see, this is stupid: these are the good kinds of immigrants - the smart ones. you want to keep those.

i mean, we'll take them up here. but i'm not sure we have the same level of opportunity. that's just realism - we have a tenth of the population, and a shitty climate.

well, trump is going to help us get the climate better, too, though. hey, he said he liked canada.

i've been vocal in my view that the entire society - from canada to mexico - requires serious immigration reform. but, trump is doing this the most racist way he can: he's protecting good jobs for white people, and then cutting holes in the fence so low wage industries can avoid paying minimum wage.

and, it's not just racist, it's recessionary, because you're increasing accumulation and discouraging spending.

worse, i don't even think this is what the voters in wisconsin even wanted. i mean, you don't need an engineering degree to work in a cheese factory. although...

http://www.ctvnews.ca/business/trump-targets-visas-program-for-highly-skilled-workers-1.3373563

weird article at the bbc, as i'm surfing while waiting for something to render.

i need to do some running around today, but the renders are up to mar 23rd, now. i need to prioritize having the material for court ready, so i'm going to push through to the first week of april.

i actually have a theory that the hebrews were initially an iranian tribe before migrating to the mediterranean. it's pretty unorthodox, but it's not without support over the basis of comparative religions.

the reality is that the hebrew god is starkly indo-european in nature, and kind of weird in a semitic context. it kind of seems more like some iranians showed up there in canaan and integrated with the fundamentally egyptian culture.

the standard history reminds people of the exile in babylon, and it's not like that doesn't make sense. but, if you can derive judaism more directly from zoroastrianism, you can break through a lot of contradictions.

http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20170406-this-obscure-religion-shaped-the-west

no.

stop.

you, yourself no doubt saw this coming, or at least parroted somebody else that did. look through your own social media posts. did you ever post anything criticizing trump for his reality tv bravado, or carefully explaining to trump that the presidency is not a reality tv show?

well, you were wrong - the presidency is very much a reality tv show.

or, at least, it is now.

there is no discernible logic in shooting down a missile test, other than the logic of generating material for broadcast on fox at prime time - and that is almost certainly the actual logic being used.

and, you're not supposed to be frightened, either. you're supposed to pump your fists and cheer it on - because the calculation is that you're a retard.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/apr/18/us-military-shoot-down-north-korea-missile-tests

i'm admittedly having a hard time even empathizing with people that take the propaganda seriously anymore, at this point, but i realize the importance of writing articles of this sort.

kind of.

abstractly...

if you need it, here it is:

http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/syria-suicide-attack-refugee-buses-trump-only-cares-sunni-children-a7687066.html

actually, i like the reality that it's never entirely clear whether i'm trolling or not.

i'll give you hints here and there, sure. but it's your responsibility to figure that out, not my responsibility to make it clear.

the basis of this article is that it's ok to illegally bomb syria, so long as they don't kill civilians.

kind of a bait and switch, huh?

i don't concede the point: the united states should not be bombing syria at all, until it is invited to help in clearing the country of terrorists.

https://www.hrw.org/news/2017/04/18/syria-us-mosque-attack-likely-unlawful