama repatriated less than 1 percent of the 12 million illegals living in the United States during the 12 months up to October 2014.
Top 5 Whoppers From Obama's Announcement That He's Nullifying U.S. Immigration Law. [#5] Obama claims he is going to focus on deporting felons. Yet, he has done the opposite. 36,000 convicted criminal aliens were released last year, 80,000 criminal aliens encountered by ICE weren't even placed into deportation proceedings, 167,000 criminal aliens who were ordered deported are still at large, 341,000 criminal aliens released by ICE without deportation orders are known to be free and at large in the US. Again, this is cessation of deportations for everyone.
Obama Amnesty as Feds Bust Illegal Aliens That Got $7.2 Mil from IRS with Stolen IDs. In the same week that President Obama issued his administrative amnesty sparing millions from deportation, the feds busted a criminal ring of illegal immigrants that used stolen identities to defraud the U.S. government out of $7.2 million in tax refunds. The mastermind of this sophisticated operation is a resourceful delinquent in Frankfurt, Delaware who runs a landscaping and cleaning business called "Las Tres Mujeres" (the three women). Her name is Linda Avila and she's admitted in federal court that she filed more than 1,700 fraudulent tax returns with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) using stolen identities assigned to migrant workers — mostly from Mexico — living in the U.S. illegally.
Obama ends Secure Communities program as part of immigration action. For the immigrant advocates who for years have been calling on President Obama to curtail deportations, the Secure Communities program symbolized what was wrong with the nation's immigration enforcement strategy. Designed to identify potentially deportable immigrants who had committed crimes, the program provided immigration agents with fingerprint records collected at local jails. In many cases, agents would ask local law enforcement officials to hold inmates believed to be in the country illegally beyond the length of their jail terms so that they could be transferred to federal custody.
As Illegals Flow Across Border, MS-13 Members In MD Charged With Violent Crimes. In the midst of the Obama administration transporting around 1,000 unaccompanied minors from Border Patrol centers in Texas to facilities in Baltimore, MD, and Richmond, VA, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement announced in a press release on Wednesday [6/18/2014] that a Federal Grand Jury returned a second superseding indictment charging four Maryland men in connection with a conspiracy to participate in murder in aid of a racketeering enterprise known as the La Mara Salvatrucha or MS-13.
New DHS immigration rules: Drunk drivers, sex abusers, drug dealers, gun offenders not top deportation priorities. The Department of Homeland Security has just released new "Policies for the Apprehension, Detention, and Removal of Undocumented Immigrants." Designed to fill in the details after President Obama's announcement that at least four million currently illegal immigrants will be given work permits, Social Security numbers and protection from deportation, the DHS guidelines are instructions for the nation's immigration and border security officers as they administer the president's directive.
ICE lawyer's lawsuit exposes how feds release illegals. The Obama administration told federal immigration lawyers to release illegal immigrants with "old" drunken-driving convictions and those found guilty of stealing other people's identities, according to a lawsuit filed by one of the lawyers at the center of the operation. Patricia M. Vroom, a top attorney for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in Arizona, filed a 67-page discrimination complaint that details repeated battles with agency higher-ups who told her to close cases and not deport people whom President Obama deemed low-priority.
Illegals Commit Over 400 Child Sexual Assaults in One Month in This Non-Border State. Obama's illegal-immigrant "dreamers" have been racking up some interesting headlines of late. [...] An illegal drunk driver killing a three-year-old waiting in line for the ice cream truck... and then driving away? Check. Illegal immigrants bringing a deadly, virus-carrying triatomine bug over the border into the United States? Check. An illegal immigrant shooting a carjacking victim in the face while smiling? Check!
Father Asks Obama to Use Executive Order to Bring Son Slain by Illegal Alien Back to Life. A grieving father is asking President Barack Obama to bring his son, who was killed by an illegal alien, back to life with an executive order on immigration. "While your Executive Order pad is out, can you write one to bring my son and the tens of thousands (actually over 100,000) killed by illegal aliens back to life and to bring our destroyed families back together?" asks Don Rosenberg in a letter to Obama. His son Drew was killed by an illegal alien who ran over him in 2010.
Lawsuit: Obama Officials Pressured Prosecutors to Release Convicted Criminal Illegal Aliens. An award-winning, career prosecutor at U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) alleged in a blistering new lawsuit she was punished for resisting orders to release convicted criminal illegal aliens from custody. The allegations from Patricia M. Vroom, 59, implicate Peter Vincent, the recently-resigned top lawyer at the agency.
A Lawless Flood Of Illegal Aliens. "Jeanne Shaheen's support for amnesty for illegal aliens through her vote for the Gang of Eight bill and through her support for President Obama's planned executive amnesty is endangering all families across New Hampshire," Maria Espinoza, the national director of The Remembrance Project, told Matt Boyle of Breitbart News on Sunday [11/2/2014]. But Americans should not limit the effects of Barack Obama's lawless immigration policies to just one campaign, in just one state. "The very illegal aliens she wants to help Obama grant amnesty to — and steal your job — are in many cases also violent criminals, driver's without licenses, members of gangs, or are in some way endangering the welfare of New Hampshire families," Espinoza told Breitbart.
Report: DHS Released Criminal Illegal Immigrants and Murderers in Texas Cities. Last month, records were produced showing that officials with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) misled Congress and the American people when they claimed that 2,200 undocumented immigrants released from detention facilities to save money were only "low-risk offenders who do not have serious criminal records." In fact, the released detainees included some who had been charged or convicted of serious, violent crimes, including kidnapping, sexual assault, drug trafficking, and homicide, [...]
List of 134 Cities Where Violent, Criminal Illegal Aliens Were Sent After Release by Obama DHS. According to the Immigration and Customs Enforcement arm of DHS, 36,007 criminal illegal aliens were released into the United States in 2013. Responding to a request by Sen. Chuck Grassley, ICE recently provided a list of raw ZIP codes — not cities and states — where criminal illegals, many convicted of violent offenses including murder, rape and kidnapping, have been dumped by the administration.
Rampant Drug Smuggling, And 37,000 Criminal Aliens Who Were Freed Last Year. Drug smugglers are welcomed into the United States. We can assume nothing else. If they weren't, they wouldn't be allowed to pour across our borders; they wouldn't be released willy nilly from prisons each year without any accountability: and we wouldn't have a dormant deportation policy. If we at least attempted to stop illegal immigration, a 17-year old illegal alien might not have been free to rape and murder his 5-year old cousin. An off-duty officer might be alive today. There is a family of four who might be living their lives as they should be.
How Barack Obama and Jerry Brown Killed Two California Police Officers. Oh, they will tell you that it was not them, but an illegal alien named Luis Enrique Monroy-Bracamonte who pulled the trigger — or maybe the killer's name was Marcelo Marquez of Salt Lake City, Utah (the name he gave when captured) or some other alias he may have used since he was first deported for drug crimes back in 1997. [...] One reason Monroy-Bracamonte was still in the United States and able to kill deputies Davis and Oliver is California Governor Jerry Brown policy that all Mexicans, including illegal aliens, are welcome in California. Back during the summer illegal alien tsunami Gov. Brown said, "If we can put a man on the moon, we can put a man from Mexico to California in 20 minutes." Never mind, it seems, whether or not that man is a violent criminal.
Needed: Broken-Windows Immigration Policing. President Obama's "prosecutorial discretion" policy in immigration enforcement claimed two more lives Friday [10/24/2014]. Mexican illegal alien Luis Enrique Monroy-Bracamonte murdered two police officers, and seriously wounded a motorist in the Sacramento area. The cop-killer had been deported twice, the first time for dealing drugs, but was living unmolested in a Salt Lake City suburb with his wife, also charged with the murders. Prosecutorial discretion is supposed to mean the kind of case-by-case prioritization that every cop has to engage in ("I'm not going to give you a ticket this time, ma'am, but slow down in the future"). Under this administration, however, it has been used as a pretext for exempting the vast majority of illegal aliens from the immigration laws.
Obama & Brown Guilty of Shielding Alleged Illegal Alien Cop Killer. [Scroll down] Monroy-Bracamonte's alleged crimes would have been deemed minor under this law, and he would have been "legally" permitted to remain here, had his arrests been in California instead of other states. That means this policy endorsed by Gov. Jerry Brown, Attorney General Kamala Harris, and even some police chiefs, are complicit in protecting this dangerous man from being deported before he allegedly committed this unconscionable double-murder.
Man Accused Of Killing Two California Deputies Friday Was Deported Twice, Gave False Name. Marcelo Marquez, the man accused to killing two sheriff's deputies in California was in the country illegally and had been deported twice to Mexico — once in 1997, and again in 2001. Marquez, 34, is accused of killing two sheriff's deputies Friday during a 6-hour crime spree in northern California. And Marcelo Marquez is not even his real name, it's actually Luis Enrique Monroy-Bracamonte, according to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. ICE filed paperwork Saturday to ensure he is turned over to immigration officials if he is ever released, though that is unlikely.
Officials say suspect in killings of California deputies was deported twice. The suspect alleged to have shot three northern California sheriff's deputies Friday, killing two, was deported twice and has a criminal record, federal officials said late Saturday [10/25/2014]. A U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement spokeswoman said that the fingerprints of the suspected shooter match those of a man named Luis Enrique Monroy-Bracamonte. Monroy-Bracamonte was initially deported to Mexico in 1997 after being convicted of drug possession in Arizona. Four years later, he was arrested and deported again for an unspecified offense.
Releasing Criminally Convicted Illegals onto Our Streets. Despite last year's furor surrounding the release, the administration continued to insist that only "low-risk offenders who do not have serious criminal records," had been set free. [...] USA Today, which obtained the ICE data via a Freedom of Information Act request, reveals the fraudulence of Morton's claims, noting there was "one person in Texas charged with aggravated kidnapping and sexually assaulting a child, as well as others charged with armed assaults or assaulting police officers," the paper states. "Another immigrant released from Miami had been charged with conspiracy to commit homicide. Two detainees from Boston had been charged with aggravated assault using a weapon."
Suspect in killing of deputies was twice deported. A man suspected of killing two deputies during a shooting rampage in Northern California was deported twice to Mexico and had a drug conviction, federal authorities said Saturday [10/25/2014].
Obama Administration Released Illegal Aliens Charged With Murder Into the U.S.. USA Today softens news of Yet Another Obama Administration Scandal™ as best it can, using the headline "U.S. misinformed Congress, public on immigrant release." Translated into English, it means "Obama Administration Released Illegal Immigrants Charged with Homicide."
The original USA Today headline carefully avoided mentioning Obama.
[The Obama administration] misinformed Congress, public on immigrant release. New records contradict the Obama administration's assurances to Congress and the public that the 2,200 people it freed from immigration jails last year to save money had only minor criminal records. The records, obtained by USA TODAY, show immigration officials released some undocumented immigrants who had faced far more serious criminal charges, including people charged with kidnapping, sexual assault, drug trafficking and homicide.
Leaked DHS Document: 167,000 Convicted Criminal Aliens At Large In US. Deportations from the interior of the United States declined 34 percent this year from last, according to a new report from the Center for Immigration Studies, derived largely from an internal Department of Homeland Security document. The CIS report released Wednesday [10/15/2014] and authored by the group's director of policy studies, Jessica Vaughan, details the decline in immigration enforcement and reveals that there remain nearly 167,000 convicted criminal immigrants with final orders of removal still in the United States and "currently at large."
Judicial Watch Sues Department of Homeland Security for Records Relating to ICE 2013 Release of 36,000 Criminal Aliens. Judicial Watch announced today [10/2/2014 that] on July 21, 2014, it filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit against the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to obtain records relating to the release by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) of 36,000 criminal aliens in 2013 (Judicial Watch v. U.S. Department of Homeland Security (No. 1:14-cv-01237)). According to a report published by the Washington, DC-based group Center for Immigration Studies (CIS), the criminal aliens had been convicted of violent and serious crimes, including homicide, sexual assault, kidnapping, and aggravated assault.
A Town Near You? ICE Reveals Locations of Convicted Murderers It Freed. The 169 aliens with homicide-related convictions who were freed by ICE in 2013 were booked out of detention facilities in 24 different states, with the largest number in California, according to information provided to Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa). ICE records show that these convicted killers were associated with 96 different cities and towns across America.
Fearless Illegals Caught Breaking Into Homes in Search of Guns. Police in South Texas captured two illegal alien teens who they say were part of a burglary ring which targeted ranch homes in secluded areas looking mainly for firearms. Strangely enough, pro-amnesty supporters did not assemble outside the Hidalgo County courthouse yesterday to plead for a path to citizenship for 17-year-old Julio Zapien Calderon or his 14-year-old accomplice. The two teens, one of whom was arraigned on Saturday, each faced nine charges of theft, stemming from a dozen burglaries of ranch properties around the McCook, Texas, area, about 40 miles inland from the US-Mexico border.
Cops Searching For Teenage Illegal Alien For Cartel Assassination Attempt In Texas. Cops are on the hunt for a previously deported 14-year-old illegal alien suspected of trying to execute a teenaged human smuggler on the Texas border in an apparent cartel hit. The victim in the case had a lengthy criminal history that had already resulted in two deaths.
As Businesses Flee, Jerry Brown's California Attracts A Different Kind Of "Investment". Roping off 100 blocks of downtown Los Angeles this week, federal agents from the U.S. attorney's office raided roughly 70 garment district businesses along with a few houses in tony Westwood and Beverly Hills. The suspected crime was laundering money for Mexico's Sinaloa cartel. Agents hauled out $65 million in cash stuffed in duffel bags, suitcases and boxes, some of it blood-spattered. The cash came from hostage ransoms, drug sales and alien-smuggling fees. Some of those arrested were charged with "various immigration offenses," according to the affidavit.
Unprovoked machete attack by illegal aliens caught on camera in Chicago. A horrific machete attack by an illegal alien gang on two innocent young men waiting on a platform for a Chicago El train has been caught on surveillance camera, and is making big news in Chicago. Chicago is, of course, a sanctuary city for illegal aliens under the policies of Democratic Mayor Rahm Emanuel.
This Crime Chronicles Our Broken Border Perfectly. Previously deported illegal aliens and an American citizen who went uncharged multiple times for alleged alien smuggling were among a half dozen men who were part of a kidnapping scheme targeted at an American teenager in Tucson, Arizona, according to Breitbart.
Border Patrol Agents Speak Out Against Being Assaulted by Aliens. The National Council of Border Patrol Agents (NBPC) is responding to the increasing assaults against the agents who protect our border with the production of a documentary movie that tells their story. While violent assaults frequently leave agents injured and even hospitalized, U.S. Attorneys often fail to prosecute the illegal aliens who commit the assaults.
ICE refuses to identify convicted killers released from custody. Federal immigration authorities on Monday [8/25/2014] refused to identify the seven convicted murderers with Atlanta-area addresses that they released during the last fiscal year, citing privacy reasons. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement also could not immediately say why they were released or identify the charges for which they were convicted.
Group Identifies Towns Associated with Releases of Immigrants Convicted of Homicide. Thursday [8/21/2014], Iowa Republican Sen. Chuck Grassley released a recent letter from Immigration and Customs Enforcement revealing the zip codes of most of the 169 immigrants convicted of homicide-related crimes who were awaiting deportation proceedings but released last year. ICE provided the information after Grassley called on the Department of Homeland Security for answers earlier this summer following confirmed reports that ICE released 36,007 immigrants convicted of nearly 88,000 crimes last year. The criminal immigrants were all awaiting the outcome of deportation proceedings.
ICE Releases Zip Codes 'Associated With' Released Aliens Convicted of Homicide. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has released the zip codes associated with the Obama administration's release of 169 immigrants convicted of "homicide-related" offenses who were awaiting deportation proceedings. ICE released the new information about the 169 immigrant convicts to Iowa Republican Sen. Chuck Grassley. The senator pressed the Department of Homeland Security for answers in June following confirmed reports that, in 2013, ICE released 36,007 immigrants convicted of nearly 88,000 crimes (including murder, kidnapping, and sexual assault). All were awaiting the outcome of deportation proceedings.
Man admits running Trenton brothel, will likely be deported to Mexico. A man who pleaded guilty yesterday to running a brothel out of a Trenton home is likely to be deported back to his native Mexico, court officials said. Cervando Sanchez, 35, was indicted on charges of promoting prostitution and maintaining a nuisance at a house on the 800 block of Division Street between January and May 2013. Superior Court Judge Pedro Jimenez Jr. accepted Sanchez's guilty plea despite initial confusion caused by Sanchez telling the judge, through an interpreter, that though he was pleading guilty he was actually innocent.
HHS Placing Unaccompanied Minors With Possible MS-13 Ties in Top Gang-Plagued Cities. Reports show thousands of unaccompanied illegal alien minors, some of them identified as obvious gang members by U.S. Border Patrol agents, have been transferred to several of the largest metropolitan areas in the United States, including Baltimore, Los Angeles, New York City, Houston and the Washington, D.C. area — cities that all rank among the top strongholds of the Latin American gang Mara Salvatrucha, or MS-13. A 2008 report by the Congressional Research Service lists several major U.S. cities as having some of the heaviest MS-13 presence in the nation. These cities include Washington, D.C. and the surrounding area in Northern Virginia, Los Angeles, Houston, New York City, Baltimore and Nashville.
AZ Sheriff: ICE Doesn't Verify the Legal Status of People Turned Over to Them. Pinal County, AZ Sheriff Paul Babeu said that when his deputies turn individuals that they suspect are in the county illegal over to ICE, the agency doesn't verify that the suspect is in the country legally. "The troubling part of this is that when we do call ICE, what they say is 'well, the person has been here five years,' nothing confirming or finding out or verifying this, 'treat them as any other citizen,' and then we release them" he said on Wednesday's [8/13/2014] "On the Record" on the Fox News Channel.
Report: White House didn't OK immigrant releases. More than 2,000 immigrants facing deportation in 2013 were released strictly for budget reasons by immigration agency officials who kept the homeland security secretary in the dark about the plan, according to a federal watchdog's report.
More than 600 criminal illegal immigrants were released in 2013 because of budget shortfall. The year-long investigation found that ICE released 2,226 illegal immigrants in February 2013 just before the sequestration went into effect in an effort to cut costs. On the weekend of February 23 alone, the inspector general report says ICE released 1,450 illegal immigrants. Conservative news website The Daily Signal, which first obtained the audit, reports that 617 of the aliens released were criminals whose detention was mandatory.
Apparently we don't have enough money to keep alien criminals in prison, but we do have money for this and this and this and this and this and this and this and this and this.
El Salvador robbery suspect arrested in California. Authorities in California say they've arrested a man who's wanted in El Salvador for his alleged involvement with a gang that hijacked military and police arms shipments and used them to rob banks.
Boy, 14, charged as adult in San Jose slaying. A 14-year-old alleged gang member was charged as an adult Thursday [8/7/2014] with murder, accused of stabbing a man to death in downtown San Jose. Marvin Garcia and two other defendants, Garcia's brother, Luis Garcia, 21, and Luis Alvarez, 20, are now charged with murder as well as a gang enhancement in the slaying of 33-year-old Marvin Maynard. About 2:15 a.m. July 29, someone called police about a group of five or six people attacking Maynard near Market Street and Park Avenue, said Officer Albert Morales, a San Jose police spokesman.
Illegals become repeat criminals. Criminal aliens set free on the streets of America — instead of being deported after serving their time — are being rearrested as many as six more times by U.S. authorities, according to a government audit released yesterday [1/8/2007]. But the Justice Department's Office of Inspector General said it did not know how many of 262,105 illegals in the audit, who had been charged with a crime and then released, had been rearrested.
Some Illegal Immigrants are Re-arrested Six Times. Illegal immigrants who were caught but released in the United States may have been re-arrested as many as six times, Justice Department data released Monday [1/8/2007] indicates. The findings by Justice Department Inspector General Glenn A. Fine are based on a sampling of 100 illegal immigrants arrested by local and state authorities in 2004, the latest complete data available.
Border Patrol lets some illegals go
over and over again. Josefa Gonzalez Loya has sneaked across the Mexican border at least 128 times in the past eight years. And each time, the Border Patrol has been nice enough to give her a lift home. Gonzalez and a group of other women and children — all Indians from the southern Mexican state of Oaxaca — have no interest in staying in the United States. All they want to do is panhandle outside El Paso businesses, using the children as lures.
Rape, Death, and Police Pursuits Continue as Illegal Immigrants Flood Texas County. The death toll continues to climb in the Falfurrias death march region also known as the ranch lands and highways of Brooks County. The toll on illegal immigrants who have died attempting to cross these ranch fields and bypass the Border Patrol checkpoint located in the center of Brooks County now stands at 44 as a woman was found dead this week.
Suspects in murder of Border Patrol agent arrested and deported numerous times. Two illegal immigrants from Mexico who were charged with first-degree murder in the shooting death of an off-duty U.S. Border Patrol agent in front of his family in Texas have been arrested and deported numerous times, police sources told FoxNews.com. One suspect has been arrested no fewer than four times for entering the U.S. illegally, according to federal court records. The other has been deported twice after entering the U.S. illegally, sources said.
Parents of USC Student Slain by Illegal Alien Were Delayed Entry by U.S. State Department. One of the four teens charged Tuesday with murder in the beating of University of Southern California grad student Xinran Ji was an illegal immigrant, a fact that has only increased the frustration for many — including the L.A. County Supervisor — with the U.S. State Department's delaying of visas for the slain student's parents.
Suspected Killer Of USC Student Has Been In U.S. Illegally For Seven Years. A 19-year-old who was part of a group suspected of fatally beating a USC graduate student with a baseball bat told authorities that he has been in the U.S. illegally for seven years. The suspect, Jonathan Del Carmen, told authorities of his illegal status in an interview at the Los Angeles County jail, according to a federal source reached by The Daily Caller with knowledge of the interview who was not authorized to speak to the press about the investigation. The Los Angeles Times issued a similar report confirming Del Carmen's immigration status.
Report reveals 'disturbing trend' of brazen attacks against border security by gangs, drug and human traffickers. A game warden hit in the head with a rock while trying to seize a raft. Police officers wounded in an hours-long standoff with a gang member wanted for murder. Criminals spewing obscenities and death threats at local cops before asking for — and receiving — medical treatment. And that was just last week.
Perry Right In Warning Of Border-Surge Crime. Texas Gov. Rick Perry correctly warns that illegal immigrants are responsible for 3,000 murders and 8,000 sexual assaults in the past five years. And with the new border surge, there's more trouble on the way.
Texas Police Look for Cartel Connection in Massive La Joya Shootout. Yellow police tape still hung from fences as Texas rangers walked through the scene where just a day earlier a gang member had gone down in a hail of gunfire in an hours-long shootout with authorities that left two cops wounded. Some police officers spent more than three hours pinned down by the close to 500 shots that were exchanged between authorities and 29-year-old Joaquin Cibrian, a member of the Texas Syndicate gang.
Texas jails 203,000 'criminal aliens' for 640K crimes. Texas Gov. Rick Perry has already spent $500 million trying to maintain order and security in the Rio Grand Valley. He's ordered Texas Adjutant General John Nichols to deploy up to 1,000 National Guard troops on the borderlands. Now Mr. Perry reveals a few more numbers. The governor himself reports that in the past six years, Texas county jails have incarcerated 203,000 "criminal aliens" who have committed 640,000 crimes, including over 3,000 homicides. Such statistics may silence critics who accuse Mr. Perry of politicizing the border crisis to bolster his profile for a presidential run in 2016.
Stop the Illegal Sanctuaries. A Government Accountability Office study found that 55,322 criminal aliens were arrested a total of at least 459,614 times, averaging over eight arrests per alien. The Department of Justice expressed its surprise at the "extremely high" rate of re-arrests for criminal aliens when it found that that 73 criminal aliens in a study group were arrested a total of 429 times. Localities that adopt "sanctuary" policies, in an effort to be welcoming to both legal and illegal immigrants, need to consider whether such policies have the effect of attracting and incubating crime.
8 crack dealers shielded by S.F. walk away. An effort by San Francisco to shield eight young Honduran crack dealers from federal immigration officials backfired when the youths escaped from Southern California group homes within days of their arrival, officials said Monday [6/30/2008]. The walkaways are the latest in a string of embarrassments for city officials who are protecting illegal-immigrant drug dealers from federal authorities and possible deportation because of San Francisco's 1989 declaration that the city is a sanctuary for undocumented immigrants.
Slaying suspect once found sanctuary in San Francisco. The man charged with killing a father and two sons on a San Francisco street last month was one of the youths who benefited from the city's long-standing practice of shielding illegal immigrant juveniles who committed felonies from possible deportation, The Chronicle has learned.
Bush Should Strip Sanctuary Cities of Federal Funds. Three good men are dead thanks largely to San Francisco's outrageous sanctuary-city policy, which forbids city authorities from notifying federal immigration authorities when they arrest illegal aliens for crimes they commit, and it's time for President Bush to crack down on all the cities in the United States that follow this absurd policy.
Enough with the obfuscation, already. In April 2005 the Government Accountability Office released a study of 55,322 illegal aliens incarcerated during 2003. These are its main findings:
• The 55,322 illegal aliens studied had been arrested a total of 459,614 times, over eight arrests per person;
• These 459,614 arrests represented about 700,000 criminal offenses, some 13 offenses per person.
These figures were available in June '07, when half the U.S. Senate, President Bush, top Federal Government officials, a vast business lobby, and the entire apparatus of the Democratic Party pulled out all the stops to ram through a legalization of an estimated 12-20 million illegal aliens.
Released Alien from Border Crisis Arrested for Murder, Kidnapping in Texas. An illegal immigrant who was released by U.S. authorities with a Notice to Appear has been arrested for the alleged murder of a woman and kidnapping of children on U.S. soil. The alleged crimes occurred after the man was released. The man, Pedro Alberto Monterroso-Navas, entered the U.S. illegally with children and turned himself in to U.S. Border Patrol agents. He was processed and released, as are all illegal immigrants who come as unaccompanied minors or incomplete family units from Central America. The alien is from Honduras.
Legalized, Not Prosecuted: Illegal Alien Who Stole Identity of Dead SSI-Collecting Baby Son. The U.S. government not only failed to prosecute an illegal alien who stole the identity of his dead baby son — who had collected SSI before he died — but granted the father legal status to work in the United States. This one-time illegal alien, the Office of Inspector General for the Social Security Administration believes, fraudulently used his son's Social Security Number for at least three years. Yet, he was not prosecuted, according to the IG's office, because his case did not meet the prosecutorial guidelines of the U.S. attorney for New Jersey. In fact, this case might never have come to light had the IG not launched an audit aimed at uncovering the misuse of children's Social Security Numbers.
Four-Time Deportee Arrested For Allegedly Molesting 9-Year-Old Girl. A Mexican national who records show has been deported from the U.S. four times was arrested Saturday [7/12/2014] for allegedly fondling a 9-year-old Texas girl. According to the Parker County sheriff's office, 35 year-old Israel Andrade allegedly broke into a Springtown, Tex. home around 6 a.m. and molested the young girl while her family was asleep, WFAA reports. Following the attack, the girl ran screaming to wake her parents. Andrade allegedly stole the family's computer and their cell phones, forcing the girl's mother to have to call 911 from a nearby convenience store.
MS-13 Actively Recruiting Illegal Alien Minors at U.S. Shelters. [Judicial Watch] has reported extensively on the crisis created by the sudden influx of mostly Central American minors that have crossed into the U.S. through the Mexican border in recent weeks. It has created havoc and will end up costing American taxpayers billions of dollars to house, process, medically treat, feed and inevitably educate the Unaccompanied Alien Children (UAC) which are being dispersed throughout the country. They are bringing in dangerous diseases — including swine flu, dengue fever, Ebola virus and tuberculosis — and occupying our military bases as shelters. As if all this weren't bad enough, the invasion is also supplying the nation's most dangerous street gangs with new soldiers. The Mara Salvatrucha (MS-13) and the 18th Street gangs are on a recruiting frenzy at the various facilities housing the newly arrived illegal aliens, according to JW's source.
Illegal Unaccompanied Minors Being Held For Placement in U.S. Admit to Engaging in Torture and Murder. Despite Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson vowing to "stem the tide" of unaccompanied illegal minors across the southern border with Mexico, thousands more are expected to enter the United States by the end of the year. With the system being overwhelmed, Border Patrol agents are concerned about minors who have admitted to being MS-13 members, a brutal street gang from El Salvador that has been successful in infiltrating American communities. Agents are also concerned about minors who have committed acts like torture and murder in their home countries before heading north to the United States.
Two-time illegal immigrant charged with rape in Philly's sanctuary city. He could become the Willie Horton of the immigration crisis. Milton Mateo Garcia, 28, was caught one year ago entering the U.S. illegally across the Mexican border and was deported back to his native Honduras. But Mr. Garcia soon re-entered the U.S. illegally — federal authorities either don't know how, or they won't say. He settled with relatives in Philadelphia, where Mayor Michael Nutter had signed an executive order in April declaring it a "sanctuary city" for illegal immigrants.
ICE data: 36,000 illegals with criminal convictions were released during deportation proceedings. A preemptive strike on DHS from the Center for Immigration Studies, designed to make Obama's upcoming "relaxation" of U.S. deportation procedures as politically painful as possible. He's desperate to pander to his base, which is impatient after waiting more than five years for amnesty and has now convinced itself based on cooked numbers that he's some sort of crazed border hawk. That's where the "relaxation" comes in — and that's the beauty of CIS's otherwise grim data, which shows just how relaxed the system already is.
Lamar Smith Calls Ice Release of 36,000 Criminal Immigrants a President-Sanctioned Prison Break. Texas Republican Rep. Lamar Smith reacted harshly to a new report detailing the crimes committed by 36,007 criminal immigrants that Immigration and Customs Enforcement released last year. "This would be considered the worst prison break in American history, except it was sanctioned by the President and perpetrated by our own immigration officials. These criminal immigrants should have been deported to ensure that they could never commit crimes on U.S. soil. But instead, ICE officials chose not to detain them and instead released them back onto American streets," Smith said in a statement Monday.
Jailbreak: Obama Releases 36,007 Criminal Aliens Into U.S.. Here's everything you need to know about immigration reform: last year the Obama administration released 36,000 criminal aliens into the United States population. The jailbreak was deliberate and included 193 murderers. The Center for Immigration Studies obtained the information and released a report documenting the number and nature of the crimes committed by the aliens. If 36,000 criminal aliens walking around your community wasn't enough, Obama's Department of Homeland Security is aiming to make it even easier for aliens to be released from detention. That's what the groups agitating for immigration reform are demanding. That's what the groups are likely to get. The 2013 jailbreak included rapists, kidnappers, arsonists, burglars, sex offenders, and car thieves. That's merely for 2013.
Feds released hundreds of immigrant murderers, drunk drivers, sex-crimes convicts. Immigration officials knowingly released dozens of murderers and thousands of drunken drivers back into the U.S. in 2013, according to Obama administration statistics that could undercut the president's argument that he is trying to focus on the most serious criminals in his immigration enforcement. Among the 36,000 immigrants whom U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement released from custody last year there were 116 with convictions for homicide, 43 for negligent manslaughter, 14 for voluntary manslaughter and one with a conviction classified by ICE as "homicide-willful kill-public official-gun."
Fidel Castro did the same thing 20 years ago.
Exclusive: Assassination Threat from Mexico Against Family of US Border Sheriff. A routine traffic stop in a small Arizona town near the Mexican border has left one man dead from the gun of a police officer and "credible" assassination threats against the officer and his father, the county sheriff, according to law enforcement sources including the sheriff. The threats originated from a region in Mexico predominantly controlled by the notorious Sinaloa cartel — and are directly related to the police officer's shooting of the now-deceased man, identified as Lauro Avechuco, officials say.
35 'Acts of Love'. Former Florida Governor Jeb Bush insisted that many of the instances of illegal immigrants coming into the U.S. were "acts of love." Though many of the human beings who enter the U.S. illegally or overstay their legally permitted time in the U.S. are doing so to earn more resources and provide for families, many of the illegal immigrants who come into the U.S. are doing so for highly criminal reasons — a fact often left out of the discussion or otherwise barely mentioned. Breitbart Texas has provided 35 of these other "acts of love" for our readers.
Graphic Images Justify Border Patrol's Use of Deadly Force Against Rock Attacks. Breitbart Texas has reported extensively on the left-of-center campaign to restrict the ability of Border Patrol agents to defend themselves and on the false narratives such open-borders advocates use in their political and media attacks against the men and women of the Border Patrol. The reality being far from the false narrative of "kids throwing pebbles," the life-threatening rock attacks against Border Patrol agents often occur in remote areas when a solitary Border Patrol agent may be up to a 90-minute drive from their nearest backup.
Report: Obama administration released 68,000 convicted criminal aliens last year. The Obama administration is threatening public safety by deliberately hampering immigration law and releasing aliens with criminal records, according to a new review of internal Immigration and Customs Enforcement data. A Center for Immigration Studies report to be released Monday and obtained in advance by The Daily Caller, found that last year ICE reported nearly 722,000 encounters with illegal or criminal immigrants. But ICE officers filed immigration charges against less than 195,000 aliens.
7,000+ Sex Offenders Deported from Texas in Past 3 Years. U.S. Immigrations and Custom Enforcement (ICE) has deported more than 860 sex offenders from the State of Texas this year, according to an official press release from the agency. More than 7,000 sex offenders have been deported from Texas alone in the past three years. The release reveals 27% of the deported 860+ alien sex offenders from the past three months committed sex offenses against children.
Illegal Alien Convicted of Raping 13 Year Old Girl. What was it that we are importing through illegal immigration? Good, hard working people? That is what we are constantly told. Yet, as we found out, 45% of all aliens caught at the border were convicted criminals in 2013. Today, we have another manifestation of that imported criminality, the rape and impregnation of a 13 year old girl by an illegal immigrant.
59 Percent of Illegal Aliens Deported Were Convicted Criminals in FY 2013. Almost half of those caught at the border, have criminal histories, of which over 20% have violent convictions. What do these numbers say about the alien population that does make it across the border? Well, certainly, it should put to rest the idea that only hard working, honest people are illegally entering our nation. Instead, our politicians have unleashed a horde of criminals on us. Illegal immigration not only depresses wages, but ruins the quality of life in the United States by allowing unfit and dangerous people in our nation.
Illegal Wanted for Murder in Mexico Enjoys 13-Year Crime Spree in U.S.. Because our elites care more about illegal immigrants than American citizens, this is allowed to happen and it ought to make your blood boil.
US deports 109,511 convicted criminal illegal immigrants in 2013!. How many more criminal illegals are here who have yet to be convicted of their crimes? How many of those not stopped at the border have criminals backgrounds in their native countries?
Violent Illegal Alien California Refused To Deport Kills His Wife. California encourages illegal immigration. It has even gone so far as to refuse to turn over illegals to ICE. They liberals responsible for that policy might feel differently if they lived in the same neighborhoods as men like Mario Chavez.
Feds step up efforts to deport Somalis on Minnesota criminal court rolls. The federal government is engaging in an aggressive effort to deport Somali immigrants who run afoul of U.S. law, after refraining for years from shipping people back to a country wracked by civil war and lacking a functioning government. The policy change affects more than 3,100 Somali nationals who have received final orders for removal from the United States since 2001, either because of violations of immigration law or criminal convictions.
Obama hides aid for criminals in immigration bill. The White House is trying to hide unpopular provisions in the Senate's immigration bill that would allow immigrant criminals to stay in the country and would increase the inflow of low-skill refugees from war-torn countries, says a top White House official. "The bill has a number of other important provisions that have stayed under the radar, and we'd actually like to keep them under the radar," said Esther Olavarria, the White House's director of immigration reform.
Term you will not hear about Atlanta kidnapping perp: Illegal Alien. The Associated Press and numerous other media outlets have banned the terms "illegal alien" or "illegal immigrant" after a relentless campaign by immigration activists who illogically claimed the terms were racist, and who want to soften the reality of crime committed by people in the country illegally. The recent kidnapping and rescue of a teenager in Atlanta demonstrates how the media is wording around the term, and diminishing the facts by making it unclear if the perpetrator was in the country illegally.
The Illegal Alien Murderer of Vanessa Pham. Why is gun control the only policy we're allowed to discuss when horrific murders occur? In the liberal mindset, "root causes" of crime begin and end with the Second Amendment. But who pays the price when our public guardians fail to secure our borders, refuse to deport serial criminal offenders, and enable drug-crazed menaces to prey upon innocent citizens?
Mexican pirates attack Texas fishermen on Falcon Lake. Falcon Lake is famous for its monster bass and for the maniacal obsession of the fishermen who come from all over Texas — and the world — to stalk them. Now this remote reservoir that straddles the international boundary is known for something else: pirates.
Be aware of border if fishing at Falcon. Summer fishing at Falcon International Reservoir is heating up, but authorities are warning anglers not to venture into troubled waters beyond the center line of the Rio Grande.
Pirates shoot US man in Mexican waters. An American tourist was shot in the back of the head in Mexican waters on Thursday after being ambushed by armed boaters, a Texas sheriff said. ... The shooting renewed warnings of pirates on Falcon Lake, which is about 96km down the border from Laredo and is popular with water skiers and bass fishing.
Search continues for Falcon Lake victim. Texas officials on Friday [10/1/2010] reissued warnings of danger on the Mexican side of Falcon Lake reservoir as hopes dimmed for finding a 30-year-old oil worker reportedly shot through the head during an outing to view ruins past the international line.
A 'stupid' mistake or murder? It was planned as a day of recreation for the young couple but turned into tragedy. A 30-year-old man dead, his body lost — possibly forever. As his grieving widow waits for answers, suspicion is cast on her. Then an investigator is murdered as he looks into the crime. Today, nearly six months later, some of the puzzle pieces are falling into place regarding what happened to Americans David and Tiffany Hartley that September day on Falcon Lake, which straddles the U.S.-Mexico border.
Alleged Mexican cartel member reportedly confesses to 30 killings across United States. An alleged member of multiple Mexican drug cartels reportedly confessed to more than 30 killings across the United States. Jose Manuel Martinez allegedly admitted to the killings while being questioned by police about his connection to another murder in Alabama, police announced Thursday [6/13/2013]. Authorities say they have connected him to 10 murders in California and two in Florida, MyFoxAl.com reported.
Rep. Steve King: 'Illegal aliens' invaded my office. Rep. Steve King, a Republican from Iowa and the House's leading immigration hawk, complained Thursday [6/13/2013] about young immigrants who had shown up to protest his bill that would defund President Barack Obama's deferred action program. King wrote on Twitter that "20 brazen self professed illegal aliens have invaded my DC office. Obama's lawless order gives them de facto immunity from U.S. law."
Illegal Alien Rapes Baltimore Girl 1 Year after City Becomes Sanctuary. A year after Baltimore's mayor signed an order officially converting the city into a sanctuary for illegal immigrants, federal authorities announce the arrest of an undocumented Ecuadorian national "wanted for the brutal rape of a 9-year-old girl." It marks the latest in a series of heartbreaking examples involving an illegal alien haven blowing up in a local government's face. We've seen this nationwide in municipalities that enable illegal immigrants to commit atrocious crimes by protecting them from the feds.
ICE admits hundreds of illegal immigrants with criminal records [have been] released. Hundreds of illegal immigrants with criminal records were released earlier this year as the Obama administration prepared for budget cuts, according to newly released data that challenged claims the program involved "low-risk" individuals. Immigration and Customs Enforcement released the figures to two top senators, after a three-month delay and under the threat of congressional subpoenas. Of the 2,226 detainees that were released in February, the department revealed, "622 have been identified as having some type of criminal conviction."
Mexican Cartels Getting Strong and Violent Foothold in the United States. The Associated Press is out with an extensive piece today showing just how far Mexican drug cartels have infiltrated American society. The cartel problem is no longer a border problem, it's a problem for the entire country. Violent cartel members are carrying out crimes in our backyards with the potential to develop into something much worse.
Breitbart News Interview with Assassinated Texas DA Before His Death. A national security expert who has spent several years in intelligence gathering operations around the Mexican drug cartels' criminal insurgency into the continental United States told Breitbart News, "This assassination of DA McClellend and his wife is meant to send a message: no one is safe, no one is beyond our reach. We will kill you and your loved ones. We are in control here." "This is a significant point of escalation in the crisis," he continued. "This type of high-profile targeting of public officials is a classic insurgent tactic. [...]"
Heroin dealer nabbed for reentering U.S. illegally for 4th time. A three-time deportee from the Dominican Republic who's been charged with trafficking heroin in Massachusetts will be arraigned in federal court today for illegally reentering the United States for a fourth time. Juan Miguel Laboy, who is believed to be 38 or 39 years old, was spotted in Lawrence last month by a special agent from the federal Drug Enforcement Administration, according to court documents.
Terrorism in Arizona? Does anyone know about this? We've talked about immigration policy before and we've certainly noted the Federal government's outright refusal to enforce our nation's laws concerning some illegal immigrants. But what about those legally here and in violation of the law or deemed a threat? Wasn't that supposed to be the breaking point, the point at which this administration would step in and take action?
Rep raises alarm after murders by illegals blocked from deportation by home countries. Long after they were ordered out of the country, thousands of criminal aliens from places like China, Cuba, Vietnam and Pakistan remain free in the United States to commit new crimes because their home countries refuse to take them back. For years, this unique problem percolated under the political radar. But recent crimes by immigrant felons have lawmakers scrambling to punish nations that refuse to repatriate their own citizens.
The solution is quite simple: Put a parachute on each of these guys, and push them out of a C-130 flying over their native land. The word will spread quickly, and the problem will be solved.
Man Accused In Baby Death Had Been Recently Deported. Federal agents said the man accused of sexually assaulting and killing a 1-month-old baby girl had recently sneaked back into the United States after being deported to Mexico four months before the crime.
Report: Illegals released by feds committed 19 murders, 142 sex crimes. The Obama administration released illegal immigrants who went on to commit more crimes, including charges of 19 murders, 3 attempted murders and 142 sex crimes, the House Judiciary Committee said in a report Tuesday [7/31/2012]. All told, the nearly 47,000 illegal immigrants the administration was notified of but declined to deport between 2008 and 2011 under its Secure Communities program had a recidivism rate of 16 percent, the committee said.
Illegal Alien Murderer Had Murdered Before. The illegal alien who murdered a father and two sons in San Francisco in 2008 not only evaded deportation with the city's help but also had murdered before, the San Francisco Chronicle has revealed. Even worse, the FBI knew it and did nothing.
Drunk-Driving Illegal Alien Gets 55 Years For Killing Cop. Johoan Rodriguez, a 27-year-old veteran border jumper from Mexico who killed Houston police officer Kevin Will on May 29, 2011 as the officer, a husband and father, was investigating a another crash, was sentenced to 55 years in prison. Rodriguez was a member of the Salvadoran drug and murder gang MS-13, prosecutors said.
Obama's Willie Horton. Illegal immigrant whose deportation was blocked by the Obama administration alleged to have murdered 15-year-old girl.
13 American Gangs That Are Keeping The FBI Up At Night. More than 1.4 million Americans are wearing the colors of more than 33,000 gangs across the country, according to a report by the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Based on evidence from federal, state, local, and tribal law enforcement, the FBI says gangs commit 48% of violent crime, and are only becoming more dangerous.
GAO report links Arizona wildfires to immigrants. A study by Congress' investigative arm shows investigators have linked 30 fires that erupted in a five-year period in Arizona's border region to people who crossed into the United States illegally — a finding Sen. John McCain said backs up earlier statements he made about illegal immigrants and wildfires.
Illegal immigrants have no right to arms - court. Illegal immigrants do not have a right to bear arms under the U.S. Constitution, a federal appeals court ruled on Friday [12/16/2011]. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit, based in Missouri, rejected an appeal brought by Joaquin Bravo Flores, who was charged with possessing a firearm. Agreeing with the 5th Circuit, the court concluded that the protections of the Second Amendment do not extend to undocumented immigrants.
Child rape suspect in U.S. illegally, police say. Metro police on Tuesday night [11/22/2011] arrested an illegal immigrant wanted for raping an 11-year-old girl and robbing her parents at the family's Antioch apartment last Sunday evening. Olbin Euceda is in the United States illegally, the Davidson County Sheriff's Office confirmed late Wednesday afternoon [11/23/2011].
Armed illegals stalked Border Patrol. Five illegal immigrants armed with at least two AK-47 semi-automatic assault rifles were hunting for U.S. Border Patrol agents near a desert watering hole known as Mesquite Seep just north of the Arizona-Mexico border when a firefight erupted and one U.S. agent was killed, records show.
Report ties 2006-10 Arizona fires to immigrants. People entering the U.S. illegally from Mexico are believed responsible for more than one-third of human-ignited wildfires in Arizona over a five-year period, according to a government report that could stoke congressional debate over illegal immigration. Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., said the Government Accountability Office (GAO) report supports remarks he made earlier this year after his state was hit hard by wildfires. At the time, McCain was accused of "scapegoating" immigrants.
Woman, 45, slain while walking to parked car. An apparent carjacking attempt described as a random act of violence has taken the life of a 45-year-old Albion woman and led to the capture of an illegal immigrant charged with her murder, Orleans County sheriff's officials said Monday [10/31/2011]. ... A massive search, aided by K-9 dogs and a State Police helicopter, led to the apprehension of Luis A. Rodriguez-Flamenco, 24, identified by authorities as a Honduran national.
Napolitano silent on alternatives while criminal aliens released in US. Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano told a House committee that she is "not aware" of any actions the Obama administration has taken against countries that will not accept back illegal immigrants in "deportation status," some of whom have committed crimes. After a "six-month detention period," the illegal immigrants are released within the United States.
Illegal alien accused in death may go free — without trial. An illegal alien accused of running down a disabled Waltham man in a crosswalk the day before Thanksgiving, then fleeing the scene, may be deported to Guatemala a free woman without ever standing trial. Federal officials, the Middlesex District Attorney's Office and the victim's heartbroken parents are calling the impending release of Blanca Contreras a nightmare.
ICE HQ Ordered Agents Not to Arrest Illegals — Including Fugitives. Chris Crane, president of a union that represents Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers, testified in the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration last week that ICE agents have been told by ICE headquarters not to arrest illegal aliens who do not have a prior criminal conviction even if they are fugitives who have been ordered deported by an immigration judge or are individuals who have illegally re-entered the United States after being deported and thus have perpetrated a felony.
Man with multiple deportations, DUIs arrested. Police arrested a man who had been previously deported three times on suspicion of drunken driving, resisting arrest and hit-and-run, according to the Escondido Police Department. ... The man had been formally deported three times and had voluntarily returned to Mexico 12 times, [Lt. Craig] Carter said. He also had five previous drunken driving arrests, Carter said.
Top 10 Examples of San Francisco Silliness. San Francisco is a sanctuary city, where illegal immigrants can find safe haven. Since 1989, city police officers have been forbidden from inquiring into an offender's immigration status. As a result, the city has been plagued by violence committed by illegal immigrants who should have been deported for earlier, less serious offenses.
All Illegal Aliens Must Go. Three weeks have elapsed since the final "hearing" by the governor's kangaroo panel was conducted in Brockton — a town where Maria Palaguachi-Cela's body and that of her 2-year-old son were left in a dumpster, allegedly murdered by multi-time violent offender and illegal alien Luis Guaman.
Suspect's immigration status surfaces in HPD officer's death. The suspect accused of driving his vehicle through a police barricade and killing a Houston police officer Sunday may be an illegal immigrant, officials say. Johoan Rodriguez, 26, charged with the intoxicated manslaughter of Houston officer Kevin Will, has a federal immigration detainer placed in his arrest records after investigators found "reason to believe" he was not a citizen.
In a Sanctuary City, An Illegal Immigrant Gets the Death Penalty. Areli Carbajal Escobar, a violent 32-year-old illegal immigrant from Mexico, had a long rap sheet. Over the years in the sanctuary city of Austin, Texas, police and prosecutors had many contacts with him. Yet Escobar was never deported. Now, immigration problems are the least of Escobar's worries. Last week, a Travis County jury sentenced him to death for the brutal rape and murder of a high school honor student.
Deport California's Illegal Alien Convicts. If the U.S. Supreme Court says California has to create room in its prisons by releasing convicts, the least the federal government can do is send those who are illegal aliens back over the border. The message is simple: If you come to our country and don't follow the rules, you're outta here.
Three Convicted in Terror-Related Cases Later Granted U.S. Citizenship. Three people convicted of crimes as a result of a terrorism-related investigation by the Department of Justice (DOJ) were later naturalized as U.S. citizens by the Obama administration, according to federal auditors.
Don't We Have Enough Criminal Citizens Now? Of all the fighting we legal citizens of this country have had to do to try to stop this anti-American, anti-U. S. Constitution, anti-responsible fiscal housekeeping, Socialist-communist government save for one half of the otherwise corrupt Congress from absolute criminal actions intent on the total destruction of our once good and honest country; we are now faced with openly dishonest and country killing "in-your-face-America" decisions by its leadership.
Eight Out of Ten Illegal Aliens Apprehended in 2010 Never Prosecuted, Says Border Congressman. An illegal alien apprehended by the U.S. Customs and Border Protection agency during the last fiscal year had an estimated 84 percent chance of never being prosecuted, according to figures compiled by the office of Rep. John Culberson (R-Texas). Culberson submitted the figures for the record during a hearing Wednesday [3/16/2011] of the House Appropriations subcommittee on homeland security.
Kick criminal aliens out. While those who support amnesty and those who support the rule of law may never agree on how to reform our broken immigration system, there is one area where I believe members on both sides of the aisle in Washington can and must agree: When someone who is here illegally is convicted of a crime, he should not be released back into American communities. Criminal aliens — that is, illegal immigrants who have been convicted of a crime — should be removed from the United States upon release from incarceration. Unfortunately, criminal aliens all too often are released from prison and go right back onto America's streets, where they re-enter a life of crime.
Illegal alien in nun's traffic death had offenses handled inconsistently. A long-awaited report on the deportation status of a Prince William illegal alien whose alcohol-related head-on collision killed a Richmond-based nun shows repeated instances of a failure to report his crimes to Homeland Security as well as a shift in emphasis by the Obama administration in dealing with illegal aliens.
Illegal Immigrant Charged With First-Degree Murder in Virginia. A Salvadoran man who was ordered deported nearly a decade ago but never left has been charged with three counts of first-degree murder in a series of shootings and a knife attack in a Virginia suburb of Washington, authorities said Friday [2/11/2011].
Why won't feds come clean about Chandra Levy's killer? Ingmar Guandique, the 29-year-old illegal immigrant from El Salvador sentenced to 60 years in prison earlier this month for the murder of former congressional intern Chandra Levy, had a history of violent attacks on women pre-dating his unlawful entry into the United States via the Texas border — as thousands like him continue to do every year. It's a one-way ticket to America with no questions asked.
Deportee is linked to 3 cold-case murders. Long Beach Police have arrested a 33-year-old known gang member, who was awaiting deportation from New York to Mexico, for the murders of three Long Beach-area people dating back to the early 2000s.
Bandits who prey on illegals gun down Border Patrol agent. A U.S. Border Patrol agent attempting to arrest bandits who prey on illegal immigrants was killed during a gunfight about 10 miles north of the U.S.-Mexico border near Rio Rico, Ariz., 60 miles south of Tucson.
GOP Senators Demand ICE Stop Release of Criminal Aliens. Senate Judiciary Committee Republicans are demanding Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) stop its policy of selective law enforcement against illegal aliens including the termination of deportation proceedings for a number of dangerous criminal aliens. Led by Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.), top Republican on the Senate Judiciary Committee, Judiciary Republicans want an explanation from Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano of new selective and lax law enforcement policies for crimes including domestic violence, sexual crimes and driving while intoxicated.
The Shoes Liberal Celebrities Won't Wear. Althea Rae Shaw of Los Angeles wrote an outraged open letter to Colbert after last week's Capitol Hill circus. She is the aunt of 17-year-old Jamiel Andre Shaw II, a young black high-school student who was gunned down by an illegal-alien gang member in 2008 amid brown-on-black violence in southern California. The Shaw family has spearheaded efforts to repeal dangerous sanctuary policies in Los Angeles that protect criminal illegal aliens and handcuff local law enforcement.
Solving the Obama Problem. [Scroll down] Some would go even further. Former Colorado representative Tom Tancredo has cited the president's refusal to enforce immigration law as an impeachable offense, and Arizona state senator Russell Pearce, in a recent interview, has strongly — "absolutely" is the word he used — concurred. "Five to ten thousand folks come across that border daily," he declares, "and what's coming across — 20 percent have criminal convictions — are gang members, drug smugglers, human smugglers, child molesters, rapists. It's an invasion. It's in violation of the Constitution. Yes, it's impeachable. He [Obama] not only neglects to do it, now he's refusing to do it. It's impeachable."
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The Five Most Crime-Ridden U.S. Judicial Districts Are All on the Mexican Border. When measured by the number of criminal defendants charged with federal crimes by U.S. attorneys, the top five U.S. judicial districts for fiscal 2009 were all on the U.S.-Mexico border. In fact, these five judicial districts are the only five on the U.S.-Mexico border — covering its entire expanse from the Gulf of Mexico to the Pacific Ocean.
Prosecutors dismiss rape charges against illegal immigrant. Snohomish County prosecutors have dismissed rape charges against an illegal immigrant whose arrest in Edmonds sparked outrage because he had been deported 10 times before.
Suspect in teen's slaying was deported twice. As she made arrangements Thursday to bury her 14-year-old daughter, Keisha Lambert learned that the suspected gunman in the teenager's killing had been previously deported twice from the U.S.
Pirates terrorize boaters on Texas lake. With machine-guns in hand, Mexico's deadliest cartel is patrolling the waters of a Texas border lake. These pirates have already ambushed three, possibly four boats, operating with virtual impunity as they make off with cash and electronics. It's happening on Falcon Lake in Zapata, 200 yards from the Mexican border.
The Pirates Of Zapata County. There are five bass-fishing tournaments between now and July on [Falcon] lake that help the local economy. So the Zapata County Chamber of Commerce has issued a press release saying that boaters are safe — as long as they stay on the American side. That's understandable but perhaps unwise. After all, pirates that have no compunction about laws against armed robbery probably don't have much concern about border laws either.
Search for missing tourist thwarted by drug gangs. A search for a missing American tourist presumably shot and killed by Mexican pirates on a border lake has been thwarted by threats of an ambush from drug gangs, U.S. officials said Thursday [10/7/2010].
Rape suspect deported 4 times. The man accused of raping a woman behind an Edmonds grocery store has been deported at least four times in the past 15 years, reports KIRO Radio.
If America Were a Free Country, Immigration Would Not Be a Problem. In addition to exploding the dependent population, our porous borders have allowed violent gangs and drug cartels to advance north into the American southwest. People who live in areas close to the border such as southern Arizona are in the crossfire of violent drug traffickers who commit murders, kidnappings, home invasions and robberies.
17 Illegal Aliens Arrested After Drug Smugglers Shoot Arizona Sheriff's Deputy. Authorities searching for drug smugglers who shot and wounded an Arizona sheriff's deputy in the desert south of Phoenix said they captured 17 suspected illegal immigrants Saturday [5/1/2010], including three who may have been involved in the incident.
In Arizona County, Of 64 Highway Chases Last Month, Not One Perp a U.S. Citizen. As media elites in their Sixth Avenue towers look down and tut-tut about those racist reactionaries in Arizona, the real people who have to deal with the real-world problems and ramifications of leftist open border political correctness are not backing down. This weekend on Phoenix' KFYI, radio host Terry Gilberg interviewed Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeu. The Sheriff's message to Contessa, Katie and all the rest? Come ride alongside me in the patrol car. You'll see the real story.
Rape suspect had prior allegations. The 20-year-old illegal immigrant arrested for sexually assaulting a 6-year old girl at an Albuquerque gym on Tuesday [5/4/2010] had been accused of raping children before.
Holder Rules Out Death Penalty for Illegal Aliens Charged With Murder. Attorney General Eric Holder has directed prosecutors in a federal conspiracy and murder trial not to seek the death penalty for three El Salvadoran men who are in the United States illegally. The three are accused of robbing and shooting Claros Luna on July 29, 2009 in Alexandria, Va., just a few miles from the Justice Department, as Luna transported a prostitute from Maryland to Virginia.
Officers' hands tied on illegal immigrants. It began as a tip to America's Most Wanted: An anonymous caller said the No. 1 fugitive was holed up in a South Side house. With the TV show's cameras in tow, deputy U.S. marshals raided 788 Stambaugh Ave. on Jan. 7 looking for Manuel Penaloza, who was wanted in two killings and a carjacking in Pasadena, Calif. Instead, they found five undocumented immigrants in the tiny bungalow.
Border Patrol Agents Under Attack. Assaults against agents in the Yuma sector have shot up to 126 in the first six months of this fiscal year. That's approaching the number of assaults all last year. Agent Ben Vick was lucky he was wearing a helmet when this brick hit his head. "I looked down and though, 'Oh, that's what hit me.' Because before that, I had no idea. It was just such a huge blow," Vick says.
Officer's killer no stranger to police. The gunman who shot and killed an undercover police officer during a Tuesday night [6/23/2009] sting operation was an illegal immigrant who had been picked up by the U.S. Border Patrol in El Paso and allowed to return home to Mexico 10 years ago. Municipal records also show that Roberto Pedroza Carrillo, 37, had been stopped and ticketed by the Houston Police Department at least four times since 2002...
Immigrant who shot HPD officer was in US illegally. Houston police identified the suspect in a shooting last week that critically injured a police officer as an illegal immigrant from El Salvador, saying federal immigration officials missed multiple opportunities to deport him. On Tuesday, Mayor Bill White said the disclosure about the immigration status of Wilfido Joel Alfaro, who was fatally shot by officers executing a drug search warrant Thursday night, highlights the federal government's failure to identify and deport illegal immigrants convicted of crimes.
Border Patrol Agents Shoot Man as He Runs Over Fellow Officer. U.S. Border Patrol agents shot a man described as a suspected drug smuggler in the New Mexico desert Thursday night, federal officials said Friday. Doug Mosier, a Border Patrol spokesman in El Paso, said agents were trying to stop a pickup truck headed north along a desert ranch road about 11 p.m. Thursday night, when the driver ran over an agent.
Illegal alien pleads guilty to raping 9-year-old. A Dale County [Alabama] man who pleaded guilty to raping a 9-year-old girl was sentenced to a full 18 years in prison, according to authorities. Marcos Velasquez-Morales, 31, of Level Plains, was charged July 30 with first-degree rape after authorities said he lived with the victim's mother.
Widow of slain HPD officer sues Quintero employer. The widow of slain Houston police officer Rodney Johnson filed a wrongful death lawsuit Monday [5/19/2008] against the landscaper who employed Johnson's killer, as jurors continued deliberating Juan Leonardo Quintero's fate. Quintero was convicted earlier this month of shooting Johnson seven times after he was arrested during a traffic stop.
Man Dies in Shootout With California Cops. A man suspected of shooting two police officers during a traffic stop was killed in a wild shootout with police in a strip mall parking lot, authorities said Thursday [12/28/2006]. More than 50 shots were fired between Santa Ana police officers and 33-year-old Oscar Gabriel Gallegos on Wednesday, Santa Ana Police Chief Paul Walters said. … Gallegos was an illegal immigrant who had been deported three times and had a criminal record dating back to 1990, including arrests for drug offenses and assault with a deadly weapon, authorities said.
Suspect identified in market owner's murder. Metro police have identified the suspect in last Friday's murder of Vinod Shah inside his Discount Beer Market at 15116 Old Hickory Blvd. Edgar Rodriguez, 19, is wanted for criminal homicide and is believed to have fled the country to Mexico. Police detectives have been in contact with the FBI regarding the issuance of a federal unlawful flight warrant.
Family blames sanctuary policy in 3 slayings. San Francisco's immigrant sanctuary policies played a "substantial" role in the slayings of a father and two of his sons by allowing city officials to shield the alleged killer from deportation, despite his violent history, according to a legal claim filed Friday [8/22/2008] on behalf of the victims' family. The claim is likely to be followed by a wrongful death lawsuit in which the family of Tony Bologna and his sons could seek millions of dollars from the city.
'Where You From?' The common factor in these killings, as with so many others: The alleged killers came to the country illegally. Federal officials estimate that 40,000 of the 170,000 inmates held in Los Angeles County jails each year are illegal immigrants. And in the cases of Espinoza and Ramos, the police had previously arrested each and — for reasons that remain unclear — the authorities either never referred the arrested alien to Immigration and Customs Enforcement for deportation or ICE failed to institute deportation proceedings.
Mexican Smugglers Make US Lands Unsafe. Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne has said that drug traffickers sneaking into the United States from Mexico through U.S. lands administered by his department have made some of those lands unsafe for American families.
Illegal immigrant convicted of assaulting girl gets 57 more months. A deported illegal immigrant who returned to the United States and sexually assaulted a young girl will be spending another 57 months in federal prison. Sergio Hugo Hernandez, 31, of Las Vegas, received that sentence Friday [7/11/2008] on top of a sentence of 10 years to life that he received in state prison for assaulting the girl, said Gregory A. Brower, U.S. Attorney for the District of Nevada.
Daly City police seeking suspect in pry-bar beating of elderly woman. Police are searching for a 28-year-old South San Francisco man suspected of savagely beating a 78-year-old widow inside her Daly City home and leaving her for dead after she surprised him during a robbery attempt.
They identified the suspect in the attack as Jose Perez-Gonzalez, 28, an illegal alien originally from Guadalajara, Mexico, who has been living in South San Francisco.
Hillary's Flip-Flops Border on Insanity. According to Lt. Steve Rogers, a decorated cop in New Jersey and an award-winning writer, there are tens of thousands of murderers, rapists, child predators, robbers and drug dealers who are illegally in the United States. One study shows over 200,000 criminal aliens are preying on US citizens. Border Patrol agents in the Tucson, AZ Sector have apprehended 27,834 illegal aliens with criminal records, 74 of which were for homicide.
The world's most dangerous gang: MS-13 — or Mara Salvatrucha — is the biggest and fastest-growing of the Latin American street gangs. In Maryland alone, MS-13 members are accused of being responsible for a long series of violent crimes including murder. Favoured tactics include decapitation by machete. MS-13 started life as a group of young immigrants on the streets of California in the 1980s.
Deporting some immigrant inmates a big break for states. Programs in New York and Arizona aimed at cutting the prison sentences of certain immigrant inmates so they can be deported faster have federal officials urging other states to adopt similar policies. Officials in the two states say they have saved millions by turning over for early deportation some non-violent immigrant criminals who have served at least half of their sentences.
Our illegal-alien criminal class. One of the first signs of anarchy is when law-enforcement officers arrest common sense while allowing political correctness to roam free. In Virginia Beach, near Norfolk, the reaction of city officials to the deaths of two beautiful teen-age girls is a case in point.
DNA Links Suspect to Freeway Rapes. A man who allegedly raped a 24-year-old woman whose car broke down on a San Diego freeway was expected to enter a plea today to six felony charges, prosecutors said. ... [Alejandro Martinez] Leyva, a gardener and apparent illegal immigrant, was being held at the Orange County Jail, and an immigration hold was placed on him, [sheriff's spokesman Jim] Amormino said.
Slain officer missed suspect's gun in search. The Houston police officer who was gunned down by a suspect Thursday [9/21/2006] after a routine traffic stop apparently missed the man's weapon in a pat-down search, Capt. Dale Brown told reporters today. Juan Leonardo Quintero, a 32-year-old illegal immigrant, has been charged with capital murder in the shooting death of Houston Police Officer Rodney Johnson. … Brown said that Quintero had a criminal history from 1995 to 1999, convicted for DWI, failure to stop and give information and indecency with a child. His driver's license was suspended and he was deported to Mexico by immigration officials in 1999, Brown said.
Cop Killing Sparks Immigration Debate. The shooting of a Houston police officer has sparked a new battle over immigration. Juan Leonardo Quintero, an illegal immigrant, has been charged with killing a Houston police officer last week after a routine traffic stop. Police Chief Harold Hurtt blamed the federal government for failing to secure U.S. borders.
Cop murder spotlights crisis of killer aliens. Though no government agency in the U.S. — not the FBI nor Immigration and Customs Enforcement — tracks violent crimes by illegal aliens, even murders of police officers, a search by WND of news reports in the last three years shows law enforcement personnel are hardly immune to deadly carnage wrought by untracked, undocumented armed predators inside the country.
Sex offender database changed to include deported illegals. More than 2,000 illegal immigrant sex offenders, whose names were absent from a public statewide database because they were deported, have been restored to the Texas Department of Public Safety public Internet site after a Houston police officer's slaying a month ago.
Man charged with child rape is in U.S. illegally, police say. Detectives have arrested a man they say admitted having sex with a 12-year-old girl. Diego Francisco Escobar-Landaverde, 18, of Clayton Estates in La Vergne, was charged him with rape of a child. The incident was reported Saturday afternoon and the suspect was located less than an hour after police began work on the case, Chief Ted Boyd said.
Congressman calls Mexico a "drug cartel". Tom Tancredo, a Republican congressman and presidential candidate, said Wednesday [11/14/2007] that the United States cannot trust the Mexican government in combating narcotics and called the neighbouring counry a 'drug cartel.' 'Mexico is a drug cartel,' Tancredo said. 'The degree of corruption inside the government and the military is so great that it's hard to see where the government ends and where the cartels begin.'
Tijuana police abandon posts. The municipal police force in this troubled border city walked off the job Thursday [1/4/2007] after soldiers and federal agents ordered its members to turn over their weapons in connection with homicide investigations. The surprising turn of events came two days after Mexican President Felipe Calderon dispatched 3,300 federal troops and police to the city in an effort to combat violence linked to drug cartels.
Man who led immigrant brothel ring pleads guilty. A man accused of managing brothels in Texas and Oklahoma as part of a nationwide ring that forced immigrant women into prostitution has pleaded guilty to federal charges. Juan Balderas-Orosco, 34, faces up to 30 years in prison for transportation for prostitution, importation of illegal aliens and conspiracy to smuggle, transport and harbor illegal aliens.
36 indicted in Mexican Mafia crackdown. A former San Diegan and other leaders of the Mexican Mafia prison gang led a massive crime syndicate in Southern California that ordered murders and controlled street gangs, according to a sweeping federal indictment announced yesterday [6/16/2006].
Americans speaking out against illegal immigration. Seven weeks after the collapse of legislation in Congress, the outcry against illegal immigration is louder than ever. It is manifested by proposed clampdowns at the state and local level and an uproar over the arrest of an undocumented immigrant in the execution-style slayings of three New Jersey college students.
The Color of Crime: The execution-style murder of three African-American college students in Newark, N.J., forced to kneel and shot in the head — allegedly by an illegal alien from Peru who was out on bail for the serial rape of a 5-year-old — has the makings of a Willie Horton issue in 2008. Newark, like New York, is a "sanctuary city," where cops are not to ask criminal suspects if they are in the country legally.
For Illegal Aliens, Crime Pays — and So Do We. Except for when an illegal alien does something horrific … we rarely hear that these crimes are committed specifically by illegals. This is due to two factors: first, illegal aliens are often silent on family violence and afraid to report crime within their communities. And second, the mainstream media seem to go out of their way not to inform us, as they rarely make any distinction between crimes committed by US citizen perpetrators or those committed by illegal alien perpetrators, and this is an egregious violation of the press's mandate.
Government Not Tracking Illegal Alien Crime Even As It Spirals Up. Operation Predator began on July 9, 2003, and resulted in 6,085 child predator arrests throughout the country — an average of roughly 250 arrests per month and eight arrests per day. However, while Operation Predator is a noble effort, it is making only a small dent in the criminal activity of illegal aliens. In fact, the criminal activity in the illegal alien community is now so bad that illegal aliens are being held for ransom and as slaves by other illegal aliens, andsmugglersare kidnapping illegal aliens from other smugglers!
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Illegal Alien Criminal Activity Will Shock You. There are currently over 400,000 unaccounted-for illegal alien criminals with outstanding deportation orders. Those are just the ones we managed to apprehend at some point. At least one fourth of these are hard core criminals. No one knows how many more there are. As noted above, however, they are numerous and roaming your neighborhoods, preying on you and your family.
Mexican drug cartels take over U.S. cities. Mexican drug cartels operating in cities in the U.S. are buying up legitimate businesses to launder money and using some of the proceeds to win local mayoral and city council seats for politicians who can shape the policies and personnel decisions of their police forces, according to Rep. Tom Tancredo, R-Colo., who has led the fight to secure the U.S.-Mexico border and enforce the nation's immigration laws.
Brutal gang tests officers, cities and FBI. A poor soul suspected of cooperating with the authorities is abducted at gunpoint, beaten unmercifully, tortured and decapitated; another is gang-raped and shot repeatedly. … It is not Muslin extremists in America who are perpetrating such acts of extreme violence within our own borders, but members of a large, highly-organized and well-funded street gang known as MS-13. You'd better watch out, because they may be coming to a neighborhood near you.
The Coming Gang War: According to the FBI's National Gang Task Force Director Robert Clifford, MS-13 is following the same paths as do Mexican illegal workers. Clifford said: "The migrant moves and the gang follows. If you follow the construction trade, that is where a lot of these immigrants go."
'Most wanted' lists are filled with hard-to-track Latinos. "We have no way to track down people like this," Johnston Sheriff's Lt. Fred Dees said. "They're anonymous — invisible, really." Law enforcement agencies often search in vain for suspects who may not be in the country legally. As a result, Latinos — the bulk of the 300,000 illegal immigrants in the state [of North Carolina] — dominate the lists of "most wanted" crime suspects in Wake and Johnston counties.
The gangstas in my neighborhood: The peaceful suburbs of Washington, D.C., are beginning to look and feel like East Los Angeles. The violent illegal alien gang Mara Salvatrucha (or MS-13) has thoroughly penetrated the region — and its murderous members continue to be aided and abetted by reckless government officials at every level who refuse to enforce our immigration laws.
MS-13 in Your Backyard. They are vicious, they are violent, they murder, rob, rape and behead their victims. MS-13 appears to be in control of much of the Mexican border. To sustain themselves financially, they smuggle people, drugs and guns across borders. They collect money from illegals. Where MS-13 goes, violence goes. They stop at nothing.
The victims of illegal immigration. President Bush accuses those of us who want to secure America's borders and fully enforce our immigration laws of lacking "compassion." Huh. Well, I have yet to hear an ounce of compassion from President Bush for America's countless casualties of lax immigration enforcement. Where's the sympathy for innocent, law-abiding citizens who have lost their lives at the hands of illegal aliens and their open-borders enablers?
Illegal Alien Crime Wave: On April 7, 2005, the US Justice Department issued a report on criminal aliens that were incarcerated in federal and state prisons and local jails. In the population study of 55,322 illegal aliens, researchers found that they were arrested at least a total of 459,614 times, averaging about eight arrests per illegal alien.
Fired illegal indicted in crimes. An illegal alien who lost his job because of Arizona's still-pending employer-sanctions law has been indicted by a grand jury in Phoenix on charges of armed robbery, theft and aggravated assault.
Illegal Aliens Linked to Rise in Crime Statistics. In the population study of a sample of 55,322 illegal aliens, researchers found that they were arrested at least a total of 459,614 times, averaging about eight arrests per illegal alien. Nearly all had more than one arrest. Thirty-eight percent (about 21,000) had between two and five arrests, 32 percent (about 18,000) had between six and ten arrests, and 26 percent (about 15,000) had 11 or more arrests. Most of the arrests occurred after 1990.
Border control: The Bush Administration would have us believe that most illegal immigrants (or "undocumented workers" in the lingo of political correctness) are merely looking for a better life and taking only those jobs that Americans do not want. Kerry Morales isn't buying that line. "Maybe 20 years ago the illegals were innocent, hard-working people," she tells the San Antonio Express-News. "Not any more. Now they're extremely dangerous. They mean violence."
Crime 'franchise' hub in Denver. Federal and state authorities are working to permanently close a metro Denver counterfeit documents ring allegedly masterminded by a Mexico-based crime family they believe operates in at least 33 states, churning out tens of millions of dollars worth of fake IDs.
Five illegals face deportation after killing principal. Deportation to Mexico is possible, if not likely, for five illegal aliens involved in a fatal traffic crash this week that claimed the life of a popular school principal in South Florida.
Immigration Insanity: Largely unknown to most Americans is the large percentage of the nation's incarcerated criminal population representing the failure of those agencies responsible to protect this nation against the dangers posed by illegal aliens.
Deputy David March: On April 29, 2002, Deputy Dave March was murdered on the streets of Los Angeles County. The suspected gunman then fled the Country to Mexico. It is believed by many that the Mexican Government has refused to extradite the suspected killer because he may be imprisoned for life or executed for the crime.
Aztlan group blamed for newspaper theft. Police at Pasadena City College in Southern California say they have no suspects in the theft of 5,000 copies of the campus newspaper despite a claim by students identifying themselves as members of Movimiento Estudiantil Chicano de Aztlan — MEChA — saying they were responsible.
MEChA — The Mexican Nazi Movement. MEChA ("Movimiento Estudiantil Chicano de Aztlan" or Chicano Students Movement of Aztlan) is neither a fraternity nor a "good-natured and altruistic college campus organization". Rather, it is the Hispanic version of the Nazis, Ku Klux Klan or Islamic Jihad — take your pick or mix 'n match.
Illegal immigrant who killed nun in accident was released by feds. The Virginia man suspected in a drunken-driving crash that killed a Catholic nun in Prince William County this weekend is an illegal immigrant and repeat offender who was awaiting deportation and whom federal immigration authorities had released pending further proceedings, police said Monday [8/2/2010].
It's 'Only' One Dead Nun. It reads like a Hollywood script: one nun killed, two critically injured by an illegal alien driving drunk. Perpetrator Carlos A. Martinelly Montano has been here for several years. He has two prior drunk driving convictions, for which he received a 30-day jail sentence for the first — and served no time — and served only 20 days of an approximately one-year sentence for the second.
Sisters of Political Futbol. Note to Democrat press secretaries: even the mainstream media will ask embarrassing questions regarding immigration after a drunk illegal runs over a nun.
Illegal immigrant indicted for murder in nun's death. The illegal immigrant accused of killing a Benedictine nun in a drunken driving crash in Prince William County has been indicted for murder.
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Updated July 17, 2019.
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Alamogordo Search and Rescue Seeks Volunteers
Tara Melton, Alamogordo Daily News – 22 Jan. 16
One day seven years ago, James Hiller saw the Alamogordo Search and Rescue rappelling as part of their training and he immediately became interested in the group.
“I used to build towers for communication companies,” Hiller said. “I’ve always worked up in the air. I’ve just always been one of those guys with his hair on fire, hanging out on a rope all day.”
Hiller, currently section chief of plans, operations and an evaluator for Alamogordo Search and Rescue, said he likes the excitement and has always enjoyed helping people.
“I’m kind of a go-getter,” he said. “When I joined there was no one who was field certified and to lead teams you have to at least be field certified. I jumped in and became section chief for plans and operations, I’m semi-retired so I have the time to do things like that.”
Alamogordo Search and Rescue is a non-profit corporation staffed entirely by unpaid volunteers who are individuals dedicated to helping others. Alamogordo Search and Rescue is activated for missions by the New Mexico State Police, District 8 and encompass Otero and Lincoln counties when there’s help needed to find someone who is lost or when recovering a body.
“When people get out in the woods and get lost, the mind quits working,” Hiller said. “They’re out there in the dark without a flashlight and they remember every mountain lion and bear story they’ve ever heard and every mouse under the grass is that mountain lion or bear.”
Hiller said with the prominence of smartphones, it’s become easier to help find people in certain situations.
“The young people are very good at it and they’ll call you on their phone if they’re lost and they will bring up an app for GPS and it will give me their coordinates,” he said. “Once we have your coordinates, just be still and we’ll go get you. It’s something we didn’t used to have in the past.”
Posted on June 13, 2016 by admin_30099Posted in UncategorizedTagged ASAR
Climbing Yosemite
Yosemite climbing pioneer Yvon Chouinard checking out the view from Big Sur ledge the first ascent of the North America Wall on El Capitan. End of pitch 11, Fall 1964. Photo: Tom Frost/Aurora Photos
Outside – 1 Jun. 2016 – Is adventure dead? This somewhat depressing question is one we contend with at Outside all the time. After all, many of world’s great adventure prizes, including the summit of all fourteen 8,000-meter peaks and the North and South Poles, were snagged more than a half-century ago. Today’s firsts, meanwhile, are typically defined by an almost comical list of qualifiers: First blind one-armed climber to stand atop Everest. Fastest human-powered Antarctic crossing. In June. During an odd-numbered year. One can look at this increasingly parsed and trodden landscape and conclude that, yes, sadly, adventure is dead. But you’d have to willfully ignore the 60-plus years of astounding climbing evolution continuing to take place on the granite monoliths of Yosemite Valley.
This month, as part of our continuing celebration of the National Park Service centennial, we’re taking a special look at the most pivotal climbing moments in Yosemite’s storied history. To look at this list is to be reminded that the limits of what is humanly possible when flesh and sticky rubber take on a mountain of vertical granite has been radically redefined by four distinct generations of rock monkeys. In 1958, when El Capitan was still widely considered unclimbable, Warren Harding notched the first ascent after 18 grueling months of hammering in pitons. In 2012, Alex Honnold and Hans Florine tackled the same route in less than three hours. Yes, the latter feat includes a qualifier: fastest. Yet the record is no less relevant in today’s sport than Harding’s first ascent was 60 years ago. …more
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OnePlus Mini: Hardware Specs Exposed By Antutu?
Before the OnePlus 2 was officially introduced, the company’s co-founder Carl Pei revealed that a second smartphone is also in the works and planned for a market release by the end of 2015. While Carl Pei wasn’t able to reveal much about the handset’s specifications, there have been numerous long-time rumors suggesting that the company will eventually release a so-called OnePlus Mini. Needless to say, many people in the industry expect the company’s mysterious phone for late-2015 to be one and the same as the fabled Mini.
You may also know that the OnePlus Mini was brought back into the headlines a couple of days ago thanks to a couple of renders (Phone Arena) showing the alleged design. However, today we’re here to discuss the smartphone’s hardware specifications rather than its exterior, as the terminal may have just been spotted in AnTuTu, carrying an MTK MT6795T SoC in tow.
Join us below for the full story.
OnePlus Mini Hardware Specs Revealed?
Earlier today, the official AnTuTu Weibo account shared an intriguing screenshot of a new OnePlus smartphone that was apparently spotted in the benchmark database. The terminal runs Android 5.1.1 and is identified by the “A2301” model number. It seems to boast 2 GB of RAM, 32 GB of storage, a 13 MP primary camera, and a display resolution of 1920 x 1080.
The handset appears to be powered by a MediaTek Helio X10 chipset, specifically the more powerful MT6795T variant that operates at frequencies of 2.2 GHz per CPU core, and sports a PowerVR G6200 GPU clocked at 700 MHz.
Unfortunately, we aren’t able to confirm if the information is or isn’t genuine, and apparently neither can AnTuTu. The original Weibo post seems to warn about certain inconsistencies in the database, so we advise you to treat the information accordingly and maintain a healthy dose of skepticism.
Stick around and we’ll keep you up to speed as soon as we find out more.
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Using Social Media to Promote Government Development Agenda……..The Role of Government PROs
By Linda Owusu
Democracy is upheld when citizens are well informed about matters of the state. However, how individuals communicate information has changed drastically since social media was born. It is remarkable how people consume and interact on social media platforms.
ADAPTATION PLANNING FOR THE ESCALATING CATASTROPHE OF CLIMATE CHANGE―GHANA’S FRAMEWORK
By G.D. Zaney, Esq.
The earth's climate has changed throughout history― the change attributable to very small variations in the earth’s orbit that alter or vary the amount of solar energy received by planet earth.
Eliminating the Tuberculosis scourge in Ghana―What remains to be done
Tuberculosis (TB) is an infectious disease caused by a small germ (micro-organism) known as Mycobacterium Tuberculosis.
Investing In Domestic Tourism: The Role of the Stakeholder
By Christabel Adjei-Danso
Ghana is blessed with lots of tourists’ attractions which include kakum national park, Wli waterfalls, Afadzato, Nzulezo Stilt Village, Lake Bosomtwi, Bobiri Butterfly Sanctuary, Cape Coast Castle, Kwame Nkrumah Mausoleum, Paga Crocodile pond, Mole National Park, Elmina Castle, Aburi Botanical Gardens, Lake Volta and a host of others.
PASS THE AFFIRMATIVE ACTION BILL INTO LAW
Recognizing that women’s political participation is a critical component of democratic dialogue and social cohesion, Ghana legislated an Affirmative Action Act―The Representation of the Peoples Act of 1959― which allowed 10 women unopposed to represent the administrative regions of the country in the National Assembly (Parliament) in 1960.
SHOULD DOCTORS WITH PRIVATE CLINICS BE ENGAGED AT OUR GOVERNMENT HEALTH CARE FACILITIES?
By Mabel Delassie Awuku
“The knowledge of the cross brings a conflict of interest between God who has become man and man who wishes to become God”. (Jürgen Moltmann)
In 2011, I woke up one morning feeling ill and decided to visit a government hospital to ascertain what the problem could be.
CAMFED, Mastercard Foundation implement Entrepreneurship Fund for Scholars
Creating sustainable opportunities for the youth as a vehicle for ensuring they are able to access the means for sustainable livelihoods has been a major challenge confronting many nations all over the world. To address the above challenge, successive governments in Ghana have designed and implemented various employment and entrepreneurship interventions for the youth.
TWO OUT FOUR: FOOD FOR THOUGHT
"He who opens a school door, closes a prison” - Victor Huge
In the year 2015, I usually visited the market in the heart of the country's capital, Accra. The market was never less crowded. However, with time, I learned how to find my way in and out without losing any property of mine.
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The earth's climate has changed throughout history― the change
Tuberculosis (TB) is an infectious disease caused by a small germ
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The Edwards Mosquito Abatement District (EMAD) goal/responsibility is to protect the public health from mosquito-borne illnesses within the District. To implement an Integrated Pest Management Program in coordination with Federal, State and Local agencies. Operating in a environmentally safe, ecologically-sound and publicly accessible manner. We operate as a resource on mosquito biology, control, and prevention. With cooperation from the residents, the District will have a positive impact on the community.
The Edwards Mosquito Abatement District was formed in 1988 by a few local ranchers under a special services permit, allowing them to combat mosquitos around their cattle. By the mid 90’s land use changed and several subdivisions occupied what used to be grazing land but the need for mosquito control persisted. Funding for the District at the time of inception was operating on donations and volunteers to make applications; this system was increasingly more difficult to maintain, as more residents were not participating in operations or the funding required to allow the District to operate successfully and efficiently and was eventually placed in a dormant state. In 2005, the first mosquito in Idaho tested positive for the West Nile virus. By 2006, an epidemic of West Nile virus struck Idaho which resulted in over 1000 reported human cases with 21 deaths. Because of this state of emergency, the abatement district was resurrected. In 2007, Edwards Mosquito Abatement District expanded its area of operations from a few square miles to now nearly 75 square miles encompassing the northern portion of Lake Cascade.
Chris Schneider, Chairman
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Melissa Maini, Secretary/Treasurer
Richard Carr, Member
Danny Bade, Member
Board Meetings are the 2nd Tuesday of each month at 6 PM
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Eugen Rosenstock-Huessy Live! » Volume 30: Peace Corps (1966)
http://www.erhfund.org/wp-content/uploads/Volume30PeaceCorps1966/PeaceCorps-1966-02.mp3
[Chopin]
(Clint Gardner: This is a test. This is a test. You see, if that thing is going there, you can tell that it's recording. See, every time you talk. It -- it -- it mustn't go into the red.)
