Saturday, November 19, 2016

Senators Bob Corker and Lamar Alexander endorse Senator Sessions for AG

Senator Lamar Alexander  released the following statement on the nomination of Senator Jeff Sessions  by President-elect Trump to serve as U.S. attorney general.

Jeff Sessions has been a friend and respected colleague for many years. By his service as United States attorney and as United States senator, he has earned the opportunity to be attorney general of the United States.
Senator Bob Corker said:
Jeff Sessions is widely respected in the United States Senate and is a great choice for Attorney General of the United States. His years of expertise and respect for the rule of law will serve the country well as he assumes this important role in the Trump administration.

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Beth Harwell Remains Speaker Of The House

Beth Harwell Remains Speaker Of The House

In a 40-30 vote, Beth Harwell defeated Jimmy Matlock and will keep her position as Speaker of the House

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Lamar Alexander: ObamaCare Repeal Will Take Years

Reposted from The Moderate Voice - Lauren Fox reports on the comments of Lamar Alexander (R-TN) on the logistics of accomplishing a long-standing GOP goal on Talking Points Memo.

Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-TN) warned Thursday that it could take years to fully repeal and replace Obamacare. In an interview with reporters on Capitol Hill, Alexander said the goal of Republicans was to “be the rescue party instead of the party that pushes millions of Americans who are hanging by the edge of their fingernails over the cliff.”

Alexander, the chair of the Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee that will play a central role in repealing and replacing Obamacare, signaled that the process will have to be incremental rather than rapid if Republicans want their plan to succeed. Since Donald Trump was elected last week, Republicans have been clear that getting rid of Obamacare is a high priority. But actually following through may take some more time.

“Eventually, we’ll need 60 votes to complete the process of replacing Obamacare and repealing it because Obamacare was not passed by reconciliation it was passed by 60 votes. And it was cleaned up by reconciliation because Scott Brown won his election,” Alexander said.

“Before the process is over, we’ll need a consensus to complete it, and I imagine this will take several years to completely make that sort of transition to make sure we do no harm, create a good health care system that everyone has access to and that we repeal the parts of Obamacare that need to be repealed.”

Alexander’s comments offer insight into what is sure to be a complicated and politically fraught process, but he remained vague on details. Alexander said he sees major problems with the Obamacare exchanges, but assured reporters that he agreed with President-elect Trump’s position that people with pre-existing conditions should still be protected under the law.

“The exchanges are the first problem, they need to be repealed, the individual mandate needs to be repealed. There are a number of things that need to be repealed, but I think what we need to focus on first is what would we replace it with and what are the steps that it would take to do that?” he said.

“Preexisting conditions will stay. There is no way the Congress is going to repeal preexisting conditions. it might take a different form, but people with preexisting conditions are going to be able to buy insurance in any replacement plan Republicans put forward.”

Alexander’s outlook is that senators should take time to move forward. Alexander has experience taking things slow. He led the overhaul of No Child Left Behind Act with bipartisan support. It took six years.(link to original)

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Thursday, November 17, 2016

39/40 Council members sign mild meaningless anti-Trump resolution

In wake of Trump's election, Nashville resolution aims to calm fears

by Joey Garrison, The Tennessean - It doesn’t mention President-elect Donald Trump by name, but a resolution signed by all but one Metro Council member is a direct response to the fears some have following his election.

Councilman Dave Rosenberg has sponsored a resolution proclaiming that the citizens of Nashville “will continue to welcome and to afford equal justice to all residents and visitors regardless of race, color, religion, national origin, gender identity, sexual orientation, or protected status.” (link)

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Mayor Barry reassures those feeling threatened by Trump election

The following is a recent Facebook post from Mayor Barry.


Mayor Barry assures minorities, women, LGBT Nashvillians after Trump election
by Joey Garrison, The Tennessean - Mayor Megan Barry says she’s committed to keeping Nashville “a warming and welcoming place” to immigrants and others amid what she called fear and a feeling of uncertainty for many Nashvillians following the election of Republican Donald Trump.(link)

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Mayor Barry: Nashville cops aren’t ‘immigration police’

by Joey Garrison, The Tennessean - As President-elect Donald Trump vows to deport between two and three million undocumented immigrants who have committed crimes, Nashville Mayor Megan Barry says she believes that local police forces shouldn’t be used to carry out federal immigration policy.

