The week is young so I can't award a grander prize, but this is the dumbest stat I have seen today. The theme is the violence in Central America prompting unaccompanied minors to flee:
In Honduras, which is considered the most dangerous country in the world, poverty combines with the underlying danger on the streets caused by conflicts between rival gangs and the increasing presence of drug cartels. Being young in Honduras is a risk. According to the National Violence Observatory, more than half of homicide victims in that Central American country are younger than 30. Young people in Honduras have two options: either leave or stay behind and face death.
Hmm - an article about "why all those children are immigrating alone" leans on statistics about the homicide rate for those under 30? Whatever. Since the median age in Honduras is 22, we aren't shocked that a high proportion of homicide victims are under thirty. Nor are we shocked by the suggestion that young people, especially young males, are dangerous, mainly to each other - in the United States (median age of 37) we see from FBI Uniform Crime Statistics that nearly half (48%) of homicide victims in the much safer US were 29 or younger.
Hold the front page - being young anywhere is a risk.
I agree -- the mediots will do anything to advance the narrative, no matter how ridiculous.
Posted by: MaryD | July 21, 2014 at 09:58 AM
good fiddance
Posted by: Exasperated | July 21, 2014 at 09:59 AM
and good riddance, too
Posted by: Exasperated | July 21, 2014 at 10:00 AM
Over the weekend I pointed out that the Leadership Council was filing a CERD complaint with the UN and basically mentioning the need for the US and Mexico to 'fix' what is wrong in those central american countries.
Then I get Wharton's Jeremy Rifkin informing me that the EU is the first of the shifts to the new continental governance model that will overtake the nation-state by mid-century. Lucky me got to look into the Baoa Forum to see what China wants in Asia.
Doesn't this all look like not wanting a distinction anymore about boundaries to the south involving North America?
Posted by: rse | July 21, 2014 at 10:01 AM
No one told the WP reporter that there would any math involved. Sheesh!
Posted by: Black Hat | July 21, 2014 at 10:04 AM
What a remarkably stupid piece, even by the low standards of the WaPo.
Nowhere in the WaPo article is a mention of what the homicide rate actually is, which would be relevant to the question of how dangerous the country is.
And they get paid for this...
Posted by: James D. | July 21, 2014 at 10:16 AM
TomM is reading the WaPo as well? OhhhhKayyyy. The numbers and truth mean nothing to WaPo and NYT editors, only the Narrative matters.The reality is that the Dem party is screwing significant portions of its base white,black and Chicano working class by demanding open borders unlimited poor uneducated immigrants. Those groups will boycott the Dems, as working class whites boycotted Romney, because the Dems offer them nothing. Plus, with the OPM famine, the public union AFSCME empire will hemorrage members and money, so the Dems are all in with creating a new and different electorate, because the current American electorate is epic fail for the Dem gangsters.
Posted by: NK(withnewsoftware) | July 21, 2014 at 10:21 AM
That may be the dumbest stat, but this wins dumbest sentence (my bold): "In El Salvador, a 2012 truce between the country’s leading gangs reduced the number of homicides considerably, but little is left of that agreement, and the number of dead is rising."
...
Posted by: AliceH | July 21, 2014 at 10:24 AM
Obama to make statement on Ukraine at 10:50 eastern from South Lawn.
He will probably amble up to the teleprompter about 11:15 or so.
Posted by: Miss Marple | July 21, 2014 at 10:25 AM
Pass a law raising the median age. Problem solved!
Posted by: Beasts of England | July 21, 2014 at 10:28 AM
Any sane gambling house would make the over/under for Obummer's TOTUS appearance no earlier than 11:30EST.
Posted by: NK(withnewsoftware) | July 21, 2014 at 10:28 AM
BoE@10:26. Is that you Harry Reid?
Posted by: NK(withnewsoftware) | July 21, 2014 at 10:29 AM
...either leave or stay behind and face death.