(It's not going into the red.)
[tape interruption]
(Gardner: This whole thing is relatively new up here. I mean, to be out in the country.)
(You mean to us? Or do you mean --)
(Gardner: No, no. To any trainees.)
(Oh yes, yes.)
(Gardner: They've all been on college -- on college campuses.)
(The last four years.)
(Gardner: Well, this is sort of like old home week for me, because we had a camp building like this about 15 miles away from here in 1940. And this was the -- this was Camp William James, to which he was referring.)
(Well, it's new for us. I don't know, it's -- it's new for me, anyway. I haven't been to camp for { }.)
(Gardner: Oh, I think I never had any quite as gay as that.)
(That's a { }.)
(Gardner: Possibly I did in the army. I mean, I slept in a pup tent of course in the army. But in civilian life, you don't often have a chance to do something like that.)
(It's great. Well, we're pretty much in the army here. The rules and regulations -- but there are lots of -- things that we don't have. If we don't really want to do something, we say "no," and then if you've got a good reason for it, why { } come and talk to you about it, and if you still don't want to, you may get booted out but --. But it's...)
(Gardner: Well, it's amazing how -- how -- how little at least one hears of major problems of personnel in the Peace Corps. I -- I have no idea how it's worked out as well as it has, because in a camp like ours, we had -- at least 30 percent of the people were thoroughly disaffected or -- or were in the process of leaving or -- it was just because they were -- well, young, and changing, and idealistic, and full of problems.)
(They select you pretty carefully here, though. I think that the selection ratio is 1 to 6 or 1 to 7. And so to begin with, it's a select group. Then when we get up here, the first five days, or the first week, four people left immediately. I mean, no one's left since then, but of -- )
(Gardner: It's pretty good, considering that you're this radically out in the open.)
(No, well. We didn't expect to be. We expected to be at Dartmouth.)
(Gardner: I know it. That was a bit -- as a -- as a --)
(Shock. Yes.)
(Gardner: That was a bit of a surprise. You didn't know you were going to be an experimental group.)
(We didn't know what we were going to be doing. We thought we were going to be at Dartmouth College.)
(The thing is they never -- they never -- didn't say so. They did say so, but nobody { } to figure it out.)
(Well, they said we should bring along ...)
(No, they didn't say that. They just said your mailing address would be Vershire, Vermont.)
(... pocket knives, work clothes, and -- right. And this was --)
(It was perfectly in line with a -- with a five-day, you know, overnight hike that we were supposed to take { }. { } because we live in an overnight { }.)
(Right. No kidding. But here -- we get to Dartmouth and they -- "Well, tomorrow we're leaving for Vershire." Oh, great. What are we going to do? Start off hiking the first day. We get out here and the boy that had been out the night before -- some people came in early and they went out the night before and started working on this thing. And some of them said, "When we saw what we were going to have to live in, we just figured that the next day, when the girls came up, we were going to put their luggage in the car that night and drive them right back home and ship them off, you know, to their respective homes, because it was such a mess. It was such a mess that first couple of days. I { })
(Gardner: Must have been. It must have been.)
(Oh, God! it was an unbelievably { }. We're getting spaghetti in our face, so that it's { }. Dick Wright has decided he's going to pull out a few of our little installations and make { } of one.)
(When is it? I've got to study.)
(I have to study, too, but I'm going to { }).
(Gardner: What are you studying? Indian, or?)
({ }, the language, technical studies -- there's our poultry king right there.)
(Gardner: M-hmm. I spent { }.)
There was somebody yesterday who asked me to ask a question. So I said, "Ask the question." Where is the man? Here, he agreed that he should. Wie? Yes?
(Well, I just asked Dr. Huessy last night if -- if he wasn't overrating the -- the singleness of technology that went back to work { } on bringing about some kind of...)
Speak a little louder. You see, I can't hear you.
(The { } of { } unity among mankind {cutting} across national differences. I thought that technology was something which reinforced the divisiveness of the world by giving some kind of backbone to such { } as ideology, as economic { }, the historical { } of countries just breaking out of well, the
newly emerging nations.)
Well, what is the question? What -- I still haven't gotten the question. We are talking here about a peace corps. Wie?
(Aren't you overrating technology as working toward some kind of peace, whereas I think I would contend that technology is one thing which is keeping the world divided and which unless -- unless it would explode in some kind of a -- some kind of a war...)
Well, I have -- pass no judgment in quantity or quality on any of your theses. I have only -- found, for example here in Vershire, that this town has been destroyed by technology, and still is a dead corpse, despite your presence. And so I haven't measured this in quantity. But one of the biggest issues which faces us is that you come to a town, the municipality doesn't function. The church doesn't function. You ask why. A hundred years ago, it has functioned. Officially there are still selectmen. There are still ministers. There is still Sunday service. But it's all dead. And you ask why, because they cannot function because they have electric light. And the electric light comes from an electric power company, whereas before, the candles were made in the village. So the people who made the candles and who bought the candles knew each other, and now you don't know each other. This is a -- simply a fact, Sir. If you haven't observed it, because you probably live in a big city, you see, you are the victim of your own blindness and deafness. And you think that nationalism -- anything. I have yet to find a nationalist who is not the best friend of every other nationalist. You take a French nationalist, a German nationalist, Italian nationalist -- they got on beautifully. They only despise the people who are not nationalists, you see. In every country that's the state. They will kill the non-nationalists, as the Goldwater people would like to kill some other people here, you see.
This is all so primitive, I wouldn't think that a man like you could -- could be so without experience, between the words that -- people intoxicate them, and the things that as strangers -- you must draw a line. What these people have in their minds, that's the result of the emptiness of their souls and of their opportunity. If you lived in Vershire, you would also go crazy from inop- -- lack of opportunity. And then you would become a Goldwater man, of course.
I mean, we -- we are talking about daily -- daily processes that eat the marrow out of our daily life, of out our work, out of our friendship. This has nothing to do with what's going on in your head, Sir. And -- I mean, nationalism is -- is -- is bubbles, soap bubbles. Of course, if you have no blood in your brain, you have instead air -- hot air.
(Well, perhaps I misinterpreted the -- the universality of some of your statements in -- in going from -- referring to very wide historical periods and very...)
But I haven't. I haven't. I haven't. I'm speaking of electricity. That's not a very far period, Sir. And of the fact that the trains have ceased to go on Sunday. Last Sunday the last train went through Vermont. Where are my large periods? You are living in dreams. I am not.
(Well, I...)
You don't mention -- you see, in your political thinking the fact that there are no trains now running through Vermont doesn't exist. You have never given it a thought. I tried to show you that is one of the most important political events of the last four weeks. And since I cannot convince you, I have to shout at you and say, "Wake up! And look where the real events today take place." They don't take place in nationalistic heads. Mr. de Gaulle is quite unimportant. Absolutely unimportant. He's a holdover. The -- leave this to the poor French. They want a -- some sem- -- semblance of power. But the fact that you have to fly now, and don't go by boat to France, that's a very important fact. The -- all the -- all the pi- -- the -- the sea- -- sailors in the harbor of New York, and the sailors in Maine, and the sailors in New- -- Nova Scotia have lost their jobs. There are 7,000 farms to be had in New- -- Newfoundland -- or no, Nova Scotia -- at this moment, because they were all shipbuilders, and they no longer can build ships to go to -- to Europe, you see. And all of a sudden, this -- absolutely empty country. You can buy one of these 7,000 farms at -- at preferential rates.
(Well, to give me a chance to rebut -- I think that we're...)
That's -- is --
(...talking about two different frames of reference. I was under the impression that you were making -- making -- making some of these statements as some kind of universal law.)
Of course. Of course.
(I think -- I think...)
Since -- since Prometheus sto- -- stole the fire, you see, we live in this -- under this great inconvenience, that every new invention dislocates men. And this -- has not been taken into account. I do speak in historical terms, Sir. But I just defend myself against your saying that the other things are more important, because the destruction which you yourself, by raising chickens here, are going
to work on -- on poor India will be quite enormous. And that's very serious. You have to find out tonight and tomorrow night -- or -- well, as long as you are here -- where you will be -- a destructive force or a productive -- and constructive force. That hasn't been decided, yet. The next war can well be started by the Peace Corps. Well-meaning people are always the most dangerous people in the world, you see.
(Well, I think that...)
Pardon me, I have to speak so roughly in order to wake you up to see what I'm really trying to say. I haven't said any of these things yesterday which you have insinuated to me.
(Yes, well I was under the impression that you were formulating some kind of a theory of universal history, or some such thing as that, by which -- where the world is inevitably moving toward some kind of unity of mankind. And I think that this idea about technological progress breaking down boundaries -- family boundaries, clan boundaries, racial boundaries possibly also. I think this is -- this is perhaps very true in a -- a homogeneous culture like America. But I'm not so sure it works that same way in something like the -- like the world. You're talking...)
In which town are you at home, Sir? In which town are you li- -- do you live?
(Pardon me?)
What's your hometown?
(My hometown? Wellesley, Massachusetts.)
(Wellesley, Massachusetts.)
With all the girls there? Well. Of course, that has turned his head.
Let me say once more. I have formulated a universal law of which I am very proud, because I have formulated it as a first, 15 years ago. And you can observe it in -- in action every day. And it is not yet decided whether the Peace Corps, as it is established in the United States, will function on any one side of this law, or will counteract it, which it should be -- should probably. And therefore, your aversion against universal truth is -- is -- I don't know where it comes from. Perhaps it's a Freudian complex. I don't know why you are -- why should I teach
you -- and attain you with lies or with not-truths? I have not come here to speak of something that is not true. No. I want to say something that is true. Wh- -- what's the objection against some fact you can observe every day yourself, Sir?
(Well, in Massachusetts, there are universal truths with -- such as this...)
Well, I have exposed myself to your criticism. Refute that it is true, that's {served}. But to say because I have tried to formulate a universal truth, it must be false -- that's funny.
(This isn't what I'm saying. This is- -- this wasn't my objection, you know, { } opinions and formulations. I'm just -- just arguing with your thesis.)
Ja, but give me -- give me some counter-thesis. How -- how do all these dislocations -- how are they brought -- about? In which way are they bro- -- are they brought about? Why does -- doesn't -- our villages not function, our schools, our churches? Why are they empty and void of spirit? Why do we have to have now Washington interfering, when we -- in Hanover now want to have a bridge? There is a law in 1962 passed in Washington to protect the local people who no longer have the means to protect themselves against the state highway department. There sits a man in -- an ombudsman in Washington already. You have heard of the ombudsman in Sweden, perhaps, who has to righten the wrongs of the bureaucracy, you see. And now there is in Washington, of all cities, somebody to righten the wrongs of the bureaucracy. And if they had -- this Vermont state highway department makes a plan, we can go to Washington to complain. That would never have happened 50 years ago, because 50 years ago, the citizens of Norwich would have been sufficiently virile and articulate to fight anything that goes on in Montpelier. And this is no longer true.
(Well, Mr. Huessy, on this -- on this front, do you think that life is further unified by the fact that you now need a man in Washington to -- to work out your grief between here and...)
I'm only describing. I have -- the scene is so desperate. The schools are run from -- from Washington, as you know, because our tax system is impossible. I have to pay 11 times as many taxes as I paid when I built my house in my town 30 years ago. And that's quite something, 11 times as much.
(Now -- now it seems to me...)
How shall I pay it? So if the United States government isn't kind enough to support one-third of the ta- -- of the school bill, we cannot have the school. Very simple.
(It seems -- it seems to me that these have been very divisive influences.)
(It seems to me that these have been very divisive and dividing influences brought about by an increase in -- in technology, an increase in communication, and a further centralization of power in -- away from -- where, you know, away from the grassroots. And I don't see why you think the technology...)
Well, look at grassroots here. Grassroots -- this road here up and no grass grows here. I mean, what are grassroots? That's a sentimental term. I don't accept this, with the grassroots, you see. Who is grassroots here? Not one of us -- you. Don't talk grassroots when we have lost our grassroots.
(All -- I -- I would agree. I think we have lost our grassroots and I think this is why technology...)
Ja, but that's -- you are too young to be so sentimental about it. We have to draw -- learn to draw -- to live without grassroots. The -- this is all sentimentality or romanticism just to complain. I don't. I have said soberly we all are responsible to make up for the destruction brought by the technological pro- -- change. That's all.
({ } still think {we're} beginning an answer to {my} question. What, if anything, do you see as an antidote to the...)
Pardon me?
(What, if anything, do you see as an antidote to the relentless operation of the { }?)
(Awareness of it, for one thing?)
The answer is that your Peace -- you Peace Corps people will have to decide in your work and in your service whether you are on the side of the destructive process or whether you are already an antidote. I hope you are an antidote, because for my -- during my whole life, I have tried to think up this antidote, this means of filling the gap between the old order and the new -- how would you say? -- void that is being created. And it isn't yet -- we mustn't be too optimistic. Mere charity and mere good will doesn't always alter the facts of life.
And therefore I've tried to put you a little bit on -- make you curious the last time. I tried to say that there is something to be done of which nobody ever speaks. Nobody says that technological problem -- progress destroys groupings, you see. And this is very important. You don't find it in any textbooks, Sir. This is not admitted. The old-timers say it isn't necessary. So they form societies to protect the grassroots. They'll be -- they will -- buy magnifying glasses to see the last grassroots, you see. And they think that's a counter-action of the development. I say, if you see that the grassroot disappear, you have to plant elsewhere. And this is what the Peace Corps should stand for, might stand for, but I'm not so sure that you will stand for with your ideas. It's not yet -- it is not yet decided. In 10 years perhaps, we may know whether this has been very harmful and led to the next war between India and the United States, or whether it has really made for peace. It isn't -- absolutely not -- not safe to say. You are a dangerous people. That's what I try to say. And I tried to wake you up to this de- -- great -- your own dangerous position.
And there- -- why don't you then talk of nationalism? I don't understand it.
(No, I think you're -- you're imputing something which I think is true, to be -- some -- to be a goal. I mean, I think -- I think you're translating my view of what objectively exists into something which I'm trying to bring about, or trying to perpetuate. In other words, because I -- I think that technology does not unify the world, you seem to -- you seem to feel that my goal is to keep the world disunited, as if it were possible that I could do this by myself. I -- I don't think it's possible, yet.)
When I went home yesterday, I felt, of course, because of your question, quite puzzled. And then I comforted myself with the sentence, by Napoleon -- he was asked how one wins battles. And he said -- to the great amazement of the generals, he said, "On s'engage et { } en voir." One gets going, you see, one gets involved, as the people say nowadays in existentialism, and then one s- -- looks around and sees how to do best, you see. A very simple answer, a very modest answer. And so I also hope for something, you see, to get engaged. Now you have s- -- offered this wonderful possibility, you see, of getting angry. That's always the first thing for a good plan of strategy. It is better to get angry -- I think more comes to one's mind -- than if one is very sweet.
(Well, possibly, but it also blocks out the possibility of open-mindedness about something. It's very hard to {be able} to see the possibility the other person might { } and being angry tends to narrow your -- your scope of your viewpoint, very often.)
Well, you have a point. Let me tell you that I decided on the -- on making
today peace the topic. And so as late as possible, let us make peace. Postpone this a little bit.
I received, and that was what I tried to -- what I would like to say -- this morning a pamphlet, which comes out every -- every three months. It appeared since 20 -- for 20 years now. It's a fr- -- written by a friend of mine in Germany. It's called Reconciliation and Peace. And it's filled with articles on war and peace, and the -- the alliance of -- for reconciliation on the civil -- service in -- in Switzerland, which works in Al- -- Algeria, just as you're going to work in India. It's an old establishment. A very fine man, Pierre {Cerezolle} founded this in reaction to the World War I in Switzerland, 1919. Have ev- -- ever- -- anybody heard of the -- they call it Zivildienst, which is strange way of calling an international enterprise: "civil service." You wouldn't think with the word "civil service" that it was an attempt to coloni- -- or to help in Algeria and Morocco. And they have done very well.
The whole -- this whole pamphlet is filled with oc- -- with narratives about peace. There are exclamations and proclamations by physicists and by churchmen and -- against Siam, of co- -- of course, and Eirene, international Christian service for peace, the campaign for disarmament. And I think it's a good way of showing you that belonging to the era that has passed -- to the -- I would call it the ideological era -- there is a deep feeling that today peace has to be manufactured, proclaimed, shouted -- talked about in all forms. All these are people who you would rate with the conscientious objectors, perhaps, and with the pacifists, with the protesters against S- -- Vietnam. And I have tried and this perhaps explains your difficulty of understanding me, Sir, I have tried to take your attention away yesterday from this style of effort for peace and anti-Vietnamese proclamations. I am not interested in these. They have never done anything in my estimation, achieved anything. Whether they are 50 physicists who suddenly write, "We shouldn't throw the bomb," or something like that.
I have tried to tell you that we enter a -- a new era in which not the living side-by-side of the countries and then provoking misunderstandings and opium wars, as between India and China in 1841, will play the havoc, or will play -- will be the provocateur, the -- the spur for action -- but that simply your daily progress in having a television set will force you to join a peace corps, to -- to reconcile the rest of the world to this infamy of yours to have a television set.
That's what I have tried to say, that the consumers of the technological progress -- you, Sir -- that you are guilty of making war. This has nothing to do with nationalism. It has nothing to do with ideology. It's a fact that we, by using all these new produc- -- means of production, you see, we are making for war against the -- former groupings. We destroy them. You and I do. We are aggres-
sive, Sir. This you haven't gotten from my statement. I only formulated this law -- an emphatic word for something very simple -- to bring it to your senses and to say, "You cannot improve your gadgets every day without changing the order of life." That's very serious. We are responsible for all these tensions in the world, for all the coffee riots in Brazil, because we drink this coffee.
And there -- well, you see, I cannot follow your argumentation at all, because I wanted only to arouse in you and my -- me the self-consciousness that we, by participating in this technological civilization, are guilty. That's -- are -- what the Bible used to call original sin. That is, we inherit a guilt by using the things invented, done -- all the time. And there is therefore no argument of an ideological nature that -- I have not to judge -- sit in judgment whether nationalism is worse, or this is worse, or this worse. I have only come to my senses to see what I'm doing, without thought, of course. Perfectly thoughtless. Perfectly unideologically.
(It follows then that { } {have} introduced {simply} { }, with very little touch {in} technology, is not so guilty?)
Not for this; he's guilty probably in other respects. He may beat his wife, you see.
(...we may bring this guilt to him. We may involve him in our guilt by -- by spreading it through...)
Oh yes. That's just the -- our danger. We don't know, yet. Quite. Don't you feel that this may be true?
(Yes, {we saw that today}. The -- the question that arises also is: we are -- all right, we're breaking up the old order. Can we get back to the old order? Do we want to get back to the old order?)
No. This is of course why we are here together, and what -- why we have to -- to think out loud: how can, you see, instead of only making a mess of things and how leading -- lending us in the lurch, how -- what can we do?
(Technology won't stop.)
No. Exactly. That's what I try to say.
(Perhaps the {quality} of it is {changed}.)
Ja. Ja. But it isn't yet decided whether you, as Peace Corps, you see -- the name will not protect you. So let me speak today about peace.
It is unknown what peace is. You must think that the United States have not made peace in 1865. They have not made peace in 1921. They have not made peace in 1945. We live in a country in which the three greatest wars have ended without peace. It's only a semblance of peace. The fate of Korea, the fate of Germany has not been settled in a peace treaty. You forget this. And the tr- -- state of -- of the Union, as you well know, they still told you in the South a year ago, "After all we -- we have not lost the Civil War."
It's very strange. We live in a country which has no relation to peace. And it is very funny that this corps should be called not the Corps of Vengeance, but the Corps of Peace. Now that's more than a joke, because peace is a -- impossible to understand in the mentality of the 19th century. In the mentality of the 19th century, a man had feelings, reason, and will. And if you asked him what love was, he would say, "Oh, it's just a form of will." Well, then you get a divorce. If l- -- if love is a form of will, in this whole picture of you -- the humanity, of the idealism of the 19th century -- in the Constitution of the United States, by the way, too -- peace and love have no room, because there is a wrong psychology at work, as though man could will peace.
And let me say this today more definitely. Perhaps you then will see why I am not interested in ideology, Sir, in -- in -- in reasons, you see. Because peace has been omitted from the thought of mankind as a task or as a problem for the last 200 years. It has been replaced by will. Peace will not be brought about by your will. Perhaps by your not willing, by dismissing your own will, you may make peace to your sweetheart -- with your sweetheart and your lover. But the condition is that your will is not law, that you dismiss your will as very incomplete and very defectious, and that you try to find what will take its place.
The greatest German poet was asked to write the play at the end of the Napoleonic wars. There had been wars from 1792 to 1815. All Europe had been ravaged. Finally, you know, Napoleon even went into Russia. And on the way back, the whole German and French troops were destroyed -- bled white by the cold -- by the freezing out. So then came battles at Leipzig, the famous battle of -- at Leipzig when 700,000 people fought. It was the biggest battle ever fought up to that time. And finally Waterloo came and Napoleon was defeated a second time. And so people breathed freely and said "This is now peace," from exhaustion. It's -- they made peace. And the Peace of Vienna, miraculously enough, holds good for 60 years. That's a long time in the history of the world. It was the longest period of peace that had ever existed in the Occident, which was brought about in the year 1815.
When the German poet Goethe was asked to write a festival, to write -- how would you call it? -- yes, a play to celebrate the peace treaty, he did. And the people were disappointed because it was not a nationalistic play. And he didn't glorify the deeds of the Germans at all, not even of these innumerable German princes. And the people began to joke over this play. And then he added a prologue. And the first line of this prologue is the topic today from what I have tried -- shall try to say to you. It says, "Will cannot make the peace." Der Wille kann den Frieden nicht bereiten, if anybody of you happens to know German. That's a very strange sentence. And I tried to dig it up to remind you that good will is very nice, you see, but peace has to come from elsewhere, as it does in the Gospel. Peace to all men of good will. In the Greek text, it says, "Peace to all men of His grace." It doesn't say "of -- of good will."
So on peace, people have stumbled for the last 2,000 years. They don't know quite where it is situated. But I invite you to consider that it is perhaps not cons- -- consi- -- situated in you. There are always, in the ancient world, vain attempts to have the word -- a word for peace. There is no Indo-European word for "war" and no Indo-European word for "peace." So difficult was it even to nominate the things. You would hardly believe this that we cannot find a common root for the word -- for the term "war." If you look at guerre in French, that's a Germanic word, very late. La guerre, you see, the cov- -- has to do with war, you see. The German Krieg is quite different. And so it -- on it goes. I followed it -- this morning through my dictionaries, through the -- the various words. People have great trouble to define whether peace is the absence of war, or war is the absence of peace.
Since the day comes nearer where we probably w- -- won't be able to afford war, it is not a luxury to give this one moment a thought -- our thoughts. In German, the word Friede means the right order inside an undisturbed home, or village, or province, you see. In English -- or in French, paix -- la paix means something established by contract. Pactum -- that's "peace," you see. That is, it is something that has gone through the human mind, and has been rationally then, you see, put over and decreed so that looks as though it could be done; it could be made; it could be manufactured.
The history of the word "peace" in the Anglo-Saxon world and in the Roman -- Romance languages has been coined, I would say, through the experience of the Pax Romana. The Romans, you see, were able to impose for many, many centuries their peace. And it was of course a peace of the victor over the defeated and enslaved. It was a polite word. A peace treaty was signed, but it was very one-sided. It was the peace of the Romans imposed, as in Vir- -- if you read Virgil, which was the poem for a thousand years of Ro- -- Roman grandeur. It says, you see, "We make war against the haughty ones, and then they have to obey."
So peace in the Lat- -- in your tradition of the word "peace" is a peace imposed by the victor, and obeyed by the vanquished. You will admit that this is too narrow a term for peace. If -- that would be the peace in a house, in a family; and it would be a very outrageous peace, and it would have to lead to divorce, which it does in this country, usually -- after the wife has imposed her will too long.
The word "pactum" which is the pact, which is peace, you see, seems to me to -- to obscure the mysterious character of peace, because it cannot mean what we write into a peace treaty. And it is not an accident that the South and the North have not written this peace treaty here in the United States, that Mr. Byrd has to die before the old victors of the Civil War, you see, go away. It's a very strange story that you have to wait till one man is 83 and the other is 79 before he -- the most important committee in the Senate can be occupied by the vanquished -- not occupied by the -- by the vanquished of the Civil War. It's the strangest country in the world which -- in which we live, in which a -- in which a racist can be the -- the chairman of the judiciary committee in the Senate. That's very serious, Sir, because it means just what I say, that the United States have not been able to conclude a peace after the -- the -- the -- winning the Civil War, allegedly.
This country is unable to make peace with outsiders. And yet in the -- in your village and so, it's the most peaceful and friendly life together. The old word in German for Friede would express this good spirit in a village, which has not to go through reason, which has not to be put into so many paragraphs, which just consists in hospitality and friendliness.
When my wife died, for six weeks there was a luncheon on my pla- -- ta- -- table in the kitchen by neighbors. And I never knew who had cooked the meal. They wanted to provide for me because I was a widower. Now, that's -- isn't that peace? The whole town was at peace, but there was no contract, there was no stipulation, there was not Chapter 1 and Chapter 2, you see, which the word "peace" unfortunately in this country implies, as though there was a pact concluded. There can be peace without this.
So there is a peace right from the start, originating like a plant from the earth. And then there is a high-brow peace concluded by Mr. Rusk, you see, and the Dale Carnegie Foundation.
There are two kinds of peace today in most people's heads. And that's why psychoanalysts, and psychologists, and historians cannot agree on hu- -- the nature of mankind. One thinks everything can be done by contract and by stipulation, and by chambers of commerce, and by computers; and the other thinks that everything rationally formulated, you see, destroys the peace, endangers the
peace, is already narrowing our life to channels which cannot bear any pressure, any danger.
Well, from your own experiences, wouldn't you say that this is the best peace which cannot be formulated, but inside which we find ourselves, you see, unquestionably, because we see that other people -- do not exaggerate their own will over us. It is the absence of a strong will which enables man to live in peace. If one of them is a monster in willpower, in energy, he will upset the peace. Certainly there will be no successor. You can recognize -- peaces made by writing, or formulation, or by law by the simple fact that they do not bind the successor. When the people who have stipulated this die, there is then -- usually the upheaval follows. Tyrants can very well formulate their will, but they have no successors. The -- that -- the real seriousness of life consists in this fact that we are all mortals and that the order of life has to exist regardless of the strong man in the White House, or wherever it is.
This peace has no -- can go on and has gone on in this country in its settlements for many, many generations. And nothing was stimulated. You find in no book on New England a real understanding of the deep peace that prevailed in any village, because all people built their farm, and their roads, and their churches, and their meeting-houses together. This togetherness, this communism, you see, is not mentioned, and so everybody here gets the impression that this was a -- a country of rugged individualism. It's the only communist country in the world, America -- New England, you see. Everything was here done in common and together. And it's never mentioned, because it is unspoken; it's inarticulate. There was such a deep peace that you didn't have to -- to say, to distribute chores by so many paragraphs and laws. They did it. In my -- on my own land, the stone walls that go there have been not established by the owner of this land, Bob, but by the -- all the people who went into harness and pulled it, instead of horses, which they hardly had.
So peace is something where we do something without getting something for it. You -- peace can only exist where people do something for nothing. We have an order -- official order of society in which -- this was 25 years ago and I think you were present, Bob -- the commissioner of education of the the city of Washington -- that is, of the United States government, who still has his seat in the department of the welfare, health, and education, pro- -- proclaimed in Hanover, New Hampshire, in my presence that a citizen was a -- was a man who was profitably employed.
I said to him, "You make for civil war. If this is a citizen, then there are no citizens," you see. But we have a -- reached such an all-time low in our public thinking, that this could -- could have passed if I hadn't protested. He came home to me and he sat down. I gave him something good to drink. And he said,
"Now, you are absolutely right with your protest."
You know what I told him? I said that a citizen is a man who, when the city tumbles and falls down, can refound it. That's a citizen. And -- well, if you think about it, it's so natural. Who else c- -- what else can a ci- - has a citizen to do, but to refound his city?
And he said, "I -- you are absolutely right. You are absolutely right. I'm sorry I said this nonsense. But if you quote me on this, I shall deny it." At that time, a commissioner of education in Washington had to pretend that everything was economic. And -- he would have made himself ridiculous if he hadn't said that a citizen is a man who is profitably employed.
Now you are in the same boat with your Peace Corps, you see. Do you make for peace because it's profitable what you're teaching these people? If it is, you are making for civil war, or the next general strike. Economic laws don't make for peace. That's an error in judgment. It's widely spread, but it is simply true, that the machinists of the airlines are economically absolutely correct in striking. Only they are not correct with regard to the peace of the land.
No, peace is too serious to leave it to the religionists. Every man born from woman, and every woman have the duty to be involved, to be a part of the peace process. This they can only do if they admit that peace is neither of their will, nor of their reason, nor of their feelings, nor of any of these strange psychological errors in -- into which you have been wrapped.
There is an order of things surrounding us, as the lions know, and the -- the snakes know, and the stars seem to know. There's a course of events which engulfs us, which embraces us, which contains us, which leads us, which goes far beyond you and me, Sir. Although our -- and we only can -- can correct our errors in -- of judgment, so to speak, our own ideas about this, our rationalizations, our philosophies so-called, our theories, our party tickets, our candidacies for the Senate and so. They must all step aside before the simple problem of peace.
A fascist went down to a Southern city 20 years ago. Was very -- he was a good Nazi. {Casper} was his name. You may have heard the n- -- he is still around. And in this Virginia city, there was a great upheaval. All the listeners sat on their seat's edge, because he -- he pounded down the doctrine of Mr. Hitler that the black had to go, and the Jews had to go, and the Catholics had to go. And he would make order here, and he -- he summoned them to -- finally to see to it that white superiority would win.
And there was an old man in the audience, over 80, and the whole -- he felt that the whole city was on fire. The -- the talk took, of Mr. {Casper}. And he got up and said, "Gentlemen, I -- we -- I have lived here all my life. And that's a good town in which the Catholics, and the Jews, and the colored people have gotten along beautifully in peace. But he doesn't seem to understand. So let's all go and accompany our friend to the railroad station."
And so they did. And that was as good as cooking my -- me the meal, you see, and put it on the kitchen table. That meant that this community was at peace. And that's not -- nothing rational. That's nothing you can talk to this man, you see, as an answer. He didn't get an answer. He was only treated royally. He was accompanied to the railroad station.
Peace always invents moves that are not prescribed. According to the -- to the order of parliamentary procedure, somebody had to answer this man with his arguments. This is the wrong way for a peace-loving people. "Don't argue" is the first answer if you have a dispu- -- disputatious fellow in front of you. But do something to him.
And so he was expedited. And I have always loved this story, this -- which really happened in 1946, because it shows how peace is very realistic. It is inventive -- invents something nobody has every mentioned before and probably never mention or formulate after. I tell this story to show you that the one thing that is a -- is -- constitutes peace in any family, for example, is an unforeseen inventiveness. Something must happen that is not on the order of the day.
Your going to India is under the same stars, gentlemen. You will only make peace there if you can do something -- something that is not prescribed by your instructors here. They cannot. They can tell you all about chickens. They can tell you all about Indian dances. But the real problem is: will you find the inventive step that may -- constitutes your experience of peace with these people? How shall I express it? The main point is that peace is not found in us. It befalls us. We may -- we may support it. We may help that it can unfold. But I -- you can't even call it your own plant. It is not like a seed, where we put a seed into the ground, you see, because it takes so many other people's peaceful endowment.
It is an act of faith that we know that beyond everybody's so-called personality, a very superfluous term -- I hope I have no personality -- and all these witches' sabbaths of modern psychology, you see, where a man is always described in his own terms, there is something much bigger already around. The peace that transcends all reasoning is waiting for you and me to fit in. And it is not made by us.
And this is all I have to say tonight. Please think in terms of our inability to make peace. We cannot make peace, but it is around us. It is waiting for us. It has to be invented, or it has to be affirmed. All the terms we use from human will, from human reason, from human feelings are already -- what's happened there? Do they shoot?
(Some angels just went by.)
(An angel of peace.)
The Greek word of peace -- for "peace" is a very strange word. You may have heard it in some applications as irenic. A man is irenic, he's full of peace. And it has nothing to do with our root of peace, as in "pact," and -- and Latin peace, or French, paix. It has nothing to do with the German Friede either. The Greeks formulated the word eirene, and it's also a girl's name, of course -- Irene, you see. An empress -- famous empress was called Irene. Played a great part in the history of the Church. The word for "peace" in -- in Greek has to do with aristocracy, and with fitting. It means simply -- eirene is there when everything fits together with everything else. I think that's quite a good description of what peace might be.
So the Greeks avoided our error of judgment that peace can be made by fiat, by the head. It cannot. As you see, the good will was not lacking in the Americans to write a peace treaty in 1918 and to write a peace treaty in 1945. But they have been unable to do it. Will will not do it.
Perhaps I can then say more about this -- tomorrow. I think for -- after our quarrel tonight, it is enough that we have come to peace at this moment. And peace cannot be brought about by will. If you hold this together with yesterday's thesis, that every technological proce- -- pro- -- progress, every progress of technological invention, every technological change widens the space, narrows the time -- or shortens the time, abbreviates the time -- and destroys some former groupings -- I think we have together the elements out of which the -- it can be explained why a Peace Corps is indispensable, and why even its abuse by its members will not stop its -- the desire for having it.
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Hannibalism
Posted by: Elizabeth Sandifer 9 months, 1 week ago
Well here we go again.
The easiest way to approach the Chibnall era, as a long-term fan, has been with a sort of hopeful dread. So much of the pre-publicity has been spot-on, feeling at once new and aggressively of its time. The diversity both in front of and behind the camera is demonstrated a show with its heart in the right place. It all looked very promising. The only problem is, well… we don’t need to pile on Chibnall’s past career. With more riding on this than any episode since Rose, there was a real sense of “oh god don’t fuck it up.”
Reader, they did not fuck it up. It’s comfortably Chibnall’s best Doctor Who script to date. Neither of these are the loftiest bars to clear, but they are sailed over comfortably. The Woman Who Fell to Earth never threatens to be a classic, but it never flirts with disaster either. It’s a solid, workmanlike episode. Indeed, what stands out most about it in contrast to the preceding six seasons is how straightforward and uninterested in being clever it is. Heck, the preceding ten seasons. This really isn’t invested in impressing the audience.
But that turns out to be very different from playing it safe. I’ve long noted that the main thing I want out of new Doctor Who is something I haven’t seen before. This qualifies. The pacing and way in which information is presented has fundamentally shifted. The way in which alien elements, from the transport pod to the Gathering Coil to the Doctor herself just appear without buildup is strange and off-putting. This episode goes for the Weird in a way the show hasn’t for a while. The way the Doctor works out and explains the plot is new. The dynamic, with a full-on ensemble cast, has a different rhythm to it.
Indeed, the ensemble itself is different. The first middle-aged companion, the first desi companion, and the first disabled companion. That’s quite a medley on its own, and all of it is handled with an unfussy plainness consistent with the episodes general feel of not looking for congratulations. With five new characters to establish in an hour alongside an actual plot nobody gets too fleshed out, but the early strokes are there. And everybody falls well outside both the Davies-style “companionship as self-improvement project” approach and the Moffat “quips and mythos” approach to designing a companion. So far, in fact, they’re back in the Lambert-style “well shit we accidentally got kidnapped by a crazy alien” approach, which is refreshing in the extreme.
And, of course, there’s Whittaker herself. Chibnall wisely dials back the regeneration trauma, mostly sticking to a more pro forma thing where the Doctor passes out for a bit and her forgetting her name until the big monologue Instead Whittaker hits the ground running, immediately jumping into problem solving and general Doctoring. She’s immediately focused on what she does as an identity; notably her big monologue describes her in terms of what she does (“sorting out fair play”) and how she feels (“bit of adrenaline, dash of outrage, and a hint of panic”) as opposed to who she is. She’s also, in the one real thing that’s hard to separate from her gender, appreciably more empathetic than previous renditions, with little touches like her litany of apologies after finding the body (which, in contrast to the Tennant “I’m sorry I’m so so sorry” catchphrase, are actually focused on specific things, starting with the very touching “I’m sorry you had to see that”) and her thanks to Grace for attending to it. It’s as solid a first effort as they come, which is to say that she hasn’t had a great moment yet she has plenty of good ones.
There are flaws, certainly. This is a curiously dour episode, weirdly low on humor. The Doctor gets a few wacky bits, and the “making the sonic” montage is cute, but there’s nothing in the way of outright laugh lines. Indeed, perhaps the weirdest thing is that after a marketing campaign more colorful than the New Paradigm Daleks we got an episode that’s all night shots and industrial settings. This feels slightly worrisome, as there’s no particular reason this should be such grimly serious fare; it’s not like it’s going for being really scary or anything either. If this is providing a baseline for the series, I foresee problems.
And then there’s Grace. It seems churlish to complain about killing off the black middle aged woman proto-companion in the context of such aggressive diversity in the show. Doctor Who has a body count, and a diverse Doctor Who is going to have a diverse body count. Grace was a great character who would have been lovely to see more of, but that’s necessary for her death to have any impact. No, the problem is just that it’s cheap and lazy. If this is what they wanted the BBC could have had Toby Whithouse for far cheaper.
But for the most part this is far better than that. It’s far from clear what the Chibnall/Whittaker era is going to be like. But so far it’s confident, fresh, and interesting. That’s a good start. Let’s see where we go from there.
An isolated but kind of delightful detail: Tim Shaw’s face of teeth. It’s pleasantly fucked up and unexpected. More of whatever that instinct in Chibnall is.
Actually, the overall design is worth remarking on. These monsters just plain look different from what we’re used to. The body armor alien and writhing tentacle/electricity thing are both solid visuals. Neither is a classic design, which again feels like something the episode just isn’t going for in the first place, but they have a pleasant moment of “hm, that’s new” to them.
I initially thought Whittaker’s “I’m the Doctor” monologue was a bit drab and understated before I realized that I was just no longer used to hearing a rousing speech without Murray Gold trying to emote my ears to death. Segun Akinola is off to a good start here with an approach that’s a little more Dudley Simpson instead of an orchestral Keff McCulloch.
We can all relish this brief moment in which Lawrence Miles’s opinions about an era of Doctor Who are basically all correct. (I mean, I’m still hoping Chibnall is elevated by the job, and I’m not that bothered by Graham, but still.)
Speaking of Lawrence Miles, or rather not as it’s Volume 6, there’s a bit in About Time where Tat Wood notes that Paradise Towers is the first story in a long time to be free of continuity references. That’s not quite what’s going on here, not least as Whittaker references being Capaldi and is still in his smoking jacket, but the sense of a restart is considerably more intense than even The Eleventh Hour, which culminated in a montage of past Doctors and monsters. There’s been a tendency in some circles to compare the imagined Chibnall era with the Davies era, and this stated “no old stuff” policy, though more extreme than what Davies did with Series 1 (which of course had three Dalek episodes and opened with a Spearhead from Space riff), harkens back to that. It feels like the right choice so far; there’s time enough for Daleks later.
Trans elements of the Thirteenth Doctor: the puzzled delight at buying women’s clothes.
The no TARDIS thing is interesting. Presumably on its way soon, as a season-long hunt for the TARDIS that involved lots of space and time travel would rather undermine it’s basic coolness. But holding back all the TARDIS set pieces for an episode is an interesting way of increasing the focus on the characters, and makes for a pretty good cliffhanger too.
Don’t expect these reviews to reliably be on Monday morning. I’m always going to give Patrons at least a few hours lead time with them, and so they’ll be Monday or Tuesday, but probably very rarely Wednesday.
No fixed podcast day either; I have a weird schedule at the moment that makes early week coordination a challenge, so I’m going to try for Thursdays but will probably miss.
First podcast guest by the way will be Caitlin Smith.
Ranking seems a bit silly here, but speaking of it if you want to see my updated ranking of every Doctor Who story through Twice Upon a Time, it’s a Patreon exclusive. But I will say that The Woman Who Fell to Earth would come in at 116th.
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Chicanery 9 months, 1 week ago
Reposting from Patreon:
"It worked, but it wasn't that great. It certainly felt more cinematic, but the cinematography was empty. It looked pretty, but didn't manage to convey anything that wasn't conveyed by more prosaic direction.
The biggest problem is obviously the transparent fridging of Grace, which is intensely worrying. I hope Chibnall can course correct."
Roderick T. Long 9 months, 1 week ago
So is the episode title about the Doctor or about Grace?
On the one hand, the Doctor fits the Bowie film reference better.
On the other hand ... "fall from Grace."
Derik 9 months ago
By default this episode was about Clara.
(Cleverly disguised as a ball of writhing hentackles.)
Blue Mouse 9 months, 1 week ago
How is Grace "Fridged"?
Traditionally, "fridging" refers to the gratuitous death of a (often female) character to drive another (often male) character to revenge or to kickstart some other plot requirement.
Grace's death wasn't fridging. It was consequence of an active, empowered character making a decision. Her death didn't drive anyone to revenge, or any other plot requirement, but united them in grief. It was sacrifice for family, for friends, for future life, an understandable behaviour of someone who went in for nursing.
Jarl 9 months, 1 week ago
"If this is what they wanted the BBC could have had Toby Whithouse for far cheaper."
Oh god, that stings.
Overall, I basically liked it, and I remember saying out loud "This feels very different" part way through, I can't remember the exact moment but it was during an establishing shot of Sheffield at night.
Ciaran M 9 months, 1 week ago
That sure was Jodie excelling during a whole lot of nothng!
Overall tone feels a kid's adventure show slotted into a prestige BBC procedural. Which I guess is what we all expected.
Hey what was with that salad guy who got killed? Why did that occupy screen time?
prandeamus 9 months, 1 week ago
I speculate (oh why not, get it in now) that Salad Drunk Guy Who Gets Killed By The Monster is the Chibnall equivalent of the Letts Tramp/Yokel Who Gets Killed By The Monster.
Alex Watts 9 months, 1 week ago
Some of the dialogue felt a little clunky to me.
"Every day's a learning day"...isn't a phrase is it? It felt like every day's a school day got slightly confused with not missing leg day at the gym. And "sorting out fair play across the universe" felt more like a Conservative Party Conference slogan than a statement of intent for the Doctor.
That was more than outweighed by the good bits for me. Lovely performances, a script that's content to not be all flourishes all the time, very pleasing direction. And for all the monster wasn't the main focus, Predator as a posh boy throwing money at his inadequacies was a nice angle.
The Doctor's back, and just in time. We need her.
Ettin 9 months, 1 week ago
Every Day's A Learning Day is part of the lingering Scottish conspiracy: https://education.gov.scot/parentzone/Documents/EveryDaysaLearningDay3to6.pdf
Jesse 9 months, 1 week ago
*Lots* of the dialogue felt clunky to me. I suspect this will be the area where I'll miss Moffat the most—we've just gone from "Even in the worst installments, you know there'll probably be at least one sparkling exchange" to "How many rote phrases from a thousand other TV episodes can we string together in this scene?"
Kate Orman 9 months, 1 week ago
I'm so disappointed it was nothing like Countrycide.
Rodolfo Piskorski 9 months, 1 week ago
It was actually similar to what Countrycide appears to be about in the beginning: aliens are regularly hunting humans.
Well, yes, but _other_ than that. XD
CJM123 9 months, 1 week ago
It does have a truly great bad pun for a title. That's gotta count for something right?
mx_mond 9 months, 1 week ago
I think I would have had less of a problem with Grace’s death if she didn’t have one of the Symbolically Meaningful Names for Female Characters Who Are Inevitably Going to Die (the others being Faith, Hope, and Zoe).
But other than that, and the aftemath, which I think most flagrantly displayed Chibnall’s propensity for some cliched dialogue, I really enjoyed this. I mostly want my Doctor Who to have a distinct feeling and contain at least a few nice, interesting touches, and this episode had that. In particular, I liked Carl’s self-affirmations and Tim Shaw’s “You will never know” in response to Rahul asking about what happened to his sister. I also thought Jodie Whittaker gave a really good performance and I’m really excited to see more of her.
How _much_ more of her? (I shouldn't tease, she has me on a string.)
Ha! I mean, I’ll take whatever they give us.
Luca 9 months, 1 week ago
Oh god, I hated it so much.Whittaker was the only element I liked so far. Even the great diversity just felt perfunctory, and the whole thing was so drab and humorless, I just wanted it to be over. I really hope the writers can get a better balance with time.
The insistence on all that night shooting bugged me a bit, but it may be a cue to have my eyes checked out or get a new TV; I'm finding night shoots increasing hard to watch on all shows.
The timing was a bit wobbly - it takes days to arrange a funeral service (and lie to the authorities about the true cause), but it seemed to be instant. And the sense of distance off a bit. How far fro the train crash to the hill. (Why was Yaz the only police officer attending to the train?) Maybe that's the choice of Sheffield, which is a Pretty Big City but isn't as recognisably big as London or as small as Leadworth. I'm glad they showed this hills and didn't merely go for Dark Satanic Mill Northern City cliches.
The landing pod thing kept reminding me of Hershey's Kisses. I need more crappy chocolate in my life.
Some of the dialog about not being scared of change is there to reassure the kids, and I get that.
kevin merchant 9 months, 1 week ago
An OLED screen works well
“Some of the dialog about not being scared of change is there to reassure the kids”
Manbabies, more like.
Regarding the manbabies... there's a Game of Thrones thing where you can never enjoy someone getting their comeuppance, because there's always a disastrous price. This is how I feel about the boys on Twitter who have tried to gatekeep Paul Cornell and Neil Gaiman just now. They need a good slap, even a couple of good slaps. They'll get ten thousand slaps. Me of all people shouldn't care a damn about the damage bullies bring on themselves, but I've been on the receiving end of too many dogpiles myself.
Kit Power 9 months, 1 week ago
I just wanted to thank you so much for the above comment. It's a very elegant expression of a messy half thought I've had circulating for a while.
*tips hat*
Leslie 9 months, 1 week ago
It is implied that it was a few days afterwards for grace's funeral, as Yaz mentioned The Doctor was wearing the same clothes for several days.
Sleepyscholar 9 months, 1 week ago
I noticed one very subtle reference to the past, but it's so subtle it may be just me projecting. When they ask the Doctor about her family, and she says she lost them a long time ago, what she goes on to say strongly reminded me of the second Doctor's similar conversation with Victoria.
What I liked was that I noticed this, but it would never stand out to a new viewer as anything other than a natural response.
Give me this sort of thing over throwaway conversational references to Metebelis 3 any day.
Or as Matt Smith had it : "MetAbolis 3"
I definitely interpreted it as a deliberate callback. After all, scenes where the Doctor talks about his/her family are few and far between.
CO 9 months, 1 week ago
It was a fairly humorless episode, yeah, but I did crack up when Whittaker wiped out Ryan's phone. "All my stuff is on there!" "NOT ANYMORE!" with a delightful grin. her most "Doctor" moment for me so far.
I am sufficiently immature that I thought 'Tim Shaw' was a reasonable gag.
5tephe 9 months, 1 week ago
They were both pretty great gags. Thought the direction/editing of the "Tim Shaw?" joke could have hit it harder, but they're obviously ain't away from the sillies to begin with.
An instinct that, while understandable in a new show, I hope they will grow out of quickly.
Lolotehe 9 months, 1 week ago
I liked the 'Tim Shaw' gag, but it reminded me too much of the Tick vs Thrakkorzog 'Susan' fight.
That was also on a rooftop.
I laughed MANY times.
When she went over different words of calling the group: "fam? I'm distracting myself."
The way she told Karl to "just... step over". Hilarious!
I loved Ryan at all points he was on. "It's my Dad's company" is a great joke, and fitting for the weirdly cliquey world of crane drivers.
TheSmilingStallionInn 9 months, 1 week ago
So since you seem to be speaking from experience, off-topic and a bit weird, but would the crane drivers have really sprung into action and helped Spiderman swing into action in unison in The Amazing Spiderman movie?
And are real-world crane drivers cliquey because of the experience/skills necessary to operate the machinery, or is this a joke about how crane drivers are portrayed in media? Trade secret and such?
It's not my experience, but my dad's slightly out-of-date experience. Basically, it takes a lot of skill to operate a crane; far more training is needed than any other building site vehicle. But at the same time, there isn't a lot of need for cranes. Most cities will be using double digits, not triple. In Britain, it used to be very hard to get access to learn how to drive a crane unless you had a family member who already did. Quite an exclusive local boys club at the time, ran by people who wanted to make sure their kids could do a well-paying job without having a lot of competing people going for limited jobs.
I don't know what crane drivers are like in New York, but my guess is they aren't a hive mind. Still, it would probably still get Spider-Man some good press, and probably support from them. Not sure they could all access their cranes out-of-hours to help him swing to the Lizard that easily.
I can't believe I said "Ryan" instead of "Karl" by the way.
5tepbe 9 months, 1 week ago
Yes, I think Chibnall had a pedestrian quality to him, but also a determined awareness of his own privilege which is clearly in display. I predict that these two elements will lead to an era of Who which is full of solid storytelling, politically and philosophically advanced, and wildly popular.
Yes, I'm an optimist.
One great thing to note: "You had no right to do that!" suggests that this Doctor might actually be truly pacifist. She will never actually take a life. Now THAT would be a radical (and welcome) change.
She literally slipped a bomb inside the alien and goaded him into detonating it.
I didn’t feel like she goaded him – she offered him a fair exchange, while also making sure that if he went ahead with his plan, it would backfire on him, but in a non-fatal way.
It wasn't a fair exchange as he didn't understand what the options were.
It's like Brexit all over again.
Aylwin 9 months, 1 week ago
How was it non-fatal? Each of those things was deadly, and she gave him five.
It's pretty standard Doctor modus operandi, like a micro-scale Hand of Omega routine, but it's a very long way from being pacifist. And having premeditatedly set Tim up for this "nasty" death using a banned bioweapon, it's a bit rich to berate some random civilian for pushing the already-dying mass-murderer who had lined him up for a fate worse than death off a crane.
That sort of hypocrisy is also hardly unprecendented for the Doctor, but I don't think that element of it was intended, and it would seem tonally weird in that context if it were.
Seems like I have to go back and watch that moment again, because it seemed to me that he was seriously hurt/incapacitated by the detonation, but there was an assumption that he would be able to teleport to receive help.
It was odd. It played out as though that was an implicit expectation ("Go home!" as well as the rebuke to Carl), but I don't think nothing was actually said to indicate that it was likely or even possible, let alone certain, nor that the Doctor had any reason to think it was. The set-up about how horrible the bombs were, the mention of them being quick-acting and the emphasis on giving him all five all pointed in the opposite direction.
One way or another, I definitely think it was poor writing.
(Incidentally, regarding the bombs, the idea that you silence witnesses by implanting weapons in them which you will eventually detonate at some unspecified point in the future, having given them ample time to do whatever word-spreading they are inclined to do, was impressively nonsensical, though for conspicuous absurdity it didn't match the Tardis-like capacity of Yaz's car to get her and Ryan from somewhere out in the woods to a train in the middle of a field on a very vaguely-identified stretch of railway line in about a minute.)
No argument from me there.
And to continue the theme of how odd and confusing it was: did I get it right that Tim Shaw did use the teleport while falling and thus his death being uncofirmed so far?
Yes. Though I'm not wild about the prospect of a return appearance. (I'd prefer the visually-arresting biomechanical snake-storm.)
Oh yeah. I’m wondering if this is a setup for a full-on invasion in the finale, or the Doctor being hunted, and... not really being enthused about either of those ideas. As a one-off villain Tim Shaw was okay, but I’m not sure about bringing that concept back again.
Przemek 9 months ago
After the Stenza got a significant mention in the second episode, I'll say Tim Shaw is definitely coming back.
Przemek 9 months, 1 week ago
I was also under the impression that the "go home" bit meant that Tim Shaw might just get help. Or he might not. But I agree that it wasn't very clear.
As for the pacifism... I mean, regardless of whether pacifism is a viable strategy in the real world, it's not a good one in an action-adventure world where monsters abound.
Absolutely - I'm not suggesting it would be. It would also be a dramatic break with the Doctor's past behaviour. I was just disputing the suggestion that her actions here could be interpreted as such. Even on the mildest reading, she's using a lethal weapon on someone and gambling on the possibility that some unknown person might counteract the effects of what she has done.
And on the hope that Tim would not pull the trigger, of course. But the trap was laid for the likely event that he did.
I understand - my comment about pacifism was more in response to 5tepbe's initial comment.
I think this is the only line I actively hated. Took me right back to the worst of Ten. 'You don't have the right, *victim*, only I, the Time Lord, do'. Far from out of character for The Doctor, but still my least favorite trait.
Citizen Alan 9 months, 1 week ago
Agreed, it bugged me too. Tim Shaw had literally just been trying to kill Karl seconds earlier, and Karl was literally the only person on the show who had no idea what "DNA Bombs" were. I think he had no particular reason to think Tim had already been defeated (assuming he had been) and was completely justified in kicking his would-be murderer off the crane.
Paul 9 months, 1 week ago
I also felt the dourness. I was expecting a splashy, fun, colourful new start, like Rose or Eleventh Hour, but instead we got the Misery Cancer Death Funeral Hour, references to mutilated corpses, and a cliffhanger involving everyone suffocating in space.
I was thinking about my sister, who was looking forward to watching this with her 9-year-old daughter (who loved Pearl Mackie) and there's no way I'd want her to watch this. The lack of continuity references mattered less than the forbidding emotional tone - I can't see that it would've got me onside as a new viewer.
Chris C 9 months, 1 week ago
"References to" being the operative phrase...when they were sat describing how the guy's jaw had been broken open and a tooth removed, because they obviously couldn't get away with showing that, I thought I'd stepped into a Big Finish audio.
I thought the image of the alien kneeling down to do something to a dead body and the sound were scary enough.
Maybe it was the poor make-up effects, but I thought his helmet was much scarier than his tooth-face.
I'm hoping that, in a drawer somewhere, there are early designs for ol' Tim in which the teeth are lined up in ways that suggest they're GROWING out of his face -- that he is grinning at us many times over -- and that this was so terrifying that they decided it would be better to just jam them into this head at random as though it was made of plasticine (it's even the right colour, once you've squooshed all the colours together).
"a cliffhanger involving everyone suffocating in space"
I didn't read it that way. I assumed it was just the Doctor's shocked awareness that teletransporterponderthingy had four passengers and not just the one.
Graham definitely looked like he was suffocating.
This may prove to be a less popular take, but I think the most fascinating problem with it is in the direction.
Chibnall is Chibnall, and the script feels a bit like a first draft, but I don't think there's anything in it that couldn't have been salvaged by a defter hand on the steering wheel. You can see Chibnall constantly filling the story with bits hoping to be idiosyncratic or charming (e.g. hammer in the windshield? salad man?), and without fail they get drowned out in a tonal flatness and lack of momentum that makes it all rather boring. It also carries over to the performances, which largely aren't given any real arc over the course of the episode. Even Whittaker is hitting more or less the same note at the end as she was at the start, which is a problem for a script that's self-consciously about her regaining her identity.
But I don't really care about any of that, whereas the handling of Grace's death and its aftermath outright ruin the entire thing for me. That observation about it being Whithouse-esque is spot on. (And yeah, I think I will be churlish and resent the black woman dying first to generate manpain, although I've no doubt the Rosa Parks episode will make it all better.../shudder)
A quick, potted death scene that could have been straight out of a shit Hollywood film, followed almost instantaneously by switching straight out of that mode and rushing into Chibnall's "look I can be clever too!" moment (the twist about Ryan's video blog), and a load of serious drama eulogising that nonetheless feels undermined by plainly not happening in the same show as the last half-hour. This, too, seems like a problem of directorial emphasis, though maybe it goes higher-up than that. By the time Graham conspicuously alludes to his cancer in the speech, then the Doctor immediately asks him what he meant by that and he explains his cancer, we're verging on bathos. I can't understate how much I dislike that entire 10-minute epilogue.
My irritation with the fridging of Grace aside - Chibnall is attempting something genuinely interesting in this episode by the implicit equation of Grace with the Doctor. It's surprisingly persistent and on-the-nose, right down to "That sounds like something Grace would have said!". And I didn't notice the trick with the episode title (both the Doctor and Grace fell to earth...) until I saw it pointed out a few minutes ago. I don't know if it's actually clever or a good thing to do, but its heart is in the right place.
Karl (the self-help tapes guy) is a weird detail. Not sure what the script might be getting at there, but like all the other one-off characters in the episode, one gets the sense Chibnall was writing edgier material than we actually get on screen. Karl reassuring himself that he's special and valued, when ironically he is only valued as prey by a murderous and cowardly big game hunter, seems like it's reaching for Holmesian savagery but lands somewhere more around Saward.
I don't like the music. Ambient, abstract bits are fine, good even. But every time it attempts Murray Gold bombast and soaring emotion, it falls on its face.
The theme's alright though.
I'm with you about the last ten minutes.
Another annoying thing: two or three times the Doctor does a little mystery catchup in the middle of a scene: "But why... but who... and what..."
THIS IS BAD WRITING
Ted 9 months, 1 week ago
"Bad writing" goes a bit far, but I was reminded of the similar but much cleverer bit in Capaldi's debut: "Have there been any similar murders?"
Richard Bennett 9 months, 1 week ago
what's manpain?
Lambda 9 months, 1 week ago
It's an exaggerated emphasis on the emotional pain of male characters, reflecting attitudes in society that it's what men care about which is really important.
The typical case is something like a story of "woman gets raped, husband goes seeking revenge", where the story is more interested in what the man feels about their wife being raped than what the woman feels about being raped.
This case is a little less simple, since it's death, and nobody actually has feelings about being dead. (Assuming no afterlife etc.) But it's still noticeable that looking at our characters, one of the male characters has his bike-riding problems and youtube channel bookends, and the other has his cancer battle and dead lover, while of the female characters, two of them are just adventure seekers at this point I think, and the third is now dead and won't be feeling anything any more. (Unless things are going to get a bit Moffatty.)
(If the story cares about female angst just as much as it cares about male angst, then it's not manpain, BTW.)
Richard Bennett 9 months ago
in that case the story of the film Paranormal Activity could be considered a good example of manpain. Where the woman is sacrificed to a violent and murderous entity because for them to move out of the house and thus to safety would prove to be a failing on her husband's manhood. So better they stay and he try to protect her, even though he has failed to do so at every juncture.
dave 9 months, 1 week ago
I'm completely with you on the direction. I felt a few of Whittaker's lines didn't quite land because she was over-enunciating, and all the odd pauses between lines in what seemed to be flowing conversation made me think she'd been directed to deliver them that way. Mind you, a lot of people are praising the clarity of the dialogue, so I might well just be out of line with what's popular.
Should the Doctor have told Tim Shaw that she had had the bombs transferred to him?
We are supposed, as usual, to read the Doctor's actions as non-violent and commensurate, and that she offered him a choice to leave without harming anyone. But it was a false choice, wasn't it? Tim Shaw obviously didn't make an informed choice, so the Doctor set him up to not have a "high road" option.
After he threatened to activate the bombs, she could have revealed the switcheroo and they would be back to the "let Karl go or I'll drop your transport thingy" stand-off. Then Tim Shaw could choose to surrender.
In legal terms, if you had surreptitiously slipped a grenade into someone's pocket and goaded them into remote-detonating it, I think it would be very hard to defend yourself in court by saying it was their own fault since they thought they were blowing up someone else.
Also, why does Tim Shaw need the big blue blob if he can teleport just with a device to his chest?
*scratches head* Was ol' Tim about to teleport away to medical assistance when what's-his-face gave him a demonstration of Earth's gravity? If the Doctor expected Tim to survive her trick, it would explain why she chastises, argh it won't come out, what's-his-name for killing him. Unless of course her line means she has the right and he (whn) doesn't.
It could up to a point, but the Doctor described the effect of the bombs as "fast and nasty" - and that's just with one, not five. Plus she has no more idea than we do what sort of emergency treatment might be available at the other end of the teleport, so she has to at least think it very likely that Tim will die.
Others have pointed out that she didn't reprogramme the bombs to match his DNA, so they didn't really melt his DNA as they would have done the humans'. He just got tiny explosions inside his body.
Was there any indication that they don't do that automatically?
taiey 9 months, 1 week ago
The bombs started going off and didn't instantly kill him.
They were described as "fast", not instant, and if they were instant, it's doubtful that the effect would also have been called "nasty". In any case, the observed rate of the effects doesn't tell you anything about the processes involved.
I mean, if people want to headcanon around it that way, that's fine, but I don't recall anything in the text that would point to it.
David Ainsworth 9 months, 1 week ago
"Should the Doctor have told Tim Shaw that she had had the bombs transferred to him?"
No? The bombs are established early on as an absolutely abhorrant weapon (nerve gas level or worse), Tom Shaw kills at least one human purely for kicks, he cheats at a test of leadership, he sees nothing wrong with repeatedly hunting humans and holding them in stasis as rotting trophies, and based upon what we know so far about the "permission" he received to conduct his hunt on Earth, he appears to have issues with consent.
Despite all of that, the Doctor offers him an equitable trade and even (to my mind, convincingly) suggests that he'll still lose the teleport coordinates if he sets off the bomb. In what might be a season theme, she gives him the chance to change, and he behaves just like he has been for the whole episode.
All that said, I didn't get the sense that she was heartbroken by his triggering the bombs. If anything, she expected that as a likely outcome. But I didn't get much sense of the kind of goading that, say, Seven deploys against Davros.
"Also, why does Tim Shaw need the big blue blob if he can teleport just with a device to his chest?"
It is at least implied that he's not supposed to have certain tech with him but is cheating. The teleport in his suit may be one such cheat. If so, the blob is for the benefit of the folks back home.
Alternately, the blob may be necessary to boost the signal and it's possible he didn't make it all the way home.
By that logic, the Doctor would be excused for just shooting him in the face.
Guerilla dentistry.
The Doctor shoots villains in the face all the time, (s)he just doesn't usually use an actual gun to do it. I don't see how tricking someone into blowing themselves up, exploding their spaceship or letting them get sucked into the crack in space and time is morally different than killing someone with a gun.
For me there is a lot of difference between harming someone directly and making sure that if that person performs a harmful action, the only person they harm will be themselves.
I thought it was a nice touch that Graham the cancer survivor seemed to be very familiar (and horrified) with the concept of a "genetic bomb". Naturally he was very focused on "how much time have I got left" and "is it reversible"?
One of the early reviews I read mentioned a tiny similarity between the villain and the Doctor (which was so common with Moffat).
For me, I instantly thought that Tim Shaw's description of what they do to humans sounds a lot like what the Doctor does. S/he takes humans and keeps them in a state of limbo, neither here nor there, neither then nor now, as if in stasis. Are we going to get some exploration of the Doctor's relationship to Earth and humans as in some way predatory?
Someone above mentioned "Karl reassuring himself that he's special and valued, when ironically he is only valued as prey by a murderous and cowardly big game hunter". I find that too sounds like a description of a companion. We have been told that the reason why certain people get to be companions is because they're special (something that Adam didn't have). They're valued because "someone out there (the Doctor) wants them"...
Another similarity I picked up upon rewatching is that the Doctor's threat of destroying the recall circuit would leave the villain "stuck" on Earth without transport, just like she herself is.
I also remembered something that RTD said about Adam Mitchell. That he justifies and commemorates all previous and future companions by showing that not everyone can be a companion. In other words, one must be special in order to be a companion, which is what Carl keeps telling himself that he is: because "someone out there is looking for him". One is special to the extent that one can be and is willing to be a companion. So Carl's refusal to stay in the train with the others marks him as not companion material. In fact, he has to make do with being the "companion" of the the twisted sick version of the Doctor, who will snatch him away from Earth and keep him between "life and death".
In the end, we see the Doctor snatching away three humans, and they are static, floating in outer space, between life and death.
Also, isn't the Doctor also a posh member of a warrior race who cheated (by stealing the TARDIS)?
I think most of the similarities you mentioned are way too weak to be intentional. Or, in any case, the episode didn't put much emphasis on the things the Doctor and the villain might have in common.
If anything, Karl's "I'm special" mantra would make him a companion material during RTD/Moffat years... but here it disqualifies him. The Doctor doesn't seem to actively be looking for companions in this story - she fully intends to leave them at the end of the episode. They become actual time-and-space-travelling companions only because they were accidentally caught in the teleporter's range. There's nothing special about them. It's a nice and fresh take after so many years of Impossible Girls and fate-ordered human-Time Lord metacrisises just waiting to happen.
Have you heard of Bill Potts?
Fair point, I kinda forgot she wasn't "special" because of the way her story ended (being turned into a powerful space-travelling water being leaves an impression). Although she was still hand-picked by the Doctor and invited to travel in the TARDIS because she was different than everyone else who attended his lectures. She was still "special" in his eyes.
Meanwhile, Thirteen mostly stuck with Graham, Yaz and Ryan because she needed help during that particular adventure and not because they caught her attention. And she was planning on leaving them on Earth after the adventure ended. For me that's still a significant departure from the previously-default "companions are special" model.
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I don't think so. (When was the Doctor responsible like that?). It's not the act of invitation that matters here, it's the intent. At the very end, when the Doctor is about to teleport, she says she's going to "almost miss" Graham, Ryan and Yaz. She didn't tell them "wait for me, I'll be right back". Maybe she would've come back for them at some point anyway but at that moment, I feel like the connection just wasn't strong enough. I feel like she's still not out of Twelve's "connecting to people is pointless, I always end up alone anyway" mood.
I liked that the Doctor's building her sonic from scratch was a very nice way of pointing out that her lack of certain... equipment... was no hindrance to her.
BeatnikLady 9 months, 1 week ago
Brave, different - and not yet quite fully-formed. That, however, is something which happens regularly with post- regeneration stories.
Grace dying at the end shouldn't have been necessary. She had promise as a character and having an older, active woman in the series would have put to rest the idea of "Sure we can have non-traditional female characters - just not over the age of 40 or 50" which seems to persist in fiction (probably without anyone even meaning it.) Like others here, I also would have liked a little more humour this early in the series, but I'm not going to worry just yet.
Plenty to like here too - the people in this episode were real people from a real Planet Earth - this is no fairy tale. As with Christopher Eccleston we have a Doctor who's brilliant and audibly working class. This may seem like a minor point, but it still isn't nearly common enough to represent heroes this way and representation is important. Everyone who participated in events along with The Doctor happened to be working class too, so tokenism was avoided.
I remember over the past few months people were speculating about who Whittaker's Doctor would most resemble out of her predecessors, but it feels like she's going to be her own woman. Comparisons with David Tennant aren't completely unwarranted, but the similarities in this episode mainly came from how she delivered her lines. She isn't going to be a detached, thoroughly 'alien' Doctor, but that's something she shares with a group of her predecessors.
One comparison I will make - a young, blonde, fairly earnest Doctor is heading off for adventures with three companions, giving potential for space-set soap opera. Perhaps Chibnall can correct some of JNT's mistakes.
They are "real" people but they didn't really feel "alive" to me in a way that some of Moffat's more fantastical characters did (young Amelia in Eleventh Hour, for example).
Spacestronaut 9 months, 1 week ago
There were clearly too many supporting characters. And Chibnall went with the wrong impulse and tried killing one off when he should have just introduced fewer of them in the first place.
Homunculette 9 months, 1 week ago
I kind of felt this with every aspect of the show - both Davies and Moffat could immediately bring a script to life really efficiently. I’m thinking of the first 6-ish minutes of Rose, or Blink. This all felt really flat and lifeless.
Right! We watched Eleventh Hour afterwards last night - there's a lot of nonsense and naffery in that episode, but all the characters are beautifully set up.
There was lots of character setup here but it felt very Screenwriting 101."Job + past trauma = character"
Both the title and Ryan's vlog offer the switcheroo of seemingly being about the Doctor and then being about Grace. It is solidly in the tradition of "why shouldn't Clara be as good as the Doctor?"
It also seemed to repeat the interesting juxtaposition of the Doctor as a doctor and Grace as a nurse (11th and Rory, or 10th and Martha as doctor-in-training). Grace is the healer who is helps people, is fun, and daring. But she falls and dies.
I presume that Graham will probably challenge the Doctor about this in the future: "Why do you get to survive!?" Which is basically what he feels about himself outliving Grace, so he might even transfer his guilt.
Peeeeeeet 9 months, 1 week ago
I've been somewhat negative elsewhere, so I'll mention one thing I liked that I haven't seen anyone else talk about. When Ryan says his dad isn't coming, the Doctor just nods in sympathy. There could have been a cheesy heartwarming speech ("as long as you're there, that's what she would have wanted" - that sort of thing). Instead the moment is allowed to just quietly pass. More of that sort of thing, please.
Though playing into the whole "feckless absent black father" thing is more than a little unfortunate, and it didn't need to be in there at all.
Fair enough, though that feels like more of a US stereotype than a UK one.
I don't mean this as a dunk, but it seemed too topical to ignore, by way of illustration - I've just seen a news story about a GCSE sociology textbook being withdrawn after public objections to statements it contained, including "In Caribbean families, the fathers and husbands are largely absent".
I can assure you, from experience , that white fathers are just as feckless. We could have also just had a white cast as usual and then the father would have been white, so it wouldn't be racist if he left his child
It should be possible to write black characters without perpetuating racial stereoptypes, no? The script was written by a person who chose what to put in it, the same person who oversaw the casting process and the whole production. It was not delivered from on high on tablets of stone to a producer whose only choice was who to cast in which role.
And from what we've seen so far, avoiding that would only have meant refraining from including a few extraneous lines of dialogue, though it may be that there will be more to come on this, which might or might not improve matters.
If you can't have a diverse cast without wrapping them in cotton wool then what's the point? It may just as well be Teletubbies. Watch any soap and you will see that in the UK, most fathers, of whatever race are generally described as feckless
I'm not sure that not choosing to write something that resonates with a particular racial stereotype (which exists, whether you recognise it or not), and which seems rather peripheral and dispensible to the story (so far, at least), amounts to "wrapping in cotton wool".
And I mean, I'm not mounting a "Chibnall Out!" campaign, I just thought it was regrettable. I don't doubt his good intentions, but he is also the writer who gave us Solomon, which suggests that he could stand to exercise a little more care about these things.
I didn’t really like it, though watching it with commercials in BBC America format (which bizarrely cut out the theme song) didn’t help so I’m going to need to rewatch it.
There are a lot of ways into the criticism. I agree with the previous commenter about the flat direction suffocating the show and making it feel same-y, but I don’t think Chibnall’s script does it any favors either. The characters all feel really poorly defined, particularly the Doctor, who doesn’t do or say anything the previous nuwho Doctors wouldn’t/haven’t. The companions are the same way. There’s no sense of a group dynamic. Someone on Twitter said it felt like Class and I think that’s exactly right. I also really hate that Yaz is a cop, and I hated the fridging.
The villain was boring too - he also explains his plan and backstory through a huge info dump and misses the most potentially interesting aspects of his concept - a friend I watched this with said they should have played up the space frat bro element, and I agree.
Which gets to the other problem - the dour, dry, grim, miserable tone. Everyone’s miserable except the Doctor, and there is no emotional variety throughout the episode.
Too early to tell on Whittaker - she was not given anything to hold onto in this episode besides the 4 or 5 bathetic speeches she delivers (which are more “tell don’t show” than anything Moffat ever did).
Still, I overall enjoyed it more than not, even if it was deeply flawed. I’m interested in seeing what looks like a totally tonally different episode.
My instinct is to hate that Yaz is a cop, but with the "Feds" line, her completely failing to be in charge on the train because the Doctor is there, and the "you can't report this to your superiors" bit, there's plenty of reason to think the writer sees this as a problem too, rather than thinking that cops make good leads.
Hopefully, but considering Chibnall has mostly written cop shows I’m not so sure.
TomeDeaf 9 months, 1 week ago
He was the only writer on Life on Mars who really wrote the episodes where the resolution was "bent coppers are at fault", though. Both times, IIRC. So that might bode well.
What does Yaz being a police officer have to do with anything?
I hate cops.
The police are there to enforce the will of the state, which is to say, the ruling classes and the privileged. They may actually have a beneficial effect for most if not all people in practice, because this is in the interests of the ruling classes and the privileged, but they still act as the hammer of the rich when class war occurs, different demographics get very different treatment from them, certain corrupt aspects of behaviour are universal amongst them etc. And this is precisely the sort of thing that stories are supposed to interrogate. If 'police' is a good answer to who can be a hero in your story, you've got heroism wrong.
My heroes are all the kind of people who would never join a police force.
I'm not despairing yet - I certainly hope that, whenever Mandip Gill leaves Doctor Who, her character ends up doing something completely different with her life... i.e. her life experiences have changed her to the point there is no way she could go back to being a police officer.
Police are normal people who do a normal job. But nonetheless that's not a valid critique of a fictional character. Yaz is not a vehicle of patriarchal capitalist oppression. Justifying her by that lens is an eccentric distortion of her characterization.
Amelia Pond asked Santa to send her a policeman, and he sent her a very-much-not-a-policeman in a fake police call box. So we know where Santa stands on this question.
Some people think it's edgy to be of the opinion that, because some cops are bastards, the whole idea of having a police force is necessarily terrible. Presumably we'd be better off with criminals running round unchecked.
I think you would benefit from reading about what police abolitionists actually believe - it always includes a replacement for the necessary functions the police perform.
Isn't it just possible that we police abolitionists think abolishing the police is a good idea because we have *arguments* for that view, and not just because we want to feel "edgy"?
Gwen Cooper was an amazing cop lead.
Random Comments 9 months, 1 week ago
The theme/opening titles sequence is just actually not in the episode.
JCH 9 months, 1 week ago
The theme song was not cut, it wasn't there in the UK version either, just the end credits and the 'future guest stars' sequence.
Kazin 9 months, 1 week ago
I liked it! Here's a bunch of random thoughts:
Graham attacking Ryan by asking if he's going to "blame this on his dyspraxia" made me pretty angry, and it was hard to feel for the guy at the end because I kind of had him marked in my head as an ass. But, I'm sure they'll sketch in their relationship as the series goes on.
I'm also certain Graham will die of cancer by the end of the series. I don't know why I'm certain about that but I am.
I thought Jodie Whittaker was fantastic, though. I liked how she played all the lines and how happy to be alive she seems. From her being sad Yaz wouldn't turn on the police sirens to her weird nose/pass-out scene, she really made a quite dour episode light. That episode probably wouldn't have worked for me without her performance.
I really like Ryan and Yaz. Yaz needs some more characterization, but of course we'll get that. Segun Akinola's music was very good as well, and I liked his take on the theme music (which, though I liked it at first, was so bad in the Capaldi era). I'm looking forward to seeing if it's different in the intro next week.
I saw Lawrence Miles' tweet as well, and I've seen Bradley Walsh in nothing but this, so I don't get where he's coming from with the Jar Jar thing at all. I thought he was fine.
It was hard for me to get invested in Grace, because it was obvious given the marketing that she wouldn't be in the rest of the series. I mean I didn't think she was going to die going in to this episode, but had they made it seem like she was going to be around for a while I probably would have felt worse about her death. Which is awful of me, I know. It is crappy they fridged a black woman right out of the gate. But yeah, it doesn't feel as bad as it might otherwise feel because the episode - and rest of the series as far as the main cast is concerned - is full of people of color. I didn't count, but outside the extras in the funeral scene, I'm pretty sure this episode had more people of color than white people in it. That might be the case even if you count the funeral scene, dunno.
It felt....different
You call tell this is the first time that Doctor Who is being made with someone without a comedy background. In that sense it really did feel a lot like Broadchurch or basically any other BBC police drama. Just with extra space stuff. None of the offbeat campness that Moffat and Davies felt were prerequisites.
There were a few decent jokes ("Tim Shaw" and the crane worker who kept repeating his mantras) but they got repeated too often to diminishing returns.
I'm okay with less comedy, but what I'm missing is... voice. Maybe it's good that Doctor Who is becoming less of a showrunner's show, ditching continuity and going back to basics. But so far, this feels like a very generic, anonymous take on DW.
Almost every funny thing that the Doctor said was delivered hilariously by Jodie and worked for me.
Ligando 9 months, 1 week ago
Yes, for me is different too. I agree with you.
Etana Edelman 9 months, 1 week ago
Given that this Doctor has three companions, I was kind of reminded about how the Fifth Doctor's first companions all lost someone in their introductory episodes. And after that we didn't get to see how Tegan reacted to her aunt Vanessa's death or how Adric reacted to his brother's death. It was like it never happened. I'm wondering how the show is going to handle this.
Lots to unpack, then! -- in fact, possibly too much to unpack. There's loads going on in this story, from two concurrently running Doctor Who plots that come together in the middle (Gathering Coils and the Stenza warrior) to the key thread of a post-regenerative message about accepting change and moving forward with who you are now to introducing a whole bunch of new characters we need to care about to be sufficiently sold on the series - more than in Rose or The Eleventh Hour - to the more downbeat aspects of the ending. It's more packed with *content* (as opposed to thematic richness, symbolism, heart, or what-have-you) in this respect than either of Davies' or Moffat's "first episodes as showrunners" are. And to give Chibnall credit, I felt like a lot of the juggling came off quite well.
Whittaker is immensely likeable, helped by some generally quite good Doctor material, from the redux of "that conversation from Tomb of the Cybermen" (how lovely was that!) to her fizzing enthusiasm to the overtly compassionate and empathetic moments: lots to like there. I also found the episode funnier than Elizabeth (and other commenters) did: I don't know if part of that may be a Northern sense of humour. I'm still giggling a little over "Tim Shaw?" and "Eat my salad, Hallowe'en!".
The aspect that feels most obviously Chibnall-y are, to my mind, the strong emphasis on place. I'm studying ecocriticism for academic purposes at the moment, and to my mind he fits that school of thought much more than Davies or Moffat: the landscape feels like a character in a lot of his work, but particularly Broadchurch and this (helped by his insistence on filming in real locations, even bothering to go to Liverpool for a few short scenes in Broadchurch S3 - whereas Who S10 couldn't be bothered to pop over the border to Bristol!). Davies comes a bit closer in things like Queer as Folk and Cucumber, but not to this degree.
Cutting away from our leads to Rahul, the guy searching for his sister, for some period of time felt quite un-RTDish/Moffatish as well - as a writer of ensemble pieces about communities and families, he's always going to lean towards polyphonics, towards a multiplicity of different voices and experiences. Note the efforts gone to to give *every* character a backstory or an emotional hook or a funny gag, even the minor ones, from Graham's fellow bus driver to Dennis the grandpa to Karl.
I had predicted that "The Woman Who Fell to Earth" might refer to someone else other than the Doctor - or at least another character as well as the Doctor. That feels like a fairly Moffat-y thing to do: the double-meaning title. But it was in service of what was ultimately by far and away the episode's biggest flaw: offing Grace. Far too fast, too out of keeping with the rest of the tone, too little time to grieve (plus I'm fairly sure she will be back later in the season; she was announced as a recurring character, after all). It wasn't outright awful, but it was very clearly the weakest part of the episode, despite Walsh's valiant efforts. Other than that, I did find myself missing, if not Moffat's jokes exactly, his gift for exposition scenes - Tim Shaw's clunky infodump would've been much smarter in a Moffat script, for instance.
Had a blast watching it, though. And for all that I wish people would stop saying "the show is finally good again" or "best episode since Tennant", the fact it has gone down so inordinately well - 8.52 million views at peak (well above Bodyguard), rave reviews, huuuuge social media buzz - has me beaming from ear to ear.
If Chibnall's Doctor Who keeps millions of children entertained, then as far as I'm concerned he's doing a fantastic job.
I thought Rahul, obsessed with his sister's abduction by aliens, might be a nod to Fox Mulder.
Yes, a further 90s nod to add to the Predator one. In fact I've seen Lance Parkin claim elsewhere that this is what the show would have looked like if it had been rebooted in 1998 (in a sans-TVM timeline probably), and that it looks like the show Russell did a reboot from, rather than a version emerging 13 years later. I think, especially given the female Doctor and a diversity greater than that in "Rose", that Parkin is being disingenuous, but it's an interesting notion.
... it's interesting you say this (about a theoretical late 90s series) because one thing that's been rattling around my brain is how much this reminds me of when the Eighth Doctor Adventures came after the NAs - in particular Vampire Science. It's hard to describe, exactly, but there was something "clean" about VS compared to, say, The Room With No Doors... it wasn't lighter in tone, but it was simpler, more direct, less reliant on subtext and imagery. Although I personally preferred the NA style, there was something rather refreshing about it, it felt comparatively untethered. Not that it turned out to be the dominant style, since there were several authors pulling in very different directions at that time and with much patchier editorial oversight the whole thing was a bit of a mess - so the comparison is likely to prove of limited use as the season wears on.
Laser Light Non-Canon 9 months, 1 week ago
It felt like a JJ Abrams Star Trek movies to me - fun and seems to hold together until the second you think about it. All the careful character set up with no pay-offs, the nosensical pacing of the end (what was the Doctor doing for those days/week? Just hanging around? It felt like important scenes were missing), the vauge conflict between Ryan and Graham.
The texture goes a long way towards selling the stakes and horror. The whimsical, airy feel of the Moffat era is totally gone, it feels like shit can really go down.
The deaths are brilliant, because the people are characterised in such a way that they feel real and ordinary, in a way they haven't since the Eccleston season. The granddad dying has real weight, and really does the job of making Carl's approaching doom very tense. The tension feels earned, which was a real problem with the Moffat years for me.
On my first watch I thought Whittaker's line readings were too stagey, in a McCoy Doctor sense, but for some reason I didn't have that problem in a second viewing. I think I was probably just put off by the difference in her and Capaldi's styles of acting.
Her best scenes are the creation of the new sonic (that regeneration monologue! Honestly didn't think Chibnall had that in him) and the crane confrontation - especially "How completely obscene." She sells the hell out of that line, which is very impressive because its very Doctor-y but also something none of the other NuWho Doctors would say. That's all Thirteen.
Yes! I love both the line and her reading of it - "how completely obscene."
Liam 9 months, 1 week ago
Could it be a little homage from Chibnall to his old nemeses Pip & Jane? (How utterly evil" from Mel in Ultimate Foe part 2)
I reminded me more of Remembrance when the Doctor described the little-girl-dalek-battle-computer setup "obscene".
I hate that granddad scene so much. A character is on screen for the shortest possible snatch of time in which we can learn they have a generic "human" element to them e.g. having a family. This automatically means we will care when he dies 10 seconds later. It could have been written by an algorithm. A cheap, rote attempt to imitate RTD (who'd have made it absolutely blaze with anger and sorrow). I don't think I'm going to be able to enjoy any of Chibnall's episodes at this point because I can see the paint-by-numbers diagram he's filling in.
I actually laughed out loud when that guy died because the phone call so obviously set up that he was going to die -- I kind of assumed it was deliberate, but looking back it would have to have a level of metatextuality that nothing else in the episode does to make sense that way.
Yeah, I really disliked the grandpa bit, and for the same reason. If you have to rely on worn-out tropes (and do you, really?), at least hide them better...
Nick Lord Lancaster 9 months, 1 week ago
It's Daily Mail headline characterisation. "Man dies in accident" isn't good enough. It has to be "Grandfather..." or "Cancer survivor..." or "Love Island contestant..."
At least on TV it's quick. It'd be a full chapter in a novel.
