z**k
发帖数: 945 | 1 http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-06-11/cantor-wasted-cash-at-
Cantor Wasted Cash at Ritz While Raising Brat’s TV Image
By Annie Linskey and Greg Giroux Jun 12, 2014 12:00 AM GMT-0400
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发帖数: 1 | 2 【 以下文字转载自 USANews 讨论区 】
发信人: airglacier (带娃先锋), 信区: USANews
标 题: 欧洲明灯-瑞士穆穆学生必须和女性老师握手，否则罚款
发信站: BBS 未名空间站 (Wed May 25 19:53:25 2016, 美东)
Muslim Boys Required to Shake Hands With Female Teacher, Swiss School Board
Rules. The could face up to a $5,000 fine if they refuse
(GENEVA)— A school board in northern Switzerland said Wednesday that two
Muslim boys who have refused to shake hands with their female teachers for
religious reasons can be required to do so, ruling that their parents could
face ... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 19908 | 3 我刚来美国的时候系里有个12年级的博士生，名字叫Newcomer |
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发帖数: 7349 | 5 Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime WalkTwo
time Oscar winner Ang Lee follows up 2012’s Life of Pi with this highly
anticipated war drama, based on Ben Fountain’s novel of the same name. The
cast includes some well-known names, including Kristen Stewart, Vin Diesel
and Steve Martin, but the title role goes to newcomer Joe Alwyn in his first
ever screen role.
Billy Lynn is the first movie to be shot in super-high-resolution 3D at 120
frames per second. “This is not just a new technology, but a new habit i... 阅读全帖 |
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t*******y
发帖数: 374 | 6 Very thoughtful and deep observation but hardly mass news media dare to
challenge even to mention it. People here in mitbbs seem just to ignore it.
you
the |
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发帖数: 1 | 7 Myth 1: Chinese immigrants are newcomers in US.
Fact: They are clearly not. Their ancestors came to US earlier than most
Americans' grandparents.
Myth 2: Chinese immigrants (including those in high-tech companies or
academia) are poor at English.
Fact: Most Chinese immigrants (especially the ones in academia) have better
writing skills than common Americans on average. Those undereducated
residents who can fluently speak the language can struggle on writing
appropriately -- which is more common ... 阅读全帖 |
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a******9
发帖数: 20431 | 8 Here's how things break down. For a "traditional" sex scene between a man
and a woman, the average actress' compensation is typically between $800 and
$1,000, depending on the studio's budget. Top-tier performers can earn as
much as $1,500, occasionally $2,000, while newcomers with bad representation
might earn as little as $300. |
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W*****B
发帖数: 4796 | 9 gay porn star挣得比straight porn女星多还是少？
： Here's how things break down. For a "traditional" sex scene
between a man
：and a woman, the average actress' compensation is typically between $
800 and $1,000, depending on the studio's budget. Top-tier performers
can earn as
：much as $1,500, occasionally $2,000, while newcomers with bad
representation might earn as little as $300. |
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b****a
发帖数: 4465 | 11 Bottom line: So-called real Americans are screwing up America. Maybe they
should leave, so that we can replace them with new and better ones:
newcomers who are more appreciative of what the United States has to offer,
more ambitious for themselves and their children, and more willing to
sacrifice for the future. In other words, just the kind of people we used to
be — when “we” had just come off the boat.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/16/opinion/only-mass-deportation-can-save-
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W***n
发帖数: 11530 | 12 Tens of thousands march to defend Hong Kong's rule of law against China
Reuters By James Pomfret,Reuters 14 hours ago
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By James Pomfret
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Tens of thousands marched in China-ruled Hong Kong on
Sunday in an "anti authoritarian rule" march that called for the resignation
of the city's top legal official over the recent jailing of young democracy
activists.
The march, an annual fixture over the past few years on Ch... 阅读全帖 |
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W*****B
发帖数: 4796 | 13 下个月在日本和中国上映。日本我不好说。中国票房我预测肯定好不了。咱们黄人不喜
欢看泥哥英雄。反正我不会去看的。
‘Black Panther’ Crosses $700 Million Globally, Annihilating Newcomers
LOS ANGELES — If it keeps this up, “Black Panther” could be the newest
member of moviedom’s $1 billion club.
