Blogger Must Come Up With Non-Halbig Post Yet Again
It’s apparently official: the decision nuking subsidies for policies on federal exchanges is not coming out today.
We’re stuck with feckless presidents who can barely be bothered to notice when Russian-supported terrorists deliberately shoot down an airliner with 23 Americans on board. In other words, the usual.
Let’s see . . . Hillary’s reaction to 298 deaths: it’s Europe’s problem . . . boring. Obama to speak live at 11:30 Eastern . . . boring. DoJ heard IRS emails missing on the news . . . why should they be different than Obama . . . boring. Ted Cruz joining Glenn Beck at the border . . . shrug.
My only reaction to all of this is that there should be a long German word to describe a feeling of overwhelming rage combined with a sort of boredom that comes from realizing that the rage-inducing events are so commonplace as to be barely worthy of note.
Honestly, the most interesting thing I see in the news is Paul Krugman’s piece crowing over the fact that there is (he says) no inflation resulting from billions upon billions of QE. I just think we should bookmark it today because we’ll be darkly chuckling about it at some point in the not too distant future. That’s the best I can do. Y’all are welcome to comment on any of the topics above.
Should I just go ahead and post my “Halbig: Obama Loses” post now? It’s ready to go. Just waiting for actual events to catch up.
UPDATE: OK, here’s a good one from Byron York: most asylum claims are approved even before they get to court.
Democrats who oppose changing the law to allow quicker removals of families and unaccompanied young people illegally crossing the southwestern border into the U.S. often argue that those entering the country illegally are entitled to a “day in court.”
The illegal immigrants “should be given their days in court,” said Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi on Thursday. “The kids should have their day in court,” said Democratic Rep. Joaquin Castro before a White House meeting this week. Young people should be given “a meaningful day in court to protect their rights under our laws,” added Democratic Rep. Luis Gutierrez.
Now, new numbers released by the House Judiciary Committee show the “vast majority” of unaccompanied minors seeking asylum are granted it before even appearing before a judge. “Information from U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) that shows 65 percent of unaccompanied alien minors’ asylum applications have been immediately approved by asylum officers in Fiscal Year 2014,” says a Judiciary Committee statement. “And this is just the first bite of the apple. Many more cases can be approved later. Where an asylum officer does not approve the application, it is then referred to an immigration judge where the applicant can try again. If that fails, they can continue to appeal their case.”
The tens of thousands of kids streaming in to the country know what to say. They have been told. They aren’t going anywhere.
UPDATE x2: This is odd as well: Obama administration says territories not subject to ObamaCare. I don’t follow their logic, as the law actually provides that territories are treated the same as states. Still, this seems worth noting. Time to move to the Virgin Islands?
Ding.
Patterico (9c670f) — 7/18/2014 @ 7:59 amMy only reaction to all of this is that there should be a long German word to describe a feeling of overwhelming rage combined with a sort of boredom that comes from realizing that the rage-inducing events are so commonplace as to be barely worthy of note.
Having taken technical German for scientists in the last millennium, I am sure there is, but I don’t know it. If no one comes up with one within a few days and I have time I’ll consult with a few German speaking folk (at least better than I) and try to come up with one.
MD in Philly (f9371b) — 7/18/2014 @ 8:26 amBut as I think about it, I’m pretty sure someone will come up with a well-researched attempt before I get to it (not naming names). 😉
Then nk can claim it originated from the Greek. 😉 😉
Nothing to add except that the endless garbage, ignored by the LSM, makes it hard to want to fight it.
There’s a big part of me that just wants to say, wake me up in “2017.”
bridget (c19217) — 7/18/2014 @ 8:26 amThe Territories, though many have created exchanges, do not have “State established” exchanges, therefore any subsidy would be also illegal – subsidies that make the policies affordable to the vast majority of residents in those territories.
askeptic (efcf22) — 7/18/2014 @ 8:31 amOops!
Doc, you too funny fella today.
askeptic (efcf22) — 7/18/2014 @ 8:32 amThere is in all this “dense packed” bad news, some cause for satisfaction that I will be 77 next birthday and will probably wave goodbye to all this before the bubble pops. It’s coming soon and I may have a race on my hands. It’s pleasant to remember what this country was like in the 1940s and 50s. If I start to feel too optimistic, I only have to read Huffington Post.