“I do not believe local resources should be used to enforce federal immigration administrative polices,” Barry said in a statement that her office tweeted Wednesday. “Our police officers are not immigration police, they do not ask about immigration status during stops or conversations with the public, nor do they intend to start now. “I will continue to do whatever I can to ensure that Nashville remains a warm and welcoming city that treats everyone with respect.”(link)

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Wednesday, November 16, 2016

What happened at the Council meeting of 11-15-16: Annexation approved, Museum of African American Music is hot topic, new Short Term rental regs, Warner Music Group bribed.




Council meeting are more meaningful if you know what they are voting on.  For a copy of the agenda, the council staff analysis and my commentary on the agenda, follow this link.

At the start of the meeting, following the prayer and the pledge,  there is a presentation honoring the Black newspaper Tennessee Tribune. The editor of the Tennessee Tribune takes the opportunity to criticize the location of the Museum of African American Music, saying it should be on Jefferson St or if not on Jefferson St.then next to the new Tennessee State Museum on Rosa Parks  and saying if it is going to be where it slated to be built, the entrance should not be on a side street and if they can't get something that shows proper respect then they shouldn't build it at all and let it go to some other city.

Following that presentation is another presentation honoring the Americana Music Association. A couple of the people on hand to receive the resolution was artist Jim Lauderdale and Rodney Crowell. Following that presentation is the approval of appointments to boards and Commissions and as always, they are all approved however, there were two abstentions in the approval of one of the nominees.  I don't know why they abstained but Councilman Sledge and Councilman Sheri Weiner abstained on the appointment of Cullen Earnest to the Sexually Oriented Business Licensing Board.

There are 30 resolutions on agenda. The consideration of resolutions does not get underway until time stamp 29:11 in the video. Most are lumped together and pass by a single vote on the Consent Agenda. Here are the ones of interest.

RESOLUTION NO. RS2016-406  expands from one year old to three years old, the vehicles that are exempt from being required to be tested for auto emissions. This was deferred the last two meeting and is again deferred one meeting.
RESOLUTION NO. RS2016-434  is another one of those bills that pay companies for coming to or expanding in Nashville. This one is for Warner Music Group. It will provide $500 per year for seven year for new employees hired by WMG. The total cost to the city could be $2 million. This passed on the consent agenda. To learn more about this issue, follow this link and also see the staff analysis.
 RESOLUTION NO. RS2016-435  is a PILOT (payment in lieu of taxes) deal for an affordable housing project on Old Hickory Boulevard. In the past PILOT was used by the Industrial Development Board to lure companies to Nashville in order to create jobs. Now MDHA is authorized to use this tool also. So, if I understand it correctly, the land would be owned by MDHA and since MDHA does not pay taxes, the developer of the property would pay this payment in lieu of taxes. The PILOT however would be only about 1/10th of what the developed property would otherwise pay in property taxes. This is for an affordable housing project for those earning less than 60% of the Area Median Income. To make this deal work the developer will also be using the Low Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) program. This is deferred one meeting.
RESOLUTION NO. RS2016-459  ask the Police Department to inform the Metropolitan Council whether they agree or disagree with research findings in a recent report from Gideon’s Army regarding MNPD traffic stop statistics in Nashville and ask them to provide any data to refute the finding of the Gideon's Army report. The Civil rights group Gideon's Army released a report in February called "Driving while Black," that alleged racial profiling by Metro Police. The group clams that from 2011 to 2015, metro officers conducted more than 7 times the amount of traffic stops than the national average, and black drivers were up to 5 times more likely to be stopped. The police say that the reason police stop more Blacks that Whites is that they patrol more heavily in high crime areas, which are Black neighborhoods. For news reports on this topic see this link, and this link. This is deferred one meeting. The reason for the deferral is so a representative of Gideon's Army can meet with the police to review the report together prior to consideration of this resolution.
RESOLUTION NO. RS2016-460  request the Mayor to get an independent assessment of the location of the National Museum of African American Music at the former Nashville Convention Center. The city gave a multi-million inducement to the developer of the property to build this museum. Early plans showed it with a frontage on Broadway.  The proposed development is multi-use with a much needed downtown retail component. The developer has said that the corner of Fifth and Broad needs to be something that will draw traffic to the retail. He has moved the museum entrance to 5th avenue. Blacks are upset. To read more about this see, Mayor Barry warns against breaking agreement over museum dispute and The deal's done, but critics of $430M downtown project aren't silenced. This bill is deferred one meeting. The sponsor speaks on the bill and compares putting the entrance on Fifth Ave to Blacks sitting in the back of the bus. Councilman Cooper questions the whole deal, asking why we sold the property so cheaply and why there is so little over site. Good questions. The resolution is deferred on meeting.To see the discussion see time stamp 51:40 - 1:09:44.
Bills on first reading are passed by a single vote without discussion as is customary. Below are the bills of interest on Second Reading.
SUBSTITUTE BILL NO. BL2016-381 is a bill that addresses Short Term Rental Property. It makes it more cumbersome to get a STRP permit and further restrict the number of permits allowed in any census track. It passes with no dissenting votes. To see the discussion see time stamp 1:12:15-1:17:08.
Bills on Third Reading:
BILL NO. BL2016-415   creates a mechanism for the zoning and permitting of small cell telecommunications uses and to update existing zoning provisions for other kinds of telecommunications uses. It appears a lot of work went into this bill and is important to facilitate the growth of telecommunications. It passes on a voice vote with no dissenting votes.

