Etaoin Shrdlu

If God has an issue with this, He's free to write a formal letter to the Federal Election Commission asking for them to look into the matter. If the FEC does not receive a formal letter from God, then I guess there's nothing to be done.

Years ago, Mrs. Shrdlu suspended CDs on fishing line around the balcony and other parts of the house where pigeons used to congregate. She had heard that the CDs would repel the pigeons. I told her it would be futile because few pigeons could afford CD players and those that could might end up liking the music on the CDs and hang around even more. We finally solved the problem by installing strips of spikes on all window ledges and other horizontal surfaces as well as boarding up all areas under the eaves where they could nest. Haven't had any pigeons around the house in years.

No difference.

And to avoid "poisoning the blood", right?

As I said previously, I have no issue with having control over who comes into the US. My point is that mass deportation would have a severe negative impact on the US economy. While I found an article that supports the theory that some native Americans are affected by immigrant labor, I can't find any articles that say mass deportation would be a positive factor for the US economy or for any segment of the labor force. I am troubled by statements like "poisoning the blood of our country" used in reference to immigrants, which are quite reminiscent of the rhetoric of a certain Austrian fellow in the last century. These words rise above dog whistle.

In between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, Tump honors the Jewish victims of October 7 by playing Village People's YMCA. https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-ends-october-7-memorial-144146452.html Real class, huh?

I found many articles online that state that immigrant labor is a net positive for the US economy. This is but one example: https://www.brookings.edu/articles/do-immigrants-steal-jobs-from-american-workers/ Most articles with this viewpoint come from organizations that could be called "left of center", so I kept looking for articles that were written by organizations that come from the right of the political spectrum and found this: https://www.cato.org/blog/three-reasons-why-immigrants-arent-going-take-job Granted, Cato is Libertarian, but to me that's right-wing on steroids. Then I came across this economist's article in Politico: https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2016/09/trump-clinton-immigration-economy-unemployment-jobs-214216/ He's a bit of an outlier, but I find his arguments interesting. I note Borjas does not call for building a border wall or for mass deportation or curtailing immigration. Instead he seems to be in favor of redistributing the surplus profits that immigrant labor generates via taxes. Then I found this article that would seem to undermine at least part of Borjas's position: https://www.urban.org/urban-wire/immigrant-and-native-workers-compete-different-low-skilled-jobs I haven't yet found any serious articles from credible sources that promote the idea that mass deportation of immigrants is beneficial to America or to any segment of the labor force.

Why aren't the industries that currently rely upon "illegals" employing legal guest workers instead? Should there be harsher penalties for employing those without permission to work?

Bob Woodward is claiming in his new book that Trump secretly sent Covid test kits to Putin in 2020 when there was a shortage in the US. https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/other/trump-secretly-sent-covid-tests-to-putin-during-2020-shortage-new-book-says/ar-AA1rTpf7 Perhaps this is thanks for the election interference that Russia carried out in 2016.

Felony, certainly. Misdemeanor? I would suggest applying the same standard as is used for non-citizens lawfully in the US. Some misdemeanors are deportable offenses, some are not always so. I agree that stricter border controls are necessary. A law was formulated to work towards that. It had bipartisan support including many Trump supporters in congress, but Trump killed it because it would destroy one of his talking points for his re-election campaign. Not sure about asylum seekers. Seekers of asylum due to political persecution at the hand of the government of their home country shouldn't be imprisoned. I'm thinking of those who were fortunate enough to leave Nazi Germany in the 1930s or defectors from the Soviet Union and similar. I suspect that there are similar situations today.I'm not sure that asylum is appropriate for those who are in reality economic migrants or are simply trying to get away from lawlessness in their home countries. I think a distinction needs to be made between having effective immigration policies, including better control of the border, and mass deportations.

Can you provide a link to an article from a credible source that discusses where this native American or legal alien workforce will come from?

I have no issue with screening and deporting immigrants that commit non-immigration related felonies in the US or have criminal records in their home countries. That's selective deportation, not mass deportation as Donald Trump is calling for. It doesn't matter which administration was in power when they entered the US or committed a felony. Whether done by a Democrat or Republican administration, jailing mothers with small children for immigration offenses is wrong.

Here are a couple of articles that discuss both the direct costs to deport "illegals" and the indirect costs that mass deportation would have on the economy. https://www.americanimmigrationcouncil.org/research/mass-deportation https://www.piie.com/blogs/realtime-economics/2024/mass-deportations-would-harm-us-economy This isn't a tired old shibboleth.

Legally or not, the consequences to the US economy would be huge. Attempts at mass deportation will also be blocked by the right wing who own businesses that depend upon the cheap and docile labor that "illegals" provide. The vast majority of the "illegals" came of their own volition and on their own dime. Nobody "brought them here". The only people who were "brought here" came via the Middle Passage long ago. But that's another issue entirely.

An article's age doesn't render the content false. Unfortunately, fact-checked journalism is often behind paywalls while conspiracy theories usually aren't. I guess that's one of the reasons why conspiracy theories gain so many adherents. Here's discussion of the article and it's not behind a paywall. https://thehill.com/latino/429136-more-than-100-undocumented-immigrants-worked-at-trumps-bedminster-resort-during/

If all "illegals" were deported, I wonder who would work in meatpacking plants, construction sites, pick fruits and vegetables in the hot sun, and perform all kinds of menial jobs that native Americans either shun or are too strung out on fentanyl or meth to do. Even Trump hires them for his projects and facilities: https://wapo.st/481hgNa

So there's a Jewish cabal, is there? There was this Austrian guy with a mustache that caused a bit of a to-do in Europe in the last century. I guess he still has friends. Harris was raised by her mother after age 5. Her father did not play a significant role in her upbringing.

You mean the Jewish space lasers don't work?

The-issue of Hunter Biden's laptop has left the room because Joe Biden is no longer a candidate for President and has lost its usefulness to the MAGA crowd. The laptop issue has been covered in depth by both the likes of WaPo and NYP, so It's gotten plenty of exposure from both political sides. If you are jonesing for laptop coverage, call Rupert Murdoch and demand that the New York Post gin up some more false outrage. But I don't think there's any mileage left in it and perhaps that's what is so annoying for the MAGAs.

King's Mountain, the location of the lithium deposits, is near Charlotte, not Asheville, and is not in the area most affected by Helene.

Another false MAGA talking point. Kamala Harris's parents split when she was 5 years old and her father, the economics professor, wasn't closely involved in her upbringing. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/04/us/politics/kamala-harris-father.html?unlocked_article_code=1.Qk4.dd-T.c0jgE4gdvfjZ&smid=url-share

MTG isn't a US senator, thankfully. She represents the 14th Congressional District in the state of Georgia, so she's one of 435 members of the House of Representatives. But you're right, it is difficult to imagine what her constituents must be like.

In the US, states do make some information available to the public.

Perhaps he is.

Back in the day, Thai had some Scandinavian pilots in the planes. There was an agreement with SAS to provide them.