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Archive for 2020
February 6, 2020
CONSEQUENCES: DHS suspends New Yorkers from Global Entry, other programs. “New York residents will be cut off from ‘trusted traveler’ programs that enable people to quickly return from outside the country because of a new state law that prevents immigration officials from accessing motor vehicle records, a senior Homeland Security official said Thursday. Tens of thousands of New Yorkers whose applications for the programs are pending or will have to renew their enrollment by the end of the year will have to undergo customs and passport checks as they enter the country as a result of the action, said Ken Cuccinelli, acting deputy secretary of the Department of Homeland Security.”
APPARENTLY, HE ACTUALLY IS DEAD, JUST A BIT LATER THAN THE INITIAL REPORT: The Coronavirus Whistleblower Who Gave His Life.
JOHN HINDERAKER: Why Trump Will Be Re-Elected in One Data Point.
Gallup has some fascinating poll data on Americans’ views of their own financial well-being. The headline sums it up: “Record-High Optimism on Personal Finances in U.S.”
Gallup finds that 59% say they are better off than they were a year ago, as opposed to only 20% who say they are worse off. Those are great numbers–interestingly, we are so divided that political affiliation makes a big difference even on a simple question about one’s own finances–but that isn’t the data point I mean.
The most striking finding is this one: 74% say they expect to be better off a year from now than they are today, the highest such finding Gallup has ever recorded.
Don’t get cocky, kids.
I’M SURE HE’S “EVOLVED” BY NOW.
Here's @MikeBloomberg in December 2016 at Oxford explaining how trans rights simply won't fly in the midwest because only the "intelligentsia" can understand why "some man wearing a dress should be in a locker room with their daughter." pic.twitter.com/g6aa8aB1jq
— Walker Bragman (@WalkerBragman) February 6, 2020
A NEW SITE FOR ENERGY NEWS: The Pipeline.
REST IN PEACE, Michael Silence. He was an early newspaper booster of the blogosphere, and I guestblogged for him at his News-Sentinel blog No Silence Here sometimes. A terrific guy, taken from us too soon.
EVENTUALLY, UNIVERSITIES WILL REPLACE PROFESSORS WITH KENYANS WORKING REMOTELY, TOO: Doing Western students’ homework is big business in Kenya. But they won’t replace any administrators. That’s crazy talk.
IN CASE YOU MISSED IT: New U.S. jobless claims fall 15,000 to 202,000 and return close to a 50-year low.
ASKING THE IMPORTANT QUESTIONS: How Do You Say ‘Quidditch’ in Yiddish? The inside story of how ‘Harry Potter’ was translated into Yiddish.
GOOD LUCK WITH THAT. ACOSTA CAN’T ORDER LUNCH WITHOUT A PROMPTER. Jim Acosta Claims Rush Limbaugh Has History Of Racism, His Longtime Producer Asks For List.
Acosta’s a sorry piece of work, but sadly he fits in with today’s journalism pretty solidly.
The left’s demand for racism far exceeds the supply in Trump’s America, and they hate that.
Also related: Tim Scott: Dems ‘lose their minds’ when Trump talks about helping minority communities.
MY COUNTY MAYOR GLENN JACOBS DEFLATES A WINDBAG:
OF COURSE THEY ARE. THINK OF THEM AS DNC OPERATIVES AND YOU WON’T GO FAR WRONG: Sanders Declares Victory in Iowa, Claims Media Are Distorting Results.
TEACHERS IN SOUTH BEND MUST BE INCORRIGIBLY RACIST: Or maybe, just maybe, that isn’t the right explanation.
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