The Real News and Other Stuff You Don't Know is Going On

Yahoo - Associated Press - Federal govt seeks national conversation on transportation. "Beyond Traffic" is a new program to "discuss" what the federal government should do to "improve" transportation in the future. This program is not about getting your input, it is about being able to tell you later, after the law is passed, that they were actively seeking public opinion. They are not and I bet that most of you have never even heard of this new program.

Yahoo - AFP - Britain authorises 'three-parent' babies. The article says that England has just voted to authorize three parent babies who are genetically modified and created. The article and law are both insincere. The first 150 children born of three parents in England have just graduated high school, this is not new and I have written about it multiple times in the past. I find it interesting that both scientific and religious leaders have come out against this technology and most people don't even know that this has been discussed for 20+ years.

Computerworld - Southern California Edison IT workers 'beyond furious' over H-1B replacements. The short of it is that Californians are being fired at Southern California Edison so that the company can replace them with people from India on work visas. Theoretically American companies cannot give foreign citizens visas for the specific purpose of taking jobs from Americans; but, that is what is happening and if you want to know what is going to happen to you, read the article.

Computerworld - Feds set to destroy H-1B records. The fed is about to destroy all the records of people who have come to the United States on work visas (H-1B) 5 years ago and longer. These records take up less space than a thumb drive. Don't worry about Mexicans working in the fields, worry about the Asians and Indians coming for the good jobs.

Computerworld - Microsoft, frustrated as ever with H-1B policy, considers options. Just another example of how America is laying off Americans and seeking to allow foreigners in to do the exact same jobs as the people they just layed off.

While the "public" discussion regarding "open immigration" is framed around low skilled Mexicans and South Americans, the business discussion regarding the same issue is actually about replacing specialists and professionals with Indians and Chinese immigrants.