Sean Dillon 9 months, 1 week ago
If I'm being completely honest, it felt a bit middling. Probably the second weakest post-regeneration story that I've seen (the weakest, for context, is Christmas Invasion). I loved the music and Whittaker felt like she's going to be a lovely Doctor when we get later into the season, but the episode just didn't work for me. (Not helped by noticing that of the four people who died, three of them were POC, one of whom we're meant to read unsympathetically.) I'm certainly invested in where the season's going, but the Chibnall era might be one that I'm not the happiest with.
Then again, this is the first era of Doctor Who I'm going into where the whole of it is in the future (I got into the show during the series 6 break), so who knows if it'll surprise me...
Also, whoever's idea it was to put commercials in the SIMULCAST should be sacked. And it looks like we're very much in the "HOORAY! The Devil Steven Moffat is Gone!!! Now Chris Chibnall will lead us to the GOLDEN AGE of Doctor Who!!!!!" stage of Doctor Who fandom.
Jack 9 months, 1 week ago
Honestly, it felt a lot like Chibnall watched The Eleventh Hour and then went and filed off all the edges and made it a little blander. Whittaker's amazing, but she seemed to be amazing in spite of the script, rather than because of it. The basic set up of the story reminded me rather uncomfortably of Torchwood, to be honest: it wouldn't be hard to repurpose this story with Yaz as Gwen and the Doctor as Jack Harkness. Otherwise it was the same "the Doctor hits the ground running against an alien threat while figuring out who the Doctor is this time" that we got from Eleventh Hour, but lacking the lovely start with the Doctor and Amelia.
It was by no means bad-overall I enjoyed it, though it took a rewatch of the BBC version, since the BBC-A "simulcast" completely ruined the pace and timing of the episode-but it felt safe. Pat. Pretty much the mean of what Chris Chibnall writing Doctor Who is, really. Whittaker will keep me watching, I just hope the writing takes more chances. This isn't to say "be like Moffat", because, well, we did that already. As much as I loved the Moffat era, it's been done before, and arguably had worn out its welcome with me. I'm worried that Chibnall will make the show a little safe and dull, rather than trying to find a way to make Doctor Who fun and interesting in a different way.
Whittaker is glorious, though. This series won't rise or fall because of her.
Pretty much how I feel. The online reaction you mention left me feeling more jaundiced towards the episode than I did after actually watching it, which is either a sign that the internet is bad or that I should grow up a bit, or both.
This episode had more people of color than white people in it (not counting the funeral scene) and it's Doctor Who so obviously people will die, so... is it really problematic that four POC died and one was unsympathetic? I thought POC dying or being evil is only a problem because there's so little of them on-screen and they only seem to be allowed to play these two roles, which doesn't happen here...
Yeah, that was good, though I would have liked to have seen it played up even more.
I've watched the episode 3 times already, and I can't stop finding similarities between the Doctor and the villain.
Let's hope we never hear one of those dreadful "we are not so very different, you and I, doc-tor" dialogues.
One of the things I like about "Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy" is that the "not so different" monologue is delivered by the hero to the villain rather than vice versa.
Incidentally, one of the VERY few things that disappointed me about Missy is that she literally used the "not so different" language to the Doctor. Couldn't have Moffat made the same point with a different phrase?
UrsulaL 9 months, 1 week ago
I was a bit upset to see that the plot turned out to be this wonderful, diverse TARDIS crew running around to save -- an entitled white kid who got where he was because his dad owns the company.
Was saving Karl worth Grace's life? Karl explicitly rejected the others, and refused to help.
There is something being said here about entitled white masculinity. But I think I'm too burned by last week's current events to unpack it all. So if someone here can figure out what I'm trying to get at, please go for it
He didn't "reject" the others, he's clearly suffering from anxiety issues to the point where he desperately needed to be on his own after nearly being killed by an alien 'semi-species'. The Doctor's compassionate, understanding look as he heads off because he can't live up to some Heroic Ideal and needs time to get better - rather than some kind of "pff, stuff you then if you don't want to play with us" reaction - is surely enough to sell that we're not meant to side against him in this scenario. Grace's reaction is exactly the same as the Doctor's, FWIW.
I mean, I can see where your reading comes from, and this is obviously not to do down the awfulness of the past week, but I think it ignores bits of the text to get there.
I agree with TomeDeaf. And besides, the "white kid" wasn't so much entitled as he was stuck in a job that's clearly giving him anxiety. And I think his conflict aversion suggests that it wasn't really his career choice as much as his father's. Sure, he's still privileged but for me that's not the same as entitled. He still travels to work by train...
Yeah, he's afraid of heights but he's been bullied into working in a job at a height.
But Grace explicitly said she was doing it because a) Ryan was in danger and b) she was enjoying it. She didn't care much about Carl.
Ken E. 9 months, 1 week ago
Judging by her name, Yasmin Khan is clearly intended to be from a Muslim background, yet the actress playing her, Mandip Kaur Gill, is equally clearly, from her name, a Sikh. Why is this? Doesn't anyone think it's wrong for the BBC to have a member of one ethnic group play the role of another?
I would also like to take issue with Sandifer's use of the word "desi" to refer to her. This is a term that's only rarely used in the UK, and when it is, it almost always refers to food, or sometimes clothing or other aspects of culture. Not people, in other words, and to do so might be considered offensive by some. The standard term, in the UK, is "Asian", and while I fully realise this could lead to confusion amongst American readers, since it's the term preferred by the community itself, it must surely be the right one to use.
Sikhs and Muslims aren't ethnic groups. They're religious groups.
Sikhism originated in the Punjab, and many Sikhs come from that area. But there are also a lot of Punjabi Muslims. (And Punjabi Hindus. India is quite diverse, and while the a demographic variations between regions, they aren't pronounced enough that you can accurately predict someone's religion based on geographic origin.))
It's like casting someone from a Lutheran family originating in central Germany to play a character that's a Catholic from central Germany.
Elizabeth Sandifer 9 months, 1 week ago
As for "desi," I've seen, and Google seems to confirm a pretty widespread use of it to describe people, so I'd need some citation on it being potentially offensive.
I wouldn't say it was offensive, but it's not really in common usage in the UK. It sounds like slang and thus feels a bit out of place the way it's used here, but ymmv
I feel this is a very "awkwardly realising how white we all are" conversation, though maybe someone will come along and put us out of our misery...but as yet another non-Asian contributor, what makes me a little uneasy is that it's a colloquialism that I've not really encountered being used by anyone who wasn't Asian themselves.
I'm groping for an analogy and coming up rather short. The closest I can think of would be a white person in the 70s or thereabouts referring to black men as "brothers", and it's definitely not as bad as that, but that's the kind of flavour I'm talking about. I wouldn't use it myself because it feels like an insider's term that maybe isn't really meant for outsiders' use.
For what it is worth, my mother is from India.
I'd consider "Asian" to be far too broad a category, for discussing casting. You shouldn't be casting someone from Indonesia to play a character from Turkey.
In this case, however, you're casting a British actor who has ancestry from northwestern India, to play a British character who likely has ancestry from northwestern India.
That's entirely appropriate. Playing a character of a different religion than yours falls firmly into the scope of reasonable acting.
I never heard the term "desi" growing up - I only ran into it once the internet came along. When I googled "desi" just now, the search mostly came up with things about Desi Arnez, and a couple definitions related to the subcontinent. Searching "desi India" (to try to filter out Arnez) brought up mostly ethnic/exotic porn. So it may not be a mainstream enough term for its purpose here.
To refer to the community of Indian decent in Britain, "British Indian" is a safe and easily recognized term.
In the Indian sub-continent, religious differences are, by and large, ethnic differences. And please note I said nothing about geographic origin, but rather, I commented on the names, which are as clear an indicator of religious background, in India, as anything could be.
is your point genuinely that actors should never play other ethnicities, or a lukewarm satirical take about how actors like ScarJo get roasted for playing trans men and East Asian characters? Either way I disagree.
As with most easy answers, that easy answer is not an full answer. I just can't use really the word 'Asian' to refer to anything except "from Asia. Anywhere in Asia". My mind just doesn't cope well with such casual inaccuracy. If we actually mean South Asia, I need that 'South'. Or another word entirely.
And don't Asians from other parts of Asia get a say in what the word 'Asian' means?
Is Yasmin Khan an obviously Muslim name? I had no idea.
Khan is often, but not exclusively, a Muslim surname associated with the subcontinent. Yasmin comes from the Persian equivalent of Jasmine (the flower) which skews its use towards the Muslim community as well.
I'd put it as "probably but not certainly" Muslim, associated with northern India, Pakistan or Afghanistan.
Regarding Muslims and Sikhs - isn't that going a bit far? Would it be wrong for a Russian actor to play a Ukrainian character? Would it be wrong if, like UrsulaL says, someone from a Lutheran family played a Catholic? There's got to be some wiggle room here, surely.
I come from a Catholic family but routinely play an atheist in real life.
I'm not sure it's "clear", Yas (both on and off) duty did not wear the usual headscarf associated with Muslim ladies, I think she is just Asian, because the actress is of Asian heritage.
I think many Muslim women don't wear headscarfs.
Roderick T. Long 9 months ago
Definitely many do not.
Adam Thompson 9 months, 1 week ago
I have a worry. The villain is a Predator and there's a scene stolen from the trailer to Skyscraper. I hope the Chibnall era doesn't become a "TV versions of current Hollywood movies" series like Star Trek Voyager and Sliders.
TheMagister 9 months, 1 week ago
Clearly Thirteen will not step into the TARDIS during her entire time as the Doctor. "I never go into a place that's only initials."
Pay attention people!
Let's hope, then, that the TARDIS is not "only" initials. That's an interesting observation, though. Or should I look forward to the forthcoming episode "Absence of the TARDIS"?
Nah, everyone on the show will just have to refer to the TARDIS as Time And Relative Dimension(s) In Space every time they mention her. It's what the extra 10 minutes of runtime are for.
liminal fruitbat 9 months, 1 week ago
No, it just means when she does find the TARDIS again the show's format will change to Jodie Whitaker reading us Target novelisations of the scripts.
No more visits to U.N.I.T. headquarters either.
JG McQuarrie 9 months, 1 week ago
(Sort of) pedantry time! The TARDIS isn't a place, per se, it's a vehicle to get us to a place. A special, unique and wonderful vehicle to be sure, but it's not a destination. I guess we could argue about interior dimensions if you want to stretch a point, but one wouldn't refer to a car as a "place". Even if it could take you to the 15th century or gallifreyintheconstellationofkasterborous...
But if you live in your car and don't have any other home, doesn't it become "your place"?
Ah, I gather that the DNA bombs is Chibnall reusing his own concept from "Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang". A nice little overlap with another of his scripts.
BenJ 9 months, 1 week ago
The climactic moment where Carl kicks Tim Shaw off the crane and the Doctor turns to him and says, "You had no right to do that." I already liked Jodie Whittaker. Liked the idea of her as soon as I heard it and loved the last two minutes of "Twice Upon a Time." But that moment on the crane is when she really clicked as the Doctor for me. The Doctor needs to have an element of mystery, something contradictory in their nature. Her being willing to call out a schlub for killing the alien who was trying to kill him adds a certain spice and suggests how the Whittaker Doctor might develop.
Anyway, I'm excited.
Mark Pompeo 9 months, 1 week ago
Seeing that the aliens were an electric-y thing with tentacles and a heavily armored and the Doctor initially thinking they were separate species at war, I thought for a bit that we were getting redesigns of the Rutans and Sontarans.Thank god that wasn't the case, at least for the Sontarans. I wouldn't mind a redesigned Rutan showing up in Nu Who though.
Nindokag 9 months, 1 week ago
Yeah, I thought that too, for a second! The electrical tentacley thing would be a great Rutan redesign.
Toothface seemed more like a Star Trek bad guy than Doctor Who. Maybe he just reminded me of the Jem Hadar from DS9.
"Toothface seemed more like a Star Trek bad guy than Doctor Who. Maybe he just reminded me of the Jem Hadar from DS9."
LOL @ the Jem Hadar resemblance, and yes the electric tentacle thing would be a great Rutan redesign.
The Hirogen are a better Star Trek fit than the Jem'Haddar, especially with the hunt aspect.
But surely they don't have little toothy bits sticking out of their faces.
Perhaps I should amend to say a better fit in terms of their culture and modus operandi, rather than their physical appearance.
It's obvious that Chibnall was never going to please everyone. In trying to change the (potentially) problematic/unpopular elements of the show, he's stumbled into doing potentially problematic/unpopular things.
If you're trying to move away from Moffatt's focus on the Doctor's manpain, and simultaneously make the Doctor female, then unless the show avoid's angst altogether, the angst is going to come from the companion(s) who are, in the name of male/female balance, more likely to be male. Thus, more manpain.
If you're going to kill a character in a diverse cast where most characters aren't white men, then the character that's killed is probably not going to be a white man. Whether that makes it any less problematic, I'm not sure.
If you're killing a character so you can explore the effect that death will have on the surviving characters (which is a perfectly valid reason to kill a character), then you have to choose the character whose death will affect the most people. In this case, Grace was the only link between Ryan and Graham, so her death fits the bill perfectly. It remains to be seen where the characters go from here, of course. I haven't seen Broadchurch, but I understand it did grief well, so fingers crossed.
All the same, I think the death was sloppily done and underwhelming.
For my money, I expected Grace to die from the start, because I didn't think Graham would willingly leave her behind while he went gallivanting through time and space. I didn't consider that he might become a companion against his will. Given that ending, Grace could have survived the fall, perhaps in a coma, with much the same effect on the characters, and we could explore her recovery (and the investigation into the disappearance of three people) as the series went on. Missed opportunity?
Whittaker was great though. All in all, the episode wasn't a bad start (assuming things improve from here).
I'm... not sure how I feel. If this episode was uninterested in being clever then it surely succeeded. It wasn't clever or brilliant or great. It wasn't bad either, but it left me anxious about the show's future. Your first chance to show people what your era will be about and you go with that? That's worrying. I really want to enjoy the Thirteen Doctor's run and now it feels like I'll have to struggle to do so. Hopefully the rest of the season will be better.
Everything just felt so... slow. And full of painful exposition, with the villain's infodump and the Doctor saying things like "Good question!" when the companions are explaining the plot to us. It's like the show is going out of its way to make sure nobody is lost or confused at any point. But why was this necessary when the story is so simple? Explain things, by all means, but only when they're difficult or challenging. Here they just... weren't. I hope the show speeds up a bit...
On a more positive note, Jodie was brilliant as the Doctor and I love how quiet, empathetic and human she is. I also liked what we saw of the companions. The music was great, the cinematography was impressive and the emotional moments mostly worked. And I just really enjoyed being able to watch new "Doctor Who".
Yeah. Apart from "this is what the new Doctor is like" and what little we got about the companions, it just felt kind of perfunctory, like all it had to say was "Doctor Who is back!" In that sense it was like The Christmas Invasion but without the flashy self-confidence. But on the plus side it actually had a great Doctor that hopefully won't eventually make me want to claw my own eyes out, and a better "hoist-by-his-own-petard" moment, so yeah: better than The Christmas Invasion. Yay?
I think the series of questions to which the Doctor has no answers is an intentional thematic pattern to show that the Doctor is still not in full competent mode. "Oh yes, good question". And then silence. That's not normal Doctor behaviour. Even if he didn't know something, he would use companion's questions to speculate and work out the solution. It is at this moment that the Doctor remembers that she has lost the sonic and then that she can make one. After making the sonic, she becomes her normal competent self again. She solves the entire plot very quickly. So quickly, in fact, that it happens entirely off screen. We need that ellipsis so we can appreciate her very Doctorish genius only at the end when it's revealed to Tim Shaw, at the moment of the Great Doctor Speech.
It's almost like the show were doing a tongue-in-cheek reference to misogynistic assumptions that a female (hint: lack of "sonic") Doctor would not be as competent. The truth is that the lack of sonic was not a problem at all as soon as she remembered she is a genius.
You might be right regarding that particular "good question" scene but for me it was a part of a larger problem with exposition in this episode. It just felt clunky all over. The Doctor kept repeating key words and phrases so that everybody understands (like with the "DNA bombs" that "code into your DNA" and "dissolve your genetic code" [quote from memory]), the villain explains his entire culture in one big infodump... Even the way Jodie speaks sounded strange to me, like she was trying to make every word sound extra clear and understandable.
I just hope the show doesn't get too dumbed down.
"Even the way Jodie speaks sounded strange to me, like she was trying to make every word sound extra clear and understandable."
She comes from a village called Skelmanthorpe, in West Yorkshire. I think that's just how they speak there. ("Loads of planets have a Skelmanthorpe").
Is it really? I thought this over-enunciation was separate from her accent. In any case, I'll get used to it eventually, it just sounded very stagy to me.
Not necessarily how they speak in Skelmanthorpe, just how they speak to outsiders if they want to be understood (see what you make of this, for example: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ll0dfWe-63w).
Being from Birmingham myself, I've had to adopt a modified accent (maybe it's also 'stagey'?) to be understood by my Japanese students.
I'm choosing to be optimistic about the first episode. It's certainly pretty functional as far as the plotting goes, but let's look at this from a we're-the-BBC/showrunner perspective rather than we're-Doctor-Who-fans perspective, and I shall put on my devil's-advocate hat. This feels like a conscious reaction against the clever-clever era of the late Smith/Capaldi years which, though wholly unjustified, seems to have stuck in the public's mind as a reason to stop watching or for the show to be seen as inaccessible to all but the ongoing fans. And we know how badly things can go when the fans are pandered to... This is a comparatively clean, simple and uncluttered episode that's basically continuity free and and one which puts the characters squarely front-and-centre and the action on the back foot. Chibnal and the BBC KNOW this is going to get huge ratings because of all the publicity surrounding Whittaker's casting so they've produced something which is, for Who fans, unspectacular, but from a broad audience perspective something that might get their big audience bump coming back for the second episode. Get your audience's interest and get them to invest in the ongoing characters, then start to take them into newer, more interesting places. That seems like a valid approach and the problem we all have writing now is we're making a lot of assumptions and guesses based on one episode without any real idea of where this is all going to go. So my optimistic streak hopes that this will help solidify a big, ongoing audience around an absolutely phenomenal new Doctor, and then the show can take that audience to all the places we want to go to that the show can do so well.
Check back in ten weeks to see if any of this is remotely plausible or correct!
Was looking forward to reading the Eruditorum review + comment section about this episode almost as much as I was looking forward to the episode itself, and I was not disappointed -- y'all have some great observations!
The thing that stuck out to me most was how much time the episode dedicated to hammering the "gritty, real-life, working-class, material" note, perhaps trying to find the opposite extreme from the fairy-tale-ness of Moffat Who. The nighttime, industrial backgrounds, as well as the beautiful hillside where the bike-riding lessons happened, were all really nice and gave it a strong sense of place. And the characters introduced felt real in a way that companions haven't really felt real since... Donna and Wilf?
The whole time I was watching, I was thinking of Elizabeth's statement wayyyyyy back in the Jon Pertwee era that when Doctor Who periodically gets too far away from Material Social Progress it needs to come back down to Earth for a while. But that can be done well or poorly. In this case I felt it was lacking in things like an interesting plot, threatening bad guy or any big new ideas / themes.
Really glad they didn't spend the whole episode on post-regenerative trauma. That would have been so aggravating when we're all here to see Whitaker be the Doctor! I hope post-regenerative trauma is a dead trope -- forgetting your name for a scene is just about all we need of that.
I really liked the two scenes that she spends building technology -- the sonic screwdriver, and the teleporter device. I love the aesthetic where the Doctor's brilliance manifests as a physical tangle of jury-rigged wires, and we haven't seen much of that in a long time.
It's weird that it spent time setting up how Tim Shaw took the dead guy's sister as a trophy years ago, and then that never paid off. I wonder if this is going to be the sort of show that would pick up on that thread later in the season? Since the "writers room" approach may be more conducive to juggling multiple ongoing plot threads as opposed to the "Arc Words" approach.
Finally: i agree with everybody that Grace's death felt off. Too fast, too perfunctory, too movie-cliche, not earned. I liked her and was hoping to see her on the Tardis. But here's a crazy theory: Graham said he wished he could have died instead of Grace. What will he do when he finds out there's a time machine? Is this setting us up for this era's take on You Can't Rewrite History! Not One Line! (twentieth mutually contradictory explanation edition)?
By the way, I might be seeing things but noticed a surprising amount of visual references to 80s/90s sci-fi movies. The Predator-like bad guy was the obvious one but there was also his arrival scene which looked suspiciously like the Terminator's arrival scene. And the tentacle thingy reminded me strongly of the robots from "The Matrix" (which the spoons could also allude to). I'm not sure it means anything but I found it interesting.
The weird thing about Tim Shaw's arrival was that it depended on someone standing in the middle of the woods at the exact right time and be curious enough to touch the lights instead of getting help immediately.
My theory isn't supported by the episode at all, but I feel like Tim Shaw was just trying to find some random human alone somewhere, and just happened to pick Ryan in the woods.
So it's just occurred to me that the Doctor mocking the villain with the name Tim Shaw harkens back to the 4th Doctor. As Liz so often pointed out the 4th Doctor would recognize the threats at hand and that they could generally kill him while also refusing to take them seriously. I hope we get more of that characterization with 13.
"the first disabled companion"
Unless you count the fact that all of the First and Second Doctors' companions were colourblind.
According to Moffat's novelisation of "The Day of the Doctor" the Doctor themselves were colourblind in their first and second incarnations, seeing the world only in black and white. Which is a wonderful joke.
There's a lot of gags in that book, but the one about the first two Doctors being colorblind might just be my favorite. I hope El takes a look at that novelization someday, it's brilliant.
MatthewB 9 months, 1 week ago
She has. She was very displeased at Moffat reusing Whithouse's terrible "joke" from "A Town Called Mercy" about a transgender horse.
Well alright, that one was terrible but there's plenty to love in that book. I'd also love to read El's take on it.
It was the only one of the New Series Target novels that was worth a damn, and it's so, so much better than it has any right to be. The others are all... fine, but almost all of them find the writers basically just trying to be Terrance Dicks and then not being as good at doing that as Terrance Dicks (RTD comes closest. But was the man himself not free for one?). Still to be fair nobody's had as much practice at doing these as Mr Dicks.... But Steven Moffat is the only one not trying to do a Dicks impression and actually WRITES, and he knocks it out of the park. Could not recommend more.
I think Uncle Tewwance is sadly retired, by now, due to sheer dint of his age...
Davros?
When was he a companion?
I liked the episode in general, though it raised the usual issue,aliens arrive on Earth yet UNIT or Torchwood (not sure if they still exist) do not notice? Perhaps they only operate inside the M25.
I also have misgivings about too many companions, sorry 'friends', with the Doctor, it either means scripts split them up, so one story thread is 'Doctorless' or there is one story and a scrabble to ensure everyone has something to do. I feel it never worked very well in the past over as series.
Three or more companions has often been a problem but two is better than one in my book. For what it's worth I think Davies basically nailed it in that respect for the first couple seasons having one primary companion with a series of secondary companions. I think that's a good dynamic.
1. While I'm pleased with the increased diversity (and have enjoyed mocking all the idiots whining about SJWs and what-not), the way that increased diversity was introduced almost felt like ticking off demographic boxes. Not only do we have a female Doctor (whose journey so far hints at a transgender experience), we also have (a) a young black male with a learning disability from a broken home, (b) a young female British Indian who struggles to advance herself in a traditionally male profession, and (c) we have a senior citizen cancer survivor who was in an interracial marriage until he gets widowed. I'm honestly waiting to see which one comes out as gay.
2. "You had no right to do that!" bugged me. However, "how completely obscene!" was excellent, as was the earlier "I'm curious ... no wait, I'm offended!"
3. I'm not sold on the Doctor's costume. I like the coat, but the rest of it gives me a mild Colin Baker flashback.
4. After the new Doctor, I think Grace was perhaps the best thing about the episode, and I also consider her death a fridging. It was also not a surprise to me. Since it was widely known who the three companions would be, the likelihood that only main character not in the pre-season promos wouldn't make it out of the episode alive was high. It particularly bugged me because it was so unnecessary. If Grace had lived but simply been standing outside the range of the teleport when it snatched up the other four, we'd have gotten the same result except that Graham and Ryan would have actually bonded over their shared desire to return to the woman they both love rather than their shared grief over her death.
5. I have absolutely no idea what the point of the DNA bombs was. And I fear the rest of this season is going to a lot of Jodie Whittaker saving weak scripts through sheer charisma and talent.
6. I was struck by the Doctor's urgent insistence that everyone was going to live. If we still are looking for ways in which every new Doctor is a reaction to the last one, that's an interesting commentary on the fact that Capaldi's Doctor managed to get /all/ of his companions killed. (They got better.)
I'm not sure if it's fair to say he got Nardole killed, unless the very fact that travelling with the Doctor will put you in dangerous situations counts as "getting someone killed".
I'd also say it's only really the Twelfth Doctor's fault that Bill dies. The whole point of "Face the Raven" is Clara's choice - saying that the Twelfth Doctor "got her killed" robs her of her agency in choosing that fate.
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Beyond GDP: Interview with Michael Green
progress, true wealth, and the wellbeing of nations
In this edition of the Beyond GDP newsletter:
Interview with Michael Green
Quote from Franklin D. Roosevelt
Spotlight on The social dimension of European Economic Governance
Social Progress Index
Michael Green is Executive Director of the Social Progress Imperative, an initiative aimed at redefining how the world measures success. An economist by training, he is co-author (with Matthew Bishop) of Philanthrocapitalism: How Giving Can Save the World and of The Road from Ruin: A New Capitalism for a Big Society. Previously, Michael served as a senior official in the U.K. Government’s Department for International Development, where he managed British aid programs to Russia and Ukraine and headed the communications department. He taught Economics at Warsaw University in Poland in the early 1990s.
Why was the Social Progress Index (SPI) developed and who was involved in its development?
Green: The original idea of developing an index to
capture social progress goes back to the 2008 financial
crisis. Together with my friend Matthew Bishop from
the Economist I wrote a book about the financial
crisis, The Road From Ruin. One thing that
we identified was that the financial crisis was very
much a crisis of measurement. Then during the 2009
World Economic Forum Global Agenda Council, Matthew
raised the need for developing an index capturing
the level of social progress of a country.
group of us started working on this idea in 2010 and
then approached Professor Michael Porter from Harvard
Business School to help us on the development of a
Social Competitiveness Index who brought in Scott
Stern from MIT. Beside the initial support of Avina
Foundation, Skoll Foundation and Compartamos Banco
from Mexico, we also got support from Cisco and Rockefeller
Foundation. Deloitte joined us as key partner in
2013. So it was a big collaborative effort. The first
spi was then launched in a beta version in April 2013.
Which dimensions does the SPI cover?
Green: First, the spi is based only on social and environmental indicators. Most of the other composite indicators (e.g. the Human Development Index, the OECD Better Life Index, the Gross National Happiness Index) mix up economic and social measurements, while the SPI measures social progress without considering economic dimensions. The SPI is
therefore a measure which is complementary to GDP,
allowing comparisons between social progress and economic
development as measured by gdp. Secondly, the SPI
is focused on outcomes. For instance, it measures
the health conditions achieved in a country and not
expenditure on the health sector – so the SPI is a
descriptive tool, not a normative one. Thirdly, the
index is >applicable to all countries, independently
from their level of economic development.
The SPI is a useful tool for supporting both public debate and policy-making. This composite indicator covers three dimensions broken down into 12 components and aggregates 52 distinct indicators into a single score; a country ranking is also available. Owing to its structure, it can be easily disaggregated in its different components. Therefore, it can be used in order to identify countries’ weaknesses and strengths.
The SPI measures social progress, i.e. how successful
a society is at delivering social progress to its
citizens, not how happy it is. The two aspects may
sometimes overlap, but they refer to different concepts.
The notion of social progress the SPI is based on
three ‘dimensions’:
satisfying citizens’ basic needs (nutrition and basic
medical care, water and sanitation, shelter, personal
safety), (2) providing every citizen with the building
blocks of a better life (access to basic knowledge,
information and communications, health and ecosystem
sustainability), (3) giving citizens the opportunity
to pursue their hopes, dreams and ambitions free from
obstacles and barriers (personal rights, freedom and
choice, tolerance and inclusion, access to advanced
education).
Which are the main strengths of the SPI in comparison with other measures of social progress?
Green: One strength is that the SPI is built only on social and environmental indicators. This allows for comparisons with gdp trends: given a certain GDP level, countries’ performances on social progress may even substantially differ. In other words, economic and social progress may diverge.
Furthermore, the SPI methodology is transparent, based on data from reliable sources such as the UN agencies.
And what are the main weaknesses of the index?
Green: Our biggest challenges are data quality and
availability. The best data available are not always
as methodologically robust as we would like for issues
such as shelter and mental health, for example. On
Ecosystem Sustainability, data on greenhouse gas production
would ideally be complemented by those on GHG consumption.
I would also love to find data on the quality of life
of people with disabilities, which is such an important
issue but where there is presently no data.
the best data we can find we have pretty good global
coverage – 133 countries were covered by the 2015
Index, corresponding to the 94% of the world population
– but our goal is to have a Social Progress score
for every country in the world.
Has every component of the index the same weight?
Green: All components of the index are equally weighted. Within each component, however, not all indicators are equally weighted. The different weights have been defined according to statistical techniques such as Principal Component Analysis. Further methodological information is available on our website.
What are the key findings from the 2015 SPI and what are the main differences to 2014?
Michael Green: Our key finding is that on average
there is a positive relationship between economic
growth and social progress. Wealthier countries such
as Norway generally show better social outcomes than
lower income countries. However, given a certain GDP
level, the variability among countries can nevertheless
be considerable. Hence, economic performance alone
does not fully explain social progress. At any level
of GDP per capita, there are opportunities for higher
social progress and risks of lower social progress.
2015 SPI results were very similar to 2014. This is
a good confirmation of the model’s robustness. This
might be explained by the fact that the trend of the
variables captured by the SPI (e.g. the adult literacy
rate) depends on policies’ long-term effects. Nevertheless,
the limited data availability (only 2014 and 2015
results are currently available) doesn’t allow for
identifying any trend yet.
looking at the social progress drivers, we didn’t
find a significant correlation with income inequality,
measured by the Gini coefficient. We did, however,
find a strong negative correlation between social
progress and poverty rates (both absolute and relative).
How could decision-makers make use of the findings from the SPI?
Green: The SPI is a useful policy tool, which can
contribute to defining development strategies aimed
at fostering social progress as well as economic growth.
example of its application is provided by the measurement
and monitoring of the national development plan of
the Government of Paraguay – “Paraguay 2030” – which
was recently launched. In this context, the SPI is
used to measure the country’s social well-being and
the impact of social investment.
can you assure that your index is taken up by policy
makers?
Green: The SPI is a composite indicator, providing an aggregate score. It can therefore be easily understood by both policy makers and the general public. It has the potential to become a reference in the political debate on social progress, as GDP is for economic growth.
Could the SPI be applied at regional level, for example in Europe?
Green: There are currently applications of the SPI in some regions of the Americas and of Europe.
Several initiatives have already been launched to apply the SPI at regional level in Latin America.
The first sub-national Social Progress Index was launched in August 2014 for 772 municipalities across the Amazon region of Brazil. The methodology has been adapted to the specific context: while the index has kept its structure of twelve components, the indicators have been slightly modified according to data availability and their relevance for those municipalities. For example, an indicator on educational attainment, for which data are not available at national level, and on waste collection and forestry, which are relevant in the Amazon region, have been included. The SPI framework has enough flexibility to be tailored to fit local contexts and realities.
In September 2015, the application of the SPI to 13 selected cities in Columbia will start, to provide useful and up-to-date information for urban policy makers.
In the USA, Michigan has been the first state to adopt the SPI. The application of the SPI to some cities and other states across the US is planned in 2015.
At the end of 2014, the development of a SPI prototype for the NUTS 2 EU regions started in cooperation with the Directorate General Regional and Urban Policy of the european commission. As in the case of the Amazon region, the 12 components structure has been kept, but the set of indicators is currently being adapted to the specific context.
When do you expect the first results for the European regions?
Green: In October 2015, we will launch a trial version for the EU area and a consultation process involving the most relevant stakeholders (governments, businesses and civil society). The feedback will be vital for further SPI development in Europe.
would like thank Michael Green for this insightful
To download the Social Progress Index Report 2015, please click here.
D. Roosevelt
“The test of our progress is not whether
we add more to the abundance of those who have
much; it is whether we provide enough for those
who have too little.”
Franklin D. Roosevelt (second inaugural speech,
from January 20, 1937).
The social dimension of European Economic Governance
Treaties and the EU
Charter of Fundamental Rights cover several important
social principles. A horizontal social clause introduced
by the Lisbon Treaty requires the EU to promote a
high level of employment, to guarantee adequate social
protection, to fight against social exclusion and
to ensure a high level of education and the protection
of human health.
In 2010 the EU adopted the Europe 2020 strategy calling for a smart, inclusive and sustainable growth. Each of these three areas are accompanied by a number of specific targets and flagship initiatives.
Inclusive growth (the aspect most relevant to social progress) is measured against the employment rate and the poverty or social exclusion headline target. The related targets to be reached by 2020 are increasing the overall employment rate to at least 75% and reducing by at least 20 million the number of people at the risk of poverty and social exclusion compared to 2008. However, according to the latest available figures in 2013 121 million in EU27 were at risk of poverty and social exclusion, i.e. almost every fourth person. The 2020 target of 96.6 million in EU27 seems therefore still far from being reached.
In light of the EU’s growing unemployment (especially for young people) as well as increasing inequality and poverty in the EU Member States, in recent years the european commission has integrated some social principles in its economic governance system.
2013, the European Council agreed to include a non-binding
of key employment and social indicators in the Joint Employment Report, annually prepared by the Commission and adopted by the Council of the European Union. The scoreboard contributes to strengthen the social dimension of the Economic and Monetary Union (EMU) by enabling a better and earlier identification of major employment and social problems. It includes five indicators: the unemployment rate, youth unemployment, real change in gross disposable household income, at-risk-of-poverty rate and inequalities (S80/S20 ratio).
Since 2014, the
scoreboard is fully rooted in the EU economic
governance framework. Also in 2015 it has been included in the Annual Growth Survey during the
European Semester, the EU yearly cycle of economic policy coordination.
A number of efforts have been made to explore how indicators on social progress can be integrated into concrete policy recommendations. Among the approaches to measure social progress in Europe, the Bertelsmann Stiftung has developed the Social
Inclusion Monitor Europe (SIM). The SIM combines the Social Justice Index and the Reform Barometer in order to better measure social justice and formulate concrete recommendations for policy reforms in individual Member States and the EU28 as a whole.
on a cross-national survey, the Social
Justice Index includes 27 quantitative and 8 qualitative indicators, associated with the six dimensions of social justice (poverty prevention, equitable education, labour market access, social cohesion and non-discrimination, health, and intergenerational justice).
Justice in the EU – A Cross-national Comparison”
summarises the main findings for all the 28 EU Member States, showing considerable heterogeneity in the ability to create a truly inclusive society. According to the latest figures, the wealthy northern EU countries (Sweden, Finland, Denmark and the Netherlands) have the highest ranks in social justice, while Bulgaria, Romania and Greece show the lowest scores.
The Reform Barometer,
developed by the Bertelsmann Stiftung and the London School of Economics, is an expert survey on government responses to increase social inclusion across the 28 EU Member States by balancing the macro-economic bias of the European Semester. The online survey instrument includes 60 questions, covering the six dimensions of social inclusion and is directly disseminated to more than 400 policy experts across the EU. Their answers provide information on the extent to which policies introduced in the past year achieve particular objectives and give examples on their country context.
mentioned EU social indicator initiatives help promoting
the social dimension of the Europe
2020 strategy calling for smart, inclusive and
sustainable growth. Inclusive growth (relevant for
social progress) is measured against the employment
rate and the poverty or social exclusion headline
indicator.
Sustainable Governance Indicators 2015 published
The fourth edition of the Bertelsmann Stiftung Sustainable Governance Indicators (SGI) has been released. Covering 41 EU and OECD countries, the SGI aim at contributing to a factual and data-driven debate on good governance and sustainable policy outcomes. These 140 indicators combine quantitative data from official statistic sources with experts’ qualitative assessments. They measure sustainable governance with respect to three pillars: Policy Performance, Democracy and Governance. Results for 2015 show Scandinavian countries, Switzerland and Germany being the top performers, while Southern and Eastern European countries ranking among the weaker performers.
the full report (pdf, 7.2 MB)
Zero draft for Sustainable Development Goals released
The Co-Chairs of the Open Working Group on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) have issued their long awaited „zero draft“, containing a proposal for 17 goals and 169 targets to be attained by 2030. This new set of goals addresses issues such as global poverty, inequalities and climate change. It should replace the original Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), which will expire at the end of the year. The formal SDGs adoption will take place at the UN Summit from 25 to 27 September 2015 in New York. The next step will be to develop a global indicator framework supporting the goals that is planned to be developed by March 2016.
the zero draft document (pdf, 1.1 MB)
China implements Gross Ecosystem Product in Yantian District of Shenzen
The Yantian District of the Shenzhen City, in the Chinese Guangdong Province, has begun to implement a dual accounting, operating and promoting mechanism involving both GDP and Urban Gross Ecosystem Product (GEP). By putting an economic value on all ecosystem products and services nature provides for human well-being, the GEP captures the benefits provided to urban residents by improving their living environment. The aim is to calculate the two indexes yearly and achieve GDP growth without compromising GEP. Thanks to a change in energy and sustainable mobility policies, 150 million Yuan of ecological value were created and the GEP has increased between 2013 and 2014. The GEP development is in line with the new Eco-Civilization initiative, one of the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China’s top priorities.
Read more about GEP and ecological civilisation
World Happiness Report 2015 reveals happiest countries in the world
The Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN) has published the third edition of the World Happiness Report. Among the 10 countries showing the highest average life evaluations, there are only small or medium-sized western industrial countries, with Switzerland, Iceland and Denmark at the top. Changes in life evaluation between 2005-2007 and 2012-2014 might be related to a combination of differing exposure to the economic crisis, the quality of governance, trust and social support. By far the largest drops could be observed in Greece and Egypt, followed by Italy. However, there is evidence that a high quality social capital can keep or even improve subjective well-being also in case of natural disasters or economic shocks. The 2015 report analyses a number of issues, among which the neuroscience of happiness and children’s happiness.
the summary (pdf, 256.7 kB)
Income is not the most important factor for life satisfaction
March 20th 2015, the International Day of Happiness,
Eurostat published a collection of subjective well-being
indicators. This was the first time they have been
gathered at European level. In 2013, EU residents
rated their overall life satisfaction at 7.1 on average,
on a scale of 0 to 10. Scandinavians were the most
satisfied, while Southern and Eastern Europe residents
generally expressed lower levels of life satisfaction.
Having a very good health condition turns out to be
the most influential factor for life satisfaction,
followed by financial situation, labour market situation
and social relations.
the Eurostat News Release
1st edition of Sustainable Cities Index released
The Sustainable Cities Index, developed by ARCADIS and the Centre for Economics and Business Research, ranks 50 of the world’s leading cities according to social, environmental and economic demands. Seven European cities are among the top ten, with Frankfurt, London and Copenhagen at the top. No North American city made it to the top ten, mainly due to rather weak performances with respect to environmental and social sub-indices. The index aims to support decision-makers to identify sustainable development opportunities.
the press release (pdf, 100 kB)
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The “Prison of Silence” Memorial in Râmnicu Sărat and the Educational Centre on Communism in Romania
IICCMRE aims to transform a former place of isolation into one of reflection about the criminal nature of Communism.
The prison in Râmnicu Sărat has operated for several ye ars as a transit point for political prisoners who were being transferred to other detention centres to serve their sentence. A series of representatives of political parties, clergymen, as well as other unwanted persons were afterwards incarcerated for longer periods of time in “The Prison of Silence”. Among the most famous prisoners were former leaders of democratic parties, such as Ion Mihalache, Ilie Lazăr, Victor Rădulescu Pogoneanu or Corneliu Coposu.
In June 2007, the Institute took over the administration of the former prison in Râmnicu Sărat and initiated a series of actions destined to raise awareness among policy makers and inform the public about the memorial value of the site, but also aiming to reach practical solutions in regard to the restoration of the building that is now in an advanced state of decay.
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THE LOW-FREQUENCY ELECTRIC FIELDS INDUCED IN A SPHERICAL CELL INCLUDING ITS NUCLEUS
By R. W. P. King and D. Margetis
After a review of work leading to the determination of the electric field induced in the human body when exposed to the electromagnetic field near an extremely-low-frequency high-voltage transmission line, attention is directed to a spherical cell exposed to the electric field in the body. Following a brief discussion of the potential biological significance of the study, the electric field acting on the surface of the cell and the electric field induced by it in the region between the outer cell membrane and the nuclear envelope are determined analytically, as is the field induced in the nucleus. It is shown, as an example, that when the body is exposed to a 60-Hz axial electric field of 2100 V/m, the field induced in the nucleus of a cell in the body is 0.27 nV/m when the radius of the nucleus is half that of the cell. The biologically interesting electric field along the outer surface of the nuclear envelope is in this case 2.7 μV/m. The simple analytical formulas can be applied to other values of the parameters, such as varying sizes of the nucleus (see Figure 2), and to power-line fields of different magnitude.
R. W. P. King and D. Margetis, "The Low-Frequency Electric Fields Induced in a Spherical Cell Including its Nucleus," Progress In Electromagnetics Research, Vol. 36, 61-79, 2002.
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Transforming Values for an Alternative Destiny
Text for World Bank and IFC Plenary Address at:
infoDev Global Forum
Florianopolois, Brazil
Dr. David E. Martin
Executive Chairman, M•CAM Inc.
Honorable Governor Luiz Henrique da Silveira, Director Mohsen Khalil, Distinguished Guests, Ladies and Gentlemen,
We meet on this day in the land of the Tupi-Guarani to manifest transformations. At this Global Forum, we have assembled from every land not as explorers seeking conquest but as stewards of experience committed to building a more prosperous future for all. It is only fitting that we begin in this land of the mountain arising from the channel in the sea – the ancestral name for Florianopolis – with a moment of reflection for those whose feet have passed before us and who left the land beautiful for our enjoyment. Let us commit to leave this land, and all the lands from which we come, more beautiful than we found them for those who will follow us.
Today I would like to explore three transformations: Values, Resources, and Leadership and the role they play in our discussions here over the coming days. To do so, we must dedicate some time for honest assessment of where we are together with a consideration of our path to this moment. From that point, we can invite a dialogue about aspirations we have for the future. And finally, we can resolve to take the first step, enlivened and unfettered, into the future empowered by a vision which sees through obscurity into possibility.
What do we value? At conferences like this, it is often quite easy to begin with a series of unspoken assumptions – those untested, unspoken consensus beliefs to which all are presumed to assent. For example, we all assume that innovation is “good”. We are asked to believe that entrepreneurship is a modern ideal to which societies should strive. We are encouraged to hold as ideals the myths of the past 60 years of economic activity and all long for a “Silicon Valley” utopia in every corner of the globe. We are encouraged to speak of numbers and compare “ours” with “theirs” to see who is developed, who is developing, and who has the least. If it’s on a balance sheet, deposited in a bank, or traded on the stock market, it’s valuable. If it’s not, then we best ignore it. We agree, we presume, that it would be strange to speak of culture and indigenous wisdom and, instead speak of semi-conductors, nano-particles, and anti-retrovirals.
When did we lose our humanity? Let’s explore a couple of facts about values in the context of innovation.
Living systems have innovated as long as they’ve existed. And no, humans aren’t the only innovators. Ecosystems are filled with innovation. As trees’ roots respond to nutrients and water but grow to accommodate the pressures of wind and grade so to will the human seek to find sustenance and assurance. Unlike our ancestors, we often limit our use of the word innovation to things – usually things that require the non-replenishable consumption of natural resources, power, and labor – rather than seeing an ecosystem in which innovation has as much to do with how we do what we do as the artifacts we create. In our obsession with development, how many of us take the time to learn from the Heritable Knowledge of indigenous peoples who know how to use plants, soil, and water to live? How many of us have considered that we would benefit from innovation in enterprises and value exchange as much or more than developing the next ringtone on an iPhone?
Entrepreneurship should be encouraged, right? Well, maybe. How many of you remember that the modern corporation was established in Europe to shield individuals from personal responsibility. Would we really want to fly in an airplane built with limited liability wings? Would we want to drive a car with limited liability wheels? Yet we encourage our young entrepreneurs to participate in the prospective future employment for thousands on the foundation of limited liability. While we lament the breakdown of the markets over the past two years, have any of us considered that the very institutional foundations we seek to create – corporations – are expressly established to separate the person from the accountability of the venture?
Sixty years of success since the success of Silicon Valley. Really? Of course, you remember the World War II war reparations that lead to the birth of the computer and data industry now heralded as an American success. Magnetic tape, without which there would be no data storage industry, was created by Hitler’s Third Reich as a propaganda machine. Computers were created to decipher the codes of the Japanese and the Germans – codes that baffled the innovative minds of the U.S, the U.K., and Australia throughout the war. And the wealth of Silicon Valley half a century before came from Federal Government stimulus in the railroad industry and the banking sector – not from innovation. Without the Morrill Act for the railroads, there would be no Stanford University. We do no favors today by forgetting the truth of our past. Not a single element of what made Silicon Valley a success – preferential government procurement, national security technology transfer, trade incentives in the form of preferential tax concessions leading to effective anti-competitive pricing – would be legal today under WTO yet we see dozens of countries attempting to create that which didn’t actually happen.
Let’s visit the past to inform the present and future. Recall that the great trading empires which created the incumbent powers in the North were built on extractive trade. Sure, here in Brazil, coffee played a huge role with the Portuguese. However, the same drug trade which plagues our cities today was the currency of the empires just a century or two ago. Today’s cocaine is yesterday’s heroin. Today’s marijuana is yesterday’s opium. Friends, if the foundation of our markets was built on addictions and violence. Shouldn’t we consider transformation? Shouldn’t our conference be focused on a new morality rather than the next turn of the extractive wheel grinding up those who it leaves behind as consumables?
Today, we might reconsider values. How do we encourage creativity that rewards those who address society’s greatest challenges with prosperity and public confidence? Is it possible, in this conference, to commit to aligning our innovation impulse to meet and exceed Brazil’s visionary president’s call for rainforest preservation and carbon emission reduction? Can we see value in 8,200 cubic kilometers of fresh water in this great country and see this as a Commons Trust rather than an exploitable commodity? We can and we will transform values here today.
In his treatise on the economy, John Maynard Keynes codified a sense of resources that has enjoyed little re-examination until the present day. In Keynesian terms, Brazil is 90,000,000 laborer consumers, bauxite, gold, iron ore, manganese, nickel, phosphate, platinum, tin, uranium, petroleum, timber, coffee, grains, sugarcane, cocoa, citrus, and beef. Oh, and now, we need to be fashionable and throw in millions of hectares of carbon sequestration for the polluting world. How many of you would be happy to be told that your only worth on the planet was limited to the bank account you have, the car or bicycle you have, the number of employable children you have, and the house in which you live? That’s it. Nothing else counts!
Well, you are more than that. We are more than that. It is a tragedy that the last 80 years has reduced our mental capacity to see our land, our people, and our ecosystem for what others can take from it rather that for what it can generously provide.
My company, M•CAM, works with helping countries re-discover and reclaim their own story. In the wake of our discovery of the degree of abuse in the global market of carbon trading – including the growing use of carbon credits to launder drug money and finance terrorist organizations across the world – we decided to work with communities in Papua New Guinea to revalue their forests. Working with the Quachet in East New Britain province, I sat with elders and asked them what a rain tree was worth. They told me about the tree and its many functions. The rain tree supports hundreds of species of plants and animals in its expansive reach. Its bark, leaves and roots are filled with healing teas, pastes, and medicines. Its vast leafy canopy condenses rain from cloudless skies providing pure water to the land and life below. Its wood, when one of its limbs falls, is sufficient for several houses. So when I asked them if I could buy it for its carbon absorption, they laughed. “Why would you want only that from such a generous tree?” they asked.
Together, we worked to create the world’s first Heritable Innovation Trust – a new legal framework which renders obsolete the WIPO’s traditional knowledge paradigms. While here in Brazil and in many other parts of the world there is a growing sense of the need to “protect” indigenous or traditional knowledge, what local communities are not told is that by putting this knowledge into copyrighted form, they are really accelerating its loss into public domain. In 70 years, the information that is recorded by well meaning programs, like those here in Brazil working in Amazonia, will enter the public domain under industrial property laws in compliance with WTO’s TRIPS agreement. In the Heritable Innovation Trust, the community stewardship of community and ecosystem knowledge is placed in a perpetual Trust which can neither expire nor be taken by those who seek to exploit without community engagement.
Resources come in many untraditional forms and are often most prevalent where they’re least expected. Just a few months ago at the infoDev conference in Coimbatore India, many of you witnessed a commitment on behalf of my organization and infoDev – a commitment that is fully delivered today. For those of you who were not there, let me give you some background.
Since the modernization of the intellectual property system and sponsored research programs of the past four decades, economic development and exclusionary innovation property rights have gone hand-in-hand. However, as far back as 1980, these property systems were contaminated with a growing practice of using patents and other intellectual property regimes to block commercial access and market use. It is no accident that some of the largest patent estates were filed (and restrained from market adoption) by companies who had the most market share to lose. Oil companies filed and held thousands of environmentally desirable patents in fields ranging from solar and wind power to hydrogen and hybrid propulsion. Paint companies filed and held thousands of patents on alternative surface coating techniques only to continue using toxic metals in industrial production. Pharmaceutical companies and their agro-chemical allies filed and held thousands of patents on treatments and cures for disease and on land renewal technologies and insured that these options were not available for deployment. And the list goes on. However, in this “cold war” of innovation abuse, the most economically most marginalized states (a term we use in place of the conventional term “Least Developed Countries” or “LDCs”) were overlooked. Patents were not filed in markets that didn’t seem to matter. And this has created an unprecedented opportunity for bringing hope to us all.
Exemplified in the extreme in the area of climate-impacting energy and infrastructure technologies, an unhealthy alliance compounded the global failure to accept and adopt technologies which could have provided pre-crisis interventions in environmental technologies. Through infrastructure bond funding programs with their associated long maturities, economic incentives existed to blockade the acceptance and deployment of efficient – albeit obsolescing – technologies. After all, there was no effective way to install distributed power generation five years into a 30 year coal fired grid based electrical system. By funding things in extremely large, centralized scale, innovations that were made were not judged for their technical merit or feasibility but rather for their ability to be scaled into legacy inefficiencies. Compounding this economic impediment was the patenting practice, adopted by the majority of patent applicants throughout the 1980’s, called “defensive patents”. Defensive patents – representing an estimated 80% of all filings by industrialized nations – do not represent artifacts of innovation but rather utilities for litigation risk management. By extension then, when patents on litigation anticipation or financial obsolescing “innovations” were awarded, they not only precluded others from entering into research and development or market efforts, but they also froze much needed technology out of the market.
Out of this ill-conceived industrial policy emerges an unprecedented opportunity. Patents on environmentally necessary technologies born in the research and imaginations of energy shocks dating back to the 1970’s afford an amazing Global Innovation Commons which can serve to catalyze solutions for the climate crisis as well as the global economic disparities which have fueled acrimony between countries leading up to Copenhagen.
It is a violation of patent law to engage in “double patenting”. This practice is simply the seeking of a patent on something that someone else has already claimed. When Volkswagen received a patent for a hybrid electric vehicle that includes a rotating flywheel mass variably engaged by a series of clutches in 1979, their allowed claims are so broad as to describe virtually every hybrid electric vehicle built since. This patent expired in 2002 and is now in the public domain where anyone, anywhere, can practice every element of this invention without any fear of patent enforcement. That’s right, an automotive company in a marginalized country could use 100% of this information to design and build a car to compete with Toyota’s Prius. Today.
When policy-makers debate concepts like “compulsory licensing”, the problem is that they are masking a giant asset which exists disproportionately benefiting the Most Marginalized States (“MMS” or conventionally designated “Least Developed Countries”). They are attempting to reinforce, rather than reform, a patent system which has been failing all interests – including those in the industrialized nations.
In short, the perpetuation of the illusion that we still haven’t “innovated” enough has placed the challenge on the wrong dynamic. Over US$1.6 trillion in market innovation latency has been created over the past three decades alone which has been overlooked – not on its merit but rather on the fact that it would challenge incumbencies. Given the magnitude of the challenge before humanity, our clarion call is for the deployment and honoring of these innovation impulses which have been marginalized and the use thereof to seed enterprises in the Most Marginalized States.
Using a framework called the Global Innovation Commons, all innovation artifacts (patents, research publications, government or industry sponsored research reports, and technology procurement records) have been assembled and reviewed for their legal standing in every country on Earth. These innovation artifacts have been compiled so that jurisdictions of enforcement are easily assessed to avoid any infringement in any jurisdiction. This enables a business or government to know what can be developed for domestic use only, for limited export, or for general export. Wherever possible, using abandoned patents, global freedom-to-commercialize positions are identified for unrestricted commercial use and deployment.
At this conference, in a partnership between infoDev and M•CAM, you all will have access to almost $2 trillion dollars – more than the entire GDP of virtually all countries represented here today – of innovation waiting to be put into use. It represents the greatest assembly of innovation ever and it’s yours today! We have an opportunity to transform our view of resources to include a world of innovation which has been kept from deployment until today – a world of innovation that will lead to clean water, ethical health care, adequate food production and distribution, and renewable energy. And when we have ethical and open use of this innovation, we will be free to innovate exchanges of value which do not require wealth asymmetries which foster poverty, violence, and terror.
While conferences across the world lament the lack of financing for small and medium sized enterprises – they turn to venture capital as a solution. Why? Because that’s what the U.S. and Europe did, right? Did you know that here in Brazil and in most countries represented at this conference, the greatest available cash to start ventures is currently sitting, unused in the hands of your governments in the form of Trade Credit Offset obligations? You’ve probably never heard of these because you were being deafened by those who wanted to sell you inefficient equity models which have destroyed more enterprises then they’ve created.
When a government – like Brazil – purchases goods from a U.S. company, for example, a percentage of the value of the contract – often between 10 – 30% - is required to be “returned” to the country in the form of a Trade Credit Offset. The selling company may be required to set up a local manufacturing center for critical components. In the case of China, the company is required to transfer technology and training. In every instance, before the seller can book the revenue for their contract, they must reinvest in the country involved in the purchasing. So why, at a conference like this and at every innovation and entrepreneurship conference around the world, aren’t you being told to link your business incubators with your countries’ Trade Credit Offset managers? In a few cases, it’s because these offsets have become the source of corruption. But, in most cases, it’s simply because you didn’t know. Well, now you do.
Honorable delegates, what I’m really calling for is leadership. I would like us to invite a transformation of our view of leadership – away from the belief that the loudest voice with the largest crowd is leadership. In our CNN 24 hour flat-screen New York Stock Exchange view of the world, we’ve failed to realize that leadership comes from those who are worthy of being followed – not from those who demand attention and blind loyalty. In fact, the only place where leadership can emerge is from those who learn first to be good steward citizens. Our challenge here today and in the coming days is to evidence a humanity so inspiring that others will choose to follow.
When Professor Anil Gupta and Dr. R. A. Mashelkar and others in India chose to launch the National Innovation Foundation and other grassroots innovation initiatives, they embarked on a journey that was filled with challenges. In partnership with my organization and many others, we began working with grassroots communities – people in rural villages in India – to re-imagine a world where to be an innovator meant addressing real human needs. In its first year, only a few innovations gained a market however, in its second year, acknowledged by India’s President Abdul Kalam, over 2,500 innovations were serving as the basis for prosperous engagement across India. Mind you, many of the markets were not based on the exchange of money. Many of the grassroots innovators actually gave and received goods and services in exchanges ranging from barter to complex utility derivatives. In some instances, the value that was bestowed upon the innovator was a garland of flowers placed around the neck of the distinguished person by India’s President. While this is not “money” in your traditional sense, in many communities throughout India, honor from the President is a social value money could never buy and lasts far longer than a few thousand rupees.
When we work with small and medium sized enterprises in South Africa, the Kingdom of Tonga, or Chile, our goal has always been to look at a practical way to transform the past models into a prosperous future. I would encourage you to consider the following as a process to employ.
First, honor and value the innovator. Every person who has an impulse to change his or her life or those in the community should be honored. However, this does not mean that they must be pushed into a company. To the contrary, we need to transform the incorporation of a company into the incorporation of an innovator into the global community of like-minded innovators. When we see innovation as the inclusion into a community of creative people rather than an isolated event to isolate a hero, we will transform innovation.
Second, honor and value the community. In every innovation, many creative minds have come before and every one of their contributions must be included in the next step being taken. By using models which reward collaboration rather than proprietary isolation, we create value that impacts the lives and livelihoods of many rather than the wealth of a few.
Finally, reward that which replenishes rather than extracts and destroys. For too long, we have been told that we are a sum of our extractive parts. I am delighted to be here in Brazil – a country which spends 30% more of its GDP on education than on the military – discussing the transformation of value. While this government has served as a beacon for many others in calling for a “sustainable” future, I’m encouraging you today to innovate that vision. Take the next step and be the first country on Earth where we see consumption as one element of an economic cycle but where we also see stewardship and citizenship a value which is cherished in tangible and intangible ways. Transform the impulse to protect from outside abuse to a motivation to celebrate a Common heritage and destiny in which innovation serves to integrate a better future rather than isolate an unfortunate few. Today, let us all commit ourselves to a Common Future built on Transparency, Accountability, and Citizenship.
Executive Chairman, M•CAM Inc
210 Ridge McIntire Road
Web: www.m-cam.com
E-mail: info@m-cam.com
Batten Fellow, Darden Graduate School of Business Administration,
University of Viriginia
Archimedean Theorem 1 – “Reality” Metrics
One cannot escape the cognitive reductionism which is a constant companion in our recent economic paroxysm. “No one saw it coming.” “We are adequately capitalized,” immediately preceding business failures and bankruptcy. Triple-A ratings on investments that had no market or value. Bank stress tests. Earnings growth by slashing future productive capacity. Equity market euphoria over missed earnings forecasts. Without question, we are collectively measuring the wrong stuff, or applying the wrong metrics, or applying the wrong metrics to the wrong stuff, or we just haven’t a clue. While we bask in the nuclear winter light of what I’ve been told is our post-post modernism (come-on, we can’t even come up with a decent name for today so we just revert to a very, very, very, very old technique we last used when counting words for our first written assignment in elementary school in which the number of words was the objective), we seem to not only have lost our way, we seem to have no clue where Polaris is or how to use a compass.
When Sir Isaac Newton inadvertently set in motion our present economic calamity, he did so by postulating that to every action this is an opposed and equal reaction. He never knew that central banks, bound by his “law” would find themselves compelled to engage in manifold folly by falsely misdiagnosing the action (the mortgage crisis rather than a destructive, dehumanized consumer debt cycle propped up by careless leverage policy which turned real estate into ATMs) leading to an insanity where recovery came from further indebting the taxpayer by bailing out AIG and providing year end bonuses for bankers who actually made their earnings on fee income derived from moving bail-out funds between themselves! We have a malignancy of ignorance and, courtesy of the market reporting media, we have the evangelists for the cult of impulsive greed chanting incantations at such a frenzy that if you wanted to find the truth…wow, I’m exhausted.
Let’s take a breath. Let me take you to one of the first places we lost our way. To find the roots of our current value bankruptcy, we need to understand that our current debt-based view of economic systems has inextricable roots in the 13th century – specifically the Fourth Lateran Council and the funding mechanisms put in place by Pope Innocent III for the financing of the fourth Crusade. In his Papal Bull (why does this animal keep showing up? – and yes, I know it’s not that kind of bull), he details the establishment of taxation of the public, preferential dispensations for the central bankers, and a removal of all rights from those outside the faith – not to mention his ultimate creativity of accelerating mortality for those who didn’t play by his rules. All of this to fund a war and provide liquidity for the State. Sound familiar?
Ironically, the reason why I link Newton and Pope Innocent III is critical. Both of them were absolutely confident in their definition of “truth” “values” and “laws”. Both of them were greatly motivated to impose reductionist simplicity on a world filled with heterogeneous thought. And both set in motion those who would become sycophant adherents who would conduct literal and figurative inquisitions which would stifle enlightened, creative thought and inquiry. And they did so by what appeared to be an innocuous act. Pope Innocent III gave us reality in the form of transubstantiation where the paradox of St. Augustine and Aristotle was resolved by fiat – it was the body and blood for Christ’s sake! And Newton gave us reality by confirming that only that which can be measured and observed is, in fact, real.
In our collective evolutionary regression, we obsess with “real”. We want to measure things, count things, compare who has more, who has bigger or better. Our obsession with metrics has paralyzed our creativity. It has dehumanized value and values. When my friend Tony offers to buy happiness from a company because they say it has no book value, no one is willing to part with it for any price. If we have less, than others with more should move to action. If we have more, we want to keep it from those who have less and want ours or find our morality in self-laudatory generosity and sharing. Pope Innocent III gave us debt-based currency. Newton gave us metric-delimited reality. And the present moment has given us a wonderful opportunity to realize that we have no clue what we’re measuring anymore.
What is the value of gold? As we swooned to see our golden calf (there’s that animal again) leap over the $1,000 an ounce moon, did any of us realize that the all in cost of movement of ore for processing last year’s production of gold required the equivalent of 14 billion human year’s worth of effort? That’s right, just to move the ore from mine to refinery, it would take 14 billion people working 24 hour days every day for a year just to move the ore. If you’re reading this, you clearly weren’t carrying ore. Neither were most of your neighbors. No, thanks to technology that pollutes the earth, water, and sky, we’ve become more efficient. But did we ever pay for the land from which we’re taking the gold? Did we actually set aside value to repair the environmental, social, and ecological damage of gold? If we did so, would gold really only cost $1,000 per ounce? Is its value what it costs? What it will cost the future? Is it worth what someone pays for a certificate saying that someone, somewhere has a bar with your name on it? What is its value? We have NO clue.
What is the value of earnings? When Intel and JPMorgan reported better-than-forecast results, their stock was rewarded with a vote of confidence, right? No! They lost 2% of their value. IBM topped expectations but investors rewarded it with a loss of value.
What is the value of prosperous engagement in the workforce? Unemployment continues to rise. The Federal Government demonstrated this week that it cannot even track its own expenditures when it attempted to report on the jobs saved or created with the Recovery Act. Silver lining? The Recovery Board is spending a reported $18 million on updating its website so the stimulus recipients’ self-reports of economic impact are more prone to accuracy.
What is the value of public support of innovation? I just spent the past two days with an inspirational leader from South Africa. During our conversation, I was disheartened to hear yet another instance when the innovative value of a country was measured by the number of patents filed by its researchers. We measure the innovative contribution to the world by how much we block others from using creativity? How tragic.
I am repeatedly asked questions about how much revenue my company makes. How many employees do I have? Why don’t I turn our technology towards making massive wealth and, after amassing a fortune, use it for good causes? And these questions come not only from crass capitalists but by perplexed social activists.
It is time to understand the elegance of the Archimedean Theorem I. Reality is that which catalyzes, harnesses, releases or perpetrates action or stasis in one or more projections thereby evidencing energy, dimension, field effect, and consequence. The understanding and assessment of Reality can be described only when Perspective delimiters are honestly disclosed with sufficient clarity so as to evidence understanding in the observers. The fulcrum we need to open a new, more integral view of value and its exchange will include a dynamic, kinetic understanding of Reality. And our social challenge is to move our ontology from metric to metaphor – from finitude to infinite orthogonality. One step closer to the next…
A Nobel Paradox – Orpheus in Detroit
In the space of 7 days, I journeyed between a glorious meeting with James Quilligan and a small cadre of social and financial luminaries in the Berkshires hosted by Tim Murphy, to a quixotic gathering in Detroit hosted by the Rev. Jesse Jackson’s RainbowPUSH Coalition vainly attempting to use outmoded tools to stem the carnage in the minority-owned automotive business sector in North America. I reflected, as I experienced this existential schizophrenia, that we are living out a paradox not unlike the one that warranted the 1972 Nobel Prize in Economics – Kenneth Arrow’s “Impossibility Theorem”. For those not familiar with the Arrow’s paradox, it is, in brief, the assertion that when presented with greater than three options for consideration, no voting system can accurately find an acceptable and stable representation of a social group’s values. In an effort to define a socially acceptable order of priorities around which consensus can be built, Arrow postulates, complexity of greater than three options renders any attempt largely futile.
I’ve given several speeches over the past few months where I have discussed my latest understanding of the word “impossible”. To understand impossible, it is helpful to consider what “possible” is. The word, derived from Middle English generally refers to that which may be done or that which is feasible. So, when one concludes that a thing is impossible, the imputed judgment is that it cannot be done or is impracticable. I’d like us to see “impossible” in a new light – an invocation or prayer of what is about to be. Remember, when we apply the term “impossible” in our present day, what we really are saying is that, with the resources, knowledge and time that we presently have, we are unable to see a resolution manifest in a time-frame or at a cost that is acceptable. And by judging a thing “impossible” we discourage others from threatening the finitude and truth of our judgment.
Well, no time like the present to re-examine the “Impossible Prayer”. We are a few short weeks from Copenhagen when, in December, it will be impossible for the leaders of the world to arrest our rush to self-immolation. While Wall Street and Washington bathe themselves in impossible greed celebrating a recovery to their bonus-laden excesses, while cities like Detroit hold the ruins and tombs of a productivity that is impossible to replace, while water, food, and energy crises form an impossible specter too hideous to address – we find ourselves drowning in a cacophony of impossible. As a result, we sit and wait for the next shoe to fall, crushing another unsuspecting glimmer of humanity. Impossible… we pray.
I was invited to participate on three projects to envision a way to answer the impossible prayer. To show a path forward in the face of all convention arriving at the terminus of its force and sway. And, in each case, what I’ve started with is the Archimedean Theorem (by the way, don’t try to find this one because you’re reading about it here first). While the world and its power models have abused and enslaved one half of Archimedes wisdom – the lever – too little time has been spent on the real genius of Archimedes which is the fulcrum. Over the coming weeks, I am going to begin building an Archimedean Solid (you can look this one up) which can serve as the foundation for a new future – one in which we show that Arrow’s Theorem is a lever model and lacks the kinetics of a well positioned fulcrum.
There is a way out for Detroit. It involves a conceptual shift from the legacy of entitlement and set-asides where manufacturers and their suppliers maintain an unsustainable obsession with the top of the levers and those objects in motion to an understanding that the future is about well positioned fulcrum where the inevitability of the future becomes certain. Detroit will not be rebuilt on Obama’s proprietary technology “green jobs” program because the U.S. abandoned its ability to build proprietary positions by abuses in the patent system since the 1980’s. It can rise on the wings of collaborative innovation commons funded by technology procurement receivables. We will not heal the ethnic, geographic, and employment injustice if we allow the >60% of FDIC watch list banks co-located with critical manufacturing entities to fail thereby extinguishing vital lines of credit for our production base. The private sector needs to see that the road to Copenhagen will pass through the ruins of Detroit because we must see an entirely new vision in which we answer all the “impossible” prayers. Stay tuned.
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E-mail: Comments@FDIC.gov. Include the RIN number in the subject line of the message. [RIN 3064–AD49]
Under President George W. Bush, American depositors were encouraged to step in to bailout the balance sheets of banks with an enticement that extended FDIC insurance to $250,000 per insured bank deposit. American depositors obliged. They inverted the troubling trend of negative savings and began depositing cash. Ironically, while the Bush administration was desperately seeking to stabilize the financial sector, they did not heed my, or others’ warnings that this was neither a fix nor even a temporary logical step. Further, they were not carefully considering the now lamented decrease of cash-flow in the consumer sector now helping fuel the deepening recession. At the time of this ill-considered decision, we suggested that the FDIC consider a more appropriate action. By actually measuring the “real” assets of our economy, the risk criteria paralyzing banks could be modernized to reflect both present and future financial performance and the drivers thereof.
In its Federal Register publication on October 2, 2009 (12CFR Part 327, Vol. 74, No. 190), the FDIC has proposed a booking-keeping plan to raise liquidity which will have disastrous effects both prolonging the real reform of the financial service sector and actually increasing the likelihood that more banks will fail therby further impeding access to credit. Under a book-keeping manipulation which is meant to satisfy quantitative investors but do nothing to actually fulfill its statutory requirements, the FDIC is proposing a “pre-funding” of assessments due by participating banks based on estimated risk as of the fourth quarter of this year. These “pre-fundings” are to be paid on December 30, 2009 and are to cover insurance premiums for 2010, 2011, and 2012. This strategy would raise an estimated, paltry $45 billion. There are two fundamental loopholes in the language of the proposed rule which are clearly advantageous to the FDIC and its member institutions but disadvantageous to the public. First, by calculating the assessments on December 24, 2009 – not at the end of a reporting or fiscal cycle – neither the FDIC nor the financial institution will have confidence in the appropriateness of the real position of any member bank and its reserves. Second, by allowing the pre-payment to be credited for special assessments, the FDIC cuts off its own capacity to respond to immediate liquidity constraints as it will have merely an acceleration of recognized cash – not genuine new liquidity at such time as a special assessment is required.
I would like to renew my call from 2008, that the FDIC immediately pursue another option which would: 1) more adequately reflect the current U.S. economy and its drivers; 2) align with economic development strategies promoted by the President and the Congress targeting the expansion of new and high technology businesses and the capital required therein; and, 3) correctly account for the correct value of assets both in its own portfolio of distressed and toxic assets and those of insured institutions. Specifically, it is vital that the FDIC and its member banks establish a means by which the intangible assets (executory contracts, licenses, franchise agreements, copyrights, patents, and trademark uses) are actually counted as bankable assets. Representing an estimated 80% of the value of the S&P companies, at present, neither the banks nor the FDIC are authorized to view any of these assets as investment grade. The irony of this is staggering in the face of the FDIC’s present proposal in which they are using one of the least creative accounting manipulations to stem a short-term problem with a longer term calamity.
Should the FDIC’s recommendation be adopted as presented, the banking system of the United States and the depositors therein, will be assured of decreased confidence in the FDIC and greatly reduced incentive to place funds into savings accounts. This, in turn, will further impair an already dysfunctional link in the capital system that has underpinned the U.S. business landscape for decades. However, in the event that the FDIC has the vision and foresight to plan for the present and future by adjusting its arcane metrics to those that reflect present reality and future aspirations, it can expand upon the nascent efforts that the FASB took in its impairment testing rules and that the IRS took in beginning to instill discipline around intangible asset opaque accounting loopholes that robbed the Treasury of billions of dollars.
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Investment Grade? Your FDIC deposit isn't "I" anymore
If you want to understand where I’m going with my next blog post coming this weekend, please take 26 minutes and listen to the most audacious accounting slight of hand pulled off by the FDIC board on September 29, 2009. This is the day before September 30 which happened to be the day that the FDIC actually fulfilled my forecast of becoming insolvent. (Remember that the Chairman of the FDIC said that it was "impossible" for this to happen just a few months ago) And yes, take heart, the “staff” are optimistic that they can be compliant with their statutory reserve balance in 2017! The Bush administration’s expansion of deposit guarantees – unaltered by the current administration – means that the U.S. depositor has an actuarially insolvent position and, as of October 1, 2009 – we’re all 100% exposed and effectively uninsured. So, how does it feel? The “full faith and confidence” of the U.S. banking system now hangs on an accounting game where banks will “pre-pay” their assessments on December 31, 2009 so that the FDIC can appear to have liquidity that it actually doesn’t have thereby creating the illusion of a guarantee that fails the most basic test of legally mandated fitness. Take the time to view this and let’s talk about a new future – one in which transparency and accountability are both expectation and responsibility. Here it is…http://www.vodium.com/goto/fdic/boardmeetings.asp. Download the file of the board meeting on September 29, 2009.
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Fatoumata Diawara Set To Perform With Seun Kuti At Pre-Grammy Show
Malian singer-songwriter, guitarist and actress Fatoumata Diawara is celebrating the Best World Music Album Grammy nomination for her debut album Fenfo (Something To Say). The artist used her first offering to address social issues including arranged marriages, female genital mutilation and domestic violence. Her single, “Nterini” streamed over one million times in 2018 and ended up on Barack Obama’s favorite songs of the year list. She will perform at the Pre-Grammy showcase hosted by Shaggy at the Mircosoft Theater in Los Angeles before the main telecast and will stream live at 3:30 AM ET at Grammy.com.
Jim White Congratulates Friend Duke Fakir Of The Four Tops On His Grammy Recognition
The Grammys Add Review Nomination Committee For Rap Category
Kendrick Lamar Will Perform At The 2018 Grammys
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On Brexit with CG Michael Howells
Michael Howells
May 15, 2019 7:00 PM Young Professionals
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It’s been almost three years since the United Kingdom voted to leave the European Union, but the Brexit situation continues to be in flux. Prime Minister Theresa May could not secure Parliamentary approval for her Brexit plan before the original March 29th deadline. So now, the EU and UK have agreed to extend the deadline to leave to October 31, 2019.
What’s at stake for the UK, the EU, and the rest of the world? Does Scotland have anything to say about Brexit? And what do we mean by “Irish backstop”?
Come join us on Wednesday, May 15, 2019, for an in-depth discussion of the ongoing Brexit drama and its impacts. We will be joined by Michael Howells, the UK Consul General in Los Angeles.
Mr. Howells is the senior representative of the UK government in Southern California, Arizona, Nevada, Utah and Hawaii. In this role, he promotes trade and investment, scientific cooperation, creative and media collaborations and educational partnerships between the UK and the southwestern United States.
Tickets: $15 for members and guests; $18 for non-members; $20 at-the-door
Online reservations remain open until 4:00 pm on May 14.
Networking Reception: 7:00 pm
Discussion and Q&A: 7:30 pm - 8:30 pm
Refreshments will be served. Business casual attire encouraged.
LA World Affairs Council Headquarters
3535 S. Hayden Ave.
Parking: Parking is available in the lot directly outside of 3535 Hayden after 6PM. Street parking is also available on Hayden Ave.
Cancellations must be made by Tuesday, May 14th at 12:00 pm in order to receive a refund.
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Broadway’s best to light up Coney Island at Elsie Fest
Published : Aug 16, 2016 - 11:42
Updated : Aug 16, 2016 - 11:42
The famous Coney Island boardwalk will host some special hot dogs with a Broadway flavor this fall.
The second annual Elsie Fest, a one-day outdoor music festival celebrating theater stars, is set for Sept. 5 at the 5,000-seat Ford Amphitheater, offering a new location and a new slate of singers.
This year’s performers include Megan Hilty, Tituss Burgess, Darren Criss, Evan Rachel Wood, composer Jason Robert Brown, Tony-winner Lena Hall, Corey Cott, Tony-winner Cynthia Erivo, radio host Julie James and the composing team of Benj Pasek and Justin Paul.
“There is truly nothing else like this festival,” said Criss, the “Glee” star who helped create the festival. “There was this yearning for something like this that just kind of made it easy. The meat just kind of fell off the bone.”
Burgess, a Broadway star currently on “The Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt,” will be in Coney Island for the first time, but last week still wasn’t sure what he‘ll be singing. “I’m going to see what is nearest and closest to my energy and that's probably what I’ll be able to execute best.”
Tituss Burgess arrives at the “Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt” in Los Angeles. Burgess will participate in the second annual Elsie Fest, a one-day outdoor music festival celebrating theater stars, set for Sept. 5. (AP-Yonhap)
The concert is the brainchild of Criss, talent manager Ricky Rollins, and Broadway producer and Jujamcyn Theaters President Jordan Roth. Last year’s festival drew some 4,000 people to a midtown pier. Tickets start at $60.
The name comes from lyrics in the musical “Cabaret” about a doomed girl named Elsie who would turn to the heroine Sally Bowles and ask, “What good is sitting alone in your room?/ Come hear the music play/ Life is a cabaret, old chum.”
Criss hopes to grow Elsie Fest over the next few years, turning it into a two-day event with art, food and cultural offerings. It may move around the city from year to year as it grows.
“It’s about an experience to me. Like any festival. It’s not just the concert,” said Criss. “We’re really working on building that out as much as possible to make it a full-on experience and not just a series of concerts.”
Criss, who has been on Broadway in “Hedwig and the Angry Inch” and “How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying,” said he’s been tapping his talented friends to join the movement.
Darren Criss arrives at WE Day California at the Forum in Inglewood, Calif. Criss will participate in the second annual Elsie Fest, a one-day outdoor music festival celebrating theater stars, set for Sept. 5. (AP-Yonhap)
Last year, he managed to get Leslie Odom Jr. to rush from a performance of “Hamilton” to appear on the Elsie stage, and this year lured Burgess to Coney Island when both were starring in a concert version of “The Little Mermaid” at the Hollywood Bowl.
“Asking talented friends to do anything is a really humbling experience,” said Criss. “No matter how nice people are about it, I just always feel so slimy about it. Having last year under my belt made me more confident.”
A year ago, Criss was running around so much at the event trying to make sure everything was going smoothly that he barely had time to focus on what he’d be singing. This year, he’s going to focus on his favorite stage songs.
“I’m a fan of a lot of stuff that I’ll never be cast in, so I’m definitely going to embrace some of those songs in my set,” he said. “That’s my shot, an opportunity to perform songs I’d never get the opportunity to do otherwise.” (AP)
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Robert Motherwell’s ‘Elegy’ series to be shown in Seoul
By Shim Woo-hyun
Published : Mar 3, 2019 - 17:52
Updated : Mar 3, 2019 - 17:52
Barakat Contemporary, Seoul-based Barakat Gallery’s modern and contemporary art venue, is introducing works by artist Robert Motherwell.
The exhibition kicking off Wednesday will feature 23 artworks that Motherwell produced between 1958 and 1985, including those from his iconic painting series “Elegy to the Spanish Republic,” largely characterized by ovoids and vertical beams.
“Elegy to the Spanish Republic No. 110C” (1968) by Robert Motherwell (Barakat Seoul)
“Elegy to the Spanish Republic No. 130” (1974-1975) by Robert Motherwell is on view at Barakat Contemporary in Seoul. (Barakat Seoul)
Works on display include Motherwell’s “Elegy to the Spanish Republic No. 130” (1974-1975) and “A View No. 1” (1958), which was previously shown at many prestigious galleries and museums, such as the Museum of Modern Art, New York and Whitechapel Art Gallery, London.
The Barakat show is the first solo exhibition of the master of abstract expressionism, whose works are not often seen in Asia, as the artist is relatively underrated compared to his peers, according to the gallery.
Hara Museum of Contemporary Art and The Hakone Open-Air Museum in Japan are the only public art institutions in Asia that hold Motherwell’s works, the gallery added.
“Motherwell was an artist with many talents. He was not only a painter but also a leading intellectual. His overarching presence in many fields, perhaps, could have overshadowed his talent as an artist,” said Yoo Jin-sang, a professor at Kaywon University of Art and Design.
Born in 1915, Motherwell is a seminal abstract expressionist artist, who made great contributions to the New York art scene starting in the 1940s.
The artist first moved to New York City to pursue his graduate studies with Meyer Schapiro. Through Schapiro and others, Motherwell met a group of Surrealist artists in exile in New York during World War II, among them Kurt Seligmann, Marcel Duchamp, Max Ernst, Roberto Matta and Andre Breton.
The artist was one of the promising young artists encouraged by Peggy Guggenheim, along with Pollock and Mark Rothko. In 1943, Motherwell, together with Adolph Gottlieb, Rothko and Ad Reinhardt, held an exhibition at Guggenheim’s Art of This Century Gallery in New York. The following year Motherwell held a solo exhibition at the same venue.
Motherwell was also a leading spokesman of the New York School -- a term he coined for the association of a number of artists based in New York City between the 1940s and 1950s, such as Pollock, Rothko and Willem de Kooning.
Starting in 1945, Motherwell became a faculty member of Black Mountain College, where he taught artist Robert Rauschenberg and Cy Twombly.
In the meantime, the artist started to develop the scheme for his best-known painting series “Elegy to the Spanish Republic” -- shown in a 1948 ink illustration the artist made for Harold Rosenberg’s poem “A Bird for Every Bird.”
Though the “Elegy” series started as a tribute to the short-lived republic that saw its demise in the Spanish Civil War, the paintings were more of the artist’s personal statements, the gallery explained.
“Painting is a medium in which the mind can actualize itself,” Yoo said, quoting Motherwell, as he explained “automatism,” Motherwell’s painting technique.
There are more than 200 “Elegy” paintings. “Mourning Elegy,” the last work in the series, was completed a few months before his death in 1991.
By Shim Woo-hyun (ws@heraldcorp.com)
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Accident Injures Two
KSCB News - August 2, 2010 12:00 am
On Monday, August 2, 2010 at about 9:26 a.m., emergency responders were dispatched to an injury accident at the 200 block of South Country Estates. Responding units discovered that a minivan and semi tractor trailer had a head on collision.
Investigating officers found that a green 1999 Dodge Caravan was traveling south on Country Estates and crossed into the northbound lane. A 1994 Freightliner was northbound on Country Estates. A witness reported the minivan was attempting to pass another southbound vehicle at the time of the accident.
The driver of the minivan, a 23 year old male, was transported to Southwest Medical Center by EMS in serious condition. He was later flown to Wichita for further care. The driver of the semi, a 64 year old male, was transported to Southwest Medical Center with minor injuries.
The accident is still under investigation. Charges concerning any violations will be forthcoming.
Traffic was diverted around the area for about three hours. The road is now open to traffic.