BILL NO. BL2016-454   amends  the Metropolitan Code to remove the stipulation that only restaurants that possess a license liquor license can obtain an exemption to the minimum distance requirements for beer sales. Currently if an establishment wants a beer license, they have to be a certain distance from away from a home, or a school, or church or park. Liquor license are issued by the State and beer license by Metro, so some establishments have liquor license but not beer license. For those establishments, the city can now make an exception to the distance requirement.  The city can not, however, grant an exception for any other establishments. This bill allows the city to grant an exemptions to other establishments seeking a beer license. This bill would require a pubic hearing on the proposed exemption. It passes on a voice vote without discussion.
BILL NO. BL2016-455 annexes into the urban serviced district various properties located in Council Districts 7, 8, 9, 13, 14, 15, and 31. While Nashville has a single government instead of a city and a county as do most places, we still have two tax districts.  The more suburban and rural parts of the county are in the General Services District and the more developed parts of the county are in the Urban Services District. The only thing the people in the USD get that those in the GSD do not, is garbage collection and street lights. They have the same street cleaning, fire, police, schools, libraries, parks, etc. The 2016 tax rate for Urban Services District is $4.516, and the rate for General Services District is $3.924 per hundred dollars of assessment. With these areas being annexed, the city becomes responsible for garbage collection and providing street lights. Sidewalks is not factor in annexation, contrary to what some people thought when this bill was on public hearing.

One impact of increasing these taxes is that this will likely increase rents in multifamily apartments in these areas annexed. While renters do not directly pay property taxes, they pay indirectly in the rent they are charged. Residential property is assessed at 25% of appraised value, yet commercial and multi-family property is assessed at 40% of value. At a time when there is much concern about affordable housing, affordable housing advocates should advocate against this tax which will hit renters harder than property owners but they do  not.

Currently, for most people in the annexed areas the increase in taxes will not be much more than they currently pay for private trash collection. However, if taxes are increased next year, which I anticipate to occur, then the new tax payment would most likely be considerably more than what residents in the GSD pay currently for private trash collection. This passes on a voice vote. To see the discussion see time stamp 1:43:44 - 1:51:53.

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Council members again request change to African-American museum

Council members again request change to African-American museum 

by Joey Garrison, The Tennessean - A proposal pushed by some Metro Council members to try to ensure that a planned National Museum of African-American Music gets its “fair value” in terms of construction has been put on hold until next month.

At-large Councilwoman Erica Gilmore, lead sponsor of the resolution, told The Tennessean that she wants to give the lead developer of a private $430 million mixed-use project called Fifth + Broadway a final opportunity to change design plans in order to relocate the museum to the spot she and others prefer.(link)

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Metro Council approves incentives for Warner Music's Nashville expansion

Metro Council approves incentives for Warner Music's Nashville expansion

Entertainment giant could get up to $2 million 
by Joey Garrison , The Tennessean -  Warner Music Group has landed cash incentives from Metro government that will pay the company for each new job it adds as part of an upcoming company expansion in Nashville after action by the Metro Council on Tuesday night. (link)

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Tuesday, November 15, 2016

Nashville is 6th most popular destination for millennials

Millennials form the largest generation in the US, numbering more than 75 million nationwide. As this young, mobile group enters the workforce and forms new households, their decisions have a significant impact on the cities they choose to live in. Today, we look at Census data from 2005-2015, to understand where young Americans are moving to and choosing to settle down. (link)

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Freeman wants Mancini out

 
Nashville Post -Failed Nashville mayoral candidate Bill Freeman is calling for Mary Mancini to step aside as the head of the Tennessee Democratic Party. According ...

