Breaking Bad

The NY Times runs a shocking headline:

Border at ‘Breaking Point’ as More than 76,000 Unauthorized Migrants Cross in a Month

The number of migrant families crossing the southwest border has once again broken records, with unauthorized entries nearly doubling what they were a year ago, suggesting that the Trump administration’s aggressive policies have not discouraged new migration to the United States.

More than 76,000 migrants crossed the border without authorization in February, an 11-year high and a strong sign that stepped-up prosecutions, new controls on asylum and harsher detention policies have not reversed what remains a powerful lure for thousands of families fleeing violence and poverty.

The nature of the problem can be confusing and the Times quickly switches over to playing dumb:

President Trump has used the escalating numbers to justify his plan to build an expanded wall along the 1,900-mile border with Mexico. But a wall would do little to slow migration, most immigration analysts say. While the exact numbers are not known, many of those apprehended along the southern border, including the thousands who present themselves at legal ports of entry, surrender voluntarily to Border Patrol agents and eventually submit legal asylum claims.

The main problem is not one of uncontrolled masses scaling the fences, but a humanitarian challenge created as thousands of migrant families surge into remote areas where the administration has so far failed to devote sufficient resources to care for them, as is required under the law.

Well. We are seeing a surge in immigrant families claiming asylum because if children are involved the family won't be detained for more than three weeks:

Families with children can be held in detention for no longer than 20 days, under a much-debated court ruling, and since there are a limited number of detention centers certified to hold families, the practical effect is that most families are released into the country to await their hearings in immigration court. The courts are so backlogged that it could take months or years for cases to be decided. Some people never show up for court at all.

As to the idea that a wall wouldn't help, the Times reports within this story (and more here) that the wall at the legal crossing in Tijuana let Trump enforce the new policy of keeping asylum applicants in Mexico while their claim was processed. Hence the re-routing by would-be immigrants away from areas that have a wall and into the wild.

The Times also had fun with numbers last summer and we see it in some charts today: total apprehensions were much higher in the late 90's and early 2000's. But that was mostly single men who could be turned back to Mexico the same day. (Consequently those single men did not cross and promptly surrender). Now we are "apprehending" families as they surrender and claim asylum. Shortages of detention facilities, medical facilities, judges to process claims - all a problem.

From the Times:

Central American families have become the new face of undocumented immigration.

In the first five months of the fiscal year that began in October, the Border Patrol detained 136,150 people traveling in families with children, compared with 107,212 during all of fiscal 2018.

A trend toward family migration from Central America that began when Barack Obama was president has endured, after temporarily dipping during Mr. Trump’s first year in office.

A picture being worth a thousand words...

Pew Research has a similar chart with commentary.

If Congress won't fund a wall that could change our asylum laws. As if Democrats don't want this crisis.

FUN WITH NUMBERS AND PICTURES:

Here is a very misleading graph showing the huge illegal influx twenty years ago (mostly single men) with a picture of what looks to my cis-normative eyes to be a family.

Comments

[boris]

Wall

[Pinandpuller]

Amon, my cardiologist warned me excessive alcohol chocolate or caffeine could all push me into atrial fibrillation; I am the same age as daddy and that’s likely what happened.

Posted by: peter | March 06, 2019 at 01:25 PM

I always knew I had an occasional arrhythmia. When I was getting a DOT physical the doctor said he wanted to hook me up for an EKG. I don't remember the specifics but the results didn't alarm him. I'd never heard that about alcohol.

It makes me wonder about that old joke. When you give a drunk coffee you wind up with a wide awake drunk.

[Jim Eagle]

Build the Wall, Crime will Fall.

[Pinandpuller]

"A billionaire diamond trader has died during a penis enlargement operation at a posh Parisian clinic, it was reported."

Something about money not buying happiness?

Posted by: Old Lurker | March 06, 2019 at 02:59 PM

They always forget about the Fifth C, Chemistry.

[MissMarple2]

Captain Hate,

Thanks for that Ace link about David Corn. I sort of knew what had happened but not all of it, Because David Corn blocked me about 2 years ago so I can't see his tweets. LOL!

