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Also, a small annoyance in that once you create your event, the event title and the start and end dates/times cannot be changed. If you have an event that gets rained-out or otherwise rescheduled, you have to create a new event, transfer the registrations over to it, and then delete the old event.
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Thank you for detailed review! However, I do need to address a couple items that are NOT correct:
- DT Register DOES tie in with the new 1.6/1.7 user group structure. It does have its own permissions structure that gives you MORE control than you get with Joomla by itself. This is not a con but a pro! And any customizations you make to the user group structure can be synced up with DT Register's permissions.
- To say that you can not change the title/date of an event is also completely false. I'm really surprised you didn't just ask us about this one :) In DT Register, you have the OPTION to sync your events with the JEvents calendar. If you do not and run everything directly in DT Reg (preferred), then the event details are clearly able to be change at anytime. If you choose to sync with JEvents, the title and date are pulled from JEvents so you have to change them there. But we have a plugin that then pulls the changes from JEvents and applies them to that synced event in DT Register.
So the only two negative items mentioned in this review are actually misunderstandings of the user. Thanks.
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What are people's favorite bean-focused cookbook(s)? I am a fan of the occasion ham hock, so this doesn't need to be a vegetarian thing. Just want to make some more use of bean dishes in my family's diet.
Mark Bittman's Vegetarian cookbook has more than 50 pages on legumes. I'm sure there are great recipes in there, including some that would love the addition of a nice hamhock.
I think that "Bean by Bean" is the best book on the subject, bar none.
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I'll second that 'Bean by Bean' by Cresecent Dragonwagon looks a great book for bean lovers. I haven't cooked from it yet as the book is off being indexed but when I looked through it there were lots of recipes I want to cook. The book was just published last month.
I'm partial to The Brilliant Bean by Martin & Sally Stone. It's out of print, but copies are readily available. I'm ordering "Bean by Bean"--thanks for the recommendation, pikawicca!
I, recently, ordered Grains, Rice, and Beans by Kevin Graham (1998, Paperback) . http://www.amazon.com/Grains-Rice-Bea...
It was ordered with some other cookbooks I had ordered. It was cheap, rated highly on Amazon albeit by only 3 reviewers.
I'll let you know how good it is. I don't think I paid more than $3 for it including shipping.
"Fagioli" by Judith Barrett. It's a beautiful book just to hold in your hands, but the recipes are great and well-researched in Italy.
It's part of the Time-Life series, and it has photos along with descriptions of beans and grains, and recipes. if you're looking for recipes that supply fiber, this book has them.
I also recommend Bean By Bean. It is mainly vegetarian but there are meat and vegan options, too. I've made one dish so far (the broccoli, bok choy and edamame skillet) that was very simple and very good. The other recipes are all very tempting, with an international feel and lots of variations are offered.
Rancho Gordo also has a nice bean cookbook which leans more towards the meat side.
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I have very much enjoyed the Rancho Gordo bean cookbook. I love the variety of beans offered by Rancho Gordo and order quite bit from them.
I haven't actually read this cookbook, so this a recommendation on reputation only.
Julie van Rosendaal's "Spilling the Beans".
She's a great Canadian cookbook author.. I've cooked a lot from her blog
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I have Spilling the Beans and so far everything I've made from it has been fantastic. The baked penne with sausage, spinach and beans (and variations) is in regular dinner rotation--and it also freezes well :)
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That's great to hear.. I'm going to have to order if from the library!
I like "The Bean Harvest Cookbook", by Ashley Miller. It's old, but you can still find it on Amazon. Covers appetizers through to main courses - I particularly like the pasta fazool made with roasted red peppers instead of tomatoes.
Raghavan Iyer's book 660 Curries has dozens of interesting legume-based Indian recipes that, with basmati rice, make for good, simple meals.
I have the Ranch Gordo Cookbook as well as Bean by Bean.
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A new report says the number of people dying on the job in Indiana rose to 122 last year from 118 the year before.
The Times of Munster and WIBC-FM in Indianapolis say the Indiana Department of Labor released preliminary data on workplace deaths for 2011 on Monday.
The report shows the riskiest jobs in Indiana are related to driving, including commercial vehicles, automobiles, forklifts and construction equipment. Last year, half of all fatalities were transportation-related events. Nearly a third involved highway motor vehicle crashes.
Labor Commissioner Lori Torres says the 3 percent increase in workplace fatalities "strongly suggests" that Indiana has much more work to do in the area of workplace safety.


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At Dartmouth, we want to run gatk via a galaxy server. The tool on the server runs it in a way that it requires the key. I attempting to get the key the following error comes back: Proxy Error
The proxy server received an invalid response from an upstream server. The proxy server could not handle the request POST /gatk/confirm-request.php.
Reason: Error reading from remote server
We don't use a proxy server or restrict access on any ports outbound.
Ah, just tested it myself and got the same error. I'll get IT on this right away.
Thanks for reporting this; I'll let you know asap when you can repeat your request. Unfortunately I can't emit a key manually.
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University students, faculty call for veto of anti-Sunshine bill
This legislative session, Florida lawmakers passed an all-time high number of bills keeping records exempt from the public.
One exemption has students and faculty worried that colleges could end up in the pocket of corporations. The bill would exempt university foundation meetings from being open to the public if they're talking about research funding.
But United Faculty of Florida President and Florida State professor Jennifer Proffitt said the bill has consequences.
"The potential to allow for corporate influence on research, which of course affects academic integrity," Proffitt said.
Donors are already allowed to remain anonymous, and backers said this covers ideas that have yet to be patented and could be stolen. Proffitt said the meetings were all the public had left.
"At least it's an open meeting," she said. "I think it's less likely deals that could potentially affect academic integrity would be made, at least there'd be some sunshine on the process."
During the legislative session, students spoke out against the bill, which met the two-thirds majority decision needed to create a public records exemption in Florida's House by only four votes.
Now the students are trying to organize a veto campaign.
Jerry Funt and the Florida State Progress Coalition are worried that the bill makes it easier for corporations to push their agenda.
"With private money comes private ideas," Funt said. "That's not always the case but sometimes it is the case."
