Tuesday, January 9, 2018

@20:30, 1/9/18

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Opinion

The Very Stable Genius in the Very Stable White House

Pay no attention to that man behind the curtain.

It dosent look good from here.

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U.S.

From Offices to Disney World, Employers Brace for the Loss of an Immigrant Work Force

The Trump administration’s ending of temporary legal status for Salvadorans and Haitians means that employers who depend on them will have to look harder for help.

"They, like other unauthorized immigrants, have become indispensable parts of certain industries, taking jobs that employers say no one else will and that immigration restrictionists say could attract Americans if companies were willing to pay more.
“T.P.S. does not exist for the convenience of industries that rely on low-wage foreign labor,” said Ira Mehlman, a spokesman for the Federation for American Immigration Reform.
The companies create “self-fulfilling prophecies” by offering little pay and grueling conditions, he said: “When Americans reject the wages and working conditions they offer, they then argue that Americans are unwilling to take the jobs.”"

A wage - price spiral is a distinct possibility.
A positive spiral is inflation.  A negative spiral is deflation.

Immigrant labor has tended to control inflation.

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Magazine

Why Are Our Most Important Teachers Paid the Least?

Many preschool teachers live on the edge of financial ruin. Would improving their training — and their pay — improve outcomes for their students?

The Republicans have acted to preserve the privilege of wealth.

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Opinion

Is Liberal Zionism Dead?

Trump makes a one-state solution more likely.

Liberal Zionism died with the British Mandate and the first Arab-Israeli war.
Life support continues.

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U.S.

Memphis Pastor Admits ‘Sexual Incident’ With High School Student 20 Years Ago

The congregation at Highpoint Church gave Andy Savage a standing ovation after his admission. A woman said she came forward after reading about Matt Lauer’s firing.

#times up and #me too have work to do.
They must get on with their work.

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Style

She Missed Watching the Wheels Go Round and Round

Drawn to the idea of working up a sweat every day, our columnist got a Flywheel bike to try spinning at home.

It is better to go out and exercise then socialize.  It is hard to socialize while exercising or working.


Opinion

No College Kid Needs a Water Park to Study

Trustees must rein in frivolous spending at public universities.

True.

State governments notoriously do not see the need for public education to the professional level.
The middle class has taken care of their own.

I did not want to go to art school.
I needed to go to art school.

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World

Retired From the Brutal Streets of Mexico, Sex Workers Find a Haven

Casa Xochiquetzal is a shelter in Mexico City for retired, or semiretired, prostitutes, a place where they can escape from the dangers and indignities of life on the streets.

Once nunneries did the function.

Slavery is not good for anyone.
This shelter is better.

The population is very small.
Entry must be extremely selective.

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Opinion

Republicans in Congress Are Failing America’s Children

Health coverage for nine million kids is still at risk as congressional leaders refuse to reauthorize CHIP.

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/20/opinion/congress-childrens-healthcare.html

The Republican price for reauthorization  is prohibitive.

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U.S.

Teacher Arrested at School Board Meeting After Questioning Superintendent Contract

An officer handcuffed Deyshia Hargrave after escorting her from a meeting. One school board member called the arrest a “disgrace.”

Louisiana must be "brought to heel".
These exercises in raw coercion must end. 

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