Mike K (b5c01a) — 7/18/2014 @ 8:32 amMore seriously, this overwhelming chaos in the world is why I mentioned the ongoing and worsening Ebola outbreak (by far the worst ever already) in West Africa the other day. Samaritan’s Purse has taken over the effort in Liberia so Doctor’s without Borders can concentrate their efforts in Guinea and Sierra Leone. (Yes, Doctors without borders is about as left as an organization can get, but they are the experts in handling Ebola, and I have never heard of any other group until now that took primary responsibility for dealing with an Ebola outbreak).
MD in Philly (f9371b) — 7/18/2014 @ 8:33 amGrosserschmerzimarsch.
nk (dbc370) — 7/18/2014 @ 8:40 amVDH expressed all the rage I feel in a strikingly lucid non-rage-y article. I am comforted that someone like him, whose intellect and whose sense of history I respect, sees things very much the way I do –and additionally has the stature, space and media bully pulpit to express it.
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2014/07/17/the_turbulent_summer_of_2014_123349.html
elissa (dcf2ac) — 7/18/2014 @ 8:44 am1. The evidence seems strong that it was not deliberate; 2. I don’t know what makes them terrorists. Whom have they terrorised?
Milhouse (b95258) — 7/18/2014 @ 8:52 amhttp://www.malaysiaairlines.com/my/en/site/mh17.html
Just a quick thing. As it stands right now contrary to Krystal Ball on MSNBC or any other US news source, no American was on the flight. That was also confirmed as if midnight Pacific Time yesterday/today (18JUL)
Charles (7377cb) — 7/18/2014 @ 9:07 amI mean, even if their declaration of independence was entirely spurious, merely declaring ones independence doesn’t make one a terrorist. How about that place in Denmark that declared independence back in the ’70s or so, and the Danes decided to humor them. They’re not terrorists, are they? So what did the eastern Ukranian separatists do to earn the terrorist label?
Milhouse (b95258) — 7/18/2014 @ 9:11 am11- For confirmation of that, we go to the field for interviews with the surviv….
askeptic (efcf22) — 7/18/2014 @ 9:11 amOh, never mind.
Charles,
President Obama just stated that at this point (9:13 am PST), there is only one confirmed American killed (the person had dual citizenship).
Dana (4dbf62) — 7/18/2014 @ 9:13 amIf there was an award given to bloggers for particularly brilliant posts/comments, I would nominate this paragraph:
“My only reaction to all of this is that there should be a long German word to describe a feeling of overwhelming rage combined with a sort of boredom that comes from realizing that the rage-inducing events are so commonplace as to be barely worthy of note.”
Bravo!
I think the word you are looking for is “schadenennui.”
ThOR (130453) — 7/18/2014 @ 9:20 amDana,
Well that dual citizenship thing tripped me up. Besides my Google fu and Bing-rate is weak this morning. Doing a search of MH17 and passengers takes you to all the big media in the various countries talking of who is dead and the Media doing thier best Don Henley impression. That is except the American media who are sticking to the 23 dead story like Obama sticks to the non – scandal borders are secure all is well line.
Charles (7377cb) — 7/18/2014 @ 9:25 amNotice the lack of america being called a christian nation lately. I wonder why? I guess it is difficult to claim this is a christian nation in one breath and throw the children back into the rio grande river in the next! Even for limbo hannity or o’reilly!
vota (7cf4a8) — 7/18/2014 @ 12:16 pmthat many children would greatly disturb the habitat of the endangered rio grande smelt Mr. vota
i think that idea’s a non-starter
happyfeet (8ce051) — 7/18/2014 @ 12:18 pmHonestly, the most interesting thing I see in the news is Paul Krugman’s piece crowing over the fact that there is (he says) no inflation resulting from billions upon billions of QE. I just think we should bookmark it today because we’ll be darkly chuckling about it at some point in the not too distant future. That’s the best I can do.