Having had a week to absorb its record-setting arrival, Hollywood is now
sizing up the staying power of Marvel’s latest superhero movie. In its
second weekend, “Black Panther” demonstrated an astoundi... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 851 | 14 China’s yuan-priced crude benchmark chips away at petrodollar
https://www.rt.com/business/422448-china-oil-futures-outstrips-brent/
China's launch of yuan-backed oil futures has sparked huge interest among
investors with initial trade volumes of the contracts outpacing overnight
transactions of rival Brent crude – a globally recognized benchmark.
The first trading session saw a total of 62,500 contracts with more than 62
million barrels of crude traded for a notional volume of nearly 27 billion
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发帖数: 3509 | 15 这文章太牛皮了，而且能直接登在匈牙利的主流报纸上。虚伪的盎萨的主流媒体再反中
，也不敢登这样的文章，哈哈哈哈。
Chinese newcomers to post-Communist Hungary have turned the country into a
hub of trade with Central and Eastern Europe. But they generally keep to
themselves and refuse to assimilate.
Anna Szalai
“I’m not racist, but I hate Chinese people and blacks.” This sentiment,
aired in the course of a survey on how foreign pupils are received at
Hungarian schools, has become all too familiar. While the number of new
immigrants to Hungary has steadil... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 1 | 16 送交者: Newcomer 于 2020-01-29 01:24:58
During the 2017-2018 season, the percentage of deaths attributed to
pneumonia and influenza (P&I) was at or above the epidemic threshold for 16
consecutive weeks. During the past five seasons, the average number of weeks
this indicator was above threshold was 11 (range of 7 to 15 weeks).
Nationally, mortality attributed to P&I exceeded 10.0% for four consecutive
weeks, peaking at 10.8% during the week ending January 20, 2018. (https://
www.cdc.gov/flu/about/se... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 1 | 17 原文出处：
Chinese Catcher 黄鬼猎手的故事：
The Bureau of Immigration divided the country into separate districts and
assigned special agents, commonly known as "Chinese Catchers," to find and
arrest Chinese in the country unlawfully. Catchers with high records of
arrests and deportations were "celebrated" and transferred throughout the
country so they could share thier expertise. Chinese inspector Charles Mehan
, for example ... "one of the most celebrated Chinese catchers," was
transferred first to El Paso... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 1 | 18 Chinese Catcher 黄鬼猎手的故事：
The Bureau of Immigration divided the country into separate districts and
assigned special agents, commonly known as "Chinese Catchers," to find and
arrest Chinese in the country unlawfully. Catchers with high records of
arrests and deportations were "celebrated" and transferred throughout the
country so they could share thier expertise. Chinese inspector Charles Mehan
, for example ... "one of the most celebrated Chinese catchers," was
transferred first to El Paso, Texa... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 1642 | 19 【 以下文字转载自 Military 讨论区 】
发信人: VUE (信人), 信区: Military
标 题: Re: Sao Mang: thanksgiving
发信站: BBS 未名空间站 (Fri Nov 26 23:07:33 2010, 美东)
Although they had first sighted land off Cape Cod they did not settle until
they arrived at Plymouth, which had been named by Captain John Smith in 1614
. It was there that the Pilgrims decide to settle. Plymouth offered an
excellent harbor. A large brook offered a resource for fish. The Pilgrims
biggest concern was attack by the local Native American Indians. But t... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 7521 | 20 【 以下文字转载自 Military 讨论区 】
发信人: ubcumn (ubcumn), 信区: Military
标 题: 看到你的祖国死去很痛苦，只有止不住的叹息和哭泣zz
发信站: BBS 未名空间站 (Thu Jan 13 14:16:38 2011, 美东)
http://www.thetrumpet.com/index.php?q=7835.6441.0.0
It’s Hard to Watch Your Country Die －One can’t help but sigh and cry.
看到你的祖国死去很痛苦，只有止不住的叹息和哭泣。
America suffers with several ills from which it will not recover. This
reality is becoming inescapably plain.
美国正在遭受好几个病痛的折磨，这些病好不了了。这是一个不可避免的（inescapable）而且很简单的（ plain）事实。
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发帖数: 346 | 22 No.. a relative newcomer
leona lewis.. the winnder of X factor, the mother of American Idol |
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发帖数: 7349 | 23 Sloetjes had a total of 157 points, including 138 spikes, 10 blocks and nine
aces. Sloetjes’ performance in the tournament did not seem like she is an
Olympic newcomer, as she scored on demand, and found the right angles to
beat her opponents’ tough blocks.
