Immigrants in Rome Tell of Close Bond

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New Bond game rated must-have James Bond
007: Everything or Nothing

New Bond game rated must-have James Bond
007: Everything or Nothing 04/23/2004 08:39 PM
National Post Apr 24 2004 0:45AM GMT

Let's set Rome on Fire! (ancient rome
rules)

Let's set Rome on Fire! (ancient rome
rules) 06/11/2004 09:01 PM
Ok, so tomorrow I'm going downtown with Mona, Felix and other peeps cause we are celebrating Felix's b-day and crap....

Bond, Pure Bond

Bond, Pure Bond 02/19/2004 08:41 AM
Chicago Tribune Feb 19 2004 1:22PM GMT

Bond, James Bond

Bond, James Bond 04/07/2005 03:26 AM
ZDNet Apr 7 2005 7:36AM GMT

Why the U.S. needs immigrants

Why the U.S. needs immigrants 01/07/2004 03:29 PM

On my way back up towards Boston from Miami I sat next to an Argentine who had been living and working in Washington, DC for many years, lured by a plum job at an international organization.  We talked about the parallels between the current U.S. economy and the Argentine economy circa 2000, i.e., just before their currency collapsed 3:1.  Both economies had been losing manufacturing jobs as goods were imported from China and other centers of cheap highly skilled labor.  Both economies therefore had been running large trade deficits.  Both governments had been pandering to voters with massive spending programs and paying for them with budget deficits and therefore borrowing.  What would, she asked, save the U.S. from suffering the same fate as Argentina?  Esp. now that so many white-collar jobs could be exported to India?

My answer was "People like you! Smart immigrants."  The U.S. has the world's brightest academics, many of them who are themselves immigrants, in its universities.  This lures the brightest young people here to Stanford, Harvard, University of California, Caltech, et al.  Once they've spent 6 years in the U.S. getting a PhD they find that the U.S. offers the best opportunities for building a company or a group within a university and they stay, thus luring the next generation.  Susumu Tonegawa is a good example of the process.  Born and educated in Japan, one of the world's most sophisticated nations, he nonetheless chose to come to the U.S. for a postdoc.  He eventually ended up as a professor of biology at MIT and won the Nobel Prize in Medicine in 1987.  Tonegawa remains at MIT and any young Japanese biologist who wants to learn from him must come to the U.S.  A country that has collected all of the world's smartest people should always be able to do something new, interesting, and profitable.

(A somewhat funnier way to look at the issue is Greek syllogism:

1. every American president must be native-born
2. Americans are smart and therefore always choose the best person to be president, from among the pool of qualified people
3. ergo, George W. Bush is the finest example of a native-born American

And that's why we need to bring in foreigners...)

A sadder way to look at the issue is one that I've brought up before in this blog.  We don't bother fixing inner-city neighborhoods and schools or trying to integrate the poorest Americans into our economy because it is cheaper to bring in immigrants who already have a good education and work ethic.  George W. Bush seems to be expressing this idea in a proposal discussed in today's New York Times:  "Bush Would Give Illegal Workers Broad New Rights":

"... Under Mr. Bush's proposal, which effectively amounts to an amnesty program for illegal immigrants with jobs in the United States, an undocumented worker could apply for temporary worker status here for an unspecified number of years, with all the employee benefits, like minimum wage and due process, accorded to those legally employed.

"Workers who are approved would be permitted to travel freely between the United States and their home countries, the officials said, and would also be permitted to apply for a green card granting permanent residency in the United States.

"Administration officials said that Mr. Bush would also propose increasing the number of green cards issued each year, which is now about 140,000, but they did not provide a specific number. ...

"Mr. Bush's proposals apply to all illegal immigrants in the United States, which officials estimate at 8 million to 14 million people. About 60 percent are thought to be Mexican. No one is certain how many undocumented workers there are among all illegal immigrants, but Mr. Fox has said that some 3.5 million of the workers are Mexican."

So circling back to the original question...  We can be sure that our currency won't collapse because all the world's smartest people live here and also many of the world's hardest-working.  So we can rest easy and take a vacation even.  But perhaps not in Europe where their currency has become 50% more expensive in the last 1.5 years for those of us who hold dollars...

Comments on Why the US Needs Immigrants

Comments on Why the US Needs Immigrants 01/08/2004 08:24 PM

Hmm... the immigration piece below seems to have triggered a bug that we've seen before in Manila, the software that Harvard runs for its blogs.  Comments go into the database somewhere but they aren't linked.  So I've cut and pasted a couple of my favorites here and anyone who wishes to comment on the piece below can do so here...