The First Amendment Foundation said universities already find ways around giving up information under existing law.
"Even if you're allowed to come in a meeting, under the sunshine law, they're going to be discussing things in code: Project X, Project Magellan," said Barbara Petersen of the First Amendment Foundation.
The Governor has two weeks to sign the bill into law.
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Obama plans to declare amnesty tomorrow or Friday. Please take smart, effective action right now to stop Obama's plan or to at least minimize how bad amnesty will be.
What we need is for leading Democrats to see that amnesty would harm their careers and reduce their chances of being reelected. If they realize how it would harm their careers, then they'll pressure Obama to halt or minimize his plans, or at least they'll help fight against his attempts to implement amnesty.
So, how do we make Dems realize that? By promising to use the Stop Amnesty Challenge against them immediately. Some people might not understand how that would work, but politicians and their advisors will realize how it could cost them reelection or end their political careers. The last thing they want is to have someone really pressing them on tough questions designed to discredit them. A primary challenge in 2016 can be dealt with then, but the Challenge can be used against politicians right now.
OK, so how do get do that? By having top amnesty opponents tell those Dem leaders the Challenge will be used against them. If those with large audiences pledge to support the Challenge against specific politicians, those politicians will realize it's a credible threat to their careers. If, for instance, Laura Ingraham pledges to have a specific politician asked tough questions designed to discredit him, that politician is going to realize he needs to shape up.
The last piece in this puzzle is you. What I need you to do is to demand that anti-amnesty leaders use the Stop Amnesty Challenge. They can continue doing the other things they do, but just demand that they add the Challenge to the things they do.
I and others have already asked anti-amnesty leaders to do that, with little effect. What's needed is for large numbers of people to pressure them. In almost all cases, these anti-amnesty leaders have no action plan to stop amnesty at all.
To summarize, I'm asking you to pressure anti-amnesty leaders so that they'll let Dem leaders know they'll face the Challenge. The goal is to have those Dem leaders pressure Obama to halt or lessen amnesty.
Specifically, what I need you to do is contact these people today and demand they either support the Challenge or come up with another emergency plan to stop amnesty. I'm giving their Twitter handles, but you can also look up their email addresses:
I realize some might not like some of the people on that list, but that's not what this post is about. This post is about stopping or lessening amnesty right now. I'm sure some people have other ways to stop amnesty, but I ask them to leave those ways on their own post. If you don't have a Twitter account, it only takes a few minutes to set one up.
Please take a few minutes right now and demand (or strongly urge) those anti-amnesty leaders to come up with an emergency plan to stop or lessen amnesty, or to use the #StopAmnestyChallenge.
Previously, the Centers for Disease Control ("CDC") said you could only catch Ebola from direct contact with someone infected with the virus.
Now, the CDC has quietly admitted that Ebola can be spread by droplets and contact with surfaces touched by Ebola patients. Droplets aren't the same as airborne transmission: someone would have to be close to you and sneeze or cough rather than simply breathe. However, considering that there would be a window between the time someone has symptoms and they realize they might be suffering from Ebola, coughing in a heavily-populated area could spread the virus to many people.
The CDC admission is on their poster embedded below. The relevant section says:
Droplet spread happens when germs traveling inside droplets that are coughed or sneezed from a sick person enter the eyes, nose, or mouth of another person. Droplets travel short distances, less than 3 feet (1 meter) from one person to another.
A person might also get infected by touching a surface or object that has germs on it and then touching their mouth or nose.
Droplet spread diseases include: plague, Ebola
Want to do something about this? Demand that all those media sources who assured us that we only needed direct contact to catch Ebola update their reports. Make sure to note that you're talking about via droplets, as distinct from airborne transmission as with the flu.
11/1/14 UPDATE: From this:
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has removed a warning from its website that Ebola can, in rare cases, spread from person through coughing and sneezing.
It has replaced the old language with new guidance that says there's 'no evidence' Ebola is spread through either.
According to the New York Post, the CDC also took down on Thursday a poster that said that Ebola can be transferred through 'droplets' from coughing or sneezing that land on hard surfaces, like doorknobs...
Jeffrey M. Drazen M.D. - Harvard University professor and editor-in-chief of the New England Journal of Medicine - joins several of his colleagues in offering the deceptive editorial "Ebola and Quarantine" [1]. I'll briefly quote the editorial and then describe how it's misleading. The full list of authors of the editorial is at [2].
First, here's part of what they say:
[...you aren't contagious for Ebola unless you're symptomatic...]
A cynic would say that all these "facts" are derived from observation and that it pays to be 100% safe and to isolate anyone with a remote chance of carrying the virus. What harm can that approach do besides inconveniencing a few health care workers? We strongly disagree. Hundreds of years of experience show that to stop an epidemic of this type requires controlling it at its source. Médecins sans Frontières, the World Health Organization, the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), and many other organizations say we need tens of thousands of additional volunteers to control the epidemic. We are far short of that goal, so the need for workers on the ground is great. These responsible, skilled health care workers who are risking their lives to help others are also helping by stemming the epidemic at its source. If we add barriers making it harder for volunteers to return to their community, we are hurting ourselves.
In the end, the calculus is simple, and we think the governors have it wrong. The health care workers returning from West Africa have been helping others and helping to end the epidemic that has killed thousands of people and scared millions. At this point the public does need assurances that returning workers will have their temperatures and health status monitored according to a set, documented protocol. In the unlikely event that they become febrile, they can follow the example of Craig Spencer, the physician from New York who alerted public health officials of his fever. As we continue to learn more about this virus, its transmission, and associated illness, we must continue to revisit our approach to its control and treatment. We should be guided by the science and not the tremendous fear that this virus evokes.
We should be honoring, not quarantining, health care workers who put their lives at risk not only to save people suffering from Ebola virus disease in West Africa but also to help achieve source control, bringing the world closer to stopping the spread of this killer epidemic.
The authors are offering a false choice. We could both honor and quarantine those health care workers. We honored the astronauts who went to the moon, but we also put them in quarantine for three weeks. See [3] for how they were both quarantined and honored.