“I think this is not even my best tournament,” Sloetjes said. “I could
not find to score the way I normally do. I just want to win the match. I
always go forward in every swing I do and in every attack I do. I just go
full and I think that is... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 4174 | 24 By CHARLES BABINGTON, Associated Press Writer Charles Babington,
Associated Press Writer – Wed Aug 25, 5:22 pm ET
WASHINGTON – A Republican civil war is raging, with righter-than-thou
conservatives dominating ever more primaries in a fight for the party's soul
. And the Democrats hope to benefit.
The latest examples of conservative insurgents' clout came Tuesday at
opposite ends of the country. In Florida, political newcomer Rick Scott beat
longtime congressman and state Attorney General Bil |
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发帖数: 4174 | 25 http://finance.yahoo.com/career-work/article/111858/best-compan
Best Companies to Work For, 2011
Thursday, January 20, 2011FortuneonCNNMoney.com
SAS takes the prize again! When it comes to workplaces, few companies offer
the kinds of perks the privately held software giant does: Employees at its
Cary, N.C., campus can help themselves to everything from a tailor, a
manicurist, and a hair salon, to summer camp programs for kids, to car
detailing — all of which helped land the company at the to... 阅读全帖 |
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m******1
发帖数: 19713 | 26 25 sports people have already come out in 2011: athletes, journalists,
coaches and execs
May 17th, 2011
by Cyd Zeigler jr..
When Ross Forman of the Windy City Times asked me to come up with a list of
all the people in sports who have come out publicly this year, I had no idea
the number would eclipse two dozen. And still counting. From the two men
who kicked off this year, Johnny Weir and Steve Buckley, to the two so came
out this week, Rick Welts and Will Sheridan, here’s the list with links to... 阅读全帖 |
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m******1
发帖数: 19713 | 27 AP Exclusive: Obama's transgender ex-nanny 'proud'
By NINIEK KARMINI, Associated Press – 16 hours ago
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Once, long ago, Evie looked after "Barry" Obama,
the kid who would grow up to become the world's most powerful man. Now, his
transgender former nanny has given up her tight, flowery dresses, her
brocade vest and her bras, and is living in fear on Indonesia's streets.
Evie, who was born a man but believes she is really a woman, has endured a
lifetime of taunts and beatin... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 2153 | 28 David Richardson has become the first openly gay legislator of Florida. The
55-year-old forensic accountant said he was comfortable having made Florida
history on election night.
“I am the first openly gay legislator of Florida – and forever will be,”
he said, having defeated on Tuesday three other candidates to represent
state House District 113 in Miami Beach.
Mr Richardson, a native of Orlando and the son of a cab driver and factory
worker, gained biology and accounting undergraduate degrees ... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 3365 | 29 http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000142405297020373530457716665
BEIJING—China has announced that people living in its towns and cities now
outnumber those in the countryside, making it a predominantly urban nation
for the first time in Chinese civilization.
Migrant workers and others line up for trains ahead of the Lunar New Year
holiday in Chengdu on Tuesday.
The milestone spotlights a trend that China's government says will be a key
driver of economic growth over the next two decades as hundre... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 29846 | 30 左派大本营多伦多选出保守党市长Rob Ford。
http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/29204
Toronto, Bastion of Canada’s progressive socialism, fell to conservatism
last night
By Judi McLeod Tuesday, October 26, 2010
Take heart, American Patriots everywhere! Figurative bells began ringing
out from the bellwether City of Toronto last night, sounding the clarion
call: “Progressives beware!”
For the first time that anybody could remember the penny-pinching, small c
conservative Councillor Rob Ford is now Toronto... 阅读全帖 |
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l****z
发帖数: 29846 | 31 http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/12/03/state-lawmakers-bolt-democratic-party-election-day/
Adding insult to injury for their party, at least 13 Democratic state
lawmakers have joined the Republican ranks since Election Day -- deepening
GOP gains and in one case handing the party the state House majority.
Democrats in five states have switched parties since Nov. 2, citing concerns
about the economy and the political leanings of their constituents. The
defections are a troubling sign for state... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 29846 | 32 大梦初醒！加拿大穆斯林议会创办人Tarek Fatah：“和英国一样，加拿大多元文化主
义模式已经失败了”
http://www.torontosun.com/news/torontoandgta/2011/02/07/1718888
A prominent voice in Canada’s Muslim community said British Prime Minister
David Cameron was “spot on” when he insisted British multiculturalism has
failed.
And just like Britain, Canada’s will fail, said Muslim Canadian Congress
founder Tarek Fatah.