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Year : 2018 | Volume : 2 | Issue : 3 | Page : 124
Midterm assessment of the every newborn action plan: A lot needs to be done
Saurabh RamBihariLal Shrivastava1, Prateek Saurabh Shrivastava2
1 Department of Community Medicine, Member of the Medical Education Unit and Medical Research Unit, Shri Sathya Sai Medical College and Research Institute, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
2 Department of Community Medicine, Shri Sathya Sai Medical College and Research Institute, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Date of Web Publication 4-Oct-2018
Prateek Saurabh Shrivastava
3rd Floor, Department of Community Medicine, Shri Sathya Sai Medical College and Research Institute, Ammapettai Village, Thiruporur-Guduvanchery Main Road, Sembakkam Post, Kancheepuram - 603 108, Tamil Nadu
DOI: 10.4103/LJMS.LJMS_33_18
Shrivastava SR, Shrivastava PS. Midterm assessment of the every newborn action plan: A lot needs to be done. Libyan J Med Sci 2018;2:124
Shrivastava SR, Shrivastava PS. Midterm assessment of the every newborn action plan: A lot needs to be done. Libyan J Med Sci [serial online] 2018 [cited 2019 Jul 17];2:124. Available from: http://www.ljmsonline.com/text.asp?2018/2/3/124/242730
Maintenance of optimal newborn health plays a crucial role in the attainment of the Sustainable Development Goals.[1] The available estimates pertaining to the newborn deaths clearly indicate the importance of the first few hours, days and weeks in the lives of humans, as evidenced by the deaths of 1 million and 2.6 million children on their first day and first 4 weeks of their lives, respectively.[1] Further, it has been estimated that close to 50% of all the reported deaths among children within the age-group of 0-5 years, actually happen within the first 4 weeks.[2]
In addition, to understand the graveness of the problem, it has been found that almost 75% of all newborn deaths occur due to three preventable and manageable conditions, namely prematurity complications, incidents during childbirth, and neonatal infections.[2] Acknowledging the fact that almost all stillbirths and newborn deaths are preventable, there is an immense need to ensure the provision of quality assured care during childbirth, especially in low-resource settings.[1],[2],[3] It is vital to understand that the 1st month of life is the foundation stone for a better long-term health and development and a healthier and prosperous community.[2] Moreover, efforts have been taken to improve the quality of care worldwide, which is a critical element to facilitate newborn and child survival.[1] This has been done through the training of the health staff, supply of medical equipment and medications, and strengthening of the existing infrastructure.[1] It is not a hidden secret that settings with poor quality of care, the demand for the same decreases and hence pregnant women prefers to get delivered at home instead of the health facilities.[2] In fact, some of the nations have together started a network in 2017 to improve the quality, maintain equity and dignity in health care, and to promote the exchange of good practices between different nations.[1],[2] This network predominantly targets women from vulnerable sections of the community and at the same time is building up evidence for other nations with high rates of newborn deaths.[2]
Maintenance of optimal newborn health plays a crucial role in the attainment of the sustainable development goals.[1] The available estimates pertaining to the newborn deaths clearly indicate the importance of the first few hours, days, and weeks in the lives of humans, as evidenced by the deaths of 1 million and 2.6 million children on their 1st day and first 4 weeks of their lives, respectively.[1] Further, it has been estimated that close to 50% of all the reported deaths among children within the age group of 0–5 years, actually happen within the first 4 weeks.[2] Realizing the magnitude of the problem and its impact on multiple dimensions, it was decided to implement measures at the national level to reduce the number of newborn deaths.[1],[2] Thus, the member states of the United Nations initiated the every newborn action plan (ENAP), which lays down the path to bring about an end to the avertable newborn deaths, by means of accomplishing a set of targets by 2020.[2] The midterm analysis of the plan across the high-burden nations indicates a positive movement of the nations toward the set targets, with implementation of national plans, conduction of training sessions for health-care workers, and intensification of efforts to have an improved understanding about the underlying reasons for the newborn deaths.[2] On the similar lines, actions have been taken to improve data collection, as without that the existing gaps cannot be identified, and thus required steps cannot be taken to bridge the gap.[1] Even though gains have been observed, still a lot needs to be done, and there is a great need for collaborative efforts between all the stakeholders, including the individual mother and their families.[1] In addition, there is a need that financial assistance should be given to the developing nations by the donor agencies to sustain the gains achieved and continue the good work.[1],[2]
There is an indispensable need to reduce the number of stillbirths and newborn deaths as almost all of them are preventable. The ENAP remains a good tool for the policymakers to move forward and accomplish the set targets.
Costello A, Peterson SS. Commitment and Action – For Every Newborn; 2017. Available from: http://www.who.int/mediacentre/commentaries/commitment-every-newborn/en/. [Last accessed on 2018 Jul 05].
World Health Organization. Reaching the Every Newborn National 2020 Milestones: Country Progress, Plans and Moving Forward. Geneva: WHO Press; 2017. p. 1-13.
Shrivastava SR, Shrivastava PS, Ramasamy J. Fostering the practice of rooming-in in newborn care. J Health Sci 2013;3:177-8.
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The threat next door
Alleged attack by group-home resident has Chelmsford neighbors worried
By Rita Savard, rsavard@lowellsun.com
CHELMSFORD -- A quiet neighborhood remains on edge after a pregnant woman was allegedly attacked by a mentally disabled resident from a nearby state group home.
Amy and James Hillman were sitting in their living room with their 3-year-old daughter on Mother's Day when 29-year-old Tholda Chhom walked out of the neighboring group home at 5 Gary Road and showed up at their front door.
"I heard his voice and I could feel the blood just rush through my body," said Amy. "He wasn't supposed to be there."
Within "the blink of an eye," Chhom burst through the screen door and jumped on top of Amy, who, at eight months pregnant, was watching TV on the couch with her young daughter, according to police. Chhom tore Amy's shirt off, police said.
James sprang into action, tackling Chhom and pulling him off Amy. The two men ended up in the front yard, where Chhom continued to charge at James, according to neighbors who witnessed the fight. Chhom ran back inside the group home right before police arrived.
"He was unbelievably strong," James said. "I don't know what his motive was, but I really don't blame him. He's supposed to be under 24-hour supervision."
Based on communication with state health workers, the Hillmans and others believe Chhom may be returning to his Gary Road residence. That has them fearing for their safety and worried about a system that places potentially violent people in their neighborhood without warning.
Chhom has been charged with assault and battery and attempted rape. He's being held at a more secure state facility, but officials did not specify which one.
"What are the safeguards in place for not only the taxpaying residents, but also the group-home members?" James asked.
Since the Hillmans moved into 7 Gary Road in June 2009, they knew about the house next door.
The couple said they did their homework on the group home before purchasing their house, asking neighbors, the town and even staff members at 5 Gary Road to find out what type of people resided there.
"We were told there were three mentally disabled people living there and that none had, or ever would have, violent tendencies," James said.
The Department of Developmental Services oversees the 5 Gary Road home, which is under the direction of Northeast Residential Services. Scott Kluge, director of Northeast Residential Services, did not return phone calls or an email seeking comment.
DDS services 312 state-operated homes and 2,385 "24/7" provider-operated homes, according to Jennifer Kritz, spokeswoman for the state Department of Public Health.
Most community-based group homes are located in residential neighborhoods. Under federal law, individuals with disabilities have the right to be free from discrimination and live with others in communities.
When asked if someone with a history of violent behavior would be allowed to live in a community-based group home, Kritz said, "if an individual has a history of behavioral challenges, we provide appropriate services and supports."
Often, allegations filed against a program or a client are not public record because it would violate health-privacy laws.
Town Manager Paul Cohen said the town has no problem with the group home, but officials do not want to see Chhom return, for the public's safety. Cohen said the town sent a formal letter to the state asking for support.
"They've been noncommittal," Cohen said. "If he were to be returned, the police department, as well as the neighbors, would be notified. But we don't feel that would be sufficient because of the (attack) and we think it's a reasonable request."
In an email to a concerned neighbor, Kluge said actions were being taken to "make sure nothing like this ever happens again."
But the Hillmans, who have put up a for-sale sign on their property since the attack, no longer feel safe on Gary Road.
"Even if he doesn't come back, who would take his place?" James asked. "Their guidelines for operation are unclear."
When Chhom walked out of the house at 9 a.m. on Sunday, May 8, the two caretakers at the house said they didn't even notice he was missing, according to police reports.
Kritz said DDS regulations require each individual's needs be met through adequately trained staff and, if necessary, behavior plans.
A few weeks after moving into the house, the Hillmans said, Chhom would consistently hang out the window of the group home and yell at their family, friends and passers-by.
"It was all day long," James said. "It seemed he never left his room, which can't be good for him either, being locked up all the time like that."
The Hillmans said they approached staff members at least three times to ask them to do something about the constant yelling, but nothing changed.
A few weeks before the attack, they decided to put up a stockade fence for privacy.
They have since installed an alarm system in their home, but Amy, whose baby is due the first week in July, hasn't been able to sleep. They were told that Chhom could return, since state health-care workers have described the attack as an isolated incident.
Pamela Turnbull, who lives at 8 Gary Road and witnessed James wrestling with Chhom, said she's never experienced any problems with residents at the home, but doesn't feel a person with violent tendencies should be allowed back.
"It's about feeling secure in your neighborhood," she said. "What would prevent him from doing that again?"
Janet Bean, of 10 Gary Road, agreed.
"I've lived here for over 40 years without incident," she said. "Now we lock our doors when we're home. No one should have to worry about someone dangerous living next door."
Chhom is due back in Lowell District Court on June 24. The Hillmans are still moving from their Gary Road home, but they hope Chhom is ultimately placed in a more secure facility.
"It's for his safety, too," James said. "You can't just put someone like that in a kid-friendly neighborhood and hope for the best."
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St Edmund's College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge in England. It is the second-oldest of the four Cambridge colleges oriented to mature students, which only accept students reading for either masters or doctorate degrees, or undergraduate degrees if they are aged 21 or older.
Named after St Edmund of Abingdon (1175–1240), who was the first known Oxford Master of Arts and the Archbishop of Canterbury from 1234 to 1240, the college has traditionally Catholic roots. Its founders were Henry Fitzalan Howard, the 15th Duke of Norfolk, then the most prominent Catholic in England, and Baron Anatole von Hügel, the first Catholic to take a Cambridge degree since the revolution of 1688.[3] In recognition of this Catholic connection, the College Visitor is the Archbishop of Westminster (at present Cardinal Vincent Nichols).[4]
The college is located on Mount Pleasant, northwest of the centre of Cambridge, beside Lucy Cavendish College, Murray Edwards College and Fitzwilliam College. Its campus consists of a garden setting on the edge of what was Roman Cambridge, with housing for over 350 students.
Members of St Edmund's include the former Archbishop of Amagh, Eamon Martin, cosmologist and Big Bang theorist Georges Lemaître, the Bishop of Menevia, John Petit, and the Leader of the House of Commons, Norman St John-Stevas, Lord St John of Fawsley. Historically, St Edmund's was also the residential college of the university's first Catholic students in two hundred years - most of whom were studying for the Priesthood - after the lifting of the papal prohibition on attendance at the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge in 1895 at the urging of a delegation to Pope Leo XIII led by Baron von Hügel.[5]
1 History and buildings
1.1 Founding
1.2 Development
1.3 Expansion
4 People associated with St Edmund's College, Cambridge
4.1 Alumni
4.2 Fellows
4.3 List of Masters of St Edmund's College
History and buildings[edit]
Founding[edit]
St Edmund's House was founded in 1896 by Henry Fitzalan Howard, the 15th Duke of Norfolk, and Baron Anatole von Hügel as an institution providing board and lodging for Roman Catholic students at the University of Cambridge. After Catholic Emancipation, in particular after the Universities Tests Act 1871, students who were Roman Catholics were finally admitted as members of the university. In its early days the college functioned predominantly as a lodging house, or residential hall of residence, for students who were matriculated at other colleges. Most of the students, at that time, were ordained Catholic priests who were reading various subjects offered by the university. The college was established in the buildings of Ayerst Hostel, which had been set up for non-collegiate students by the Reverend William Ayerst in 1884, and its founding master for Fr Edmund Nolan, then Vice-Rector of St Edmund's College Ware.[6] In 1896 Ayerst Hostel had to close due to lack of funds, and the property was transferred to the Catholic Church.[7]
Attempts to make St Edmund's House into a fully-fledged constituent college were made at various times after foundation, but were met by continuing hostility by the predominantly Protestant body of Cambridge MAs, graduates of the university who had the right to vote in the Senate House. Due to Cambridge's largely Anglican student body, large numbers of MAs scuppered any attempt to grant St Edmund's House full collegiate status as they viewed it as a "papist" institution.[8]
Despite the initial pushback, the college continued its development, and the chapel was officially consecrated in 1916 by Cardinal Francis Bourne, Archbishop of Wesminster.[9] A new dining hall was constructed in 1939 and the membership of the college increased steadily as it became a recognized House of Residence of the university, just below official college status.
Development[edit]
In response to growing postgraduate student numbers in the early 1960s, the Regent House of the university established several colleges primarily for postgraduate students, and St Edmund's House became one of the graduate colleges in the university (the others being Wolfson College, Lucy Cavendish College, Hughes Hall, Clare Hall and Darwin College). This spurred further progress regarding St Edmund's status within the university, and in 1965, the college was permitted to matriculate its own students and new fellows were elected. In 1975 St Edmund's acquired the status of an "Approved Foundation", and after the transfer of the college assets from the Catholic Church to the Masters and Fellows of the college in 1986, the college changed its name from "St Edmund's House" to "St Edmund's College" and received full collegiate status;[10] St Edmund's was also granted its Royal Charter in 1996.[11] The college now accepts students of all faiths and none; the Catholic character of the foundation is, however, still reflected in the chapel, which is unique among colleges of the universities of Cambridge and Oxford in following the Roman Catholic tradition.
Expansion[edit]
In 2000, a new residential building housing 50 students was opened, named after Richard Laws, one of the former masters. In 2006, two new residential buildings, including rooms for 70 students as well as apartments for couples, were opened; these were named after the former master of the college, Sir Brian Heap, and the former vice-master, Geoffrey Cook.
In 2016, major plans were announced for the development of two new courts and several buildings which will expand the college and provide modern, world class facilities for the scholars and students of St Edmunds College. While contemporary, the buildings external features and material will be in the traditional architectural vernacular that is found elsewhere in the college. Large brick buildings with close detail will form the perimeter of the two new courts and a new multi-million pound student centre will frame the west side of the college. The expansion plans were approved by Cambridge city councillors in June 2017.[12][circular reference]
Academic profile[edit]
St Edmund's is one of the most international colleges of the university, with students from over 70 countries (2008-2009 academic year). The full spectrum of academic subjects is represented in the college. The fellowship of the college (academic staff) represents many academic disciplines, spread across arts, humanities, social sciences, natural sciences, medicine, and veterinary medicine.
The college has two research institutes: the Von Hügel Institute founded in 1987 to carry out research on Catholic Social Teaching; and the Faraday Institute which explores the relationship between religion and science. The Von Hügel Institute is another link with the Roman Catholic origins of the college.
The overall examination results of the college's comparatively few undergraduates tend to be in the middle among the Cambridge colleges, with St Edmund's ranking 21st on the Tompkins table in 2018.[13]
St Edmunds College, Dining Hall
Student life[edit]
The college is younger than some of the older, more traditional colleges of the university. Despite this St Edmunds maintains many ancient Cambridge traditions including formal hall, albeit with some college modifications. Fellows at most Cambridge and Oxford colleges dine at a "high table" (separately from the students), however St Edmund's has no such division, allowing undergraduates, postgraduates and Fellows mix over dinner and other social activities. St Edmund's students are still strictly required to wear their academic gowns during formal halls, ceremonies, and college occasions. The St Edmund's gown is fashioned from distinctive black cloth with close detailing around the neck and sleeves. The robe may only be worn by members of St Edmund's College, Cambridge
The college has a long sporting tradition, including the St Edmund's College Boat Club. In recent years members have competed in varsity teams representing Cambridge University against Oxford University in a wide variety of sports, most notably, at The Boat Race and The Varsity Match.
On 15 September 2017, a team of four rowers from the college broke the World record for the ‘Longest Continual Row’ in the male 20-29 small team category by over an hour.[14] The following year, on 13 April 2018, a team of ten rowers from the college went on to set the British and World record for "One Million Meters" on the indoor rowing machine in the male 20-29 large team category.[15][16]
People associated with St Edmund's College, Cambridge[edit]
Further information: Category:Alumni of St Edmund's College, Cambridge; Category:Fellows of St Edmund's College, Cambridge; and Category:Masters of St Edmund's College, Cambridge
Mary McAleese
Martin Evans
Joaquín Almunia
Norman St John-Stevas
Alumni[edit]
Edward Acton, Vice-Chancellor of the University of East Anglia, historian and great-grandson of Lord Acton
Joaquín Almunia, Spanish politician and member of the European Commission responsible for Economic and Monetary Affairs
William T. Cavanaugh, director of the Center for World Catholicism and Intercultural Theology, and professor of Catholic studies at DePaul University
Chito Gascon, Chair of the Human Rights Commission of the Philippines
Alex Hughes, Archdeacon of Cambridge
Hilary Lofting, Australian novelist, travel writer, journalist and editor. Eldest brother of Hugh Lofting (author of The Story of Doctor Dolittle).
Louise Lombard, English actress[17]
Eamon Martin, Archbishop of Armagh and the Primate of Ireland
Alexander Masters, author, screenwriter, and worker with the homeless. Masters was portrayed by Benedict Cumberbatch in Stuart: A Life Backwards.
Anna Mendelssohn, British writer, poet, and political activist
Robert Noel, Officer of Arms (Herald) at the College of Arms
Norman St John-Stevas, Baron St John of Fawsley, legal scholar, former master of Emmanuel College, and Leader of the House of Commons under Margaret Thatcher was a resident at St Edmund's House for his undergraduate studies in late 1940s and early 1950s. During his time he was the president of the Union Society.
Fellows[edit]
Francis Campbell, former UK Ambassador to the Holy See was elected an Honorary Fellow in 2013
Sir Martin Evans, Laureate of the 2007 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, formerly Fellow of the College and is an Honorary Fellow
Sir Brian Heap CBE FRS is a biologist who was the master of the college from 1996 until 2004. He was elected a fellow of the Royal Society in 1989 and held the post vice-president and foreign secretary from 1996 to 2001.
Stephen Jolly, Director, Saatchi Institute,[18] formerly a senior UK Defence official and Chairman of Whitehall's National Security Communications Committee, is a Fellow Commoner
Georges Lemaître, cosmologist and Big Bang theorist, was a visiting academic at the college in 1923–24, while collaborating with Sir Arthur Eddington
Mary McAleese, former President of Ireland, was elected an honorary fellow in 2012 and is patron of the college's Von Hugel Institute
Simon Mitton, astronomer and author. Elected member of the Council of the Royal Astronomical Society.
Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, the Chancellor Emeritus of Cambridge University, is an Honorary Fellow. He officially opened three new college buildings on 8 October 2007.
Amartya Sen, laureate of the 1998 Nobel Prize in Economics, is an Honorary Fellow
Peter Smith, Metropolitan Archbishop of Southwark (London) is an Honorary Fellow
List of Masters of St Edmund's College[edit]
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1985–1996: Richard Laws
1996–2004: Brian Heap
2004–2014: Paul Luzio
2014–2019: Matthew Bullock
2019- Catherine Arnold
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^ Master's Development Fund - The Future of Our College. http://www.st-edmunds.cam.ac.uk/sites/www.st-edmunds.cam.ac.uk/files/The%20Future%20of%20College.compressed.pdf: St Edmund's College Cambridge. 2016. p. 16.
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Finding the family she didn't know she lost
Marion Blane discovers her birth mother, brothers, at 54
Posted Thursday, March 21, 2019 12:33 pm
Marion Blane’s Daughters Shelby, far left, and Jaclyn, far right, joined Blane, second from left, when she first met her birth mother, Sharyn Friedman. “They both just kept smiling,” Jaclyn recalled.
Courtesy Marion Blane
Blane with her newfound brothers, Marc, left, and Christopher Cosa.
By Erik Hawkins
Marion Blane, of Bellmore, grew up as an only child. She described her childhood as “golden,” spending 24 hours a day, seven days a week with her parents. As a youngster, she helped them run a cosmetics business in Levittown, and continued doing so for more than 30 years. And, she said, she never once sensed anything amiss in her relationship with her parents — until she became pregnant at 20.
“I saw right away that there was no camaraderie with my mother — and we spoke about everything,” Blane, now 54, said.
She was surprised to find no sense of shared experience; her mother had no wisdom to impart on making it through the pregnancy. “There was just something off . . . She never gave me any details of her pregnancy,” Blane said.
That was Blane’s first child; she would have two more over the next 17 years. Her mother died when Blane was 37, living with her husband and running her own business. Her father sat her down then and told her something her mother concealed for years: She was adopted. She had a mother and two brothers, somewhere.
“My father had wanted to tell me all those years,” Blane said. “He wanted me to meet my parents. He said he had a feeling my dad wasn’t living, but, ‘Your mother’s still alive.’”
Blane recalled her father telling her, while she was still reeling, “Go look for her.”
It was a yearslong project, marked with some uncertainty, Blane said. Her father told her that her mother lived in Coney Island, where she had Blane on Feb. 13, 1964, unmarried and unready to be a parent. Blane went to the New York City Public Library to pore over birth records with her friend Linda Greenberg. She found her birth, and her birth name — Madeleine Friedman.
“I was toying with the idea — Do I even want to meet these people?” Blane said. “I had a name, but what was I going to do with that?”
She later hired a private investigator, who turned up nothing. For years, however, Greenberg needled Blane — until last October, when she gave her friend the number of Pamela Slaton, an investigative genealogist Greenberg saw on the TV show “20/20.”
“I made the initial call for her,” Greenberg said last week. “I was happy to — she had a mother!”
Slaton found Blane’s mother in two days, living in Delray, Fla. Blane asked for more information, and was indignant at first when Slaton told her she needed to wire her payment first.
“I said, ‘Well, this is a scam,’ but I wired her the money,” Blane said. “That was Saturday. On Monday morning, she sent me the email with my mother’s picture, and she looked just like me.”
Blane now had the phone number for her birth mother, Sharyn Friedman. The Tuesday night before Thanksgiving, she sat in a parking lot, feeling as if on a precipice.
“I was nervous, but I knew I was going to do this,” Blane said. Slaton “told me what to say.”
Blane followed her script, and told her mother, “It’s come to my attention that we’re related.”
Friedmanstarted to cry, and put Blane on hold. “I counted nine minutes,” Blane said. “I said, ‘She’s never coming back to the phone.’”
Her mother did pick back up, though, asking Blane when she was born. When Blane told her Feb. 13, 1964, Friedman became hysterical. “She said, ‘I don’t believe this — I promised them I would never look for you and I would never interrupt your life,’” Blane recalled.
Friedman, 75, was “nervous and upset,” but Blane quelled her panic, and told her she could call her back when she was ready.
Thanksgiving morning, Friedman texted. Then the mother and daughter spoke at length as family surrounded Blane.
“She said, ‘I wanna meet you. You have two brothers, who are really your brothers,’” Blane said.
Soon she spoke with both of her brothers, Marc and Christopher Cosa, who lived in New York and were a few years younger than Blane. After looking at their Facebook photos, Blane saw “duplicates of me.”
Blane and her husband drove to the Rockaways shortly afterward, where her brothers had flown Friedman up for the meeting. First cousins and uncles she didn’t know she had greeted her. They all had the same thing to say to Blane.
“They all said, ‘You just made this lady so happy,’” Blane recalled.
Now, Blane has made several trips to Delray to visit her mother — she’s headed there again in one week. “I can’t stay away now,” she said.
She speaks on the phone twice a day with her brothers, who call her at 8:40 a.m. when she’s headed to work, and when she comes home. “They’re going to call me soon, actually, and ask, ‘Were you working late? We didn’t hear from you,’” Blane said Monday.
The past four months have been marked by a “totally complete feeling,” Blane said. She picked up a relationship with her mother and brothers as if they had grown up together.
“It’s like . . . beyond,” she said, laughing. “I need nothing else in my life — nothing. This is it. I guess I felt all those years after my father told me, definitely incomplete, because it’s like you don’t know anything. I really just wanted a picture. I didn’t want a meet-and-greet, but Linda made me do it.”
Greenberg said she was thrilled to have played a part. Ever since Blane’s father told her the truth, she had pushed for her to track down her family. “Her adopted parents were wonderful . . . but her mother and these brothers were biological,” she said.
Blane’s husband, Gary, and three adult children, she said, weren’t as excited as she was, but have taken her new chapter in stride. “It’s a lot to process for them,” she said.
Blane’s daughter Jaclyn, 29, said on Monday that she was happy to see her mother’s curiosity satisfied — as well as some of her own.
“I grew up being my mom’s twin,” she said. “So we always wondered, did she look like her mom?”
“It was such a crazy feeling for all of us — it was awesome,” Jaclyn continued. “They both just kept smiling. Their mannerisms are very similar. I hope one day my kid looks like me that way.”
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Home Hot Lens Olympus Preview Olympus New M.Zuiko Digital ED 40-150mm f/2.8 Coming Early 2014
Olympus New M.Zuiko Digital ED 40-150mm f/2.8 Coming Early 2014
9/23/2013 Hot, Lens, Olympus, Preview
Olympus has recently showed off a prototype of new professional grade lens with 40-150mm focal length and f.2.8 constant aperture. If priced reasonably, this lens will most likely be a big seller for professional photographers downsizing to MFT or wanting to buy into a second set of portable gear.
The new lens was briefly mentioned in the E-M1 press release:
"The M.ZUIKO Digital ED 40-150mm F2.8 PRO (80–300mm, 35mm equivalent) also joins the new M.ZUIKO PRO lens category. This lens is currently under development, with a planned release in the latter half of 2014. It will be a telephoto zoom lens with a bright constant f2.8 aperture and will feature a dustproof and splashproof construction rugged enough for professional use."
The Japanese website DC.Watch reported that Olympus has merged their Micro Four Thirds and Four Thirds lines and in the future will focus only on Micro Four Thirds products. The E-5 camera (marked as discontinued) and current Four Thirds lenses will still be sold in retailers (Google translation):
"With the launch of E-M1, Olympus to integrate the system of Micro Four Thirds and Four Thirds the company has had so far. Future, development of new interchangeable lens type digital camera focus on Micro Four Thirds compatible products. New products of Four Thirds, I have "no plans body, with lens" and (the company). It should be noted that I will continue the time being sold ZUIKO DIGITAL lens and the current E-5 of (Four Thirds lens support)."
No further details have been released by Olympus on this lens, so stay tuned for more updates!
Olympus New M.Zuiko Digital ED 40-150mm f/2.8 Coming Early 2014 Reviewed by Blogs on 9/23/2013 Rating: 5
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Aldhelm's Last Journey
Malmesbury's favourite Saint is undoubtedly Aldhelm, best known in a splendidly anachronistic portrait in Malmesbury Abbey (which he founded), showing a plan of it as it appeared not less than 600 years after he died.
Which just goes to show that we should take, with a pinch of salt, most of what we are told about him.
His last journey, for example.
William of Malmesbury (where would we be without him?), writing 400 years later, tells us that when Aldhelm died in Doulting on 23rd May 709, in accordance with his wishes his body was brought to Malmesbury for burial. The cortège rested every seven miles and, ultimately, a stone cross was raised to mark these holy spots. The crosses were still there in William's time and were sites of veneration and healing.
Sadly, William does not tell us where they were (except the one at Malmesbury Abbey itself). Why should he? Everybody knew, and besides, he was writing a History, not a Gazetteer.
So all we know, with reasonable certainty, is that the journey started at Doulting and ended at Malmesbury.
The seven-mile interval need not be taken too literally. The monks were not carrying measuring chains and seven is a magic number with a resonance denied to, say, six and a half or eight and three quarters.
Both Doulting and Malmesbury lie close to the Foss Way which would still have been a well-marked track three hundred years after the Romans' departure, and near Malmesbury, there are two likely locations:
On the Foss Way and roughly seven miles from Malmesbury, is the site of a vanished chapel at a cross roads called The Elm and the Ash. A ruin was still there in Aubrey's time in the 17thC. He believed it to be an ancient, holy site but offered nothing more specific.
This site is not near any settlement, ancient or existing, that does not have its own place of worship. That makes it a strong contender as a pilgrim chapel and therefore a contender as the site of the penultimate Aldhem cross.
Seven or so miles further south is the “Shoe” where the Fosse Way crosses the modern A420 and just a few hundred metres from there, in Upper Wraxall, there is a substantial cross-base, made from massive sandstone slabs, quite undatable but reputed to be the remains of an Aldhem Cross. No signs of a shaft or head but in Colerne church, not far away are fragments of a 9thC cross-shaft, which Pevsner describes as amongst the best in the West Country.
That gives two likely sites for Aldhelm crosses as the route nears Malmesbury.
There is no evidence or tradition to link Aldhelm to the Foss Way any further south, but starting from Doulting there is a very strong argument for Frome and Bradford as the first two stops.
Frome town is generally believed to have been created by Aldhelm c685 at an important river crossing as a rest-stop between Malmesbury and Sherborne. The actual site of the original Abbey is unfortunately lost but we may reasonably assume that there was a substantial community of monks there in 709. The first instinct of Aldhelm's retinue would therefore likely be to take his remains there, not least to help with the heavy lifting.
From Frome, the next logical destination is Bradford-on-Avon (Just under 10 miles so there may be an intermediate stop?) While the Saxon St Laurence's Chapel there is later than Aldhelm's time, there's a decent case to believe it replaced an earlier, wooden structure.
But what happened between Bradford-on-Avon and Colerne? Corsham has a tenuous claim., based on which,the founders of their non-conformist chapels on the 18th and 19th centuries chose St Aldhelm as their Patron. The search for plausible legends continues and may lead to more clues in future.
What was the context of this journey? The turn of the 8th century was a time of comparative peace in the area, under the rule of King Ine of the West Saxons. The great battles of Deorham (Dyrham), 577, and Bradford on Avon, 652, were comfortably in the past and the Vikings were still a century in the future. So as long as due care was taken, travellers could maintain a leisurely pace.
According to William of Malmesbury, Aldhelm's cortège was organised by Ecgwine, Bishop of Worcester, who had learned of Aldhelm's death in a vision and accordingly hurried to Doulting (Ecgwine's biographer, Dominic of Evesham, was rather prone to flights of fancy).
But why was Aldhelm in Doulting, which is not on the route from Frome to Sherborne? At Frome, an important river crossing pre-dates the town itself and the ancient trackway to Wells and Glastonbury heads west from there. The original church at Wells was built in 705 by King Ine, probably at Aldhelm's suggestion and although the Abbey of Glastonbury was already ancient in Aldhelm's time, Ine, again urged by Aldhelm, built a stone minster there. The monastic foundation at Doulting was served by Glastonbury monks.
Aldhelm was a great traveller in his lifetime so it is fitting that his funeral included a favourite journey, probably taking in as many significant locations as possible. While we are unlikely ever to trace the exact route, there is plenty to fascinate historians and pilgrims along the way.
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Job Posting: Western Michigan. AOS: Ethics or History of Philosophy.
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WMU seeks applications for a tenure-track assistant professor appointment in the Department of Philosophy with a start date of Fall 2018, pending budgetary approval. AOS: Ethics or History of Philosophy. AOC: Open. We will give higher priority to the overall promise of a candidate’s work than to the specific area of concentration. The successful candidate will be expected to conduct research, teach at the undergraduate and graduate level, and participate in departmental and/or university service. The college is especially interested in qualified candidates who can contribute, through their research, teaching, and/or service, to the diversity and excellence of our academic community. WMU’s Department of Philosophy (www.wmich.edu/philosophy) is broadly analytic in focus, with an undergraduate major and a highly-regarded M.A. program. The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching has placed WMU among the 76 public institutions in the nation designated as research universities with high research activity. Western Michigan University prohibits discrimination or harassment which violates the law or which constitutes inappropriate or unprofessional limitation of employment opportunity, University facility access, or participation in University activities, on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, disability, protected veteran status, height, weight, or marital status. Applications must go to http://www.wmich.edu/hr/careers-at-wmu.html. Online applications should include a letter of application, curriculum vitae, and writing sample. Transcripts, three letters of recommendation, and, if available, teaching evaluations should be sent directly to: Assistant Professor Search Committee, Department of Philosophy; 3004 Moore Hall, Western Michigan University; Kalamazoo, MI 49008. Questions may be directed by email to tonja.iocca@wmich.edu or by phone to (269) 387-4390. Review of applications will begin immediately and will continue until the position is filled.
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Birth: Dec 2, 1923 in New York City, NY, Unites States
Death: Sep 16, 1977 in Paris, France
Genre: Opera
The fame and legacy of Maria Callas are nearly unsurpassed in the modern history of opera. Her fame has transcended the usual boundaries of classical music, and she has been the inspiration for several movies, an opera, and a successful Broadway musical. Her extensive catalogue of recordings remains among the most coveted and controversial for both her fans and detractors.
Though American by birth, Callas (born Maria Anne Sofia Cecilia Kalogeropoulos) was born of Greek parents, and at age 13 her mother took her back to Greece because of financial difficulties caused by the Great Depression. She studied voice at the Royal Academy of Music in Athens with Spanish coloratura soprano Elvira de Hildago and made rapid progress; she soon sang Santuzza in a student production of Cavalleria rusticana. Her professional debut came at age 16 in a minor role in Suppe's Bocaccio.
While still in Athens during World War II, Callas sang her first Tosca in 1942. In 1945, she returned to the United States and sang several auditions, but nothing came of her visit. Her first appearance in 1947 at Verona as La Gioconda brought her to the attention of Tullio Serafin; Serafin became her musical advisor for many years, acting as her coach and conductor of many of her performances.
The entire world of opera was stunned when, in 1949 - while singing Brunnhilde in Die Walkure at Venice - she agreed to sing Elvira in Bellini's I Puritani, alternating performances during the same week. That same year she traveled to Buenos Aires to sing Turandot and Norma. In 1950, she sang Aida at the Teatro alla Scala, but she did not become a regular member there until 1952. The summer of 1950 took her Mexico City where, in one month, she sang Norma, Aida, Tosca and Il trovatore. During these early years, Callas would sing nearly any role offered including Isolde, Leonore in La forza del destino, Constanza in Mozart's Die Entfuhrung aus dem Serail, and Elena in I vespri siciliani.
As she matured, Callas began to concentrate on a smaller core repertory, including Cherubini's Medea, Bellini's Norma, Puccini's Tosca, Bellini's La Sonnambula, and Donizetti's Anna Bolena. Most of her other roles were heard only in one series of performances. After 1959, she rarely appeared on the opera stage, but she did sing concerts in America and Europe. Her last opera performances were in June 1965, at Paris as Norma. She came out of retirement in 1973 to tour the world with Giuseppe di Stefano in a series of recitals. Although financially rewarding, the tour did nothing to enhance her reputation. In 1971, she gave a series of masterclasses at the Juilliard School of Music in New York which were quite successful. In 1977, she died of a sudden heart attack in her Paris apartment.
Maria Callas was one of the most controversial singers of the twentieth century. She had a wide range from high E to the F below the staff, and an innate feel for the style of bel canto roles, but she was most notable for bringing a commitment and intensity to her dramatic portrayals that was nearly unprecedented at the time. By 1957, her voice developed a wobble which grew worse in the following years. Always a perfectionist, she was very difficult to deal with from a management point of view: she was fired from the Metropolitan Opera in 1958 and she was estranged from Teatro alla Scala for several years. Her vocal decline coincided with the dissolution of her first marriage to Giovanni Meneghini and her affair with Aristotle Onassis.
- Richard LeSueur (All Music Guide)
Maria Callas (real name Kalogeropoulos) was born in New York on the fourth of December 1923. Her parents were Greek emigrants. As a small child Maria acquired an ear for music by listening to gramophone records and radio programmes. Piano and singing lessons followed.
The family at that time was in difficult financial circumstances. Her father was forced to give up his drugstore and found a badly paid job in the pharmaceutical industry. In Greece the standard of living was lower than in the United States and, also because of marriage problems, mother Kalogeropoulos decided to return to Greece with her two daughters. The money Maria's father sent over enabled them to lead a satisfactory life and it could pay for Maria's singing studies at one of the academies of music in Athens. Her tuition under a famous singing master took from morning till night. After several school performances she was offered a part in the Royal Opera in Suppe's Boccaccio. This formed the start of her professional career.
In 1940 Greece became engaged in the Second World War, as a consequence whereof the monthly payments from America stalled. The position Maria had with the Opera brought some compensation, and from time to time she performed for the enemy troops. In 1942 she replaced a soprano at the opera who was taken ill. With this part of Tosca she got her first publicity. In October 1944 Athens was liberated by the British Forces, for whom she worked as an interpreter for some time. Because the situation in Greece deteriorated, caused by the civil war which broke out in December 1944, and because of her bad relationship with her mother, Maria decided to return to her father in New York in September 1945. Life in New York was quite luxurious compared to life in Athens, but immensely difficult for an up-and-coming singer. The United States were over-run by singers from Italy, so competition was heavy. What should have been her debut in Chicago one day was blown off because the company went bankrupt. In the meantime her mother came back to New York, and with her the family problems. So when Maria was offered a contract for La Gioconda in Verona, she jumped at the occasion and went to Italy. The journey there was paid for with borrowed money. In Italy she met with her future husband Meneghini, as well as with her mentor Tullio Serafin and the obtrusive Italian press. Her sensational performance in Wagner's Walkure and two days later in Bellini's I Puritani received worldwide publicity. In Italy from then on she was a star and she received many offers from the gramophone record companies. Her records made her famous and popular the world over.
The press haunted her constantly and invaded her private life; her divorce from Menighini and her affair with Onassis were covered by the press all over the world. Her affair with Onassis was not only tragic to her personally, but also disastrous to her career. She contracted a throat disease which caused her voice to lose quality, but she did not take it seriously. After Onassis' marriage to Jacqueline Kennedy Maria broke down. She made several disappointing attempts to pick up her career, but her life had lost its sense to her. Her death on the 16th of September 1977 brought to an end to the tragic life of this fascinating artist.
www.callas.it/framehome-e.html Official website by Maria Callas. News. Bio. Discography. Tour. Photo. Chronology.
www.callas.it Official website by Maria Callas. News. Bio. Discography. Tour. Photo. Chronology.
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ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Мария_Каллас О исполнителе из 'википедии' [ru]
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_Callas About from 'wapedia.mobi' [mobile]
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Giacomo Puccini - 'Tosca (V De Sabata)' - 1953, EMI Classic
Giacomo Puccini - 'Turandot' - 1959, Витаком, 100 великих опер
Gioachino Rossini - 'Il Barbiere Di Siviglia' - 1958, Витаком, 100 великих опер
Giuseppe Verdi - 'Rigoletto' - 1956, Витаком, 100 великих опер
Giuseppe Di Stefano - 'The Very Best Of Giuseppe Di Stefano' - 2003, EMI
Giuseppe Verdi - 'Macbeth' - 1952, Warner Classics
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Building Codes and Standards
Codes & Standards Information
In Canada, building codes are under the jurisdiction of the provinces and territories, with some chartered municipalities that have the power to mandate their own standards for their building by-laws. These jurisdictions are able to create their own codes, or they can adopt (or adapt) the national model codes, currently the 2015 National Building Code (NBC).
In December 2012, the Federal Government issued an amendment to the 2010 NBC to incorporate energy efficiency standards in housing (Section 9.36), and issued standards for energy efficiency in commercial, industrial, institutional, and large residential buildings [currently the 2015 National Energy Code of Canada for Buildings (NECB)]. For the first time, energy efficiency was introduced to the national model codes.
R (nominal) vs. R (effective) vs. U
Thermal resistance requirements in Canada are under the jurisdiction of the 13 provinces and territories, with a few chartered municipalities that adopt and enforce their own requirements (e.g., the Vancouver Building By-Law 10908). For this reason, there is a lot of variation in the requirements across Canada.
Some jurisdictions express minimum thermal resistance codes using nominal values, others using effective values. The use of nominal values is easier for the insulation industry, since the product packaging is marked with these values and they directly correlate with the amount of insulation required in a building assembly (e.g., above ground walls, roofs).
However, there is a move away from nominal to effective requirements in codes, with effective values representing the total thermal resistance of the whole assembly, not only insulation. Therefore, it is important that the insulation industry and its supply channels learn how to calculate the nominal insulation needed to meet those code requirements that are expressed in effective thermal resistance. There is no single conversion factor, since the effective values account for each feature of the assembly contributing to thermal resistance, and features vary from building structure to building structure.
R (Nominal): Thermal resistance value for insulation
R (Effective): Thermal resistance value of the whole building assembly
U: Thermal transmittance, usually used for total assembly element
Conversion tables have been developed by several government agencies. Two examples are:
The Appendix tables to Section 9.36 in the NBC 2010
The conversion tables issued by Natural Resources Canada to support the EnergyStar program
Using these tables, the conversion from effective to nominal is completed as follows:
define the assembly features and sum up the R values for each of the features outside the cavity;
take that total away from the code requirement to find the difference that must be made up by the insulated cavity;
find the appropriate table for that cavity and look-up the nominal insulation needed in that particular cavity to make up the difference calculated in Step 2 (i.e., look-up the R (nominal) insulation needed to meet code for that assembly).
A note of caution: all code requirements can be expressed in either metric or imperial units. It is customary, but not obligatory, to use the letter R when the value is expressed in imperial units, and to use RSI when the value is expressed in metric units.
R: Imperial unit of measurement for thermal resistance
RSI: Metric unit of measurement for thermal resistance
All of the above applies to the way housing codes are written in Canada. Note that the 2015 National Energy Code for Buildings (NECB) expresses insulation requirements not as minimum thermal resistance (R effective), but as maximum thermal transmittance, designated by the letter U. U is simply the reciprocal of R (effective). It is customary, not obligatory, for U to be expressed in metric units.
Climate Zones and Heating Degree Days
The Canadian climate varies dramatically from the west to the east coast and the North Pole to the southern border, and this large variation can also be seen within many provinces. Many Canadian code bodies have chosen to take these variations into account, and in the case of energy efficiency codes, the thermal resistance requirements depend on the location’s climate. To address this issue, some provincial and territorial building codes set different thermal resistance requirements for different climate zones, which are usually determined by the number of heating degree days (HDD).
HDD are the number of degrees of temperature difference between a base temperature (usually 18°C) and the mean daytime outside temperature on any given day. For example, if the mean temperature for the day is 12°C, 6 HDD (18°C – 12°C = 6 HDD) will be recorded. The total number of HDD over the heating season indicates the relative severity of the winter for a specific location.
The national model codes have divided the country into six climate zones, as follows:
Figure 1 A map of Canada exhibiting the zones as defined by the national codes
The climate zones are under the jurisdiction of the provincial governments, which may vary from those in the national model codes. When Section 9.36 or the 2015 NECB are adopted, the provincial or municipal governments may adopt or adapt the climate zones.
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NetSuite CEO Zach Nelson to present at Morgan Stanley’s 2011 Technology, Media and Telecom Conference
SAN MATEO, Calif.—February 22, 2011—NetSuite Inc. (NYSE: N), the industry's leading provider of cloud-based financials / ERP software suites, today announced that NetSuite CEO Zach Nelson will present at Morgan Stanley's 2011 Technology, Media and Telecom Conference at 2:45 pm PT on Wednesday, March 2, at The Palace Hotel in San Francisco, CA.
An audio webcast of the presentation will be available on NetSuite's Investor Relations website at www.netsuite.co.uk/investors.
About NetSuite
NetSuite Inc. is the industry's leading provider of financials/ERP software suites. NetSuite enables companies to manage core key business operations in a single system, which includes ERP, accounting, customer relationship management (CRM) and Ecommerce. NetSuite's "real-time dashboard" technology provides an easy-to-use view into up-to-date, role-specific business information.
For more information about NetSuite Inc., please visit www.netsuite.co.uk.
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Emma Stone To Appear In Final 'iCarly' Season
MTV Movie Awards nominee and Trailblazer Award recipient will play an 'iCarly' superfan on the Nick show.
Emma Stone will make an appearance on the final season of the hit Nickelodeon show "iCarly."
According to Entertainment Weekly, Stone will play a fan of "iCarly" who Carly and her friends come across while they seek out more mature friends for their pal Spencer. In addition to Stone, talk-show host Jimmy Fallon recently shot a cameo for an upcoming episode.
"iCarly" will wrap its fifth and final season this November. "They've been saying it's going to be the final season for a few seasons, and then we always end up doing more episodes 'cause we love making the show," Carly herself, Miranda Cosgrove, recently told MTV News. "We love doing it, and we have the best time ever, but we didn't want to overstay our welcome because we feel like it's something really special."
Before her appearance on "iCarly," Stone will be at the 2012 MTV Movie Awards where she will receive the MTV Trailblazer Award for her work, which spans all genres. She's also up for Best Female Performance for her rom-com "Crazy, Stupid, Love," Best Kiss for her smooch with co-star Ryan Gosling in the flick, and Best Cast for her work in the critically acclaimed "The Help."
To see what other prizes Emma goes home with, tune into the Sunday's show, hosted by Russell Brand and featuring performances by Fun., the Black Keys, Martin Solveig and Wiz Khalifa. It all goes down live from the Gibson Amphitheatre in Universal City, California, on Sunday at 9 p.m. ET.
Head over to MovieAwards.MTV.com to vote for your favorite flicks now! The 21st annual MTV Movie Awards air live this Sunday, June 3, at 9 p.m. ET.
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Pridemark Construction is located at 421 S Walnut St Muncie, Indiana 47305. Photo by: Mike Rhodes
By: Meagan Fisher—
Muncie, IN—Since opening its doors in 2010, Pridemark Construction has established itself as a leading construction company in Muncie and its surrounding communities. Located in downtown Muncie, Pridemark is a general construction company, specializing in site development and construction management. With a knowledgeable staff and experienced field crews, Pridemark can take on any project—big or small.
One of the core values held by the company is to build the quality of life in the Muncie community. Not only does Pridemark work on locally-based construction projects, but it’s president, Mike Tschuor, makes sure to invest in and support his home town.
Long before opening the doors to Pridemark, Mike worked for a large family-owned construction firm based in Muncie. He has spent his career focused on building projects that his clients, his company, and the community could take great pride in. The company’s home office was located directly in front of the former Muncie Children’s Home, now the Youth Opportunity Center. When Mike was a teenager, his company built the first two cottages. As he became more connected, his desire to positively impact the community grew stronger.
Pridemark Construction, and its employees, has worked on several non-profit projects in the Muncie Community. Some of these projects include: Downtown Development, The YOC, Meridian Health Services, ARF, Blood-N-Fire, Cornerstone Center for the Arts, The YWCA, The Back to School Teachers Store, and several others. However, Pridemark also helps in other ways. From sponsoring a kid’s sports team, to putting up the Christmas tree in Canan Commons, Pridemark makes it a priority to help the community that has been so gracious to them.
If you are interested in meeting with Pridemark Construction, Inc. for your next project, call 765-284-3833 today.
Animal Rescue Fund (ARF) Clinic. Photo provided
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Shadows Through Time
Author: Madeline Baker
Kelsey St. James is a city girl through and through, unable to understand her grandfather's fascination with the old West. She likes Starbucks and Donna Karan and would've made a lousy pioneer. It's too bad, then, that she manages to step through a portal in time that takes her back to the old West-and straight into the arms of a tall, dark stra... more »nger. T.K. Reese is a half-breed gambler with a price on his head. The last thing he was looking for was a woman, let alone one wearing tight, bright pink breeches. But before he knows it, he's looking after Kelsey, teaching her to play poker and rescuing her from thugs. Somewhere along the way, they find themselves falling in love. But Kelsey doesn't belong in Reese's world any more than he belongs in hers. They're forced to face the possibility that their love is nothing more than a shadow through time. « less
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May defends delays on China-backed nuclear project
British Prime Minister Theresa May on Sunday defended her decision to delay a partly Beijing-backed nuclear power project, despite it causing diplomatic tensions, as she arrived in China for a G20 summit.
Beijing has a one-third stake in the plan to build Britain?s first nuclear plant in decades at Hinkley Point in southwest England, along with French company EDF.
May unexpectedly delayed the project in July after EDF gave it a green light, but gave no clear reason.
"The way I work is that I don't just take an instant decision. I actually look at the evidence, take the advice, consider it properly, and then come to a decision," May said at a press conference.
"I've been very clear that I will be doing that and will be taking a decision sometime this month," she added.
May has reportedly suspended the project on national security grounds, echoing fears which caused Australia to block a major electricity grid deal with a Chinese consortium last month.
Critics cite the enormous cost of the £18-billion (21-billion-euro, $23-billion) project as well as security concerns about the involvement of China's major energy group CGN.
China's ambassador to Britain last month urged London to approve the plant as soon as possible, warning that relations between the two countries were at a critical point, as state media said China ?cannot tolerate? accusations that its involvement threatened British security.
The nuclear deal had been seen as a cornerstone of a "golden era" of Chinese-British ties pushed by then-prime minister David Cameron and finance minister George Osborne.
British media said the move was a sign that May took a more sceptical view on ties with China than her predecessor.
The project has been criticised for committing British taxpayers to paying above-market rates for electricity for decades to come.
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End of the call for entries for the Official Section of the 13th edition of Punto de Vista
The deadline was on September 30th and the call proved a great success: more than 1,140 titles registered.
The entry period for films wishing to take part in the Official Section of the 13thedition of the International Documentary Film Festival of Navarra - Punto de Vista came to an end yesterday (30thof September), registering a notable increase in the number of entries compared to last year.
More than 1,140 films will judged by the Festival's Selection Committee, chaired by its artistic director Garbiñe Ortega and consisting of Nuria Cubas, Matías Pineiro, María Palacios and Miguel Zozaya.
The candidates, documentary films both long and short from the widest imaginable range of countries, had the chance to enter from July until last Sunday. Those selected will form part of the Official Section of the 13thedition of Punto de Vista, to be held from the 11thto the 16thof March 2019, and, as in previous editions, will seek to reflect the full diversity of creative artistic visions around, all in a spirit of renewal, independence and modernity.
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Angel Rosario, Affinity Health Plan
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Growing up in Bay Ridge, Angel Rosario knew what it was like to rely on government benefits. His single mother raised four children with the help of food stamps.
“Having that opportunity to apply and receive food stamps only helped us get nutrition and the right food to stay healthy,” he said. “What that did was help me in school. Because if I don’t eat in the morning, I can’t concentrate in school.”
Today, as the assistant vice president of Government Program Sales at Affinity Health Plan, Rosario sees the relationship between having affordable health care and being food insecure.
He sees many families, especially immigrant families, struggle with applying for government services, especially given the latest push by the Trump administration to make accessing public benefits a disqualifier for green card status.
“Besides the stigma, we have all these obstacles now, which is unfortunate,” he said. “You’ve got to pick and choose. It’s a shame.”
Rosario said he sees programs like SNAP and Medicaid as “helpful support for families in need.” People shouldn’t have to choose between food and health care, he said.
“For a rich country to spend a couple billion dollars on health care alone, we can’t find a solution for hunger?” he said. “I’m lost on that one.”
He also wants families to know that they can apply for these benefits and still live a healthy lifestyle.
“Whether you have money or not, you’d be surprised that people even with jobs go to bed, not so much just hungry, but not the proper food or proper nutrition,” he said.
As he has experienced firsthand, programs like food stamps help elevate families out of hunger and poverty.
“If it wasn’t for food stamps,” Rosario said, “I don’t know how well we would have survived.”
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181. Is Determinism Incoherent? Part 2
Freedom, Metaphysics, Truth
determinism is incoherent, Free will, Hans Joas, nagation, Sartre
Determinism is the view that, given the laws of nature, all events are the necessary effects of previous events. When applying this to systems, one can say that a system is deterministic if there is only one way the system could evolve given its initial conditions and the laws governing it. If determinism in some form is true then free will, or the ability to choose from among real alternatives or possibilities, is false.
In an earlier post (go here) I argued determinism may be incoherent insofar as (1) the view often hides a set of prescriptions that tell what we should maintain and (2) these prescriptions are impossible if determinism is true. After all, according to determinism there is only one way things can unfold at any particular moment and prescriptions plausibly presuppose there are more than one. That is why it makes sense to connect prescribing x to the ability to choose or not choose x. This account is closely tied to the view that critical thinking, or the rational consideration of competing justifications of truth claims, presupposes free will as well (for an argument in defense of that view go here). These efforts to undermine determinism are powerful since they start from the seemingly uncontroversial fact that a determinist prescribes and/or argues in defense of her position. As a result they presuppose very little and have a better chance at avoiding begging the question.
In this post I would like to offer an even leaner argument against determinism that builds not from acts of prescribing or arguing but from the very fact that the determinist thinks determinism is true. Of course, the the nature of truth is a difficult topic. But for this argument all we need to accept is that an assertion of truth (1) makes a claim about what really is the case and (2) in doing so implicitly or explicitly makes a statement about what is not the case, that is, it implies the reality of negation. Hans Jonas, in an appendix to his essay “Image Making and the Freedom of Man” (see his book The Phenomenon of Life: Toward a Philosophical Biology), explains:
“The sense in which one can speak of an experience of truth may be illustrated by the situation in which one feels moved to exclaim “So this is what it really is!” – such exclamation containing a submerged, if not explicit, “and not this!” The illustration is to convey the at once emphatic and antithetical character of the truth-experience, i.e., that it stands out from the normal flow of acceptance of phenomena and against the backdrop of error and falsehood: this backdrop being itself and “experience” only realized in the act of supersede by its opposite.” (175)
Jonas then goes on to introduce negation and its connection with freedom:
“In short, we wish to indicate that the experience of truth, as simultaneous exposure of untruth, includes an element of negation. Hence follows, as a first proposition, that the capacity for truth presupposes the capacity to negate, and that therefore only a being that can entertain negativity, that can say “no,” can entertain truth. And since the power of negation is a part of freedom, indeed a defining ingredient of it, the proposition is that freedom is a prerequisite of truth, and that the experience of truth itself is the evidence and exercise of a certain kind of freedom.” (175)
He elaborates:
“The distinction between truth and falsehood, and therefore the idea of knowledge, arises only where the “wrong” perception is not simply supplanted by the “right” one but survives to be confronted as falsified with the right one; or more generally, where two terms are available for comparison, and one of them is accepted as the standard by which the other is judged….For this to happen, the past must stay available in the strangely noncommittal way which not memory as such, but only the detachment of appearance from reality in conjunction with memory provides: we then can compare without being alternately captives to the phenomenal presences as they jostle each other in our mental beholding.” (178).
Here we see the freedom of negation presupposed by truth is really a freedom from being captive to our experience. In his book Being and Nothingness Jean-Paul Sartre argued this kind of freedom allows for negation-presupposing actions such as imagining, doubting, interrogating, and questioning. David Detmer, in his book Freedom as a Value (Open Court, 1986), explains:
“Were I completely engulfed in the world, bound by the chains of a thorough-going causal determinism, it would be quite impossible for me to effect that degree of separation from the world which is necessary if I am to call that world into question. It is only because I am not the world, and because I am free from the world, that I am able to effect that nihilating withdrawal from being that is involved in doubt. For this discovery Sartre credits Descartes: “no one before Descartes had stressed the connection between free will and negativity. No one had shown that freedom does not come from man as he is …, but rather from man as he is not.” (27; for my post on doubt in Sartre and Descartes go here)
If these arguments are persuasive then a determinist who claims determinism is true would only be able to make such a claim by negation; and the ability to negate would grant the determinist the freedom the ability to suspend judgment, doubt, question, and interrogate. Indeed, the ability to negate would grant the determinist the freedom to be a determinist or not. Thus the determinist needs the very freedom his thesis denies and thus we have an incoherent position.
But can’t a determinist just argue that, somehow, even negation and its related activities are necessitated by internal and/or external factors and thus not really negations at all? Sure. But to affirm a thesis about negation is to introduce negation. As Ian Craig points out with reference to Sartre, such an objection “is an example of freedom in the sense that Sartre uses the word: it nihilates the present state of what we call ‘knowledge’, where the freedom/determinism argument is unsettled and posits a state in which it is settled; it then nihilates the future state as not existing…To say that Sartre’s argument might, at some time, be open to a scientific proof of its rightness or wrongness is in fact itself proof that his argument is correct.” (Detmer, 29)
Michael Maier, Atalanta Fugiens (1618)
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5 Dead, 40 Injured In London Attack
Five people have died and at least 40 were injured after an attacker drove a car along a pavement in Westminster, stabbed a policeman and was shot dead by police in the grounds of Parliament.
The dead officer has been named as PC Keith Palmer, 48, a husband and father.
PM Theresa May said the attack was "sick and depraved" and struck at values of liberty, democracy and freedom of speech. The attacker has not been named by police.
Acting Deputy Commissioner and head of counter terrorism at the Metropolitan Police, Mark Rowley, said they think they know who he is and that he was inspired by international and Islamist-related terrorism, but gave no further details.
The attack unfolded at about 14.40 GMT when a single attacker drove a grey Hyundai i40 along a pavement over Westminster Bridge, near the Houses of Parliament in central London, killing at least two people and injuring many more.
The car then crashed into railings outside the Houses of Parliament.
The attacker, armed with a knife, ran to Parliament where he was confronted by the police. PC Palmer - who was not armed - was then stabbed and killed.
He was later shot dead by armed officers.
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Human Hair as a Biomarker in Assessing Exposure to Toxic Metals
M. I. Szynkowska, A. Pawlaczyk, E. Wojciechowska, S. Sypniewski, T. Paryjczak
Technical University of Łódź, Department of Chemistry, Institute of General and Ecological Chemistry, Żeromskiego 116, 90-924 Łódź, Poland
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This study discusses the content of different elements including toxic metals (Ba, Cd, Pb, Sr) in hair of adult subjects exposed to a wide spectrum of pollutants. Scalp hair samples were collected from inhabitants of the rural outskirts of Gdańsk, located in the north of Poland (from citizens living near a phosphate fertilizer waste disposal place) and from the donors who were employed in two factories in southwestern Poland (coal mine in Zabrze and lead manufacturing company in Oława) characterized as urbanized and highly industrialized areas (exposed groups). The results were compared with an average element composition of the hair of students attending the Technical University of Łódź (control group), people who were assumed not to have any direct contact with these elements, and with literature data. The determination of elements was performed with ICP-MS and ICP-OES methods. A questionnaire involving personal data information about such things as sex, age or smoking habits was completed by the volunteers. Our results revealed significant differences in concentrations of metals for studied groups and suggest that the populations we studied are exposed to toxic metals. The most probable exposure pathways seemed to be workplace and environmental pollution. This work was also undertaken to study inter-element interactions which were analyzed by the evaluation of correlation coefficients between a pair of two metals. But, with a few exceptions, no essential relation has been established.
Incidence of Colorectal Cancer in Urban Population Exposed to Cadmium
Research on Mercury Levels in Scalp Hair
Blood Levels of Lead, Cadmium, and Mercury in Healthy Women in their 50s in an Urban Area of Poland: A Pilot Study
Assessment of Heavy Metal Accumulations (Cd, Cr, Cu, Ni, Pb, and Zn) in Vegetables and Soils
Determination of Heavy Metal Contamination in Roadside Surface Soil by Sequential Extraction
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Southern Promise
Gulf Coast Yards See a Resurgence of Activity
By Jim Shaw
The past year has seen yards along the Gulf Coast gain a substantial number of new contracts relating to expanding activity in the offshore sector, particularly deepwater work. At the same time there has been a gain in export orders, as well as continuing movement towards LNG-fueled propulsion systems in newbuilds. Not all operators are ready to jump on the LNG bandwagon just yet but the shift towards gas is accelerating, and the foundations for regional bunkering operations are now being laid. Yard expansion is also taking place as optimism replaces recessionary thinking in both the newbuild and shiprepair sectors. Highlighting this trend has been VT Halter Marine, which has imported a 12,000 metric ton capacity floating dry dock from the Philippines for its Pascagoula, Mississippi yard. The new dock is just one part of a larger plan by Halter to step more solidly into the repair sector, with capacity also being added to serve alongside-berthed semi-submersible rigs and Panamax-size deepsea vessels. Another Gulf Coast yard looking at the deepwater sector is Huntington Ingalls Industries’ (HII) Avondale facility on the Mississippi River, which is expected to complete its final ship for the Navy later this year. Under the guidance of newly recruited vice president and general manager Rene Mathieu the historic Louisiana shipbuilder is looking at prospects in offshore fabrication work while searching for a potential business partner or buyer.
Avondale’s Assets
With 75 years of history behind it, the 268-acre Avondale yard has a lot to offer in the way of heavy construction facilities and experience but it remains to be seen if the offshore sector will be interested. In 2011 the state of Louisiana offered HII a $214-million package of performance-based incentives if it could find a partner or new owner to keep Avondale running. To date those incentives, which included payment for workforce training and facility upgrades based on maintaining 3,850 full-time workers, have failed to entice any interest. HII and the state are now hoping that Mathieu will be able to move Avondale successfully into heavy commercial construction, either through a partnership venture or by selling the yard to a new owner. Mathieu, who will work in Houston as well as in New Orleans, has been pitching the yard’s physical attributes, including a 900-foot by 220-foot (274m by 67m) floating dry dock, currently the nation’s largest, and its 1.2 million square feet (111,484 sq m) of under-roof production space. The yard’s central location is also considered an asset, although the Mississippi River is known to be temperamental at times. The challenge will be to find sufficient work before naval construction dries up completely, and at a price that can keep Avondale competitive with both its domestic and foreign competitors.
VT Halter Expansion
Matching Avondale’s optimism for work in the offshore sector is VT Halter Marine, which imported a 12,000 metric ton capacity floating dry dock from the Philippines earlier this year and plans a number of other improvements at its Pascagoula site to stimulate both new construction and ship repair work. In announcing the arrival of the dock the company said the Pascagoula yard “will now be able to service not only the repair needs of its existing newbuild customers, it will also cater to new customers and most likely will more than double its customer base for ship repair business.” The firm said it expects to create as many as 400 new jobs with the expansion at Pascagoula, which will result in a business model similar to that of its counterpart in Singapore, ST Marine, a yard that offers both newbuild and repair capabilities. In the newbuild sector, VT Halter launched the US Navy’s newest oceanographic survey ship, USNS Maury (T-AGS 66), earlier this year for delivery in 2014. The vessel measures 353 feet (108 m) by 58 feet (18 m) and will be operated by the US Military Sealift Command (MSC) for the Naval Meteorology and Oceanography Command. It is 24 feet (7.3 m) longer than its sister ships to accommodate a 300 square feet moon pool for the deployment and retrieval of unmanned underwater vehicles. VT Halter is also finishing up its contract to build four Fast Missile Craft (FMC) for the Egyptian Navy under the US Navy’s foreign military sales (FMS) program. The 40-knot Egyptian vessels are being completed to a Vosper International Ambassador Mk. III design, with the first craft, S. Ezzat, recently finishing sea trials off Florida.
Bigger OSVs
In the commercial sector VT Halter launched the 320 feet offshore supply vessel (OSV) HOS Commander in April as the first of 10 similar 6,200-dwt vessels being built for Covington, Louisiana-based Hornbeck Offshore Services. Known as the Super 320 Class, the large OSVs have 11,863 square feet of deck area and can carry approximately 20,900 barrels of liquid mud. Six are being built at VT Halter’s Escatawpa yard and four at its other Moss Point facility, with HOS Commander due to be delivered this autumn. The ten boat contract represents a $442 million order, the largest single commercial order ever won by VT Halter. It also underlines Hornbeck’s strategic move into the deepwater sector. All of the vessels are to be delivered by early 2015. VT Halter has also picked up an option to build a second Articulated Tug Barge (ATB) unit for New York’s Bouchard Transportation Company as a follow-up to an original order announced in February. Both double-hulled barges will measure 625 feet by 91 feet, with a depth of 47 feet and will accommodate 250,000 barrels of product. The 10,000-hp twin screw ATB tugs, to be classed by ABS as A1 Towing Vessel, Dual Mode, USCG Sub-chapter M and will be equipped with Intercon coupler systems. Construction of the first barge has started at VT Halter’s Pascagoula yard, with delivery scheduled for mid 2015, while construction of the second will begin in the final quarter of this year for delivery within the first quarter of 2016. The first ATB unit, to be composed of tug Bouchard Boys and barge No. 270, will be employed in Jones Act trading along the eastern seaboard. The additional Bouchard ATB order is highly welcomed as VT Halter completed its long-running Crowley ATB program in May with delivery of tug Liberty and barge 750-3 (See Pacific Maritime Magazine, June 2013).
Eastern Shipbuilding
Also building a number of boats for Hornbeck, as well as several other owners, is Florida’s Eastern Shipbuilding Group. Eastern launched the 292-foot by 64-foot Red Dawn as part of Hornbeck’s Project Spartan in March. Red Dawn is the first of four “HOSMax 300” vessels. These boats, designed by Houston’s STX Marine, are equipped with four Cat 3516C generator sets of 1,825-kW output each powering Schottel Z-drives and tunnel thrusters. The remaining six Hornbeck vessels at Eastern are 302 feet by 65 feet HOSMax 310 designs that also use diesel electric propulsion. Just delivered by Eastern is the 302 feet by 64 feet DP-2 light construction vessel Harvey Deep Sea for Harvey Gulf, which has already been chartered by DOF Subsea USA. The high-tech vessel is equipped with an active heave-compensated 165-ton knuckle-boom offshore crane capable of lifting and setting 100 tons at depths up to 10,000 feet. Propulsion is provided by four Caterpillar 3516, 2,250-kW gensets powering twin 2,500-kW Schottel Z-drives and three Schottel bow thrusters. In one of the Gulf Coast’s growing number of export orders, Eastern has delivered the diesel-electric powered PSV Bravante V to Boldini SA of Brazil as the first of five vessels it is building for the Latin American group, all backed by a $240.8 million loan guarantee provided by the Maritime Administration (MARAD).To support a rapidly expanding order book, one that now extends into mid-2016, Eastern is modernizing its Allanton yard and has leased 20 acres of land at Port St. Joe, Florida while renting additional dock space at the Port of Panama City, Florida.
In Mobile, Alabama, BAE Systems has entered the offshore sector by obtaining a contract to build two 288-foot by 62-foot DP-2 platform supply vessels (PSVs) for GulfMark Offshore with options for two more. The twin 8,160-HP boats are being completed to an MMC Ship Design & Marine Consulting design for delivery in 2014 and 2015. Having a somewhat earlier delivery schedule are four 252-foot by 60-foot PSVs being built at the company’s yard in Jacksonville, Florida for Jackson Offshore Operators. These Guido Perla-designed boats will have a total deadweight capacity of about 3,500 metric tons and will feature an integrated Rolls-Royce diesel-electric propulsion package employing Rolls-Royce’s Azipull thrusters. The first two vessels are scheduled for delivery in May 2014 and September 2014 while the second two will follow in 2015. All four will service offshore drilling operations in the Gulf of Mexico. In addition to its offshore work BAE is also finishing two 295-foot by 62-foot dump scows for Illinois-based Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Company and a 8,500 cubic yard capacity trailing suction hopper dredge for Weeks Marine. The latter vessel, measuring 340 feet by 79 feet, is being completed to a design furnished by Holland’s IHC Merwede and is to be finished by next year. Earlier this year BAE Mobile received some unexpected repair business when Carnival Cruise Lines’s fire-damaged Carnival Triumph was towed into the yard. However, a strong wind in early April snapped the vessel’s mooring lines and it blew across the harbor to come against the Army Corps of Engineer’s dredge Wheeler, causing damaged to both ships. In June, Carnival filed a $12.5 million lawsuit against BAE seeking damages, which BAE claims is “without merit.”
LEEVAC Shipyards
Tugboats have not been in as much demand along the Gulf Coast as platform supply vessels but LEEVAC Shipyards Jennings, at Jennings, Louisiana, is close to finishing two 80-foot by 38-foot Z-Tech 2400 class terminal/escort tugs for Bay Houston Towing and Suderman Young Towing, both to be employed in Houston and Galveston. At the same time, the yard is starting construction of two STX Marine-designed SV 310 multipurpose supply vessels for Hornbeck Offshore. To be the 23rd and 24th vessels to be built by LEEVAC for Hornbeck, each of the HOSMAX 310s will be equipped with a 250-ton crane provided by Cargotech. This will allow the boats to undertake subsea inspection, repair and maintenance work as well as normal supply operations. Propulsion will be provided by four Caterpillar Model 3516C Tier 3 IMO II variable speed generator sets rated at 2250-kW each, with the drives and thrusters to be supplied by Schottel. A similar propulsion package will be used in two 300-foot by 64-foot PSVs to be built for Tidewater Marine of New Orleans, both to be DP-2 rated. Each of the 5,400-dwt Tidewater boats will be powered by four Tier 3 Caterpillar 3516C generator sets rated at 2,100-kW each. LEEVAC is also building two diesel-electric, DP-2 platform supply vessels for Aries Marine, the first to be delivered next year and the second in 2015. To measure 270 feet by 56 feet, the 4,000-dwt Aries boats will be powered by four 3516C Cat 1,825-kW generator sets with Schottel providing the propulsion drives and thrusters. Delivery is set for 2014 and 2015.
TY Offshore
Another company moving strongly into the offshore sector is TY Offshore, which with sister company Trinity Yachts, has formed the Gulf Coast Shipyard Group (GCSG). Giving the new group a financial boost is private equity firm Littlejohn & Co., which said it intends to “work closely” with the existing GCSG management team to support their strategic growth plans. John Dane III, GCSG President and CEO, welcomed the Littlejohn investment and announced that the reformed group will be starting a $9 million capital improvement program at its Gulfport, Mississippi yard this year. The work will include upgrading the facility’s Syncrolift to 4,300 tons in anticipation of building ice class vessels for Arctic operations. The Gulfport yard is currently building six 302-foot by 64-foot dual-fuel platform supply vessels for Harvey Gulf (Pacific Maritime Magazine, June 2013) as well as a series of twenty-eight 30,000-bbl capacity barges for Florida Marine Transport. The 5,520-dwt Harvey Gulf boats will be capable of carrying 16,000-bbls of liquid mud, 10,000 cubic feet of dry cement and 1,500-bbls of methanol. Finland’s Wärtsilä is providing the 6-cylinder34DF dual-fuel powered generating sets for the PSVs as well as fuel storage tanks and fuel-management systems. To provide LNG bunking for the boats Harvey Gulf has contracted with CH·IV International of Houston, Texas to design and develop two LNG refueling facilities on the Gulf, each to have a 270,000 gallon storage capacity. The bunkering centers will utilize stainless steel Type ‘C’ pressure vessels with vacuum insulation and carbon steel exteriors. According to Harvey Gulf each refueling facility will be able to transfer 500 gallons of LNG per minute.
Bollinger Shipyards
Continuing on its long tradition of work for the US Coast Guard (USCG), Bollinger Shipyards delivered the patrol craft Paul Clark to the agency in May as the 130th vessel the Lockport-based company has constructed for the USCG in 30 years. It is also the sixth of 18 Sentinel Class fast response cutters (FRCs) the company is building, which could be incrementally extended to 34 vessels. The Coast Guard is scheduled to commission the 154-foot Paul Clark in Miami, Florida during August while the seventh vessel of the series is currently on trials. In the commercial sector Bollinger is finishing up several new construction programs, with the last of Crowley Maritime’s Ocean class tugs, Ocean Sky recently delivered, and a series of three sludge-carrying vessels being built for the City of New York expected to be completed by year’s end. Beyond new construction, Bollinger is using two of its facilities, Larose and Morgan City, to convert six 200 class DP1 offshore supply vessels to 240 class DP2 OSV’s for Hornbeck through the incorporation of 40-foot mid-body extensions and DP upgrades. Built in 1999 and 2000, the vessels were acquired by HOS in 2007. Due to the boats’ 56-foot beam, the mid-bodies will bring each vessel’s deadweight capacity up to approximately 2,850 tons and roughly double their liquid mud carrying capacity to 8,000 barrels. Two have already been redelivered with the rest to follow over the next several months. Bollinger is also stretching five of nine 210-foot by 56-foot PSVs owned by Harvey Gulf. Fifty-foot mid-sections are being added to the ex-Bee Mar boats, which will boost their 2,700-dwt capacity up to 3,700-dwt. Looking at further developments in the deepwater sector, Bollinger is moving ahead with the expansion of its facilities at Port Fourchon, Louisiana, where a major slip dredging project at Slip C is being finished up. This will allow the company to expand its drydock capability at the port as well as alongside repair and maintenance services.
2 New Fireboats Planned for Long Beach Port
German engineering company Voith says it will provide propellers and turbo couplings for two new fireboats designed by Robert Allan Ltd. for service at the Port of Long Beach.
With a water pumping capacity of more than 40,000 gallons per minute, the vessels, which are are currently being built by the Foss Maritime shipyard in Seattle, are expected to be among the world’s most powerful fireboats.
For each fireboat, the Voith equipment supply includes not only the two VSP couplings, but also two 866 DTL Voith turbo couplings and a twin control stand unit. The control unit’s positioning in the wheelhouse, Voith says, will allow the captain and crew to benefit from a 360 degree panoramic view. Two diesel engines, each with a power of 1,350 kW, drive the VSP.
Both vessels are designed with an overall length of about 108 feet, a beam of 35 feet and a draft of 14 feet, as well as an operating speed of 13 knots. The design is based on the Voith Water Tractor principle, which is already in use at the Port of Los Angeles.
The fireboats are also expected to be equipped with two Voith Schneider Propellers VSP 26GII/165 AE45 each in the forward half of the vessel. Voith says the relatively short VSP blade length of 5.4 feet makes it possible for the fireboats to enter shallow areas of the port without compromising maneuvering safety, allowing the vessels to also support onshore firefighting.
The boats’ water jets are expected to be able to reach heights of up to 236 feet and a distance of up to 580 feet. The vessels are expected to replace the two older fireboats, Liberty and Challenger. Delivery to the Port of Long Beach is scheduled for spring 2014 and autumn 2014 respectively, Voith says.
Labels: Foss Maritime, Port of Long Beach, Robert Allan Ltd., Voith
Shippers Fined for Violating Fuel Regulation
Three international shipping companies have been fined a combined $440,250 for failing to switch from bunker fuel to cleaner, low-sulfur marine distillate fuel upon entering regulated waters as required by California law, a state regulatory agency said August 12.
According to the California Air Resources Board, an investigation showed that on 17 visits to California ports between Nov. 6, 2009 and July 18, 2011, the vessel Hoegh Inchon operated its main engines within regulated California waters on bunker fuel, the dirtier fuel oil that contributes to onshore pollution levels of diesel particulate matter, sulfur oxides and nitrogen oxides.
The vessel’s parent company, Oslo, Norway-based Hoegh Autoliners Shipping AS, was fined $299,500.
In February 2013, prior to docking at the ports of Stockton and Long Beach, the Ikan Bawal was cited for failing to switch its engines over to the required cleaner fuel while operating within California waters. Its owner, NCN Corporation Panama, was fined $87,750.
In August 2012, after it docked at the Port of Los Angeles, the vessel K-Pluto was also cited for failing to switch to the required cleaner fuel while operating within state waters. Its parent company, Singapore-based Twin Phoenix Shipping SA, was fined $53,000.
The Air Board says all three companies complied with the investigation and agreed to abide by all pertinent regulations in the future, follow fuel switchover requirements and keep accurate records.
“Ships en route to California ports emit thousands of tons of diesel exhaust each year,” ARB Enforcement Chief Jim Ryden said in an August 12 statement. “Our regulation requiring ocean-going vessels to switch to cleaner fuel within 24 nautical miles of our shoreline protects all California residents, especially those in port communities, from this air pollution.”
The ARB’s Ocean-Going Vessel Regulation was adopted in 2008. The Air Board estimates that the compliance rate is around 95 percent and that it eliminates 15 tons of diesel particulate matter daily from ocean-going vessels’ exhaust.
The says it ARB conducts more than 500 ship inspections each year, checking for proper fuel usage, record-keeping and other compliance requirements, and takes marine gas oil or marine diesel oil samples for submission to the ARB laboratory to ensure they meet California standards for sulfur.
Labels: California Air Resources Board, Hoegh Autoliners Shipping AS, NCN Corporation Panama, Twin Phoenix Shipping SA
Top 3rd Party Logistics Providers Named
For the fifth straight year, Crowley Maritime Corp.’s logistics group has been recognized as one of the best-equipped industry providers, after being named among the top 100 third-party logistics (3PL) providers in 2013 by a trade magazine.
The editors of Inbound Logistics say they selected Crowley, along with the other honorees, from hundreds of candidates, based on ability to offer diverse operational capabilities, scalability and experience to meet unique supply chain and logistics needs.
Among the other West Coast-based companies that made this year’s list were Crowley Logistics of Seattle, Honolulu’s Matson Logistics, Northern California-based Menlo Worldwide Logistics and the Los Angeles area company Performance Team.
“This honor is a testament to the diligence and dedication our employees show every day to differentiate our company in the marketplace as a unique logistics and liner shipping provider,” Frank Larkin, Crowley’s senior vice president and logistics general manager, said.
Inbound Logistics says it selects the best logistics solutions providers by carefully evaluating submitted information, conducting personal interviews and online research and comparing the data to readers’ burgeoning global supply chain and logistics challenges.
“How a logistics solutions provider enables scalability for its customers is a key factor in the editors’ Top 100 3PL selection process,” the magazine’s editor, Felecia Stratton, explained. “3PLs must produce direct savings for customers by optimizing the transport network, reducing inventory-to-sales ratios, or advancing the order-to-cash cycle. But it’s just as important for a logistics partner to act as a business change agent, driving their customers’ ability to match demand for their products more closely to supply, aligning enterprise operational performance to the larger economic trend.”
The full list of 100 3PL companies can be seen at http://www.inboundlogistics.com/digital/top100_3pl_digital_chart_0713.pdf.
Labels: Crowley Logistics, Inbound Logistics, Matson Logistics, Menlo Worldwide Logistics, Performance Team
Long Beach Port Schedules Public Workshops
The Port of Long Beach has scheduled two workshops to update the public on the status of multiple major construction projects and how the port is managing the projects’ traffic impacts.
Interested parties can drop by any time between 7 and 9 am or 5 and 7 pm Aug 28 for updates on the Gerald Desmond Bridge Replacement Project, Schuyler Heim Bridge Replacement Project, Middle Harbor Redevelopment Project, Anaheim Street repaving and port-wide traffic management.
The $1 billion Desmond Bridge project consists of replacement of the obsolete structure with a new state-of-the-art span. The new bridge, which is expected to be complete in 2016, is being built immediately adjacent to and north of the existing 45-year-old Gerald Desmond Bridge.
The Schuyler Heim Bridge Replacement, which is still in the planning stages, would replace the seismically deficient Schuyler Heim Bridge over Cerritos Channel and add a four-lane elevated roadway connection to Alameda Street that would provide an alternative route from Terminal Island and provide direct access to local distribution centers and warehousing facilities and local freeways.
The Middle Harbor redevelopment is a nine-year, $1.2 billion project to upgrade wharfs, water access and storage areas, plus add a greatly expanded on-dock rail yard in order to create a super-terminal.
Both workshops are scheduled for Wed., Aug 28 in the Luna Solstice Room of the Hotel Maya, located near the port’s headquarters building. The Hotel Maya is located at 700 Queensway Drive, Long Beach, CA 90802.
Labels: Gerald Desmond Bridge, Middle Harbor Redevelopment, Port of Long Beach, Schuyler Heim Bridge
Fidely Watch: Congressional Representation
Washington State’s Junior Senator, Maria Cantwell (D) has perked up the ears of the maritime community with recent comments about the Jones Act.
At a hearing of the Energy and Natural Resources Committee on July 16th, the senator called for greater transparency in gasoline markets and refinery shutdowns. Senator Cantwell highlighted a new report demonstrating that West Coast gasoline prices have broken from historic trends since April 2012. The senator noted that in Washington State, prices had risen 9 cents in the past week and were 27 cents higher than the national average.
“Washington state prices are among some of the highest in the nation,” she said, noting that last year’s West Coast refinery fire was unfairly blamed for a spike in prices (see Pacific Maritime Magazine, September 2012) saying, “My constituents want to see more transparency there. Hamburger probably has more regulation on it than gasoline.”
During a presentation to the committee, Faisel Khan, Managing Director of Citi Research claimed that one of the reasons for spikes in gas prices was the Jones Act, and told the committee that the cost of moving crude by Jones Act tanker could be three to six-times the price of using non-Jones Act tankers.
“Mr. Khan I wanted to mention the fact that you bring up the Jones Act as something of a price increase,” the Senator countered. “CitiGroup has been under investigation and paid penalties both for fraud in the mortgage market and is now under investigation by the Financial Services Authority (FSA) for manipulation in gas prices, and the fact that you come here and blame the Jones Act as some reason why we have high gas prices is just amazing to me.”
Senator Cantwell’s mention of the Jones act had many in the US maritime industry cheering her defense of the much-maligned legislation. Ed Morse, chief commodity analyst at Citigroup, has said publicly the Jones Act adds between $6 and $8 a barrel to transport costs. Morse has said that based on his calculations, it’s often cheaper for a Gulf Coast refiner to send gasoline to Brazil than to New York. Recent news stories have interviewed oil company executives such as Joe Petrowski, CEO of Gulf Oil, who said, “If foreign owned and flag ships were able to carry gasoline in US waters, the price of gasoline in the North East and in Florida could be 20 to 30 cents lower.”
According to shipping and capital magazine Marine Money International, a mid-sized product tanker costs $130 million in the United States versus $34 million in Korea, and a 4800 TEU container ship would have a price tag of $200 million in the US vs. $46 million in South Korea.
This column doesn’t often see the need to defend the Jones Act, but we will call attention to the sad story of the 5-year-old MOL Comfort, a state of the art Korean-built containership that broke in two in the Indian Ocean in June, thankfully with no loss of life. The two pieces floated separately for a time while salvors raced to the scene. Too late for the aft section, which sank in late June and the bow section, which burned and sank in mid-July. Had that ship been built by a US yard, would she have met the same fate?
Crowley Planning Petroleum Fleet Expansion
Crowley Maritime Corp. says it plans to contract with Aker Philadelphia Shipyard to build up to eight product tankers for delivery between 2015 and the end of 2017.
Construction contracts have been signed with APSI for the first four 330,000-barrel tankers, with deliveries in 2015 and 2016, according to Crowley. Additional agreements between the two parties include options for building up to four more tankers and for expanding the cooperation initiated with Aker’s sale and delivery of two product tankers, the Florida and Pennsylvania, to Crowley in 2012 and 2013.
If all options are exercised, Crowley’s petroleum fleet would grow to ten 330,000-barrel tankers and 17 articulated tug barges, ranging in capacity from 155,000 to 330,000 barrels.
“Through this expansion and cooperative agreement with Aker we will be providing our customers with more options for transporting their product with greater safety and efficiency,” company Chairman and CEO Tom Crowley said in a statement. “We expect these new ships to be well received by longstanding customers as well as new customers.”
The new 50,000-dwt product tankers are based on a proven Hyundai Mipo Dockyards (HMD) design which incorporates numerous fuel efficiency features, flexible cargo capability and the latest regulatory requirements.
The vessels are to be constructed with consideration for the use of LNG for propulsion in the future, according to Crowley. HMD and APSI collaborated on the successful construction of 14 product tankers at APSI between 2007 and 2013. Design and procurement activities are already underway to support the start of construction of Crowley’s first newly-contracted tanker in January 2014.
APSI expects to invest in the partnership for the first four vessels, consistent with the requirements of the Jones Act. Crowley is expected to maintain control over the ownership, technical operation and commercial management of the vessels, while APSI and Crowley would share in the new vessels’ operation and chartering.
“This strategic opportunity allows us to capitalize on the increased demand for Jones Act tankers in a way that will transform APSI in the years ahead,” Aker President and CEO Kristian Rokke said.
Crowley currently owns and operates 17 articulated tug barges (ATBs) ranging in size from 155,000-bbl to 330,000-bbl capacity, and two 330,000-bbl product tankers. The company also provides tanker management services for other US companies.
Labels: Crowley Maritime
Foss Retrofit System Receives EPA Verification
Clean hybrid technology pioneered by Foss Maritime and Aspin Kemp & Associates of Stratford, PEI recently received verification from the US Environmental Protection Agency.
After a rigorous process, the EPA verified the XeroPoint Hybrid Tug Retrofit System, which was installed and extensively tested on a Foss harbor tug in the ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles.
The verification means the XeroPoint hybrid system is certified as an effective choice for use on any US harbor tug seeking to meet the nation’s highest environmental standards.
The hybrid retrofit Campbell Foss has been working in southern California since 2012, using ultra-low sulfur diesel fuel. The University of California-Riverside, which has been testing the Foss Maritime/AKA system, found a fuel savings of roughly 30 percent; a 25 percent particulate matter reduction; a 30 percent reduction in nitrogen oxides produced during combustion; a 30 percent reduction in carbon dioxide; and a 35 percent reduction in carbon monoxide.
“The hybrid retrofit reduces fuel costs and pollution,” Foss Maritime President and CEO Paul Stevens said. “EPA verification of the California test results is what the maritime industry has been looking for.”