The question becomes, are these authors not smart enough to realize they're offering a false choice, or do they realize what they're doing and they're intentionally trying to deceive? Based on their credentials, I think the second option is much more likely.
The calculus isn't as simple as they present. In the end, Craig Spencer caused damage by his actions: the locations he went had to be decontaminated, no doubt many who came into contact with him are worried they might have caught the same disease, and so on. If he did pass Ebola on to someone else in New York City, then all that person's contacts and comings and goings will need to be reviewed and who knows what will need to be decontaminated then. People being people, there's going to be fear about a disease that causes you to bleed out. So, if you think of fear as a public health issue, then the calculus is hardly simple.
The authors seem to be supporting some form of voluntary quarantine, which conflicts with their opposition to "barriers [that make] it harder for volunteers to return to their community". Like Craig Spencer's wild ride through New York City? See the map at [4]. Is that what the authors want to make easier? Either they support voluntary quarantine or they don't. If they do, how is quarantining oneself in one's abode fundamentally different from doing it in some sort of government facility? If they don't, then who thinks they wouldn't necessarily be exposing others to risk? If a nurse returns from Liberia and immediately goes back to work but does develop Ebola, how much damage could she do to the U.S. patients she has contact with before she realizes she has a high fever? How much damage did Amber Vinson do with her flight (something approved by the CDC)? Why should hundreds of those who had contact with returned health care workers be forced into their own voluntary quarantines and companies be forced to decontaminate airplanes, apartments, and bowling alleys just to avoid inconveniencing a few health care workers?
Our priority should not be the convenience of health care workers, it should be the health and economy of the U.S. population.
On the topic of incentives, the authors are also being deceptive. The U.S. could easily give U.S. health care workers who go to Africa a reasonable payment for both their time there and their time in quarantine. Let's say the 1,000 U.S. health care workers went to Africa and each spent two months in Africa and one month in quarantine (preferably outside the U.S. but at least in a secure facility). Let's say we gave them an average of $10,000 (based on home zip code and profession) per month. That's just $30 million. In U.S. terms that's a very small amount that we can easily afford and that Congress (outside of a few) wouldn't have any problems disbursing. The CDC probably could spend that out of some sort of general fund. We can make their time in quarantine as easy as possible, with all the communication and recreational facilities they need. It will definitely be more luxurious than living in backwoods Africa. So, those health care workers get their bills paid (and probably some left over), they get to do a great public service, they get a little vacation on the way back, and they don't endanger the rest of us and spread fear inside the U.S. when it isn't necessary. We'd honor them, but we'd also make sure that they can't unwittingly do harm to us.
Please ask yourself: why didn't the seven top authors even consider a plan like that? It would solve the problems they claim to care about and it could easily be started in a short time frame. It would also be better than spreading fear inside the U.S. and all the other costs associated with the situation.
Can you trust the seven top authors when they offer a false choice and don't mention other alternatives?
Want to do something about this? Look up those who tweet approvingly to @NEJM - especially about this editorial - and make the points above to them.
[1] nejm . org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMe1413139
[2] The authors: Jeffrey M. Drazen, M.D., Rupa Kanapathipillai, M.B., B.S., M.P.H., D.T.M.&H., Edward W. Campion, M.D., Eric J. Rubin, M.D., Ph.D., Scott M. Hammer, M.D., Stephen Morrissey, Ph.D., and Lindsey R. Baden, M.D.
[3] hq.nasa . gov/pao/History/SP-4214/ch9-7.html
[4] mashable . com/2014/10/24/nyc-ebola-patient-map/
I'll give $100 (make that $170, see below) to the first person who uploads a video of them asking a national Democratic Party politician this question (subject to the rules below):
"If we'd had travel restrictions with West Africa, wouldn't it be much less likely that two American nurses would have been infected with Ebola inside the U.S.?"
The rules are very simple:
1. You have to ask this at some sort of public event where the politician is taking questions. You can't just shout it at their back, it has to be in some sort of context where they're expecting questions and they'll provide a response. You can't violate any laws trying to ask the question (i.e., don't jump a fence or barge into a private meeting).
2. Upload to Youtube a public video of you reading that simple question verbatim, and the full response from the politician.
3. The politician must not have come out for travel restrictions. Those eligible include anyone in the Obama administration, Frieden of the CDC, Fauci of the NIAID, any Democrat in the U.S. House or Senate, any Democratic Party candidate running for U.S. House or Senate, and Ben Orman. Democrats that want travel restrictions (Sinema, Grayson, perhaps others) are excluded. Democrats in or running for state-level and lower office are excluded.
4. When the video is available, tweet @24AheadDotCom_ . The first person to do that will get the prize, if they've abided by the rules above.
That's all you need to do to pick up $100! You won't be able to fly to Hawaii on that, but you'll have done a public service and all you have to do is read a question.
10/24/14 UPDATE: Disqus user CryptoReporter says: "I will add to the pot as well and send them 0.2 bitcoin ($70 USD)." So, the total offer is now $170.
Want to win even more? See the Stop Amnesty Challenge. The questions are a little more complex and you have to press for an answer, but you can also pick up even more money (I'm personally funding this Ebola question).
Barack Obama let Ebola into the U.S. He could have instituted travel restrictions without much effort, but instead he allowed commercial flights originating in Liberia to continue. As a result, Thomas Eric Duncan traveled to the U.S. and infected at least two others.
All of that was preventable with commonsense travel restrictions that wouldn't interfere with the response to Ebola.
One argument made against restrictions is the economic cost to west African countries. What about the economic cost to the U.S. from not having restrictions?
In addition to lives that might be lost, here are some economic costs to the U.S. of Obama's negligence:
Putting estimates on each of those isn't possible, but will probably be at least $10 million. It could run into the billions.
All of that money would have been better spent fighting Ebola such as by enacting travel restrictions, quarantining those who'd traveled to west Africa, coordinating direct aid efforts, and flying aid workers and supplies in on military transport.
More costs may be added, but feel free to add additional costs in comments or by tweeting @24AheadDotCom_ .