[Captain Hate]

When I think of an occupation that understands numbers and bar charts, journalists aren't the first choice.

[MissMarple2]

I got this from James Woods on Twitter:

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/D1AH7aQU0AA-EB1.jpg

It's a chart showing President Trump's economic sonic boom.

[D]

He didn’t get Obamacare repealed.
It passed the House due to Ryan’s hard work.
It got killed in the Senate by Trump hater McCain

[Captain Hate]

You're welcome Miss Marple; public shitters, Corn and Donkey Chompers are right in the Horde's wheelhouse.

[MissMarple2]

Watch this!

https://therightscoop.com/like-a-boss-dan-crenshaw-totally-schools-democrats-on-border-security-and-illegal-immigration-video/

[Captain Hate]

He didn’t get Obamacare repealed.
It passed the House due to Ryan’s hard work.

LOL

He sat on his dead ass for over a year, instead of resubmitting the bill that passed multiple times previously before the Rat vetoed it, then came up with this pile of crap that was barely acceptable before McRINO vetoed it and there was no time to redo it. Hard work cutting that Gas Chamber supplied prime rib.

I don't know if we can survive five hours each way.

[Pinandpuller]

Bernie Sanders/False Dichotomy 2020

[MissMarple2]

https://saraacarter.com/border-crisis-hearing-its-real-its-serious-it-is-a-threat/

Testimony from Commissioner for U.S. Customs and Border Protection Kevin K. McAleenan.

[D]

Okay CH if you don’t want me to come along. For the record they made a decision to do tax cuts first.

[D]

McConnell does not have to bring it up for a vote.
True fact.
Best way to handle this hot potato 🥔.

[Captain Hate]

No I was only kidding.

[Pinandpuller]

Do guns next

[Buckeye]

For the record they made a decision to do tax cuts first.

I am glad they made that choice, but I bet the whole process tried Trump's patience.

[Pinandpuller]

mr narciso

Did you see the report that Kashoggi was disposed of in a tandoori oven? Those things are not that big.

[henry]

Saavedra

Reporter: "Why is the Green New Deal getting a vote in the Senate when HR1 is not?"

Senate Majority leader Mitch McConnell: "Because I get to decide what we vote on."

https://twitter.com/realsaavedra/status/1103398092567588864?s=21

[MissMarple2]

https://www.wthr.com/article/hoosier-volunteers-return-week-us-mexcio-border

A week coaching women on how to tell their stories so that they are granted asylum.

This is another part of the problem. I bet they are coaching them to lie.

[Jim Eagle]

Isn't MM's 4:23 considered a conspiracy to deceive a US code violation on immigration or something like that?

How come lawyers can give advice on how to break laws? That has to be some kind of crime in itself, right?

[D]

Buckeye:
I am sure it did.
President Trump is used to fast decisions and quick results.
Which makes his reluctance to declassify all the more puzzling.

[henry]

DNC will ban Fox from showing its 2020 debates.

[henry]

Link:

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/dnc-fox-news-2020-debates_n_5c800f9ee4b0e62f69e939ad

[MissMarple2]

Jack,

That's what I wondered. Is anyone monitoring these people? Or are there so many potential asylum seekers and so few Border Patrol people that they can't keep track?

[D]

JIB:
Dems break the laws all the time and receive no consequences.

[Ralph L]

For the most part, other than tax legislation, he got zip.
Besides Obamacare and tax changes, has Congress done much of consequence since Welfare Reform? It reminds me too much of the late Roman Republic--a sclerotic Senate.

[D]

Henry:
I am sure there is a streaming link Fox can tap into to get those debates.
Funny .
These Fox people are who they need to convince to win.

[D]

RalphL:
Not much really.
Confirm judges.
Pass some spending bills.
That is about it.

[MissMarple2]

https://www.pscp.tv/w/1eaJbOnbVajxX?t=40

President at Workforce Development meeting. Live now, will convert to video later.

So far, the best part has been Tim Cook telling President Trump that "every high school graduate should know how to code."

After people getting banned on Twitter for telling reporters to "learn to code" when they were whining about layoffs (because that is what they said about laid-off factory workers and coal miners), I found it hilarious.

