So, Israel tweaks its ID cards So the Republicans made a big deal about everybody needing an identity card in order to vote. The Democrats, probably correctly, saw this is an effort to cut a few more votes off from the totals Democrats get from poor people… People who may not be able to afford [&h[...]
Posts Tagged ‘Immigration’
December 24th, 2014 - 12:27 pm § in Politics
Judge dismisses Sheriff Arpaio’s immigration lawsuit
A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit against President Obama’s immigration policy filed by Joe Arpaia and his lawyer, Larry Klayman. This is a major legal defeat for two of America’s noisiest rightwing crackpots. But I’m sure they didn’t expect to win; this was a publicity[...]
President Obama on Immigration
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December 3rd, 2014 - 2:04 pm § in Hypocrisy
FACEBOOK: on those damn illegal immigrants
Joseph Larson I know a farmer in WI. that pays cash for Mexican help. One night some guys came out to the barn and took all the money these guys had thinking they would get the weeks wages. Actually they got way more than that, they got the money saved up for a once a […][...]
December 1st, 2014 - 2:19 pm § in Politics
GOP Takes Revenge Against Obama By Screwing The Working Poor
“With negotiators nearing an accord on permanent tax breaks for businesses worth $440 billion over 10 years, President Obama … promised a veto. … Left off were … a permanently expanded earned-income credit and a child tax credit for the working poor. Friday night, Republic[...]
November 22nd, 2014 - 6:48 pm § in Politics
Seattle Times Editors Take GOP To Woodshed On Immigration Reform
The GOP’s stubborn resistance to immigration reform is so stupid and counterproductive even the rightwing Seattle Times editorial board can’t condone it. In an editorial published today the Seattle Times said, “President Obama is right to take action on the broken U.S. immigration system. The[...]
November 20th, 2014 - 10:59 am § in Politics
GOP Senator Expects Conservatives To Riot Against Immigration Order
U.S. Senator Tom Coburn (R-OK) warned today that President Obama’s executive order on immigration could spark violent riots. “The country’s going to go nuts, because they’re going to see it as a move outside the authority of the president, and it’s going to be a very serious situation,[...]
November 15th, 2014 - 9:54 pm § in Politics
Obama Should Stuff Immigration Reform Down The GOP’s Throat
When a rightwing magazine’s most rightwing columnist says Boehner is being unreasonable by not allowing a House vote on the Senate immigration bill, you know for sure that something’s up. First, though, let’s examine Barrons political columnist Jim McTague’s credentials. He&[...]
November 4th, 2014 - 2:25 pm § in Schools & Colleges, The Ave Scene
UK Angst Over Decline in Nobels to Brits
The Answer? Britain Needs to Encourage Immigration! The Nobel Prize winner for physiology or medicine reminded those who would celebrate Britain’s scientific prowess to beware an immigration policy that threatens to blunt such brilliance. Having come to Britain to work at University College London[...]