On the Campbell Foss, the XeroPoint system integrates electrical and mechanical devices onboard to provide optimal modes of operation for power and propulsion. The hybrid system’s energy management system strives to eliminate the unnecessary idling of diesel engines by determining the most efficient configuration of the electrical and mechanical devices on board.
“The Foss/AKA XeroPoint system is a great example of technology innovation to reduce emissions and improve fuel economy in the marine sector,” Jim Blubaugh, Deputy Director of the Transportation and Climate Office at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, said. “By reducing diesel emissions at ports, the XeroPoint Hybrid Tugboat Retrofit System can help improve air quality and energy independence in one of our nation’s most important supply chain sectors. We look forward to the broad deployment of this technology in harbor tugboat vessels.”
The technology is now included on EPA’s Verified Technology List. For more information about verified technologies and the Verified Technology list, please visit: http://epa.gov/cleandiesel/verification/ .
Labels: Aspin Kemp & Associates, Foss Maritime, US EPA, Verified Technology list
50 Tons of Trash Pulled from San Diego Bay
An estimated 50 tons of rubbish was recently pulled from the bottom of the San Diego Bay under a debris removal program spearheaded by the Port of San Diego.
Boats, tires, batteries, metal containers, engines and other debris were recovered and removed from the area known as the A-8 Anchorage within South San Diego Bay. The A-8 Anchorage was an unlimited, free anchorage established in the 1980s to accommodate up to 150 vessels at any one time.
Over the years, however, many vessels within the anchorage area sank because of winds, storms, or simply because the vessels weren’t seaworthy. But thanks to about $219,000 in grant funding, the port was able to contract with a tenant business, Pacific Tugboat Service, to handle the cleanup. Side-scan sonar was used to provide divers with a “road map” of the debris.
The $219,500 for the project comes from a $120,000 in grant from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s marine debris removal program; and a $99,500 grant from the State Water Resources Control Board.
A survey of the A-8 Anchorage and surrounding areas found 950 debris items, resulting in the current cleanup efforts, which started in June. The work is expected to be completed by Sept. 30, 2013.
Photos of the various types of debris removed so far can be seen at http://www.flickr.com/photos/portofsandiego/sets/72157634866441090/ .
Labels: A-8 Anchorage, Port of San Diego
POLA Master Plan Gets Wide-Ranging Update
The Los Angeles Harbor Commission has approved a new master plan that the Port of LA says is the first comprehensive update of its development policies and procedures since its original plan took effect more than 30 years ago.
“The updated port master plan is a new roadmap for a new era,” Harbor Commission President Cindy Miscikowski said. “It ensures the most efficient, beneficial and responsible use of this vital asset for our city and our nation.”
The plan sets forth development policies for the port to promote commerce, navigation, fisheries, recreation and environmental protection and provides for the port to adapt to changing technology, cargo trends, regulations and competition from other US and foreign seaports.
Specifically, the updated plan:
• Reduces the number of planning areas from nine to five: San Pedro, West Basin/Wilmington, Terminal Island, Fish Harbor and Waterways.
• Clarifies the planning process and, in alignment with today’s practices and goals, specifies a single land use designation for the most parcels within the Port district.
• Simplifies the process for issuing coastal permits by reducing the number of permit types to two from three, and delegates the authority to approve permits for the minor land and/or water use changes to the Executive Director. Major land and water use developments will continue to require a public hearing and approval by the Board of Harbor Commissioners.
• Updates the Port’s Risk Management Plan for assessing the potential risks related to the storage and transfer of crude oil and petroleum products. The development process for the updated Port Master Plan began more than 18 months ago and included input from industry, tenants, labor, governmental agencies, the community and other stakeholders. Like its predecessor, the new plan’s subject to certification by the California Coastal Commission.
“This comprehensive update,” port Executive Director Geraldine Knatz, said, “reflects our evolution, growth and priorities going forward.”
Labels: Port of Los Angeles. Los Angeles Harbor Commission
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Taipei, Taiwan: My Family History & Connection to the Kuomintang, founders of Taiwan
MY FAMILY HISTORY & CONNECTION TO THE FOUNDERS OF TAIWAN, THE REPUBLIC OF CHINA
The saying goes: History is written by the victors. If you ask The People’s Republic of China (PRC, commonly known as China) they'd tell you that the Republic of China (ROC, commonly known as Taiwan) is not its own country but rather a rogue state that, if the PRC has its way, would be unified with the Mainland despite the ROC’s audacity to break away from the glorious path of Communism. As for me, I have sympathy for the devil - I have much empathy for the struggles of Taiwan, the founders of which were on the losing side of history. This comes as no surprise given my family connection to the Kuomintang (often translated as the Nationalist Party of China), the Blue Party who have almost exclusively ruled modern-day Taiwan ever since the country's inception in 1945. My desire to delve deeper into Taiwan literally runs in my veins, and so, I recently travelled to Taipei to learn more about my illustrious ancestors, and explore the country born of their blood, sweat, and tears.
Today’s story, my take on one of the topics of this month’s #TRAVELLINKUP: PEOPLE THAT HAVE MADE AN IMPACT ON YOUR TRAVEL, is a brief introduction to Taiwan, the places to visit in Taipei to get a feel for the history of the country; and the remarkable story of a man whose passion, struggle, and sacrifice led me to visit the Republic of China.
TAIPEI TRAVEL - DISCOVER TAIWAN
SUN YAT SEN MEMORIAL HALL
A deep bow, and then I straightened up to take in the larger-than-life figure of Dr. Sun Yat Sen - National Father of the Republic of China, co-founder and first leader of the Kuomintang. Dubbed the "forerunner of democratic revolution", Dr. Sun was a uniting figure in post-Imperial China. Dr. Sun is especially unique among 20th-century Chinese politicians for being widely revered amongst the people from both sides of the Taiwan Strait, with memorials dedicated to the great man in both Taiwan and China.
The “salute, please” sign between his statue and the red velvet rope is less of a suggestion but rather more a reminder of the respect befitting the good doctor. As is the hourly changing of the guard and the vast space dedicated to The National Sun Yat Sen Memorial Hall - the total building area covers 7 acres in an open space of over 28.4 acres. Just as appropriate to the legacy of Dr. Sun (a philosopher as well as revolutionary) is the space’s use as a multi-purpose social, educational and cultural centre for the public including a performance hall, a 10,000 square foot exhibition centre, lecture halls, and a library with over 300,000 books.
Go for the displays detailing Sun's life and the revolution he led, meander around the labyrinth of educational spaces and exhibitions, stay for the hourly changing of the guard, and afterward; take a pleasant stroll along Lake Cui in surrounding Chung Shan Park.
CHIANG KAI SHEK MEMORIAL HALL
The serene smile that beams from above from a seemingly benevolent father figure belies the Generalissimo with a controversial legacy. Chiang Kai Shek was the first president of the Republic of China (first in Mainland China from 1928 to 1949, then in exile in Taiwan up till 1975), an influential member of the Kuomintang, and a close ally of Sun Yat Sen. To his supporters, Chiang played a major part in the Allied victory of World War II and is the national figure of the Chinese resistance against Japan as well as a champion against Communism. His critics are far less generous, dubbing him a dictator.
Whatever your opinion on the first president of Taiwan, Chiang Kai Shek Memorial Hall is worth the visit. I climbed the white stairs - with 89 steps to represent Chiang's age at the time of his death - and paused at the main entrance to take in the view of the city beneath me before entering the hall to pay my respects to his statue. From the outside, Chiang Kai Shek Memorial Hall is equally striking - the white walls of the hall pops against the blue roof, octagonal in shape to represents the number eight, a number traditionally associated in the region with abundance and prosperity.
GRASS MOUNTAIN CHATEAU
Tucked away in the misty mountains of Yangmingshan National Park is Grass Mountain Chateau. This quaint, unassuming little retreat was in fact the first Presidential Residence in Taiwan, being the former residence of President Chiang Kai Shek. The chateau barely survived alleged arson in 2007 to reopen 4 years later. Today, it’s a tiny museum filled with personal effects, offering a glimpse into President Chiang's life. My favourite was Madame Chiang’s cozy art studio facing a tiny courtyard drenched with sunlight from an open skylight. But for me, the best thing about Grass Mountain Chateau was their cafe’s marvellous cheesecake and rose-infused latte, complete with petals.
Given my love of art and history, a visit to the National Palace Museum (which I’ll cover in full in an upcoming story) was a must. The museum hosts the largest collection of Chinese art in the world - 700,000 pieces encompassing 8,000 years of history of Chinese art from the Neolithic age to the modern, including objects belonging to China's emperors.
It’s a feat made all the more incredible knowing that all the pieces were moved from the People’s Republic of China to Taiwan by the Kuomintang following their defeat in the Chinese Civil War. It is unfathomable that, had the contents of the National Palace Museum not been evacuated to Taiwan for safekeeping, all of these priceless antiques and artefacts would have been destroyed by the Communists in their purge on Chinese history and culture, the infamous Cultural Revolution.
Which leads me to a point that is...
...CONTROVERSIAL, BUT TRUE:
Many are astonished by the stereotype of badly-behaved Chinese tourists who indiscriminately spit, shove, and desecrate monuments. Those stereotypes - derisively referred to as “Mainlanders” or “PRCs” by Overseas Chinese - are the result of how Mao Ze Dong’s Cultural Revolution erased all of China’s culture, morals, ethics, and values. Their provincial “survival of the fittest” mentality from an era of famine and poverty under Communism haven’t caught up with their sudden wealth created by the economic reform and rapid urbanisation under Deng Xiao Peng.
The Mainlanders may have gone from rags to riches in a single generation, but unfortunately not all of them have received an education on how to conduct themselves in a society relatively unmarred by deprivation. So, as infuriating as that Chinese tourist who pushes past you to jump to the front of the queue is, spare a thought for them - they’re not necessarily a bad person - they’re just a product of their environment and victim of their circumstance.
NATIONAL REVOLUTIONARY
MARTYRS’ SHRINE
To even begin to comprehend the lives lost in the eternal battle for freedom, I had to only look at the the National Revolutionary Martyrs' Shrine. Dedicated to the war dead of the Republic of China, National Revolutionary Martyrs' Shrine houses the spirit tablets of about 390,000 persons killed during the Xinhai Revolution, Northern Expedition, Second Sino-Japanese War, Chinese Civil War, and the First and Second Taiwan Strait Crises.
That the architecture of the National Revolutionary Martyrs' Shrine is reminiscent of the Hall of Supreme Harmony in Beijing's Forbidden City is surely no accident. Were you, like the Kuomintang, fleeing for fear of your inevitable execution once your forces had fallen to the spectre of Communism and forced to set up government-in-exile, surely you’d construct a shrine that recalls one of the greatest architectural feats of your home country. Whether out of homesickness or the unknown fate of whether the historical building that inspired this shrine's design would be destroyed in the Cultural Revolution, the urge to create a reminder of home-away-from-home transcends political opinions. It is a matter of the heart and of the soul.
Last but not least, this is the story of the man who inspired me to visit Taiwan. Through him, I share a bond with Taiwan, the Republic of China. My maternal great-grandfather.
My great-grandfather was born in 1904, in Zhejiang, China. Educated at Edinburgh University, in his time he was a Central Committee Executive and special agent for the Kuomintang, and held the roles of Chinese Ambassador to Australia and Chinese Ambassador to Iran. He lived in Iran and China, but was force to leave the country when it fell to Communism and became the People’s Republic of China. Subsequently, his party fled to, set up, and single-handedly ruled (up till 1987) the country that is now called Taiwan, or the Republic of China.
My great-grandfather relocated to Hong Kong and finally Singapore where he subsequently became a professor at Nanyang University. Singapore’s second president awarded him the “Public Service Medal” for his commitment and contribution to the education sector in Singapore. Until the end of his life, my great-grandfather’s one desire was to return, once more, to the country where he was born. That dream never came true. My great grandfather died in exile in Taiwan, in 1984, at the age of 80. The second president of Taiwan, President Yen, attended his funeral. My great grandfather is buried beside his wife among his peers in Chin Pao San cemetery. Above his tomb is an inscription from President Yen in honour and recognition of all his achievements and contributions.
Apparently, I got my love for prose and art from him - or rather, it skipped 2 generations and manifested in me, the great-granddaughter he never met. I was born 2 years after he passed away, in Malaysia, across the South China Sea from his final resting place. I never got to meet my great-grandfather in this life. But 2 weeks ago, at the ripe old age of 31, I finally visited him in Taiwan, on the soil of the nation born from his and his party’s struggle.
Great-grandpa, if you’re reading this, I hope you’re proud of me for flying the literary flag in the family. Oh, and I promise to improve my Mandarin speaking and comprehension skills. ❖
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“Piano Showcase” Program Notes for 12-31-2018 at 3:00 PM
December 27, 2018 | Sophie Ralston
Piano Showcase
Monday, December 31, 2018 at 3:00PM
UNR Nightingale Concert Hall
Program Notes by Chris Morrison
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was a youth when he wrote, for himself and his sister Nannerl, the first three of his sonatas for piano four-hands. There is a well-known painting from around 1780 of Mozart and Nannerl sitting at the keyboard together, their father Leopold leaning against the instrument with violin in hand, and a painting of their recently-deceased mother hanging on the wall behind them. In August 1786, Mozart wrote his next four-hands work, the Sonata in F major, K. 497. Unlike those early works, which emphasize high spirits and entertainment, this F major Sonata is substantial and often dramatic. The first movement begins with an extended, delicate slow introduction. When the faster main body of the movement arrives, the music is powerful, often residing in a minor key. Calm descends with the Andante, and the third movement, a rondo, is playful, with an easy swing and just a few passing storm clouds.
Frédéric Chopin‘s Ballade No. 1 in G minor, Op.23 – described by James Huneker as “the odyssey of Chopin’s soul” – was written in 1831, shortly after Chopin moved from Poland to Vienna. Robert Schumann relates that, on telling Chopin that this Ballade was his favorite, he replied, “I am happy to hear this, since I too like it most and hold it dearest.” After a short, mysterious introduction, two main themes are presented – the first starts simply but grows agitated, and the second is lyrical. Both are elaborated on, with poetic and virtuoso passages, before a big chord introduces the fiery final measures.
After a brief, haunting introduction, the first main theme of Chopin’s Ballade No. 4 in F minor, Op. 52 appears and is developed with counterpoint and elaborate decorations. Another theme emerges, increasing the drama as it and the opening theme interact. Toward the end, a series of powerful chords, and five further quiet chords, lead to a fast and stormy coda. For pianist John Ogdon, the Ballade No. 4 is “the most exalted, intense and sublimely powerful of all Chopin’s compositions … It is unbelievable that it lasts only twelve minutes, for it contains the experience of a lifetime.”
Written a decade after his first hit, the “Maple Leaf Rag,” “Solace,” subtitled “A Mexican Serenade,” is one of Scott Joplin‘s 44 pieces in ragtime style. Its left-hand rhythm is perhaps reminiscent less of Mexican music than it is the Cuban habañera or Argentinian tango. This lovely piece calls to mind the Joplin quotation used as the epigraph to E.L. Doctorow’s novel Ragtime: “Do not play this piece fast. It is never right to play Ragtime fast.”
Dubbed the “Maharaja of the keyboard” by Duke Ellington, Montreal-born Oscar Peterson is one of jazz’s great pianists, with over 200 recordings spanning his six-decade career. “Blues Etude” is the title track from his 1966 album made with bassists Ray Brown and Sam Jones and drummer Louis Hayes. This exciting tune became a regular part of Peterson’s live performances.
Camille Saint-Saëns, one of the finest pianists of his era, dedicated each of his Three Mazurkas to female members of the aristocracy. No. 1 in G minor, Op. 21 (1862) was dedicated to Princess Pauline de Metternich-Winneburg, No. 2 in G minor, Op. 24 (1871) to Comtesse de Nesselrode, and No. 3 in B minor, Op. 66 (1882) to Madame la Comtesse Emmanuela Potocka. Saint-Saëns’s mazurkas don’t particularly resemble Chopin’s, but are closer to the spirit of French salon music of the time.
Gaspard de la nuit is a suite by Maurice Ravel, each of its three movements based on a poem from Aloysius Bertrand’s 1836 collection of writings and drawings depicting all manner of imps, trolls, and nightmares. “Ondine,” the first movement, tells of the water nymph who seduces unsuspecting victims with her song to visit her kingdom at the bottom of a lake. One can practically hear the ebb and flow of the water in Ravel’s elaborate piano writing.
In his Réminiscences de Don Juan, Franz Liszt employs themes from Mozart’s opera Don Giovanni. The piece opens dramatically by combining the Commendatore’s threats to Don Giovanni in the Act II graveyard scene, and the opera’s final scene in which the “stone guest” takes Don Giovanni to hell. Then comes perhaps the opera’s most famous tune, Don Giovanni’s and Zerlina’s love duet “Là ci darem la mano,” providing a charming contrast. The pianistic fireworks conclude with the addition of Don Giovanni’s Act I aria “Fin ch’han del vino.” Legendary pianist-composer Ferruccio Busoni wrote that the Réminiscences have “an almost symbolic significance as the highest point of pianism.”
Darius Milhaud derived Scaramouche from incidental music he wrote in the mid 1930s for two theatrical productions. The first movement, with its bustling, jazzy feeling and nursery song-like tunes, comes from music for a children’s version of Moliérè’s Le medécin volant (The Flying Doctor) presented by the Théâtre Scaramouche company. The lullaby-like second movement derives from the overture to a play on Simón Bolívar. Milhaud returns to the Théâtre Scaramouche music in the third movement, with its playful rumba-like rhythm.
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President Festim Lato Participates in Political Event in Nijmegen, the Netherlands
on augustus 27, 2018
President Festim Lato participated in a political event organised by the Dutch liberal party D66 in Nijmegen, the Netherlands on 27 August 2018.
The event provided the opportunity to discuss the upcoming European elections with the candidates for the Party’s leadership. In an interactive dialogue with the audience the potential leaders of the Liberal Party’s list for the European elections shared their vision of how the EU should function clear.
Three political heavyweights are in an electoral struggle for the leadership of the Party at the European Parliament elections of May 2019. The current leader and seasoned veteran Ms. Sophie in ’t Veldt is also the vice-chairperson of ALDE in the European Parliament. The second candidate, Ms Marietje Schaake, also has considerable experience at the European Parliament. She has played an important role in the negotiations of the EP for TTIP and is an advocate for digital rights and freedoms in Europe and worldwide. The third candidate is Mr. Felix Klos who has made a name for himself as a speech writer of Mr Pechtold, the political leader of the liberal party D66 in the Dutch parliament.
The Republic of Chameria president Festim Lato seized the opportunity to talk to the three potential leaders to explain the Cham situation and how the Liberal Party in Europe could support the issue and force a breakthrough in the frozen conflict that needs to be peacefully resolved in order for the peoples in the Balkan to become truly part of the European community.
President Festim Lato is certain that the winner of the Party elections will defend the rights of the neglected communities of Europe and help bring justice to the Cham people.
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The Bible versus the American Constitution
This is a forum for discussing philosophical theories of government and social structure. It is not a venue for partisan rants or plugging favored candidates.
by hyksos on October 2nd, 2018, 1:05 am
We have in the United States a demographic loosely referred to as "Evangelicals" in shorthand, or perhaps "Christian Conservatives" in longer form. In terms of the "Culture wars" (as it were) there is an attempt by this demographic to rewrite the facts of history. This revisionism, at its heart is a form of religious propaganda.
In 1787 , a constitutional convention was held in Philadelphia, where the first American constitution was ratified. The christian revisionist propaganda is not a particular claim, per se, but a variation on the following core theme : That the men in the room at that convention were all devout pastors of strong faith, and they essentially framed the constitution and the Federal Government on passages from the Bible.
Several highly prominent public people in America are guilty of perpetuating a revisionist form of history regarding the beginning of the United States of America. A shortlist of those figures includes,
Louie Gohmert (R-TX)
Kent Hovind
Eric Hovind
(tentatively) Glenn Beck
(Beck has recently softened his stance and seems to refer to the Enlightenment more frequently)
The above exercise in Googling leads to a wall of Christian Conservative websites, which one can douse one's self into , if you dare.
Attempts to correct this history in light of historical facts are met with goal-post shifting and topic switching, and backsliding. Often the retort is that the christian conservative will produce evidence that the Founding Fathers were not atheists. But that claim is not being made. Attacking that claim is a fallacious form of sophistry called straw-manning.
The facts of history will show that the writings of John Locke are soaked in Christian sentiment, and furthermore he quotes scripture directly in several places. John Adams wrote that a man should regularly attend Church service as it will reinforce his morality. The founding documents refer to "the Creator" and even "God's Providence". James Madison, perhaps the most vocal defender of Separation of Religion and State, railed against "pride and indolence in the clergy; ignorance and servility in the laity; in both, superstition, bigotry and persecution." In the very same speech from which that quote is derived, Madison referred to Christianity as quote, "the greatest gift to Mankind."
The the Founding Fathers were Christians cannot be denied as the raw facts show them. Instead what is being brought to light here is that they were not Christian Fundamentalists, they were not pastors. Their goal in Philadelphia was not to establish a theocracy. Their vision for a Republican government was not taken from the Bible -- not even primarily.
A second sophistry tactic employed is to goalpost shift the argument -- and claim that we "Can never know what was in their minds. So historians have to engage in guesswork, estimation, and assumption." This claim is historically and factually false. We have enormous amounts of writings of the Founding Fathers; their speeches, their letters, and their legal documents. Historians, and anyone else for that matter, can absolutely reconstruct the Founders' thoughts and feelings, to a highly precise degree. This will become obvious below.
To arm one's self for the culture wars, I present the following tool that can be used in debate and discussion. I have compiled 25 Questions that Christian Conservatives Cannot Answer. Some of these are obscure enough that even Jeopardy contestants would be stumped. Some are anecdotal trivia, while others are very deep, and may require research and time. Nevertheless, all of them have clear answers from history, and can be resolved without interpretative twist or historical conjecture. The facts alone are sufficient to answer all twenty five.
As an appetizer, the answer to question (21) is mind blowing.
Re: The Bible versus the American Constitution
25 Questions that Christian Conservatives Cannot Answer
Did any democracies exist in the world prior to the birth of Jesus Christ of Nazareth? Where and when?
In the 1780s, England had a legislative body composed of 2 houses called a "PARLAIMENT". However, the oiriginal American Constitution from 1789 refers to a "SENATE". Where did the Founding Fathers get the word "SENATE" from?
How many times does the word "SENATE" appear in the Bible?
John Adams was present at the signing of the Declaration of Independence, and he was present in the room in Philadelphia during the Constitutional convention. He was the second president of the United States. Adams referred to the convention in Philadelphia as "this Areopagus, Council of Amphictyons."
What was the The Council of the Areopagus ? Does "Areopagus" appear in the Bible?
What was Amphictyony? Does the word "Amphictyony" appear anywhere in the Bible?
What is the difference between a REPUBLIC and a DEMOCRACY?
In 202 BC, what form of Government did the Romans have?
The in the 1780s England had a state-sponsored church called The Church of England. Did the American Founders want a parallel version of a state-sponsored church in America? Yes or no? How do we know this?
What is a "Congregationalist"?
Were any of the American Founders a Congregationalist? Who?
Did the American Founding Fathers want to have a religous test applied to anyone who holds public office? Yes or no? How do we know this?
Benjamin Franklin was a deist. What is a DEIST?
Name a specific difference in theological doctrine between a Deist and those of a protestant pastor?
Historians refer to a period of europe called the Enlightenment. What is the Enlightenment?
What does "trias politica" mean?
The American Federal Government is broken into three co-equal branches called the Legislative, Judicial, and Executive branches of government. Did this of "Separation of Powers" exist prior to the American Constitution? Who wrote it first?
Who is Charles de Montesquieu? Where was he born and where did he live?
Who is John Locke?
What did John Locke claim about the legal power of Kings?
What was the "French Revolution" and when did it happen?
What is the "Declaration of the Rights of the Man and Of the Citizen"? Who wrote it?
How did the French Revolutionaries treat the established Church in France?
Who is Charles Maurice de Talleyrand?
The British military invaded the United States from the Canadian border in 1812. What was the motivation behind this military campaign?
What other countries was England at war with at this time?
by wolfhnd on October 2nd, 2018, 2:08 am
Ben Shapiro is Jewish?
Rush Limbaugh is not an Evangelical?
Conflating Evangelicals with the Christian right is confusing and an over simplification.
Trump isn't even a conservative which points to a more complex set of associations between conservatives and Christians.
The culture war is not between conservatives and liberals. It is between coalitions of people. A great deal of propaganda has been deployed to paint everyone opposed to globalism, multiculturalism, neo Marxism, unrestricted immigration, political correctness, post modernism, restrictions on free speech etc. as "alt right".
The "founding fathers" can't be lumped together into any ideological group. Most were wealthy Americans who felt that the colonies could not pursue their "destiny" shackled to a constitutional monarchy. Personal ambition should not be discounted as a contribution motivation although few people consider that. The American upper class resented there second class standing as colonials.
The timing of the American revolution coincides with a time when the French government was inclined to treat the upper class British colonials with more respect than their own king and parliament. It can be seen as part of a larger struggle between the British and French. Political intrigue being what it is loyalty to French interests never really transpired despite their massive contribution to a successful American revolution.
It's little wonder that some people feel that the U.S. was inspired by divine providence considering how unlikely American victory against Britain was. What is obvious considering the disastrous War of 1812 is how little the British were inclined to spend blood and treasure on a costly cantankerous colony while heavily engaged in European conflict.
These facts do not really matter to anyone who is interested in the real question which is if the form of government formed by the American colonies is superior to European style democracy. I would say yes with reservations. Certainly the bill of rights is important and I prefer republicanism to the parliamentary system. On the other hand the USSR's constitution is proof that laws do not make a nation. It is the character of a nation that determines what those laws mean.
wolfhnd » October 2nd, 2018, 10:08 am wrote: Ben Shapiro is Jewish?
Watch Ben Shapiro converse with Stephen Harris about slavery and the Bible. It will become clear in seconds where he stands.
I don't keep up with him now. I might be referring to my memory of him in the 1990s.
Fine. I will consult you first if I ever need to draw the intricate borders and separations between these groups.
The culture war is not between conservatives and liberals. It is between coalitions of people. A great deal of propaganda has been deployed to paint everyone opposed to globalism, multiculturalism, neo Marxism, unrestricted immigration, political correctness, post modernism, restrictions on free speech etc. as "alt right"
Your attempt to derail this thread has been noted.
I used to think in raw economic terms like this. I have changed recently. Intellectual history is real. In the 18th century context, the ideas are identifiable and traceable.
I refer any passersby in this thread to question (22).
It's little wonder that some people feel that the U.S. was inspired by divine providence considering how unlikely American victory against Britain was.
Before I consider validity to this claim, I will require you answer all 25 questions to my satisfaction.
What is obvious considering the disastrous War of 1812 is how little the British were inclined to spend blood and treasure on a costly cantankerous colony while heavily engaged in European conflict.
Anyone who was the under the impression that the Founding Fathers wanted to establish a "Shining City on a Hill" for purely religious reasons (and there are many of them). Such people don't seem to know that the war of 1812 happened. 1812 was not a religious or theological conflict. The Colonialists' beef with King George III was not that he had "fallen from the true faith" or some such, requiring them to go in the wilderness with their bible's clutched under their arms to establish the True Church. When the British armies were sent again in 1812, their principle motivation was not re-imposing a particular theology onto the colonies. None of this is speculation on my part. It is explicit in the documents.
These facts do not really matter to anyone who is interested in the real question which is if the . . .
". . These facts do not really matter to ..." The 25 questions could be expanded into book-length expository. You have announced that you feel no responsibility to address any of them. Is this threadjacking?
On the other hand the USSR's constitution is proof that laws do not make a nation. It is the character of a nation that determines what those laws mean.
Some thinktanks have quantified the level of "Freedom of the Press" in all nations on earth, and then graphed this and made maps of it. They have also quantified the level to which the three branches are genuinely independent. Yes -- you can actually quantify how independent a judiciary is in a nation. Having said that, I generally agree with your sentiment. Civic government deteriorates for reasons that come from a people's character.
Since you are here, did you want to try to answer question (21)?
You could make an argument that communism is an evolution of Christianity if you wanted to. I don't pay much attention to these kind of claims because it is obvious that Western Civilization has been influenced by many cultures that didn't originate in Europe. Jared Diamond the author of Guns, Germs and Steel makes the argument that geography plays an important role in Western dominance as does Ian Morris in his book Why the west rules (for now). This view seems to discount the enlightenment as an important factor making it a side effect of more fundamental factors in the advancement of the social index. There is simply no way of knowing what influence Christianity had on the enlightenment or how it ranks among the many other influences either positive or negative. What we can be certain of is it had some influence. If you reran history without that influence things would be different. I have no confidence they would be better. In this regard I'm not lining up behind thinkers such as Sam Harris.
Christianity started as a eschatological Jewish cult. Some people point to this basic element of Christianity as accounting for it's most negative influence being nihilistic in the sense that it provides disincentives to improving the here and now. Is it possible that it deepen and extended the dark ages, I suppose so. Other people think that the enlightenment is a direct result of Christian philosophy in the sense of the logos, or truth to power. As with most things the truth probably lies somewhere inbetween.
The people that try to rewrite history to place Christianity at the center of the political development of the U.S. are only doing what ever tribe does. They are making their tribe the people. Religion is only one element of tribalism and the irony is that those pushing back against it have embraced multiculturalism justifying fragmenting people along ethnic and religious lines. In anything as complex as culture the road to hell may be paved with good intentions.
by davidm on October 2nd, 2018, 10:10 am
wolfhnd » October 2nd, 2018, 7:57 am wrote: Religion is only one element of tribalism and the irony is that those pushing back against it have embraced multiculturalism justifying fragmenting people along ethnic and religious lines.
This is curious to me. How does multiculturalism “fragment people along ethnic and religious lines.”? In my view it is just the opposite. Multiculturalism holds that if we stop fragmenting people along these lines, but recognize that people can have different cultures and traditions and skin colors and ethnicities while still living peacefully together, under a constitutional rule of law, then we’d all be better off. Many of the people who whine about the supposed evils of multiculturalism in the U.S. are the descendants of 19th century immigrants to America hailing form Ireland, Germany, Poland, Italy, etc. Do they not remember how shabbily their forebears were treated, because they were “different” from “true Americans?” (whatever that is supposed to be … native Americans, maybe?)
It’s the monoculturalists — many of them descendants of the aforementioned ethnicities, whose forebears faced terrible discrimination — that want to fragment people into tribes, while of course maintaining, either implicitly or explicitly, that their tribe is the best tribe — the entitled white male heterosexual tribe, of course.
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IOW, multiculturalism is the opposite of tribalism -- and tribalism in the broad sense has been at the root of war and conflict since time immemorial.
by TheVat on October 2nd, 2018, 11:57 am
It's crossed my mind before, in the past few years, that Wolf should just start a thread dedicated to multiculturalism and his thesis on its downside. Could we do that? Then we wouldn't keep having other threads get derailed over what MCism is or is not. And that thread would be, one hopes, a learning experience for all involved.
by wolfhnd on October 2nd, 2018, 12:23 pm
You can't have it both ways where all cultures are equally valid and the enlightenment saved the West from Christianity. Many cultures are hostile towards fundamental principles of the enlightenment. The logical conclusion is that their religions, and ethnic traditions must go through the same transformation, i.e. be scrapped, if the principles of the enlightenment are valid. The propagandists would have you believe this is an ethno nationalist argument. The opposite is true in so far as validating ethnic differences is unavoidably divisive. You can go further and say that even self determination will not necessarily have a positive outcome.
Accidents of birth are just that accidents. They are the largest contributing factor to religious affiliation and how you view the enlightenment simultaneously. If we believe in the enlightenment evidence and reason may lead us to question our religious traditions but the same principles should lead us to question all traditions including those of groups to which we do not belong. Being "oppressed" is not an excuse for rejecting enlightenment principles.
Artificially imposing "equally" in a world where nothing is equal is problematic. Some traditions are unavoidably better than others. The application of the principle of equality only applies to individual rights. Equal rights cannot make individuals or traditions equal. The individual has the unalienable right to choose what traditions to adhere to but that choice does not validate the traditions.
The evolutionary argument for diversity is obvious but it is equally obvious that almost every variation from the norm is detrimental. That is the conservative argument and it shouldn't be confused with bigotry. The question of what kind of diversity is desirable must by the nature of things be addressed by those promoting change. In this case many of the founders were probably faced with the if not Christianity then what problem. Human history shows that nature abhors a vacuum. Currently the cult of social justice is trying to feel the vacuum but is so chaotic and unsophisticated it is probably doing more harm than good. The central question of our time is how do we know when the left goes to far.
Braininvat » Tue Oct 02, 2018 3:57 pm wrote: It's crossed my mind before, in the past few years, that Wolf should just start a thread dedicated to multiculturalism and his thesis on its downside. Could we do that? Then we wouldn't keep having other threads get derailed over what MCism is or is not. And that thread would be, one hopes, a learning experience for all involved.
You may not believe it but I'm trying to be helpful. I could be completely off base but what is and isn't relevant to an issue defines the issue and is seldom obvious.
You are not going to find something like multiculturalism in it's pure form in the body politic. I'm not sure that a thread on the theory would be useful. I use the term only to denote the vague influence of the philosophy on the culture outside academia.
by Serpent on October 2nd, 2018, 12:58 pm
This may be an ignorant question:
What is the ultimate purpose of reliogionizing - or possibly re-reliogionizing - the founding fathers and, indirectly, the US constitution?
If they succeed, what is supposed to happen to all those amendments?
How will the catholic/Protestant rift play out in America? (Not as it did in Europe, one hopes!)
(I have a pretty good idea what is supposed to happen to women, gays, atheists and Muslims - not a pretty picture!)
by davidm on October 2nd, 2018, 2:40 pm
You can't have it both ways where all cultures are equally valid and the enlightenment saved the West from Christianity.
I’m not sure who “you” is here, but I don’t think that the enlightenment “saved” the West from Christianity. On the contrary, Christianity in many ways contributed to the enlightenment. Of course I also find here the implication that the so-called dark ages were really dark, a claim not evidenced. And finally, you do not define what you mean by enlightenment. There are many such definitions, including that the enlightenment was a myth, that it may have been harmful in many respects, and that it may have given rise to 20th century totalitarianism. These are all very complicated issues of philosophy and historiography that cannot be dismissed by implying that someone else is offering a self-contradictory thesis without even defining your terms.
Many cultures are hostile towards fundamental principles of the enlightenment.
Which principles? And even if they are opposed to some of those principles, so what? Maybe they even have a valid reason to oppose them?
The logical conclusion is that their religions, and ethnic traditions must go through the same transformation, i.e. be scrapped, if the principles of the enlightenment are valid.
Why must they be scrapped? And must all of them be scrapped, or just some of them? Which ones, and why? I am of Polish descent. It is OK for me to adhere to certain Polish traditions or must I scrap those in favor of the enlightenment? If so, why? It seems this would make your enlightenment an absolutist monoculture, ironically enough. But also, which principles of the enlightenment are you talking about? Enlightened absolutism, for example, or deism? Objectivism? Logical positivism? Bolshevism? Materialism? Reductionism? Enlightenment mythicism? Or what? There are many different interpretations of the enlightenment and each arguably instantiates its own monoculture with its attendant provincialisms.
The propagandists would have you believe this is an ethno nationalist argument.
Why, even if they are wrong, must they be “propagandists?” Why can’t they just be sincere, but wrong?
Is the current government of the United States an exemplar of enlightenment principles, as you would define those principles? (even though you have not defined them, still less given us any argument or evidence why your interpretation should take precedence over other, competing interpretations.) Is Donald Trump an exemplar of the enlightenment? Lindsey Graham? Brett Kavanaugh?
The opposite is true in so far as validating ethnic differences is unavoidably divisive.
Why? I validate the traditions of Muslim neighbors every time I eat halal food. That’s not divisive, it’s inclusive. Perhaps you have something either more specific or universal in mind, but again, you write in such generalities that one can’t get a grip on what you really mean.
You can go further and say that even self determination will not necessarily have a positive outcome.
That’s true, but how is it relevant? The U.S. elected Donald Trump, so obviously self-determination can have bad and even ugly outcomes. But this is hardly news. Look what happened to the French Revolution, which was inspired by the enlightenment.
If we believe in the enlightenment evidence and reason may lead us to question our religious traditions but the same principles should lead us to question all traditions including those of groups to which we do not belong.
How about questioning the traditions of those groups to which we do belong, including the traditions of the so-called enlightenment? And, even if we do question those other traditions, why can’t I live and work in peace with people whose other traditions I question, even as they no doubt question my own? Why must every cultural difference be turned into a zero-sum game in which one side must vanquish or subdue the other? Why not live and let live?
Being "oppressed" is not an excuse for rejecting enlightenment principles.
Which enlightenment principles are those? Enlightenment absolutism, for example, which is another form of oppression?
Artificially imposing "equally" in a world where nothing is equal is problematic.
Yet again, your terms are undefined. What do you mean by “imposing”? What do you mean by “equally”? Can you give specific examples of what you are talking about?
Some traditions are unavoidably better than others.
Yes, but this is a matter of perspective. The American tradition of one percent hoarding the vast bulk of wealth while homeless people forage for scraps in garbage cans looks pretty grotesque to many other cultures and traditions.
Equal rights cannot make individuals or traditions equal.
Equal in what way? Again, this is undefined.
The evolutionary argument for diversity is obvious but it is equally obvious that almost every variation from the norm is detrimental.
I’ve no idea what the above means. If the entire sentence is addressing biological evolution, then it is self-contradictory. How can diversity be both good and bad at the same time? Moreover, if you are contending that almost every deviation from the norm in evolution is detrimental, the statement is false. Most mutations are neutral, and neither beneficial nor deleterious. If the second part of the sentence is talking about social norms, than this has nothing to do with evolution, because an appeal to justify social norms from evolution constitutes the naturalistic fallacy. If the second part of the sentence is dealing with social norms only, why invoke evolution? If the second part of the sentence is talking about social norms only, then according to your own logic, any variation from the norms of an Islamic theocracy practicing sharia law is detrimental.
That is the conservative argument and it shouldn't be confused with bigotry.
You have not even defined, much less defended, the conservative argument. You have just written, as usual, in bromides and generalities.
The question of what kind of diversity is desirable must by the nature of things be addressed by those promoting change.
Why? Once again, you provide no argument — just an unsupported assertion.
In this case many of the founders were probably faced with the if not Christianity then what problem.
The founders were deists.
Human history shows that nature abhors a vacuum.
No idea what this means.
Currently the cult of social justice…
What “cult”? Define “cult.” I believe in social justice and I certainly do not belong to a cult.
… is trying to feel the vacuum …
…but is so chaotic and unsophisticated it is probably doing more harm than good.
Argument? Evidence?
The central question of our time is how do we know when the left goes to far.
The irony is that by what I suspect is your own private definition of the enlightenment, your post here, which I have deconstructed, fails every one of your professed enlightenment principals.
And, finally, after writing all these words, you have never once provided your definition of multiculturalism, still less why anyone should fear it.
by hyksos on October 2nd, 2018, 5:50 pm
The thread is officially hijacked.
by wolfhnd on October 2nd, 2018, 6:04 pm
I think you got the best answer that can be given. The bible influenced the enlightenment and the enlightenment influenced the constitution.
by TheVat on October 2nd, 2018, 6:13 pm
Some incisive crits and challenges from David, and further indications that some terms have gone undefined. Still not sure if this sidebar will take us back to the OP topic, or if a different thread is needed. I feel terms like "the Left" or multiculturalism are semantic swamps we could get lost in. I find liberal democracy a more useful term that gives more precise shape to "Enlightenment values. "
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liberal_democracy
Other terms are so tainted with partisan spin that I see them as kind of hopeless, e. g. "identity politics, " which seems to morph into some weird pejorative form of a better and clearer term, "civil rights." And "social justice" seems to get dragged through the mud, falsely characterized as something insidious or even fascistic, when it really just refers to equality of opportunity, equality before the system of jurisprudence, and equal access to things we all see as social goods. I don't think any sane person of normal intelligence has ever taken the "equality" sought by liberal democracy as meaning that individual humans are all equal in capabilities or must be so rendered.
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wolfhnd » October 2nd, 2018, 4:04 pm wrote: I think you got the best answer that can be given. The bible influenced the enlightenment and the enlightenment influenced the constitution.
If this is addressed to me, I will take that you have no interest in defending either by argument or evidence the vague generalities you have tossed out here, just as you declined in another thread to support your mischaracterizations of homeless people in San Francisco.
The Bible influenced the enlightenment. For good? For ill? Which parts of the bible influenced which parts of the enlightenment?
The enlightenment influenced the constitution. Which parts of it, influenced which parts of the constitution? Surely the constitution had other influences besides the bible or the enlightenment?
In seems that everything is reduced to an unreflective and unsubstantiated sound bite in your posts, and when challenged, you decline to engage.
The point I have been trying to make is in the absence of Christianity then what. Has there ever been a civilization without religion to compare. Nietzsche was not a fan of Christianity but he said "God is dead. God remains dead. And we have killed him. How shall we comfort ourselves, the murderers of all murderers? What was holiest and mightiest of all that the world has yet owned has bled to death under our knives: who will wipe this blood off us? What water is there for us to clean ourselves? What festivals of atonement, what sacred games shall we have to invent? Is not the greatness of this deed too great for us? Must we ourselves not become gods simply to appear worthy of it?" Now science has gone one step further and killed free will. Some people suggest that the death God is directly responsible for the Nazi concentration camps and the gulag archipelago. Certainly the blood spilt in the name of rationality during the French revolution is not hopeful. If it is true that free will is an illusion what will the death of free will bring. There are a lot of questions we should be asking instead of engaging in the rather superficial deconstruction of obvious superstitions and cultural biases.
I'm not making an argument in favor of the Evangelicals, as poorly defined as they may be here, their claims are so obviously exaggerated that they are not worth discussing. Nor would I paint Christianities influence as negatively as say Gibbon or Harris. Like most things it's a mixed bag.
It is important to note that Christianity grew out of an older tradition which grew out of an even older tradition. It's likely that these older traditions predate Judaism and may have indirectly influenced Greek philosophers. Deep history is murky and if you go back far enough perhaps it is human nature that determines the form of religion.
I pointed out Jarred and Morris earlier because they seem to question if any part of the traditional view, the locked in theory as Morris refers to it, in which Greek philosophy and Roman civic structure had much to do with the enlightenment or the relative rise of the social index in the "West". Jordan Peterson on the other hand seems to think that Christianity played an important role in the development of liberal democracy. Who is right? I don't know but they are asking the right questions.
by hyksos on October 3rd, 2018, 12:22 am
I have never described the American Revolution and the French Revolutions as "atheist holidays".
I very clearly stated the Founding Fathers were Christians.
I did not describe the content of the Declaration of Independence, nor the Constitution as a "rejection of Christian principles".
So attacking any of the above is a strawman. (A strawman on top of thread hijacking into recent politics and even an attempted digression into world politics).
This is nearly close enough to the thread's topic so that you can "get away with it" in the minds of the forum moderators. It is in fact a digression away from the core material. Even the enlightenment itself has roots in the Renaissance, which all historians of all stripes (art historians, historians of mathematics, linguists, regular historians, etc) all agree contained ancient Greek elements. At base, this would sidebar the topic of this thread into "What were the intellectual roots of the Enlightenment?" (IF your answer to that question is : "it all came from the Bible." I would find that prima facie false. But please MAKE A THREAD ON IT and do not adjudicate it here.)
I think you got the best answer that can be given.
This is for us to decide, not you. It is coming to realize that the American Revolution was far more radical than most people ever realize. More radical than is taught to school children who are (for some reason) forced to memorize its details.
Overthrow your king and establish a democratic Republic
You could not find a priest, pastor, bishop, nun , or Pope would would have supported this action in 1776. Not even John Locke himself would have supported this action. Locke would have been deemed a Loyalist by the Founding Fathers. While John Locke questioned the legal powers of monarchs, he would never have suggested to "..dissolve all bands which connected them...". Nevertheless this did actually happen. Battles happened. The colonies fought the British military in open conflict, twice.
I typed about this far ------
Then I left my computer and came back with a fresh mind. In the interim I found,
hyksos » October 2nd, 2018, 9:05 am wrote: Attempts to correct this history in light of historical facts are met with goal-post shifting and topic switching, and backsliding. Often the retort is that the christian conservative will produce evidence that the Founding Fathers were not atheists. But that claim is not being made. Attacking that claim is a fallacious form of sophistry called straw-manning.
I predicted this interaction ahead of time.
by BadgerJelly on October 3rd, 2018, 2:24 am
Davidm -
Said with no irony.
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hyksos » October 2nd, 2018, 1:15 pm wrote: 25 Questions that Christian Conservatives Cannot Answer
What is the point of this? I don’t get it. Do you want people to study history or are you actually trying to say something?
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by bangstrom on October 3rd, 2018, 3:48 am
hyksos » October 2nd, 2018, 12:05 am wrote: Several highly prominent public people in America are guilty of perpetuating a revisionist form of history regarding the beginning of the United States of America. A shortlist of those figures includes,
Superficially speaking, the revisionist- Christian conservatives, including our pretend “Christian” president, bear the tribal branding of a Christian-conservative cultural leader. That is, they all have an extra carefully quaffed head of hair. The most notable exceptions are Louie Gohmert and Rush Limbaugh who has also lost his look.
We are a multicultural society but the many divisions have a strong tendency to sort themselves into either the liberal or conservative camps. Some of the sorting is natural but it often seems random with conflicting ideologies identifying as either liberal or conservative while having little in common other than claiming a shared side of the cultural divide.
I have never seen the cultural divide as divisive as it is now. Not even in the sixties. Everyone is shouting, 'WHICH SIDE ARE YOU ON?'
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by hyksos on October 3rd, 2018, 6:03 pm
Is this an accusation you are making of me?
I ask because I see wolfhnd "liking" your post.
by wolfhnd on October 3rd, 2018, 10:25 pm
The problem with the polarization during a moral panic and culture war is people become less self critical. Depending on your proclivities you start seeing Nazis and commies everywhere. It's pretty hard to be nuanced if people that simply disagree with you start calling you evil or deranged.
For the record I have no idea where on the political spectrum hyksos lies and don't care. I just found the list of people in the original post odd especially the evangelical label. They may all believe the constitution was inspired by divine intervention but despite the absurdity of such a belief I'm not sure it is all that important. Devine inspiration, destiny or as Morris would say the meaning of geography what is important is the constitution itself.
by bangstrom on October 4th, 2018, 3:10 am
hyksos » October 3rd, 2018, 5:03 pm wrote:
No, I completely agree with your point of view. Despite the validity to what “wolfhnd” and “davidm” said about multiculturalism, the overwhelming dynamic is a separation into liberal and conservative views with the religious right being one of the many conservative factions and I find it true that they have come up with a revisionist narrative where God was speaking through the founding fathers in the writing of the US constitution.
Two days ago I saw a man on TV explaining the religious rights’ affinity for Donald Trump. He said that God picks our leaders, not man, and God works in mysterious ways as we know from the Bible where the great religious leaders were often far from “godly” men. It bewilders me how perception to the will of God can tell someone whether to be guided by someone like Trump rather than someone like Obama.
There is something about Obama that signals he is from the liberal side of the cultural divide and therefore an anathema to the religious right. It may be his past as a community organizer. There is also something about Trump that signals that he is from conservative side of the cultural divide and therefore a darling to the right but what is it? He certainly has the air and the hair of a televangelist but there must be more. It may be his opposition to abortion or high taxes and we can forgive and forget about the rest of the man since he is on the Right side of the cultural divide.
We can’t single out just the religious right for being revisionists. There are political, economic, and environmental revisionists and one has only has to follow the Kavenaugh hearing to see recent personal histories revised as we watch. As I watch the news an old line that may have originated with Bob Dylan keeps running through my head as a theme for our time.
The Titanic sails at dawn;
And everybody’s shouting;
by wolfhnd on October 4th, 2018, 1:40 pm
"Well you know we all want to change the world"
"But if you go carrying pictures of (insert you favorite ideological prejudice)
You ain't going to make it with anyone anyhow
by Lomax on October 4th, 2018, 3:20 pm
Hyksos,
Since you mention the congregationalists, I would add a question: from whom was Jefferson, in coining the term wall of separation, writing to protect the Baptists of Danbury?
(Anyone who doesn't know can infer the answer from the setup of the question, I would hope.)
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by hyksos on October 4th, 2018, 5:47 pm
I found an 1802 letter written to Dodge, Robbins, and Nelson. It does mention "wall of separation" in it.
BadgerJelly » October 3rd, 2018, 10:32 am wrote: What is the point of this? I don’t get it. Do you want people to study history or are you actually trying to say something?
To have a valid opinion of a particular time in history, you must first exhibit competency and fluency in the known facts and some understanding of surrounding events.
by bangstrom on October 4th, 2018, 7:28 pm
wolfhnd » October 4th, 2018, 12:40 pm wrote: "Well you know we all want to change the world"
But if you go singing praises for Kim and Putin
You ain't going to make it with anyone anyhow.
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They will not be able to change this after the end of the qualification period.
During the tournament, if both players have registered as preferring CSW, their game will be played to the CSW lexicon, with 10 point per word penalty challenges. All other games will be played to the TWL lexicon with double challenge.
Players will have until 2012-7-30, which is one week after the end of the qualification period '''to withdraw without penalty''' if they are not comfortable with the number of their opponents who have opted for their non-preferred lexicon.
Players will have until 2012-07-30, which is one week after the end of the qualification period '''to withdraw without penalty''' if they are not comfortable with the number of their opponents who have opted for their non-preferred lexicon.
== Current Standings ==
1 2012 Can-Am SCRABBLE Challenge qualification system
2 Eligibility
3 Qualification Period
4 Participation Requirement
5 Peak Rating
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2012 Can-Am SCRABBLE Challenge qualification system
A total of 14 entrants will qualify to compete at the 2012 Can-Am SCRABBLE Challenge, seven each representing the United States and Canada.
The event will be hosted by the Millburn, NJ NASPA club #411, and will take place at Millburn, NJ, USA on Saturday and Sunday October 27 and 28, 2012.
All Canadian team members must be citizens or permanent residents of Canada. All U.S. team members must be U.S. citizens or permanent residents in the U.S. All participants must be NASPA members in good standing as of October 27, 2012.
As in past years, the qualification period is from the beginning of March 2011 (the month in which the previous Challenge was contested) to about three months before this years Can-Am, with dates adjusted slightly to include events played on the first and last weekends during that period: 2011-03-01 to 2012-07-23 (inclusive).
Participation Requirement
Players who wish to qualify must meet a minimum participation requirement of 24 NASPA rated tournament games played during the qualification period. These can be either TWL, CSW or a combination of both.
Peak Rating
Players will qualify based on the higher of their peak NASPA rating (PR) in either TWL or Collins. A player’s PR is defined as his or her highest un-accelerated rating that satisfies the following conditions: It is achieved at the end of a rated tournament played. It is not achieved before the tournament in which the participation requirement has been met.
Un-accelerated means that acceleration points earned in a tournament are deducted from the player’s post-tournament rating before it is considered for a peak rating.
If two or more players have the same PR, then the tie will be broken by each player's second highest PR eligible rating. If still tied then the tie will be broken by total number of games played during the QP. If still tied then the tie will be broken by rating achieved after any fully rated tournament in the QP. Drawing of lots will be necessary if there is still a tie.
Previous participants in the Can-Am SCRABBLE Challenge were surveyed about their preferred lexicon for the 2012 Challenge. There were 23 surveys returned with the following responses:
Not able to play this year 2
Will only play CSW 5
Will only play TWL 4
Will play either, prefer CSW 10
Will play either, prefer TWL 2
Based on these results the following procedure will be used for the 2012 Can-Am: When registering, players will indicate their preferred lexicon. They will not be able to change this after the end of the qualification period. During the tournament, if both players have registered as preferring CSW, their game will be played to the CSW lexicon, with 10 point per word penalty challenges. All other games will be played to the TWL lexicon with double challenge. Players will have until 2012-07-30, which is one week after the end of the qualification period to withdraw without penalty if they are not comfortable with the number of their opponents who have opted for their non-preferred lexicon.
Current Standings
To see where players currently stand in qualifying to represent their countries, please see the full qualification standings. Players marked ‘n’ have confirmed that they will not play; those who have confirmed their intent to play are marked with their preferred lexicon. Please report any corrections to John Chew.
All alternates will be chosen on the basis of PR.
In the event that a dispute concerning these rules should arise, it will be
resolved by one of the following bodies as indicated: Canadian Committee (matters concerning qualification of Canadian players), TeamUSA Selection Committee (matters concerning qualification of US players), International
Committee (all other matters arising before the first day of the tournament), the Tournament Director (any matters arising on the days on which the tournament is contested). As always, rulings concerning disputes may
be appealed to the Advisory Board, which will (time permitting) hear them at its next scheduled monthly meeting.
Please email sam@samtimer.com with your lexical preference if you'd like to represent USA.
Please email Tony.Leah@caw.ca with your lexical preference if you'd like to represent Canada.
The standings will be announced and updated by John Chew.
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any of Douglas’ earliest residents arrived in the community via the railroad. After all, it was the railroad that platted the community’s initial streets, establishing Douglas in 1886. The local visitors’ center is housed in a historic railroad depot where a steam locomotive and eight rail cars are on display for the public to enjoy. In the downtown area yet another historic train depot is home to a local restaurant.
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Cheap renewables undercut nuclear power
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December 29, 2017, by Paul Brown
The technology advances and plunging costs of cheap renewables make base load nuclear power redundant.
LONDON, 29 December, 2017 – Cheap renewables are mounting a serious challenge to nuclear power, which in 2017 has had a difficult year.
Key projects have been abandoned, costs are rising, and politicians in countries which previously championed the industry are withdrawing their support.
Renewables, on the other hand, especially wind and solar power, have continued to expand at an enormous rate. Most importantly, they have got significantly cheaper.
And newer technologies like large-scale battery storage and production of hydrogen are becoming economic, because they harness cheap power from excess renewable capacity.
This latest trend – the production of hydrogen from excess wind and solar power – raises the possibility of replacing natural gas, at least in part, for domestic heating and cooking and for power stations.
The output from renewables can be stored and balanced out. Base load nuclear power is no longer needed
Many existing gas pipelines and domestic networks are equally capable of taking natural gas, biogas and hydrogen, or a mixture of all three.
The speed with which the transition is taking place has exceeded all official estimates. In favourable locations across the world, including the United States, Europe and India, onshore wind and solar farms are the least expensive way of producing electricity.
Even off-shore wind, five years ago more expensive than nuclear power, has developed so quickly that the latest Dutch off-shore farms are to be built without any subsidy at all.
These advances in renewables that are cutting the cost of power are in sharp contrast to continued cost overruns and delays in nuclear power stations.
An analysis of countries’ plans for tackling climate change showed that 108 were looking to expand renewables and just nine wanted to build new nuclear stations.
US blow
The biggest single blow to nuclear power’s expansion came in August: two nuclear reactors under construction in the US state of South Carolina were abandoned when 40% complete. This was a humiliation for the US giant Westinghouse, already in Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings to escape its creditors.
The models concerned were its flagship design, AP 1000 pressurised water reactors, which were supposed to spur a nuclear revival. Their cost, already $9 billion, was expected to rise to $25 billion by the time the reactors were completed – three years behind schedule.
This month, December 2017, in the nearby state of Georgia, building work on the only other plants of this design still under construction was allowed to continue despite already accumulated delays and costs. When the project is completed it is expected to increase consumer bills in the state by10%.
The continued difficulties of nuclear power are reflected in the French government’s declared intention to reduce nuclear’s share in electricity generation from 75% to 50%, by closing old stations and building more renewables.
Long delay
While it will not close old reactors as fast as it originally intended, France does not plan to build any new nuclear plants beyond the one still awaiting completion at Flamanville, which is years late and over budget.
The South Korean government has similarly been promising to halt nuclear expansion and develop more renewables. Japan, still suffering from the after-effects of the Fukushima nuclear disaster of 2011, is abandoning plans to restart some of its older reactors because of public resistance and the expense of upgrading safety.
Even in China and Russia, where state control means market economics have little effect on decision-making, plans to build more nuclear stations appear to be on hold, although no official statements have been made.
This has not stopped the nuclear industries in all these countries trying to export their technologies – notably to the UK, which is inviting all of them except Russia to build their latest nuclear power station design on its shores. If the plans succeed, the UK would have four different designs
The most advanced of these, Hinkley Point C in the west of England, is a set of two reactors of similar design to the badly delayed French reactor at Flamanville. It was originally due to be completed by Christmas 2017, but is now scheduled for 2025, although that is now seen as optimistic.
Completion doubts
Even the former UK energy secretary Sir Edward Davey, who signed off on the Hinkley Point deal, said “the economics have clearly gone away.” He doubted that the building would ever be completed, he told Greenpeace in an interview.
All the other UK nuclear projects are still at various stages of planning, and how any of them will be paid for is yet to be worked out. It is already clear that none can be financed without government subsidy.
An important political development in 2017 was that for the first time both the US and the UK admitted that their support for the nuclear industry is linked to the need to maintain their military capability in nuclear submarines and personnel. This is key, because both powers have previously claimed that there is no link between civil and military nuclear industries.
Even before their admission it was already clear that the big economies which have no nuclear weapons, like Germany, can see no point in having a civil nuclear industry.
Export drive
That does not stop smaller countries, some without any nuclear power stations at all at present, signing agreements with the Russian state-owned company Rosatom. In what many see as a Russian policy to extend its international influence, Rosatom already says it is building reactors in Belarus, China, India, Bangladesh, Hungary, Turkey, Finland and Iran, and is seeking to expand, with tenders in for 23 other reactors abroad.
These include Sudan, where the current president is wanted for war crimes. Whether all the plans will come to fruition remains doubtful.
The claim to a bright future which the nuclear industry clung to for the last 20 years was that the technology produced large quantities of low carbon electricity at a low price – something that intermittent renewables could not do.
In 2017 it is clear this argument has fallen apart. Nuclear is ever more expensive, and the cost is growing, while renewables are getting cheaper all the time.
But perhaps most important is that, with the development of batteries, biogas and hydrogen, the output from renewables can be stored and balanced out. Base load nuclear power is no longer needed. – Climate News Network
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With more electricity often generated than needed the excess could be utilised to generate the green power source @adamvaughan_uk Tue 8 May 2018 19.01 EDT Shares 111 Green energy would be boosted if excess electricity […]
Solutions to climate change
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Mitigation and adaptation Credit: trekandshoot/Shutterstock.comfrom https://climate.nasa.gov Mitigation – reducing climate change – involves reducing the flow of heat-trapping greenhouse gases into the atmosphere, either by reducing sources of these gases (for example, the burning of fossil fuels for […]
The Video of Gesar Farm
Gesar Farm was located on the bank of the Aksu River in Aksu, Xinjiang province, China. Four distinct seasons exist there, but the natural conditions are harsh. The land is very saline and alkaline, and [...]
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Two Take to the Skies
World of Warplanes has been my primary source for aerial combat. I like it's selection of planes, and the attention to detail and customization I expect from Wargaming. I've been hearing a lot about War Thunder, the aerial combat game from Gaijin Entertainment (War Thunder will eventually offer tanks and warships as well). After some research on the title, I decided to check it out.
War Thunder is currently in open beta, so the content available isn't necessarily indicative of the final product. That said, I like a lot of the features currently available in War Thunder. There is a larger variety of planes available, from early fighters, iconic planes of WWII, early jets and large bombers. I especially like being able to fly bombers like the B-17.
By comparison, World of Warplanes has fewer available aircraft, and no dedicated bombers. The absence of easily recognizable planes like the B-24, B-17 and JU-88 is discouraging. World of Warplanes may lack the breadth of planes that War Thunder maintains, but they more than make up for it in depth. World of Warplanes individual aircraft are more deeply customizable. Each aircraft has it's own tech tree of interchangeable parts (chassis, engine and armaments), allowing the player to tailor each plane to play style and performance criteria. War Thunder offers a blanket series of upgrades to each plane. Every plane has the same upgrade options, the only differences depending on ordnance capacity and number of turrets or guns on board.
While the overall flight controls are similar in both titles, War Thunders individual planes currently have less detailed flight models. Two different variants of plane in one tech tree may have identical attributes, but one will cost more to purchase. World of Warplanes offers more transparency in this matter. Each flight model is well documented, and upgrades to individual planes can be felt in the planes performance.
In the area of realism, both titles have their own strengths. War Thunder allows players to participate in full scale historical battles, has fully rendered cockpits for many of its planes, and offers a "full realism" control mode option that dramatically increases the difficulty of flying the aircraft. Word of Warplanes seems a little more tailored to a pick up and play sort of scheme. Each plane's stats are boiled down to numeric ratings. Behind the scenes though, numerous characteristics of each part account for the change in stats. A new engine takes into account weight, power, durability, even changes in weight distribution along the aircraft.
Both of these games offer a great experience for casual players and hardcore flight enthusiasts. War Thunder offers smooth controls (even with mouse and keyboard) and a wide variety of planes. World of Warplanes gives me tense, close quarters air combat and detailed customization. Best of all, both are free to play. I recommend giving them both a go if you're at all interested in aerial combat.
Posted by Steve H. at 4:55 PM
Labels: Air combat, free to play, Gaijin Entertainment, MMO, War Thunder, Wargaming.net, World of Warplanes
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News > Spokane
Downtown Spokane offers much more than just bars, nightclubs
Sun., June 25, 2017
By Azaria Podplesky azariap@spokesman.com(509) 459-5024
Anyone who’s spent time downtown after hours knows there’s always something going on. But if bars and nightclubs aren’t your thing, the area can seem unappealing, and maybe even uninviting. A closer look, though, will reveal a few out-of-the-box options for a night on the town.
For those who love to dance but aren’t big fans of nightclubs, Satori Dance Studio (122 S. Monroe St.) is the place to go to shake your tail feathers. Satori offers classes on the Cuban and L.A. styles of salsa; the Argentine tango; bachata, a style of dance from the Dominican Republic; and the Lindy hop, a type of swing dance.
To get even further immersed in each style of dance, dancers can take one of Satori’s free language classes. In these classes, dancers study the lyrics of a song in either French, Spanish or Portuguese, then learn its grammar and structure. They then take to the floor and dance to the songs they just studied.
Reservations aren’t required for open dance or private or group language classes, but dancers should call ahead to reserve a spot in Satori’s private or group dance classes. FYI, Satori doesn’t accept credit or debit cards, so be sure to bring cash or check along with your dancing shoes.
The Inland Northwest is chock-full of natural features that cater to rock climbers of all experience levels, but sometimes weather or travel restraints make it hard to climb outside. Enter Wild Walls (202 W. Second Ave.), Spokane’s first climbing gym, which is open until 10 p.m. Monday through Saturday and until 7 p.m. Sunday, so climbers can get some training in no matter when they get off work.
Wild Walls offers climbers the opportunity to top rope (climbing with ropes) or boulder (climbing without ropes), and for those with no climbing experience, the gym offers a vertical introduction package (a women-only vertical introduction class is also available) and an introduction to lead climbing class for those interested in sport climbing. Rental equipment is available, and a membership includes access to Wild Walls’ yoga classes, half of which also cater to the after-work crowd (8-9 p.m. Mondays, Wednesdays and Thursdays).
After a long day at work, a game night with friends can be a welcome reprieve. Whether you’re new to gaming or have been playing for years, Uncle’s Games Puzzles and More (404 W. Main Ave.) hosts tournaments and other ways to play seven days a week, with most weekday events happening 6-9 p.m.
No matter your game of choice, Uncle’s Games, a downtown staple since 1978, has got you covered. A glance at the store’s calendar shows events for Magic the Gathering, The Lord of the Rings: Living Card Game, Pokemon, Star Wars Armada, Force of Will, Arkham Horror: The Card Game, Yu-Gi-Oh!, Runewars and more. Prizes are up for grabs at just about every event, and nearly all events are, at most, $7 to attend.
Uncle’s Games also hosts board game nights every Friday and special events like jigsaw exchange, where puzzle enthusiasts can trade a completed puzzle for one of Uncle’s Games’s opened puzzles, once a month.
If you just can’t imagine a night out without a drink of some sort, plan an evening at Pinot’s Palette (319 W. Sprague Ave.) or Paint & Pints (718 W. Riverside Ave.), as drinking while creating is an option at both studios. Both Pinot’s Palette and Paint & Pints post previews of each class’s paintings on their website so you can choose a piece of art you know you’ll love. Flowers, landscapes and animals are popular subjects in both studios.
Pinot’s Palette offers wine by the glass or bottle, as well as microbrews and nonalcoholic drinks. All of the studio’s wine and beer offerings are from either Washington or North Idaho. At Paint & Pints, painters can choose from beer – on tap or individual cans or bottles – and wine from near (Washington, Oregon and California) or far (Italy, Spain, France, Germany and Argentina), depending on availability. At the end of the night, your thirst will be quenched and you’ll have a new piece of art to bring home.
Published: June 25, 2017, midnight
Tags: downtown, downtown spokane section, nightlife, Paint & Pints, Pinot’s Palette, Satori Dance Studio, things to do, Uncle’s Games Puzzles and More, Wild Walls
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The Art of the Indian Tabla (Igor Mihaljević)
Srdjan Beronja - The author of the book about the Indian tabla
"People are formed out of rhythm"
Igor Mihaljević
Serbian Daily DNEVNIK
DN: So, how did your relationship with music began? Tell us something about the very beginnings.
- In the childhood, I liked to pay attention on various sounds and to sing by inventing on-the-spot lyrics, according to that age. Later on, I sang in the school's choir and played briefly a bass guitar, but very soon after a drum kit and other percussions, as I felt the rhythm in its absolute. However, I used to listen Gipsy musicians from my neighborhood, as well as various traditional world music from the Middle East, India and the Balkans. So, I started to experiment with various percussion instruments in various music genres, in a way that the focus of my interest remained on tarabuk (darabuka) and the Indian Tabla.
DN: Perhaps your unusual choice caused unusual methods of studying?
- I have developed the technique of playing tarabuk (darabuka) by myself. Later on, I expanded that knowledge during my explorations in the Middle East, where this instrument is widely present. My wish was to play the Indian tabla. They, as well as darabuka, have a unique sound, while the technique of playing both instruments implies the use of fingers, what was for me the most adequate way of expressing. So when I was 24, I have moved to India where I have started serious study of the Indian tabla.
DN: Describe to us, how is it to study in India?
- Music education in India is achieved by a traditional, thousands of years old method 'guru-shishya-parampara', what in Sanskrit literally means 'teacher-student-succession'. My teachers were Vikas Tripathi along with Kailash Nath Mishra, son of the legendary tabla maestro Pt. Samta Prasad. From them I have gained the knowledge, which I have developed later on by traveling and researching thousands of kilometers through India and during my stay in Pakistan.
DN: How did your clash with the music of the East look like?
- Music of the East, where Serbia belongs with its large part, has its own uniqueness reflected in the intuition and in the honesty of emotions. The music of the Middle East bears within a great passion and it is based on quarter-tones, dynamic rhythm, while emphasis is on the melody. Indian music system is probably the most complex and its roots are driven from the Vedic knowledge. It is based on 'shruti' microtonal intervals and highly complex rhythmic structures. Facing with that kind of system forces you to develop your hearing sense due to which, music from some other parts of the world, as well as the one from the medieval Europe, sounds somewhat empty.
DN: From where did you get the idea of writing the book?
- When I got interested in tabla, there wasn't a person in Serbia who played them, neither literature of any kind could be found. Having the instrument itself was practically impossible as well. During my first visit to India, I haven't found an adequate literature in English language either. So, after six months of gathering notes, I came to the idea to write a comprehensive book that will be opened to everyone.
DN: Speaking from a proffesional standpoint, how the life of percussionists looks like? Which kind of problems are you facing in your world for example?
- Percussionists mostly have their role in some particular orchestra, ensemble or they are following some particular group or singer, while they are not leaving behind any of their own work. On the other hand, large number of them performs tiring rhythmic solos which are loosing conception. Music IS called 'sangeet' in Sanskrit, the term which is consolidated from two words: 'sam' meaning 'together' and 'geet' meaning 'song'. Therefore, meaning singing, playing together. Another problem comes from the general minimization of the role of percussion instruments in music, although the rhythm is even greater than the music itself. Everything around us is formed out of rhythm; the vibrations of molecules and atoms. Therefore, we are as well. This is the reason why we are swinging to the rhythm and playing music, as in this way we are unifying, merging with that universal vibration.
- Igor Mihaljević
(Serbian Daily DNEVNIK & ZTZ Media)
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Warren Buffett’s High Dividend Stock Picks – Verizon (VZ), Kraft Foods (KRFT) and General Motors (GM)
According to the recent 13F filing of Berkshire Hathaway, Warren Buffett had $107.6 billion invested in 46 different stocks at of the end of second quarter. Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE:VZ), Kraft Foods Group Inc (NASDAQ:KRFT) and General Motors Company (NYSE:GM) are the stocks with the highest dividend yield in Warren Buffett’s 13F portfolio. (You can see the entire list of Warren Buffett’s holdings).
Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE:VZ) is one of the leading telecommunication companies; and providing communications, information and entertainment products and services with Wireless and Wireline segments. Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE:VZ) increased its adjusted earnings by over 20% in the last two consecutive quarters. The company reported earnings per share (EPS) of $1.01 in the second quarter of 2014. The company added 1.4 million net retail customers in Wireless segment and achieved 5.3% increase in year-over-year customer revenues in Wireline segment in the second quarter. Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE:VZ) has a market cap of $202B, a P/E ratio of 10.4 and a dividend yield of 4.3%. Warren Buffett had $744 million invested in the company at the end of second quarter. Paul Ruddock and Steve Heinz’s Lansdowne Partners and John Paulson’s Paulson & Co are the other prominent Verizon investors. (See the complete lists of hedge funds which have investments in Verizon).
Kraft Foods Group Inc (NASDAQ:KRFT) engages in the food and beverage businesses in United States and Canada. Kraft Foods Group Inc (NASDAQ:KRFT) reported Q2 net revenues of $4.7 billion in the second quarter and increased free cash flow by 13.8% to $454 million in the last two quarters. Kraft Foods Group Inc (NASDAQ:KRFT) has a market cap of $34 billion, a P/E ratio of 14.4 and a dividend yield of 3.62%. Warren Buffett had $11.6 million invested in the company at the end of second quarter.
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Teaching With Sports
Edward J. Blum / March 5, 2013
Today’s interview is the second in our two-part series with Dr. Amy Bass of the College of New Rochelle. Her first book, Not the Triumph, but the Struggle, one of the finest works on twentieth-century American history I have read, examines the “making of the black athlete” as a political, cultural, social, national, and international construct. It is not simply “sports history.” It is American history. Here are her answers for thinking about using sports in the US history classroom.
1) Harry Edwards long ago pointed out that sports is a microcosm of society. How could US historians more effectively include sports in their textbooks and survey lectures? Can you provide a short list of handy-dandy examples?
The example I always use is that of Jules Tygiel’s work on Jackie Robinson. Robinson makes his minor league debut — which is the actual breaking of the color line — in 1946. Think about it: baseball desegregates almost a full decade before the Brown decision. It’s on the news reels, in the newspaper, and followed by thousands of screaming fans. The last team to desegregate — my beloved Boston Red Sox — will do so in 1959, four years before the March on Washington. Baseball doesn’t solve questions of civil rights, but it is, I would argue, the most popular forum for Americans to begin to digest what desegregation looks like and — more importantly — what integration looks like. The problems the players face, the questions the owners deal with, the spirits of the fans: all of this contributes to an enormous cultural undertaking that enables Americans to really begin to wrap their heads around civil rights. Now, is that something that should be contained only within a “sports history” class? Absolutely not. I teach it in my U.S. survey and I think everyone else should too. You cannot teach the postwar period without Jackie Robinson. Other examples, quickly? The “Battle of the Sexes” between Bobby Riggs and Billy Jean King is the most dramatic portrayal of what the Equal Rights Amendment meant, and how the second wave of feminisms evolved. Want to teach American views on fascism? Take a look at Joe Louis and Max Schmeling’s bouts. Want to understand Pan-Africanism, the Nation of Islam, the influence of Malcolm X, and how slogans such as “black is beautiful” came about? Muhammad Ali (and that’s barely scratching the surface of what you can do with Ali. Global capitalism? His name is Michael Jordan. Urban history? Pick just about any sport in Chicago. Labor history? Meet Curt Flood. The examples are seemingly endless.
2) One central moment in your book is the moment in the 1968 Olympics when Tommie Smith and John Carlos raised their fists in the “black power” salute. Beyond the photograph, what is the best primary document to use in the classroom for that event?
It’s hard to even think about it beyond the photograph, isn’t it? Such a powerful image. Tommie gives Howard Cosell an interview afterwards that I think is really compelling television. It was misquoted for years because of the way Harry Edwards transcribed it in his own book about the movement, but I went back to the original footage and found what Tommie actually said. He describes his own interpretation of what everything symbolized. I love having students look at the photograph, and then watch the actual footage of the moment, then the broadcasted version of it, and then the interview. ALong the way, listening to what students think is occurring is fantastic, and then they get to digest what Tommie thinks is happening. My favorite student comment occurred years ago — when I showed the photograph, the student, who had never seen it before nor heard of either athlete, thought is was a gesture of celebration. He thought they were celebrating their medals, not condemning racism. Pretty powerful.
3) What are the pitfalls for having students write about sports as part of US history?
Fandom. Students want to write about what they love, which is great in terms of their energy, but then they lose sight of historically substantiating the bigger pictures. I recently had a hockey nut in my seminar; there was nothing about hockey this kid didn’t know. The research project focused on the “Miracle on Ice,” and the earliest draft of the paper focused entirely on the play-by-play. Eventually, we got the Cold War in there, but it took a lot to get the student to look up from the ice. You need the sports details, to be sure, because sports are a great narrative, filled with world records and exciting figures and momentous events. But you always need to make the connections.
4) Do you ever use your experiences with NBC as part of its Olympics coverage team when you teach?
It’s part of my knowledge base. Absolutely. The Olympics are something that cannot be fully understand without going. So the numerous Games that I’ve been privileged to see, and the behind-the-scenes moments that I have experienced, have without question enhanced what I can bring to the classroom. And I’m kind of an encyclopedia about a whole lot of Olympic minutiae. Which never hurts.
March 5, 2013 in Edward J. Blum.
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Fantastic interview!
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Does Open Source Software Have a Role in Enterprise IT?
Open source software has come a long way since the 1980s. Back when the concept was first developed, it was a philosophical revolution in the software world. Releasing software for free wasn’t new, but releasing the source code behind the software and even encouraging others to improve upon it was game-changing.
In its infancy, open source software wasn’t the sort of thing most enterprises would consider. Times have changed, though. If your organization has never seriously considered whether open source software has a role in enterprise IT, you may be missing out on some serious advantages.
Open Source Software’s Changing Role
Open source software used to be viewed as the software equivalent of homebrew beer: an interesting hobby with sometimes attractive results, but not at all useful at scale. Over the twenty-five-plus years since its origins, things have changed. There’s no perfect analogy, but you might say the open source crowd has evolved into the equivalent of a network of craft brewers. Each brewer crafts something unique, and they all share their recipes and brewing techniques freely, both with other brewers and with consumers. Because of this collaboration and free sharing of information, the results just keep getting better.
Enterprise Adoption Grows
This evolution has had an effect on enterprise adoption. Today, most companies utilize some open source software. Red Hat, a Linux distributor and a major player in the open source space, commissioned a study of enterprise IT in 2019. The study determined that 83% of enterprises surveyed were using open source software, and 69% of those respondents described open source software as being either extremely or very important to their organization.
Uses of Open Source Software
Uses of open source software in enterprise settings vary widely, of course. Small businesses may not venture far outside OpenOffice, an open source alternative to Microsoft Office. Enterprise level businesses, however, tend to do more. That same Red Hat study names five areas where open source applications are being used in surveyed enterprise businesses at a rate of 41% or higher. These five are website development, cloud management, security, big data & analytics, and databases.
Pros and Cons of Open Source Enterprise Software
We don’t want to give you the wrong impression. The world of open source software isn’t a miracle utopia that will solve your every business IT problem. There are pros and cons to using open source software for enterprise IT. Here are a few.
Pro: Open Source Software Is Almost Always Free
If the source code is freely available, the software itself is almost by definition offered for free as well. There are limited exceptions, but most of the time, open source software is free to use. This makes sense practically, as it’s challenging to charge for the shell when you’re giving away the innards for free. It’s also a philosophical decision, as the open source movement is closely connected to the ideas of the free software movement.
Con: Supporting Open Source Software Isn’t Free
Open source software at the enterprise level isn’t being designed by hobbyists with day jobs. This is complex software that takes real development work. You may be wondering, then, how the developers put food on the table. In many cases, the answer is support.
When you purchase enterprise software from a traditional source, you usually enter into a license agreement where the seller or the developer will support your use of the software, for a yearly fee. Similar arrangements are available to help you support many open source enterprise applications. The software is free, and you’re free to customize it. If you need support, though, you’ll need a service level agreement (SLA) or something similar. These aren’t free.
Pro: Open Source Software Is Customizable
Off-the-shelf software solutions don’t allow you to customize the software beyond whatever settings the developer offers. You’ve likely experienced this on a small scale. Many people who use Microsoft Outlook for email, for example, aren’t thrilled with the program’s search function. Too bad: neither users nor company IT departments have the ability to enhance this feature beyond what Microsoft provides.
Open source software is different. Companies can tailor the software to their needs and can tweak the source code so that the new software interfaces properly with their existing systems.
Con: You Have to Do It Yourself
The previous pro is a bit of a double-edged sword. The ability to customize software is great, but your company needs people with the skills to do that customization well. Even the best IT pros may get stuck in this process, and finding dedicated support can be a challenge.
Contrast this with complex high-end proprietary enterprise software suites, which often come with support from the vendor. Vendor agreements may include some custom interfacing work. The software and service agreements are costly, but you aren’t left on your own to do the customizing.
For many businesses, open source enterprise software can save money and improve functionality, but navigating the open source waters can be a challenge. If you need help, contact us today!
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Displaying items by tag: open government
Ontario Court of Appeal Confirms Order to Disclose Physician Billing Information
Some years ago, a reporter from the Toronto Star filed an access to information request to obtain the names of the top 100 physician billers to Ontario’s Health Insurance Program (OHIP). She also sought the amounts billed, and the physicians’ fields of specialization. The information was in the hands of the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care, and the request was made under Ontario’s Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (FIPPA). The Ministry refused to disclose the records on the basis that they constituted the physicians’ personal information. An adjudicator with the Ontario Information and Privacy Commissioner’s Office disagreed, and ordered disclosure. An appeal by the Ontario Medical Association (OMA) to the Ontario Divisional Court was unsuccessful (discussed here). On August 3, 2018, the Ontario Court of Appeal dismissed the OMA’s further appeal of that decision.
The relatively brief and unanimous Court of Appeal decision made short work of the OMA’s arguments. The Court found that the adjudicator’s determination that the information was not personal information was reasonable. FIPPA specifically excludes from the definition of personal information “the name, title, contact information or designation of an individual that identifies the individual in a business, professional or official capacity”. The OMA had argued that the disclosure of the names in conjunction with the billing information meant that the disclosure would include personal information that “describes an individual’s finances, income, assets, liabilities…”. FIPPA provides in s. 21(3) that the disclosure of personal information is presumptively an invasion of privacy when it falls within this category. However, the Court found that the billing information constituted “the affected physicians’ gross revenue before allowable business expenses such as office, personnel, lab equipment, facility and hospital expenses.” (at para 25) The Court agreed with the adjudicator that the gross billing information did not reveal the actual income of the physicians. It stated: “where, as here, an individual’s gross professional or business income is not a reliable indicator of the individual’s actual personal finances or income, it is reasonable to conclude not only that the billing information is not personal information as per s. 2(1), but also that it does not describe “an individual’s finances [or] income”, for the purpose of s. 21(3)(f).” (at para 26)
The OMA had resisted disclosure because the billing information might give the public, who might not understand the costs associated with running a medical practice, a distorted idea of the physicians’ personal finances. Ironically, the Court found that the differences between billing information and actual income were so different that it did not amount to personal information. The OMA had objected to what it considered to be the OIPC’s changed position on the nature of this type of information; in the past, the OIPC had accepted that this information was personal information and had not ordered disclosure. The Ontario Court of Appeal observed that the adjudicator was not bound to follow precedent; it also observed that there were differences of opinion in past OIPC decisions on this issue, and no clear precedent existed in any event.
The decision is an important one for access to information. A publicly funded health care system consumes substantial resources, and there is a public interest in understanding, analyzing, critiquing and discussing how those resources are spent. The OMA was understandably concerned that public discussions not centre on particular individuals. However, governments have been moving towards greater transparency when it comes to monies paid to specific individuals and businesses, whether they are contractors or even public servants. As the Court of Appeal noted, FIPPA balances access to information with the protection of personal privacy. The public interest clearly prevailed in this instance.
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ATIA reform bill addresses review of documents covered by solicitor-client privilege
Note that for ease of reference the different provisions of the bills/laws discussed here are reproduced at the end of this post.
The Liberal government, which had promised during the last election campaign to reform Canada’s outdated Access to Information Act (ATIA) has tabled its reforms in Bill C-58. First reviews of the bill, by key users of the ATIA such as academics and journalists have been highly critical of the many ways in which the proposed reforms fall short of what was promised. While acknowledging the importance and salience of these critiques, this post will focus on two very specific amendments in this Bill that are most welcome.
Government departments and agencies subject to the ATIA have long been able to refuse to disclose records covered by solicitor-client privilege. This is an important exception. As the Supreme Court of Canada stated in Blood Tribe, “Solicitor-client privilege is fundamental to the proper functioning of our legal system.” (at para 9). The court noted that the privilege permits a free flow of legal advice between lawyer and client, and stated that without solicitor-client privilege, “access to justice and the quality of justice in this country would be severely compromised.” (para 9) It is not surprising, therefore that documents covered by solicitor-client privilege would not be disclosable under the ATIA. In the same vein, the right to access one’s personal information under the federal Privacy Act, or the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA), is similarly limited – access cannot be had to records containing personal information that are subject to solicitor-client privilege.
While this is understandable, the problem has long been that there has been no proper oversight of assertions of solicitor-client privilege by record-holders. The courts have treated the privilege as so absolute, that only the most explicit statutory language will permit a Commissioner (whether the Information Commissioner or a Privacy Commissioner) to review such documents in order to determine whether the claimed privilege is actually justified. In Blood Tribe, the Supreme Court of Canada found that the rather open-ended language in PIPEDA did not meet the test, and as a result the federal Privacy Commissioner could not review claims of solicitor client privilege in records containing personal information under that statute. Much clearer language was needed.