I think the person who wrote that should be called out by name.
Posted by: Extraneus | July 21, 2014 at 10:31 AM
I had to laugh at the South Lawn appearance, for once again, this is try #3. Obama is incapable of getting a reaction right the first time. It always takes at least 3 tries on any issue.
Posted by: Miss Marple | July 21, 2014 at 10:32 AM
lol, NK!
Posted by: Beasts of England | July 21, 2014 at 10:36 AM
"The worst part is that just as they are abandoned by their families, their governments or the societies in which they live, they are also rejected by U.S. laws, which do not grant them refugee status. "
Here are some other countries that are nearer than the US is to Honduras/Guatamala/ElSalvador whose child refugee policies are left unmentioned:
* Mexico
* Belize
* Nicaragua
* Costa Rica
* Panama
* Columbia
* Venezuela
* Ecuador
The question reporters on US policy should be asking is not "why are they leaving home?" but "what is the US doing (that other countries are not) that draws them here?"
Posted by: AliceH | July 21, 2014 at 10:46 AM
In Honduras, which is considered the most dangerous country in the world,...
If so, it's probably illegal for any illegal Honduran getting in the U.S. being sent back.
Posted by: DebinNC | July 21, 2014 at 10:50 AM
Ted Cruz does not see a problem with that stat.
Posted by: Threadkiller | July 21, 2014 at 10:50 AM
If you were a young Honduran murderer, would you:
A) Stay to be apprehended and tried.
B) Head north to BOzoland for a paid vacation plus new opportunities as a pharmaceutical distributor.
The Honduran murder rate is 90.1 per 100K. That implies a total body count of 7,300 along with a 'young murderer' count of 3,000+.
Bienvenidos a los Estados Unidos, asesinitos.
Posted by: Rick B | July 21, 2014 at 10:53 AM
As we adjust the employment numbers here, let's just adjust the murder figures by subtracting those who were in gangs or the drug business.
Problem solved.
Posted by: Old Lurker | July 21, 2014 at 11:00 AM
TK, you must be a party of one.
Posted by: Ignatz Ratzkiwaski | July 21, 2014 at 11:00 AM
I've got to give Lindsy G credit for this quote, it's a good one:
“There’s a battle of wills between the KGB colonel and the community organizer. And the colonel is winning.”
Posted by: NK(withnewsoftware) | July 21, 2014 at 11:00 AM
OL@11:00-- another Harry Reid proposal?
Posted by: NK(withnewsoftware) | July 21, 2014 at 11:01 AM
My UN chart says 91.6 Rick. Perhaps they keep a rolling average and yours wasn't updated last week. :)
Posted by: Ignatz Ratzkiwaski | July 21, 2014 at 11:02 AM
11:02
Still no Obama on my TV.
Posted by: Miss Marple | July 21, 2014 at 11:03 AM
How so, Ig?
Posted by: Threadkiller | July 21, 2014 at 11:09 AM
11:11
Waiting....
Posted by: Miss Marple | July 21, 2014 at 11:12 AM
11:11 No O . The little man has no manners
Posted by: BB Key | July 21, 2014 at 11:13 AM
Perry Sends National Guard to the Border
Good for you, Governor. Now set up internment camps and deny access to the Feds. Turnabout being fair play and all.
Posted by: Rick B | July 21, 2014 at 11:15 AM
It's 11:15EST, is Obummer at TOTUS yet?
Posted by: NK(withnewsoftware) | July 21, 2014 at 11:16 AM
--How so, Ig?--
If someone, Alan West for instance, does one stupid thing that one stupid thing is pretty much all you mention about them from then on and seems to be the prism through which you view them. Seemingly that one stupid thing delegitimizes them leaving me wonder who you can ever vote for since everybody does many more than one stupid thing.