[Captain Hate]

DNC will ban Fox from showing its 2020 debates.

But Drumpf is anti Free Press. The Comedy Channel might work although they wouldn't like the ratings plunge.

[Soylent Red]

Coming in late on this (thanks Typepad!). Really sad to see daddy go. I never met him but he seemed like a great human being who loved life.

Kaor daddy!

[MissMarple2]

https://nypost.com/2019/03/06/rare-lynx-spotted-in-michigan-puzzles-wildlife-experts/?utm_campaign=SocialFlow&utm_source=NYPTwitter&utm_medium=SocialFlow

[Jim Eagle]

Soylent,

Hows the bbq pit going or what was it you were trying to build?

[Dave (in MA)]

Lunacy Dies in Democracy Dies in Darkness

https://hotair.com/archives/2019/03/06/wrong-multiple-levels-wapo-drops-four-pinocchios-hillarys-vote-suppression-claims/

[D]

Soylent Red:
Good to see you. We miss you here.

[JimNorCal]

This is infuriating.
The country is being run for the benefit of illegals and with contempt for the citizens.

"Including the citizenship question on the 2020 Census is fundamentally counterproductive to the goal of obtaining accurate citizenship data about the public."

Maybe we should invade and repair those countries so they don't need feel a need to leave. Like, what used to happen in the bad old United Fruit days.

[Jim Eagle]

DNC is stupid. I once saw a survey where over 10% of Fox viewers are Dems and 30% independents. The 30% is a number you cannot avoid.

[Ralph L]

I suppose I should defend my 5 AM idea about daddy's comments. We should certainly do something simple now, then wait a bit and ask if they'd like to hear some of what he wrote.

Maybe someone could compile the nice things said about him (leave out our shock), esp. by those who met him, and a list of our names.

[MissMarple2]

Democrats did not design #HR1 to protect your vote. They designed it to put a thumb on the scale of every election in America and keep the Swamp swampy. pic.twitter.com/4L9VNALigN

— Kevin McCarthy (@GOPLeader) March 6, 2019

Video at the link where McCarthy explains. I have to say, he is pushing back a lot more than he used to do.

[Jim Eagle]

Ah, Geez, some crazy Mick is up to again:

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2019/03/06/london-bombs-britains-transport-hubs-told-vigilant-police-probe/

Full disclosure my Mother was Irish.

[Extraneus]

These Fox people are who they need to convince to win.

They'll worry about that when it comes time for the nominee to fake a shift to the center. They don't want them to see what it takes to win the nomination.

[MissMarple2]

Jack,

I am not so quick to blame Irish dissidents on that. Why would Irish guys put those Irish heart stamps on those packages?

I bet it's Muslims trying to deflect blame. The English are predisposed to blame Irish and go out of their way to excuse Muslims.

[Old Lurker]

"other than tax legislation"

Much of which sunsets in 2026 and that fact has to enter the business and personal financial planners well in advance.

[anonamom]

I'm no expert, but he clearly had control over his drinking, to never drink at home or in violation of the constraints of his job. More important, I suspect he engaged in a bit of joking hyperbole. For example, on Sunday when he posted here about being "two sheets to the wind" at the bar with me and Peter, we were on our first beer, or maybe not even. Similar to his comments about Jodi, I suspect.

Jimmy k, got that, and have always assumed it. As one could say about me as well. Except the part about Jodi.

My point here people--we are older than we were last year. These electrolyte imbalances and arrhythmias do NOT mean you are a lying in the gutter, drinking out of a brown paper bag alcoholic.
It's intrinsic to the compound that makes drinking so pleasant for so many of us. ETOH.

Take care of yourselves.

[Narciso79]

Hey soylent how have you been?

[Jim Eagle]

henry,

Are watching the PSG v. MU champions league match? It is pure Ole Gunnar Soljer deja vu:) Just incredible.

[MissMarple2]

Won't those debates be shown on C-SPAN?

I will be paying attention to coverage and live streams as they get closer.

What they REALLY don't want are people like Lou Dobbs and Sean Hannity commenting on them. LOL!

[Buckeye]

Much of which sunsets in 2026 and that fact has to enter the business and personal financial planners well in advance.