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Monday, November 14, 2016

What's on the Council Agenda of 11-15-16: Museum of African American Music controversy, "Driving while Black," annexation, and Short Term Rental Property.

The Metro Council will meet Tuesday, November 15,  at 6:30 PM in the Council chamber at the Metro Courthouse. To watch the Council meeting, you can go to the courthouse and watch the meeting in person, or you can watch the broadcast live at Metro Nashville Network's Government TV on Nashville's Comcast Channel 3 and AT&T's U-verse 99 and it is streamed live at the Metro Nashville Network's livestream site. You can catch the meeting the next day (or the day after the next) on the Metro YouTube channel. If you will wait, I will watch it for you and post the video and point out the good parts so you can go to that point in the video and watch just those segments. Also, I will  tell you what I think about what happened.  Council meetings are really boring and I watch them so you don't have to.

If you are going to watch a council meeting, you really need the agenda and  the Council staff analysis. You will have a better understanding of what is going on. Follow the highlighted link to view the agenda and staff analysis.  Here is my commentary and analysis.

There are four people up for confirmation to Boards and Commissions. These are people appointed by the mayor subject to approval by the Council. They will be approved as always. There are two insignificant resolution on Public Hearing. Both are for exemptions from the minimum distance requirements for obtaining a beer permit for establishment that already have an on-site liquor permit.
 
There are 30 resolutions on the consent agenda. Resolutions on "consent" are passed by a single vote of the council instead of being voted on individually. If a resolution has any negative votes in committee it is taken off of consent.  Also any council member may ask to have an item taken off of consent or to have his abstention or dissenting vote recorded.  None of  the resolutions appear controversial but below are ones of interest. 

RESOLUTION NO. RS2016-406  would expand from one year old to three years old, the vehicles that are exempt from being required to be tested for auto emissions. This makes sense. Vehicles not over three years old almost never fail the emissions test. This was deferred the last two meeting.

RESOLUTION NO. RS2016-434  is another one of those bills that pay companies for coming to or expanding in Nashville. This one is for Warner Music Group. It will provide $500 per year for seven year for new employees hired by WMG.
 RESOLUTION NO. RS2016-435  is a PILOT (payment in lieu of taxes) deal for an affordable housing project on Old Hickory Boulevard. In the past PILOT was used by the Industrial Development Board to lure companies to Nashville in order to create jobs. Now MDHA is authorized to use this tool also. So, if I understand it correctly, the land would be owned by MDHA and since MDHA does not pay taxes, the developer of the property would pay this payment in lieu of taxes. The PILOT however would be only about 1/10 of what the developed property would otherwise pay in property taxes. This is for an affordable housing project for those earning less than 60% of the Area Median Income. To make this deal work the developer will also be using the Low Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) program. 
RESOLUTION NO. RS2016-459  ask the Police Department to inform the Metropolitan Council whether they agree or disagree with research findings in a recent report from Gideon’s Army regarding MNPD traffic stop statistics in Nashville and ask them to provide any data to refute the finding of the Gideon's Army report. The Civil rights group Gideon's Army released a report in February called "Driving while Black," that alleged racial profiling by Metro Police. The group clams that from 2011 to 2015, metro officers conducted more than 7 times the amount of traffic stops than the national average, and black drivers were up to 5 times more likely to be stopped. The police say that the reason police stop more Blacks that Whites is that they patrol more heavily in high crime areas, which are Black neighborhoods. For news reports on this topic see this link, and this link. While I suspect this to pass, I expect some grandstanding. 