Want to do something about this? Hold these Obama partisans who've argued against restrictions responsible:
[1] see finance.yahoo.com/q?s=^XAL and
"'I'm always worried:' Travelers reconsider holiday travel plans amid Ebola fears"
katu . com/news/local/
Travelers fear Ebola infection despite government screenings
[2] Authors of Vox's "Why travel bans will only make the Ebola epidemic worse", peekURL.com/zw3nyBq
It's vitally important to stop Obama's amnesty-by-executive-order now. If we don't stop it now, Obama could legalize millions of illegal aliens and rolling that back is going to be very difficult.
Thankfully, there's a way to stop Obama's amnesty right now. To make that happen, I'm announcing the Stop Amnesty Challenge. The winner and runner-up of the Challenge will win cash awards, but more importantly will have done a great public service.
The best way to stop amnesty is to challenge its supporters and show them wrong to their audience. If a politician makes a misleading claim, there's a good chance his audience doesn't know it's misleading. If we then show how he misled his audience, that will tend to keep the politician from making the same claim. It will also reduce the politician's influence over his audience. Other politicians will avoid making the same claim. That's how to stop amnesty: show how amnesty supporters are misleading about what it would do. And, the best way to show that is by asking them tough questions designed to box them in to admitting how they're misleading. As a side-effect, asking politicians tough questions will also help further discredit the media.
To enter the challenge, you'll need to attend an event with a nationally-known politician and ask that politician one of the questions we'll provide. You'll need to get the question and any answers from the politician on good quality video with clear audio. The terms of the Challenge are listed here and by entering you agree that you've read and understood those terms.
The First Place winner will receive a cash award of $350. The Second Place winner will receive a cash award of $150. Obviously, you aren't going to be able to retire on those amounts, but your primary motivation should be doing the public service of blocking Obama's amnesty-by-executive-order.
You can enter the Challenge by asking any one of these questions:
Read those through and decide which you feel most comfortable asking. As part of the Challenge you'll need to get a definitive answer from the politician, but each of the pages linked above has likely things the politician will say and how you can respond. Other questions can be provided or those questions can be modified on request.
If you have any questions about the Challenge, don't hesitate to ask. For quickest response, tweet any questions to @24AheadDotCom_ .
If for some reason you can't take the Challenge but still want to help stop Obama's executive order amnesty, you can still help out by promoting the challenge on social media or to your email contacts.
See the terms of the Challenge here.
For a FAQ about why asking tough questions will work, see the FAQ section here.
This question is part of the Stop Amnesty Challenge. See that page for the details on the Challenge.
This is an advanced question that will require you getting into a brief debate with the politician. It may also involve you questioning their loyalty to their fellow citizens. If you're willing and able to do that, please use this question.
The question is for any politician that supports a national DREAM Act bill. There have been different versions of that bill and there are also state versions. This question is appropriate for all varieties, but it's best to restrict it to those who support the national bill to avoid getting tied up in technicalities.
This question will almost assuredly require you to interrupt the politician's answer, so if you aren't willing or able to do that please choose another question. If the previous questions at the event you're attending have involved back and forth questions and responses, then ask this question. However, if you only get to ask the question and the politician would cut off your reply, don't ask this question (unless you have someone there who can ask the followup).
Here's the question:
I'd like to ask about the DREAM Act. That bill is meant for the benefit of some younger illegal aliens, the so-called "DREAMers". You supported that bill in [2012].
One of the hidden downsides of any DREAM Act program is that it would let the DREAMers admitted into the program deprive some Americans of the college educations they want.
A top college can only accept so many students per year, and top colleges will always have more applicants than available slots. If that college gives a slot to a DREAMer, that means a U.S. citizen lost out on that slot. College resources are finite and in much demand. Giving some of those resources to DREAMers deprives Americans of those same resources. That's very simple math that I could illustrate if necessary.
What would you say to a U.S. citizen who can't go to the college they want - or who can't go to college at all - because of the bill you support?
These are the notes on the question, including possible follow-ups:
This question is part of the Stop Amnesty Challenge. See that page for the details on the Challenge.
This question is only for Republicans that support some type of comprehensive immigration reform or guest workers or mass legalization. That's most national GOP leaders, including those who say they don't support amnesty.
Here's the question:
Earlier this year, Rush Limbaugh floated the idea of subsidizing Americans to do farm labor. He didn't go into specifics, but I'd just like to ask you about that general concept.
We currently give hidden subsidies to growers to employ a workforce consisting of mostly illegal aliens. We could subsidize them a little more and change their workforce to have more American citizens.
You might have a low opinion of subsidies, but the reality is that under the immigration plans you've supported we'd continue subsidizing growers to mostly employing foreign citizens. even if they'd be here legally. Wouldn't it make more sense to increase those subsidies a bit to encourage growers to employ American citizens?
If you think your current plan of letting growers continue to mostly employ foreign citizens is superior to the general idea Rush Limbaugh suggested, could you please outline for us why you think your plan is superior?
These are the notes on the question, including possible follow-ups:
[1] A tangible example is at eliseforcongress . com/issues/immigration:
The North Country has a unique understanding of immigration not only due to our proximity to the Canadian border, but also because of the needs of our local farmers and agriculture businesses, as well as students attending New York universities using student visas. Elise will work in Washington towards an immigration system that upholds the law and keeps Americans safe, while also encouraging economic growth in New York.
Among other things, that's code for some form of guest worker program, or perhaps mass legalization of those working for "our local farmers and agriculture businesses".
This question is part of the Stop Amnesty Challenge. See that page for the details on the Challenge.
This question is appropriate only for politicians who support the 2013 Senate immigration bill (the "Gang of Eight" bill). That's true of most national Democratic Party leaders, but make sure and double check before asking. This question is designed in part to show wrong a stock trick politicians use: claiming that comprehensive immigration reform isn't amnesty because illegal aliens eligible for reform would have to pay fines, pay back taxes, learn English, and so on. See the reform not amnesty and amnesty require pages for examples of those tricks.
This question is most appropriate for Democratic Party leaders in Congress and the Obama administration; their supporters will be more upset about their giveaway to corrupt businesses.
Here's the question:
I'd like to ask about the Senate comprehensive immigration reform bill, the "Gang of Eight" bill.
