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Attrition Through Enforcement: Why Aren’t Illegal Alien Advocates Laughing?

Ever since GOP presidential frontrunner Mitt Romney voiced support for the concept of attrition through enforcement as the most effective means of dealing with mass illegal immigration, the American public has heard its share of snickers, chuckles, guffaws, giggles and assorted other expressions of derision. Gov. Romney’s opponents, the media, pundits, and Comedy Central anchors have joined in the laugh-fest.

But guess who isn’t joining in the mirth? The professional advocates for illegal immigration find nothing humorous about the concept of attrition through enforcement. Attrition through enforcement, an idea that FAIR and other immigration reform organizations have been espousing for years, posits that if you remove the incentives that draw illegal aliens to this country and make it clear that our immigration laws will be enforced, many will respond rationally and leave on their own.

The illegal alien advocates who participated in a telephonic news conference on February 6 – including the Immigration Policy Center, the American Civil Liberties Union, the Southern Poverty Law Center, among others – see attrition through enforcement as a serious threat to their dream of mass amnesty and even more massive immigration. They have very good reason to be concerned. As FAIR noted last month, attrition through enforcement works – and for the illegal alien advocates that’s no joking matter. –Immigration Reform

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Taxpayers Bailout Senate Barber Shop

America’s most distinguished leaders get their hair cut at the Senate barbershop, but taxpayers are the ones really getting clipped.

The barbershop ran almost $300,000 in the red last year but received an infusion from Senate coffers that is keeping it in business, the Senate sergeant at arms, Terrance Gainer, told The Daily.

A federal bailout isn’t that unusual since the economic downturn, but some senators didn’t even know their salon was in hot water — and don’t think it should be, considering what they pay for a little off the ears.

A shampoo, cut and blow dry is $27 and highlights are $105, according to the barbershop’s website. A trim costs $20, more than double what Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., gets charged when he goes to his barber back home. –VisionTo America

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Pork Tapeworms In The Brain

A pair of new studies underscore the U.S. public health threat of neurocysticercosis—quite literally having pork tapeworm larvae curled up inside one’s brain—now the most common cause of adult-onset epilepsy in the world. The first study, The Impact of Neurocysticercosis in California, concluded that “Neurocysticercosis causes appreciable disease and exacts a considerable economic burden in California,” with estimated annual hospital charges exceeding $17 million. The second study, published two weeks ago, is the first to follow the cognitive function and quality of life of those living with these brain parasites.

As you’ll see in today’s NutritionFacts.org video pick below, even after one’s brain is infested with pork tapeworms, some people can go for years before the headaches and seizures start as the larvae begin to multiply. What the second study suggests, though, is that long before the more obvious symptoms present, those who are infected may suffer from mental, social, and cognitive dysfunction. –Care2

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Pork Tapeworms On The Brain