Deferred Prosecution Agreements and Immigration Enforcement: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
In a democracy, the people shape their government. But in the long run, the government also shapes its people. What kind of citizens does a democracy need to have, if it will sustain itself? And An Authoritarian Economy is a Bad Economy
Maga’s boss class thinks they are immune to American carnage
An Ancient Law Could Shape the Modern Future of America’s Beaches. Here’s How. The growing battle over how to manage sea level rise turns partly on a legal principle set down in Roman times.
New book explores the science behind ‘super aging’ and longer, healthier lifespans | PBS News Weekend
Library of America to publish new edition of William Kennedy’s ‘Albany Trilogy’
“YOU OVER-OFFICIOUS JERK!” (or, Happy 100th Birthday, Marv Levy, the great former coach of the Buffalo Bills)
Jim Lovell, who flew on Apollo 8, the first manned mission to orbit the Moon, and commanded Apollo 13, died at 97
Loni Anderson, who died at 79 after a long illness, gained her greatest recognition on screen in the American sitcom WKRP in Cincinnati.
JEOPARDY Coincidences
Now I Know: Do Not Touch, Eat, or Even Smell The Flowers and Extreme Paint Ball, Literally, and Crashing a Car to Save a Life
Flat earth
Speaking to members of Congress last month, he boasted, “This is something that nobody else can do. We’re gonna get the drug prices down. Not 30 or 40% which would be great, not 50 or 60, no. We’re gonna get ‘em down 1000%, 600%, 500%, 1500%.” Steven Rattner, counselor for the Treasury Secretary in the Obama administration, says he’s “economically illiterate.”
He Orders New Census Excluding Undocumented Immigrants. New York Law School Adjunct Professor and Senior Fellow Jeffrey Wice: “The Congress debated whether or not to count citizens only, and the decision was made back in the 1860s that the reapportionment was to be based on the whole number of persons, regardless of their status.” The old poli major who was a State Center rep for two decades is really ticked.
The Texas plan to hand the GOP five more safe seats is part of the Massive Fraud that’s tearing America apart. It’s all a part of the Regime’s Campaign to Undermine the Next Election.
A Confederate statue toppled during Black Lives Matter protests will be reinstalled, but remembering black and women heroes is DEI. Got it.
FCC Considers Supercharging Corporate TV Consolidation. Media conglomerates are pushing to eliminate rules limiting local TV station consolidation.
People will die
Pulling the Plug on mRNA Vaccine Development Is ‘Reckless,’ Experts Say. Puts the U.S. at a disadvantage as the H5N1 pandemic threat looms. RFK Jr. does not understand the science. His Impact So Far: ‘The Worst Possible Case’; David Wallace-Wells and Emily Oster argue that the effects of MAHA will be long-lasting. They use fringe science.
EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin moves to rescind the ‘legal foundation for all US greenhouse gas regulations’
Should the Los Angeles 2028 Olympics go forward?
I am ambivalent.
NYT: What Immigration Crackdown Means for the 2028 Olympics.
Axios: A new $250 visa fee could curb World Cup and Olympic travel. The U.S. travel industry is warning that the fee could deter millions of international visitors just as the country gears up to host the 2026 World Cup and 2028 Summer Olympics.
USA Today: Olympics organizers are willing to treat FOTUS like a toddler to protect 2028 LA Games | Opinion. “By letting him think he’s in charge of … something, Games officials could avoid headaches over athlete visas and fan safety while keeping him from meddling elsewhere…
“Olympic athletes and their coaches are supposed to be exempt from Trump’s latest travel ban, while Olympic fans are usually greeted with open arms by host countries. Yet the recent refusal to allow Cuba’s women’s volleyball team and Senegal’s women’s basketball team into the United States, along with ICE agents who target immigrants, as well as citizens and tourists, has raised concerns that Olympic athletes and fans won’t have a safe harbor for the Los Angeles Games.
“Before anyone squawks about canceling the Games or moving them, save your breath.”
Democratic reputation
Inside The Game (February 2025): “The [regime] didn’t prioritize visa processing in its first term… So I can’t imagine that there’s going to be some full-court press to get these visas processed in a short amount of time,” David J. Bier, Associate Director for Immigration Studies at the Cato Institute, told The Los Angeles Times last month.
“The fear among organisers and sporting bodies alike is that even stricter immigration policies end up resulting in the worst-case scenario of both fans and athletes being left at the gate, with the ensuing and considerable revenue loss if the situation escalates; not to mention a major hit to the nation’s democratic reputation.”
MUSIC
K-Chuck Radio: How a vintage doo-wop song turned into the OTHER Kingsmen hit
Music is a language of its own: 12 terms explained.
I agreed to review The Anthropocene Reviewed: Essays on a Human-Centered Planet by John Green on September 12 at the Albany Public Library, mainly for selfish reasons.
HTETEOTW 
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