If this new Homeland Security agency called Victims of Immigration Crime Engagement were properly staffed it would be a part-time job, given that according to a 2015 Cato Institute study the numbers show that immigrants commit fewer crimes than native-born Americans. But that’s not good enough for Trump’s followers. They firmly believe immigrants make America …
Taken way too soon at age 33, here’s Eva Cassidy from “Live at Blues Alley” singing Paul Simon’s “Bridge Over Troubled Water.”
Oust millions of people from the economy and just watch the G.D.P. drop. Source: The Immigration Facts Donald Trump Doesn’t Like – The New York Times I differ slightly with the Times’s headline. I don’t think Trump knows the facts, and I don’t think he’s interested in hearing them. I think he’s fixated on being …
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A friend of 36 years passed away last June, and today there was a scattering of ashes and a celebration of his life at Queen’s Surf Beach in Waikiki. There were probably 60-70 people there. Our relationship was primarily one of working together until we both moved on from those jobs, and then it was …
Ladies and germs, this is the website for the House Republican’s plan to replace the Affordable Care Act. There is a plan to get there The House Republican Healthcare Plan lowers costs, provides more control and more choices to pick a plan that meets our needs, not a plan that Washington mandates. That’s it. Oh, …
News Item: How Trump’s campaign staffers tried to keep him off Twitter They feed him as much praise as they can find in the media. The key to keeping Trump’s Twitter habit under control, according to six former campaign officials, is to ensure that his personal media consumption includes a steady stream of praise. And …
Last night I found an old Joni Mitchell cut. Joni, of course, is from Saskatchewan. Let’s hear one (well, four, really) from the Winnipeggers. Enjoy the patter between songs.
More CD cataloging music. From Joni’s 1974 Court and Spark album. I’m pretty sure that’s Tom Scott on the horn. I’ve got 301 CDs in the database so far. Maybe another 100 to go? I’m not sure.
A while back Library Thing made some programming changes which allowed its users to catalog their music and movie libraries. I have heretofore been keeping a spreadsheet of my CD and Vinyl music collections, but the widget I used to use to convert Excel to HTML doesn’t work with Open Office spreadsheets and it’s a …
Wasn’t that Presidential press conference today fun? Here’s some news that isn’t. Trump, his wife and his kids are costing the US Treasury a fortune because of their travel and their separate households. To add insult to injury, For Trump, the costs come with an additional perk: Some of the money flows into his own …