Matthew T: A more significant difference that will prevent the US from going into Argentine-style collapse in the near term is that US debt is designated in the US currency. As the dollar falls, US foreign debt doesn't grow, the trap that Argentina fell into. In the longer term, foreign trade will be conducted in a strong currency from a large economy: if the domestic plan is to inflate away the deficit, the Euro will usurp the dollar's central role.

John: According to Philip's logic, the great depression should have never happened. Was the US substantially different in 1929? It had tons of smart immigrants from all over the world, and yet the economy suffered a total collapse.

New device for tracking immigrants

New device for tracking immigrants 04/04/2005 01:17 PM
Chicago Tribune Apr 4 2005 5:19PM GMT

'English crucial' for immigrants

'English crucial' for immigrants 09/12/2004 01:15 AM
More than half the members of ethnic minorities in Britain believe immigrants should speak English, a survey suggests.

Thin immigrants get fat in U.S (Reuters)

Thin immigrants get fat in U.S (Reuters) 12/19/2004 03:23 PM
Reuters - Many immigrants to the United States soon get fat, joining an increasingly obese population in their adopted country, researchers say.

Imagining Life Without Illegal
Immigrants

Imagining Life Without Illegal
Immigrants 01/11/2004 02:41 PM
Imagine America without the people who flip burgers, clean toilets, watch the kids and send their children to public schools. Would the grass be greener?

Speedboat immigrants plot foiled

Speedboat immigrants plot foiled 05/29/2004 05:07 AM
Police are questioning two men after 13 Chinese nationals are found on a beach near St Leonards.

UK's famous immigrants go online

UK's famous immigrants go online 08/27/2004 01:26 PM
The National Archives puts the official records of some of Britain's most famous immigrants on its website.

Kerry: No licenses for illegal
immigrants

Kerry: No licenses for illegal
immigrants 07/01/2004 01:45 PM

Computer Problems Frustrate Immigrants

Computer Problems Frustrate Immigrants 12/31/2003 12:27 AM
Washington Post Dec 30 2003 11:03PM ET

U.S. immigrants gather aid for victims
(USATODAY.com)

U.S. immigrants gather aid for victims
(USATODAY.com) 12/28/2004 09:31 AM
USATODAY.com - From Buddhist temples in the Northeast to commercial strips in California, Southeast Asian immigrants made frantic calls home, gathered bandages and food and offered prayers for loved ones devastated by the giant waves that killed tens of thousands of people on two continents.

Salary test mooted for immigrants

Salary test mooted for immigrants 09/06/2004 10:42 AM
A Tory commission's calls for the UK to refuse work permits to immigrants earning less than Ł25,000 will be "studied carefully" by party leaders.

"a bunch of measures like this in regard
to the status and circumstances of
immigrants?"

"a bunch of measures like this in regard
to the status and circumstances of
immigrants?" 01/07/2004 06:08 PM

Canadian government demands nude pix of
stripper-immigrants

Canadian government demands nude pix of
stripper-immigrants 07/28/2004 05:48 AM
Canadian Immigration officials are requiring that exotic dancers looking to enter Canada submit nude photos of themselves dancing, so ensure that they aren't nude-dancer-impersonators, sneaking into the country to do other kinds of work.

The potential dancers have to prove they can dance in the nude, immigration lawyer Mendel Green said Monday.

"They can't be partially nude," he said. "If they don't have pictures in the nude, they are not going to wiggle their bottoms in Canada."

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Illegal Immigrants Are Bolstering Social
Security With Billions

Illegal Immigrants Are Bolstering Social
Security With Billions 04/05/2005 09:23 AM
The estimated seven million illegal workers in the U.S. provide Social Security with a subsidy of as much as $7 billion a year.

Local Officers Join Search for Illegal
Immigrants

Local Officers Join Search for Illegal
Immigrants 04/12/2004 10:08 AM
Alabama is the epicenter of a widening effort to encourage states and localities to help enforce immigration laws in the aftermath of the Sept. 11 attacks.

Illegal Immigrants Receive a One-Way
Ticket to Mexico (Los Angeles Times)

Illegal Immigrants Receive a One-Way
Ticket to Mexico (Los Angeles Times) 07/13/2004 05:13 AM
Los Angeles Times - MEXICO CITY — The first repatriation flight of Mexicans caught illegally crossing the Arizona border landed here Monday evening, kicking off a new deportation program that could return thousands of border crossers deep into Mexico.