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Quantitative easing has taken place over the space of five years and change. I think if that was going to generate much inflation in and of itself it would have done so by now. Banks are sitting on a mess of excess reserves so the money multiplier is quite low. The question would be can the Fed correctly calibrate changes in the rate it pays on reserves with the rate of bond sales from its store so that you do not have a rapid expansion of M1 and M2.
http://www.frbsf.org/education/publications/doctor-econ/2013/march/federal-reserve-interest-balances-reserves
Art Deco (ee8de5) — 7/18/2014 @ 12:39 pmDoJ heard IRS emails missing on the news . . . why should they be different than Obama
The White House and the Treasury Departement did hear about it before the Senate Finance Committee..
Sammy Finkelman (d22d64) — 7/18/2014 @ 1:10 pmI saw Krugman’s piece. He’s chuckling over everybody else. Says that they’ve been warning about an inflation that never happens.
There was also a piece in the Wall street Journal about not passing a law manadating the fed have a default policy.
An Unnecessary Fix for the Fed
Sammy Finkelman (d22d64) — 7/18/2014 @ 1:10 pmRussian-supported terrorists deliberately shoot down an airliner
I think it was so deliberate that Putin didn’t give the final Ok until after he had Obama on the phone and had assessed his thinking.
Sammy Finkelman (d22d64) — 7/18/2014 @ 1:12 pmDoctors without Borders has been chased out of Burma.
In Myanmar, it’s “Think Buddhist, not Moslem.”
http://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/country-region/myanmar
That was in 2012.
This year:
http://www.cnn.com/2014/03/03/world/asia/myanmar-rakhine-doctors-without-borders/
Sammy Finkelman (d22d64) — 7/18/2014 @ 1:18 pmSo, the Mexican government issues 3 day transit passes for Central Americans to illegally enter the US, and then they turn themselves in and demand asylum, which is usually granted, unless they have gang tattoos or drug tracks or some such.
And, once granted, they become legal immigrants and are nearly impossible to remove.
Obama has basically decided that his presidency is over when the new Senate sits, so he’s going for every sleazy ratfuque thing he can do before then. I really hope the people revolt and every Dem who can lose, loses. That would give the Republicans 60 seats and then we CAN talk about impeachment. Maybe even a double impeachment.
Kevin M (b357ee) — 7/18/2014 @ 1:29 pmmost asylum claims are approved even before they get to court.
Well, they are approvable.
While claims for asylum have to be based on persecution because of
1) Political opinion
2) Race
3) religion
4) National original
5) membership in a particular social group (homosexuals qualify)
It does not cover fear of crime, either general or particular.
Some people, however, have been granted asylum for persecution because of refusing gang membership.
Sammy Finkelman (d22d64) — 7/18/2014 @ 1:30 pmJuveniles have a particular category that may be valuable for them.
There is aspecial immigrant statis for anyone under 21 placed in foster care or given a guardian according to an order of a state family court.
Once the family court issues its order the child can apply for permanent residence.
Sammy Finkelman (d22d64) — 7/18/2014 @ 1:30 pmKevin M (b357ee) — 7/18/2014 @ 1:29 pm
So, the Mexican government issues 3 day transit passes for Central Americans to illegally enter the US, and then they turn themselves in and demand asylum, which is usually granted, </I.
No it's not usually granted, (less than 50%) but hearings are granted, and this drags on for years. Right now hearing dates are getting to be even two years in the future.
unless they have gang tattoos or drug tracks or some such.
They might be even more entitled to asylum, if they are opposed to the gang, and can’t leave it.
There is another status very helpful for minors. If they are placed under the jurisdiction of a family court, and someone in the USA is granted custody, they qualify for a green card, (I guess so long as they remain under the jurisdiction of the family court.
They certainly won’t be sent away without the concurrence of the family court, if they are still under age..
There are also U visas and T status. U visas, limited to 10,000 a year, are of people who have suffered severe physical or mental abuse as a result of certain criminal actiivity, and co-operate with investigators. I think hat’s mostly physical abuse and forced prostitution. After 3 years they can get a green card.
“T” status is granted to people trafficked to the United States if they were trafficked to engage in commercial sex or forced labor. (You don’t want people to be afariid to go to the policem now do you?_ After 3 years tghey can get permanent residence.)