He said Monday that, like Britain, Canada has been too tolerant in allowing
Muslim immigrants to settle into closed communities, so... 阅读全帖 |
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l****z
发帖数: 29846 | 33 Friday, May 27, 2011
Voters still believe U.S. society is fair and decent and tend to think
President Obama doesn't agree with them.
The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that 63% of
Likely U.S. Voters believe American society is generally fair and decent.
Twenty-four percent think U.S. society is generally unfair and
discriminatory, and another 14% are not sure. (To see survey question
wording, click here.)
Since early November 2006, the number of voters who say society ... 阅读全帖 |
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l****z
发帖数: 29846 | 34 By Jeremy Egerer
It is oftentimes complained, partially unfairly, that the American lower
classes are getting poorer and poorer. But enough has been written, by
practically every conservative think-tank, about how the welfare state and
anti-discrimination legislation destroy neighborhoods and promote the
business interests of those with poor moral constitutions (leftists,
primarily) by providing layabouts with an arsenal of unreasonable lawsuits.
This article, recognizing the above socioeconomi... 阅读全帖 |
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p******o
发帖数: 9007 | 35 To get a plumber license, you need to pass some government administrated
exams and applications, but these are trivial; then you need approval from
Master Plumber and Master Fire Suppression Piping Contractor License Board.
These are trade association, just like for lawyers, doctors. This is the
tricky part, also called entry barrier. Existing business owners have less
incentives for newcomers. |
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p******o
发帖数: 9007 | 36 To get a plumber license, you need to pass some government administrated
exams and applications, but these are trivial; then you need approval from
Master Plumber and Master Fire Suppression Piping Contractor License Board.
These are trade association, just like for lawyers, doctors. This is the
tricky part, also called entry barrier. Existing business owners have less
incentives for newcomers. |
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l****z
发帖数: 29846 | 37 Analysis of the Current Population Survey of tne Census Bureau by the Center
for Immigration Studies (August 2012), shows that 28% of immigrants are on
Medicaid, compared to 14% of U.S.-born Whites, 15%of U.S.-born Asians, 31%
of U.S.-born Hispanics.
Of immigrants from Mexico and Central America, about 42% use Medicaid. But
from some other Latin lands, Medicaid use is much less- for those from Peru
and Colombia, 22%. For the better educated and higher-earning immigrants
from China, Korea, Philip... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 1761 | 38 问题太差了。
There need to be stricter laws and regulations to protect the environment.
答案：Mostly Agree 但是我不是脑残的纯绿色和平主义者，我认为环境保护的法律和
规定都要有足够的科学佐证和风险管理。 不能说BP在墨西哥湾那样搞，也不能说阿拉
斯加原油P都不动。
The government should help more needy people even if it means going deeper
in debt.
答案：Mostly Disagree 为啥最穷人群需求需要更深的政府债务，我个人认为这本来就
是悖论。 要区分懒汉和没有机会的人，政府应该努力拉平起跑线，但是纯懒汉则没有
必要让他们当社会蛀虫。 而努力拉平起跑线本身一定会带来更深政府债务么？ 我不这
样认为。
The growing number of newcomers from other countries threaten traditional
American customs and values.
答案： 这... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 3942 | 39 (Reuters) - Americans will pay an average premium of $328 monthly for a mid-
tier health insurance plan when the Obamacare health exchanges open for
enrollment next week, and most will qualify for government subsidies to
lower that price, the Obama administration said on Wednesday.
The figure, based on data for approved insurance plans in 48 states,
represents the broadest national estimate for how much Americans will pay
for health coverage under President Barack Obama's healthcare reform law
n... 阅读全帖 |
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l****z
发帖数: 29846 | 40 Illinois Political Chickens Coming Home To Roost
David Robertson May 11, 2015
“Politicians are to blame for the state’s fiscal woes, but mainly because
they colluded with unions to promise unsustainable benefits in return for
political support.” – Wall Street Journal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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The above quote comes from a May 8, 2015 Wall Street Journa... 阅读全帖 |
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l****z
发帖数: 29846 | 41 Drop in the Bucket: Illegal Alien Pleads Guilty to Trafficking Heroin in
Idaho
Illegal alien Andres Avila pled guilty to trafficking drugs in September
after Idaho police caught him with 98 grams of heroin during a traffic stop,
according to the Idaho State Journal. Much to its credit, the Journal noted
Aliva was an immigrant in the headline — though where the U.S. should ship
him back to is not reported.