After yesterday's news, I'll be content to just make it to 2026.

[Old Lurker]

:-) Buckeye.

My 20 year term life policy with a lot of zeros expires next January.

Don't tell my wife or kids...

[Pinandpuller]

https://www.amazon.com/Mueller-Report-Special-Counsel-Collusion/dp/1510750169/

https://archive.fo/EPYR9

Can this possibly be legal? Somebody apparently thinks so, because copies of the Mueller report are being offered for sale online right now, and according to the pre-order announcement the release date is going to be “March 26”. As a former attorney, I have no idea how anyone can legally do this. As I have documented previously, when Mueller is done with his report he is supposed to submit it to Attorney General William Barr, and then it will be up to Barr to determine how much of the report, if any, will be made available to the public. I suppose that it is possible that Barr has already agreed to release the full report to the public at the end of this month, but I find it difficult to believe that it would have been kept so quiet. To me, something is not right about all of this.

Earlier today, I was shocked to hear that the Mueller Report was being offered for sale online, and so I decided to check it out for myself.

And sure enough, you can find it listed on Amazon.com for $9.37 right here. “Robert S. Mueller III” is listed as an author, “Special Counsel’s Office U.S. Department of Justice” is listed as an author, and the listing tells us that the introduction will be written by attorney Alan Dershowitz.

[MissMarple2]

anonamm,

Where do you get that magnesium water (if I remember correctly what you said this morning)?

I quit drinking gin because I noticed I was getting heart races occasionally. I take a medication for that because years ago I wound up in the ER when one wouldn't stop and that is when I found out my BP was so high.

I am concerned about electrolytes because I take 4 meds for BP and heart rate, and I often feel like I am getting dehydrated even though I drink water a lot.

[D]

Anonamom:
Good advice as always.
Moderation in all things.
I have decided against KETO.
It seems a bit too restrictive to me.

[Jim Eagle]

Ready to go to the club for dinner. But I am still getting over daddy not being here. How the hell does this happen out of nowhere? Weird it was him, and not me, a sophomore to his posts and wit.

[D]

I may be old fashioned but is it ok to drink if you are taking medication?

[Pinandpuller]

Chrome said it couldn't provide a secure connection:

https://themillenniumreport.com/2019/03/how-in-the-world-did-the-mueller-report-already-get-published/

[Porchlight]

Hi Soylent!

The networks are increasingly irrelevant when it comes to political events. I like to get everything through YouTube, either directly from the White House channel or through RSBN.

Either way though, the DNC is risking pissing off perfectly normal voters who they will desperately need in 2020.

[Old Lurker]

MM "I quit drinking gin because"

Do you have my mailing address MM? Please mark the boxes "breakable".

[MissMarple2]

maryrose,

No one ever told me I couldn't. There are no warnings on the pill bottles, either.

However, now I just sip wine.

[cathyf]

...of course I post on the dead thread...

I'm not so sure that the emergency declaration vote isn't canny politics. If enough Republicans say that they will vote with the dems, but only enough to give them 51 votes, then this forces the dem senators -- all of them -- to vote against border security, and in favor of terrorism and drug and human trafficking. Those votes can be used to bludgeon them in the election. And, since they DON'T have the votes to override the veto, no-harm-no-foul on actually promoting invasion/terrorism/trafficking. The Republican senators are Rand Paul, who won't be hurt because Texas admires a man of principles as long as he's not hurting them, and the Dope Sisters are just dopey. This is standard legislative politics -- on close votes, once you have enough votes to win, you let a few of your guys vote the other way to help the individual lawmakers with the voters at home, but with the understanding that if you need him to switch to your side he will. (This is the job of the House and Senate Whips of each party -- counting the votes and calling for the vote at the right time.)

This is similar to the Republicans scheduling a vote on the Green New Deal. Force the dems to actually vote for the thing rather than just talk.

[henry]

JiB, work day so not watching tv. Locating replacement transmission for my vehicle... and trying to find a rental out here in the sticks.

[D]

JIB:
I can’t get over it either.
I am just sick about it
I am five years older than him.
Maybe a heart weakness he didn’t know he had.

