Mother of 16 year old pleads...

"I don't want to live here anymore," the mother said. "I always
thought that this country is better for my children, but now..." She
broke off and began sobbing. "She's just 16," she cried. "I just want
my daughter. Please, can you help me?"

--Shobak.org

16 year old Bangladeshi girl held as a "terrorist"

From A 16 year old Bangladeshi girl has become the target of a terrorist
investigation. We believe she is being scapegoated unfairly and
victimized. Her lawyer has failed to represent her and Bangladesh
consulate in NY has (shamefully) failed to take any action on her
behalf.

-- Shobak.org

By Neil Steinberg in this mornings New York Daily News:

Excuses make heads spin — scout's honor

"Is there a postive spin that the Boy Scouts of America hasn't applied to Douglas Smith, a top scout official, pleading gulty to possessing a huge cache of child pornography? None of the boys in the hundreds of photos was a scout — well that's good! And no actual scouts seem to have been involved — also good! He did his ogling at home and not at work — a plus! And he's really, really sorry.

Did the scouts leave anything out? At least Smith isn't gay — that would be violation of scout rules."

Is anyone surprised there are no civilian border guards watching the borders of the United States where good old europeans can get in? Again Orcinus gets it right.