That literary giant, Glenn Beck, has a new book out: It Is About Islam.
And it spent the last week on the New York Times best seller list.
Chew on that for a few seconds.
From the reviews I’ve read, the title should be “I’m a raging Islamaphobe.”
Bob Lord
Dystopia in Seattle and the Perverse Productivity Effect
Developments related to Seattle’s recent decision to raise the minimum wage to $15 per hour epitomize the ineptitude of our political discourse from both the right and the left, and reveal a dangerous disconnect from reality.
A few days ago, a Twitter attack on the left erupted, as conservatives celebrated the replacement of human cashiers at Seattle McDonalds with kiosks, which was presumed to be a reaction to the minimum wage hike. The message? “Hey you stupid liberals, see what you accomplished with your $15 per hour minimum wage? Now those McDonalds workers have no jobs at all. Ha ha.”
Step back and consider what’s going on here.
Kate’s Law Sinking?
When the obfuscation starts, the end is often near.
So, it appears to be with Kate’s Law, the paranoid piece of legislation that would have us spend 2 billion a year to lock up for 5 years all those who re-enter the country after being deported.
Yesterday, I posted The Mystifying Math of Kate’s Law, which really did little more than quote analysis from The Atlantic on the stupefying projected cost of implementing Kate’s Law.
That drew a sharp response from Paula Pennypacker, who contended that Kate’s Law only would apply to “aggravated felons.”
Well, not exactly, Paula.
The Mystifying Math of Kate’s Law
After seeing yet another Paula Pennypacker rant on Facebook today, it struck me that the math of Kate’s law, which would place all those who re-enter the U.S. after deportation behind bars for 5 years. must be absurd. One minute into my research, I found this in The Atlantic: The Trouble with Kate’s Law. First, the prison population increase:
In July, a group of legislators introduced the Establishing Mandatory Minimums for Illegal Reentry Act of 2015, popularly known as Kate’s Law. On Wednesday, the U.S. Sentencing Commission estimated that Kate’s Law would expand the federal prison population by over 57,000 prisoners, according to Families Against Mandatory Minimums, a nonprofit organization that supporters sentencing reform.
The cost:
Questions for Scott Walker
Scott Walker has taken the position that abortion should not be legal even if the life of the mother is at risk. This goes even beyond those, like Huckabee, Rubio and Carson, who oppose exceptions in cases of rape or incest. And, get this, according to a new Quinnipiac University poll, 9% of Americans agree. … Read more