Midweek Notes & Memery
Immigration raids you say?
• These immigration raids at workplaces are out of hand. From ABC News:
1,600 American Apparel workers let go over legal status
Clothing company American Apparel said Thursday it is terminating 1,600 employees at its Los Angeles operations after a government investigation into workers' immigration status.
The federal government has recently shifted its attention in immigration probes to make employers the primary target of immigration raids. In July, Homeland Security released a list of 652 businesses nationwide that will receive audits of their work force…
American Apparel's founder, Dov Charney, has been an outspoken opponent of U.S. immigration policies. In a letter to employees, Charney said he was "deeply saddened by the fact that many of you will be leaving the company over the next few days and weeks. Many of you have been with me for so many years, and I just cry when I think that so many people will be leaving the company."
I tell you, these Trump raids are. . . wait, what? This took place when Obama was president? Oh, never mind.
• Speaking of public opinion about deportation, this CNN compilation of recent polls will harsh some liberal mellows:
•I have long pondered whether the “casual Friday” clothing trend that caught on in offices in the 1990s was a symptom or a cause of the decline of Western Civilization, but I am heartened to see that the European Conservative is on a closely related aspect of the case:
The sartorial decay of our age finds vivid expression in the grotesque pairing of light brown shoes with dark suits—a trend as lamentable as it is ubiquitous. This chromatic discord—evoking the garish flair of mafia capos or Eastern European apparatchiks—betrays a disdain for elegance and tradition. The dark suit demands sobriety, its gravitas anchored by black or polished cordovan. Light brown shoes, with their casual insolence, mock this harmony, rendering the wearer a walking caricature of taste. Civilization hinges on such details; to ignore them is to court barbarism in brogues.
• And now for our midweek memery:
Steve, no one... that is NO ONE does memes better than you. Now, if you could just lure Tracy away from her Powerline comfort zone, you would hold the Guinness World Record.
Honestly, you are missed over at Powerline, but this site is amazing. It's growing, and there are few that combine the intellectual horse power with the fabulous sense of humor.
Seriously, I grind my teeth every time I see tan shoes with a dark suit. Argh!