Mexico defends comic book for illegal
immigrants (Reuters)

Mexico defends comic book for illegal
immigrants (Reuters) 01/05/2005 01:43 AM
Reuters - Mexico has defended a government comic book showing illegal migrants how to cross the border and live quietly in the United States against charges that it promotes undocumented immigration.

Homeland security chief, Tom Ridge,
endorses legalizing undocumented
immigrants

Homeland security chief, Tom Ridge,
endorses legalizing undocumented
immigrants 12/11/2003 06:12 AM
appears not to have gotten that memo

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The Bond commute

The Bond commute 06/28/2004 01:23 PM
Canadian Press via Canada.com Jun 28 2004 5:23PM GMT

bond. age. beanbag.

bond. age. beanbag. 08/10/2004 09:09 PM
Mmmmmm. Feasting your eyes on that supple, plump, nubuck-covered orb? Yeah right. I know whose orbs you're looking at -- and she's not included with this "Bond Age beanbag chair." However, the chains are included with this thuper-thexy stuffed chair from manufacturer Jucci, who beckon you to "lounge with your loved one or, with the addition of clever little accessories, indulge in a little gentle exercise." Offered in a ton of colors, with, ahem, chain or chain-free versions. Link (via funf urde)

aquada bond

aquada bond 01/07/2004 06:54 PM
Oh shit. I need this.

Off to Rome

Off to Rome 03/14/2005 05:53 PM

Thanks to everyone in Madrid for all of the hospitality and excellent company.

I'm off today to Rome. See you on the other side.

UPDATE: Just arrived in Rome. I had asked for a hotel with Internet. I realized when I arrived at the Hotel Hassler that I had stayed here once before with my mother and sister around 20 years or so ago. I remember it being an excellent hotel. However, I remember that they didn't take credit cards back then. Now they have Internet. I remember this was my late mother's favorite hotel in Rome...

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Rome

Rome 06/08/2004 09:50 PM
I see announcements both chez P@ and from Tucu about Rome, which, by its description sounds like the equivalent of Mark Pilgrim’s pythonoid Universal Feed Parser for those in Java-land. A lot younger of course and I bet they’ll have some fun dealing with the variegated realities of RSS As She Are Spoke out there in the big bad Internet, but these are smart guys so I’m optimistic.

Rome 0.1

Rome 0.1 06/10/2004 09:42 AM
A set of Atom/RSS Java utilities which understands most syndication formats.

Bond game aims for everything

Bond game aims for everything 03/06/2004 02:04 AM
James Bond returns in a video game that will leave most action junkies shaken and stirred.

Chemistry-Bond-Find-0.10

Chemistry-Bond-Find-0.10 05/13/2004 12:46 AM

Chemistry-Bond-Find-0.20

Chemistry-Bond-Find-0.20 05/18/2004 11:55 PM

James Bond 007: NightFire

James Bond 007: NightFire 08/13/2004 12:47 PM
Although certain parts of it got a bit tediously repetitive, on the whole I found it great fun. By Richard Hallas, Inside Mac Games (via MyAppleMenu)

Savings Bond Wizard®

Savings Bond Wizard® 05/03/2004 06:56 AM
Savings Bond Wizard®
http://www.pub licdebt.treas.gov/sav/savwizar.htm

The Savings Bond Wizard® helps you manage your savings bond inventory on your PC. It's a downloadable program that allows you to maintain an inventory of your bonds and determine the current redemption value, earned interest, and other information. You can also print your bond inventory, providing you with an important record if you ever need to replace any of your savings bonds. This will be added to Business Resources 2004 Internet MiniGuide. This will also be added to Financial Sources Subject Tracer™ Information Blog.

Daddy, What's a Junk Bond?

Daddy, What's a Junk Bond? 01/28/2004 09:15 AM
There are some eerie parallels between the '80s junk bond craze and today's stock market.

Bond to return - as a schoolboy

Bond to return - as a schoolboy 04/11/2004 02:31 PM
Famous fictional secret agent 007 is to return next year for a new Bond adventure - as a teenager.

Chemistry-Bond-Find-0.21

Chemistry-Bond-Find-0.21 06/16/2004 06:05 PM

Bond, eyes closed

Bond, eyes closed 11/19/2003 09:25 AM
There's something queerly compelling about this three-minute video of stills of people in James Bond movies with their eyes closed, dissolving into other people in Bond films with their eyes closed. 17M B Quicktime Link (Thanks, Johannes!))

Junk Bond Treasures

Junk Bond Treasures 06/22/2004 10:42 AM
Do you think income investing is just for stock jocks? Think again.
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