Avila will be sentenced on October 29; prosecutors recommended he serve a
minimum of 10 yea... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 29853 | 42 very well said.
I had the same feeling even in parenting board these days. some id think
they are 社会秩序和意识形态的制定者, while some ID kind of want to bully
newcomer before they find agreement and become friend.
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b*****o
发帖数: 6080 | 43 Democrats in them thar hills
Rural America is becoming more diverse politically. Thank retired baby-
boomers
Oct 24th 2015 | From the print edition
Timekeeper
FOR Americans who love road trips but despise Democrats, the Obama years
have been a golden age. Rural America does not like this president—an
antipathy that only deepened between his election in 2008 and his re-
election four years later, when he picked up just 37% of rural voters. Add
that trend to a decades-long swing of southern states... 阅读全帖 |
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b*****o
发帖数: 6080 | 44 Democrats in them thar hills
Rural America is becoming more diverse politically. Thank retired baby-
boomers
Oct 24th 2015 | From the print edition
Timekeeper
FOR Americans who love road trips but despise Democrats, the Obama years
have been a golden age. Rural America does not like this president—an
antipathy that only deepened between his election in 2008 and his re-
election four years later, when he picked up just 37% of rural voters. Add
that trend to a decades-long swing of southern states... 阅读全帖 |
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T*********k
发帖数: 1621 | 45 德国的老女人引进近 100 万饥渴的穆斯林，what can go wrong?
又是一个左逼做“好事”，他人遭殃的例子。
http://news.yahoo.com/germany-stunned-rash-years-sex-assaults-1
erlin (AFP) - The German government Tuesday condemned dozens of apparently
coordinated sexual assaults against women on New Year's Eve in the western
city of Cologne blamed on Arab men but warned against anti-migrant
scapegoating.
Justice Minister Heiko Mass called for a thorough investigation of the rash
of attacks, ranging from groping to at least one reported rape, all... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 1 | 46 Muslim Boys Required to Shake Hands With Female Teacher, Swiss School Board
Rules. The could face up to a $5,000 fine if they refuse
(GENEVA)— A school board in northern Switzerland said Wednesday that two
Muslim boys who have refused to shake hands with their female teachers for
religious reasons can be required to do so, ruling that their parents could
face fines of up to 5,000 Swiss francs (about $5,000) if they don’t.
A public school in the northeastern Therwil municipality had sought the
re... 阅读全帖 |
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g********2
发帖数: 6571 | 47 Diversity: History's Pathway to Chaos
Victor Davis Hanson
Posted: Aug 25, 2016 12:01 AM
Emphasizing diversity has been the pitfall, not the strength, of nations
throughout history.
The Roman Empire worked as long as Iberians, Greeks, Jews, Gauls and myriad
other African, Asian and European communities spoke Latin, cherished habeas
corpus and saw being Roman as preferable to identifying with their own
particular tribe. By the fifth century, diversity had won out but would soon
prove a fatal liabi... 阅读全帖 |
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b*****o
发帖数: 6080 | 48 Chinese and Indian newcomers to the U.S. are now outpacing Mexican arrivals
in most regions of the country, a marked reversal from a decade ago, when
immigrants from America’s southern neighbor dwarfed arrivals from the large
Asian countries.
A Wall Street Journal analysis of census figures shows that in Illinois, New
York, Ohio, Virginia, Florida, Georgia and other states, more immigrants
from China and India arrived than from Mexico in 2014, the most recent year
for which data are available.
T... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 6571 | 49 September 9, 2016
The DC Gaslight District
By Peggy Ryan
I turn on the news and want to scream – another poll with Hillary Clinton
in the lead! How? She's all but dropped out of the race, and a new Clinton
scandal breaks every half-hour. So how is she winning?
It makes my head spin. Hillary disappears – her numbers go up. She
mishandles classified information and breaks the law – her numbers go up.
She's nailed for her Clinton Foundation pay-to-play scheme – her numbers go
up. I feel as t... 阅读全帖 |
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b*****d
发帖数: 61690 | 50 Obama has set a target of 110,000 refugee admissions, including a
significant number from Syria, in fiscal year 2017; some activists had hoped
for 200,000. Opposition among Republicans in Congress, which controls
funding for the U.S. refugee resettlement program, likely stayed Obama's
hand.
Clinton said last year that she'd like to see the U.S. accept some 65,000
refugees from Syria; but in the year since, she's stayed silent on any
numbers. Her campaign stresses that while Clinton believes in k... 阅读全帖 |
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