Sammy Finkelman (d22d64) — 7/18/2014 @ 1:41 pmBoko Haram Was ‘Piling Up Corpses’ Before Setting Nigerian Town Ablaze
Sounds like they were Moslems, but not their kind of Moslem. This was Damboa. It’s controlled by the government of Nigeria. This happened today
Sammy Finkelman (d22d64) — 7/18/2014 @ 1:49 pmWas there any reason really to ever be confident the Halbig decision would be issued so soon?
Does the delay mean something, like re-writing?
Sammy Finkelman (d22d64) — 7/18/2014 @ 1:59 pmTheer were things on children immiigration I haven’t gotten around to linking.
1) Article from WSJ showing that Privacy Act precludes Gov being notified.
2) Article from NYT given actual statistics on diseases, and statement this is usual for school nurses to see.
3) De Blasio signing municipal ID bill last week.
Sammy Finkelman (d22d64) — 7/18/2014 @ 2:44 pmSmall folk can tell better than Krugman.
Ibidem (f2132b) — 7/18/2014 @ 7:19 pmBread costs more, gas costs more, milk costs more.
Zorneslangeweile (the boredom of anger)or Ennuyierungsgefuehl (a feeling of ennui).
Actually, “ennui” combines the sense of boredom and anger.
Golden Eagle (4e9369) — 7/18/2014 @ 7:28 pm…bananas cost more, oranges cost more, potatoes cost more, corn costs more, onions cost more, beans cost more, peanut butter costs more, meat costs more, rent costs more.
Did Krugman write anything about how the minimum wage “needs” to go up?
Ibidem (f2132b) — 7/18/2014 @ 8:08 pm…because the minimum wage is supposed to provide a certain amount of purchasing power, so if it has to go up, there’s either more consumerism (it’s supposed to buy more) or less purchasing power (in other words, inflation).
And less is getting bought.
Ibidem #31 and #33 – you beat me to it …
At the grocery store, staples like bacon, yoghurt, fruit & vegetables (except those *very* in season), cheese meat, fish, cereals – all are up significantly over the past few years …
But, according to the Elite, there is no inflation …
(sigh)
Alastor (2e7f9f) — 7/18/2014 @ 8:35 pmAlastor- Krugman has a pattern of claiming nonsense, even more than the typical Elites.
Ibidem (f2132b) — 7/18/2014 @ 10:28 pmHe wrote about how the VA was a model healthcare system ~3 years ago (since the Clinton administration).
My guess is that what happpened under Clinton didn’t make it better but just made it easier to hide.
Gentlemen, allow me to explain.
Inflation is not up for the same reason that employment is down. The regime is cooking the books.
Food stuffs and gasoline are no longer part of the formula for calculating inflation. It was done some time ago so I’d have to do a search.
The same way they have stopped counting anyone no longer receiving unemployment/disability as a part of the work force.
The stooges at the ministry of propaganda (ABS/CBS/NBC/etc.) simply report it as good news.
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??m88.com (95718a) — 7/19/2014 @ 6:55 pmI read an op-ed artidle in the New York Times today, endorsing the open primary system of Louisiana, Washington State and California.
While a little bit biased,
Sammy Finkelman (d22d64) — 7/22/2014 @ 11:16 amI read an op-ed artidle in the New York Times today, endorsing the open primary system of Louisiana, Washington State and California.
While a little bit biased, it criticized both parties.
Then I noticed that the author was…
Senator Charles Schumer!!
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/22/opinion/charles-schumer-adopt-the-open-primary.html?ref=international&_r=1
Worthy of note:
1) There aren’t really too many competitive primaries now in the Democratic Party. There’s a lot of pre-picking and forcing out.
2) Where was Charles Schumer when mayor Bloomberg wanted to get non-partisan elections in New York City?
3) The true reason for partisanship in Congress is not primaries picking extremists, but the centralization of campaign funding, with party leaders doling out money.
4) Senator Schumer surely knows why Eric Cantor really lost, and it was mostly lying in his campaign and wafflinmg on issues.
He writes:
What “winner-take all? Eric Cantor lost because there was no runoff?? What’s he talking about?
5. He praises the “open-primary” system for having saved Thad Cochran
Sammy Finkelman (d22d64) — 7/22/2014 @ 11:25 am