You support that bill, and I'm sure you'd claim it's not amnesty.
However, that's not entirely true. The bill is a major amnesty: for employers.
Under the bill you support, illegal aliens would have to pay fines and so on, but most of the companies that employed them would get off scot-free. Even most companies that knowingly hired illegal aliens would get off scot-free.
One thing you could do is propose automatic fines and automatic investigation against any company that, during the process of comprehensive immigration reform, is determined to have employed large numbers of illegal aliens.
I'd like to hear what you think. But, please note that I'm not asking about increased sanctions for actions *after* immigration reform. I'm asking about what those companies did *before* immigration reform.
Will you demand automatic fines and investigation against companies that employed illegal aliens, do you have some other plan to deal with those employers, or will you continue to support giving most companies that employed illegal aliens an amnesty? Please only answer that question: will you punish corrupt employers as I described, do you have another plan, or do you still want to give those employers their own amnesty?
These are the notes on the question, including possible follow-ups:
[1] See S.744 ES (Engrossed in Senate, the version passed by the Senate). In the "EMPLOYER PROTECTIONS" section it includes:
Copies of employment records or other evidence of employment provided by an alien or by an alien's employer in support of an alien's application for registered provisional immigrant status under section 245B may not be used in a civil or criminal prosecution or investigation of that employer under section 274A or the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 for the prior unlawful employment of that alien regardless of the adjudication of such application or reconsideration by the Secretary of such alien's prima facie eligibility determination. Employers that provide unauthorized aliens with copies of employment records or other evidence of employment pursuant to an application for registered provisional immigrant status shall not be subject to civil and criminal liability pursuant to section 274A for employing such unauthorized aliens.
[2] Someone isn't likely to dispute the half to three-quarters statistic, but if they do here's one citation:
immigrationpolicy . org/just-facts/america-needs-agjobs-not-harsh-guestworker-programs
"The majority of farmworkers are undocumented, with estimates ranging from 53% to 75% of the workforce."
For more giveaways to employers, see cis.org/immigration-reform-amnesty-illegal-aliens-and-their-employers . Note that the CIS report is based on the "IS" ("Introduced in Senate") version so the page numbers are off and there will be some changes between the versions.
This question is part of the Stop Amnesty Challenge. See that page for the details on the Challenge.
This question is appropriate for Democratic Party leaders in Congress and the Obama administration, especially those who've clashed with WalMart in one way or another. See the immigration wage floor page for background.
Here's the question [1]:
My question is about Obama's executive order on immigration that will give work permits to up to five million illegal aliens.
I'd like to ask you to put yourself in the place of a U.S. citizen who wants to get a job at the local WalMart. Imagine you live in Fort Stockton and you want to get a job at WalMart to help feed your family.
Let's say right now there are five other competitors for the same WalMart job. But, after Obama's executive order things will change. Instead of just five competitors for the same WalMart job, you might have eight or ten competitors: those new competitors will be illegal aliens who got Obama's work permits. Before they couldn't compete with you for the WalMart job, but after Obama gives them a work permit they can apply for any job they're qualified for.
Put yourself in the position of that person who wants the WalMart job, and tell us how increased competition for that job - something Obama plans to create where it didn't exist before - is going to help you. You want that WalMart job, and Obama's actions have suddenly increased the competition for that job. Will that increased competition help or hurt your job prospects? Please only answer that question: will that increased competition help your job prospects, or will it hurt your job prospects?
These are the notes on the question, including possible follow-ups:
[1] On 11/22/14 I changed the first paragraph to reflect the fact that Obama did release his plan as expected. The first paragraph originally said "Obama's said that after the election he'll issue an executive order on immigration. That executive order is widely expected to include a plan to give work permits to up to five million illegal aliens. Please assume for this question that Obama does in fact give work permits to millions of illegal aliens."
This question is part of the Stop Amnesty Challenge. See that page for the details on the Challenge.
This is the basic question:
I'd like to ask you about immigration to the U.S. by skilled professionals, something you support.
Liberia is one of the countries hit hardest by Ebola. Earlier this year, there were only around 200 doctors in all of Liberia. Under the policies you support, any number of those doctors could have immigrated to the U.S. If you'd had your way, twenty of those Liberian doctors could have moved here, or 100 of them, or even all of them.
Is it ethical to deprive countries like Liberia of the doctors they desperately need? Please answer that specific question: is depriving countries like Liberia of desperately needed doctors ethical, yes or no?
These are the notes on the question, including possible follow-ups:
[1] Print out this listing:
Liberia's population is nearly four million, but there are only 120 doctors and three dentists in the entire country.
When the country's most recent civil war ended in 2003, the country relied on about 50 doctors to care for the entire nation of more than 3 million people. Since then, the ranks of Liberian doctors haven't increased much. And the lack of trained personnel has made combating the current outbreak of Ebola all the harder.
Liberia, population four million, has fewer than 250 doctors left in the entire country, according to the Liberia Medical and Dental Council.
"Less than 200 doctors existed in this country of 4 million people prior to this epidemic. After the outbreak in March of this year, that number plummeted to only 50 doctors."
"Brain drain" or ethical recruitment? (Background on the issue from 2004. From an Australian perspective but still applicable in this case).
America Is Stealing the World's Doctors
Number in Mexico who excel at math in "Producing superstars for the economic Mundial: The Mexican Predicament with quality of education" by Lant Pritchett and Martina Viarengo (Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government, November 19, 2008, PDF at peekURL.com/zp677t8 )
The only way to stop the spread of the Ebola virus is temporary travel restrictions from the affected area to other countries. Those who must return to the U.S. need to be quarantined for the incubation period of the virus. Otherwise, there will be more cases in the U.S.
Even under the worst possible conditions only a relatively small number of people in West Africa have been infected, but that number could get much worse. If the virus mutates and becomes airborne, that would be a public health nightmare; the United Nations official in charge of their Ebola response says the virus becoming airborne is "unlikely, but it can't be ruled out" [1].
The Washington Post's "Why hasn't the U.S. closed its airports to travelers from Ebola-ravaged countries?" [2] presents arguments against a travel ban, yet all are strawmen. Not all travel would be banned; aid workers could still come and go; cargo could be delivered under safer conditions.