Posted by: Ignatz Ratzkiwaski | July 21, 2014 at 11:19 AM
On a lighter note, Univision does have its hotties, that's for sure, e.g., Miss Venezuela Beauty Pageant on or about Labor Day every year until that pig, Hugo Chavez, banned it. Hopefully it will be back this year, now that Chavez is history,
Posted by: Exasperated | July 21, 2014 at 11:20 AM
"the number of dead is rising."
One thing for certain is it never goes down.
Posted by: Danube on iPad | July 21, 2014 at 11:20 AM
He's out there lying now.
I can't hear what he's saying, but since it's Obama, whatever he says pretty much has to be a lie, doesn't it?
Posted by: James D. | July 21, 2014 at 11:20 AM
Wait-- is Obummer using this presser to bitch and moan about the jooz? for real?
Posted by: NK(withnewsoftware) | July 21, 2014 at 11:21 AM
Teh JEF is looking rather grey. And he needs a new speech writer. There's no eloquence or meter to his words. It's not his stunted delivery; the prose just ain't there...
Posted by: Beasts of England | July 21, 2014 at 11:22 AM
TK is indeed a party of one, and the party charter says that TK is insufficiently ideologically pure to be a member, and must be purged.
Posted by: NK(withnewsoftware) | July 21, 2014 at 11:23 AM
Some stats re 36,000 illegals convicted of crimes here and released by BOzo in 2013. Not to be confused with the 68,000 criminal aliens released by BOzo earlier.
Posted by: DebinNC | July 21, 2014 at 11:24 AM
Talk about saying nothing...sheesh...
Posted by: Specter | July 21, 2014 at 11:24 AM
@OL: we should just make crime illegal. Problem solved!
Posted by: Beasts of England | July 21, 2014 at 11:27 AM
I have been linking West for sometime now without stating the obvious. Give me some credit.
As far as Cruz is concerned, he is getting slammed by me for his take on the border crisis.
My prism does have a tough time washing a patriot's vote to loot the treasury for a preferential group from where I look to see the light. It is having the same trouble blacking out the completely misinformed position of Ted Cruz.
Posted by: Threadkiller | July 21, 2014 at 11:28 AM
AFAICT, Ted Cruz is the only one with a sensible proposal that addresses the root problem. And yet, watching
So I guess the real issue is not the influx of illegals, but how we keep them comfy and process them . . . and the President and Democrats (with support from independents) are on it.Fox News Sunday, I am assured that the "immediate crisis" is completely "unrelated":
Shows what I know.
Posted by: Cecil Turner | July 21, 2014 at 11:28 AM
Ironic, NK.
What it the purity test for me to join your club?
You welcome persuadeables of all stripes don't you?
Posted by: Threadkiller | July 21, 2014 at 11:30 AM
The President signs an Executive Order to protect LGBT employees from workplace discrimination
This EO signing was at 10:15, just before his Ukraine remarks. Did BOzo tout his LGBT order in his public statement?
Posted by: DebinNC | July 21, 2014 at 11:31 AM
Does the Cruz proposal require the signature of the President that gets reigned in by the proposal?
Posted by: Threadkiller | July 21, 2014 at 11:34 AM
No... we don't take in refugees from failed political parties, unless and until the Dem Party fails, then a careful reeducation program will insure that former Dems have returned to sanity.
Try the Paulians, or LaRouche.
Posted by: NK(withnewsoftware) | July 21, 2014 at 11:35 AM
True on the recent West links, TK, I had forgotten about them.
Still, the sense remains that you look at a politician's purity the way a Sheik of Araby looks at his bride's; if it turns out there was one slip up you hadn't been aware of at the time of the wedding not only is the happy marriage over but it should end in a hail of rocks. :)
Posted by: Ignatz Ratzkiwaski | July 21, 2014 at 11:36 AM
Like a good Muslim, Obama was outraged with the handling of the dead bodies.
Posted by: Threadkiller | July 21, 2014 at 11:38 AM
BOzo was outraged at the handling of the dead bodies, but in the IL Senate stood alone in favor of leaving live babies who'd survived an abortion in a closet to die.