While the outcome in Blood Tribe is fair enough, a 2016 decision by the Supreme Court of Canada seemed to move from protecting solicitor client privilege to fetishizing it. In Alberta (Information and Privacy Commissioner) v. University of Calgary, the Supreme Court of Canada considered wording in Alberta’s Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act that was quite a bit more explicit than that in PIPEDA, and that appeared quite sufficient to give Alberta’s Commissioner the power to review claims of solicitor-client privilege in government records sought through access to information requests. Yet the majority of the Court determined that Blood Tribe dictated that only the clearest statutory language could derogate from the protection of solicitor-client privilege. They took the position that solicitor-client privilege was no mere privilege of the law of evidence. It arose in circumstances outside the court room, and had the character of “an important civil and legal right and a principle of fundamental justice in Canadian law.” (at para 41) Because of this, the majority ruled that the wording of the statute, which allowed the Commissioner to access records “despite . . . any privilege of the law of evidence” (s. 56(3) was “not sufficiently clear, explicit and unequivocal to evince legislative intent to set aside solicitor-client privilege.” (at para 44) It should be noted that Justice Cromwell wrote a separate opinion in University of Calgary making it clear that he strongly disagreed with the interpretation of the majority, and stating that in his view the language of the statute was perfectly clear and gave the necessary powers to the Commissioner. The majority decision in University of Calgary was so surprising that Ontario’s Information and Privacy Commissioner in his Annual Report released in mid-June 2017, asked the Ontario government to amend very similar language in Ontario’s Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act so as to make it crystal clear that the Ontario Commissioner has the power to review claims of solicitor client privilege in documents being withheld by government departments and agencies.
If passed, Bill C-58 will amend section 36(2) of the ATIA to provide in language that even the most punctilious judge would find hard to ignore, that the Information Commissioner can review records being withheld on the basis of solicitor-client privilege in order to determine whether such privilege is properly claimed. Notably, the bill will also amend the Privacy Act to add similar language giving the Privacy Commissioner the power to review records withheld under claims of solicitor client privilege. Both sets of amendments make it clear that this review does not constitute a waiver of those privileges or of professional secrecy. It is a necessary compromise to ensure a proper balancing of interests. These changes, at least, should be welcome.
Statutory language discussed in the above post:
PIPEDA (interpreted in Blood Tribe and found to be too vague to support review by the Commissioner):
12.1 (1) In the conduct of an investigation of a complaint, the Commissioner may
[. . . ]
(c) receive and accept any evidence and other information, whether on oath, by affidavit or otherwise, that the Commissioner sees fit, whether or not it is or would be admissible
Access to Information Act (currently):
36 (2) Notwithstanding any other Act of Parliament or any privilege under the law of evidence, the Information Commissioner may, during the investigation of any complaint under this Act, examine any record to which this Act applies that is under the control of a government institution, and no such record may be withheld from the Commissioner on any grounds.
Privacy Act (currently):
34 (2) Notwithstanding any other Act of Parliament or any privilege under the law of evidence, the Privacy Commissioner may, during the investigation of any complaint under this Act, examine any information recorded in any form under the control of a government institution, other than a confidence of the Queen’s Privy Council for Canada to which subsection 70(1) applies, and no information that the Commissioner may examine under this subsection may be withheld from the Commissioner on any grounds.
Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (Alberta) (at issue in University of Calgary and found to be insufficient):
56(3) Despite any other enactment or any privilege of the law of evidence, a public body must produce to the Commissioner within 10 days any record or a copy of any record required under subsection (1) or (2).
Ontario’s Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act:
52 (4) In an inquiry, the Commissioner may require to be produced to the Commissioner and may examine any record that is in the custody or under the control of an institution, despite Parts II and III of this Act or any other Act or privilege, and may enter and inspect any premises occupied by an institution for the purposes of the investigation. R.S.O. 1990, c. F.31, s. 52 (4).
Proposed Amendment to the Access to Information Act in Bill C-58:
36 (2) Despite any other Act of Parliament, any privilege under the law of evidence, solicitor-client privilege or the professional secrecy of advocates and notaries and litigation privilege, and subject to subsection (2.1), the Information Commissioner may, during the investigation of any complaint under the Part, examine any record to which this Part applies that is under the control of a government institution, and not such record may be withheld from the Commissioner on any grounds.
Proposed Amendment to the Privacy Act in Bill C-58:
34 (2) Despite any other Act of Parliament, any privilege under the law of evidence, solicitor-client privilege or the professional secrecy of advocates and notaries and litigation privilege, and subject to subsection (2.1), the Privacy Commissioner may, during the investigation of any complaint under the Act, examine any information recorded in any form under the control of a government institution, other than a confidence of the Queen’s Privy Council for Canada to which subsection 70(1) applies, and no information that the Commissioner may examine under this subsection may be withheld from the Commissioner on any grounds.
Ontario court weighs in on relationship between access to information and freedom of expression
A recent court decision (Assn. for Reformed Political Action Canada v. Ontario) raises some interesting questions about the relationship between the Charter right to freedom of expression and access to information rights.
On June 9, 2017, Justice Labrosse of the Ontario Superior Court of Justice ruled that a statutory exemption to Ontario’s Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (FIPPA) violated s. 2(b) of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, and could not be justified under s. 1. He issued a suspended declaration of invalidity, giving the province 12 months to repair the offending legislation.
Like other access to information regimes in Canada, Ontario’s FIPPA sets a default rule that citizens have a right of access to information in the hands of government and its agencies and departments. This default rule is subject to a number of exceptions that allow government institutions to refuse to disclose information that would, among other things, violate solicitor client privilege, reveal third party confidential commercial information, or adversely impact privacy rights. When a government institution refuses to release all or some of the requested information on one of these statutory grounds, the requesting party can complain to the Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner (OIPC), which is authorized to resolve such disputes. That, in a nutshell, is the regime established under FIPPA.
In this case, the applicants challenged a provision of FIPPA that was added to the statute in 2012. Section 65(5.7) provides that “This Act does not apply to records relating to the provision of abortion services.” The Applicants argued that this exception violated their right to freedom of expression under s. 2(b) of the Charter by limiting their right of access to information. In a 2010 decision, the Supreme Court of Canada held that there was no constitutional right of access to information; rather, access was a “derivative” right related to the freedom of expression. A denial of access to information could violate the freedom of expression where access “is a necessary precondition of meaningful expression on the functioning of government.” (at para 30) Justice Labrosse’s decision therefore turns on a conclusion that the denial of access to the statistical data at issue in this case prevents “meaningful expression on the functioning of government.” In this case, Justice Labrosse characterizes the information currently available as “less than 50% of some of the statistical information on a matter of important public interest.”(at para 6).
To be clear, the effect of s. 65(5.7) is not to prohibit the disclosure of information relating to the provision of abortion services. Rather, it simply removes decisions about the disclosure of such information from the statutory scheme. The Ontario government argued that freedom of expression rights were not affected by s. 65(5.7) because hospitals and/or the government could still release such information outside of the statutory scheme. Indeed, the government of Ontario had disclosed statistical information about abortion services to the applicant, and had even argued that because this information had been provided, the application was moot.
Prior to 2012, requests for data relating to the provision of abortion services could be made to government departments or agencies that were in possession of such data. For example, the Ministry of Health would have data about the number of abortions billed to OHIP, and those data could be sought through an access to information request. In responding to requests, the department or agency would ensure that the release of data was not subject to any of the exceptions in the legislation. Any disputes would be dealt with by the OIPC. In 2012, FIPPA was amended so as to include hospitals under the legislative scheme. This meant that the public would be able to make freedom of information requests to hospitals for data about their services. It was at this time that the legislation was amended to add s. 65(5.7). Justice Labrosse noted that the government’s justification for the addition of this exception was “to address the concern that disclosure of records relating to the provision of abortion services could pose risks to the safety and security of [hospital] patients, health care providers and other staff.” (at para 59). He characterized this as a pressing and substantial objective. He expressed skepticism, however, about the government’s stated secondary objective which was to “allow hospitals to decide if they wish to voluntarily disclose records relating to the provision of abortion services.” (at para 59). He noted that there was no policy framework put in place for such disclosures, and that no voluntary disclosures had ever been made.
Justice Labrosse essentially found that the exemption of the application of FIPPA to information about abortion services, which, as argued by the government, leaves hospitals and other government bodies free to disclose this information outside the FIPPA scheme, violates the freedom of expression. It is therefore the failure to ensure a framework for access to information, with all of its balancing exceptions and limitations that presents the constitutional problem. In rejecting the sufficiency of assurances by government that information can be provided outside of FIPPA on a voluntary basis, he noted that “Ontario has not pointed to any policy or legislative provision which would allow interested parties to rely on voluntary disclosure by Ontario.” (at para 40)
Justice Labrosse also rejected Ontario’s claims that Charter rights were not affected since statistical data was already available from other sources such as the Canadian Institutes for Health Information (CIHI), billing information voluntarily disclosed by the government, and statistical information available in some scholarly research. The government argued that this information was sufficient to allow for an informed public debate. In his view, significant discrepancies between the government data and the CIHI data meant that the CIHI data was not an adequate substitute. He also added that “requiring interested parties to project forward from dated statistical information published in journals” (at para 42) was also not sufficient to allow for meaningful public discussion.
Although Justice Labrosse accepted that the government had a pressing and substantial concern in protecting the safety and security of patients and health care providers, he found that the s. 65(5.7) went too far. He noted that the exception “includes no criteria to allow for disclosure of records which do not impact the objective of protecting the privacy and safety of patients seeking abortion services” (at para 66). The suspended declaration of invalidity means that the government now has 12 months in which to try to craft an exception that better balances their objectives with the public right of access to information.
It is worth comparing the provision struck down in this case with the new exemption in FIPPA for information relating to medically assisted dying. Medically assisted dying is also controversial and the government was clearly concerned about possible privacy and security implications for individuals and institutions. Yet the solution they crafted is much narrower than the broad exemption for information relating to abortion services. A new section 65(11) provides that: “This Act does not apply to identifying information in a record relating to medical assistance in dying.” This exception is only with respect to “identifying information”, rather than with respect to “records” more generally. Section 65(12) defines “identifying information as information “(a) that relates to medical assistance in dying, and (b) that identifies an individual or facility, or for which it is reasonably foreseeable in the circumstances that it could be utilized, either alone or with other information, to identify an individual or facility”. This provision may well serve as a model for the government as it crafts a new exception to replace s. 65(5.7).
Court finds no Charter right to free, online laws and regulations
A recent Alberta Provincial Court decision raised interesting issues about access to law in the internet and open government era. The case involved a prosecution for alleged violations of the Safety Codes Act for non-compliance with the Alberta Fire Code (AFC). The accused, Mr. Khan, was ultimately acquitted of all counts – the alleged breaches of the AFC were related to either an improper conversion of his property into a rooming house or the improper addition of a secondary suite. The court ultimately found that it had not been established that he had done either of these things.
The access to law issues arose because Mr. Khan, in his defence, raised a number of arguments regarding the relative inaccessibility of the Alberta Fire Code (AFC), and thus his inability to know what rules applied to his actions. In particular, he argued that the AFC was insufficiently published and distributed such that it would be a violation of section 7 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms to find people bound by its provisions. He also argued that the defence of “Invincible Mistake of Law” applied to him since the AFC cannot be sufficiently known or followed because of the defects in its publication.
The Alberta Fire Code is one of those sets of rules that occupy a rather odd conceptual space. It sets out binding rules that must be followed, but it is not a provincial regulation enacted by the sitting government and published through the normal channels. Instead, it is a code that is developed by (in this case) the National Research Council, through the participation of volunteer experts from relevant stakeholder groups that include government, industry and the public. Codes developed by the NRC (which include the Fire Code, the Building Code, the Plumbing Code and the Enercy Code) are then adopted by provincial and territorial governments. For example, in Alberta, it is the Fire Code Regulation under the Safety Codes Act that adopts the AFC and declares it to be in force in the province.
In the good old analog days, the difference in accessibility between laws, regulations, and codes like the AFC would have been much harder to spot. Anyone wanting to know what the Safety Codes Act or the Fire Code Regulation provided would have had to get themselves to a library that carried legal texts. They would likely have also found a copy of the AFC at the same library. Alternatively, they could have paid the Queen’s Printer for print copies of the statute and the regulation. The provincial department of municipal affairs would have been happy as well to sell them a copy of the AFC. As far as access goes, it was not wildly convenient – but there were both free and for-fee options, each requiring varying levels of effort.
By contrast, today anyone seeking a copy of a law or regulation can find these quickly, for free, and from anywhere they have internet access, either by visiting the website for the relevant legislature or by visiting the one-stop public resource that is CanLII. Mr. Khan’s arguments were all based around the fact that while the Safety Codes Act and the Fire Code Regulations are publicly available online and for free, the AFC is not. The AFC is still only available for free through a visit to a public library that has one in its collection (not all do). Alternatively, one can purchase a hard copy for $220, or pay for access through an online subscription (with a minimum fee of $40 for 10 days of access). The issue raised by Mr. Khan, therefore, was whether this type of access is good enough in the digital and open government era.
Judge Robertson acknowledged that “accessibility is a basic requirement of the law and forms an important fundamental of a justice system within a free and democratic society.”(at para 48) However, he found that the manner of publication of the AFC did not offend the principles of fundamental justice. He noted that the Safety Codes Act and Alberta Fire Regulation are widely available free of charge, and provide public notice of the application of the AFC. The AFC itself is available either through public libraries or by paying for access. He rejected the argument that the fees for access violated the Charter, noting that the fees charged were “diverted back to the continued maintenance and updating of the AFC, from which all citizens benefit.” (at para 64) Judge Robertson also noted that no evidence had been led to show that the cost of access would be prohibitive to “a significant percentage of homeowners” (at para 70). Further, he noted that “by the very nature of what it controls, the Fire Code is concerned with those who own capital in the form of real property. These individuals are sufficiently well-off to contemplate renovation of that property. Moreover, the purpose of such renovation would be to gain additional revenue from the use of the property as a multi dwelling unit or rooming house.”(at para 72) He found that in such circumstances, the modest cost of purchasing access to the AFC was unlikely to cause hardship.
Taking into account the fact that charges would only arise where there is non-compliance with the AFC, Judge Robertson also showed little sympathy for any defendant who had not gone through the permitting and inspection process required for renovations and who then argued that the AFC was not freely available. He noted that “Speaking generally, an individual cannot complain about the illegitimacy of secret state laws, regulations and Safety Codes, while at the same time, trying to hide unauthorized renovations or increased use of a property from the state.” (at para 75)
Perhaps most importantly from an open government perspective, Judge Robertson rejected the existence of any legal principle or case law mandating the state to “provide hard copy documents of its laws to all citizens absolutely free of charge.” (at para 76). He noted that obtaining hard copies of laws has always come with a fee; nothing has changed in this regard, even where there is also a free online alternative. As a result, there was no violation of s. 7 of the Charter.
Finally, Judge Robertson ruled that the defence of invincible mistake of law was not available. He noted that the AFC was not a secret document, was available to the public in different ways, and could be accessed both for free at some public libraries as well as at reasonable cost from the government. He noted that both the public permit system and a free inspection service provided by the Calgary Fire Department supported citizens in complying with the provisions of the Code.
Essentially, Judge Robertson finds that the current situation falls within what is constitutionally acceptable for access to laws. This does not mean, however, that accessibility could not or should not be improved. The discussion of the accessibility of the AFC and the fees charged for access was framed by a consideration of the laborious process for drafting and regularly updating safety codes such as the AFC through complex multi-stakeholder processes. While it is understandable that cost-recovery might be an objective of the publication arrangements, and while it is arguable the main market for the AFC will be those engaged in business and thus well-placed to pay the fees, the open government movement has generally pushed back against cost-recovery for data and documents regardless of the time and resources needed to prepare and publish them. Cost-recovery is only one policy factor to consider in a debate or discussion about openness. Other considerations, such as transparency and accessibility could outweigh its importance.
Judge Robertson also noted that the process of co-creation leaves copyright in the AFC shared between the federal and provincial Crowns. This means that the agreement of both levels of government is necessary for the publication and dissemination of the AFC. In other words, the decision to make such a document freely and openly available online is more complicated than it would be if only a single level of government is involved. It is worth noting that the often problematic role played by Crown copyright is the subject of a recent petition by Amanda Wakaruk, who advocates for a reform of Crown copyright when it comes to the publication of government documents. Wakaruk’s petition calls for government documents to be free of copyright restrictions once they are made public.
Open licensing of real time data
Municipalities are under growing pressure to become “smart”. In other words, they will reap the benefits of sophisticated data analytics carried out on more and better data collected via sensors embedded throughout the urban environment. As municipalities embrace smart cities technology, a growing number of the new sensors will capture data in real time. Municipalities are also increasingly making their data open to developers and civil society alike. If municipal governments decide to make real-time data available as open data, what should an open real-time data license look like? This is a question Alexandra Diebel and I explore in a new paper just published in the Journal of e-Democracy.
Our paper looks at how ten North American public transit authorities (6 in the U.S. and 4 in Canada) currently make real-time GPS public transit data available as open data. We examine the licenses used by these municipalities both for static transit data (timetables, route data) and for real-time GPS data (for example data about where transit vehicles are along their routes in real-time). Our research reveals differences in how these types of data are licensed, even when both types of data are referred to as “open” data.
There is no complete consensus on the essential characteristics of open data. Nevertheless, most definitions require that to be open, data must be: (1) made available in a reusable format; (2) prepared according to certain standards; and (3) available under an open license with minimal restrictions or conditions imposed on reuse. In our paper, we focus on the third element – open licensing. To date, most of what has been written about open licensing in general and the licensing of open data in particular, has focused on the licensing of static data. Static data sets are typically downloaded through an open data portal in a one-time operation (although static data sets may still be periodically updated). By contrast, real-time data must be accessed on an ongoing basis and often at fairly short intervals such as every few seconds.
The need to access data from a host server at frequent intervals places a greater demand on the resources of the data custodian – in this case often cash-strapped municipalities or public agencies. The frequent access required may also present security challenges, as servers may be vulnerable to distributed denial-of-service attacks. In addition, where municipal governments or their agencies have negotiated with private sector companies for the hardware and software to collect and process real-time data, the contracts with those companies may require certain terms and conditions to find their way into open licenses. Each of these factors may have implications for how real-time data is made available as open data. The greater commercial value of real-time data may also motivate some public agencies to alter how they make such data available to the public.
While our paper focuses on real-time GPS public transit data, similar issues will likely arise in a variety of other contexts where ‘open’ real-time data are at issue. We consider how real-time data is licensed, and we identify additional terms and conditions that are imposed on users of ‘open’ real-time data. While some of these terms and conditions might be explained by the particular exigencies of real-time data (such as requirements to register for the API to access the data), others are more difficult to explain. Our paper concludes with some recommendations for the development of a standard for open real-time data licensing.
This paper is part of ongoing research carried out as part of Geothink, a partnership grant project funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada.
Published in Geospatial Data/Digital Cartography
Reflections on Open Government in Canada for Right to Know Week 2016
Note: I was invited by Canada’s Information Commissioner and the Schools of Journalism and Communication, and Public Policy and Administration at Carleton University to participate in a workshop to launch Right to Know Week 2016. This was a full afternoon workshop featuring many interesting speakers and discussions. This blog post is based on my remarks at this event.
For the last 5 years or so, governments at all levels across Canada have been embracing the open government agenda. In doing so, they have expressed, in various ways, new commitments to open data, to the proactive disclosure of government information, and to new forms of citizen engagement. Given that the core goals of the open government movement are to increase government transparency and accountability in the broader public interest, these developments are positive ones.
There is a risk, however, that public commitments to open government have become a bit of a ‘feel good’ thing for governments. After all, what government doesn’t want to publicly commit to being open, transparent and accountable? As a result, it is important to look behind the rhetoric and to examine the nature of the commitments made to open government in Canada and to question how meaningful and enduring they really are.
For the most part, commitments to open government in Canada have been manifested in declarations, policy documents, and directives. These documents express government policy and provide direction to government actors and institutions. Yet they are “soft law” at best. They are not enacted through a process of legislative debate, they are not expressed in laws that would have to be formally repealed or amended in order to be altered, there are no enforcement or compliance mechanisms, and they remain subject to change at the whim of the government in power. Directives and policies, of course, can provide rapid and responsive mechanisms for operationalizing changes in government direction, and so I am not criticizing decisions to set open government in motion through these various means. But I am suggesting that a longer term commitment to open government might require some of these measures to be expressed in and supported by legislation in order to become properly entrenched.
For example, much effort has been invested by the federal government in creating an open licence to facilitate reuse of government data and information. After a slow and sometimes painful process, we now have a pretty good open government licence. It is based on the UK OGL and is very user friendly compared to earlier iterations. It is bilingual and it can be customized to be used by governments at all levels in Canada (for example, a version of this licence was just adopted by city of Ottawa). This reduces the burden on provincial and municipal governments contemplating open government and it creates the potential for greater legal interoperability (when users combine data or information from a number of different governments in Canada).
But let us not forget why we need an open government licence in Canada. An open licence permits the public to make use of works that are protected by copyright without the need to ask permission or pay royalties, and with the fewest restrictions on re-use as possible. Government works in Canada – and this includes court decisions, statutes, Hansard, government reports, studies, to name just a few – are protected by copyright under section 12 of the Copyright Act. One might well ask why, instead of toiling for years to come up with the current open licence, the government has not shown its commitment to openness by abolishing Crown copyright. It’s not as radical as it might sound. In the U.S., s. 105 of the Copyright Act expressly denies protection to works of the U.S. government without any obvious negative consequences. In the U.S., these works are automatically in the public domain. This legislated, hard law solution makes the commitment real and relatively permanent. Yet as things stand in Canada, government works are protected by copyright by default, and governments choose which works to make available under the open licence and which they wish to provide under more onerous licence terms. They can also decide at some point to tear up the open licence and go back to the way things used to be. Crown copyright in its current incarnation sets the default at ‘closed’.
It is true that some aspects of open government are already part of our legislative framework. We have had freedom of information/access to information laws for decades now in Canada, and these laws enshrine the principle of the public’s right to access information in the hands of government. However, the access to information laws that we have are ‘first generation’ when it comes to open government. The federal Act is currently being reviewed by Parliament, and we might see some legislative change, though how much and how significant remains to be seen. As Mary Francoli has pointed out, there wasn’t really a need for further review – the new government had plenty of material on which to take action in proposing amendments to the Act.
The many deficiencies in the Access to Information Act have been well documented. For example, in 2015 the Information Commissioner set out 85 proposed reforms to the statute to modernize and improve it. The June 2016 Report by the Standing Committee on Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics on its Review of the Access to Information Act takes up many of these proposals in its own recommendations for extensive reforms to the Act. We are now awaiting the government’s response to this report. Rather than review the many recommendations already made, I will highlight those that relate to my broader point about enshrining open government principles in legislation
The Access to Information Act as it currently stands is premised on a model of individuals asking for information from government, waiting patiently while government puts together the requested information, and then complaining to the Commissioner when too much information is redacted or withheld. Open government promises both information and data proactively, in reusable formats, and without significant restrictions on reuse. While proactive disclosure of information and open data cannot replace the access to information model (which is, itself, capable of considerable improvement), they will provide quicker, cheaper and more effective access in many areas. Yet the Access to Information Act does not currently contain any statement about proactive disclosure. Proactive disclosure – also referred to as “open by default” is not really “open by default” unless the law says it is. Until then, it is just an aspirational statement and not a legal requirement. We see a proliferation of policies and directives at all levels of government that talk about proactive disclosure, but there are not firm legal commitments to this practice, or to open data. And, although I have been focussing predominantly on the federal regime, these issues are relevant across all levels of government in Canada.
A core principle of open data is that the data sets provided by governments should be made available in open, accessible and reusable formats. Proactive disclosure of information should also be in reusable formats. Access under the conventional regime is also enhanced when the information disclosed is in formats that facilitate analysis and reuse. Yet even under the existing access model, there is no default requirement to provide requested information in open, accessible and reusable formats. It is important to remember that it is not enough just to provide ‘access’ – the nature and quality of the access provided is relevant. The format in which information is provided in a digital age can create a barrier to the processing or analysis of information once accessed.
I would like, also, to venture onto territory that is not addressed in the calls for reform to access to information laws. Another challenge that I see for open data (and open information) in Canada relates to the sources of government data. I am concerned about the lack of controls over the use of taxpayer dollars to create closed data. As we move into the big data era, governments will be increasingly tempted to source their data for decision-making from private sector suppliers rather than to generate it in-house. We are seeing this already; an example is found in recent decisions of some municipal governments to source data about urban cycling patterns from cycling app companies. There will also be instances where governments contract with the private sector to install sensors to collect data, or to process it, and then pay licence fees for access to the resulting proprietary data in the hands of the private sector companies. In these cases, the terms of the license agreements may limit public access to the data or may place significant restrictions on its reuse. This is a big issue. All the talk about open government data will not do much good if the data on which the government relies is not characterized as “government data”. It is important that governments develop transparent policies around contracts for the collection, supply or processing of data that ensure that our rights as members of the public to access and reuse this data – paid for with our tax dollars – are preserved. Even better, it might be worth seeing some principle to this effect enshrined in the law.
New Action Plan on Open Government Open for Comment
The federal government has just released for public comment its open government plan for 2016-2018. This is the third such plan since Canada joined the Open Government Partnership in 2012. The two previous plans were released by the Conservative government, and were called Canada’s Action Plan on Open Government 2012-2014 and Canada’s Action Plan on Open Government 2014-2016. This most recent plan is titled Canada’s New Plan on Open Government (“New Plan”). The change in title signals a change in approach.
The previous government structured its commitments around three broad themes: Open Data, Open Information and Open Dialogue. It is fair to say that it was the first of these themes that received the greatest attention. Under the Conservatives there were a number of important open data initiatives: the government developed an open data portal, an open government licence (modeled on the UK Open Government Licence), and a Directive on Open Government. It also committed to funding the Open Data Exchange (ODX) (a kind of incubator hub for open data businesses in Canada), and supported a couple of national open data hackathons. Commitments under Open Information were considerably less ambitious. While important improvements were made to online interfaces for making access to information requests, and while more information was provided about already filled ATIP requests, it is fair to say that improving substantive access to government information was not a priority. Open dialogue commitments were also relatively modest.
Canada’s “New Plan” is considerably different in style and substance from its predecessors. This plan is structured around 4 broad themes: open by default; fiscal transparency; innovation, prosperity and sustainable development; and engaging Canadians and the world. Each theme comes with a number of commitments and milestones, and each speaks to an aspirational goal for open government, better articulating why this is an initiative worth an investment of time and resources.
Perhaps because there was so great a backlash against the previous government’s perceived lack of openness, the Liberals ran on an election platform that stressed openness and transparency. The New Plan reflects many of these election commitments. As such, it is notably more ambitious than the previous two action plans. The commitments are both deeper (for example, the 2014-2016 action plan committed to a public database disclosing details of all government contracts over $10,000; the New Plan commits to revealing details of all contracts over $1), and more expansive (with the government committing to new openness initiatives not found in earlier plans).
One area where the previous government faced considerable criticism (see, for example Mary Francoli’s second review of Canada’s open government commitments) was in respect of the access to information regime. That government’s commitments under “open information” aimed to improve access to information processes without addressing substantive flaws in the outdated Access to Information Act. The new government’s promise to improve the legislation is up front in the New Plan. Its first commitment is to enhance access to information through reforms to the legislation. According to the New Plan, these include order-making powers for the Commissioner, extending the application of the Access to Information Act to the Prime Minister and his Ministers’ Offices, and mandatory 5-year reviews of the legislation. Although these amendments would be a positive step, they fall short of those recommended by the Commissioner. It will also be interesting to see whether everything on this short list comes to pass. (Order-making powers in particular are something to watch here.) The House of Commons Standing Committee on Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics has recently completed hearings on this legislation. It will be very interesting to see what actually comes of this process. As many cynics (realists?) have observed, it is much easier for opposition parties to be in favour of open and transparent government than it is for parties in power. Whether the Act gets the makeover it requires remains to be seen.
One of the interesting features of this New Plan is that many of the commitments are ones that go to supporting the enormous cultural shift that is required for a government to operate in a more open fashion. Bureaucracies develop strong cultures, often influenced by long-cherished policies and practices. Significant change often requires more than just a new policy or directive; the New Plan contains commitments for the development of clear guidelines and standards for making data and information open by default, as well as commitments to training and education within the civil service, performance metrics, and new management frameworks. While not particularly ‘exciting’, these commitments are important and they signal a desire to take the steps needed to effect a genuine cultural shift within government.
The New Plan identifies fiscal transparency as an overarching theme. It contains several commitments to improve fiscal transparency, including more extensive and granular reporting of information on departmental spending, greater transparency of budget data and of fiscal analysis, and improved openness of information around government grants and other contributions. The government also commits to creating a single portal for Canadians who wish to search for information on Canadian businesses, whether they are incorporated federally or in one of the provinces or territories.
On the theme of Innovation, Prosperity and Sustainable Development, the New Plan also reflects commitments to greater openness in relation to federal science activities (a sore point with the previous government). It also builds upon a range of commitments that were present in previous action plans, including the use of the ODX to stimulate innovation, the development of open geospatial data, the alignment of open data at all levels of government in Canada, and the implementation of the Extractive Sector Transparency Measures Act. The New Plan also makes commitments to show leadership in supporting openness and transparency around the world.
The government’s final theme is “Engaging Canadians and the World”. This is the part where the government addresses how it plans to engage civil society. It plans to disband the Advisory Panel established by the previous government (of which I was a member). While the panel constituted a broad pool of expertise on which the government could draw, it was significantly under-utilized, and clearly this government plans to try something new. They state that they will “develop and maintain a renewed mechanism for ongoing, meaningful dialogue” between the government and civil society organizations – whatever that means. Clearly, the government is still trying to come up with a format or framework that will be most effective.
The government also commits in rather vague terms to fostering citizen participation and engagement with government on open government initiatives. It would seem that the government will attempt to “enable the use of new methods for consulting and engaging Canadians”, and will provide support and resources to government departments and agencies that require assistance in doing so. The commitments in this area are inward-looking – the government seems to acknowledge that it needs to figure out how to encourage and enhance citizen engagement, but at the same time is not sure how to do so effectively.
In this respect, the New Plan offers perhaps a case in point. This is a detailed and interesting plan that covers a great deal of territory and that addresses many issues that should be of significant concern to Canadians. It was released on June 16, with a call for comments by June 30. Such a narrow window of time in which to comment on such a lengthy document does not encourage engagement or dialogue. While the time constraints may be externally driven (by virtue of OGP targets and deadlines), and while there has been consultation in the lead up to the drafting of this document, it is disappointing that the public is not given more time to engage and respond.
For those who are interested in commenting, it should be noted that the government is open to comments/feedback in different forms. Comments may be made by email, or they can be entered into a comment box at the bottom of the page where the report is found. These latter comments tend to be fairly short and, once they pass through moderation, are visible to the public.
Balancing privacy and transparency in open government
I was at the United Nations last week for an Expert Group Meeting on Moving from commitments to results in building effective, accountable and inclusive institutions at all levels. On February 18, 2016, I gave a presentation on balancing privacy with transparency in open government. This is a challenging issue, and one that is made even more so by digitization, information communication technologies and the big data environment.
Openness access to government information and data serve the goals of greater transparency and greater public trust in government. They are essential in fighting corruption, but they are also important in holding governments to account for their decision-making and for their spending of public funds. However, transparency must also be balanced against other considerations, including privacy. Privacy is a human right, and it protects the dignity, autonomy and integrity of individuals. Beyond this, however, the protection of privacy of personal information in the hands of governments also enhances public trust in governments and can contribute to citizen engagement.
How, then, does one balance privacy with transparency when it comes to information in the hands of government? There are no easy answers. My slides from my presentation can be found here, and these slides contain some links to some other publicly available work on this topic.
Evaluating Canada's Open Government Progress
Carleton University’s Mary Francoli has just released her second report on Canada’s progress towards its Open Government commitments as part of its membership in the Open Government Partnership. The report is currently open for public comment.
The report offers a detailed and thorough assessment of the commitments made by the Canadian government in its second Action Plan on Open Government and the extent to which these commitments have been met. For those interested in open government, it makes interesting reading, and it also sets out a number of recommendations for moving the open government agenda forward in Canada.
Because the report is a review of Canada’s progress on meeting its commitments, it is shaped by those commitments rather than by, for example, a list of open government priorities as identified by multiple stakeholders. Indeed, problems with stakeholder consultation and engagement are themes that run through this report. Although Francoli notes that there have been improvements over time, there is clearly still work to be done in this regard.
Francoli’s detailed review shows that progress has certainly been made in moving forward the open government agenda. She notes that “significant progress” has been made with respect to many of the government’s commitments in the second Action Plan, and that in some cases the government’s progress has exceed its commitments. Not surprisingly, however, much remains to be done. Francoli identifies a number of shortcomings flagged by stakeholders that form the basis for her recommendations.
Foremost among the shortcomings is the woeful state of Canada’s Access to Information Act. Although this legislation has been the subject of criticism and calls for reform for decades – and by a broad range of stakeholders – the previous government remained impervious to these demands. That an open government agenda could be advanced with much fanfare without tackling access to information in any substantive way should undermine confidence in Canada’s commitment to open government. Top among Francoli’s recommendations, therefore, is reform of the legislation, and she has written a separate opinion piece on this topic in the Hill Times. In this article she notes with frustration that although the new Liberal government expressed a commitment to reform the access to information regime in its election platform, that commitment is now being expressed in terms of a “review” of the legislation. Francoli justifiably questions whether we really need further review given the many studies already conducted and the ink already spilled about the deficiencies in the legislation. A commitment to meaningful reform might just require swifter action.
Other issues flagged by Francoli include what she refers to as a “data deficit” – the apparent stalling of progress in the release of open data and the lack of diversity in the available data at the federal level. The concerns over a data deficit extend to the cancellation of government-led data collection; the axing of the long-form census being perhaps the most notorious (though not the only) example of this. Although the census has been revived, Francoli notes that other cancelled studies have not. Further, Francoli cautions that the government’s web renewal strategy is having the effect of pushing departments and agencies to reduce digital content available over the web, with the resultant loss of content available to the public. This latter concern ties in as well to Francoli’s recommendation that the government develop and publicize a clear policy on the preservation of digital material.
In addition to recommendations related to these issues, Francoli also recommends that the government overhaul the Advisory Panel on Open Government. This Panel (on which I served) met only very rarely, and opportunities to provide feedback became very limited by tight time constraints imposed on the few meetings that did take place. Francoli is concerned about a disjunction between stakeholders’ perspectives on open government and those of the government, and she sees an Advisory Panel with a new mandate and a new mode of operation as being one way to ensure more open lines of communication.
There may be a common misperception that open data and proactive disclosure are inexpensive and resource-light endeavors (after all, the government is just publishing online information already gathered, right?). Yet, this is far from the case. Open data in particular is resource-intensive, and Francoli notes that the two Action Plans had identified no additional resources for open government (apart from the $3 million dollars set aside for the mysterious Open Data Exchange (ODX)). She therefore also recommends that the government commit the necessary resources to open government in future action plans.
Francoli’s report can be found here, and comments on the report can be made here. The comments are public, and it is also possible to read comments by other stakeholders and to engage in dialogue about the report. With a new government in the process of setting its open government agenda, this is an opportunity to help shape its direction.
Open Data in Countries with Two or More Official Languages
A new paper by uOttawa Common Law student Niki Singh and myself, and published in the Journal of e-Democracy, explores the issue of how to unroll open data programs in officially bi- or multi-lingual jurisdictions. Our focus is on Canada, although similar issues may arise in other jurisdictions with more than one official language.
The issue of linguistic equality in open data initiatives is particularly important if one takes into account the civic engagement dimensions of open government as well as the potential for use of open data by civil society organizations to meet their diverse goals. To date, at least at the federal level in Canada, there has been a strong emphasis on using open data to stimulate innovation. Much less emphasis has been placed, at least at the policy level, on using open government data to promote transparency or to support the work of civil society groups. The capacity of many civil society groups in Canada to work effectively with open data is even open to question. The necessary skills and expertise to work with open data may not yet be available to all such groups. In this context, then, compliance with the letter and spirt of official language policies requires a focus not just on bilingual data and bilingual tools to access the data (although these are certainly important), it also requires support for digital and data literacy that effectively reaches the different linguistic communities.
A few years ago, Jo Bates wrote an interesting article that explored whether and to what extent open government data initiatives within a neo-liberal frame may seek to offload responsibility for the delivery of some information-based government services to the private sector. In other words, rather than have the government develop and deliver information-based services to the public, the government might make its data available as open data and let the private sector develop useful apps involving that data. Evidence of this neo-liberal approach to information policy is present in Canada. For example, the decision of the last federal government in Canada to abolish the long form census was in part justified on the (controversial) view that equivalent data could be sourced from the private sector. If open data regimes operate within this neo-liberal frame, it is important also to consider the fate of minority language communities (among others) as data-related analysis and services are offloaded to the private sector.
Using the efforts and obligations of the Canadian federal government as a case study, our paper identifies some of the challenges posed by developing and implementing an open data agenda within an officially bilingual state. We consider two main issues. The first is whether open data initiatives might be used as a means to outsource some information analysis and information services to an unregulated private sector, thus directly or indirectly avoiding obligations to provide these services in both official languages. The second is whether the Canadian government’s embrace of the innovation agenda of open data leaves minority language communities underserved and under-included in the development and use of open data. Although ultimately the evidence at this early stage is inconclusive, the questions are important ones to be asking, particularly as a new federal government takes charge of the open data agenda in Canada.
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More info on Klaus von Klitzing
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Klaus von Klitzing
June 28, 1943 (1943-06-28) (age 66)
Schroda (Posen)
Nobel Prize in Physics (1985)
Klaus von Klitzing is a German physicist known for discovery of the integer quantum Hall effect, for which he was awarded the 1985 Nobel Prize in Physics.
In 1962, von Klitzing passed the Abitur at Artland Gymnasium in Quakenbrück, Germany, before studying physics at the Technical University of Braunschweig, where he received his diploma in 1969. He continued his studies at the University of Würzburg, completing his PhD thesis Galvanomagnetic Properties of Tellurium in Strong Magnetic Fields in 1972, and habilitation in 1978. This work was performed at the Clarendon Laboratory in Oxford and the Grenoble High Magnetic Field Laboratory in France, where he continued to work until becoming a professor at the Technical University of Munich in 1980. Von Klitzing has been a director of the Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research in Stuttgart since 1985.
The von Klitzing constant, RK = h/e2 = 25,812.807449(86) Ω, is named in honor of von Klitzing's discovery of the quantum Hall effect, and is listed in the National Institute of Standards and Technology Reference on Constants, Units, and Uncertainty. It gives the inverse value of one quantum of electrical conductance.
Today, von Klitzing's research focuses on the properties of low-dimensional electronic systems, typically in low temperatures and in high magnetic fields.
Nobel e-museum, Klaus von Klitzing - Curriculum Vitae
Klaus von Klitzing - Photo & short Bio
Artland Gymnasium Quakenbrück
Homepage of von Klitzing's department at the Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research
K. von Klitzing, G. Dorda, M. Pepper (1980). "New Method for High-Accuracy Determination of the Fine-Structure Constant Based on Quantized Hall". Physical Review Letters 45: 494–497. doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.45.494.
Original article on the Quantum Hall Effect: K. v. Klitzing, G. Dorda, and M. Pepper; Phys. Rev. Lett. 45, 494-497 (1980).
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Burton Richter / Samuel C. C. Ting (1976) · Philip Anderson / Nevill Mott / John van Vleck (1977) · Pyotr Kapitsa / Arno Penzias / Robert Wilson (1978) · Sheldon Glashow / Abdus Salam / Steven Weinberg (1979) · James Cronin / Val Fitch (1980) · Nicolaas Bloembergen / Arthur Schawlow / Kai Siegbahn (1981) · Kenneth G. Wilson (1982) · Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar / William Fowler (1983) · Carlo Rubbia / Simon van der Meer (1984) · Klaus von Klitzing (1985) · Ernst Ruska / Gerd Binnig / Heinrich Rohrer (1986) · Johannes Bednorz / Karl Müller (1987) · Leon M. Lederman / Melvin Schwartz / Jack Steinberger (1988) · Norman Ramsey / Hans Dehmelt / Wolfgang Paul (1989) · Jerome Friedman / Henry Kendall / Richard E. Taylor (1990) · Pierre de Gennes (1991) · Georges Charpak (1992) · Russell Hulse / Joseph Taylor (1993) · Bertram Brockhouse / Clifford Shull (1994) · Martin Perl / Frederick Reines (1995) · D. Lee / Douglas D. Osheroff / Robert Richardson (1996) · Steven Chu / Claude Cohen-Tannoudji / William Phillips (1997) · Robert B. Laughlin / Horst Störmer / Daniel C. Tsui (1998) · Gerardus 't Hooft / Martinus J. G. Veltman (1999) · Zhores Alferov / Herbert Kroemer / Jack Kilby (2000)
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Klaus von Klitzing - Photo & short Bio - Klaus von Klitzing
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search_for=klitzing NIST Reference on Constants, Units, and Uncertainty - CODATA Value: von Klitzing constant
National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) - The NIST Reference on Constants, Units, and Uncertainty
New Method for High-Accuracy Determination of the Fine-Structure Constant Based on Quantized Hall - Phys. Rev. Lett. 45 (1980): K. v. Klitzing, G. Dorda, and M. Pepper - New Method for High-Accuracy...
Artland Gymnasium Quakenbrück - Artland Gymnasium Quakenbrück
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“Responsibility and Control in International...
“Responsibility and Control in International Law and Beyond”
On the 26 June, a panel of experts convened to address the topic of responsibility and control in international criminal law and its influence on other fields of law. Dr. Kristen Boon (Seton Hall University) presented her research on the topic and was joined by Drs. Carsten Stahn and Dov Jacobs from the University of Leiden for discussion.
Dr. Boon’s findings indicate that the idea of command responsibility, a pillar of international criminal law, is having an impact on other areas of law as different courts and tribunals utilize the notion of effective control. Dr. Boon explained that this concept is present everywhere in international law, including in international criminal law, the laws of state responsibility, the laws of international organizations’ responsibility, the law of occupation, the law on recognition and statehood, and international human rights law.
Effective control can be exercised over individuals and over territory, and while the effective control test is applied differently in different contexts, the basic compulsion behind the legal inquiry is the same – who is the aggregator of power, who can be held accountable, and which facts are required to satisfy those tests? Dr. Boon found that international courts have engaged with this inquiry in a number of ways, including by elaborating on the type of control necessary to trigger accountability and encouraging the practice of de factoversus de jure analyses to establish control.
On this last point, Dr. Boon explained that there has been expansion in the concept of effective control through a functionalist legal analysis employed by some international legal bodies. Some courts have contracted the notion of control, such as the ICTY, whereas others use a functional test to expand it, namely in terrorism cases and investor-state arbitrations. The purpose of expansion is to prevent states from avoiding accountability. Dr. Boon pointed out that utilizing this analysis fundamentally changes how one views the responsibilities of a state.
The implications of the developing notions of control and responsibility are multiple. Firstly, the developments blur the lines between public and private actors and question where the borders between the state, the public order, and private actors lie. This expansion, Dr. Boon noted, stems from a desire for responsibility on the part of actors in the international legal system. Dr. Boon added, however, that she was not advocating the position that there should always be state responsibility assigned. This would place great burdens on under-resourced or weak states. Secondly, the changing notions of control provides clues with respect to the goals of different legal regimes vis-à-vis shielding or exposing the state, depending on how each tribunal expands or contracts the effective control test.
The discussion that followed with audience participants, including ICTY staff and law students, covered a wide range of topics that went directly to the matter of the boundaries of the law. For instance, a state’s duty to prevent mass atrocities was a topic that drew much interest. As noted by Dr. Stahn, negative duties and positive obligations can be hard to distinguish and there is often conflation of the two. Dr. Boon added that the due diligence obligation was also interesting because it was an obligation of conduct, not result. She explained that if the duty to prevent genocide is assumed, a state must only “react” to the genocide, without being obligated to change the outcome. These norms of state obligations to prevent mass atrocities are still very much in development.
Dr. Boon ended her presentation by posing two key questions for future consideration: (1) Is effective control changing as a secondary norm, influenced by other bodies like international criminal law? (2) Or is effective control a development on primary norms, meaning there is little room for secondary rules on attribution?
This discussion was part of The Hague Institute for Global Justice’s Supranational Criminal Law Lecture Series. The series is organized and sponsored by The Hague Institute, the Grotius Centre for International Legal Studies, the Asser Institute, and the Coalition for the International Criminal Court.
Amy Tan Former Fellow, Summer 2013
New Publications: Making Water Cooperation Work
The Hague Institute has released the two final reports for its project ‘Water Diplomacy: Making Water Cooperation Work’. The two publications present research findings…
The End of U.S. Leadership on Human Rights?
For a column in Dutch newspaper NRC, journalist Michel Kerres, diplomatic editor for the newspaper, spoke to Stephen Rapp, former U.S. Ambassador-at-Large for War Crimes…
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Sir Thomas Henry Grattan Esmonde, 11th Bt.1
M, #309691, b. 21 September 1862, d. 15 September 1935
Sir Thomas Henry Grattan Esmonde, 11th Bt. was born on 21 September 1862 at Pau, FranceG.1 He was the son of Sir John Esmonde, 10th Bt. and Louisa Grattan.2 He married, firstly, Alice Barbara Donovan, daughter of Patrick Donovan, on 21 July 1891.1 He married, secondly, Anna Frances Levins, daughter of Peter Levins, on 15 September 1924.1 He died on 15 September 1935 at age 72.1
He succeeded as the 11th Baronet Esmonde, of Ballynastragh, co. Wexford [I., 1629] on 9 December 1876.1 He held the office of Member of Parliament (M.P.) for South Dublin County between 1885 and 1892.1 He held the office of Member of Parliament (M.P.) for West Kerry between 1892 and 1900.1 He held the office of Chamberlain to the Vatican Household in 1898.1 He was awarded the Grand Officer, Order of the Holy Sepulchre.1 He held the office of Deputy Lieutenant (D.L.)1 He held the office of Member of Parliament (M.P.) for North Wexford between 1900 and 1918.1 He held the office of Senator [Irish Free State] in 1922.1
Children of Sir Thomas Henry Grattan Esmonde, 11th Bt. and Alice Barbara Donovan
Alngelda Barbara Mary Grattan Esmonde2
Eithne Moira Grattan Esmonde+2
Patricia Alison Louisa Grattan Esmonde+2 b. 28 Aug 1894
Sir Osmond Thomas Grattan Esmonde, 12th Bt.2 b. 4 Apr 1896, d. 22 Jul 1936
John Henry Grattan Esmonde2 b. 8 May 1899, d. 31 May 1916
Patrick Donovan1
Patrick Donovan is the son of unknown Donovan.1
He lived at Frogmore, County Kerry, IrelandG.1 He held the office of Justice of the Peace (J.P.)1
Child of Patrick Donovan
Alice Barbara Donovan+2 d. 5 Dec 1922
Alice Barbara Donovan1
F, #309693, d. 5 December 1922
Alice Barbara Donovan was the daughter of Patrick Donovan.2 She married Sir Thomas Henry Grattan Esmonde, 11th Bt., son of Sir John Esmonde, 10th Bt. and Louisa Grattan, on 21 July 1891.1 She died on 5 December 1922.1
From 21 July 1891, her married name became Esmonde.
Children of Alice Barbara Donovan and Sir Thomas Henry Grattan Esmonde, 11th Bt.
Sir Osmond Thomas Grattan Esmonde, 12th Bt.1
M, #309694, b. 4 April 1896, d. 22 July 1936
Sir Osmond Thomas Grattan Esmonde, 12th Bt. was born on 4 April 1896.1 He was the son of Sir Thomas Henry Grattan Esmonde, 11th Bt. and Alice Barbara Donovan.2 He died on 22 July 1936 at age 40, unmarried.1
He graduated from Oxford University, Oxford, Oxfordshire, EnglandG, with a Master of Arts (M.A.)1 He held the office of Member of the Dáil [Republic or Ireland] between 1923 and 1936, Wexford Dáil Eireann.1 He succeeded as the 12th Baronet Esmonde, of Ballynastragh, co. Wexford [I., 1629] on 15 September 1935.1
John Henry Grattan Esmonde1
M, #309695, b. 8 May 1899, d. 31 May 1916
John Henry Grattan Esmonde was born on 8 May 1899.1 He was the son of Sir Thomas Henry Grattan Esmonde, 11th Bt. and Alice Barbara Donovan.2 He died on 31 May 1916 at age 17, killed in action.1
He gained the rank of Midshipman in the Royal Navy.1 He fought in the Battle of Jutland on 31 May 1916.1
Patricia Alison Louisa Grattan Esmonde1
F, #309696, b. 28 August 1894
Patricia Alison Louisa Grattan Esmonde was born on 28 August 1894.1 She was the daughter of Sir Thomas Henry Grattan Esmonde, 11th Bt. and Alice Barbara Donovan.2 She married Rear-Admiral John Baptist Heffernan, son of William Heffernan, on 18 November 1927.1
From 18 November 1927, her married name became Heffernan. She was awarded the Lady, Order of the Holy Sepulchre.1
Children of Patricia Alison Louisa Grattan Esmonde and Rear-Admiral John Baptist Heffernan
Patricia Grattan Heffernan2 b. 1 Jan 1929
Reverend Henry Grattan Heffernan2 b. 5 Nov 1930
Eithne Mary Grattan Heffernan+2 b. 1 Apr 1933
Kathleen Barbara Grattan Heffernan+2 b. 20 Apr 1937
William Heffernan1
William Heffernan lived at Washington, Indiana, U.S.A.G.1
Child of William Heffernan
Rear-Admiral John Baptist Heffernan+2
Rear-Admiral John Baptist Heffernan1
Rear-Admiral John Baptist Heffernan is the son of William Heffernan.2 He married Patricia Alison Louisa Grattan Esmonde, daughter of Sir Thomas Henry Grattan Esmonde, 11th Bt. and Alice Barbara Donovan, on 18 November 1927.1
He was Secretary of the Naval Historical Foundation at Washington, D.C., U.S.A.G.1 He gained the rank of Rear-Admiral in the U.S. Navy.1
Children of Rear-Admiral John Baptist Heffernan and Patricia Alison Louisa Grattan Esmonde
Reverend Henry Grattan Heffernan1
M, #309699, b. 5 November 1930
Reverend Henry Grattan Heffernan was born on 5 November 1930.1 He is the son of Rear-Admiral John Baptist Heffernan and Patricia Alison Louisa Grattan Esmonde.2
He was with the Society of Jesuits.1
Patricia Grattan Heffernan1
F, #309700, b. 1 January 1929
Patricia Grattan Heffernan was born on 1 January 1929.1 She is the daughter of Rear-Admiral John Baptist Heffernan and Patricia Alison Louisa Grattan Esmonde.2
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WARNING: this page is still under construction - it probably contains lots of typos and errors
Check it again in about 205 days and it should be fixed.
Lt.-Col. unknown Hobart1
Lt.-Col. unknown Hobart gained the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel in the Honourable East India Company Service.1
Child of Lt.-Col. unknown Hobart
N. J. Hobart1
[S47] BIFR1976 page 577. See link for full details for this source. Hereinafter cited as. [S47]
Matthew Fortescue1
M, #623522, b. 3 September 1791, d. 22 January 1845
Matthew Fortescue was born on 3 September 1791.1 He was the son of Matthew Fortescue and Mary-Anne McClintock.2 He married Catherine Eglantine Blair, daughter of Colonel William Blair of Blair, in 1811.1 He died on 22 January 1845 at age 53.1
He held the office of Deputy Lieutenant (D.L.) of County Louth.1 He lived at Stephenstown, County Louth, Ireland.1
Children of Matthew Fortescue and Catherine Eglantine Blair
Lt.-Col. John Charles William Fortescue2 b. 17 Apr 1822, d. 1891
Major Frederick Richard Norman Fortescue+2 b. 11 Jul 1823, d. 14 Sep 1867
Anna Maria Fortescue1
F, #623523, d. 2 May 1848
Anna Maria Fortescue was the daughter of Matthew Fortescue and Mary-Anne McClintock.2 She married Sir George Forster, 2nd Bt., son of Sir Thomas Forster, 1st Bt., in 1817.1 She died on 2 May 1848.1
From 1817, her married name became Forster.
Child of Anna Maria Fortescue and Sir George Forster, 2nd Bt.
Sir Thomas Oriel Forster, 3rd Bt. d. 28 Dec 1895
Sir George Forster, 2nd Bt.1
M, #623524, d. 4 April 1876
Sir George Forster, 2nd Bt. was the son of Sir Thomas Forster, 1st Bt. He married Anna Maria Fortescue, daughter of Matthew Fortescue and Mary-Anne McClintock, in 1817.1 He died on 4 April 1876.
He held the office of Member of Parliament (M.P.)1 He lived at Coolderry, County Monaghan, Ireland.1 He gained the title of 2nd Baronet Forster.1 He held the office of Deputy Lieutenant (D.L.)1
Child of Sir George Forster, 2nd Bt. and Anna Maria Fortescue
Emily Fortescue1
Emily Fortescue was born in 1797.1 She was the daughter of Matthew Fortescue and Mary-Anne McClintock.2 She married John Harvey Thursby in 1818.1 She died in 1870.1
From 1818, her married name became Thursby.
John Harvey Thursby1
M, #623526, d. 1 June 1860
John Harvey Thursby married Emily Fortescue, daughter of Matthew Fortescue and Mary-Anne McClintock, in 1818.1 He died on 1 June 1860.
He lived at Abington Abbey, Northamptonshire, England.1 He gained the rank of officer in the 14th Light Dragoons.1
Colonel William Blair of Blair1
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HomeWorld NewsTrump and North Korea’s Kim in Singapore for historic Tuesday summit
Trump and North Korea’s Kim in Singapore for historic Tuesday summit
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US President Donald Trump and North Korean dictator Kim Jong-Un
SINGAPORE (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump arrived in Singapore on Sunday for a historic summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un that could lay the groundwork for ending a nuclear stand-off between the old foes and the transformation of the isolated Asian nation.
Trump flew into Singapore’s Paya Lebar Air Base aboard Air Force One, looking to strike a deal that will lead to the denuclearisation of one of America’s bitterest foes. He came from a divisive G7 meeting in Canada with some of Washington’s closest allies that further strained global trade ties.
After stepping down from Air Force One on a steamy tropical night, Trump was greeted by Singapore Foreign Minister Vivian Balakrishnan.
Asked by a reporter how he felt about the summit, Trump said: “Very good”.
North Korea’s Kim landed in Singapore earlier on Sunday.
When Trump and Kim meet on Tuesday at Sentosa, a resort island off Singapore’s port with a Universal Studios theme park and man-made beaches, they will be making history.
Enemies since the 1950-53 Korean War, leaders of North Korea and the United States have never met previously – or even spoken on the telephone.
Kim arrived at Singapore’s Changi Airport after his longest trip overseas as head of state, wearing his trademark dark “Mao suit” and distinctive high-cut hairstyle. He has not left his country since taking office in 2011 other than to visit China and the South Korean side of the border Demilitarised Zone.
Arriving on a plane loaned by China, which for decades has been North Korea’s only major ally, Kim was also greeted by Balakrishnan.
Travelling with him were top officials including Foreign Minister Ri Yong Ho and Kim Yong Chol, a close aide of Kim who has been instrumental in the diplomacy that culminated in Tuesday’s summit.
Kim Yo Jong, leader Kim’s younger sister, was also spotted in his delegation. She emerged as an influential figure in Pyongyang’s opaque leadership in February, when she led a North Korean delegation to the Winter Olympics in South Korea.
Officials who arrived with Trump include Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, National Security Adviser John Bolton, White House Chief of Staff John Kelly and White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders.
Bolton’s hardline rhetoric last month infuriated North Korea and nearly derailed the summit. He called for North Korea to follow a “Libya model” in negotiations. Libya unilaterally surrendered its nuclear weapons programme in 2003, but its leader, Muammar Gaddafi, was killed in 2011 by NATO-backed rebels.
‘SPUR OF THE MOMENT’
Trump, speaking in Canada on Saturday, said any agreement at the summit would be “spur of the moment,” underscoring the uncertain outcome of what he called a “mission of peace”.
He initially touted the potential for a grand bargain with North Korea to rid itself of a nuclear missile programme that has advanced rapidly to threaten the United States.
But he has since lowered expectations, backing away from an original demand for North Korea’s swift denuclearisation.
He has said the talks would be more about starting a relationship with Kim for a negotiating process that would take more than one summit.
Non-proliferation expert Daryl Kimball, director of the Arms Control Association, said that to make the summit a success, Trump and Kim would need to agree on a framework for expert-level negotiations “to hammer out the details and time frame for specific action-for-action steps”.
“As the leaders arrive in Singapore it is still not clear yet whether Trump and Kim are on the same page about the end goals, the pace, and the sequencing of the many steps involved in the complete ‘denuclearisation’ of the Korean peninsula,” he said in a Twitter message.
White House spokeswoman Sarah Sanders said U.S. and North Korean officials would hold working-level talks on Monday. She said the U.S. delegation would be led by Sung Kim, a veteran diplomat who recently held talks with North Korean officials.
A U.S. official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said Monday’s meeting appeared aimed at making 11th-hour progress ahead of the summit since Sung Kim’s earlier talks did little to narrow a gap between the two sides on the definition of denuclearisation or win agreement on tangible commitments from Pyongyang toward dismantling its nuclear arsenal.
WARNED OFF
Kim met Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong shortly after his arrival, driving from the St. Regis Hotel where he is staying, through the famous Orchard Road shopping district, which was closed off for his tightly guarded motorcade.
Bodyguards in dark suits jogged alongside his limousine.
At the hotel lobby, grim-faced North Korean security guards warned other hotel guests not to take pictures as Kim walked to his Mercedes Benz limousine.
When a couple of guests took a picture, a North Korean official stormed up to them, demanding to check their phones.
“I saw them taking a photo of our chairman. How dare they do so, they shouldn’t,” the official told Reuters later. He declined to be identified. Under the watchful eye of the official, and St. Regis staff, one male guest deleted his photos.
In his first public comments since arriving, Kim said Singapore’s role would be recorded in history if the summit was a success.
Trump, who is staying in a separate hotel, the Shangri-La, is due to meet Lee on Monday.
The vehicle carrying North Korean leader Kim Jong Un leaves the Istana, after a meeting with Singapore¡¯s Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, in Singapore June 10, 2018. Yonhap via REUTERS
North Korea spent decades developing nuclear weapons, culminating in the test of a thermonuclear device in 2017. It also successfully tested missiles that can reach the U.S. mainland.
The tests came amid a campaign of “maximum pressure” on North Korea, led by the United States, that tightened economic sanctions and the possibility of military action.
The two leaders exchanged insults as fears of war grew.
But then in a New Year’s address, Kim sounded a conciliatory note, saying his country had completed development of its nuclear programme and would focus on economic development.
He also suggested a meeting with South Korea.
After a flurry of contacts between the two Koreas, South Korean officials suggested to Trump in March that Kim would be willing to meet face-to-face and the U.S. president agreed.
Many experts on North Korea, one of the most insular and unpredictable countries in the world, remain sceptical Kim will ever completely abandon its cherished nuclear weapons. They believe Kim’s latest engagement is aimed at getting the United States to ease the crippling sanctions that have squeezed the impoverished country.
Believed to be 34, Kim is one of the youngest heads of state in the world and looks an unlikely candidate to be making history of the kind that has eluded his father and grandfather, both past leaders of North Korea.
But since taking power after his father’s death, the youthful Kim has displayed a mixture of ruthlessness, pragmatism and statecraft to get this prize: to sit across the table with the leader of the United States and be treated as an equal.
For Trump, a successful summit will give him a win on the international stage.
While foreign policy isn’t usually a major aspect of congressional elections, it is unclear if Trump’s focus on getting tough with trade partners and solving the North Korean nuclear issue will have some influence on voters in the mid-term polls in November.
The two leaders meet at 9 a.m. (0100 GMT) on Tuesday at the Capella on Sentosa island, a refurbished British Army artillery mess that is one of Singapore’s most expensive hotels.
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CNN Newsroom : CNN : October 27, 2011 11:00am-1:00pm EDT
: weapons expert john pike says china is most likely behind much of the effort to steal the u.s.' underwater secrets. >> the chinese are interested in underwater drones, the same reason that everybody else is. over the last decade we've seen this explosion of activity in aerial drones and everybody believes that underwater drones are going to be the next great thing. >> reporter: the pentagon found more than 70% of all attempts to get access to this technology came from east asian and pacific nations, but the report does in the name countries. it is a region getting increased military attention. defense secretary leon panetta, now in asia, promises stronger ties in the face of growing chinese military power and an unstable north korea. >> we're going to not only maintain our presence but we're going to strengthen our presence in the pacific region. >> reporter: an of course there are commercial uses for this type of underwater technology as well. monitoring fisheries, offshore oil drilling, and even looking for old ship wrecks. barbara starr, cnn, the pentagon. >>> top of the ho
: weapons expert john pike says china is most likely behind much of the effort to steal the u.s.' underwater secrets. >> the chinese are interested in underwater drones, the same reason that everybody else is. over the last decade we've seen this explosion of activity in aerial drones and everybody believes that underwater drones are going to be the next great thing. >> reporter: the pentagon found more than 70% of all attempts to get access to this technology came from east asian...
Anderson Cooper 360 : CNN : October 11, 2011 8:00pm-9:00pm EDT
china now to leverage this case to try to get them to agree to tougher sanctions in the security council and we'll see how it plays out. how our other regional allies react. i must say this administration has been criticized that they have not used sort of intelligence gathering and intelligence interviews aggressively enough. remember danny blair was criticized on the christmas day pa bomber that's now on trial. this is the fbi working inner agency and taking advantage of their legal authorities in this country to gather intelligence to understand the threat. so i think this is a tremendous success for the fbi and for the administration. >> bob behr -- >> i can add to that. >> go ahead. >> sorry, john, if i can add to that. this shows that the fbi's techniques in trying to get the cooperation in these cases is the way to go. the abdulmutallab case in detroit, the fbi talked to him for many days. the fbi brought family members from africa to detroit to encourage him to keep cooperating with the justice department. i don't think it's an accident that the fbi takes the lead in a ca
china now to leverage this case to try to get them to agree to tougher sanctions in the security council and we'll see how it plays out. how our other regional allies react. i must say this administration has been criticized that they have not used sort of intelligence gathering and intelligence interviews aggressively enough. remember danny blair was criticized on the christmas day pa bomber that's now on trial. this is the fbi working inner agency and taking advantage of their legal...
CNN Newsroom : CNN : October 25, 2011 3:00pm-4:00pm EDT
. >>> police in china make an arrest in connection with this horrifying video of this little girl being run over. this man is being accused offal hitting this little girl. the incident caused a national outcry in china. more than two dozen people can be seen driving, walking, bicycling past this little girl and not offering to help her whatsoever. >>> today, hundreds of people gather for the funeral of the man who was the heir to the saudi heir. sultan bin abdulaziz was in his 80s and died of cancer. >>> quite the southern exposure. i love these pictures. the official name, seen here on youtube, usually people in u.s. cities like seattle and boston, you get to see them. but last night it was seen as far south of oklahoma city, memphis, and atlanta. >>> next, to amarillo, texas, where the nation's very last b-53 nuclear bomb is being dismantled today. the 10,000 pound bomb was first put into service nearly 50 years ago, back in 1962 at the height of the cold war. the final components of the bomb, about the size of -- take a look here. about the size of a mini bus. it will be broken down toda
. >>> police in china make an arrest in connection with this horrifying video of this little girl being run over. this man is being accused offal hitting this little girl. the incident caused a national outcry in china. more than two dozen people can be seen driving, walking, bicycling past this little girl and not offering to help her whatsoever. >>> today, hundreds of people gather for the funeral of the man who was the heir to the saudi heir. sultan bin abdulaziz was in his...
Anderson Cooper 360 : CNN : October 18, 2011 2:00am-3:00am EDT
ride. the dow the fell about 2.13%. david lux told us to watch for data out of china overnight. the world's current growth engine has economic numbers that come out throughout the night. it will be a big deal for our markets here. we need china to grow. >>> number two, two indy drives have been released from the hospital following yesterday's crash that killed dan wheldon. dash cam video shows the fiery crash, which involved 15 cars, it was shocking to watch this live. wheldon was a 33-year-old father of two. he suffered unsurvivable injuries. several fellow drivers have come out since and said the track was not suitable for 34 cars traveling more than 200 miles an hour. one such driver was darrio franchitti. watching it yesterday, i'm sure many of you did, like we did, there was a period of time when you had a lot of hope, especially when the helicopter left, that maybe mr. wheldon would make it. number three, the man behind president obama's auto bailout has a new job, finding ways to expand the u.s. postal office. his name is ron bloom and he's been hired by the national associat
ride. the dow the fell about 2.13%. david lux told us to watch for data out of china overnight. the world's current growth engine has economic numbers that come out throughout the night. it will be a big deal for our markets here. we need china to grow. >>> number two, two indy drives have been released from the hospital following yesterday's crash that killed dan wheldon. dash cam video shows the fiery crash, which involved 15 cars, it was shocking to watch this live. wheldon was a...
Erin Burnett OutFront : CNN : October 26, 2011 11:00pm-12:00am EDT
something that got us thinking, america and china are competing in this great race in africa to get access to increasingly rare commodities like oil, copper and cobalt. when i was in congo, i met a regional governor who used some of the money he got in public transparent deals from american companies to build a road to his weekend house and he bragged about driving his ferrari, the only one in the drc, on his new road to his new house. the truth is while america may dislike corrupt regimes, it will do business with them if they have something the u.s. needs. and that is the reality. >>> the shocking confession made by bernie madoff's wife, ruth. how close they came to suicide. >>> flu shots. a new study says they may not work for you. too bad because it's flu season. >>> a story we cannot resist and readore. the lurid by details about silvio berlusconi's sex parties. while some fiber ads use super models, metamucil uses super hard working psyllium fiber, which gels to remove unsexy waste and reduce cholesterol. taking psyllium fiber won't make you a model but you should feel a littl
something that got us thinking, america and china are competing in this great race in africa to get access to increasingly rare commodities like oil, copper and cobalt. when i was in congo, i met a regional governor who used some of the money he got in public transparent deals from american companies to build a road to his weekend house and he bragged about driving his ferrari, the only one in the drc, on his new road to his new house. the truth is while america may dislike corrupt regimes, it...
The Situation Room With Wolf Blitzer : CNN : October 19, 2011 4:00pm-6:00pm EDT
finger on. last year, he attacked the president for being too tough on china. now, he's a trade war you. you get the sense that everything is in service of running for office and so no position or principle is too great to aggregate in service of that goal. >> tony, is that a serious zeroing in on a serious problem that mitt romney has? >> sure it is. on the other hand, president obama was strongly against the independent mandate in health care when debating hillary in '08, then he put it into his bill and signed it into law. also, on gitmo. what happens with the senior politician, reagan signed the therapeutic abortion act in 1967 when he was governor, then he switched to being against abortion. what happens when you're a seen r yor politician, your positions change. romney's no different than obama or reagan. there are things he's going to have to explain. >> because the democrats are really, and you're among them, going after romney on the issue of flip-flopping. >> tony's right what he said about president reagan or obama, but this guy's different. he's the mary lou retton of fl
finger on. last year, he attacked the president for being too tough on china. now, he's a trade war you. you get the sense that everything is in service of running for office and so no position or principle is too great to aggregate in service of that goal. >> tony, is that a serious zeroing in on a serious problem that mitt romney has? >> sure it is. on the other hand, president obama was strongly against the independent mandate in health care when debating hillary in '08, then he...
Erin Burnett OutFront : CNN : October 17, 2011 7:00pm-8:00pm EDT
about 2.13%. david lux told us to watch for data out of china overnight. the world's current growth engine has economic numbers that come out throughout the night. it will be a big deal for our markets here. we need china to grow. >>> number two, two indy drives have been released from the hospital following yesterday's crash that killed dan wheldon. dash cam video shows the fiery crash, which involved 15 cars, was shocking to watch this live. wheldon was a 33-year-old father of two. he suffered unsurvivable injuries. several fellow drivers have come out since and said the track was not suitable for 34 cars traveling more than 200 miles an hour. one such driver was dario fran k chet franchitti. watching it yesterday, i'm sure many of you did, like we did, there was a period of time when you had a lot of hope, especially when the helicopter left, that maybe mr. wheldon would make it. number three, the man behind president obama's auto bailout has a new job, finding ways to expand the u.s. postal office. his name is ron bloom and he's been hired by the national association of letter c
about 2.13%. david lux told us to watch for data out of china overnight. the world's current growth engine has economic numbers that come out throughout the night. it will be a big deal for our markets here. we need china to grow. >>> number two, two indy drives have been released from the hospital following yesterday's crash that killed dan wheldon. dash cam video shows the fiery crash, which involved 15 cars, was shocking to watch this live. wheldon was a 33-year-old father of two....
Your Money : CNN : October 30, 2011 3:00pm-4:00pm EDT
ways for others to invest in the european union. watch china carefully. they could actually end up as a major investor here. will all this be enough? despite the rally in stock markets after the news. nina dell santos joins us now, covering this closely, covering those meetings in brussels. she's back in london. nina, is this going to be a sufficient deal to stop us worrying about whether europe is going to take the world into another recession? >> the consensus ali the devil is in the detail and so far we haven't had all that many details. it has been a huge shot in the arm for europe if you like. they have managed to come to some kind of consensus. we saw the two strong men of europe, germany and france, at odds clashing on various issues of this complicated plan. the real challenge for them is to see eye to eye in the future to try to implement all of this. they're going to have to think about how they're going to be doing that before the g-20 gets under way in about a week or so's time. otherwise they're going to have to do tough talking with their larger economic partners. >>
ways for others to invest in the european union. watch china carefully. they could actually end up as a major investor here. will all this be enough? despite the rally in stock markets after the news. nina dell santos joins us now, covering this closely, covering those meetings in brussels. she's back in london. nina, is this going to be a sufficient deal to stop us worrying about whether europe is going to take the world into another recession? >> the consensus ali the devil is in the...
CNN Newsroom : CNN : October 29, 2011 11:00am-12:00pm EDT
water is in bangkok and in suburbs. >> reporter: high tide in bangkok's china town. water pours in from the swollen river. just on the other side of these homes and businesses. despite the severe flood warnings and this reality, residents who stay put were far from panicked here. children, even delighted in the murky water. the drainage system of the system pumped it out immediately. and that is why it's not heavily flooded here. i am not worried, this resident says. in this riverside neighborhood, the flood waters came in kwiekly and receded quickly. >> the water used to come out from the topiary first and now it slows down because of the flood. >> reporter: this was a day the government warned could be the worst for central bangkok. but much of bangkok's commercial district remained dry. not so in the northern, eastern and western parts of the city. high floods waters have remained for weeks in parts of the city, ruining homes, shutting down factories and discouraging tourism. people are moving through it. a public health crisis could be the next day of trouble. the government es
water is in bangkok and in suburbs. >> reporter: high tide in bangkok's china town. water pours in from the swollen river. just on the other side of these homes and businesses. despite the severe flood warnings and this reality, residents who stay put were far from panicked here. children, even delighted in the murky water. the drainage system of the system pumped it out immediately. and that is why it's not heavily flooded here. i am not worried, this resident says. in this riverside...
Fareed Zakaria GPS : CNN : October 30, 2011 1:00pm-2:00pm EDT
how washington dealt with the soviet union and china in the 1970s and '80s. iran is a country of 80 million people, educated, dynamic. it sits astride a crucial part of the world. it cannot be sanctioned and pressed down for decades and decades. it is the last great civilization to sit outside the global order. we need a strategy that combines pressure with some path to bring iran in from the cold. let's get started. >>> a deal to save the euro, 2.5% growth in the u.s., business spending up more than 16% here. is this all good news? what does it mean? that's what i hope to get to the bottom of with my two guests. niall ferguson is a professor at harvard university and business school. he's the author of a new book "civilization." jeffrey sachs is the director of the earth institute at columbia university. jeff has a new book, too, "the price of civilization." both of them have "civilization" in the topic so we are going to have a very civilized conversation. niall, does this -- explain what this deal in europe means and does it save the euro? >> well, the deal in europe is in fact m
how washington dealt with the soviet union and china in the 1970s and '80s. iran is a country of 80 million people, educated, dynamic. it sits astride a crucial part of the world. it cannot be sanctioned and pressed down for decades and decades. it is the last great civilization to sit outside the global order. we need a strategy that combines pressure with some path to bring iran in from the cold. let's get started. >>> a deal to save the euro, 2.5% growth in the u.s., business...
American Morning : CNN : October 21, 2011 6:00am-9:00am EDT
a tremendous, tremendous stress. >> what do you feel about china? china famously ventured into family planning. the human rights advocate say they're disastrous. that women, you know, the one-child policy and all of this. venturing into family plans for countries has to be very careful? >> i think there's a difference between voluntary and forced, for one thing. the evidence is that if families are given choices, the children are able to stay alive, because there's health care. the girls are able to get educated. the family planning is available. then they choose, voluntarily, to have fewer children. it's better for them. it's better for their children. better for the prospects, but when they're very, very poor, they need help to be able to have those choices. we're not giving them that help right now, and then we're addressing the consequences later of exploding populations, conflict, unrest, migration. we say, oh, my god, the world's unstable, but we're not helping to make it less unstable. more stable. >> jeff sachs, author of this book. jeff wrote an in-depth article on the
a tremendous, tremendous stress. >> what do you feel about china? china famously ventured into family planning. the human rights advocate say they're disastrous. that women, you know, the one-child policy and all of this. venturing into family plans for countries has to be very careful? >> i think there's a difference between voluntary and forced, for one thing. the evidence is that if families are given choices, the children are able to stay alive, because there's health care. the...
idea up that china, which is the biggest buyer of iranian rude and driving their economy, could this force china to pick between two huge crude oil supplies, saudi arabia and iran and isolate iran? >> i think it is a tremendous opportunity for the united states and the world to create that type of pressure. i think it is a great opportunity for the saudis who were clearly the first instance of who is going to be attack, their ambassador to make that case as well. and i think we have an opportunity to change the dynamic and close those back-door channels that have been open to iran particularly with refined petroleum products they need and their financial institutions as well. >> all right." up front" next, the terror suspect claims his cousin is a big general in the iranian military. iran calls its involvement allegations fallacy. and the gop candidates defending their economic plans in new hampshire tonight. none, though, as catchy as 9-9-t. [ cellphone rings ] ♪ [ cellphone rings ] cut! [ monica ] i have a small part in a big movie. i thought we'd be on location for 3 days, it's
idea up that china, which is the biggest buyer of iranian rude and driving their economy, could this force china to pick between two huge crude oil supplies, saudi arabia and iran and isolate iran? >> i think it is a tremendous opportunity for the united states and the world to create that type of pressure. i think it is a great opportunity for the saudis who were clearly the first instance of who is going to be attack, their ambassador to make that case as well. and i think we have an...
World Business Today : CNN : October 14, 2011 4:00am-5:00am EDT
. the top stories on -- >> g20 finance ministers meet in paris. >> slowing slowly. china's inflation rate eases but food costs are still a worry. >>> and it's semifinals weekend at the rugby world cup. we'll take a look at which teams have the psychological advantage. >>> first off, let's get straight to what's moving across the european stock markets today. it's bad new for the spanish prime minister and also the finance minister. spain's debt has been downgraded just late yesterday by standard & poors. it took it down one notch, aa to aa minus. it gave it a negative outlook as well, citing slowing growth, weakening financial system and persistently high unemployment which we should add is around about 21% across spain. the major banks have been downgraded earlier this week. it's more bad news for these two characters here. >>> the euro is trading at 1.3748 at the moment against the green back. the british pound as well, pretty much flat against the u.s. dollar and the japanese yen down by 0.1%. that's trading at 76.92. if we move on to the stock markets, broadly speaking we've seen
. the top stories on -- >> g20 finance ministers meet in paris. >> slowing slowly. china's inflation rate eases but food costs are still a worry. >>> and it's semifinals weekend at the rugby world cup. we'll take a look at which teams have the psychological advantage. >>> first off, let's get straight to what's moving across the european stock markets today. it's bad new for the spanish prime minister and also the finance minister. spain's debt has been downgraded...
inland as china. >>> now to that desperate search in the dark through the earthquake rubble in eastern turkey. rescue crews are using flashlights and shovels to look for survivors after a 7.2 magnitude quake knocked down dozens of buildings. at least 65 people have been killed. freelance journalist andrew finkel is in istanbul. what more can you tell me about the rescue efforts and here it is almost midnight. >> yes, we -- it is midnight, the rescue effort goes on. what we do know is that the -- of course, it is dark and it is going on by headlight of cars and by generators. help has been flown in from throughout turkey. there has been rescue relief operations, specially trained teams which look for people under the rubble have been flown to the site. one thing slightly surprising is that -- the one thing that is slightly surprising is that the actual casualty figures seem to be quite low. we only -- this is a 7.2 earthquake, that is a very serious event. a very similar event in the 1970s resulted in 3,000 or 4,000 people dying, but the reports so far mercifully perhaps is of less than
inland as china. >>> now to that desperate search in the dark through the earthquake rubble in eastern turkey. rescue crews are using flashlights and shovels to look for survivors after a 7.2 magnitude quake knocked down dozens of buildings. at least 65 people have been killed. freelance journalist andrew finkel is in istanbul. what more can you tell me about the rescue efforts and here it is almost midnight. >> yes, we -- it is midnight, the rescue effort goes on. what we do...
ways for others to investigate in the european union. watch china carefully. they could be a major investors, but will it be enough? despite the rally in stock markets after the news. nina covered the meetings in brussels and she's back in london. nina, is this going fob a sufficient deal to stop us worrying about whether europe is going to take the world into another reregs. >> the deal take is the delve in the deal tail and we haven't had all that many details in europe if you like. we saw the two strong men of europe, germany and also franc very much at odds clashing on verse issues. the real challenge is to see eye to eye in the future to implement all of this. they think about this before the g-20 gets under way in a week or so time. they had to to do tough talking with larger economic partners. >> that was my next question. into the new week i'm at the g-20 in france, and that's twha next big question is going tovenlt you've come to a framework and deal. how fast can they get down to the details and start implementing? >> yeah. that really is the sort of the trillion dollar q
ways for others to investigate in the european union. watch china carefully. they could be a major investors, but will it be enough? despite the rally in stock markets after the news. nina covered the meetings in brussels and she's back in london. nina, is this going fob a sufficient deal to stop us worrying about whether europe is going to take the world into another reregs. >> the deal take is the delve in the deal tail and we haven't had all that many details in europe if you like. we...
John King, USA : CNN : October 3, 2011 6:00pm-7:00pm EDT
tough with china. its backers say there are 2 million reasons why. tonight's number when we return. >>> plus, erin burnett out front premieres at the top of the hour. erin will be here with a special preview. the postal service is critical to our economy-- delivering mail, medicine and packages. yet they're closing thousands of offices, slashing service, and want to lay off over 100,000 workers. the postal service is recording financial losses, but not for reasons you might think. the problem ? a burden no other agency or company bears. a 2006 law that drains 5 billion a year from post-office revenue while the postal service is forced to overpay billions more into federal accounts. congress created this problem, and congress can fix it. >>> welcome back. here's the latest news you need to know right now. this hour's breaking news, american amanda knox left an italian prison tonight. a friend tells cnn she'll head for seattle, washington, tomorrow. several hours ago an italian court overturned knox's conviction in the 2007 murder of her roommate. >>> a huge fire at a chemical plant
tough with china. its backers say there are 2 million reasons why. tonight's number when we return. >>> plus, erin burnett out front premieres at the top of the hour. erin will be here with a special preview. the postal service is critical to our economy-- delivering mail, medicine and packages. yet they're closing thousands of offices, slashing service, and want to lay off over 100,000 workers. the postal service is recording financial losses, but not for reasons you might think. the...
World Business Today : CNN : October 4, 2011 4:00am-5:00am EDT
survey suggested that china's growth is slowing which means less recreational spending. we do have the golden week holiday. china is traditionally a big earn for for the casino there. but the casino very much in focus at the moment. okay. we talk to you about what's been happening over the past quarter or so. if you look at just how much we're talking about in the quarter that has just passed for two days into the new one this is how bad it's been for the neck key down more than 13% over that quarter alone. but that's actually quite modest compared to some of the other markets. hong kong, similar picture but apart from a couple of plateaus you'll see it's come off very, very sharply. shed more an a quarter of its value. move along to the seoul kospi index and see a fairly sharp sell-off there, 20% down more than a fifth of its values lost and in australia over the same period and you'll see there the bench mark sa pchp ask down by 15.1%. nina, two days into the last trading quarter of this year and we're already seeing big losses again on both days. >> well, there's nothing like sh
survey suggested that china's growth is slowing which means less recreational spending. we do have the golden week holiday. china is traditionally a big earn for for the casino there. but the casino very much in focus at the moment. okay. we talk to you about what's been happening over the past quarter or so. if you look at just how much we're talking about in the quarter that has just passed for two days into the new one this is how bad it's been for the neck key down more than 13% over that...
thank you for your time. >> thank you. >>> as you power play put heat on china. it was a risky move for your wall the other the smart thing to do? >>> in a rare showing of bipartisanship, congress passed a bill targeting china's undervalue currency which keeps ex-sport sports to the u.s. to china advantage. officials have warned of a trade war. >> this bill seriously violates world trade organization rules, harms bilateral economic and trade cooperation and does not solve to the economic and employment problems in the united states. it also counters the joint effort by china and the united states to promote global economic revival. it hurts others while not benefiting one's self t causes nothing but damage. >> peter mauricecy you the former economic direct director at the u.s. international trade commission join us now for today's undercovered story. explain why both democrats and republicans want to pass this bill. >> simply, every day china prints its kur rehn jie toy is buy dollars they keep thele value of the currency very cheap u.s. to importers, that makes those product opts s
thank you for your time. >> thank you. >>> as you power play put heat on china. it was a risky move for your wall the other the smart thing to do? >>> in a rare showing of bipartisanship, congress passed a bill targeting china's undervalue currency which keeps ex-sport sports to the u.s. to china advantage. officials have warned of a trade war. >> this bill seriously violates world trade organization rules, harms bilateral economic and trade cooperation and does...
Piers Morgan Tonight : CNN : October 6, 2011 12:00am-1:00am EDT
exceptionalism is a big question. i just want to say, wolf, six stores in china. and i was just in shanghai recently. the apple store is mobbed. when i asked children what they liked about america, because we spent some time with kids, i mean, it was iphone, and they would all yell it. i mean, that is really a synonym for america. and at this time when our country's taken a hit reputationally from the financial crisis, it was apple that really stood for what's wonderful about america around the world. so this is something that will matter to a lot of people far away from here. >> it certainly will. his impact not only in the united states, as you point out, around the world. all right. everyone stand by. we're following the very sad breaking news tonight, the death of steve jobs. we'll talk to more people who knew him well when we come back. [ male announcer ] there's just something about werther's caramel that makes a chocolate so smooth and creamy, you don't just taste it, you feel it. ♪ do you believe in magic? ♪ ♪ it's magic ♪ [ male announcer ] it's a comfort that come
exceptionalism is a big question. i just want to say, wolf, six stores in china. and i was just in shanghai recently. the apple store is mobbed. when i asked children what they liked about america, because we spent some time with kids, i mean, it was iphone, and they would all yell it. i mean, that is really a synonym for america. and at this time when our country's taken a hit reputationally from the financial crisis, it was apple that really stood for what's wonderful about america around...