Sharply restricting travel from the three countries most affected (Guinea, Sierra Leone, and Liberia) wouldn't have a devastating financial impact on the rest of the world: the combined GDP of the three countries is just $13 billion [CORRECTED]. They could be given foreign aid to make up for any small disruption to their economies by not being able to send people to other countries.
There aren't travel restrictions in place for three reasons:
1. The elites - globalist leaders in the U.S. and other countries - don't want one [3]. If those elites wanted travel restrictions, there'd be travel restrictions.
2. Barack Obama doesn't want restrictions. In part this is just the public-facing manifestation of what the global elites want; but clearly he agrees with them. It's hard to imagine Richard Nixon and presidents before him (such as Eisenhower) not already have imposed restrictions by now; even Bill Clinton would probably have imposed restrictions if just for political reasons.
3. The sheer incompetence of most leaders who want restrictions. If they were doing the job they've assigned for themselves, Obama and Congress would feel enough pressure that they would have imposed restrictions by now.
An example of the last is the Rand Paul appearance on the Laura Ingraham show. She wants restrictions, and on her show Rand Paul asked "Can you imagine if a whole ship full of our soldiers catch Ebola?" [6]. Those commenting respond in the way they've been trained: by mocking Paul's concerns. Both Paul and Ingraham have to know that many people will simply write off their concerns as a "FoxNews thing". What they say might influence some politicians, but those politicians will already mostly agree with Paul and Ingraham. They might raise the profile of the travel restrictions issue, but that can only go so far. Obama has absolutely no motivation to listen to them and do what they say. At the end of the day, all they're doing is posturing to their supporters.
Imagine instead that the Washington Post, TalkingPointsMemo, the Huffington Post, and similar sites were focused on enacting travel restrictions. Imagine that much of Congress supported those restrictions. Wouldn't there be restrictions fairly quickly?
That's what rightwing leaders aren't doing. They aren't forcing those who have Obama's ear to urge him to enact travel restrictions. Rightwing leaders have comfortable echo chambers that pay their rent. While they almost assuredly don't want more Ebola cases in the U.S., if there are more that gives them more to talk about.
The alternative is to force those who have Obama's ear to do a much better job. If - like Catherine Thompson of Talking Points Memo - they help help downplay Ebola, then impact their careers. Likewise with Abby Phillip of the Washington Post. In brief, discredit the intermediaries. The fact that rightwing leaders can't do that - they can't even conceive of doing that - is not only why there are no Ebola travel restrictions, but a host of other problems.
Want to do something about this? Help discredit those intermediaries, and also let rightwing leaders know that you're expecting them to achieve a travel ban, not just whine about Obama not imposing one.
CORRECTION: Earlier I said "the combined GDP of the first two is around $10 billion, and Liberia's is under $2 trillion". I read the stats wrong: in 2013 the combined GDP of the three countries was around $13 billion.
[1] dailymail . co . uk/news/article-2778022/
The longer the Ebola epidemic continues infecting people unabated, the higher the chances it will mutate and become airborne, the UN's Ebola response chief has warned.
Anthony Banbury, the Secretary General's Special Representative, has said there is a 'nightmare' prospect the deadly disease will become airborne if it continues infecting new hosts.
...He said: 'The longer it moves around in human hosts in the virulent melting pot that is West Africa, the more chances increase that it could mutate.
...'It is a nightmare scenario, and unlikely, but it can't be ruled out.'
He also admitted the international community had been late to respond to what was the worst disaster he had ever witnessed.
He said: 'In a career working in these kinds of situations, wars, natural disasters – I have never seen anything as serious or dangerous or high risk as this one.'
[2] washingtonpost . com/news/to-your-health/wp/2014/10/01/
by Abby Phillip
[3] For one example, see the WaPo article above. For another, the World Health Organization opposed a travel ban in mid-August:
prisonplanet . com/flashback-world-health-organization-rejects-ebola-travel-ban.html
[4] thehill . com/policy/healthcare/
The White House said Wednesday it will not impose travel restrictions or introduce new airport screenings to prevent additional cases of Ebola from entering the United States.
Spokesman Josh Earnest said that current anti-Ebola measures, which include screenings in West African airports and observation of passengers in the United States, will be sufficient to prevent the "wide spread" of the virus.
The chances of a U.S. epidemic are "incredibly low," he said.
"The reason for that is that it is not possible to transmit Ebola through the air. ... The only way that an individual can contract Ebola is by coming into contact with the bodily fluids of someone who is exhibiting symptoms."
[5] mediamatters . org/video/2014/10/01/
Democrat Bruce Braley and Republican Joni Ernst are battling to become U.S. Senator from Iowa. Both support what most call "amnesty", i.e., both would legalize millions of illegal aliens. So, what to do when your position is basically the same as your opponent? Argue over terms [1]:
"Will you join John McCain and Marco Rubio in calling on Speaker Boehner to bring this immigration bill to the floor of the House so we can pass it?" Mr. Braley asked Mrs. Ernst.
Mrs. Ernst.. said that Congress should "secure the border," "enforce the laws on the books" and then move to "modernize" the legal immigration system.
She said, "I don't support amnesty" and said she is opposed to President Obama taking executive action to "grant amnesty" - which some conservatives fear he will do after the 2014 mid-term elections.
"I do support bringing a lot of these illegal immigrants forward, but not granting them amnesty," she said. "We have 5 million people waiting in line right now to receive U.S. citizenship and we need to honor that commitment to those people."
Mr. Braley shot back that "Sen. Rubio and Sen. McCain did not vote for amnesty" by supporting the Senate immigration bill, which would grant quick legal status to most illegal immigrants and create a new specific pathway that would let most illegal immigrants get citizenship in about 13 years.
"Amnesty is when you break the law and there are no consequences," Mr. Braley said. "That's why they voted for this bill. It has real serious tough consequences including an admission that you broke the law."
After the debate, the Ernst campaign clarified that the candidate believes the Senate immigration bill amounts to "amnesty."