Posted by: DebinNC | July 21, 2014 at 11:41 AM
He didn't me took the LGBT EO during the portion of the speech I watched, DebinNC.
I'm offended by the handling and desecration of the bodies, as well. The fact that fraud warnings have been issued for credit cards of the deceased being accessed is hard to fathom.
Posted by: Beasts of England | July 21, 2014 at 11:44 AM
Not tryin to criticize TK, just wondering who, if anyone, fits your parameters.
Cruz and West seem about as libertarian/conservative as one can be and still get elected and even West got unelected. If they have to be purer than them how do we get from where we are to where we should be, politically?
Posted by: Ignatz Ratzkiwaski | July 21, 2014 at 11:45 AM
That is some analogy, Ig. :-)
Did you see the 15 min video I posted by a Tucson sector retired Border Patrol agent?
I don't think Cruz is engaging in a simple slip up. He could have used FNS to tell the truth about what is going on down there.
For what it is worth, I can assure you that what the agent says about the ammo shortage to CBP agents is 100% true.
Here it is again:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZnkSXosZhicM
Posted by: Threadkiller | July 21, 2014 at 11:46 AM
--He didn't me took the LGBT EO--
?
Posted by: Ignatz Ratzkiwaski | July 21, 2014 at 11:47 AM
Just saw a reference to "bolt neck" going to Israel.
Had to think a bit, but then burst out laughing.
Posted by: Miss Marple | July 21, 2014 at 11:47 AM
me took = mention
Posted by: Beasts of England | July 21, 2014 at 11:48 AM
Welcome to Medieval Times -- Islamic monsters want to grab Jerusalem, Islamic Monsters have driven Christians out of Mosul, and Slavic Fanatics slaughter the innocent and pillage the bodies for credit card and identity theft. We've done a time warp back to the 11th century.
Posted by: NK(withnewsoftware) | July 21, 2014 at 11:48 AM
--Slavic Fanatics slaughter the innocent and pillage the bodies for credit card and identity theft. We've done a time warp back to the 11th century.--
Bring out your dead, however remember we don't take American Express.
Posted by: Barry | July 21, 2014 at 11:53 AM
They don't have to be "pure" or pass some test like NK's "Are you part of Jindal's non-inclusive 100%?"
I don't like seeing someone I respected doing an anti-American values political stunt and getting away with it. But instead of making the politicians aware of their transgressions, a purity test is imposed on anyone who is outraged with the transgression.
Posted by: Threadkiller | July 21, 2014 at 11:54 AM
NK
And where is Christendom? Where are the rulers who will drive the monsters back?
I don't like going back to the 11th century when we only get the bad parts.
Posted by: Miss Marple | July 21, 2014 at 11:54 AM
If TK says he isn't gay, that's good enough for me. :P
Posted by: Exasperated | July 21, 2014 at 11:55 AM
just wondering who, if anyone, fits your parameters.
Rep Tom McClintock
Posted by: glasater | July 21, 2014 at 11:55 AM
Working link
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZnkSXosZhic
Posted by: Threadkiller | July 21, 2014 at 11:59 AM
Just saw a reference to "bolt neck" going to Israel.
Had to think a bit, but then burst out laughing.
Whoever did the cosmetic surgery on that goof must have figured we needed a good laugh. Either the surgeon made him sign an adequate amount of caveats to ward off a malpractice suit or no attorney thinks it's possible to seat a jury which doesn't despise Lurch.
Posted by: Captain Hate | July 21, 2014 at 12:00 PM
MissM-- quick answer. There is no Christendom (except in Orthodox Vlad's Russia and Serbia), there is only post-Christian Humanism. Hence, the return of Medieval times.
Posted by: NK(withnewsoftware) | July 21, 2014 at 12:00 PM
CH- I bet Lurch thinks he look Mah-Velous!!