[MissMarple2]

CNBC Host Sam Zell Calls Dem Congressman's Talking Points 'A Crock of Sh*t'. CNBC host Melissa Lee’s face was priceless 😂 pic.twitter.com/y2zf8xywx0

— Red Nation Rising (@RedNationRising) March 6, 2019

Video at link. You have to watch the whole thing. LOL!

[henry]

Rand is from Kentucky

[D]

Cathyf:
Very good points and a definite strategy for future plans of the Senate.

[MissMarple2]

THE DEM AGENDA FOR DOMINANCE!

PUMP THE BRAKES!

IF THIS INVASION OF ILLEGALS CONTINUES ITS ADDING A “CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT OF ILLEGALS EVERY YEAR TO VOTE”

AVERAGE DISTRICT IS 600,000

ON TRACT FOR 640,000 WITH THE ILLEGAL ONSLAUGHT

LET THAT SINK IN!

pic.twitter.com/eAS9ymGMg5

— ♦️GAYE GALLOPS♦️ (@gaye_gallops) March 6, 2019

Video at link of Lindsey Graham repeating essentially the same words at the hearing on border security today.

[JimNorCal]

London public transport bans photos of junk food:
Eggs, butter, jam, bacon

https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2019/03/05/khans-london-underground-ad-groceries-containing-meat-dairy-banned/

[Porchlight]

That CNBC clip was funny but I couldn't tell exactly what Zell was reacting to.

Did he think Green was lying (about the various Dem House reps in the area supporting the deal, except for AOC of course), or did Zell take the AOC view and thinks the deal itself is BS?

[MissMarple2]

A new painting from McNaughton Art:

For non-right clickers:

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/D0_tfCBV4AA2ve6.jpg

[henry]

Epic having privacy concerns with 3rd party app developers. (It’s only medical records).

https://www.cnbc.com/2019/03/06/health-records-giant-epic-halts-additions-to-its-app-orchard.html

[D]

Thank you to all JOMers for helping me get through this difficult day.

[clarice]

Hi, Soylent!! Boy, have we missed you.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/house-democrats-erupt-in-protests-over-indirect-sanction-of-rep-omar-for-alleged-anti-semitism/2019/03/06/c06bcd18-4022-11e9-85ad-779ef05fd9d8_story.html?noredirect=on&utm_term=.fa350b12ecc4

[jimmyk]

I'm far behind, but I just wanted to mention that via Peter I'm in touch with the first officer Tim who had the misfortune of finding daddy in the hotel room. He had been in touch with Barbara, daddy's wife, and had relayed that she'd like to hear from Jim_NJ about daddy's last day.

Since I didn't know how to make that happen at the moment, I told him by e-mail a bit of what I knew based on daddy's last post (forgive me, quoting from part of it that described his NYC tour with Jim_NJ), and he was very touched, and said if anyone wants to reach out to him, he'd be happy to communicate. He said he is "close to getting home," and plans to speak with daddy's family tomorrow. And in particular, Jim_NJ, if there's some way for me to get you his contact info, or vice-versa, he'd like to hear from you.

[MissMarple2]

https://www.cnn.com/2019/03/06/politics/martha-mcsally-rape-sexual-assault-survivor/

Raped while in the military. How awful!

[anonamom]

One more time:

http://www.afibbers.org/Wallerwater.pdf

[Ralph L]

London public transport bans photos of junk food: Eggs, butter, jam, bacon
I can't believe bacon & sausage weren't banned years ago. From watching recent British TV, they're further down the skids than we are.

[Extraneus]

She claims she was raped by a superior officer but didn't report it, blames herself, and still doesn't name the ... guy? Doesn't sound like a rape-rape to me.

[Narciso79]

I would think it's already haram

[anonamom]

Maybe a heart weakness he didn’t know he had.

maryrose, you too can read the link that Ig posted re: Holiday Heart.
Go to the part where they did the monitoring of the Octoberfest attendees in 2015 in Munich, and watched their rhythym as they drank beer over the course of the afternoon.

We all have that "weakness."

[Extraneus]

I find the armchair autopsy extremely offensive. Please stop. We don't know what happened to him.

