Monday, July 3, 2017
Immigration article from the NY Times this morning
Canada’s Ruthlessly Smart Immigration Policy
During a speech in Iowa last week, in the middle of his red-meat calls for a border wall and tougher immigration enforcement, President Trump called for something decidedly less sanguinary: “a total rewrite of our immigration system into a merit-based system.”
This is one of the few consistent positions the president has held while in office; he called for a similar reform in his State of the Union address, months before. The real surprise, though, is his source of inspiration: Canada.
If it seems weird that Mr. Trump would propose Canada as a model for anything, that’s understandable. Americans, especially conservatives, love to mock their northern neighbor: for its accent, its apologetic manners, its food (oh, poutine) — and above all, for its supposedly softheaded, pinko style of government. And no wonder: With its liberal, tattooed prime minister, its universal health care, its enthusiastic embrace of pot and gay marriage and its generous refugee policies, Canada can sometimes seem downright Scandinavian.
Yet when it comes to immigration, Canada’s policies are anything but effete. Instead, they’re ruthlessly rational, which is why Canada now claims the world’s most prosperous and successful immigrant population.
Thanks Ivan
Sunday, July 2, 2017
Trump: One sick puppy
Even if somehow you are not bothered by Trump's lying, cheating, incoherence, ignorance, immaturity, bullying, xenophobia, law-breaking, OCD, flip-flops and funny appearance, you _should_ be bothered by his misogyny.
He has a very peculiar obsession with women and fluids.
(1) During the primary debates he described Hillary's bathroom break as "disgusting."
(2) He said that Megyn Kelly had "blood coming out of her wherever."
(3) Today he tweeted that Mika Brzezinski “was bleeding badly from a facelift”
Donny is a sick piece of shit, and not a nice man. He deserves to be punished severely.
President Trump angrily lashes out at ‘Morning Joe’ hosts on Twitter
President Trump lashed out at the hosts of MSNBC's “Morning Joe” in two vicious tweets Thursday morning, calling Mika Brzezinski “low I.Q. Crazy Mika” and claiming she had a facelift late last year.
Trump also called Joe Scarborough “Psycho Joe” and said the hosts came to Mar-a-Lago — his private club in Palm Beach, Fla. — three nights in a row around New Year's Eve “and insisted on joining me.” He claimed that Brzezinski “was bleeding badly from a facelift” at the time and that, “I said no!”
Hole in one Teusday golf league
This was my first. But another league player and friend Sylvain Rochefort did the same on hole #6. Both the same night.
RARE
Congratulations Ivan
An atheist was walking through the woods.
'What majestic trees!
'What powerful rivers !
'What beautiful animals!
He said to himself.
Suddenly, he heard a rustling in the bushes behind him.
He turned to look .... . . And saw a 7-foot grizzly bear charge towards him.He ran as fast as he could along the path.
He looked over his shoulder & saw that the bear was closing on him .... He looked over his shoulder again, and the bear was even closer .... And then ..... He tripped and fell.
Rolling over to pick himself up, he found the bear was right on top of him ......... Reaching towards him with its left paw ..... And raising the right paw to strike ...
At that instant the Atheist cried out,'Oh my God!'
Time Stopped ...
The bear froze ......
The forest was silent ....
A bright light shone upon the man,
And a voice came out of the sky ...
"You deny my existence for all these years,
You teach others I don't exist
And even credit creation to cosmic accident ........
Do you expect me to help you out of this predicament?"
"Am I to count you as a believer?"
The atheist looked directly into the light ....
"It would be hypocritical of me to suddenly ask you to treat me as a Christian now ...
But perhaps you could make the BEAR a Christian?"
... A pause ...
"Very well," said the voice ...
The light went out.
The sounds of the forest resumed ...
The bear dropped his right arm ...
Brought both paws together ...
Bowed his head & spoke..."Lord, bless this food, which I am about to receive.Amen."
Thanks Kerry
Saturday, July 1, 2017
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