RESOLUTION NO. RS2016-460  request the Mayor to get an independent assessment of the location of the National Museum of African American Music at the former Nashville Convention Center. The city gave an inducement to the developer of the property to provide free space for this museum. Early plans showed it with a frontage on Broadway.  The proposed development is multi-use with a much needed downtown retail component. The developer has said that the corner of Fifth and Broad needs to be something that will draw traffic to the retail. He has moved the museum entrance to 5th avenue. Blacks are upset. To read more about this see, Mayor Barry warns against breaking agreement over museum dispute and The deal's done, but critics of $430M downtown project aren't silenced.
BILL NO. BL2016-463  defines what is "mulch." This is a good example of over regulation. An existing regulation says not over 5% of a lot area may be mulch. Now we need to define mulch.

Bills on First Reading. There are 11 bills on First Reading but I usually don't review bills on First Reading. First reading is a formality that gets bills on the agenda. They are not evaluated by committee until they are on Second Reading. All bills on First Reading are lumped together and usually pass by a single vote. Only rarely is a bill on First Reading considered separately.

Bills on Second Reading.
These are 11 bills on Second reading and these are the one's of interest. 
SUBSTITUTE BILL NO. BL2016-381 is another anti Short Term Rental Property bill. It would make it more cumbersome to get a STRP permit and further restrict the number of permits allowed in any census track. I oppose this bill.  The mayor has hired a consultant to study Metro's Short Term Rental Property issues. Also, in a decision in a law suit brought by the Beacon Center contesting the constitutionality of Metro's STRP ordinance, on October 21, 2016 the Eighth Circuit Court for the 20th Judicial District declared the STRP regulations to be unconstitutional. This was on Second reading last time and deferred and I expect it to be deferred again. I would expect the Council to delay this bill and come back with a comprehensive bill that addresses STRP.
Bills on Third Reading.  There are 13  bills on Third Reading.  These are the bills of interest.
SUBSTITUTE BILL NO. BL2016-409  request to rezone from R80 to SP zoning for property located at 7897 Old Charlotte Pike, to permit all uses permitted by R80 and a kennel. I don't know anything about the merits of this rezoning and am only pointing it out because it is a bill disapproved by the Planning Commission 7 to 0. A disapproved bill requires 2/3rds approval by the Council members. It is sometimes hard to override a PC negative recommendation.   
BILL NO. BL2016-454   amends  the Metropolitan Code to remove the stipulation that only restaurants that possess a license liquor license can obtain an exemption to the minimum distance requirements for beer sales. Currently if an establishment wants a beer license, they have to be a certain distance from away from a home, or a school, or church or park. Liquor license are issued by the State and beer license by Metro, so some establishments have liquor license but not beer license. For those establishments, the city can now make an exception to the distance requirement.  The city can not, however, grant an exception for any other establishments. This would allow the city to grant an exemptions to other establishments seeking a beer license. This bill would require a pubic hearing on the proposed exemption. This proposed change makes sense. I support it.
BILL NO. BL2016-455  would annex into the urban serviced district various properties located in Council Districts 7, 8, 9, 13, 14, 15, and 31. This was on public hearing last meeting where quite a few people spoke in favor and in opposition. While Nashville has a single government instead of a city and a county as do most places, we still have two tax districts.  The rural parts of the county are in the General Services District and the more developed parts of the county are in the Urban Services District. The only thing the people in the USD get that those in the GSD do not, is garbage collection and street lights. They have the same street cleaning, fire, police, schools, libraries, parks, etc. The 2016 tax rate for Urban Services District is $4.516, and the rate for General Services District is $3.924 per hundred dollars of assessment. If these areas are annexed then the city would be responsible for garbage collection and would provide street lights. Sidewalks is not factor in this annexation proposal. Several people who spoke at the public hearing in favor of the annexation seemed to think they would  get sidewalks if annexed.

One impact of increasing these taxes is that this will likely increase rents in multifamily apartments in these areas to be annexed. While renters do not directly pay property taxes, they pay indirectly it in the rent they are charged. Residential property is assessed at 25% of appraised value, yet commercial and multi-family property is assessed at 40% of value. At a time when there is much concern about affordable housing, affordable housing advocates should advocate against this tax which will hit renters harder than property owners but they do  not.

Currently, for most people the increase in taxes, if annexed, would not be much more than they currently pay for private trash collection. However, if taxes are increased next year, which I anticipate to occur, then the new tax payment would most likely be considerably more than what residents in the GSD pay currently for private trash collection.

