Wednesday, July 4, 2018
Tuesday, July 3, 2018
Blunder...
Democrats have an opportunity to position themselves as the ascendant party for years to come. But that assumes they don’t commit their usual blunders, which they appear to be doing right now on immigration with an “Abolish ICE” campaign.
Abolishing the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency is not a message the mainstream will buy. In fact, it plays right into Trump’s tweeting hands as Democrats’ weakness on border security.
In the 2016 election 35% of voters identified themselves as conservative while only 26% said they were liberal. The largest group 39% called themselves moderates. Forming a liberal-moderate alliance is a necessity for Democrats.
Immigration policies should strive to keep the flow of illegal immigration at manageable levels. This requires strong border enforcement and an acknowledgment that the law must have a meaning.
The Democrats’ problem with their ICE campaign is more one of messaging than substance. While the campaign has multiple strands and considerable ambiguities, it does not appear to support ending border enforcement altogether.
Changed...
One day you are going to meet someone in your life, that is going to change everything. They are going to change the way you think about the world, the way you view yourself, and the way you look at everyone else around you.
But one thing is for sure, you will be forever changed.
Sweeden...
Sweden may reject the asylum applications of up to 80,000 migrants and should prepare to deport them, the interior minister says. Charter aircraft would be used to deport the migrants but it would take several years.
Some 163,000 migrants applied for asylum in Sweden in 2015, the highest per capita number in Europe.The numbers have fallen significantly since Sweden imposed tighter border controls this year.
Along with Germany, the Scandinavian country is a prime destination for refugees and other migrants entering the EU illegally.
Sweden is stepping up efforts to deport illegal migrants after failed Uzbek asylum seeker killed five people in a truck attack in Stockholm.
Swindle...
The Securities and Exchange Commission charged Dawn Bennett with running a $20 million Ponzi scheme.
The U.S. Attorney's Office in Maryland unsealed criminal charges against her, and an affidavit reveals Ms. Bennett's devotion to witchcraft. This suggested "that Bennett had many times cast a 'hoodoo spell' in hopes of paranormally silencing the SEC attorneys investigating Bennett."
Through her alleged fraud, Ms. Bennett swindled elderly clients of their life savings. To generate interest in the unregistered securities, she offered a whopping, out-sized return of 15% on clients' money.
International...
The voice recording server of First Bank's London branch was hacked into ahead of the theft of more than NT$80 million from some of the ATM machines in Taiwan.
An international ring used malware to have several First Bank ATM machines freely dispense money without the need of a bank card to access the machines. They stole more than NT$83 million.
Thirteen of the 16 suspects fled Taiwan, but police were able to arrest three suspects and retrieve about NT$60 million of the stolen money.
Monday, July 2, 2018
Style...
A massive manhunt was underway for one of France’s most notorious criminals
In an elaborately orchestrated escape, heavily armed commandos landed a hijacked helicopter on the grounds of the lockup near Paris, overwhelmed guards and whisked gangster Redoine Faid to freedom in just a "few minutes," officials said.
Faid’s escape from Reau Prison, south of Paris, marked the second time in less than five years that he has absconded from a maximum-security penitentiary. He was serving a 25-year sentence for a botched 2010 armed robbery in which 26-year-old French police officer Aurélie Fouquet was killed during a gun battle.
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