Ernst also claimed that "long-term" we need workers, which is debatable given that the labor force participation rate is at its lowest in a few decades.
Braley supported bringing in foreign labor to work as corn detasselers, rather than making it easier for unemployed Americans to take those jobs. Braley falsely said "high-tech companies are in desperate need of PhDs and engineers"; if that were true wages in those fields would be spiking and they aren't. See also skilled immigration for other downsides of their policies.
If Ernst were smart and opposed mass legalization of illegal aliens, she wouldn't have gotten into a debate about terms. She instead would have followed the advice on the reform not amnesty page: don't call amnesty "amnesty" when dealing with amnesty supporters, because they'll do exactly what Braley did above: start arguing about terms. Instead, Ernst should have used the term comprehensive immigration reform, and then showed how that would harm the U.S.
If Ernst weren't very pro-big business, she would be able to undercut Braley - and perhaps even stump him on air - by pointing out that in one way any "reform" bill is amnesty. No "reform" bill has sought to punish businesses that have knowingly broken the immigration laws for decades. Their malfeasance has never been addressed.
Of course, it would be difficult for her to do that because, at the end of the day, what she'd enact and what Braley would enact would end up being nearly identical. Both Ernst and Braley support very pro-corporate immigration policies that would harm millions of Americans.
Want to do something about this? Look up those who support @TeamBraley, @BruceBraley, @JoniForIowa, and @joniernst and make the points above to them.
[1] washingtontimes . com/news/2014/sep/28/joni-ernst-bruce-braley-spar-over-immigration-in-f
The quotes above give a good enough idea to how that segment went, but there's video of the exchange around the 30:00 mark: youtube . com/watch?v=NOUodSNyZtg
[UPDATE: Orman supports the 2013 Senate amnesty bill, see below]
Greg Orman is the independent candidate for Senate from Kansas. His thoughts on immigration are completely unoriginal and just as deceptive.
In July, Orman was asked weak immigration questions by KSN [1]. How his cookie-cutter talking points are misleading is included inline (the "NOTE" parts). The only thing I can say in his favor is that he's learned his lines well:
KSN: Immigration is a big issue. How would you solve the problem?
Orman: For us to deal with our current immigration system, we have to adopt a policy that's tough, fair, and practical. (NOTE: see amnesty require) By tough, I mean we need to secure our borders. (NOTE: see secure the border) It's something that we've been working on, but we're not quite there, but we need first make sure we secure our borders. It's got to be fair to tax payers. So, if someone's in this country and is undocumented, I think they need to go an register with the INS (NOTE: the INS hasn't existed for over a decade. It was replaced with parts of the DHS), they need to pay a fine or perform community service as an acknowledgment that they've broken the law, they need to pay taxes, hold down a job, obey our laws, learn English (NOTE: most amnesty plans are very loose on those requirements), and ultimately at that point, if they want to get in line (NOTE: see immigration line) and apply for citizenship, they should be able to do that. By the same token, it has to be practical. It's just not practical to say that we're going to find and send back to other countries 11 million undocumented people. And frankly, it's not even advisable. (NOTE: see deportations false choice) We've got whole industries in Kansas that would go away. We've got towns that would be decimated if we took such drastic actions. Towns like Dodge City and Garden City, much of the agricultural community in Kansas would be absolutely devastated if we took a real harsh position on that. (NOTE: see the related crooked town stories, and see immigration agriculture for what Orman won't discuss) In that regard, it needs to be tough, fair, and practical.
KSN: When you say, "secure the borders," so you mean fence? Border Patrol/troops?
Orman: We've dramatically increased the number of border security agents that we have on the border over the last 10 years. In fact, I think in 2004 we had something along the order of 10,000 security agents, now we're closer to 21,000 people working in border security. I think we need to continue the commitment to the number of folks there. I do think we need to look at an evaluate whether or not there are opportunities to employ technology to do a better job of securing the border and we don't create a perception that we have poor border control. Another thing to think about, just in terms of immigration policy is all the unintended consequences of having 11 million people living here who are sort of living outside of the system. (NOTE: see living in the shadows) We're talking about increased instances of certain diseases, and it doesn't surprise me that with 11 million people who might be afraid to go and get vaccinations. And so there are lots of unintended consequences for not solving the problem. And the other thing that I'd point out, is that if we look at this problem over a long period of time, when Senator Roberts was elected to the house, we had 2.1 million undocumented workers in this country, and today we have 11 million. (NOTE: see immigration terminology; they're illegal aliens and not all are workers) Both sides like to talk about being tough on immigration and immigration reform, but frankly both sides have had control of Congress and the White House for extended periods of time, and neither side has really done anything about it. It's because there are large vocal constituencies in both parties on either side of this issue. So I think that immigration is just yet another example of how Washington is failing us by failing to act on a constructive solution.
The implied "constructive solution" Orman supports is comprehensive immigration reform, i.e., legalizing millions of illegal aliens. One alternative is attrition but, of course, Orman misleads by ignoring that using the deportations false choice above.
If you're an Orman supporter, then please see the links above for how he's trying to deceive you using hoary old talking points. If anyone is still not convinced, contact @24AheadDotCom_ and I'll go into as much depth as possible.
For those who are tired of hacks using deceptive talking points, search for those who support @OrmanForSenate and make the points above to them.
10/9/14 UPDATE: From a report by John McCormack of the Weekly Standard ( peekURL.com/z4F9wA4 ):
But when I asked Orman during the press conference if he would vote for the 2013 Senate immigration bill if it comes up in a future Congress, he replied: "I would."
"John McCain, Lindsey Graham, 14 Republican senators supported that bill. They do not believe it's an amnesty bill," Orman continued. "They believe it's commonsense comprehensive immigration reform. Like those Republican senators and like Senator Dole before them, I'd want to have a very practical policy on immigration reform, and not one that's driven simply to win elections." [Pat Roberts] voted against the 2013 bill.
[1] ksn . com/2014/07/24/raw-video-interview-with-greg-orman/
New York City has passed a law to give municipal identification cards to any qualifying resident of that city, regardless of immigration status [1]. Like similar efforts in other cities, the real goals include building up a political power base for politicians and enriching major banks.