To see The Tennessean report on this see, Madison residents debate joining Nashville's higher property tax district.   For a background report see The Tennessean's, Nashville neighborhoods pass on offer for more services, higher taxes.    To see if you live in an area proposed to be annexed into the Urban Services District see this link.

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'Special post-election' counseling available to Nashville students

'Special post-election' counseling available to Nashville students
The Tennessean - Metro Nashville Public Schools announced Friday that their school counselors have been provided with "special post-election protocols" to help students in need of counseling after the presidential election.

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Mayor Barry assures minorities, women, LGBT Nashvillians after Trump election

Mayor Barry assures minorities, women, LGBT Nashvillians after Trump election

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Sunday, November 13, 2016

Liberal child abuse because the child voted for Trump in a mock election.

I am sure this no more representative of how most anti-Trump parents would treat their children than is the anecdotal rumors of hate crimes committed by Trump supporters, nevertheless it happens. The organization Justice for Children without Voices has intervened in the case and police are investigating. For more on this story follow this link. Be aware that this is heartbreaking and contains some bad words.

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Flood of Trump-fearing American liberals overwhelms Canada.

The flood of Trump-fearing American liberals sneaking across the border into Canada has intensified in the past week. The Republican presidential campaign is prompting an exodus among left-leaning Americans who fear they'll soon be required to hunt, pray, pay taxes, and live according to the Constitution.
 
Canadian border residents say it's not uncommon to see dozens of sociology professors, liberal arts majors, global-warming activists, and "green" energy proponents crossing their fields at night.
 
"I went out to milk the cows the other day, and there was a Hollywood producer huddled in the barn," said southern Manitoba farmer Red Greenfield, whose acreage borders North Dakota.   "He was cold, exhausted and hungry, and begged me for a latte and some free-range chicken.  When I said I didn't have any, he left before I even got a chance to show him my screenplay, eh?"
 
In an effort to stop the illegal aliens, Greenfield erected higher fences, but the liberals scaled them. He then installed loudspeakers that blared Rush Limbaugh across the fields, but they just stuck their fingers in their ears and kept coming. Officials are particularly concerned about smugglers who meet liberals just south of the border, pack them into electric cars, and drive them across the border, where they are simply left to fend for themselves after the battery dies.
 
"A lot of these people are not prepared for our rugged conditions," an Alberta border patrolman said. "I found one carload without a single bottle of Perrier water, or any gemelli with shrimp and arugula. All they had was a nice little Napa Valley cabernet and some kale chips.  When liberals are caught, they're sent back across the border, often wailing that they fear persecution from Trump high-hairers.
 
Rumors are circulating about plans being made to build re-education camps where liberals will be forced to drink domestic beer, study the Constitution, and find jobs that actually contribute to the economy.
 
In recent days, liberals have turned to ingenious ways of crossing the border. Some have been disguised as senior citizens taking a bus trip to buy cheap Canadian prescription drugs. After catching a half-dozen young vegans in blue-hair wig disguises, Canadian immigration authorities began stopping buses and quizzing the supposed senior citizens about Perry Como and Rosemary Clooney to prove that they were alive in the '50s.
 
"If they can't identify the accordion player on The Lawrence Welk Show, we become very suspicious about their age," an official said.
 
Canadian citizens have complained that the illegal immigrants are creating an organic-broccoli shortage, are buying up all the Barbara Streisand CD's, and are overloading the internet while downloading jazzercise apps to their cell phones.
 
"I really feel sorry for American liberals, but the Canadian economy just can't support them," an Ottawa resident said.  " We've already done our share taking in Babs, Sharpton, Whoopee, and a slew of other Hollywood types at their new commune up here. Besides all that, how many art-history majors does one country need?
 
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The Case for Optimism about Trump's Presidency

This is a podcast from Reason magazine which is a sensible respected libertarian publication. They are cautiously optimistic about a Trump presidency especially as it related to foreign policy. They think a Trump presidency will be much less interventionist than would have a Hillary Clinton presidency and much less likely to provoke a war with Russia. This panel discussion includes Michael Cannon of the Cato Institute, Lisa Graham Keegan, former head of education in Arizona, historian Thaddeus Russell, legal scholar Randy Barnett, and defense attorney and legal blogger Ken White of Popehat.  Be aware the speakers use a few bad words.

The first portion is on foreign policy At time stamp 28:00 they discuss what Trump could do about health care. Some things he could do immediately without Congressional action.

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