Posted by: NK(withnewsoftware) | July 21, 2014 at 12:01 PM
Libertarians are either too pure or not pure enough (I'm not sure which) for P.J. O Rourke.
Posted by: Ignatz | July 21, 2014 at 12:05 PM
Thanks glasater!
I have also enjoyed watching Rob Woodall from Georgia.
http://woodall.house.gov/
Here is an interview:
http://www.c-span.org/video/?320471-1/newsmakers-rep-rob-woodall-rga
Posted by: Threadkiller | July 21, 2014 at 12:06 PM
Probably, NK; I've seen so many pictures of him for which my reaction has been "Dear God, I would never show my face in public again after that" yet he seems to revel in them.
Posted by: Captain Hate | July 21, 2014 at 12:09 PM
@Barry: {{{ golf clap }}}
Posted by: Beasts of England | July 21, 2014 at 12:13 PM
Where's the raping and pillaging?
Oh wait.
Darn.
Posted by: Extraneus | July 21, 2014 at 12:14 PM
SHOCK POLL: 40% STILL NOT SURE OBAMA IS AMERICAN CITIZEN...
http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/lifestyle/general_lifestyle/july_2014/have_we_got_a_conspiracy_for_you_9_11_jfk_obama_s_citizenship
Posted by: Extraneus | July 21, 2014 at 12:16 PM
Extraneus, Doesn't surprise me.
They should have polled on his religion, because I bet it's close to 70% that think he's Muslim.
The LIV's have managed to internalize that he doesn't ACT American, no matter whether he was born here or not.
Posted by: Miss Marple | July 21, 2014 at 12:20 PM
I found that retired Border Patrol guy to be rambling and incoherent. I couldn't finish it.
Posted by: Danube on iPad | July 21, 2014 at 12:22 PM
P. J. O'Rourke is my kinda smartass. I'd sure like to share a Bordeaux and a Cohiba with that guy. Although I might die laughing...
Posted by: Beasts of England | July 21, 2014 at 12:23 PM
Perfect timing, Ext.
From Ig's O'Rourke link:
So he is thankful that 40% of the population weren't represented but less than 3% of the population was "fairly well represented? "
Posted by: Threadkiller | July 21, 2014 at 12:23 PM
Correction: Exts link says that 41% of NK's unbecoming party believe Obama has a citizenship problem, not 40% of the population.
Posted by: Threadkiller | July 21, 2014 at 12:26 PM
I guess that means you can't dispute the content of the video, DoT.
Posted by: Threadkiller | July 21, 2014 at 12:27 PM
unbecoming = unwelcoming
Posted by: Threadkiller | July 21, 2014 at 12:28 PM
"We've done a time warp back to the 11th century."
Too early. 1300-1500 fits better in terms of the armed bands fighting in Nigeria, Libya and Mesopotamia as well as the Russian brigands looting the Donbass. It's also a reasonable period fit for the low intensity cartel conflicts in Central America.
Think of it as a Renaissance of the condottieri.
Posted by: Rick B | July 21, 2014 at 12:33 PM
Correction to the correction: It may well be 40% of the population would fit the response of "not sure" Obama's a citizen if they count the people who are sure he isn't a citizen.
Posted by: Threadkiller | July 21, 2014 at 12:39 PM
Well Daesh is doing a good impression of Tamerlane, his greatest hits, is what prompted Ibn Tammiyah, the leading salafi to get cracking with Nigeria, there was a 19th century warlord, Shoko something who seems to be Boko's inspiration, and of course there's Khelminitsky's Zaporizhian Cossacks, from the 17th Century,
Posted by: narciso | July 21, 2014 at 12:52 PM
--So he is thankful that 40% of the population weren't represented but less than 3% of the population was "fairly well represented?--
Heh.
However, I thought this was the most problematic;
Umm, most people including the Founders recognized the Mosaic law as the foundation of not only our laws but most of the laws establishing Western Civilization.
