CHINA IS TAKING CAREFUL NOTES ON EGYPT AS IT LEARNS LESSONS ON HOW TO SURVIVE IN A TUMULT OF MASS PROTESTS.
(Asia Times)
Italian columnist Francesco Sisci notes that Chinese leaders are relatively “comfortable” in the face of the revolts sweeping the Middle East, feeling that the situation may weaken the position of their chief rival, the United States, and that by a “prudent” policy of reform they will be able to circumvent violent mass demands for popular sovereingty.
ICE ENFORCEMENT STRATEGY IS NOT FORCING UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANTS OUT OF THE U.S. IT IS FORCING THEM INTO THE UNDERGROUND ECONOMY.
(In These Times)
New study by Immigration Policy Center concludes that workplace audits in which employers are forced to fire workers if they are found to be undocumented is resulting in fired workers seeking marginal employment which is inadequate to their maintenance needs and extremely harmful to the companies from which they were fired.
WILL NEW YORK REPUBLICANS COOPERATE WITH A PLAN TO SLAY THE GERRYMANDER THAT SUSTAINS THEIR LEGISLATIVE CONTROL?
(New York Times)
The current districts in the state are heavily skewed toward maintaining Republican majority in a state with a majority of registered Democrats. As Governor Cuomo, enthusiastically supported by former NYC Mayor Edward Koch, proposes an “independent commission” for “fair” redistricting, no Republican legislator has yet co-signed a bill to accomplish this despite their protestations of support for fair districts.
THE TEXAS OF TODAY IS THE U.S. OF TOMORROW.
(USA Today)
Sociologist at Rice University makes this statement, as new Census releases show 65% of rapid population growth in the state since 2000 is of Hispanic origin, and that now 38% of the population is Hispanic. This boom is fed both from high fertility of the resident Hispanic population and the increasing immigration of Mexicans escaping drug cartels and other unstable conditions in that country.
TOLL-TAKERS ON FLORIDA’S TURNPIKE WILL SOON BECOME A REMNANT OF “OLD FLORIDA.“
Tampa Tribune/Paul Lamison
(Miami Herald)
Tomorrow a 47-mile stretch of the turnpike from Florida City to Miramar becomes cash-free, as toll collection is automated by Sun Passes and validated license plates, leaving some 270 toll-takers without jobs. This is but the first step in a multi-year project for total automation. No more of those romantic stories of toll-takers smitten by charms of the handsome guy in the north-bound yellow 68 Cadillac.
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Quote of the day…
Are we actually safer if we get rid of police, firefighters, and teachers here in the U.S., while essentially hiring hordes of police and military personnel to secure Afghanistan?
Tom Engelhardt, suggesting ways that the U.S. budget deficit could be cut without cutting services essential to internal security
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