AM Wake Up Call : CNN : October 17, 2011 5:00am-6:00am EDT
stuff most americans don't know. i know for a fact that china is using lasers to blind our satellites and melt the north pole. i know there's a lizard king that dwells at the center of the earth and alcohols the weather with his mind. >> time for your political ticker with tim farley host of "morning briefing." >> good morning. that jimmy fallon is something, isn't he? >> very talented guy. herman cain backing off calling for a deadly electrical fence along the u.s. border. first -- here is what he said saturday. listen. >> when i'm in charge of the fence, we're going to have a fence. it's going to be 20 feet high, barbed wire on the top, electrocuted -- electrified and a sign on the other side that says "it will kill you." >> this is how he put it yesterday, a day later. >> that's a joke, david, that's a joke. >> that's not a serious plan? >> that's not a serious plan. that's a joke. i've also said america needs to get a sense of humor. >> he has, tim, said america needs to get a sense of humor. if you listen to that first clip, he was playing to the crowd and they were la
stuff most americans don't know. i know for a fact that china is using lasers to blind our satellites and melt the north pole. i know there's a lizard king that dwells at the center of the earth and alcohols the weather with his mind. >> time for your political ticker with tim farley host of "morning briefing." >> good morning. that jimmy fallon is something, isn't he? >> very talented guy. herman cain backing off calling for a deadly electrical fence along the u.s....
Erin Burnett OutFront : CNN : October 5, 2011 7:00pm-8:00pm EDT
to china, jon huntsman, has been working the crowds. but he hasn't gotten much traction. the latest poll from cbs news has governor huntsman with 2% support among likely primary voters though he's done better in new hampshire, as you can see. but why? the governor has gotten some big-time support from big-time names, like john mack, from morgan stanley, phil knight, chairman of nike, former homeland security chief, governor tom ridge, and jeb bush jr., son of the former florida governor. add to that the "wall street journal" has high praise for the economic plan. talked to governor jon huntsman joins us from, he comes to us knoxville, tennessee opinion. thanks for being here. really appreciate it. why aren't you doing better? you got the endorsements. what's happening? >> we've got the endorsements. we've got a plan. we have a message. the only numbers, erin, at this point that really matter are those in new hampshire, because that's where you have our nation's first primary, that's where people have seen it all and heard it all. and in order to get up in the polls there you've got
to china, jon huntsman, has been working the crowds. but he hasn't gotten much traction. the latest poll from cbs news has governor huntsman with 2% support among likely primary voters though he's done better in new hampshire, as you can see. but why? the governor has gotten some big-time support from big-time names, like john mack, from morgan stanley, phil knight, chairman of nike, former homeland security chief, governor tom ridge, and jeb bush jr., son of the former florida governor. add...
. >> places in india and china, there's a reference to have boys over girls, there's such a demand for abortions. >> there are. in most countries where it's not legal, it's still happening. it doesn't change the outcome or number of deaths or abortions. it just makes it less safe for more people to actually access services. >> what about here in the u.s.? because i think when you said we rank number 50, we'll probably shock a lot of people watching. it might shock a the lof people how few pregnant women have health care in this country. you have been talking about how pregnancy-related complications that nearly cause death, near misses in the u.s., are up 25% in the past 12 or so years. how is that possible? >> it is shocking. the situation here in the united states is different than it is in some of the developing countries that we've talked about. here, for example, one of the scenarios that makes it very dangerous for women to have children is having too many sa syrian sections. another is moms are having children later. that can put you at risk. diabetes, obesity, these are problem
. >> places in india and china, there's a reference to have boys over girls, there's such a demand for abortions. >> there are. in most countries where it's not legal, it's still happening. it doesn't change the outcome or number of deaths or abortions. it just makes it less safe for more people to actually access services. >> what about here in the u.s.? because i think when you said we rank number 50, we'll probably shock a lot of people watching. it might shock a the lof...
Piers Morgan Tonight : CNN : October 28, 2011 3:00am-4:00am EDT
, giving money to china, hundreds of millions of dollars a year to china when they're, in fact, so rich and making -- they're making trillions. we are losing trillions. that's a whole different thing. as far as the banks are concerned, you're talking about the financial system of this country, piers. i'll tell you what. i was there and i watched big, powerful bankers, arrogant guys, guys that were hot stuff, guys that thought they'd go in to a restaurant, they were the kings. and i watched them and they were like weak, poor, pathetic men. they really thought it was over. so, and they're smart. so, when you say, did they do the right thing? and i know it's not popular. in some circles. i think you probably had to do it. >> the argument from someone would be, look, we were in the situation we were in. it was important we didn't go under. yes, we got bailed out and paid it back. the taxpayer doesn't suffer. not an argument that resonates with the occupy wall street. what do you say that to? >> they didn't really -- when you think of it, they got cheap money and they paid it back. but they're n
, giving money to china, hundreds of millions of dollars a year to china when they're, in fact, so rich and making -- they're making trillions. we are losing trillions. that's a whole different thing. as far as the banks are concerned, you're talking about the financial system of this country, piers. i'll tell you what. i was there and i watched big, powerful bankers, arrogant guys, guys that were hot stuff, guys that thought they'd go in to a restaurant, they were the kings. and i watched them...
, another big performance up by 2%. shanghai up by 0.75%. the government in china coming out with plans to bolster small businesses in china which gives you an idea of the concern still about the state of the economy there. australia getting a lift from unemployment numbers. the actual unemployment rate in australia falling, according to the numbers out today, down to 5.2%, down 0.1%. if you look at hong kong, it's up 14%, 15% since it hit its low at the end of trading october 4th. in seven trading days or so we've seen a big bounce in a lot of these markets here, nina. >>> the imf tempering that saying that europe does pose a risk to asia as well. let's move on and talk about the united states, because the new york stock exchange made some pretty hefty gains on wednesday. financials in particular led the way. all of the major banks actually closed up in excess of 3% on the day. alcoa, company shares dropped by 3% on wednesday, after posting lower than expected quarterly earnings on wednesday. this is where the u.s. futures stand in premarket action. mixed picture over there as well. th
, another big performance up by 2%. shanghai up by 0.75%. the government in china coming out with plans to bolster small businesses in china which gives you an idea of the concern still about the state of the economy there. australia getting a lift from unemployment numbers. the actual unemployment rate in australia falling, according to the numbers out today, down to 5.2%, down 0.1%. if you look at hong kong, it's up 14%, 15% since it hit its low at the end of trading october 4th. in seven...
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Piers Morgan Tonight : CNN : October 11, 2011 9:00pm-10:00pm EDT
really a message to china and russia who have been pretty difficult in tough sanctions on iran. they need to decide now are they going to stand with a nation state who is actively engaged in terrorism including the assassination of diplomats here in the united states, washington, d.c., specifically, or are they going to stand with the international community who stands for the rule of law and justice? and this is their chance. this is an opportunity for the rest of the world to stop putting pressure on these two actors who have very self-serving reasons not to have sanctions on iran, to do the right thing. this is their chance to do the rest of the world and say we've got to stop this kind of behavior. that's the short-term goal of the administration. then secondly, those activities in iraq and afghanistan that are directly leading to the deaths of u.s. soldiers, i think we need to be more aggressive about dealing with that. >> i mean, what was extraordinary was the brazen nature of this. the instructions were that it should happen maybe in a washington restaurant packed full of pote
really a message to china and russia who have been pretty difficult in tough sanctions on iran. they need to decide now are they going to stand with a nation state who is actively engaged in terrorism including the assassination of diplomats here in the united states, washington, d.c., specifically, or are they going to stand with the international community who stands for the rule of law and justice? and this is their chance. this is an opportunity for the rest of the world to stop putting...
Your Money : CNN : October 8, 2011 1:00pm-2:00pm EDT
mentioned ever. i can't help it, but i have to contrast it with china. china is spending half a trillion dollars a year and will send many trillion dollars, about what we spend on world war twosh two, on new industries. we need to create new industries. >> when you say new industry like the solar industry in the united states? >> we put half a billion dollars into na and got into a lot of trouble for it. >> take another solar company, evergreen, traded at $100 share was the bellwether company in 2008. i was bankrupt today. that's because china is funding their solar companies to the tune of massive amounts of money. much, much more than we're willing to. now china controlling the solar industry. they basically do. with their monopoly on rare earth, they can control the wind industry, too. >> their investments have been targeted and consistent in part because there's not a bury rock see. 12k3w4r >> they don't have to call the ceo before congress and testify. >> you're right. our investments have been haphazard, right? >> totally haphazard. >> not consistent, and there's no national strate
mentioned ever. i can't help it, but i have to contrast it with china. china is spending half a trillion dollars a year and will send many trillion dollars, about what we spend on world war twosh two, on new industries. we need to create new industries. >> when you say new industry like the solar industry in the united states? >> we put half a billion dollars into na and got into a lot of trouble for it. >> take another solar company, evergreen, traded at $100 share was the...
CNN Presents : CNN : October 30, 2011 8:00pm-9:00pm EDT
they're so dirty. >> reporter: china, italy and rwanda have banned or severely limited plastic bags. in the u.s., dozens of cities and some states have tried to curb their use. you authored a bill that would have banned plastic bags across the state of california. >> plastic bags and paper bags. >> reporter: who was the biggest opponent of your bill? >> the american chemistry council, for sure. they came here to sacramento and hired lobbyist and lobbyist after lobbyist. they had television ads. >> a $19 billion deficit. what are some sacramento politicians focused on? grocery bags. >> plastic bags -- >> reporter: steve russell is a vice president of the american chemistry council. a lobbying firm representing makers of plastic bags. >> we spent almost a million dollars, most of that costs of television advertising, and that was necessary because citizens weren't being given access to complete information that was accurate and fair. >> reporter: russell says plastic bags have gotten a bad rap. he told us a local study found that 3% of plastic bags in california are recycled. you look
they're so dirty. >> reporter: china, italy and rwanda have banned or severely limited plastic bags. in the u.s., dozens of cities and some states have tried to curb their use. you authored a bill that would have banned plastic bags across the state of california. >> plastic bags and paper bags. >> reporter: who was the biggest opponent of your bill? >> the american chemistry council, for sure. they came here to sacramento and hired lobbyist and lobbyist after lobbyist....
pacific a little bit mix and china, australia, new zealand doing well. here in the u.s., the employers when we talked to them, are not planning major hiring, but at the same time they're spending money on cap it will. when they spend money on small business and big business, it means they think the economy is probably going to do better as you move forward. not great guns, but perhaps better than some people anticipate. >> it's more positive than many would expect. let me ask you about the question. the frustration out there, a lot of it pointed at corporate america from the left and the right. it comes down to the jobs problems. let's just put it to you at cisco. $4.5 billion in the economy. you have this cash and why aren't you useing it to hire? >> more than fair question. if you look at what cisco has done the last 20 years, we grew from 400 to 70,000 people. we shared it with the shareholders and most of the time we were in hiring mote. if you look out over the next 12 months, we probably will be again, assuming there is not a major such economy. what would help us do th
pacific a little bit mix and china, australia, new zealand doing well. here in the u.s., the employers when we talked to them, are not planning major hiring, but at the same time they're spending money on cap it will. when they spend money on small business and big business, it means they think the economy is probably going to do better as you move forward. not great guns, but perhaps better than some people anticipate. >> it's more positive than many would expect. let me ask you about...
recommend jeej and, regime and an international community, they still have the support of china and russia. by all accounts it's also a regime that feels if on the one hand it's winning and being able to ride this out. the activists will tell you, no, that's not going to happen. they will keep going until the regime kills every single one of them or is finally forced to leave. >> arwa damon in beirut, thank you. >> now this -- >> if some woman in your family, if you stop us from seeking treatment so you can right a ticket or violation -- >> one man, you heard his voice, got pulled over on the way to the hospital. sitting in the passenger seat, his ill wife. wait until you hear what she offers to do and why there is now an investigation into that. >>> also, any minute the prosecution is expected to rest. the defense will begin in the case of michael jackson's doctor. carl levin is also standing by and his reaction to the fact that the war in iraq is ending and his reaction to mitt romney's harsh words. next. ya' know those jeans look nice. they do? yup. so you were checking me out? yup. [ m
recommend jeej and, regime and an international community, they still have the support of china and russia. by all accounts it's also a regime that feels if on the one hand it's winning and being able to ride this out. the activists will tell you, no, that's not going to happen. they will keep going until the regime kills every single one of them or is finally forced to leave. >> arwa damon in beirut, thank you. >> now this -- >> if some woman in your family, if you stop us...
biggest investors in the american residential market hail from canada, retirement and then, yes, china, mexico and uk also on the list. and the top destinations are, with a couple of exception, troubled real estate markets, including california and florida and arizona. senator charles schumer is one of the sponsors of the measure. senator schumer, it's good to have you with us. i want to start with the big question, how much of an effect will youplan have on housing prices? >> i think it can have a significant effect. we calibrated it so that actually the lowest amount of house that someone could buy and live in was $250,000. in many markets, that's about at the median and there are many foreclosed homes still at that level, and even when the market is somewhat lower, everyone knows you scoop up demand at a little bit higher end of the market it raises prices everywhere. >> so how many buyers, do you think this will bring in? >> well, no one know, but we do know similar programs when people invest in america and people are entrepreneurs and create ten jobs in america are well oversubsc
biggest investors in the american residential market hail from canada, retirement and then, yes, china, mexico and uk also on the list. and the top destinations are, with a couple of exception, troubled real estate markets, including california and florida and arizona. senator charles schumer is one of the sponsors of the measure. senator schumer, it's good to have you with us. i want to start with the big question, how much of an effect will youplan have on housing prices? >> i think it...
CNN Newsroom : CNN : October 17, 2011 9:00am-11:00am EDT
"the south china morning post." the headline, don't throw baby out with bath water. it's an opinion piece that says, young protesters in central, that's the area, have their hearts in the right place, but they need to better understand the unique social problems that confront hong kong instead of blamely aping their occupy wall street friends. and "the australian," wall street occupiers are an insult to the workers. what we are witnessing is not the birth of something new, but rather the death of something old, the death of a principled left that believed in progress and development, and the ability of the little man to change his world for the better. kyra, no reports on whether anyone got married in any of the cities. there was no wedding that randomly broke out. but i'm tracking it. >> what about divorces? zain, it's nice to have you back. >> that has a higher probability. >> ok. see you tomorrow. >>> we're going in depth on herman cain next. supporters praise him for being the real deal. coming up, we'll talk to a time magazine reporter who says the hermanator just might be too
"the south china morning post." the headline, don't throw baby out with bath water. it's an opinion piece that says, young protesters in central, that's the area, have their hearts in the right place, but they need to better understand the unique social problems that confront hong kong instead of blamely aping their occupy wall street friends. and "the australian," wall street occupiers are an insult to the workers. what we are witnessing is not the birth of something new,...
the beaches of oregon, washington and california, you see stuff washing up from japan, china, thailand, all the time. know this is from japan because the floats that are floating literally have fukushima on the side of them. so the boats being identified as from those areas around where the tsunami hit. yes, we know this stuff is from japan. >> they thought three to four years, but now it's speeding up. what's the cause of that? >> a boat was flat in the water, it would be a very slow boat. this is not a boat. this is not flat in the water. this is like a sail. so now when the wind hits this sail and not only this building probably sunk already by now. but other things are floating above the water and all that wind is pushing it much faster than the current, so the speed is, the researchers in hawaii think it could twice as fast now. by 2013 and into hawaii sometime early next year. >> chad, thanks very much. >>> thousands of women in yemen are gattinging to pr test the government. why it included a fiery demonstration and the rangers could clinch the world series tonight, bu
the beaches of oregon, washington and california, you see stuff washing up from japan, china, thailand, all the time. know this is from japan because the floats that are floating literally have fukushima on the side of them. so the boats being identified as from those areas around where the tsunami hit. yes, we know this stuff is from japan. >> they thought three to four years, but now it's speeding up. what's the cause of that? >> a boat was flat in the water, it would be a very...
to be, i think some countries like china, like russia, are going to have a hard time defending iran. >> seth, let me ask you, because the portrait we just heard from someone who has done business with -- he knew mansour as jack, was far from compelling. it was down right -- i don't know, that was not a portrait of somebody you would thought could go ahead with this complicated terror plot. >> if you look at some of the most recent terror plots in the united states. the times square bomber was not exactly a first rate competent terrorist, more was the 2009 attempted al qaeda bomber, also in new york city. so, again, there have been a range of recent bombers that have been fairly uneducated, fairly benign and disorganized individuals. so that doesn't strike me as being a complete outlier. >> perhaps it would strengthen their case from their view that this guy wasn't competent, which would prove there was somebody else who was, somebody from iran who was the master mind. >> right. in this case would need a handler from the qods force to provide the money and technical advice. >> jamie
to be, i think some countries like china, like russia, are going to have a hard time defending iran. >> seth, let me ask you, because the portrait we just heard from someone who has done business with -- he knew mansour as jack, was far from compelling. it was down right -- i don't know, that was not a portrait of somebody you would thought could go ahead with this complicated terror plot. >> if you look at some of the most recent terror plots in the united states. the times square...
important in this deal? it creates new ways for others to invest in the eu and china which has lots of money, could be a major investor. european banks need to increase their core capital. the safe amount of capital they have to 9%. here is the danger, though. in the long run, this deal may not be enough. we're still waiting to see what the reaction is as investors in the west start to wake up to this and study it and see whether it's enough. some say it may not be enough. >> when you talk about core capital. the amount of money they have to have that is safe. the money in their bank that they can't be lending out 10 times, 11 times, 12 times, the big, overleveraging that gets banks in trouble. that starts to cause concerns about how much the economy can grow if banks are holding so much cash. >> the amount of core capital the bank has to lend, minimum they have to have is 9%. the average person thinks banks have a lot more cash on hand than -- >> yes, they do. absolutely do. early numbers, futures are looking good this morning. >> that's encouraging are. >> exactly. >>> now on to poli
important in this deal? it creates new ways for others to invest in the eu and china which has lots of money, could be a major investor. european banks need to increase their core capital. the safe amount of capital they have to 9%. here is the danger, though. in the long run, this deal may not be enough. we're still waiting to see what the reaction is as investors in the west start to wake up to this and study it and see whether it's enough. some say it may not be enough. >> when you...
of china? >> we won't have to look back at china. we will leave them in the dust. >> and then michael jackson's death trial. doctors and sleep experts say his care was beyond comprehension today in court. and we talked to steve mann, a comedian makes it his life work to perform on "letterman." ♪ [ cellphone rings ] cut! [ monica ] i have a small part in a big movie. i thought we'd be on location for 3 days, it's been 3 weeks. so, i used my citi simplicity card to pick up a few things. and i don't have to worry about a late fee. which is good... no! bigger! bigger! [ monica ] ...because i don't think we're going anywhere for a while. [ male announcer ] write your story with the new citi simplicity card. no late fees. no penalty rate. no worries. get started at citisimplicity.com. [ male announcer ] we're not employers or employees. not white collar or blue collar or no collars. we are business in america. and every day we awake to the same challenges. but at prudential we're helping companies everywhere find new solutions to manage risk, capital and employee benefits, so amer
of china? >> we won't have to look back at china. we will leave them in the dust. >> and then michael jackson's death trial. doctors and sleep experts say his care was beyond comprehension today in court. and we talked to steve mann, a comedian makes it his life work to perform on "letterman." ♪ [ cellphone rings ] cut! [ monica ] i have a small part in a big movie. i thought we'd be on location for 3 days, it's been 3 weeks. so, i used my citi simplicity card to pick...
CNN Newsroom : CNN : October 2, 2011 6:00am-7:30am EDT
chain? he is the new face of the new fast food craze in china. you're seeing that correctly. i'll give you a second to take it in and figure out for yourself what you're seeing. yes, there is a sign for obama fried chicken or ofc as it says there. now this is on the u.k.'s "daily mail" web site. it's a chinese ad. has obama wearing a bow tie and suspenders. the logo or slogan says "we're so cool, aren't we?" now, can't imagine the reaction you might be having to seeing this now. a lot of people are having that same reaction. calling this racist and that it plays into stereotypes. over in china, apparently somebody believes this will help them sell some chicken. >>> 19 minutes past the hour now. supreme court is heading back to session tomorrow. freedom of speech one of the many issues the court will be taking up. we'll take a look at some of the bigger cases and how they could affect us all. cadillac borrowed technology from ferrari to develop its suspension system? or what if we told you that ferrari borrowed technology from cadillac to develop its suspension system? magnetic rid
chain? he is the new face of the new fast food craze in china. you're seeing that correctly. i'll give you a second to take it in and figure out for yourself what you're seeing. yes, there is a sign for obama fried chicken or ofc as it says there. now this is on the u.k.'s "daily mail" web site. it's a chinese ad. has obama wearing a bow tie and suspenders. the logo or slogan says "we're so cool, aren't we?" now, can't imagine the reaction you might be having to seeing this...
the price of gold. >> it is china's economic growth during the third quarter. believe it or not, that's slower. that's slowing down and an envious number because our growth in the second quarter was 1.3%. >> 1.3%. in the third quarter the estimate is that 1.5% and 2.5%. even if we are at the high end here in the united states, the growth is three times as fast as ours. >> the u.s. and europe just not growing strong at all. >> europe is almost flat. we're worried it might be less than flat. india, 7.8%. that's a slow down for india. shows you how the world is just moving at different paces. >> our part of the world is moving slowly. >> yeah. >>> an "am house call" giuliana rancic shared her struggle to have a baby and after two rounds of inveet vitro. >> possible ties to the disease. senior correspondent elizabeth cohen has looked into this for us. is it bad to go through ivf, if you have cancer. that's what she has to decide now, i guess. whether she will continue all of this, trying to have a baby and fighting the cancer. >> what usually happens in this situation, christine. th
the price of gold. >> it is china's economic growth during the third quarter. believe it or not, that's slower. that's slowing down and an envious number because our growth in the second quarter was 1.3%. >> 1.3%. in the third quarter the estimate is that 1.5% and 2.5%. even if we are at the high end here in the united states, the growth is three times as fast as ours. >> the u.s. and europe just not growing strong at all. >> europe is almost flat. we're worried it...
fiendishly complicated. the chief executive of this efst having informal 3450 aal meetin china. perhaps the imf, indeed buying euro bonds eventually. he's stressed at the moment these talks are informal and that we don't actually have any figures in place as to just how much the chinese could invest, and the markets, as you say, still rising on this final friday session, but we do have a little bit of cautious nervousness entering the markets there, because they're off their intraday gains largely on the back of wondering when exactly they'll be able to put these deals into place, ali. >> we'll watch that closely. of course, any speed bumps they hit are going to start to get these markets, again, very jittery. we'll watch it closely with you, nina. you've been covering it closely. mean da dnina dos santos back i london. >>> hanging an effigy along i-95. holding a briefcase, because, spieling with cash. the mannequin hung by a street artist next to a mural that says, give a wall street banker enough rope, and he will hang himself. ah. >>> new video of police rounding up protesters in nashvil
fiendishly complicated. the chief executive of this efst having informal 3450 aal meetin china. perhaps the imf, indeed buying euro bonds eventually. he's stressed at the moment these talks are informal and that we don't actually have any figures in place as to just how much the chinese could invest, and the markets, as you say, still rising on this final friday session, but we do have a little bit of cautious nervousness entering the markets there, because they're off their intraday gains...
toddler in china, who was run over twice after left bleeding in an alley. >>> and then the death toll rises from cantaloupes tainted with bacteria. we'll find out what caused the listeria outbreak, and what you can do to protect yourself. >>> and finally, well, what in the world is quantum levitation, right? stick around. it's pretty cool. [ male announcer ] there's just something about werther's caramel that makes a chocolate so smooth and creamy, you don't just taste it, you feel it. ♪ do you believe in magic? ♪ ♪ it's magic ♪ [ male announcer ] it's a comfort that comes from the only caramel worthy of being wrapped in gold. ♪ do you believe in magic? [ male announcer ] werther's original caramel chocolate. what comfort tastes like. since ameriprise financial was founded back in 1894, they've been committed to putting clients first. helping generations through tough times. good times. never taking a bailout. there when you need them. helping millions of americans over the centuries. the strength of a global financial leader. the heart of a one-to-one relationship. together
toddler in china, who was run over twice after left bleeding in an alley. >>> and then the death toll rises from cantaloupes tainted with bacteria. we'll find out what caused the listeria outbreak, and what you can do to protect yourself. >>> and finally, well, what in the world is quantum levitation, right? stick around. it's pretty cool. [ male announcer ] there's just something about werther's caramel that makes a chocolate so smooth and creamy, you don't just taste it,...
>>> we're on the front line in china. can america's kids compete? and plus we can't resist a vile stink bug invasion on a friday night and the bottom line on foreign oil. all candidates say america must kick the habit. what will it take for america to be independent. let's go "outfront." >> the white house decided not to send congress all of the related documents to the solyndra loan. this has to do with the president himself, doesn't it? >> this means members of congress are not going to get a glimpse of what is on the president's blackberry or anymore internal documents from the white house relate to the solyndra loans. two investigators asked the white house to release all of the internal documents, anything that mentioned the solyndra loan whatsoever and send them to captiol hill. the white house counsel sent a letter to them this afternoon. we got a copy of it and it says, we're not going to do this. we're not going to send you the documents because you have 70,000 pages of documents from agencies, 900 pages from inside the white house and to be bottom line it for you, erin,
>>> we're on the front line in china. can america's kids compete? and plus we can't resist a vile stink bug invasion on a friday night and the bottom line on foreign oil. all candidates say america must kick the habit. what will it take for america to be independent. let's go "outfront." >> the white house decided not to send congress all of the related documents to the solyndra loan. this has to do with the president himself, doesn't it? >> this means members of...
Anderson Cooper 360 : CNN : October 5, 2011 8:00pm-9:00pm EDT
initially, right away and they work perfectly. it's amazing. they're all coming from china. they're being made. they work. they're connected to software that works seamlessly. i mean, these accomplishments in terms of supply chain which is kind of business geek talk, but just making everything work like that, trust me, it's incredibly complicated. >> i can't even really imagine. on the phone is steven levy "wired" magazine senior writer. he's interviewed jobs many times. we've been talking for, now, 40 minutes about him, and learning new things along the way. i mean what are your thoughts this evening, this very sad evening? >> spectacularly sad. there was no one else like him. there were six things he did at least in his career, any one of which would have been, you know, absolutely remarkable, you know, you could just pick them off, the apple 2, the macintosh, pixar, the iphone, the ipad, ipod of course. who knows how many more he would have done. >> what do you think was his drive? i mean, a lot of people think people are driven by money. he clearly had more than enough money than he w
initially, right away and they work perfectly. it's amazing. they're all coming from china. they're being made. they work. they're connected to software that works seamlessly. i mean, these accomplishments in terms of supply chain which is kind of business geek talk, but just making everything work like that, trust me, it's incredibly complicated. >> i can't even really imagine. on the phone is steven levy "wired" magazine senior writer. he's interviewed jobs many times. we've...
place july through september and has been traced to a man in china. most of the companies hacked were based in the u.s. >>> a new album from amy winehouse is set to be released in december. the announcement came today from her record label. the posthumous album will contain new and reworked songs winehouse recorded between 2002 and 2008. the singer was found dead in her london apartment in july, a coroner ruled last week her death was the result of accidental alcohol poisoning. wolf? >> sad story indeed. thanks very much, mary, for that. coming up, remember that sexy russian spy, anna chapman? we have new glimpse of her courtesy of the fbi, her secret meetings while she was working under cover here in the united states. stand by for that. [ mom ] scooter? your father loves your new progresso rich & hearty steak burger soup. [ dad ] i love this new soup. it's his two favorite things in one... burgers and soup. did you hear him honey? burgers and soup. love you. they're cute. [ male announcer ] progresso. you gotta taste this soup. [ tires squeal ] an accident doesn't have to slow you d
place july through september and has been traced to a man in china. most of the companies hacked were based in the u.s. >>> a new album from amy winehouse is set to be released in december. the announcement came today from her record label. the posthumous album will contain new and reworked songs winehouse recorded between 2002 and 2008. the singer was found dead in her london apartment in july, a coroner ruled last week her death was the result of accidental alcohol poisoning. wolf?...
axelrod taking this to the twitter verse. axelrod writes a year ago he was too tough on china, now he's a trade warrior. should have called his book "no shame." rename obama's book how i golfed my way to a recession. part of this is funny, but is it a sign of things to come? >> what you can expect from the white house is more hocus pocus meant to distract people from the bad state of the economy. in some ways, he reminds me of the magicians who uses something called redirection to distract the attention of the audience from the performance of the trick. the trick in this case is trying to get barack obama reelected despite his failures on the economy. i think this election is going to be a referendum on the performance of barack obama when it comes to creating jobs. >> appreciate your time. >> thank you, john. >>> let's dig into the raw politics. gloria, susan and ken are with us. gloria, the white house has this conference call. obama is the front-runner. herman cain shakes things up. is the obama-romney narrative getting ahead of itself? >> they have nothing to lose. when you judge peop
axelrod taking this to the twitter verse. axelrod writes a year ago he was too tough on china, now he's a trade warrior. should have called his book "no shame." rename obama's book how i golfed my way to a recession. part of this is funny, but is it a sign of things to come? >> what you can expect from the white house is more hocus pocus meant to distract people from the bad state of the economy. in some ways, he reminds me of the magicians who uses something called redirection...
CNN Newsroom : CNN : October 5, 2011 11:00am-1:00pm EDT
an outrage, she walked out of the u.n. after china and russia blocked a measure targeting syria. she said that would rather sell weapons to the syrian regime than stand with the people who want freedom. you're seeing pictures there of a brutal crackdown of to protests. the u.n. resolution condemn the crackdown on those protesters and opened the door to sanctions. the u.n. said that 2600 syrians have been killed since march in those protests. >>> wildfire once again threatening people and property in bastrop county, texas, about 1,000 acres are burning today. fires forced 30 families to leave their homes, it was just last month, when a huge firestourm destroyed 1500 homes in that county. >>> a new york congresswoman said that it's time to look at limits on helicopter traffic over manhattan. now, you're looking at this scene a crash on tuesday killed an australian tourist who was celebrating her 40th birthday. three other passengers and the pilot survived. witnesses said that the helicopter belly flopped right into the east river right after takeoff. >> i thought that i was going to se
an outrage, she walked out of the u.n. after china and russia blocked a measure targeting syria. she said that would rather sell weapons to the syrian regime than stand with the people who want freedom. you're seeing pictures there of a brutal crackdown of to protests. the u.n. resolution condemn the crackdown on those protesters and opened the door to sanctions. the u.n. said that 2600 syrians have been killed since march in those protests. >>> wildfire once again threatening people...
. >> we're out in the front line with china kids. plus, we can't resist a vial stink bug invasion on a friday night. >>> and the bottom line on foreign oil. all candidates say america must kick the habit but what will it take for america to be independent? we've got the numbers. let's go "out front." breaking news from washington. the white house deciding not to send congress all the internal documents related to the solyndra loan. jessica yellin is live. >> that means members of congress are not going to get a glimpse of what is on the president's blackberry or any more internal documents from the white house itself related to the solyndra loan. let's back up and do the big picture. two of the republicans investigating the solyndra case asked for anything that mentioned the solyndra loan whatsoever and send them up to capitol hill. what has happened now is that the white house capital has sent a letter to them this afternoon and it says, we're not going to do this. we're not going to send you all of these documents because you've gotten 70,000 pages of documents from agencies, another 900 pa
. >> we're out in the front line with china kids. plus, we can't resist a vial stink bug invasion on a friday night. >>> and the bottom line on foreign oil. all candidates say america must kick the habit but what will it take for america to be independent? we've got the numbers. let's go "out front." breaking news from washington. the white house deciding not to send congress all the internal documents related to the solyndra loan. jessica yellin is live. >> that...
AM Wake Up Call : CNN : October 5, 2011 5:00am-6:00am EDT
nations, triggering a walkout by u.s. ambassador susan rice. her move came after china and russia vetoed a security council resolution condemning the syrian government's response to the protests. rice said the obama administration was outraged by the vote. at least 2600 people have been killed and thousands injured since the protests started in march. >>> in restitution finally for the victims of bernard madoff's ponzi scheme. nearly three years after the scheme unraveled, about $312 million in recovered money will be distributed today. the trustee in charge of liquidating madoff's securities firm says the money is urgently needed by some of madoff's former customers. today's distribution is being made to holders of 20/30 accounts. madoff is serving a 150-year prison sentence. >>> now let's head to atlanta and rob marciano. i don't want -- >> where were you yesterday? i was worried about you. resting up for game four? >> stop that. the tigers had a total bull pen meltdown. i know that. but today is another day. >> as if the yankees haven't had offensive bats all season long. it's
nations, triggering a walkout by u.s. ambassador susan rice. her move came after china and russia vetoed a security council resolution condemning the syrian government's response to the protests. rice said the obama administration was outraged by the vote. at least 2600 people have been killed and thousands injured since the protests started in march. >>> in restitution finally for the victims of bernard madoff's ponzi scheme. nearly three years after the scheme unraveled, about $312...
and those jobs, uncomfort, au unfortunately are going to china and mexico and we need to get the jobs back. the way to get them back is to create a climate for manufacturers to be successful here. the federal government can do something about that. in my plan we do. we cut the corporate tax for manufacturers from 35% to zero%. if you make things in america, you're not going to pay corporate tax. that's number one. number two, we say if you made things overseas and you have profits from those plants, if you reinvest those profits here in america, there's about $1.2 trillion of money out there that manufacturers have made overseas. if you bring that money back and invest in america, instead of having to pay a 35% excise tax, you can pay 0%. >> ron paul appeared this morning on cnn's "state of the union." candy crowley asked about his plan to eliminate the commerce, education and energy departments, among others to cut $1 trillion from the budget. >> we got into this mess by spending and borrowing and printing money, so we can't get out of it that way. we have to cut spending and th
and those jobs, uncomfort, au unfortunately are going to china and mexico and we need to get the jobs back. the way to get them back is to create a climate for manufacturers to be successful here. the federal government can do something about that. in my plan we do. we cut the corporate tax for manufacturers from 35% to zero%. if you make things in america, you're not going to pay corporate tax. that's number one. number two, we say if you made things overseas and you have profits from those...
John King, USA : CNN : October 11, 2011 6:00pm-7:00pm EDT
leaders. china and russia need to get involved in this. they have stayed out relative to the sanctions. it needs to be a discussion. >> any confidence china and russia will now get involved in some effort against iran? >> i don't know. i'll be honest with you. it's been very frustrating. they choose to stay separate. >> fran, when you look at the complaint and see the allegations and brazen is the word the congresswoman used, i used a similar word at top of the program what does it tell you about iran's intentions to protect itself? this is hired guns projecting yourself in a nefarious way. what does it tell you how iran views its potential to project force? >> remember, iran was behind the attack at khobar towers killing u.s. servicemen in saudi arabia. so this is not new for them, right? the use of terrorism is a tool of their foreign policy. it's interesting when you read the complaint, while iran may be calling u.s. allegations a provocation, let's remember the individual they do have in custody, not only confessed, he is -- he acknowledges that he transferred almost $100,000 in fu
leaders. china and russia need to get involved in this. they have stayed out relative to the sanctions. it needs to be a discussion. >> any confidence china and russia will now get involved in some effort against iran? >> i don't know. i'll be honest with you. it's been very frustrating. they choose to stay separate. >> fran, when you look at the complaint and see the allegations and brazen is the word the congresswoman used, i used a similar word at top of the program what...
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NBC Bay Area News : KNTV : September 30, 2012 3:00pm-3:30pm PDT
have a putt to win the ryder cup r for europe. langer, '91, faced that six footer against hail irwin. mind numbing, crushing pressure. that was to retain it, also. >> same length. a fade putt and this is a little draw putt that's really an easy putt, quote, unquote, just inside right edge. just got to hit a good putt uphill. can't imagine the pressure. >> europe has pulled off the improbable. the lone miracle at medinah. >> woods and molinari's match behind them. doesn't mean a thing. as europe retains the cup. the point by martin kaymer. >> it's probably going to be a 14-14 outcome with europe retaining the cup. because tiger's back in the fairway with a 1-up lead. another look. martin kaymer, who has been on the course just once at this ryder cup. sat down all day yesterday. and jose maria olazabal, who was on the other end of that comeback by the americans in '99 keeps the cup for europe. and this time, the americans are on the other end of them. >> what a feeling that must be. to battle your heart out all day. you get a 1-up lead at the 17th. and you know the cup stays in the han
have a putt to win the ryder cup r for europe. langer, '91, faced that six footer against hail irwin. mind numbing, crushing pressure. that was to retain it, also. >> same length. a fade putt and this is a little draw putt that's really an easy putt, quote, unquote, just inside right edge. just got to hit a good putt uphill. can't imagine the pressure. >> europe has pulled off the improbable. the lone miracle at medinah. >> woods and molinari's match behind them. doesn't mean...
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kaymer will still have a putt to win the ryder cup r for europe. langer, '91, faced that six footer against hail irwin. mind numbing, crushing pressure. that was to retain it, also. >> same length. a fade putt and this is a little draw putt that's really an easy putt, quote, unquote, just inside right edge. just got to hit a good putt uphill. can't imagine the pressure. >> europe has pulled off the improbable. the lone miracle at medinah. >> woods and molinari's match behind them. doesn't mean a thing. as europe retains the cup. the point by martin kaymer. >> it's probably going to be a 14-14 outcome with europe retaining the cup. because tiger's back in the fairway with a 1-up lead. another look. martin kaymer, who has been on the course just once at this ryder cup. sat down all day yesterday. and jose maria olazabal, who was on the other end of that comeback by the americans in '99 keeps the cup for europe. and this time, the americans are on the other end of them. >> what a feeling that must be. to battle your heart out all day. you get a 1-up lead at the 17th. and you know the c
kaymer will still have a putt to win the ryder cup r for europe. langer, '91, faced that six footer against hail irwin. mind numbing, crushing pressure. that was to retain it, also. >> same length. a fade putt and this is a little draw putt that's really an easy putt, quote, unquote, just inside right edge. just got to hit a good putt uphill. can't imagine the pressure. >> europe has pulled off the improbable. the lone miracle at medinah. >> woods and molinari's match behind...
Deutsche Welle Journal : LINKTV : September 20, 2012 11:00am-11:30am PDT
europe, the port of liverpool was a thriving maritime gateway to the english manufacturing heartland. forged in the first age of global commerce, it received the bounty of the british empire. but containerized shipping technology has drastically reduced the labor force, permanently changing the urban and economic geography here. can liverpool make the transition from an industrial-revolution seaport to a center of the information revolution and the service economy? ( kids actively conversing ) merseyside in the beginning of the 21st century. this is the small city of bootle, just north of liverpool. neighborhoods like this have fallen on hard times. what never changes is the love of soccer. ( crowd cheering ) in a pub around the corner, the grownups root for the liverpool football club. it's a passion. ( yelling, cheering ) the old men here once worked the docks downtown. for the young men, that's rarely an option now. ( oohing ) this is a tale of two nearby cities, united perhaps only by their support of liverpool soccer. one is the story of gritty neighborhoods that once housed the
europe, the port of liverpool was a thriving maritime gateway to the english manufacturing heartland. forged in the first age of global commerce, it received the bounty of the british empire. but containerized shipping technology has drastically reduced the labor force, permanently changing the urban and economic geography here. can liverpool make the transition from an industrial-revolution seaport to a center of the information revolution and the service economy? ( kids actively conversing )...
Mosaic World News : LINKTV : September 20, 2012 11:30am-12:00pm PDT
is a remote region in spain, which itself is far from the center of europe. in this case study we will examine: the relative location of a european hinterland; the historical geography of a region at the crossroads of civilizations; the economic geography of a region wishing to grow from agriculture to industry; and the development of transportation infrastructure to overcome the disadvantage of distance. the expo "cartuja '92" commemorated the 500th anniversary of the discovery of america, which began from here in andalucía, spain. celebrating the frontiers of science and technology, promoters hoped the building complex would attract hi-tech firms after the expo ended. ( speaking spanish ) translator: the expo helped us, but now it's over. what we're going through now, is a post-expo recession. ( interviewer speaking spanish ) translator: what do you think of the expo? translator: very nice, but now it's over and right now things have never been worse in andalucía. translator: what are you going to do? translator: the same as i've ever done-- wait. wouldn't it be possible to ge
is a remote region in spain, which itself is far from the center of europe. in this case study we will examine: the relative location of a european hinterland; the historical geography of a region at the crossroads of civilizations; the economic geography of a region wishing to grow from agriculture to industry; and the development of transportation infrastructure to overcome the disadvantage of distance. the expo "cartuja '92" commemorated the 500th anniversary of the discovery of...
branding of initially it'll be france all of europe's and kimchi give us a friends of them to me isn't walker off. and then they don't have an acceptable way to get out and by acceptable i mean dealing with the debt and dealing with a deficit if holland in france try to deal with the deficit in a reasonable manner which is reducing is dead and reducing is spending his coalition would just simply rebel and the british would be in the streets. i mean at one of the things of going to happen in the not too distant future will be the british are going to confront the fact that they don't have enough money what will happen is that the first things that go will be farm subsidies and how do i know this because there are more old people who are farmers and the old people are not going to give up their conditions so the farmers will be on the job it was now we know how to approach farmers react to almost anything they take their tractors in the street they stop traffic in paris. they burn tires in the middle of freeways if you want to be fun at all if you're in france but they have a choice they
branding of initially it'll be france all of europe's and kimchi give us a friends of them to me isn't walker off. and then they don't have an acceptable way to get out and by acceptable i mean dealing with the debt and dealing with a deficit if holland in france try to deal with the deficit in a reasonable manner which is reducing is dead and reducing is spending his coalition would just simply rebel and the british would be in the streets. i mean at one of the things of going to happen in...
auction so is europe on a choose your own disaster track headed towards bad or worse or will it pull through we will hear from both jim and john mauldin and while we deride the bad for launching q e three japan has launched q week eight they've been at it for more than a decade so we'll talk again plus if the u.s. is on the japan track does it still have a long way to go until the national debt becomes a crisis or is reducing budget deficits top of the priority list heading into the november elections plus. comes out of nowhere what or where is the economic pride or no one has their eyes on we'll hear from our guest let's get to today's capital account. all right we'll get to q. we central bank easing the eurozone china japan the u.s. debt all of that shortly but first and far more exciting allow me to introduce our guest co-host today he will be with us the whole show you know well jim rickards senior managing director at tangent capital partners and author of the bestselling book currency wars the making of the next global crisis so jim rickards thank you so much for joining us aga
auction so is europe on a choose your own disaster track headed towards bad or worse or will it pull through we will hear from both jim and john mauldin and while we deride the bad for launching q e three japan has launched q week eight they've been at it for more than a decade so we'll talk again plus if the u.s. is on the japan track does it still have a long way to go until the national debt becomes a crisis or is reducing budget deficits top of the priority list heading into the november...
Cashin' In : FBC : September 16, 2012 9:30am-10:00am EDT
is saying this, we can not continue trying to solve europe's problems, with its national solution. the solution is more international rescues. someone here says that means more u.s. tax dollars. well, hello, i'm cheryl casone. welcome it "cashin' in". we have wayne rogers, jonathan, tracy burns, john, and joining us this week, sally cohen is with us. welcome. tracy, you say this talk of nations coming together to rescue europe is bad for taxpayers in this country. >> cheryl, this whole kumbaya stuff is expensive. we send money to the imf, they send it to europe. is anybody in europe paying attention to the austerity measures? no. everyone keeps saying he did it. no one takes any blame for anything anymore, including here at home. we keep bailing our own selves out. it has to stop or no one is going to fix anything. why should you when you just expect the check is coming in the mail. >> should we be bailing out europe, in fact, because what happens over there keeps killing our markets here. it's been nothing but problems for two years. >> the problem with europe started by greece,
is saying this, we can not continue trying to solve europe's problems, with its national solution. the solution is more international rescues. someone here says that means more u.s. tax dollars. well, hello, i'm cheryl casone. welcome it "cashin' in". we have wayne rogers, jonathan, tracy burns, john, and joining us this week, sally cohen is with us. welcome. tracy, you say this talk of nations coming together to rescue europe is bad for taxpayers in this country. >> cheryl,...
BBC Newsnight : WHUT : September 8, 2012 7:00pm-7:30pm EDT
as europe tries to get its house in order, we meet a brave heart fighting a battle for financial freedom. >> the europe of the people. the europe of the wants to do not have anything. the unemployed. people who demand a new reality. >> and new evidence it may be too late to save our icecaps. >> the volume of ice and goes up in the winter and down in the summer. but it has been declining for the last some 30 years. it is now at the lowest level since records began. the euro at any price? that seems to be the model of the head of the european central bank. mario draghi's plan is to buy bonds to try to stop those country's debt by becoming uncontrollable. unlike greece, there will be no punitive austerity measures. seems like spain and is concentrating his mind. it is there that as it is the greatest chance of a congregation. our economics editor is in madrid. >> this is a significant moment. there is a bailout fund for europe but is not enough to bail out madrid. they needed something bigger and that's something to print money by the ecb and buy out the bonds of italy and spain and
as europe tries to get its house in order, we meet a brave heart fighting a battle for financial freedom. >> the europe of the people. the europe of the wants to do not have anything. the unemployed. people who demand a new reality. >> and new evidence it may be too late to save our icecaps. >> the volume of ice and goes up in the winter and down in the summer. but it has been declining for the last some 30 years. it is now at the lowest level since records began. the euro at...
Journal : KCSM : September 10, 2012 6:30pm-7:00pm PDT
will be less. >> stocks in europe took a breather on monday after a big rally at the end of last week. our correspondent has more from frankfurt. >> people on the floor were nervous and optimistic at the same time. share prices went this way and that way. in the end, there was not much movement in the dax. at the same time, there was optimism -- optimism on the promise of a european central bank to buy lots of government bonds of countries. above all, the optimism, the hope that the csn would be given the go-ahead -- the esm would be given the go-ahead by the constitutional court on wednesday by germany. what would happen if there was a no from the constitutional court judges -- people would rather not think about that. probably it would come to a severe downward correction, a severe slide that nobody really knows about ahead of time. >> let's get a closer look at the numbers. in frankfurt, the dax is not doing a lot on the day. unchanged. similar story for the euro stoxx 50, seven at 2528. in new york, the dow jones industrial is down just fractionally, 13,290. euro-dollar is tr
will be less. >> stocks in europe took a breather on monday after a big rally at the end of last week. our correspondent has more from frankfurt. >> people on the floor were nervous and optimistic at the same time. share prices went this way and that way. in the end, there was not much movement in the dax. at the same time, there was optimism -- optimism on the promise of a european central bank to buy lots of government bonds of countries. above all, the optimism, the hope that...
Wall Street Journal Rpt. : CNBC : September 30, 2012 7:30pm-8:00pm EDT
europe return. what about the fiscal cliff? but the market chugs on. what it all means for your money. >>> the woman who kept the banks in business during the financial crisis, my conversation with former fdic chair sheila bair and the story she couldn't tell while she was on the job. >> so many lives are lost every single day because of lack of access to drinking water. >> the remarkable new partnership between a renowned inventor and corporate america that could save untold lives. it's the real thing. "the wall street journal report" begins right now. >> this is america's number one financial news program. "the wall street journal report." now, maria bartiromo. >>> here's a look at what's making news as we head into a new week on wall street. disappointing news on the broadest measure of the size and strength of the economy in america. the financial reading of the gross domestic product shows that the economy grew at an annualized rate of 1 1/3 percent for the first quarter, down from 1.7%. much of the change due from poor farm production in the midwest because of a severe dro
europe return. what about the fiscal cliff? but the market chugs on. what it all means for your money. >>> the woman who kept the banks in business during the financial crisis, my conversation with former fdic chair sheila bair and the story she couldn't tell while she was on the job. >> so many lives are lost every single day because of lack of access to drinking water. >> the remarkable new partnership between a renowned inventor and corporate america that could save...
RT : September 12, 2012 11:00pm-11:30pm EDT
godfrey blue and just fight more attempts at integration and consolidation in europe there are more signs of fracture running parallel for example while spain reportedly mole's whether or not the country will need easy bond buying which would enter spain into the e.c.b. workhouse the crisis at the same time reportedly fuels the independence movement in this banished region of catalonia we'll have more let's get to today's capital account. today more hokus pokus in europe to report the e.s.m. is upheld but the decision adds a cap reportedly making large scale bailouts cost prohibitive it also reinforced buddhist dad beat zero power over activation and jose manuel barroso in his state of the union speech called for deeper integration in europe but in reaction we feel it was nigel farage that put it best but you make it clear the woes of asian state should continue to exist it mustn't has any democratic. yet the euro responded positively another example of this. and that example would be markets responding to policymakers not fundamentals where down left is right and the world resemble
godfrey blue and just fight more attempts at integration and consolidation in europe there are more signs of fracture running parallel for example while spain reportedly mole's whether or not the country will need easy bond buying which would enter spain into the e.c.b. workhouse the crisis at the same time reportedly fuels the independence movement in this banished region of catalonia we'll have more let's get to today's capital account. today more hokus pokus in europe to report the e.s.m....
Charlie Rose : KQED : September 27, 2012 12:00pm-1:00pm PDT
>> rose: welcome to our program. tonight, we go to it europe. first the prime minister of italy, mario monti. >> we are all part and parcel of a wider thing called the euro zone and the european union. and it is not enough-- it is imperative but it is not enough that each of our countries puts its own house in order. we also need to have a better governance of the whole, not only of the parts. and this is happening month after month because the european union as a whole is improving. >> rose: and then the foreign miminister of france, laurent fabius. >> we have to fulfill our role, and today we do not. but if this massacre continues, i think, first, it will have terrible effects on the region. and maybe-- well, our principle, as evidence saying, is to comply with the international legal rules. but the time comes where the human pressure is too strong. and maybe the time is coming. >> rose: in order, it may be a time that you have to act, even though you cannot get security council approval? >> it could be. you know when you have such massacre, you cannot say never. >> rose: mari
>> rose: welcome to our program. tonight, we go to it europe. first the prime minister of italy, mario monti. >> we are all part and parcel of a wider thing called the euro zone and the european union. and it is not enough-- it is imperative but it is not enough that each of our countries puts its own house in order. we also need to have a better governance of the whole, not only of the parts. and this is happening month after month because the european union as a whole is...
esm. the inquiry -- and certain future of europe is in states like grease makes things difficult enough. germany says for the fun to work, troubled countries must implement reforms. >> without such reforms, nothing is going to happen in the member states. that is called conditionality. conditionality is an indispensable requirement for every european aid program. that is in that treaty. >> that government says germany's proposed budget for 2013 is solid. revenues are expected to reach 283 billion euros compared to expenditures of 302 billion. that would amount to a debt of 19 billion next year, but that is down from this year's 32 billion. >> germany has become much more shock resistant to. our power of resistance to such events has grown. >> but that is not enough to offset the opposition's concerns. >> your plans assume there will be no crises or downturn between now and 2016. who can believe or assume that? >> they can only hope. if the esm goes ahead, germany will be all -- will be liable for 190 billion euros. but for that to happen, the constitutional court needs to give th
esm. the inquiry -- and certain future of europe is in states like grease makes things difficult enough. germany says for the fun to work, troubled countries must implement reforms. >> without such reforms, nothing is going to happen in the member states. that is called conditionality. conditionality is an indispensable requirement for every european aid program. that is in that treaty. >> that government says germany's proposed budget for 2013 is solid. revenues are expected to...
U.S. House of Representatives : CSPAN : September 17, 2012 5:00pm-8:00pm EDT
might well be decisive for europe, and i'm sure will be decisive -- you won't be surprised if i say to you that the public of the world, everybody has their rise on the european union, particularly in germany were the constitutional court will be taking a decisive ruling. they will be looking to the elections in the netherlands, looking to elect a new parliament, and i think you will agree with me that this will have wide ranging affects in general. the world's public is looking at us today and scrutinizing us. it is looking to the president's statement as to the state of the union. so before this, as the president of the european parliament, let me to say at a few things -- developments over the last few months have been of great concern. above all, when it comes to de- parliamentizing europe, if i can put it that way, i'm sure the president will put it that way -- people say parliamentarianism is too slow process. parliaments are obstacles in building a new and necessary structures. these arguments are in the air, but i don't think you can do anything in europe without involving euro
might well be decisive for europe, and i'm sure will be decisive -- you won't be surprised if i say to you that the public of the world, everybody has their rise on the european union, particularly in germany were the constitutional court will be taking a decisive ruling. they will be looking to the elections in the netherlands, looking to elect a new parliament, and i think you will agree with me that this will have wide ranging affects in general. the world's public is looking at us today...
RT : September 18, 2012 10:00am-10:30am EDT
want to see someone who want to show you. step in across europe drumming up rhetoric in the hopes of using the tensions for their own me it's. also the territory between tokyo and beijing escalates the chinese patrol ship briefly into the waters around the disputed islands which japan considers its own. and the u.s. and britain will lead the largest naval exercises off the iranian coast while israel steps up its top. it's a pleasure to have you with us today here on our. live in moscow the number of dead over an hour much of film deriding islam is now more than fifty just one week since the protests began the latest victims were a dozen people income pool killed instantly when an afghan suicide bomber rammed a car full of explosives into their money. and joining the fray this time. where rank upon rank of riot police formed a perimeter outside the u.s. embassy hundreds more protesters marched on the mission waving banners and chanting against. america the embassy was put on lockdown ahead of the protests and all non-essential staff were sent away for safety policies appreciated no
want to see someone who want to show you. step in across europe drumming up rhetoric in the hopes of using the tensions for their own me it's. also the territory between tokyo and beijing escalates the chinese patrol ship briefly into the waters around the disputed islands which japan considers its own. and the u.s. and britain will lead the largest naval exercises off the iranian coast while israel steps up its top. it's a pleasure to have you with us today here on our. live in moscow the...
RT : September 16, 2012 9:13am-9:29am EDT
mistakes when dealing with the crisis. the basic problem in europe and indeed in other countries of the world is of course that there is too much debt both private and above all public and nothing today and nothing in any other future occasion he's going to make that go away even budget cuts are not going to make the essential problem go away which is that the states are too heavily indebted and even meet various so-called austerity programs which should be imposed i'm not going to produce a budget surplus which is the only way of repaying debt unless of course there is economic growth and there's a final point this is the european union for many decades now it's played a game of smoke and mirrors whenever there's a crisis whenever there's a problem to be solved it rearranges the institutional front. now germany's highest court has cleared the way for a fresh five hundred billion euro bailout fund for euro zone countries written with debt they had rejected iraq of legal challenges aimed at preventing the crisis fighting tools from becoming a law critics said the planet committed to
mistakes when dealing with the crisis. the basic problem in europe and indeed in other countries of the world is of course that there is too much debt both private and above all public and nothing today and nothing in any other future occasion he's going to make that go away even budget cuts are not going to make the essential problem go away which is that the states are too heavily indebted and even meet various so-called austerity programs which should be imposed i'm not going to produce a...
crisis that's been raging in europe for almost three years now it approved a new five hundred billion euro bailout fund for struggling eurozone countries however the ruling comes with several conditions artie's peter all of a report on that from berlin. the maximum amount the germany will be able to put in is one hundred and ninety billion if they want to put in any more than that they can have to go to the bundestag and it's going to have to be a vote on it also both houses of the german parliament are going to have to be kept up to date with exactly what that money is being spent on it's a political success for. merkel she backed this system full heartedly and of course she's got an election coming up next year she couldn't afford any major embarrassment however the fact that it has to go through a vote in the bundestag and at the amount has been kept could mean that she faces a few internal problems inside the journal put the german parliament if they want to try and increase the amount of money germany is going to give to those failing economies in the rest of the eurozone the fiv
crisis that's been raging in europe for almost three years now it approved a new five hundred billion euro bailout fund for struggling eurozone countries however the ruling comes with several conditions artie's peter all of a report on that from berlin. the maximum amount the germany will be able to put in is one hundred and ninety billion if they want to put in any more than that they can have to go to the bundestag and it's going to have to be a vote on it also both houses of the german...
diversify its tight throughout the asia pacific rim curan clee europe accounts for around the heart of russia's foreign trade well trade stands at about a quarter but that is sad to change but media. trade with europe accounts for fifty one percent of the whole world its trade with the asia pacific region makes up twenty four percent however with economic growth in the asia pacific summit russia's trade with this region will also increase this doesn't mean that we should stay idle and just watch as things unfold we understand these processes and should adapt to them are we preparing for this yes we are how we are expanding infrastructure capabilities this sun we also resulted in a number of new investment projects such as the launch of them as assembly line in florida will start a hyundai engine plant and many others asia pacific companies have already penetrated the russian economy and their products and services are in high demand we suppose there is a huge demand in russia in japan a solution. when we came here we found that unfortunately cables take the technology is not developed
diversify its tight throughout the asia pacific rim curan clee europe accounts for around the heart of russia's foreign trade well trade stands at about a quarter but that is sad to change but media. trade with europe accounts for fifty one percent of the whole world its trade with the asia pacific region makes up twenty four percent however with economic growth in the asia pacific summit russia's trade with this region will also increase this doesn't mean that we should stay idle and just...
the west for the summer we want to show you how a bloody islamist stepped into gear across europe drumming up rhetoric in the hopes of using the tensions for their own means. also the territorial row between turkey and beijing escalates the chinese patrol ship briefly enter waters around disputed islands which japan considers its own. and deaths in u.k. prisons reached the highest level since records began with the official publishing alarming statistics including shocking suicide figures. international news and comment line from one you sent to him in moscow this is. the number of dead over an amateur film the writing his name is now more than fifty one weeks since protests began the latest victims were a dozen people in kabul killed instantly when an afghan suicide bomber rammed a car full of explosives into their minibus. reporting now from the region. with more on that attack in afghanistan and the latest protests elsewhere. turmoil in the muslim world over the controversial. film continues to spread with the deadly attack in a canister the suicide bomber reportedly targeted a
the west for the summer we want to show you how a bloody islamist stepped into gear across europe drumming up rhetoric in the hopes of using the tensions for their own means. also the territorial row between turkey and beijing escalates the chinese patrol ship briefly enter waters around disputed islands which japan considers its own. and deaths in u.k. prisons reached the highest level since records began with the official publishing alarming statistics including shocking suicide figures....
stop it's going to get up and say this is madness we can no longer pay for the rest of europe so yes they jump one hurdle but it's a very long race so effectively the code has been doles to the cycle of date and bailouts in the eurozone is this really the way forward well they didn't they didn't typical court ruling to european court ruling they set everything up to now is fine but they also said there can be no unlimited liability meaning this can go on forever that we don't say ad infinitum we're going to bail out everyone else in europe if you like today the dutch are going to vote even though they're going to elect a vaguely pro european coalition in the end more and more hostages to fortune there they've said flat out the greeks don't get another euro from us the germans say we're not going to pay more than one hundred ninety billion without going back to our people here are beginning to see these points of friction coming up more and more and more often and as they do eventually you're going to have the problem to deal with totally donor weary supporters in the north and so i t
stop it's going to get up and say this is madness we can no longer pay for the rest of europe so yes they jump one hurdle but it's a very long race so effectively the code has been doles to the cycle of date and bailouts in the eurozone is this really the way forward well they didn't they didn't typical court ruling to european court ruling they set everything up to now is fine but they also said there can be no unlimited liability meaning this can go on forever that we don't say ad infinitum...
borders with europe asia and australia are witnessing mass demonstrations over the film it's all been a magnet for the more extremist factions such as al-qaeda which of call for more violence more attacks artie's paula slipper with the latest. classes of iraq to be required to study says we are watching where at least one person has been killed and some often doesn't injured as thousands of people clashed with security forces not far from the u.s. consulate building in the city now the police fired warning shots into the air they used tear gas as well as into communities to try and dispersed. elsewhere on sunday there were demonstrations held in various cities across the country in the city of this while hundreds of other local business to. make port for the american ambassador to pakistan to be expelled they also boycott on the e.u. is goods and services now the pakistani authorities have since blocked access to this on you tube it is a fifteen minute train out of a film that has been titled innocence of muslims we've been reporting topless photos taken in for questioning in the united
borders with europe asia and australia are witnessing mass demonstrations over the film it's all been a magnet for the more extremist factions such as al-qaeda which of call for more violence more attacks artie's paula slipper with the latest. classes of iraq to be required to study says we are watching where at least one person has been killed and some often doesn't injured as thousands of people clashed with security forces not far from the u.s. consulate building in the city now the police...
RT : August 31, 2012 8:30pm-9:00pm EDT
the noise is the euro doomed to implode or is this salvageable or will we just keep see europe muddling along the way it has been. well it's a bigger issue than that it's not the euro and when you mention monti say what he said today or yesterday let's remember who this is this is three card monte so that's about as good as his word it's not the euro it's the whole banking system and the banking system is collapsing worldwide and so the euro is just a part of it will the euros stay together if it's if the there is there is no telling what they may pull out but let's understand the g twenty just was going to have this grand meeting just got back from mexico and all these brilliant leaders are going to put their minds together and come up with a solution and they don't have any answers and the reason they don't have any answers is there's no solving it so what did they do oh well you saw yesterday the federal reserve went back into operations was and then read today's headline central banks ease credit as european leaders meet this step friday just as european leaders in rome are
the noise is the euro doomed to implode or is this salvageable or will we just keep see europe muddling along the way it has been. well it's a bigger issue than that it's not the euro and when you mention monti say what he said today or yesterday let's remember who this is this is three card monte so that's about as good as his word it's not the euro it's the whole banking system and the banking system is collapsing worldwide and so the euro is just a part of it will the euros stay together if...
demanded by greece's main creditors prompting one greek m.p. to say greece's partners in europe must realize that the country simply can't take anymore a comment almost certainly directed towards europe's economic powerhouse so the greeks say that they can't handle any more cuts but a big decision being made here in germany on wednesday could mean that perhaps there wasn't going to be any more bailout money the constitutional court is ruling on whether german taxpayer money can be given to foreign countries to bail them out of the economic mire they going to decide whether that's a loud under the german constitution now if they say that it isn't it opens up huge problems not just for those countries that require the bailout money but also for the german chancellor angela merkel she supported this wholeheartedly and is running for reelection next year we are hearing though is that perhaps the court will rule in favor of allowing this under the german constitution not after a german euro skeptic m.p. try to have the court's decision delayed on tuesday the court said no we're sticking t
demanded by greece's main creditors prompting one greek m.p. to say greece's partners in europe must realize that the country simply can't take anymore a comment almost certainly directed towards europe's economic powerhouse so the greeks say that they can't handle any more cuts but a big decision being made here in germany on wednesday could mean that perhaps there wasn't going to be any more bailout money the constitutional court is ruling on whether german taxpayer money can be given to...
Deutsche Welle Journal : LINKTV : September 6, 2012 11:00am-11:30am PDT
annenberg media ♪ narrator: europe is perhaps the region most associated with supranationalism-- the voluntary association of three or more countries. one example of supranationalism is the european union-- an economic alliance designed to improve european competitiveness in the world economy. but this alliance is more than just economic. it is also europe's attempt to forge a community with common values, even as individual state identity is maintained. strasbourg is located on the border of france and germany and has endured centuries of conflict between those two nations. today, it is one seat of the european union-- a symbol of modern unity. as political boundaries become more permeable, perceptions of place change as well as deeper, more personal meanings of national identity. when state boundaries become porous, what does it mean to be french or german or european? strasbourg serves as one of three centers for the european union. this medium-sized city of 250,000 is not a major player in europe's financial or industrial arenas. so why is it playing such an important role
annenberg media ♪ narrator: europe is perhaps the region most associated with supranationalism-- the voluntary association of three or more countries. one example of supranationalism is the european union-- an economic alliance designed to improve european competitiveness in the world economy. but this alliance is more than just economic. it is also europe's attempt to forge a community with common values, even as individual state identity is maintained. strasbourg is located on the border of...
we want the some of the show you. step into gear across europe drumming up rhetoric in the hopes of using the tensions for their own me. also the territorial between tokyo and beijing escalates off the chinese patrol boats and to the waters around disputed islands which japan calls its own. and the u.s. and britain lead the largest naval exercises off the coast of iran israel steps off its tough talk on terror. it is a pleasure to have you with us today here on our rule reese to show a life in moscow the number of dead over an hour much a film deriding islam is now more than fifty just one week since the protests began the latest victims were a dozen people in kabul killed instantly when an afghan suicide bomber rammed a car full of explosives into them many of us. and i reporting now from the region. with more on the attack in afghanistan and the latest protests elsewhere. turmoil in the muslim world over the controversial and tight as long the film continues to spread with the deadly attack before that in afghanistan a suicide bomber had reportedly targeted a mini bus carrying for
we want the some of the show you. step into gear across europe drumming up rhetoric in the hopes of using the tensions for their own me. also the territorial between tokyo and beijing escalates off the chinese patrol boats and to the waters around disputed islands which japan calls its own. and the u.s. and britain lead the largest naval exercises off the coast of iran israel steps off its tough talk on terror. it is a pleasure to have you with us today here on our rule reese to show a life in...
tense in the court we've been speaking to people around europe for the past few weeks also very tense there waiting for this result if it had been ruled unconstitutional it doesn't bear thinking about the fact that it has been is a bit of a ray of light in terms of the actual figures though when you look at it the fact that those conditions were put in place always their heads what happens if this needs to be renegotiated that five hundred billion euro ports that's not infinite it's got it's not a bottomless pit of cash what happens if other countries for by the way at the moment we're seeing greece needing that bailout money desperately what happens if all of that bailout money or too much of that bailout money spent on greece and say countries like italy or spain slip further into the economic mire does that mean that there's just simply no cash left for them in terms of greece though they say they will be quite happy to hear that this is gone through but there's a huge meeting taking place in the country on wednesday now that is a meeting between the heads of the coalition the ruli
tense in the court we've been speaking to people around europe for the past few weeks also very tense there waiting for this result if it had been ruled unconstitutional it doesn't bear thinking about the fact that it has been is a bit of a ray of light in terms of the actual figures though when you look at it the fact that those conditions were put in place always their heads what happens if this needs to be renegotiated that five hundred billion euro ports that's not infinite it's got it's...
Your Money : CNN : September 29, 2012 1:00pm-2:00pm EDT
europe, it feels to me like they're doing the same thing. >> well, they're not, yes, they're not taking action on entitlement reform, on tax reform and all these issues that are also going to come up when they have to deal with the bush tax cuts, beginning of next year. but this is really an act of irresponsibility that is shared by both congress and, frankly, the white house because when they negotiated the debt deal last year and set up this sequesteration and this sort of economic, nuclear showdown, they knew it had to be negotiated in an election year, if it didn't get worked out last fall and everybody a in washington knows these kind of decision don't get made in an election year. everybody kicked the can into an election year when they knew it wouldn't get done and we have the prospect of dealing with it this year, probably next year. >> i am telling you about this economic storm that hit us, growth in the united states is slow and we're selling fewer manufactured goods. guess what, americans think the future is so bright they have to wear shades. with the threat of going over th
europe, it feels to me like they're doing the same thing. >> well, they're not, yes, they're not taking action on entitlement reform, on tax reform and all these issues that are also going to come up when they have to deal with the bush tax cuts, beginning of next year. but this is really an act of irresponsibility that is shared by both congress and, frankly, the white house because when they negotiated the debt deal last year and set up this sequesteration and this sort of economic,...
RT : September 29, 2012 12:30pm-1:00pm EDT
chief of business new europe and erich krauss he's an independent asset manager all right first gentlemen let's go place your marker this is our the beginning of our program eric in a few words where or where is oil prices going to the stable or up. it's going to be stable next couple of years. ok what about the implications of that later china harder not so soft landing. it fly. it's slowing down by this because it's maturing i mean this is a natural evolution so still growth growth but not quite as fast a commodity prices are probably going to be under pressure for the next because of the bends answer on that for oil and that when i think it'll be probably weak for the next eighteen months then strong. again it's it's a function of the global economy is slowing down and so that's going to put and ok my favorite topic eurozone crisis eurozone crisis been delays but only for a year and then it's back ok there's optimism euro zone it's not predictable it's not an economic question it's a political question the europeans can save themselves if they so choose ok we're talking about
chief of business new europe and erich krauss he's an independent asset manager all right first gentlemen let's go place your marker this is our the beginning of our program eric in a few words where or where is oil prices going to the stable or up. it's going to be stable next couple of years. ok what about the implications of that later china harder not so soft landing. it fly. it's slowing down by this because it's maturing i mean this is a natural evolution so still growth growth but not...
yet and seem unwilling to make. >> neil, it seems odd to us when we look at europe, all the countries that need bailouts, and they say, i want the money with fewer conditions and they say, no, you can't have it with fewer conditions. when t.a.r.p. happened, there was a sense of, i have to get this money out here right now. doesn doesn't. this is really the giant too big to mail banks of east europe. >> all you do is save a broken status quo, which is what we did in this country. we saved a system practice. will do so again if there's not such meaningful change. >> their top position. the type of systems you're talking about would have made the other banging systems safer. so what haven't we done? >> we still have these. it will still produce a lot of dangers. you see things like jp morgue ran on his back with a whale. this is part of a problem that are not only big to. we have to do this as a financial institution, whether it's within the confines of cutting into little pieces, which is what i would advocate. sheila, when you went in to take care of a bank, you had a whole system. you
yet and seem unwilling to make. >> neil, it seems odd to us when we look at europe, all the countries that need bailouts, and they say, i want the money with fewer conditions and they say, no, you can't have it with fewer conditions. when t.a.r.p. happened, there was a sense of, i have to get this money out here right now. doesn doesn't. this is really the giant too big to mail banks of east europe. >> all you do is save a broken status quo, which is what we did in this country. we...
europe is engulfed with and to stir the protests once again as people will be built talking measures to end government in the hall people in spanish catalonia cool for independence. with it back at the palace seven days in the latest developments this is the weekly on the fury rage and protests tore across the muslim world this week in a fish showing against an american film ridiculous centered in a region still reeling from over a year of unrest it's become one of the bloodiest episode since the dawn of the arab spring. a dozen u.s. embassies in western linked targets were threatened and siege an international protest with nearly four thousand killed in violence the anger is quickly crossing borders with europe asia and australia witnessing mass demonstrations over the film it's all been a magnet for the more extremist factions such as al qaeda which of called for more violence and more attacks. with the latest. clashes have erupted in me pakistani city of karachi where at least one person has been killed and some awesome doesn't injured as thousands of people past with security for
europe is engulfed with and to stir the protests once again as people will be built talking measures to end government in the hall people in spanish catalonia cool for independence. with it back at the palace seven days in the latest developments this is the weekly on the fury rage and protests tore across the muslim world this week in a fish showing against an american film ridiculous centered in a region still reeling from over a year of unrest it's become one of the bloodiest episode since...
RT : September 1, 2012 1:37pm-2:07pm EDT
time since zero nine that the brazilian economy declines and put it all together europe is china's biggest importer of product u.s. number two we're in a slump if the united states and europe don't buy china india indonesia vietnam on vietnam they don't make if they're not making brazil australia chill way bolivia all the natural resource countries they don't export this is a global crisis that's remember we're talking about greece today what's greece two percent of the eurozone and now tomorrow it's going to be spain next week it's going to be italy a couple of weeks later the usa go back to last august remember they downgraded the debt here yeah absolutely. and we're coming up to another debt ceiling debate so you're pointing to. it's cascading effect if it's not greece it's just going to be someone bigger tomorrow to steal the headlines with the same problem on top of that we have this global slowdown that you're talking about plenty of bad news to be worried about i mean in terms of the euro zone spain on monday will request formally its bailout now there's discussion again of
time since zero nine that the brazilian economy declines and put it all together europe is china's biggest importer of product u.s. number two we're in a slump if the united states and europe don't buy china india indonesia vietnam on vietnam they don't make if they're not making brazil australia chill way bolivia all the natural resource countries they don't export this is a global crisis that's remember we're talking about greece today what's greece two percent of the eurozone and now...
BBC World News : WHUT : September 11, 2012 7:00am-7:30am EDT
on not to stay. it is all about europe as holland's prepares to vote. turkey has refused to extradite iraq that if you did to rise president after he was sentenced to death in a set -- in absentia. the turkish prime minister said hashimi can stay in turkey as long as he wants to. james reynolds has this. >> tariq al hashimi is meant to be on death row in baghdad, but instead we met him at a hotel in turkey. iraq that the vice-president dismissed the iraqi court that a verdict. >> the verdict was not -- from -- was not a surprise to me. i thought this verdict to be taken by this unreliable trial. >> this is the man he blames for the verdict, iraq that the prime minister, north al-maliki. the two men lead iraq that a rival communities of sunnis and shias. iraq's vice president said he was prepared to go back to iraq under two conditions. >> i am ready any time, provided that security is prepared for me. and fair trial. >> does it mean the trial without the government of north al-maliki? >> the problem we are facing, james -- the case of the accusation. let us talk about how to put an en
on not to stay. it is all about europe as holland's prepares to vote. turkey has refused to extradite iraq that if you did to rise president after he was sentenced to death in a set -- in absentia. the turkish prime minister said hashimi can stay in turkey as long as he wants to. james reynolds has this. >> tariq al hashimi is meant to be on death row in baghdad, but instead we met him at a hotel in turkey. iraq that the vice-president dismissed the iraqi court that a verdict. >>...
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outcry here in europe. we are appalled when we hear that our everyday goods are made by children or by adults working under conditions not seen in europe for generations, or at least we assume those conditions no longer exists in europe. as our report from finland shows, not every worker here has their rights guaranteed. >> these cuts in the east of finland are just as basic as the ones they left behind in thailand. it is 4:00 in the morning. the cramped sleeping quarters are shared by five people. they wear orange jackets for safety. >> they help us to find each other in the forest. >> but they do not have much protection from mosquitos or from the cold. it is hard work. they have only been here for two weeks, and they are already feeling the strain. it is a great smile, but cold weather and homesickness are bringing him down. >> thinking about my family is the only thing that gets me out of bed. >> like many others, the thai farmers came to northern europe in the hope of earning good money by picking berries despite the risks. >> i need the money to pay my debts and to get by. i a
outcry here in europe. we are appalled when we hear that our everyday goods are made by children or by adults working under conditions not seen in europe for generations, or at least we assume those conditions no longer exists in europe. as our report from finland shows, not every worker here has their rights guaranteed. >> these cuts in the east of finland are just as basic as the ones they left behind in thailand. it is 4:00 in the morning. the cramped sleeping quarters are shared by...
hour with a federation of europe well it's one of the e.u. achieved of buying two nations together to form of the need of all and to crisis pools but critics say it's a plan to seize political power and not a cure all. poor planking in its donia as a magazine comes under five we're using the prison camp in a jokey diet pill and. this is coming to you live from moscow hello and welcome to the program and we'll start with breaking news here on our c there are reports of clashes in uganda and protesters stormed the american embassy in the campus hole sun our witnesses say gunfire is being heard and smoke is said to be rising over the compound in sun our embassy employees are being moved to a safe location now and let's cross to all she's correspondent in the region. lucy d's house are sketchy right now but can you tell us now. well it's really really unclear what exactly the situation on the ground is one of my contacts is actually reporting that protesters in yemen have broken through the main gates of the u.s. embassy there reuters says hundreds sources say several thousands in tota
hour with a federation of europe well it's one of the e.u. achieved of buying two nations together to form of the need of all and to crisis pools but critics say it's a plan to seize political power and not a cure all. poor planking in its donia as a magazine comes under five we're using the prison camp in a jokey diet pill and. this is coming to you live from moscow hello and welcome to the program and we'll start with breaking news here on our c there are reports of clashes in uganda and...
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Joanne Bristol trained as an artist and has an MFA from the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design (Halifax, Canada). Her work, presented through exhibitions, performances, single-channel videos and writing, investigates relationships between nature and culture, and between the body and language. She also writes about art, curates and has taught at a number of Canadian universities. Canadian by birth, she is currently based in London, UK, where she is pursuing a practice-based PhD at the Bartlett School of Architecture.
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Primer #4 - Otis Redding
The Primer is our column wherein contributors compile a 60 minute playlist of a band near and dear to their heart. Using personal listening anecdotes, notes about specific tracks and a brief overview of each artist, The Primer is both a way for our contributors to trace their musical genealogy and for our readers to gain a new perspective on an artist they may have missed or dismissed.
For installment number four, we turn to singer/guitarist/songwriter, bourbon expert and second generation music nerd, Dan McKernan for an in-depth look at the legacy and genius of Otis Redding.
Growing up the son of a true audiophile and music fanatic is not always as fun for the child that it seems it would be to an adult. While my friends fathers listened to the popular music of the day – Huey Lewis and the News, Billy Ocean, etc – or throwbacks from their youth – Bad Company, Grand Funk Railroad – my dad insisted on the kind of music to drive an 8 year old boy to hiding. Our cars were a veritable speaker box of Booker T & the MGs and Ray Price, Eddie Floyd and Merle Haggard. Many a Sunday morning, our neighbors (willing or not) would be treated to the sounds of high-fidelity vinyl being played through as many as six high quality three way speakers. If the mood was right, an summer day could mean you could hear Hank Williams, or my dad’s favorite, Otis Redding, from half a block down. I spent Sundays locked in my room, avoiding the horrible sounds and my embarrassed face.
Ten years later, I’m coming home to my dorm room in Missouri late at night after a long day of class, night of work and a ton of homework to do. I put on the campus radio station and settle in to work, but I am distracted by the sound of pure audio liquid gold. The horns, so crisp. The guitar, funky. But most importantly, the singer – the voice is so soulful and powerful and my god, he must be singing from his knees, I mean, he sounds like his heart is being ripped out! The DJ played another song by the same artist and this one was the opposite – the singer sounded like he was jumping and the music was so exciting and the singer so exuberant. Finally, a third song, and I had to know who it was. I picked up the phone and, despite it being 3:00 in the morning in Detroit, called my father.
“Hey Dad, who is this?” I held the phone up to the speaker. A minute passed, and my sleepy father answered. “It’s Otis Redding...how don't you know that?" The conversation went on for another few minutes before my father returned to sleep. Two days later, a package arrived from home with two cassette tapes simply labeled "Otis Redding." I've never been the same.
The facts about Otis are short and remarkable, and ultimately tragic. Born in Macon, Georgia to a gospel singing sharecropper, and growing up in Macon projects, Otis was singing gospel music on the radio by his pre-teens. He had to drop out of school by 15 to help support his family (his father had contracted tuberculosis). By 18 he was touring the southern "chitlin" circuit (this was still the segregated south). His break came when he drove a friend to a recording session at the legendary Stax studio in Memphis, and was given a chance to record a couple songs. One was "These Arms of Mine."
By 1962, Otis was recording for Stax-Volt. In the next few years, he collaborated with Steve Cropper of Booker T & the MGs to record and sometimes write some of the most enduring songs of the period. His penchant for slow ballads earned him the nickname "Mr. Pitiful." His songs were covered by the Rolling Stones. Aretha Franklin sold millions of copies with her version of Otis' "Respect." The Beatles cited him as an influence. Bob Dylan rewrote "Just Like A Woman" for Otis to record (He never did, saying the song "still had too many words"). By 1967, Otis had achieved one of the most amazing feats of all, being as popular with white audiences as black audiences, while never abandoning the hard soul sound (or polishing it, like Motown).
When he played the Monterrey Pop festival in 1967, his performance was legendary. While members of the Beatles, the Who and Rolling Stones, Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Paul Simon and more watched entranced from the wings, Otis Redding - backed by Booker T & the MGs and the Bar-Kay horns - gave one of the most legendary performances of all time. Many thought the festival would make Otis a household name.
By 1968, he was dead. He was barely 26 years old.
Otis, a tireless performer, and his band crashed into a lake in Madison, Wisconsin in December 1967. Only one person survived. One month later, his posthumously released "(Sittin' On) The Dock Of The Bay" went to number one, selling 4 million copies.
Otis Redding is the definition of soul music, because that's the only way he could seem to sing - pure soul. Reaching down into the bottom of your gut, and belting out every word like it means the difference between life and death. Sometimes, its almost shouting. Sometimes, it's pleading, or even whispering. But it is always from the soul. This is a primer on one of the best there ever was, Otis Redding.
1.) These Arms of Mine (from 'Pain in my Heart')
The one that started it all, this is one of the two songs Otis cut in leftover recording time. Otis was 21 when he cut this song, but sounds like a man twice that age for all the expression in his voice. A simple song based on reverb-drenched, arpeggiated guitar, and the voice like none other. You can understand why they signed him up from this record.
2.) That's How Strong My Love Is (from 'The Great Otis Redding Sings Soul Ballads')
Backed by one of the greatest studio bands of all time, Stax featured Booker T & the MGs, Issac Hayes on piano and the Memphis Horns. This song shows it all coming together. Feel the bottom end under Otis professing his love? The Stones did, and made it a staple of their sets for years.
3.) Ole Man Trouble (from 'Otis Blue')
The chord progression leaves the I-IV-V, but this is a blues song that kicks like a mule. Listen to the interplay of Al Jackson Jr's kick drum and Otis' lyrical accents. You don't hear this song, you feel it.
4.) Respect (from 'Otis Blue')
Picking up the pace, here's one we all know. While this song was perfect for Aretha, Otis (who wrote it) gives a different feel to it. A man can ask for a little respect too! Be sure to check out the bass chords in the first chorus from Duck Dunn.
5.) Shake (from 'The Monterey Pop Festival')
Here's the performer at work. I'm not a fan of live recordings, because I usually feel too much of the moment is lost. This is the exception. You can almost see Otis, sweat soaking his blue suit, working the crowd up. The pace is fast, the band is tight, and Otis gets the crowd into the act
6.) My Lover's Prayer (from 'Complete & Unbelievable: The Otis Redding Dictionary of Soul')
Otis wrote it and he sings it with all the passion of a man pleading to save a relationship. Particularly cool is the way the horns accent the end.
7.) Trick or Treat (from 'Otis! The Definitive Otis Redding')
It's all swagger on this track, written by Issac Hayes and unreleased until the box set. The horn intro to the drums is sweet.
8.) Tramp (from 'King And Queen
After Motown's success pairing Marvin Gaye with Tammy Terrell, Stax decided to try it themselves by pairing Otis with Carla Thomas, the smooth singing soul star. This song shows Otis' humorous side, a cool soul groove, with him and Thomas trading off jokey dialogue. The best part is when he tells her he can get her rats and frogs in place of mink furs...
9.) Mr. Pitiful (from 'The Great Otis Redding Sings Soul Ballads')
Steve Cropper took the nickname Otis had been bestowed (because of the ballads he was known for), and turned it into a bouncy track perfect for the jukebox. "And I want yoooooo!"
10.) Cigarettes And Coffee (from 'The Soul Album')
The sound of a confessional 3 am conversation, this shows the great phrasing Redding had. "If-you-would-take-things-under-con-sideration..." I'm not sure I would believe the song from anyone else.
11.) Hard To Handle (from 'The Immortal Otis Redding')
More swagger, but with a funky feel, this was obviously a huge hit for the Black Crowes, and was a staple of the Grateful Dead's live set. Brilliant phrasing, badass horns.
12.) Your One And Only Man (from 'The Great Otis Redding Sings Soul Ballads')
Some songs are just cool soul grooves. This is one.
13.) Love Have Mercy (from 'The Dictionary of Soul')
The influence of the 60s outside of Memphis shows through on this track which has more in common with 60s rock than most Otis tracks. The bridge/outro almost comes out of nowhere too, before turning into a gospel ending.
14.) Merry Christmas, Baby (from 'Otis! The Definitive Otis Redding')
It's close to the holidays, and this one is so awesome that it's obviously the version Bruce Springsteen based his version on.
15.) Just One More Day (from 'The Soul Album')
A step forward from the more plaintive ballads, the soft organ touches and guitar lay a perfect bed, with the horns and drums just accenting when he belts it out and drives this track into the big gospel tinged ending.