If he's opposed to abortion because the baby is a person then he has no right NOT to make it a legislative issue since the one legitimate role all libertarians can agree on is the state must protect innocent persons from harm by others.
What law isn't based on morality?
Posted by: Ignatz | July 21, 2014 at 12:55 PM
I guess that means you can't dispute the content of the video
I am entirely indifferent to the content of the video. I don't know what was the content of the five minutes I watched, except something about the Ebola virus going from the jungle to the city. Wow.
Posted by: Danube of Thought | July 21, 2014 at 01:17 PM
Some disagree with Danube's efforts:
disturbing-former-border-patrol-agent-calls-immigrant-surge-asymmetrical-warfare/
Guess he should have read your uninformed partial review.
Posted by: Threadkiller | July 21, 2014 at 01:32 PM
That was another Allen West link that had to be chopped in order for the comment to be allowed to post.
Posted by: Threadkiller | July 21, 2014 at 01:34 PM
Apparently the agent Danube is wowed by has testified before congress as an expert witnesses:
http://www.trevorloudon.com/2014/07/former-border-patrol-agent-warns-whats-coming/
Wow!
Posted by: Threadkiller | July 21, 2014 at 01:44 PM
"So he is thankful that 40% of the population weren't represented but less than 3% of the population was 'fairly well represented?'"
I would be too.
Did the BP guy say who is waging asymmetrical warfare against us? (Know your enemy, and all that.)
Posted by: Danube on iPad | July 21, 2014 at 01:46 PM
I also had an issue with this in PJO's piece:
"What would be a good yard sign for a libertarian politician?
Vote for _______
He Can Give You Less "
How about "He'll Take Less from You." Conservatives have to stop emphasizing the cuts in benefits and talk more about the increase in freedom (and after-tax income).
Posted by: jimmyk on iPhone | July 21, 2014 at 01:46 PM
9:57
"Not only are they[feds] messing with the [border] agents pay right now, they [feds] are telling them [border agents] to run away from assault. If somebody wants to fight, leave them alone. Don't shoot at anybody.
They just told the border patrol here that they are not going to get any ammunition for their weapons until 2015. What's that about?!
They are not going to have any practice ammo for their carfors(sp?) until 2015? Well thats over a year away. FY2015 starts in October 2015. So, what is it that the border patrols agents are not going to get where historically, Department of Homeland Security used to buy ammunition for the border patrol by the boxcar load."
Interviewer asks: You're saying the border patrol agents in Tucson sector have to ration their ammunition for the next 14-15 months?Zach Taylor:
"They can't use it. They're doing zero accountability. In other words, they can't shoot any of it. And it's being accounted for round for round.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/3182828/posts?page=1
Posted by: Threadkiller | July 21, 2014 at 01:48 PM
More on Taylor:
http://azr.stparchive.com/Archive/AZR/AZR10102012p05.php
Posted by: Threadkiller | July 21, 2014 at 01:56 PM
Not "moron"...
Posted by: Threadkiller | July 21, 2014 at 01:56 PM
Nicaragua is the most dangerous country? According to whom? Mr. Google's top two responses had it as 8th, and not on the list.
Posted by: Buford Gooch | July 21, 2014 at 04:25 PM
I hate bad grammar in a newspaper. Surely that should be "a number of dead *are* rising."
Posted by: Tom Maguire | July 21, 2014 at 05:18 PM
My husband and I used to drive all over the place in Mexico up to and until 2006. At that time the writing was definitely on the wall not to do so any longer.
Wonderful trips and experiences and I'm so sad that cannot happen anymore.
The first time we went down there for a driving trip I did my homework and read that the median age for Mexico was about 23 years of age. That was in the mid eighties approx. I'm sure the median age for Mexico has gone up since then.
It was a wonderful country to travel through and in and my heart breaks that no longer is the case.
Posted by: glasater | July 21, 2014 at 09:16 PM