Archive for 2019

WELCOME TO 2019:

CAMP OF THE SAINTS, CARIBBEAN EDITION: Tiny Turks and Caicos overwhelmed by Haitian influx.

“We have begged the UK to help. I don’t think they realize how urgent the situation is,” said the archipelago’s housing minister, Goldray Ewing.

“As a British territory we don’t have our own defense force. We told them it’s an invasion and a national crisis. There’s no other way to describe it.” . . .

Ewing, the housing minister, says repatriation costs for a boat carrying 187 people that landed on the island of Salt Cay on January 17 topped $300,000.

Opposition leader Washington Misick argued the Haitian government could not be counted on to stem the flow of migrants — while noting that its economy benefited from the remittances they send home.

“The situation poses an existential threat to our islands and our way of life,” he said.

But the Haitians prepared to make the treacherous voyage say it is their only hope for a better future.

In these times, it might be better to be aligned with a nation with fewer human rights scruples. That’s an unfortunate incentive plan.

OPEN THREAD: Party on.

A STRONG REVIEW FOR ELIZABETH WARREN’S CAMPAIGN OPENING SPEECH: “I appreciate a great speech. And Elizabeth Warren just delivered the hell out of one. If you’re not willing to concede that, then I think you can’t distinguish form from substance. Much of what she said was about the troubles of the middle class, and it sounded a lot like Trump. There were many times when I said out loud, ‘This is like Trump.’ And she got a crowd reaction that reminded me of Trump’s. People cheered and chants got going.”

THE CAPTAIN MARVEL MOVIE WEBSITE IS a blast from 1995.

ALEXANDRA OCASIO-CORTEZ’S “GREEN NEW DEAL” DOCUMENT WAS SUCH AN EMBARRASSMENT THEY TOOK IT DOWN. How hard is the press working to protect her from the consequences of her own idiocy? This hard:

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KURT SCHLICHTER: Tell The Social Justice Warrior Mobs To Go Pound Sand.

Also, sue them, mock them, name and shame them, and otherwise make them sick of their own tactics. Even a flatworm is smart enough to turn away from pain.