[Dave (in MA)]

+1 Extraneus

[Ignatz Ratzkiwatzki]

David Corn is such a fraud. He could have shown some letters of that supposed graffiti without letting anyone read the whole thing. Instead he blots out "everything".
This Venn diagtam in repsonse was fitting;

[matt - deplore me if you must]

Germans don't have rhythm. Except Udo Juergens, and his is really messed up.

[MissMarple2]

anonamom,

Thanks!

[Dave (in MA)]

From the painting:
Comrade Bernie; Chinese flag (shouldn't it be Russian?)
Fauxcahontas; EU flag (shouldn't it be Cherokee?)
Occasional-Cortex; can't tell - anybody?
Omar/Tlaib; Palestinian or Sudan flag, too similar to tell
UpChuck & SanFranNan: Mexican flag
Mad Maxine; California flag
Hillary?; Iran flag
Obama; UN flag

[Buckeye]

JIB:
I can’t get over it either.
I am just sick about it
I am five years older than him.
Maybe a heart weakness he didn’t know he had.

ATP pilots are required to have a First Class Medical. After age 40 an ECG/EKG is required annually.

You would think an issue would have shown up.

[Dave (in MA)]

Figured it out. AOC, flag; State of NY

[anonamom]

I know daddy would have been thrilled to know that today I was in the same bathroom Ansel Adams, Willa Cather, Georgia O'Keefe used, with windows painted by DH Lawrence.
Carl Jung and former owner Dennis Hopper relieved themselves there too.
What a "daddy" day!!!
Mabel Dodge Luhan's home. Open to the public.

[MissMarple2]

https://townhall.com/columnists/kurtschlichter/2019/03/04/dumb-andor-dishonest-liberals-insult-your-intelligence-n2542492?67

[MissMarple2]

Dave,

I didn't really look at the flags. Kudos to you for doing so!

[MissMarple2]

https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/03/06/freed-hostage-to-donald-trump-gosh-its-great-to-be-an-american/

[Dorothy Jane]

I wonder if it could have been an artery at the back of heart. They don't show up easily unless you do the whole nuclear tread mill with dye test. My husband had one of these "widow makers" and it was completely unknown to us until he felt a small twinge and we insisted on tests, which the Drs. did not recommend at first. The EKG was normal and just fine. The Dr. said if not for the dye treadmill, it would never have been detected and it would have blown one day.

[Captain Hate]

No armchair autopsy, Dorothy Jane.

[jimmyk]

I kind of feel the same as ext, but I realize people cope with loss by trying to make sense of it.

I hope JimNJ sees my post above. I think it would mean a lot for Barbara to be able to hear from him. Otherwise, I have (via Jane) the home address if you want to send Barbara a note of condolence.

[MissMarple2]

Joel B. Pollak
‏Verified account @joelpollak
4h4 hours ago

All @GOPLeader did was challenge Democrats to live by the same standard they apply to Republicans when it comes to bigotry. And look what has happened: they are in an internal civil war because the D base won’t condemn antisemitism, and the leadership lacks the courage to insist.

[Momto2]

I find the armchair autopsy extremely offensive

Ex - I think it is understandable that everyone is trying to figure out what might have happened. This was totally out of the blue and as Buckeye just posted, pilots are routinely tested.

Years ago we had a Delta pilot, age 59, who returned home from a flight, felt like he was getting a cold, lay down for a nap and never woke up. (massive heart attack after passing his physical 3 weeks prior.) There were no other warning signs for him, either.

Everyone is trying to process this and I think we are all in shock as well as sad.

[anonamom]

I may be old fashioned but is it ok to drink if you are taking medication?

It depends what medication you are asking about.
Your pharmacist should be marking your prescription bottles with the little sticker that says No Alcohol if its a bad fit.

[Momto2]

jimmyk - I would very much like to send a note to Barbara. I will try to private message Jane on FB for the address.

[MissMarple2]

https://conservativedailypost.com/trump-team-drops-hammer-on-dnc-fake-hack-claim-expert-agrees/

I am not a legal expert but it seems to me that the DNC has failed to prove they were hacked.