In the case of the NYC card, they're specifically covering up for future criminals and terrorists. Here are some of the issues with the card:
1. The card incentivizes illegal immigration. In order to give out as many as possible, Mayor Bill De Blasio is offering free admission to zoos, museums, etc. for one year to bearers. Even if few bearers take advantage of those discounts, the message is clear: New York City welcomes illegal aliens. People aren't going to come here illegally just to get free admission to the Guggenheim, but they will realize that if they move to NYC and avoid major crimes they'll be welcomed. That will lead to more illegal immigration, not less.
2. In the legislation, the only businesses mentioned specifically are banks: "The city shall seek to encourage eligible persons to apply for the card... by promoting acceptance of the card by banks and other public and private institutions." [2]. Why could they be so keen on banks accepting the cards? Because that means money. Banks will profit from opening accounts for illegal aliens, giving them loans, and sending part of their money out of the country via remittances. The Federal Reserve is trying to take a cut of the remittances market, and has promoted efforts to get the "unbanked" into the financial system. Liberals will be sold on "undocumented workers" using the cards to check out library books and visit the zoo, but one of the real goals is to make money for major banks and the Federal Reserve. All of that is a major example of corruption: entities profiting from money they know was earned illegally, with the assistance of the government. See immigration banks for extensive coverage of similar efforts in other cities and states.
3. Another ulterior motive is more power for corrupt politicians. The cards don't seem like they confer any sort of voting rights, although that might change. There's been a push to give illegal aliens voting rights in local elections; see this and immigration voting. That may be a glimmer in the eye of some politicians. But, even without having the right to vote, any large group of people confers power. The card will encourage more illegal aliens to live in NYC and will establish power bases in that community for politicians like De Blasio and city councilmembers.
4. The card will not be secure, due to the "GIGO" effect. To receive a card someone will have to provide proof of residency and some form of ID. The first could be easily faked. The second includes things like Mexico's Matricula Consular card. Both the Department of Justice and the FBI have concluded that card is not a reliable form of identification. The agency in charge of administering the cards can, according to the law, decide different forms of ID have different weights and require two forms of ID. However, given that the goal is to get ID cards into the hands of as many people as possible, does anyone think they aren't going to be as lenient as they can be, especially when those responsible for hiring them want the program to succeed? Other forms of ID are also acceptable, like broadly-defined foreign IDs. How difficult would it be for a foreign criminal or terrorist to bribe an official in their country to give them a fake ID, which they'd then use to establish ID in the U.S.? In addition to accepting potentially-fake foreign IDs, the NYC card makes declaring the bearer's gender optional and by their own definition [3].
5. In addition to all the above, New York City will destroy evidence and cover up for potential criminals and terrorists. Every quarter they're going to destroy records older than two years that were used to obtain the cards. So, someone could obtain a NYC municipal ID using fraudulent documents, keep their noses clean for a couple years (as many terrorists have been known to do), and then they'd rest assured that New York City will have destroyed the records of the fake documents they used to obtain NYC's ID card. NYC will only retain records and disclose records in certain cases, such as court orders [4]. In the cases of undercover terrorists, court orders are usually too late.
Want to do something about this? If you're an NYC resident then make the points above to your fellow citizens. On the national level, the ID cards can be used to discredit leading supposed-liberals. For instance, if an MSNBC host thinks the cards are a great idea, then you point out to their audience that the MSNBC host is helping big banks increase their profits. That will tend to reduce the credibility of that MSNBC host, especially to the part of their audience that supports Occupy Wall Street.
[1] legistar . council . nyc . gov/Legislation.aspx
File #: Int 0253-2014
Name: Creation of a New York city identity card program.
Law number: 2014/035
[2] "The city shall seek to encourage eligible persons to apply for the card and expand the benefits associated with the card, including, at a minimum, by promoting acceptance of the card by banks and other public and private institutions... ...[the quarterly report shall discuss] the city's efforts to promote acceptance of the New York city identity card by banks and other public and private institutions..."
[3] "Such card shall also, at the cardholder's option, display the cardholder's self-designated gender."
[4] The privacy section:
e. Confidentiality of New York city identity card eligibility information
(1) Once every quarter the city shall destroy copies of records provided by applicants to prove identity or residency for a New York city identity card that have been retained more than two years, except where such records are required by law to be preserved as evidence for purposes of litigation.
(2) On or before December 31, 2016, the administering agency shall review data collected in the report described in subdivision h of this section and make a determination regarding the continuing need to retain records pursuant to paragraph one of this subdivision in order to effectively administer the New York city identity card program and shall make any appropriate modifications to the policy for retention of records related to the New York city identity card program.
(3) In the event that: (i) the administering agency fails to make a determination on or before December 31, 2016 pursuant to paragraph (2) of this subdivision, or (ii) the administering agency determines that records retention is no longer necessary, then the city shall not retain originals or copies of records provided by an applicant to prove identity or residency for a New York city identity card for longer than the time needed to review the application, and any such records in the city's possession prior to such date shall be destroyed on or before December 31, 2016 or, in the case of an application pending on such date, as soon as practicable after a final determination has been made regarding the application. Nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to prevent the city from retaining records where such records are required by law to be preserved as evidence for purposes of litigation.
(4) To the maximum extent allowed by applicable federal and state law, information collected about applicants for the card shall be treated as confidential and may only be disclosed if:
(i) Authorized in writing by the individual to whom such information pertains, or if such individual is a minor or is otherwise not legally competent, by such individual's parent or legal guardian;
(ii) So ordered by a court of competent jurisdiction;
(iii) To a requesting city agency for the limited purpose of administering the New York city identity card program or determining or facilitating the applicant's eligibility for additional benefits, services, and care, provided that such disclosure is made in accordance with all applicable federal and state privacy laws and regulations, and subject to the further requirement that such information shall not be redisclosed to any other governmental agency or entity, or third party; or
(iv) To a law enforcement agency that serves the administering agency a judicial subpoena or judicial warrant.
(5) The city shall not indicate on the application forms used to apply for a New York city identity card the type of records provided by an applicant to establish residency or identity.