16.) Try A Little Tenderness (from 'The Dictionary Of Soul')
"I hate people who get the words wrong. It ain't "woolly" it's "weary" and it nobody's got stress, they're wearing a dress..." (Bull Durham) "One more tune, then it's off to enjoy a terrible relationship"
17.) Satisfaction (from 'Otis Blue')
The Stones covered Otis, so he returns the favor. This song builds, and almost seems to be getting away from him at the end as he keeps up the pace.
18.) You Left The Water Running (from 'Dreams To Remember: The Otis Redding Anthology')
An acoustic based folk song, this was a demo Redding recorded to help Wilson Pickett prep his version. Another example of what could have been. It was released accidentally 10 years later as a single without the family's permission, and all remaining copies destroyed when they found out.
"...And oh no oh no oh God - You Left the Water Running by Otis Redding, released seven years after his death, withdrawn immediately by his widow because she didn't..."
(High Fidelity)
19.) Day Tripper (from 'Live In Europe')
The live version of this, from the legendary Stax tour of Europe in '66 shows that Otis was listening to more than just Soul music. The bass drives, the keys accent, and Otis turns it into a groove...
20.) My Girl (from 'Otis Blue')
I love Motown, but this shows the difference between the gritty soul of Memphis and the smooth, polished Detroit sound. That's not to say Otis can't croon a bit, his smoothness here is like a great whiskey, with a bit of spice.
21.) I've Got Dreams To Remember (from 'The Immortal Otis Redding')
This posthumous release harkens back to those early hits. A bit older, a bit wiser, and truly heartbreaking. The call and response with the backup singers adds another wrinkle.
22.) (Sittin' On) The Dock Of The Bay (from 'The Immortal Otis Redding')
Otis stayed in San Francisco for a while after Monterey, and left us this gem after his death. It's sad, because it shows how bright his future truly was, transcending soul to a wider music palate. What could have been.
Dan McKernan plays guitar and sings in a terrific Detroit band called Desolation Angels. He's also the creator of a blog about two things near and dear to my heart: Baseball And Bourbon!
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Arizona men's golf finishes 10 out of 15
Published Sep 17, 2013 8:18pm
By Rose Valenzuela
After a three-day tournament in Iowa, the UA men’s golf team finished 10th overall with a total of 892 (28).
Out of 15 teams, the men shot 297 (9) as a group in the final round on Tuesday.
Head coach Jim Anderson said he was pleased with junior Alex McMahon’s performance throughout the tournament.
“Alex did a great job all week of staying patient, but was at his best today,” Anderson said. “This should confirm in his mind that he can play with anyone. He stuck to the game plan and made clutch birdies, and I couldn’t be happier to see him play that way.”
The Wildcats entered second-round play on Monday at the Golfweek Conference Challenge.
Senior Erik Oja and McMahon both shot 71 (-1) in second-round play. Oja went into the final round tied for ninth as he teamed with McMahon to be able to get two of the 10 Arizona players under par.
Freshman Bertrand Mommaerts, junior Brenden Redfern and senior Christian Colegrove also shined on Monday.
The tournament began Sunday but weather conditions in the morning forced the team to stop.
“I was very proud of the way our team handled the difficult conditions today,” Anderson said. “I’m particularly proud of Alex for getting his first round of the year under par on a difficult day.”
Anderson said the team was disappointed with its overall performance but has the chance to practice before the next meet.
“It’s early and we have time to try some different things, but we’ll have to work hard to get ready for our next opportunity to compete next week,” Anderson said.
The men’s team will prepare for the opening day of the William H. Tucker Intercollegiate in Albuquerque on Sept. 27.
— Follow Rose Valenzuela @RoseAlyVal
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Wisdom of Friends is a heart to heart talk show where I chat with fascinating, inspiring and eclectic people around the world who are living extraordinary lives - a life of success and happiness; capture and share their wisdom and celebrate their life. We dig deeper into their life's journey; their goals, their struggles, and their aspirations. We discover how they came to identify their purpose, their values, and their philosophy on life, success, and happiness. CREATE YOUR BEST WORK AND YOUR BEST LIFE
- Your Friend and Host
Kaushal (Kal) Aras
HAPPINESS ENGINEER, LEADERSHIP KEYNOTE SPEAKER, AUTHOR
John O’Leary is the only management consultant who has studied New Testament Greek at the Yale Divinity School, lived with the Grateful Dead, and hosted a cable TV talk show. He has also been a band leader/musician who opened shows for two dozen Rock & Roll Hall of Fame acts and shared dressing rooms with the likes of Eric Clapton, Joni Mitchell, Michael Bolton, Frank Zappa, and Muddy Waters.
But for over three decades John has been primarily immersed in organizational consulting, team training, and executive coaching. He has conducted more than 500 seminars on leadership, public speaking, and coaching—and has trained trainers to lead similar seminars for over 50,000 participants. He has worked with over a thousand leaders and hundreds of teams in diverse industries of all sizes.
John has also had the good fortune to work with renowned thought leaders in business including Peter Senge (The 5thDiscipline), Fernando Flores (On Computers and Cognition), Werner Erhard (founder of the est Training), and Tom Peters (In Search of Excellence).
For years he was a featured blogger on www.TomPeters.com, an internationally popular business website, and maintains his own blog at www.BusinessLessonsFromRock.com which draws teambuilding lessons from rock & roll bands. HR Worldhas dubbed it “one of the top 100 management and leadership blogs.”
Recent clients include: Anglo-American, Anthem/Wellpoint, Atrium Innovations, Cisco Systems, Commerce Bank, Deloitte & Touche, DHL, Johnson & Johnson, Lockheed Martin, Nestlé Health Science, Pfizer, Schindler, Teck Resources, and the US Army.
John currently resides in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts.
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Season 4, Compelling Speaker Series
Season 4 - The Art of a Working Comic, Humor and Talent Showcases with Dave Schwensen - Episode 37
Dave Schwensen is the author of "How To Be A Working Comic: An Insider’s Guide To A Career In Stand-Up Comedy", "Comedy FAQs And Answers: How The Stand-Up Biz Really Works", and ""Comedy Workshop: Creating & Writing Comedy Material for Comedians & Humorous Speakers". His credits include Talent Coordinator for the television show "A&E’s An Evening At The Improv", The Hollywood and New York City Improv Comedy Clubs, and Assistant to Improv founder Budd Friedman.
With The Improv in Hollywood and New York, Dave coordinated talent showcases and auditions for major television shows, networks and film studios. Included in this list are "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno", "Late Night with David Letterman", "The Today Show", The Montreal Just For Laughs Festival, Disney, Paramount, MTV, VH-1, ABC, CBS, NBC, FOX, HBO, Showtime and more.
Dave is also a former manager of The Cleveland Improv Comedy Club and Restaurant. He’s worked in the comedy industry for almost three decades and decided to do one comedy workshop in 1994. They’ve continued since...
Dave has extensive experience within the New York, Hollywood and Midwest regions as a college and corporate booking agent, (comedians, speakers and variety acts), talent manager, publicist, radio host, entertainment journalist and award-winning newspaper humor columnist. In addition to his comedy workshops in Chicago, Cleveland and Tampa, and comedy business seminars – which have been held in major cities such as New York, Philadelphia, Charlotte, New Orleans, Los Angeles and San Francisco – Dave has designed and instructs courses in business communications and presentation skills for Cleveland State University, Youngstown State University, and other “halls of higher learning.”
As a trainer and keynote speaker on communication skills, Dave presents "You're Talking, But Is Anyone Really Listening?" for conferences, businesses, schools and special interest groups. The program focuses on leadership, teamwork and networking by employing humor and creativity to enhance your message.
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ERC Advanced Grant for Professor Detlef Schuppan: Gastroenterologist of Mainz University receives the European Union's highest endowed research funding award
Acclaim for cutting-edge research in organ fibrosis conducted at the Mainz University Medical Center
The European Research Council (ERC) has earmarked about €2.5 million. to fund the research being conducted by gastroenterologist and biochemist Professor Dr. Dr. Detlef Schuppan at Mainz University Medical Center. Professor Schuppan is a specialist in liver diseases ranging from fibrosis to cirrhosis (the terminal stage of fibrosis) to hepatic cancer. His aim is to develop therapeutic strategies that will slow or even reverse the pathological development of fibrous connective tissue in body organs. Many patients could benefit from this development, because the advanced stages of fibrosis are the main cause of death in those suffering from chronic hepatic diseases and other chronic conditions.
Continuous inflammation can lead to the abnormal growth of connective tissue in numerous organs, frequently resulting in organ failure. To date, however, there has been a lack of antifibrotic therapies for treating patients with diagnosed advanced-stage fibrosis. It is estimated that in Europe alone, 0.5-1% of the population are affected by end stage liver fibrosis, i.e. cirrhosis, a condition with a high risk of liver decompensation, liver cancer, and death.
"Developing a method in which the process of fibrosis progression can be measured in individual patients at-risk and for whom the effect of therapies to inhibit fibrosis progression or to induce its reversal can be assessed with high sensitivity and non-invasively is the key to effective treatments for advanced-stage fibrosis," explains Professor Schuppan convinced of the approach in his research. Schuppan is investigating the use of quantitative imaging procedures for fibrosis and fibrosis progression that is non-invasive and thus more patient-friendly, and which he hopes can be used to determine to what extent scar tissue is accumulating in the liver and to measure the amount and activity of the cells involved in scar tissue deposition in patients. He collaborates with Professor Dr. Frank Rösch and Junior Professor Dr. Tobias Roß of the Institute of Nuclear Chemistry at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz. "This is thus a cooperative grant that is helping to build a bridge between the University Medical Center and fundamental research," says Professor Schuppan.
The results of pilot studies conducted by Professor Schuppan in collaboration with Dr. John V. Frangioni at Harvard Medical School have been positive to date, indicating that there is a good chance that the aims of the research project will be realized. With the aid of small, harmless quantities of radioactively-labeled substances, it has been possible to visualize and quantitate in vivo cell surface molecules that occur only on cells active in scar formation and thus indicate the activity of fibrosis progression. "These first pilot studies are highly promising and represent an excellent basis for developing a clinically applicable imaging method for diagnosing fibrosis and, more importantly, the dynamics of fibrosis progression. When further refined, this method may permit the clinical efficacy testing of antifibrotic therapies in only a few patients and for short time periods, instead of having to treat several hundreds of patients for 2-3 years, as would be necessary with the current technology. Furthermore, it would allow an individualized dose adjustment of such therapy according to the therapy response. Ideally, it should be possible to apply our research results to fibrotic diseases of other organs, such as pulmonary fibrosis," states Professor Schuppan, who has been working at the Department of Internal Medicine I of Mainz University Medical Center since the end of 2010. He previously held a professorship at Harvard Medical School and continues to be a faculty member there.
"The ERC Advanced Grant awarded to Professor Schuppan is confirmation of the effectiveness of our future-oriented hiring policy at Mainz University Medical Center. This grant is another key factor that will enable us to compete with other German as well as international major research-led universities," emphasizes Professor Dr. Dr. Reinhard Urban, Chief Scientific Officer of Mainz University Medical Center. Last year, Urban, in conjunction with Professor Dr. Peter Galle, head of the Department of Medicine I, managed to persuade Schuppan, who was born in Essen, Germany, to relocate from Harvard Medical School to come to Mainz.
The ERC Advanced Grant, the European Union's highest endowed research funding award, is comparable in value to the Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Award, which is the most prestigious German research award. To qualify to receive an ERC Advanced Grant, a scientist must demonstrate individual excellence in research. The European Research Council uses ERC Advanced Grants to support established researchers working at the cutting-edge of their disciplines. The aim is to promote ground-breaking fundamental research and applied research in Europe. Administrative support, not only for this grant, is provided by the European Project Office of the Scientific Board of Mainz University Medical Center.
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SUNY Upstate’s Multi-Specialty Pediatric ECHO launched in January 2018. Our Multi-Specialty Pediatric ECHO is currently focusing on the following conditions:
In the coming months we hope to add more specialties to fit the needs and desires of our spoke participants. Our teleECHO clinics are a great way for providers to present cases on these specialties and get immediate answers and recommendations from a community of peers and specialists.
If you would like to join our teleECHO clinics please click on the “Register for a Clinic” tab or contact Deidre Keefe at keefed@upstate.edu.
Pediatric ECHO Staff
Dr. Thomas Welch
Tom Welch, MD, Emeritus Professor. His clinical specialties are pediatric nephrology and inpatient hospitalist medicine. He is an active clinician scientist, with over 200 publications. He is a noted pediatric educator, who has been an invited speaker or visiting professor nationally and internationally.
Dr. Christopher Fortner – Pulmonology
Dr. Prateek Wali - Gastroenterology
Prateek D. Wali, MD, FAAP, is a graduate of SUNY Upstate Medical University. He trained in pediatrics at Upstate Golisano Children’s Hospital (GCH) and completed his fellowship in pediatric gastroenterology, hepatology, and nutrition at Nemours A.I. duPont Hospital for Children. Dr. Wali has been practicing since 2010 at GCH where he is currently the division chief of pediatric gastroenterology. His clinical and research interests are focused on children with inflammatory bowel disease. Dr. Wali is also a clinical associate professor of pediatrics at SUNY Upstate. He is board certified in pediatrics and pediatric gastroenterology and a member of the North American Society for Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition. He enjoys cooking and hosts a blog at haakandchai.com.
Dr. Jana Shaw – Infectious Disease
Jana Shaw MD, MPH is a practicing pediatrician specializing in infectious diseases and an expert on vaccines and immunology. Dr. Shaw is Associate Professor of Pediatrics at the SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY and a chief medical officer at the North Country Family Health Center in Watertown, NY. She is a member of pediatric and infectious disease professional societies and a member of the International Affairs and Communications Committees of the Pediatric Infectious Disease Society. Her research interests focus on improving vaccination coverage in children. She has authored numerous publications focusing on vaccine hesitancy and is an active vaccination advocate.
Dr. Ai Sakonju - Neurology
Dr. Travis Hobart – Environmental Health
Travis Hobart, MD, MPH is a pediatrician and public health physician at SUNY Upstate Medical University. He earned his MD at Tufts University School of Medicine. Subsequently, he completed his residency training in pediatrics at Georgetown University Hospital and in general preventive medicine at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, where he also earned a Master of Public Health degree. Dr. Hobart works as a general outpatient pediatrician in Baldwinsville, NY. In addition, he is the assistant medical director of the Central New York Regional Lead Resource Center, located at SUNY Upstate, and has recently begun work as medical director of the regional Center of Excellence in Children’s Environmental Health. He is also actively involved in medical education, directing the Population Health curriculum thread for the medical students at Upstate.
Dr. Melanie Comito – Hematology/Oncology
Melanie Comito, MD is a Professor of Pediatrics in the Division of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology and came to SUNY Upstate Medical University in 2016 as the division chief of that division. She is a graduate of the University of Iowa College of Medicine, trained in pediatrics at the Medical College of Virginia, and then returned to Iowa for her fellowship training in the Pediatric Hematology/Oncology. Her clinical and research interests are in the treatment of very young children with malignant brain tumors and using high dose therapies with stem cell rescue as a radiation sparing modalities. Despite a career that has focused on oncology, the peripheral blood smear and the role of anemia in systemic diseases remains an interest. She is an active member of the American Society of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology and has been a member of their fellowship educational committee.
Dr. Susan Stred - Endocrinology
Susan E. Stred, MD is Clinical Professor of Pediatrics in the Division of Endocrinology at SUNY Upstate and the Upstate Golisano Children’s Hospital. Dr. Stred is a graduate of the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, trained in pediatrics at SUNY Upstate, and completed her fellowship in Pediatric Endocrinology at the University of Michigan. She returned to Upstate as a faculty member in 1990. Dr. Stred is board certified in Pediatrics and Pediatric Endocrinology, and is a member of the Endocrine Society and the Pediatric Endocrine Society. Clinical interests include endocrine disorders in survivors of childhood cancer, differences in sex development, Turner syndrome, and disorders of the pituitary gland. Dr. Stred sings with Symphoria in two elite choruses, and also enjoys swimming, jazz, and quilting.
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Elland Road Stadium
* Address: Elland Road, Leeds
* Country: United Kingdom
* Opened: 1897
* Tenants: Leeds United (football)
Extra stadium info – Elland Road Stadium
The stadium was one of the UEFA Euro 1996 venues. Leeds United Football Club, the first sports club from Leeds with 100,000 followers on their main social media page, have been tenants since 1919. They reached the final of the European championship for football clubs in 1975 for the first time in their history. Leeds United won the English top-flight football league several times. They drew an average home attendance of 29,000 in their inaugural Premier League season. Harold Kewell, the first football player from Australia in a final of the world championship for football clubs, joined Leeds United in 1996. In 2003, he left the club for Liverpool Football Club. With Liverpool FC, he played in the second final of the world championship for football clubs.
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THE 2018-2019 BOARD
MOVIE SCREENING AND DIRECTOR TALKBACK
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YALE AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT CONFERENCE 2017: PANELISTS
The New Era of African Education
Robert Katende
Robert Katende, is the chess teacher on whom the Walt Disney movie Queen of Katwe is based. He is the man behind the success of Ugandan chess champion Phiona Mutesi and many other youths from the slums. His exemplary and innovative leadership in 15 years of service have seen him as Project Coordinator in Katwe, Sports Outreach Director, Kampala and Nairobi, and more recenlty Sports Outreach Director for Africa. He introduced and developed chess programs in the slums of Kampala, Nairobi and in the internally displaced people’s campus (IDP) in Gulu, Northern Uganda, an area severely affected by Kony’s Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA).
Obinna Ukwuani
Obinna Ukwuani is a Nigeria-based social entrepreneur who has dedicated his life to contributing to the improvement of education on the continent. He moved to Nigeria shortly after receiving his Economics from MIT. As a student, he founded the critically successful Exposure Robotics Academy. Obinna proceeded to launch the Makers Academy project, a multi-million dollar effort to build a state-of-the-art STEM high school where students routinely develop and use technology skills to create real solutions to societal issues.
Sidee Dlamini
Sidee Dlamini is the head of recruiting at the African Leadership University in Mauritius. She was born and raised in the Kingdom of Swaziland. She attained her International Economics and Business degree at Texas Christian University, then began her professional journey with UBS Wealth Management. Her first project was in partnership with the MasterCard Foundation, where she trained and coached the youth on how to get admitted into international universities.
Yasmin Belo-Osagie
Yasmin Belo-Osagie is the co-founder of She Leads Africa– a social enterprise based in Nigeria that seeks to address challenges women on the continent face in creating, growing, and sustaining their businesses and professional services. Belo-Osagie was born in Boston, United States of America but grew up in Nigeria. She attended a boarding school in England before graduating from Princeton University USA. She also attended Le Cordon Bleu in Paris and London. Belo-Osagie is currently pursuing a joint JD/MBA from Harvard Law School and Stanford Graduate School of Business. She has worked at McKinsey & Co for 2 years as a consultant where she focused on developing multi-year growth strategies for large organizations.
Joshin Raghubar
Joshin Raghubar is an African entrepreneur in the media, marketing, and technology sectors. He is the founder and executive chairperson of iKineo Ventures; co-founder of Sprout, South Africa’s leading digital media performance firm; and Explore Sideways, a leading immersive travel company and online purveyor of premium wine, food, and culture tourism experiences. He is also co-founder and chairperson of Kili Partners, a pan-African advisory, investment facilitation, and project development firm. Joshin serves as the chairperson of the Bandwidth Barn, Africa’s largest non-profit incubator and accelerator for technology businesses; and chairperson of the Cape Innovation & Technology Initiative (CITi), the public/private sector agency tasked with development of the region as a technology and innovation cluster.
Emily Cunningham
Emily Cunningham is Co-Founder and COO of MoringaConnect, a social enterprise connecting 2,500 smallholder farmers to the global market for moringa-powered natural products sold through their award-winning True Moringa beauty brand and Minga Foods superfood snack brand. Their vertically integrated supply chain equips farmers with the tools and training they need to produce for the global market, provides a guaranteed market for their produce, adds value in Ghana, and sells their finished products directly to conscious consumers worldwide. She and her co-founder Kwami Williams have been named Echoing Green Fellows and selected as part of Forbes 30 Under 30 Class of 2017.
The Afropolitan and Pop Culture
Arthur Musah
Arthur Musah is a filmmaker from Ghana. His latest film, the documentary NAIJA BETA, premiered in 2016 at the Pan African International Film Festival in Cannes. It won Best Documentary Feature at the Urban Mediamakers Film Festival in Atlanta, an Achievement in Documentary Film Award at the Silicon Valley African Film Festival, and the High Output Director Award at the Arlington International Film Festival. NAIJA BETA also screened at the Museum of Fine Arts Boston, where it won Best Documentary Short at the Roxbury International Film Festival. He continues his exploration of African identities in a globalized age through his upcoming feature ONE DAY I TOO GO FLY, which follows 4 Africans through 4 years at MIT. Arthur studied filmmaking in the MFA program at the University of Southern California as an Annenberg Fellow, and holds a bachelor’s and a master’s in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from MIT.
Minna Salami
Minna Salami is a writer, blogger, speaker, feminist thinker and an independent consultant. She is the founder of the multiple award-winning blog, MsAfropolitan, and has been listed as "one of twelve women changing the world" by ELLE Magazine. Minna writes for a number of international publications including The Guardian, Al Jazeera and The Independent, and she is a columnist at the Guardian Nigeria. Her talks and articles cover a range of topics such as global change, feminism, Africa, popular culture, thought leadership and current affairs.
She is a TEDx speaker with her talk, "To change the world, change your illusions"
E.C. Osondu
E.C. Osondu is a winner of the Caine Prize and a Pushcart Prize. He is the author of the novel This House is Not For Sale and Voice of America a collection of stories. Osondu had previously won the Allen and Nirelle Galso Prize for Fiction and his story "A Letter from Home" was judged one of "The Top Ten Stories on the Internet" in 2006.His work has been translated into half a dozen languages. He is an Associate Professor of English at Providence College in Rhode Island.
Zelalem Kibret
Zelalem Kibret is a Scholar-in-Residence at the Center for Human Rights and Global Justice at New York University. His research focuses on transitional politics and justice, post-conflict Africa, traditional justice, the role of individuals in International law, accountability vis-à-vis peace-building, and Counter-terrorism strategies. Besides his teaching activities, Zelalem is a blogger at the Zone Nine Blogging platform, a collective which blogs and campaigns on Human Rights, Constitutionalism, and Democracy. Along with his team, he won the 2015 Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) International Press Freedom award and the 2015 Reporter Sans Frontieres (RSF) Citizen-Journalist award.
Marcel Kitissou
Marcel Kitissou holds a PhD in Political Science from Syracuse University and a doctorate in Contemporary History from the University of Bordeaux, France. He served on the Board of Directors of Amnesty International-USA (2012-2015). He taught in the PhD program in Public Policy and Social Change at Union Institute & University; served as Faculty Director of the Global Humanitarian Action Program at George Mason University, Executive Director of the Africa Faith and Justice Network (Washington, DC); Director of the P.E.A.C.E. Institute at the SUNY-Oswego; Director of the Institut Supérieur de Presse de l’Entente and Associate Director at the National School of Public Administration in Togo.
Dr. Zethu Matebeni
Zethu Matebeni’s scholarship and activism on African sexuality and gender diversity is well cited. Zethu received a Ph.D at WISER (Wits Institute for Social and Economic Research) at the University of the Witwatersrand. Since 2011 she has been at HUMA (Institute for Humanities in Africa) at the University of Cape Town as a senior researcher. She has consulted for the Nelson Mandela Foundation, Ford Foundation, has held fellowships at Yale University, University of Amsterdam and research collaborations with universities in Ghana, USA and Sweden. She is author of Black Lesbian Sexualities and Identity in South Africa (2012), director of the film Breaking Out of the Box: stories of black lesbians in South Africa (2011).
WOMEN IN GOVERNMENT
Mathilde Mukantabana
Mathilde Mukantabana is the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Rwanda to the USA and non-resident Ambassador to Mexico, Brazil, and Argentina. Ambassador Mukantabana will speak on our WOMEN AND GOVERNMENT panel and has won many awards attesting to her accomplishments including the 2012 Peace and Justice Award from the Center for African Peace and Conflict Resolution.
Samira Bawumia
Samira Bawumia is the Second Lady of the Republic of Ghana. Holding a BA Social Science from the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology and an MBA in Project Management from the Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration, she is passionate about women empowerment and efficient governance. She shot to prominence in the campaign period leading up to the 2016 presidential and parliamentary elections in Ghana as a woman who boldly campaigned against corruption and inefficient management of resources.She looks forward to assisting the present government in building the 'new Ghana'. She is married to Dr Mahamadu Bawumia, the Vice President of the Republic of Ghana.
Trumping U.S. Borders: Navigating Immigration in the 21st Century
Jonelle-Tetteh Ocloo is a graduate of Yale Law School. Ocloo, the founder of The Law Offices of Jonelle Ocloo, LLC (LOJO), is an experienced attorney who concentrates her practice in all areas of immigration law. She is a member of the Maryland State Bar and the District of Columbia Bar, and Chair of the Immigration Law Section of the Maryland State Bar Association.She also serves as Advocates International's Liaison to Africa and to the African Christian Lawyer Network that links over 10,000 lawyers throughout the continent.
In 2014, at events in 23 states and the District of Columbia, thousands of immigrants were served by the volunteers that Ms. Ocloo helped to train. Today, in the fight against Trump’s Executive Order, Ocloo’s work stands for immigrants everywhere seeking to find a home.
Yale Undergraduate Association for African Peace and Development
Afro-American Cultural Center at Yale
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Charles Darwin Contributions to history
Charles Darwin's Galapagos vs
Charles Darwin, an English naturalist and geologist, set out on a five year expedition on The Beagle in 1831. On his expedition he observed the rainforest in Brazil, discovered fossils and bones of extinct animals, experienced an earthquake in Chile, and finally landed on the Galapagos Islands in 1835.
What Darwin observed on the islands contributed substantially to the formation of his theory of evolution.
When Darwin landed in the Galapagos Islands, he realized they were only recently inhabited. Just three years before Darwin’s arrival in the year 1832, General Jose Villamil from Ecuador founded a colony, and in the same year Colonel Ignacio Hernandez took over the islands and gave them Spanish names. Due to virtually no human settlement, Darwin was fortunate to observe the environment in its pristine, untouched state. He noted that mockingbirds resembling those in Chile, exhibited different traits from island to island. He also noted variations of the giant tortoise shell on each island.
Charles Darwin spent a mere six weeks on the islands, however, these six weeks proved to be enough for him to explore and observe the animals on the islands. The isolation of the islands allowed species to evolve and adapt to their surroundings. Darwin even noted particular adaptations to conditions of individual islands. He also observed how tame the animals were due to lack of predators. Darwin’s observations in the Galapagos provided the foundation for his theory of evolution.
Today one can still observe this rare behavior: animals on the islands living in harmony and not appearing disturbed by human presence. However, humans are present more than ever, inhabiting four of the islands with over 40, 000 citizens and 170, 000 visitors- last year alone. Imported species such as goats, ants, rats, cats, and dogs have adversely impacted the natural wildlife on the islands. The last tortoise of his kind, Lonesome George, was rightfully named as his giant tortoise sub-species became extinct upon his death in June of 2012. Although Lonesome George was successful in mating, the eggs did not survived long enough to hatch. George died a peaceful and natural death and was estimated to be over 100 years old.
Source: www.galapagosislands.com
Part I: Contributions to the Theory of Natural Selection / Part II: On the Tendency of Species to Form Varieties; The Evolution Debate, 1813-1870 (Volume IX)
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Today in White History (April 30)
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1834 English banker, politician, naturalist and archaeologist John Lubbock was born.
He coined the terms Neolithic and Paleolithic, and was a personal friend of Charles Darwin. He discovered the first fossil remains of musk-ox in England, and undertook archaeological work identifying prehistoric cultures.
As a naturalist, he studied insect vision and colour sense and published a number of books on natural history and primitive man, including what was possibly the most influential archaeological text book of the 19th Century, Pre-historic times, as illustrated by ancient remains, and the manners and customs of modern savages
Thursday, March 3, 2011, 1:15 p.m. @ NYPL
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George John Romanes (1848-1894), best known today to the intellectual community for founding the Oxford University lecture series still bearing his name (1891), was a major figure in the history of biology for his advocacy of Darwinian evolution as well as his contributions in animal physiologydiscovery of a nervous system in invertebratesand in animal behaviorrecognition of the ability of animals besides humans to reason. But perhaps Romaness greatest legacy is the support he gave Darwin when it was most needed
Charles Darwin: The Naturalist Who Started a Scientific Revolution
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What was alfred tennyson's influnces on his poetry?
It depends which poems you're reading... In Memorian is influenced by debates in evolutionary science. When this poem was initially written, Charles Darwin had been on his voyage on the Beagle to the south Pacific, but he had not yet compiled his tremendous book On Natural Selection. Nevertheless, scientific debate was lively. Tennyson was also interested in the medieval period, especially the stories of King Arthur and the knights of the round table (and their ladies, too). He had read Mallory's Morte D'Arthur and was interested in improving on Mallory's poem.
Charles Darwin and Bible Society
Charles Darwin Christianity
Charles Darwin Contributions to psychology
Darwin Day is a recently instituted celebration intended to commemorate the anniversary of the birth of Charles Darwin on February 12, 1809. The day is used to highlight Darwin's contribution to science and to promote science in general.
The celebration of Darwin's...
AmberMcHartnett Friday 2, May 2014 05:59 PM
@RyanDunny18 what are you on about Charles Darwin found women on the Galápagos Islands #birdsofparadise (pls get my evolution pun)
Ashley_Haigh91 Tuesday 29, April 2014 11:54 PM
@mcmurraytf One of the main things they teach you about natural selection/ biology stuff. Charles Darwin?
TheoryFail Friday 2, May 2014 07:19 PM
RT @sandradibiaso: @weakSquare @ScientiaPercept @billmaher @TheoryFail I lrnd about Charles Darwin bn both a Christian& believer in Creatio…
dessanyxo Friday 2, May 2014 07:30 PM
@Dizzy D.: Can someone finish writing about Charles Darwin for me please I WILL PAY U
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Location: Stewart County GA
Rood Creek Mounds
Rood Creek Mounds (also known as Roods Creek Mounds) is a very large Native American town site in southwestern Georgia that is immediately east of the Chattahoochee River in Stewart County. It was one of the largest Native American towns in the eastern United States. The original palisade enclosed about 120 acres and eight mounds. The final palisade enclosed at least eight mounds and 150 acres. The archaeological zone is now within Rood Landing Recreation Area, a US Army Corps of Engineers facility on Lake Eufaula. Relatively little is known about this archaeological zone. Four mounds (A, B, D and
Slave Narrative of Angeline Lester
Interviewer: Frank M. Smith Person Interviewed: Angeline Lester Location: Youngstown, Ohio Place of Residence: 835 West Federal Street Story and Photo by Frank M. Smith Ex-Slaves Mahoning County, Dist. #5 Youngstown, Ohio The Story of MRS. ANGELINE LESTER, of Youngstown, Ohio. Mrs. Angeline Lester lives at 836 West Federal Street, on U.S. Route #422, in a very dilapidated one story structure, which once was a retail store room with an addition built on the rear at a different floor level. Angeline lives alone and keeps her several cats and chickens in the house with her. She was born on the
Native American History of Stewart County, Georgia
Stewart County is located in southwest Georgia, south of Columbus and Fort Benning. It was named after Brig. General Daniel Stewart, a commander in the Georgia Militia during the American Revolution and the War of 1812. Stewart was the great-grandfather of President Theodore Roosevelt. The county seat of Stewart County is the town of Lumpkin. Stewart County is bounded on the north by Chattahoochee County, GA. On the south, it is bordered by Randolph County, GA. The county’s western boundaries are formed by the Chattahoochee River, the Alabama State Line, Barbour County, AL and Russell County, AL. On the east,
Sawokli Indians
Sawokli Tribe: Possibly meaning “raccoon people,” in the Hitchiti language, and, while this is not absolutely certain, the okli undoubtedly means “people.” Sawokli Connections. The Sawokli belonged to the Muskhogean linguistic stock and to the subdivision called Atcik-hata. (See Apalachicola.) Sawokli Location. The best known historic location was on Chattahoochee River in the northeastern part of the present Barbour County, Ala. (See Florida and Georgia.) Sawokli Villages Hatchee tcaba, probably on or near Hatchechubbee Creek, in Russell County, Ala. Okawaigi, on Cowikee Creek, in Barbour County, Ala. Okiti-yagani, in Clay County, Ga., not far from Fort Gaines. Sawokli, several different
Oconee Indians
Oconee Tribe – Significance unknown. Oconee Connections. The Oconee belonged to the Muskhogean linguistic stock, and the Atcik-hata group. (See Apalachicola) Oconee Location. Just below the Rock Landing on Oconee River, Georgia. (see also Florida.) Oconee History. Early documents reveal at least two bodies of Indians bearing the name Oconee and probably related. One was on or near the coast of Georgia and seems later to have moved into the Apalachee country and to have become fused with the Apalachee tribe before the end of the seventeenth century. The other was at the point above indicated, on Oconee River. About
Kolomi Tribe
The earliest mention of Kolomi town is contained in a letter of the Spanish lieutenant at Apalachee, Antonio Mateos, in 1686. 1Serrano y Sanz, Doc. Hist., pp. 194-195. A translation of this has been given in considering the history of the Kasihta. 2See p. 221. The town was then probably on Ocmulgee River, where it appears on some of the very early maps, placed close to Atasi. From the failure of Mateos to mention Atasi it is possible that that town was not yet in existence. From later maps we learn that after the Yamasee war the Kolomi settled on the
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Assiniboin Indian History
Assiniboin (Chippewa: ŭ’sini, stone’ ŭ’pwäwa ‘he cooks by roasting’: ‘one who cooks by the use of stones.’-W. J.).
A large Siouan tribe, originally constituting a part of the Yanktonai. Their separation from the parent stem, to judge by the slight dialectal difference in the language, could not have greatly preceded the appearance of the whites, but it must have taken place before 1640, as the Jesuit Relation for that year mentions the Assiniboin as distinct. The Relation of 1658 places them in the vicinity of Lake Alimibeg, between Lake Superior and Hudson bay. On Jeffery’s map of 1762 this name is applied to Lake Nipigon, and on De l’Isle’s map of 1703 to Rainy lake.
From a tradition found in the widely scattered bodies of the tribe and heard by the first Europeans who visited the Dakota, the Assiniboin appear to have separated from their ancestral stem while the latter resided somewhere in the region about the headwaters of the Mississippi, whence they moved northward and joined the Cree. It is probable that they first settled about Lake of the Woods, then drifted northwestward to the region about Lake Winnipeg, where they were living as early as 1670, and were thus located on Lahontan’s neap of 1691. Chauvignerie (1736) place them in the same region. Dobbs (Hudson Bay, 1744) located one division of the Assiniboin some distance northwest of Lake Winnipeg and the other immediately west of an unidentified lake placed north of Lake Winnipeg. These divisions he distinguishes as Assiniboin of the Meadows and Assiniboin of the Woods. In 1775 Henry found the tribe scattered along Saskatchewan and Assiniboine Rivers, from the forest limit well up to the headwaters of the former, and this region, between the Sioux on the south and the Siksika on the west, was the country over which they continued to range until gathered on reservations. Hayden (Ethnog. and Philol. Mo. Val., 1862) limits their range at that time as follows: “The Northern Assiniboin roam over the country from the west banks of the Saskatchewan and Assiniboin Rivers, in a west direction to the Woody mountains, north and west amongst some of the small outliers of the Rocky mountains east of the Missouri, and on the banks of the small lakes frequently met with on the plains in that district. They consist of 250 or 300 lodges. The remainder of the tribe, now [1856] reduced to 250 lodges, occupy the district defined as follows: Commencing at the mouth of the White Earth river on the east, extending up that river to and as far beyond its source as the Grand Coulée and the head of La Riviére aux Souris, thence northwest along the Côteau de Prairie, or divide, as far as the beginning of the Cypress mountains, on the north fork of Milk river, down that river to its junction with the Missouri, thence down the Missouri to White Earth river, the starting point. Until the year 1838 the tribe still numbered from 1,000 to 1,200 lodges, trading on the Missouri, when the smallpox reduced them to less than 400 lodges. They were also surrounded by large and hostile tribes, who continually made, war upon them, and in this way their number was diminished, though at the present time they are slowly on the increase.”
Front the time they separated from the parent stern and joined the Cree until brought under control of the whites, they were almost constantly at war with the Dakota. As they have lived since the appearance of the whites in the northwest almost wholly on the plains, without permanent villages, moving from place to place in search of food, their history has been one of conflict with surrounding tribes.
Physically the Assiniboin do not differ materially from the other Sioux. The men dress their hair in various forms; it is seldom cut, but as it grows is twisted into small locks or tails, and frequently false hair is added to lengthen the twist. It sometimes reaches the ground, but is generally wound in a coil on top of the head. Their dress, tents, and customs generally are similar to those of the Plains Cree, but they observe more decorum in camp and are more cleanly, and their hospitality is noted by mist traders who have visited them. Polygamy is common. While the buffalo abounded their principal occupation consisted in making pemmican, which they bartered to the whites for liquor, tobacco, powder, balls, knives, etc. Dogs are said to have been sacrificed to their deities. According to Alexander Henry, if death happened in winter at a distance from the burial ground of the familt, the body was carried along during their journeying and placed on a scaffold, out of reach of dogs and beasts of prey, at their stopping places. Arrived at the burial place, the corpse was deposited in a sitting posture in a circular grave about 5 feet deep, lined with bark or skins; it was then covered with bark over which logs were placed, and these in turn were covered with earth.
. The only Assiniboin village mentioned in print is Pasquayah.
Porter (1829) estimated the Assiniboin population at 8,000; Drake at 10,000 before the smallpox epidemic of 1836, during which 4,000 of them perished. Gallatin (1836) placed the number at 6,000; the U. S. Indian Report of 1843, at 7,000. In 1890 they numbered 3,008; in 1904, 2,600.
The Assiniboin now (1904) living in the United States are in Montana, 699 under Ft Belknap agency and 535 under Ft Peck agency; total, 1,234. In Canada there were in 1902 the Mosquito and Pears Heads’ and Lean Man’s bands at Battleford agency, 78; Joseph’s band of 147, Paul’s of 147. and 5 orphans at Edmonton agency; Carry-the-Kettle band under Assiniboin agency, 210; Pheasant Rump’s band, originally 69, and Ocean Man’s, 68 in number, at Moose mountain; and the bands on Stony reservation, Alberta, 661; total, 1,371.
See Powell in 7th Rep. B. A. F., 111, 1891; McGee, Siouan Indians, 15th Rep. B. A. E. 157 1897; Dorsey, Siouan Sociology, ibid., 213; Hayden, Ethnog. and Philol. Mo. Val., 1862.
Additional Assiniboin Indian Resources
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Assiniboin Bands
Assiniboin Online Records
The books presented are for their historical value only and are not the opinions of the Webmasters of the site. Handbook of American Indians, 1906
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Hodge, Frederick Webb, Compiler. The Handbook of American Indians North of Mexico. Bureau of American Ethnology, Government Printing Office. 1906.
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Home > History & Preservation > Class 81
The order for the first 25 locomotives for the West Coast Main Line electrification was given to the British Thomson-Houston division of AEI (Associated Electrical Industries) in 1955, who subcontracted the mechanical construction to the Birmingham Railway Carriage and Wagon Company, of Smethwick, Birmingham. As originally planned AEI was to deliver 20 Type A (mixed traffic) and 5 Type B (heavy freight) units, but this was later amended to 23 Type A and just 2 Type B. The original number series was E3001-E3023 (A), E3301-E3302 (B), though within 2 months of delivery, E3301 was renumbered E3096, while E3302 was delivered new already renumbered as E3097.
The first of the class, and the first new AC electric to be delivered was E3001 in November 1959, allocated to Longsight (9A), Manchester. Delivery of the rest of the class was protracted with the last loco, E3097, not entering traffic until February 1964. The class was reallocated to the general code of "AC Lines" following the official inauguration of electric services. This "allocation" covered the depots at Longsight, Crewe and Allerton (Liverpool), with Crewe as the main depot. When the code was abolished, the class came under the direct jurisdiction of Crewe. Three Class 81s were withdrawn before the TOPS numbering system was implemented in 1972. E3009 was written off in the Hixon level crossing accident on 6th January 1968, when a lorry carrying a heavy transformer became grounded across the running lines. E3002 and E3019 were withdrawn after suffering severe fire damage, believed to be caused by placing the master control lever in reverse while the locomotive was still moving forward. This caused the traction motors to regenerate and overheat, and the resultant fire spread to the rest of the locomotive. Following these and similar incidents on other early locomotives, the master controllers were modified with an additional safety switch to prevent any recurrence.
In 1975 the class was transferred to the new depot at Glasgow Shields Road to coincide with the opening of the northern section of the WCML electrification. They remained allocated here until withdrawal in the late 1980s. The class, along with the other types, showed a tendency to catch fire in their final years, and this hastened the withdrawal of many of their number. In 1989, following the withdrawal of the last Class 83s from Euston empty coaching stock (ecs) duties, several Class 81s were put to use in their place. 81002 and 81004 were used at first, but were replaced in 1990 by 81012 and 81017. These last two were withdrawn themselves in July 1991, displaced by Class 85s, and were moved to Crewe to join the rest of the class, awaiting disposal. Of the twenty remaining locomotives, nineteen were sold to Coopers Metals for scrap by the end of the year, while one, 81002 was purchased by Peter Holt for preservation.
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Burger King, Tim Hortons to curb antibiotics used in chicken
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By Tom Polansek and Lisa Baertlein | CHICAGO/LOS ANGELES
CHICAGO/LOS ANGELES Restaurant chains Burger King and Tim Hortons plan to switch to chicken raised without antibiotics considered “critically important” to human medicine, their owner said on Wednesday, making it the latest company to ditch the drugs over health concerns.
Restaurant Brands International Inc, which owns both chains, said it aims to make the change in U.S. stores in 2017 and in Canada in 2018.
An estimated 70 percent of antibiotics that are important to fighting human infections and ensuring the safety of invasive procedures such as surgeries are sold for use in meat and dairy production.
Concern has been growing among scientists, public health experts, consumers and shareholders that the overuse of such drugs is contributing to rising numbers of life-threatening human infections from antibiotic-resistant bacteria dubbed “superbugs.”
“We believe that it is important to reduce the use of antibiotics important for human medicine in order to preserve the effectiveness of antibiotics in both veterinary and human medicine,” Restaurant Brands said.
The company did not immediately respond to requests for further comment.
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Lessons for Business Founders from Tupac Shakur
August 18, 2018 ∞
There are many biographies of Tupac, all of which have aspects that someone probably will take issue with, so I won’t create my own version in this blog post. I will instead quote one sentence from Wikipedia: “Tupac Amaru Shakur, also known as 2Pac and Makaveli, was an American rapper and actor.” As you probably know, in September of 1996 Tupac was shot and killed in Las Vegas, in what remains and unsolved crime.
As an aside, I hope you know that I weave the discussion of business topics around people like Tupac, Biggie, Rza, K-Dot, and Lil Wayne is to make business topics less boring. I am trying to get people to read material who would not otherwise do so.
“It’s time for us as a people to start making some changes.”
All great founders know they must break at least one rule everyone else thought was unbreakable. The ability to pick the right rule or rules to break is part of what makes a founder skillful or lucky. Their success depends on convincing other people to believe in the value of “making some changes” as Tupac points out. People who have charisma and are brave like Tupac will have more success in creating significant changes. Airbnb is a classic example of a founding team that decided to break some rules. Marc Andreessen said once about Airbnb: “Breakthrough ideas look crazy, nuts. It’s hard to think this way — I see it in other people’s body language, and I can feel it in my own, where I sometimes feel like I don’t even care if it’s going to work, I can’t take more change…. Airbnb? People staying in each other’s houses without there being a lot of axe murders?”
As another example of “making some changes,” many people today do not know or have forgotten that in 1994 the “consensus” view was that the future was all about “The Information Highway.” This consensus view included the assumption that cable and telephone companies would have top down control of specifically allocated on-ramps and off-ramps. The interactive pilot Information Highway systems included: NYNEX in New York, Time Warner in Orlando, Bell Atlantic in the Virginia suburbs of Washington, D.C., GTE in Cerritos, Viacom/AT&T in Castro Valley and US West in Omaha. Vendors salivated heavily at the prospect of supplying the equipment and software for these Information Highway systems. PR firms did their usual part of stir up the Information Highway hype to extreme levels. As an example of the view at the time among many people was the 1994 Wired Magazine cover depicting John Malone as “The Infobahn Warrior.”
Andreessen describes the situation in 1994 and how the actual trend differed from the consensus view:
“The decision to put money into the Internet in 1994 was considered by many of my colleagues to be borderline insane. Most people said things like, The Internet is free; you can’t make money on that! I literally had people telling me I was going to screw up the Internet by bringing more traffic to it.”
Another person who identified the emerging trend in 1994 was Steven Sinofsky, as was described in this passage from a Business Week article:
The Web-izing of Microsoft begins in February 1994, when Steven Sinofsky, Gates’s technical assistant, returned to his alma mater, Cornell University, on a recruiting trip. Snowed in at the Ithaca (N.Y.) airport, he headed back to the Cornell campus. That’s when he saw it: students dashing between classes, tapping into terminals, and getting their E-mail and course lists off the Net.
The Internet had spread like wildfire. It was no longer the network for the technically savvy — as it had been seven years earlier when Sinofsky was studying there — but a tool used by students and faculty to communicate with colleagues on campus and around the world. He dashed off a breathless E-mail message called “Cornell is WIRED!” to Gates and his technical staff.
Many people had a hard time for a relatively long time understanding what the Internet would become. They thought to themselves: “A distributed communications network of networks that no single business actually controlled?” and it boggled their mind to think that this could ever happen. It was easy to not understand what was coming since it broke rules that people though were important. As another example, while I have a less than perfect recollection of the exact dates some events during this period, I do know that Steve Jobs met with Craig McCaw sometime in 1993 or early 1994 and first explained to him the nature of the business opportunity that the Internet would create. Craig said to Steve: “Let’s buy it.” Steve quickly explained why that was not possible, but people’s first reaction, even if they were very smart natural contrarians/pirates like Craig, was to not understand the phenomenon.
Getting a sense of when and how radically the consensus view changed oner a short period is assistend by looking at a high truncated Internet time line of those years like this one below. People like Andreessen and Sinofsky used variant perception to understand that the consensus view on Information Highway was very wrong and that the Internet was instead the important trend.
1989: AOL launches the “Instant Messenger” service
1990: The World (world.std.com) is the first commercial provider of Internet dial-up
1991: Commercial Internet eXchange (CIX) Association, lifts restrictions on the commercial use of the Internet; Wide Area Information Servers (WAIS) appear; Gopher released
1992: AOL IPO
1993: CERN places its World Wide Web technology in the public domain; Mosaic appears
1994: Launch of Netscape Navigator; Amazon and Yahoo are founded. A business “spams” the Internet with email; first banner ads appear on hotwired.com and Time Warner’s Orlando Information Highway project was scheduled to start
1995: Craigslist and eBay are founded. Netscape IPO; Microsoft ships Windows 95
1996: Google is founded.
1997: Time Warner Orlando Information Highway project cancelled
As late as December 1994, a policy paper still proclaimed: “Just as the automobile changed American society, so could the Information Superhighway.” But other people had already figured out that something bigger was happening. This quote from May 25, 1994 is a humorous example of someone recognizing that something was coming that would be very different:
“I believe that, for a long time to come, this information superhighway, far from resembling a modern interstate, will more likely approach a roadway in India: chaotic, crowded and swarming with cows.” Arthur Ochs Sulzberger
It was not until 1995 that the Internet consensus crushed the consensus view about the importance of Information Highway. The service trials mentioned above by cable and telco providers were shut down one by one. For example, the Time Warner trial in Orlando, originally scheduled for spring of 1994, was shut down in 1997. Tupac never expressed a specific view about the Information Highway. He did say: “It’s the game of life. Do I win or do I lose? One day they’re gonna shut the game down. I gotta have as much fun and go around the board as many times as I can before it’s my turn to leave.” if the Information Highway has happened would he have been ridin in his Hummer?
“I try to be somebody instead of just make money off of everybody.”
A startup will never become a successful business if it is not making something that customers are willing to pay for with real money. Making that happen is far more likely is the founder are passionate about solving real problems for customers. This is the right thing to do to create a successful business, but also the right thing to do since it makes life more meaningful and people happier. You will recall that in his song “Changes” Tupac makes clear that that even if you “made a G today’ it doesn’t really mean that the seller of the product is somebody if they “made it in an sleazy way.” Success is more sustainable and meaningful if you are creating real value while you are doing well financially.
It is vastly easier to motivate a team, investors and customers if the business is trying to make the world a better place. As an example, traditional providers of rocket launch did not believe demand would increase if there was a drop in the price of selling rides for payloads like satellites into orbit. This assumption about the price elasticity of launching payloads like satellites on rockets for customers caused traditional providers to milk their sunk non-recurring engineering and to not invest significant amounts in price reducing innovation. The good news is that the industry has been turned on its head by Blue Origin and SpaceX which are trying to do more than “just make money off of everybody.” Jeff Bezos and Elton Musk have a passion to lower the cost of space travel and that has resulted in dramatic changes, including re-usability of some rocket components.
Without a profit an endeavor can’t scale and grow. Without a purpose and delivering real value, it is hard to motivate people to create the business in the first place. It is possible to create a business without delivering real value? It is rare but it can happen. But why the hell would anyone want to do that? Tupac described the rewards of creating real value: “Happy are those who dream dreams and are ready to pay the price to make them come true.” Being happy is highly under-rated as a outcome in life.
“I try to find my way in the world. So I go down paths that haven’t been traveled before and I usually mess up, but I learn, I come back stronger.”
The process of discovering product market fit is iterative. Almost no startup finds product market fit with exactly what was envisioned from the start. For example, Twitter was originally a company called Odeo and wanted to find product market fit in podcasting. Flickr started as an online role-playing game called Game Neverending. Instagram began a check-in app named Burbn. This sequence is essential: (1) do a lot of experiments using the scientific method as you try to create and then operate a business and (2) measure everything you do and the results of what you do and (3) evolve and iterate based on feedback from that process (which never ends).
“The only thing that comes to a sleeping man is dreams.”
If a founder is not willing to do the work necessary to create the business, they will fail. An extreme example of someone not doing the work was Color Labs co-founder and CEO Bill Nguyen. A news report once wrote this account: “According to several sources close to the company, Nguyen has not been seen at Color Lab’s Palo Alto headquarters for more than two months. The speculation was that Nguyen was ‘probably either in Tahoe or Hawaii.’” The financial result of this lack of work at Color Labs was what you would expect.
I spent 6 years at a startup after joining a company known as Teledesic as the fourth employee. I never worked harder of felt more alive in a work setting. I spent very little time being what Tupac called “a sleeping man” in those years. People involved in Teledesic worked incredibly hard. As just one example, I flew 500,00 air miles a year for five years in a row. People worked every day and often late into the night. One of the investors in the startup was Bill Gates who set the standard for hard work. CNBC tells this story about the early years at Microsoft:
“In a 2016 interview with BBC Radio, Gates shared just how work-obsessed he used to be. “I was quite fanatical about work,” he said. “I worked weekends. I didn’t really believe in vacations.” Unsurprisingly, this work ethic transferred to employees. “I had to be a little careful not to apply my standards on to how hard they worked,” he said. However, that didn’t stop him from tracking which employees were working the longest hours. “I knew everybody’s license plates so I could look out in the parking lot and see when did people come in [and] when were they leaving,” Gates told the BBC. Paul Allen said as much in a 2011 first-person article for Vanity Fair. “Microsoft was a high-stress environment because Bill drove others as hard as he drove himself,” wrote Allen. “He was growing into the taskmaster who would prowl the parking lot on weekends to see who’d made it in.”
Startups are “all in.” If someone can succeed with a startup while not working hard or making any sacrifices, well good for them. I will say that exactly zero examples jump to mind to support this alternative view.
“No one knows my struggle, they only see the trouble. Not knowing how hard it is to carry on when no one loves you.” “Long live the rose that grew from concrete when no one else even cared.”
If a founder’s ability to sustain the effort necessary to build a successful business is dependent on outside validation happening throughout the process of creating the business, the probability the founder will succeed is tiny. The author of High Growth Handbook Elad Gil points out: “As the founder of a high growth successful startup, you may feel like you are constantly failing. You are not alone in this.”
I’m looking forward to releasing my review of Scott Belsky’s soon to be released book The Messy Middle, but for now I am embargoed. But Belsky has already written about what Tupac is talking about previously on his on his blog:
“In reality, the middle is extraordinarily volatile—a continuous sequence of ups and downs, expansions and contractions. Once the honeymoon period of starting a new journey dissipates, reality hits you. Hard. You’ll feel lost and then you’ll find a new direction; you’ll make progress and then you’ll stumble.”
“Never surrender, it’s all about the faith you got; don’t ever stop, just push it ‘till you hit the top and if you drop, at least you know you gave your all to be true to you, that way you can never fail.”
The best founders are missionaries. They are motivated by more than money. It is that non-monetary motivation that can sustain them through the rough spots. Mercenaries sometimes succeed, but it happens far less often. John Doerr was the first person to use this metaphor:
“You never know how strong you can be until being strong is the only choice you have left.” “Tomorrow I wake with second wind and strong because of pride. I know I fought with all my heart to keep the dream alive.”
Founders and startup employees often find they are stronger than they ever thought possible. There are companies like Open Table that almost died after the Internet bubble ended and yet rose again to success. They went through some very tough years before finding success. Ben Horowitz chronicles the power of staying strong as Tupac suggests during tough times in his book The Hard Thing about Hard Things.
“You can spend minutes, hours, days, weeks, or even months over-analyzing a situation; trying to put the pieces together, justifying what could’ve, would’ve happened… or you can just leave the pieces on the floor and move the f*** on.”
Charlie Munger makes the same point as Tupac in this way: “It’s important to review your past stupidities so you are less likely to repeat them, but I’m not gnashing my teeth over it or suffering or enduring it. I regard it as perfectly normal to fail and make bad decisions. I think the tragedy in life is to be so timid that you don’t play hard enough so you have some reverses.”
“I’m not saying I’m gonna change the world, but I guarantee that I will spark the brain that will change the world.”
Josh Wolfe makes the same point in this way: “The detritus in this wave becomes the combinatorial fodder for the next wave. And today, the cost of capital is so low that it acts like a tractor beam, pulling far future ideas to the present.” Nassim Taleb similarly believes: Most of you will fail, disrespected, impoverished, but we are grateful for the risks you are taking and the sacrifices you are making for the sake of the economic growth of the planet and pulling others out of poverty. You are the source of our antifragility. Our nation thanks you.”
“I believe that everything that you do bad comes back to you.”
Reputation takes many years to create, but only minutes to destroy. Warren Buffet says: “If you think about that, you’ll do things differently.” One example of this happened at Salomon Brothers and resulted in a dramatic period in Buffett’s life. The LA Times wrote at the time: “Today people scratch their heads in wonder that Gutfreund jettisoned his career to protect Mozer. In testimony, [the CEO Buffett put in place] Maughan called Gutfreund’s actions ‘inexplicable and inexcusable.” Some suggest it was hubris, but others say Gutfreund may simply have been trying to hang onto his job. The result was a dramatic resignation by [the Salomon Chairman and CEO] Gutfreund. In a statement the CEO stated: “we cannot let our unfortunate mistake of not taking prompt action, when in April we learned of one unauthorized bid at a February Treasury auction to harm the firm.”
“There’s nobody in the business strong enough to scare me.”
Every startup or business must face competition. Being fearless to a fault is positively correlated with success. The best book I have read about being an entrepreneur is Shoe Dog by Nike founder Phil Knight. If you are interested in business and have not read this book, what exactly are you reading? Speaking of Phil Knight this is a great story about being brave told by Knight’s cousin Doug Houser:
In 1973, Blue Ribbon Sports and Knight filed a lawsuit in federal court in Portland against Onitsuka. The lawsuit “alleged that (Onitsuka) had breached their contract by soliciting new distributors and demanding that Knight sign over control of BRS for the right to go on distributing Tigers,” says Kenny Moore’s book, Bowerman and the Men of Oregon. Federal Judge James Burns ultimately issued a ruling that entitled Blue Ribbon Sports to damages but allowed both the U.S. company and Onitsuka to continue selling identical shoes. Critically, though, only Blue Ribbon was allowed to sell them under their U.S. trademarked names, including the Cortez. Onitsuka appealed but eventually sought an out-of-court monetary settlement rather than re-fight in court. Houser said: “they came up with a figure we felt was great. At the time it was an awful lot of money and it was to be confidential. And still is. Knight and Houser were asked to come to the San Francisco office of the law firm that represented Onitsuka. The pair was under the impression that they’d sign papers and there would be a transfer of funds into a Blue Ribbon account. “So Knight and I go down and we appear in the San Francisco lawyers’ conference room,” Houser said. “And they have an old steamer trunk. Looks like a casket. A big steamer trunk, filled with cash.” The Onitsuka lawyer explained the unorthodox payment method as the result of the difficulty of transferring money out of Japan. He encouraged Knight and Houser to sign some documents. “And I said, ‘Is that X dollars?’” Houser said. “And they gulped and said, ‘Well no. It’s illegal to bring that much money out of Japan. And we couldn’t’ bring it all. That’s all you get. But it’s a lot of money and you ought to sign.’ They knew we were desperate and needed money badly. “But it was grossly unprofessional. Grossly wrong. Morally wrong. Everything about it stunk. “And Knight said, ‘Eff you. We’re out of here.’ “And we left the conference room and went out into the lobby, punched the elevator button and just like in the movies, just when the elevator opened, the conference room door opened and they hollered, ‘Don’t’ leave. We’ve got the rest of the money.’ “So we went back into the conference room, they opened a door to an adjoining conference room where there was a second steamer trunk and they said, ‘Now sign the papers.’ “And at that point we said, ‘We’re not signing anything until a bank has counted the money and we have a certificate of deposit in the company’s name. This could be counterfeit for all we know and you guys have no credibility whatsoever.’ “I called the Bank of America, explained our problem at, maybe, 4 o’clock in the afternoon and they said, ‘It’s going to take a while to count that. But we’d be delighted to stay open late and we’ll have an armored car there in about five minutes.’ (The money was in $100 U.S. bills, Houser said.) “And they came and got the steamer trunks and we went to the bank and waited and they gave us our certificate. We signed the release papers. The case was over. We had the certificate of deposit. We went out to celebrate. Had a wonderful dinner and drank too much.”
“Whatever you see you gotta keep a sense of humor; you gotta be able to smile through all the bullshit.”
Laughter and humor are amazing weapons that can be harnessed in creating anything important. Ben Horowitz said once: “As a startup CEO, I slept like a baby. I woke up every 2 hours and cried.” Humor is everywhere if you know who to find it. It does not need to be found in jokes or stores but that are one important source:
A family had twin boys, who had very different personalities even though they were identical twins. One boy was an eternal optimist, the other a complete pessimist. Just to see what would happen, on the twins’ birthday their father loaded the pessimist’s room with a huge pile of toys and games. In the optimist’s room, he brought in a huge pile of horse manure. That night the father visited the pessimist’s room and found him sitting next to his new gifts crying bitterly. “Why are you crying?” the father asked. “Because my friends will be jealous, I’ll have to read all these instructions before I can do anything with this stuff, I’ll constantly need batteries, and my toys will eventually get broken,” answered the pessimist twin. The father then went to the optimist twin’s room and father found him happily digging deep in the pile of manure. “What are you so happy about?” the father asked. The optimist twin replied: “There’s got to be a pony in here somewhere!”
Two friends, one an optimist and the other a pessimist, could never quite agree on anything it seemed. The optimist hatched a plan to pull his friend out of his pessimistic thinking. The optimist owned a hunting dog that could walk on water. His plan was to take the pessimist and the dog out duck hunting in a boat. They got out into the middle of the lake, and the optimist brought down a duck. The dog immediately walked out across the water, retrieved the duck, and walked back to the boat. The optimist looked at the pessimistic friend and said: “What do you think about that?” The pessimist replied: “That dog can’t swim, can he?”
Phil Knight story https://www.oregonlive.com/playbooks-profits/index.ssf/2015/10/post_74.html
Elad Gil: http://blog.eladgil.com/2017/08/feelings-of-failure.html
Color Labs: https://techcrunch.com/2012/09/28/color-ceo-nguyen-is-out/
CNBC: https://www.cnbc.com/2018/04/25/bill-gates-memorized-microsoft-employees-license-plates-to-track-them.html
Andreessen: http://www.siliconbeat.com/2015/05/11/quoted-marc-andreessen-quotes-from-the-new-yorker-piece/
Sinofsky: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/1996-07-14/inside-microsoft
Horowitz: https://www.amazon.com/Hard-Thing-About-Things-Building/dp/0062273205
Belsky: https://www.amazon.com/Messy-Middle-Finding-Through-Hardest/dp/0735218072
How Subscription Business Models are Changing Business and Investing (the Microeconomics of Subscriptions)
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Ode to the Ritz | TribLIVE.com
Ode to the Ritz
Rex Rutkoski
Sun., April 29, 2007 12:00 a.m. | Sunday, April 29, 2007 12:00 a.m.
It’s almost impossible to overestimate the value of a movie theater in a small town, suggests Freeport native Gay Revi.
“It’s a place to meet and greet, a place to laugh or cry together, a place to feed our fantasies, a way to be challenged by new ideas,” Revi says. “Sitting on a couch in front of a TV can’t match the excitement and stimulation that comes from getting with friends to watch a movie together, and then talk about it afterward.”
Revi and fellow members of Freeport Area Historical Society and friends are hoping to strike up the conversation again, decades after the last film flickered in the late 1950s on the screen of the Ritz Theater, the borough’s only movie house.
Like many of the communities throughout the Alle-Kiski Valley that once housed a cinema, the Ritz, believed to have opened in the early 1900s, provided generations of memories for residents.
Revi, the Web master, and the society have launched a Ritz historical Web site in hopes of keeping those memories alive forever: www.peanutheaven.net .
The site takes its name from the balcony section of the Ritz, which was known as Peanut Heaven. In the early 1950s, an admission ticket to one of these relatively posh, padded seats could cost as much as 30 cents.
Unpadded, hard seats in the front rows, where children were expected to sit, were 14 cents. Lightly padded seats in the rows in front of Peanut Heaven were 20 cents.
Those who log on to the Web site are invited to:
• Read and share their stories about the theater and movies they saw there, including their first and worst films.
• Learn more about Freeport native son Don Taylor, actor-director who hitchhiked to Hollywood in 1942 and became a star. Among his work, which likely would have been screened at the Ritz, are his wartime films with John Wayne; Billy Wilder’s “Stalag 17” with William Holden; 1950’s “Father of the Bride,” in which he played Elizabeth Taylor’s husband; the 1948 film noir “The Naked City,” in which he was a young detective; and 1951’s “Father’s Little Dividend,” a comedy with Spencer Tracy.
• Peruse a movie database to refresh their recollections.
• And, what the society believes might prove to be most intriguing, search for and help identify relatives and other people and locations in a gallery of 208 photographs that were taken by a professional photographer who came to Freeport in 1926. In the days before “talkies,” these photos were shown on the Ritz’s screen before the movie began and during intermission.
The photos were painstakingly scanned late last year and early this year by Revi and her husband, Ben, from glass slides loaned to them by Clyde Leri, of Freeport.
Leri discovered them when he bought the closed theater building in about 1962 to use for his contractor business. It was in the decommissioned Ritz where Leri built much of the playground equipment, including the Rocket Ship and the former miniature railroad, for Freeport Community Park.
Through the years, he borrowed an old projector to show the glass slides to civic organizations.
Leri, who will be 81 in June and who still lives next door to the former Ritz location at Market and High streets, across from Freeport Fire Department, recalls that a Tom Mix movie probably was the first one he saw there.
“We would go once a week, stand out in front and wait for somebody to give us pennies to get in,” he says though laughter. (Revi, now a resident of Texas, remembers cashing in pop bottles for a movie ticket.)
In 2005, when his son Dan Leri, who lives in the State College area, discovered the online activities of the Freeport Historical Society, including Revi’s ode to Freeport , Dan felt inspired. He contacted Revi.
“I knew the person behind the Web site work had to be a passionate individual who viewed the documenting, archiving and publication of the history of Freeport as a ministry,” Dan says. “It occurred to me the Ritz Theater glass slide collection that my father carefully preserved all these years may be a wonderful addition to the collection of historical assets of Freeport.”
Equally important, he believes, evolving technologies offered a way to preserve and distribute the photos to people who might be able to identify Freeport’s ancestors in the collection.
“I’d like to see the people who belong to the people in those photos ending up getting those pictures,” Clyde says. Dan hopes that people can experience the emotions the photos evoke.
They would like to see print copies of the slides distributed to Freeport Library, the borough office, Freeport senior center and high-rise, churches and other organizations in the Freeport area to encourage identification of the photos.
(Anyone who would like to have the entire collection of slides on a CD can send a donation of $25 to: Slides, Freeport Historical Society, Box 107, Freeport, Pa, 16229. The society is raising funds to transform a Fifth Street building, donated by Evangel Heights Assembly of God, into a museum and meeting room. The society’s Web site was created by Frank Craig.
Dan also would like to determine whether oral stories (similar to the model of the Story Corps ) could be gathered and linked to individuals identified in the photos. “I would like to see the oral stories project taken on by a passionate high school teacher at Freeport to determine if interested students could do all or parts of the project as part of their course work. Such projects are rated very highly by most colleges as part of an entrance criteria,” he says.
Revi was excited at the opportunity to preserve the photos and immediately volunteered to assume the undertaking and, eventually, created the Ritz Web site. “She was the true catalyst for the Ritz project,” Dan says.
“My husband Ben and I were astounded when we opened the box of slides and started looking at them. What treasures: an immediate glimpse into the past,” Revi says. “When we put the pictures onto the Web site, we deliberately chose to let them flicker as they come into view, almost as though they are ghosts shyly emerging from the past to tell us about themselves.” (She can be reached via e-mail )
Each time he looks at the photos, Dan says, he has a deep sense of appreciation. “It is an appreciation for the town our ancestors built, for the sense of community that was built and maintained through very hard times,” he says.
“This is an important step to re-establishing the connection between the past and present generations.”
The people in the photos helped build Freeport, Revi reminds. “Keeping alive their memory honors them, their hard work and their dedication to building a community,” she says.
Ritz memories
In its day, recalls Al “Gege” Petri, The Ritz Theater was “The” place for entertainment in Freeport.
“It was Technicolor, Cinemascope, new movies twice a week, double features, refreshments and a place where all ages and genders could go,” recalls the Freeport native who now lives in Moon. Petri graduated from Freeport High School in 1961.
During the grade-school years, he and his friends would act out the movie they saw. “We played cowboys and Indians, war, sword fights and the like, but no mushy stuff. No sir, not in that phase,” he recalls, laughing.
They cheered when John Wayne and the Calvary came over the hill on the Ritz screen, shouted warnings to Roy Rogers and the other good guys to “Look out!” and laughed from their bellies when Francis the Talking Mule did something funny.
Then, Petri adds, the “adolescence or the hormone years” arrived. “We still hung out with our group, but we started to stray on occasion, and would enter the Ritz a little cautious with a girl, and try and sit where our buddies couldn’t see us. Thank God for Peanut Heaven!”
With dating, moviegoing also became more expensive, he says. “Two soft seat tickets were 50 cents, and don’t forget we were now feeding two,” he says, laughing again. “But a buck still went a long way. All in all, a pretty good era.”
It certainly was in his era, too, recalls Paul Blystone, 84, a 1940 graduate of Freeport High School now residing in Hayes, Va. “We had lots of fun then, although most of us were sure not rich. It didn’t take a lot of money to have fun. It may make some of the folks now appreciate the things they take for granted and realize how lucky they are.”
Marlene Osheskie, of Allegheny Township, who was 10 in 1953 when her family moved from Freeport, remembers her aunt giving her and her cousin 19 cents on Monday evenings to go to the movie: 14 cents for the movie and five cents for a candy bar from a machine. “I can remember counting down the rows to the hard seats, which is where our ticket prices entitled us to sit.” she says.
Nancy Reeser, 73, of Buffalo Township, a 1951 graduate of Freeport High School, recalls those hard seats “and sticky floors” well. “My parents did not permit me to sit in Peanut Heaven,” she says.
Joe Wesolosky of Louisville, Ky., grew up in Freeport on Abbott and Costello, Martin and Lewis and Ma and Pa Kettle movies in the mid-1950s. “Where else could you get an evening’s entertainment for 14 cents?” he asks.
Robert “Pat” Ralston, of Freeport, saw his movies for free at the Ritz in 1955 and 1956. He was an usher, making $2 per show. “I saw ‘Student Prince’ so many times that I memorized every lyric to very song in the movie,” he recalls.
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The Death of the Real Superhero of Marvel Comics
Comic Book Heroes vs Real Heroes
The Death of Stan Lee
What Does it Take to be a Real Hero
Stan Lee, the legendary writer, editor, and publisher who was responsible for making Marvel Comics the top comic book company of the 20th Century, died on November 12, 2018. He was 95.
Lee was responsible for creating and co-creating several comic book superheroes who are more popular today than they were when they appeared in the Marvel comic books during the 1960s and ’70s. These superheroes include Spider-man, the Incredible Hulk, Iron Man, Thor, X-Men, Black Panther, the Fantastic Four, Daredevil, and Ant-Man.
The primary reason for Lee’s success was his ability to transform what he called “cardboard figures” into “real flesh-and-blood characters.” His formula for creating superheroes included instilling within them insecurities and character flaws that his readers could identify with.
While some of his characters had trouble paying their rent and getting dates with girls, others struggled with their over-sized egos and the conflicts that arose between them and their loved ones.
Lee also had a way of portraying the villains he created with sympathetic and complex backstories that provided legitimate reasons why the villain turned to the dark side. This created a conflict within the reader because while the reader wanted to have compassion and sympathy for a villain, there was always a conflicting desire to hate the villain.
Most of the superheroes that Lee created acquired their supernatural powers when a scientific-based accident or event failed or went bad. For example, Spider-man acquired his powers after he was bitten by a radioactive spider. The Incredible Hulk materialized after a physically weak, socially withdrawn doctor by the name of Bruce Banner was accidentally exposed to gamma rays. The Fantastic Four acquired their powers after they were exposed to cosmic rays during a scientific mission in outer space.
For many years, Lee didn’t garner much respect because to the outside world, he was nothing more than a comic book writer. He finally received the recognition he deserved when The Walt Disney Company bought Marvel for $4 billion in 2009. At that time, the business media was highly critical of Disney for paying so much money for what was considered to be nothing more than a large collection of comic book characters. It didn’t take Disney long to prove that its critics were wrong. To date, Disney has grossed more than $17.5 billion in worldwide revenue from the movies that have been released with Marvel characters.
So why have the Marvel movies been so popular and generated so much revenue? The primary reasons are because the movies stimulate the imaginations of both children and adults to fantasize about impossible things they would love to be able to do, and allows them to fantasize about powers they would love to possess, but will never be able to acquire.
While I’m a fan of the Marvel movies, I am acutely aware of the fact that while the movies have entertainment value, they also allow viewers to enter into a fantasy world that will never exist for them.
If you think about it, much of the technology that we use today encourages people to regularly escape from reality and enter into a fantasy world in which they are allowed to imagine themselves performing heroic acts.
Social media platforms such as Facebook, YouTube, and Twitter allow people to hide behind their electronic devices and say and do things they would never say or do if they were face to face with another person. While they gladly use movies and social media to live out their fantasies and imagine themselves as heroes and courageous warriors, they have no problem using the social media tools that are at their disposal to criticize, threaten, and insult other people in order to build themselves up.
They want desperately to become heroes without having to endure the sacrifice, humility, fortitude, and courage that are required to become a real hero. One definition of a “hero” is “a man who is admired for his achievements and noble qualities; one who shows great courage.”
I was very fortunate to grow up in a large extended family of men and women who showed great courage and were admired for their achievements and noble qualities. These family members included my parents, grandparents, uncles, aunts, and other relatives. I also benefited greatly from the example and leadership of a handful of my teachers and coaches.
All the people I’m referring to were ordinary people who for various reasons throughout their lives found themselves in situations where they had to rise above their ordinariness so they could do heroic things. But before they were ever able to do anything that was heroic, they first had to become noble.
So how does a person go about becoming noble?
In order to become truly noble, a person must learn and practice the virtues of humility, courage, charity, compassion, loyalty, commitment, tenacity, resilience, empathy, integrity, fortitude, and justice. A person learns these virtues through the instruction and example of parents, siblings, relatives, friends, teachers, and other people who are in a position of influence.
I worry about the majority of children and young people in our country because instead of learning these virtues, they are allowed to waste their precious youth on video games, social media, and a stimulating and seductive 24/7 digital environment that allows them to escape from reality and fantasize about whatever they want, without the need to learn the basic virtues that for thousands of years have been the foundation for which true achievement and nobility have been built.
I’m all for celebrating the life of Stan Lee, the entertainment genius who was known and loved by the millions of fans who populate the Marvel Universe. But let’s not forget the true everyday heroes who do not have supernatural powers, but still manage to do heroic things such as save lives, fight for their country, feed the hungry, give drink to the thirsty, clothe the naked, shelter the homeless, visit the sick, visit the imprisoned, instruct the ignorant, counsel the doubtful, admonish the sinner, and comfort the sorrowful.
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Sister Roberta Houlihan, CSJ says:
Dear Harry and Georgette – thank you once again for sharing your knowledge
with us! I never thought about the comic book characters as ones to imitate.
To me the stories were entertaining, and not much morel
Harry, you’ve been gifted to reveal deeper meanings about various topics, and
I, as one among many, appreciate that talent.
Loving prayers to you and your family, along with the love that accompanies
them. Sister Roberta
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Main » 2017 » July » 16 » Sub-Saharan Africa to Surpass Half a Billion Mobile Subscribers by End of Decade, Finds New GSMA Study
Sub-Saharan Africa to Surpass Half a Billion Mobile Subscribers by End of Decade, Finds New GSMA Study
Sub-Saharan’s Mobile Economy Valued at $110 Billion – 7.7 Per Cent of GDP
DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania-Tuesday, July 11th 2017 [ ME NewsWire ]
(BUSINESS WIRE)-- More than half a billion people across Sub-Saharan Africa will be subscribed to a mobile service by the end of a decade, according to a new GSMA study. The new report, ‘The Mobile Economy: Sub-Saharan Africa 2017’, was published today at the GSMA Mobile 360 – Africa event here. It forecasts that the number of unique mobile subscribers1 in Sub-Saharan Africa will grow from 420 million (43 per cent of the population) at the end of 2016 to 535 million (50 per cent of the population) in 2020, making it the fastest growing region in the world over this period. The report also highlights the Sub-Saharan Africa mobile ecosystem’s growing contribution to regional GDP, jobs, innovation and socio-economic development.
“Sub-Saharan Africa will be a key engine of subscriber growth for the world’s mobile industry over the next few years as we connect millions of previously unconnected men, women and young people across the continent,” said Mats Granryd, Director General of the GSMA. “Mobile is also offering sustainable solutions that address the lack of access to services such as health, education, electricity, clean water and financial services, which still affect large swathes of the population.”
Connecting the Young and Closing the Gender Gap
Subscriber growth is expected to be concentrated in large, underpenetrated markets such as the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Ethiopia, Nigeria and Tanzania, which together will account for half of the 115 million new subscribers expected in Sub-Saharan Africa by 2020. Growth will also focus on currently under-represented segments such as the under-16 age group, which accounts for more than 40 per cent of the population in many countries, and women, who are currently 17 per cent less likely to have a mobile phone subscription than their male counterparts.
Mobile is also a vital tool in delivering digital and financial inclusion in Sub-Saharan Africa. Around 270 million people in the region now access the internet through mobile devices, while the number of registered mobile money accounts has reached 280 million. Mobile operators and others are also leveraging the ubiquity of mobile networks across the region to deliver services that are working towards achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)2 in areas such as energy, water and sanitation, healthcare, and education.
Driving the Regional Economy and Building a Digital Africa
Mobile technologies and services generated $110 billion of economic value in Sub-Saharan Africa in 2016, equivalent to 7.7 per cent of regional GDP3 – a figure expected to grow to $142 billion (8.6 per cent of GDP) by 2020. The mobile ecosystem also directly and indirectly supported approximately 3.5 million jobs in the region last year, and made a $13 billion contribution to the public sector in the form of taxation.
Local mobile operators have invested $37 billion in their networks over the past five years, mainly to deploy new 3G/4G mobile broadband networks. About a third of mobile connections in region were running on mobile broadband networks at the end of last year, forecast to rise to 60 per cent by 2020. These new networks – alongside rising smartphone adoption – are driving demand for digital content and services.
“As Sub-Saharan Africa transitions to higher levels of mobile engagement, underpinned by growing access to mobile data services and smart devices, we are seeing a flourishing mobile ecosystem emerge, supported by growing investments by operators and others in mobile-focused start-ups and tech hubs,” added Granryd. “Building this digital society requires collaboration between governments and the mobile industry to develop the policies and programmes that create the right incentives for innovation and an enabling environment for extending connectivity to all.”
The new report ‘The Mobile Economy: Sub-Saharan Africa 2017’ is authored by GSMA Intelligence, the research arm of the GSMA. To access the full report and related infographics, please visit: http://www.gsma.com/mobileeconomy
Mobile 360 – Africa
The 2017 GSMA Mobile 360 Series – Africa is the third in a series of eight industry-focused events held in major cities across the world. For information on Mobile 360 – Africa, please visit www.mobile360series.com/africa. Follow developments and updates on Mobile 360 – Africa (#m360Africa) on Twitter @GSMA, on Facebook www.facebook.com/Mobile360Series and LinkedIn on www.linkedin.com/company/gsma-mobile-360-series.
About the GSMA
The GSMA represents the interests of mobile operators worldwide, uniting nearly 800 operators with more than 300 companies in the broader mobile ecosystem, including handset and device makers, software companies, equipment providers and internet companies, as well as organisations in adjacent industry sectors. The GSMA also produces industry-leading events such as Mobile World Congress, Mobile World Congress Shanghai, Mobile World Congress Americas and the Mobile 360 Series of conferences.
1 A unique mobile subscriber represents an individual that can account for multiple SIM connections
2 The United Nations member states adopted a set of 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in September 2015. The SDGs set a number of targets, including ending poverty, halting climate change, and fighting injustice and inequality, by 2030. http://www.gsma.com/betterfuture/
3 GDP contribution includes direct ecosystem contribution (2.6%); indirect contribution (0.7%); and productivity improvements (4.3%).
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Central bank needs to raise rates - columnist
Turkey’s central bank will need to raise interest rates, and the longer it waits, the bigger the move will have to be, said Erdal Sağlam, a columnist at Hürriyet newspaper.
Turkey is the most vulnerable country of five weak emerging market economies that also include Pakistan, Argentina, Qatar and Egypt, Sağlam said, citing a report by ratings agency Standard & Poor’s. High inflation, along with an unbalanced economy and political risks, means Turkey has entered a period where pressure on the country and the lira will increase, he said.
Turkey’s inflation rate has surged to 11.9 percent after the lira fell 18 percent against the dollar over the past 12 months, causing the price of imported goods and services to jump. President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, who asserts that high interest rates are a cause of inflation, has sought to boost the economy through government-backed loan incentives ahead of presidential elections, due 2019 at the latest. He has also been embroiled in spats with Germany and the U.S., which have put further pressure on the lira.
There is a dominant view in the markets that indirect measures will not be enough. Analysts are saying – while the central bank is trying to give the message with the measures that “I am here” – that the market is expecting a suitable increase in rates to put the brakes on the currency. The central bank may use a few indirect measures it has left, but analysts are saying that they don’t expect them to have much of an effect.
In an effort to arrest losses for the lira, the bank said on Nov. 6 that it would withdraw 5.3 billion lira ($1.4 billion) of lira liquidity from the market and provide $1.4 billion of dollar liquidity to the nation’s banks in a revision to reserve requirements. The lira has gained to 3.84 per dollar from 3.88 per dollar since the move.
The U.S. signalled that a diplomatic crisis with Turkey might be abating on Nov. 3 when it resumed processing visas at its missions in the country. Ankara and Washington mutually suspended all non-immigrant visa services on Oct. 8 after Turkey arrested a U.S. consulate employee, sharply escalating tension between the two NATO allies.
A Dec. 7–8 summit between senior bureaucrats at the European Commission, the European Union’s executive arm, and Turkey will show ties are improving, Deputy Prime Minister Mehmet Şimşek said this week.
In its decision, the central bank also set rediscount rates for foreign exchange earning services and exports due by Feb. 1 at 3.7 lira per dollar and 4.3 for euros. Those payments total about $5 billion.
To read the full article in Turkish
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Eight is enough —
Samsung’s new eight-core Exynos 5 Octa SoC promises not to hog battery
Mix of powerful and power-sipping CPU cores aims for both speed and efficiency.
Andrew Cunningham - Jan 9, 2013 8:55 pm UTC
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Not to be outdone by Nvidia's Tegra 4 announcement and Qualcomm's Snapdragon 800-series announcement, Samsung took to the stage today to announce the next processor in its Exynos 5 lineup: the Exynos 5 Octa is an eight-core SoC destined for tablets and high-end smartphones.
Not all of these CPU cores are created equal: four of them are high-performance Cortex-A15 cores, the very same found in the Exynos 5 Dual that powers the Nexus 10 and Samsung's ARM Chromebook. The other four are Cortex-A7 CPU cores—these have the same feature set and capabilities as the A15 cores, but are optimized for power efficiency rather than performance.
This makes the Exynos 5 Octa one of the first (if not the first) products to actually use ARM's big.LITTLE processor switching technology, something we outlined back in October of 2011. The SoC is designed to dynamically split the workload between the high-performance and the high-efficiency CPU cores based on the task at hand—less strenuous activities like browsing an app store or checking e-mail might be done on the A7 cores, for instance, while gaming and number crunching could be handed off to the A15 cores.
The A15 and A7 cores can work in concert with one another, making it theoretically possible to create a device that can set new speed records without devouring your battery (though of course we'll need to get actual devices in for testing to see how well the technology works in practice.) This differs from Nvidia's Tegra 3 and Tegra 4 SoCs, which include a low-power Cortex-A9 and a Cortex-A15 (respectively) "companion core" that can only be used when all of the SoC's other CPU cores are powered down. There's nothing to say that one approach is inherently better than the other, but while they're conceptually similar, they're functionally quite different.
The new SoC is also built on a 28nm manufacturing process that promises to be more power-efficient than the 32nm process used by the Exynos 5 Dual.
Samsung didn't name a particular GPU while it was on stage, but did say that it featured "twice the performance of any previous-generation processor." Assuming that "previous generation" includes chips like Samsung's own Exynos 4, we're probably talking about the same Mail-T604 GPU found in the Exynos 5 Dual, which in our Nexus 10 benchmarks turned in performance roughly twice that of the Exynos 4 (though if we find any evidence to dispute that fact we'll update this article).
Andrew Cunningham Andrew wrote and edited tech news and reviews at Ars Technica from 2012 to 2017, where he still occasionally freelances; he is currently a lead editor at Wirecutter. He also records a weekly book podcast called Overdue.
Twitter @AndrewWrites
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