Dallas Morning News       sc         Mexico removing Dallas consul general amid investigation    The Mexican government will remove Enrique Hubbard, the Mexican consul general in North Texas, from his post amid an internal investigation into financial irregularities at the Dallas consulate, Mexican officials say. -- Hubbard is facing allegations that he tolerated staff members personally profiting from selling passport-size photos....

YouTube.com      Reagan warns of the dangers involving socialized medicine    Ronald Reagan points out the dangers of socialized medicine (like Obama's proposed 'ObamaCare' flimflam). Kudos to the American Civil Responsibilities Union of Anaheim, Calif. for providing this short clip.

Huffington Post     Memo confirms big giveaways in White House deal with Big Pharma    A memo obtained by the Huffington Post confirms that the White House and the pharmaceutical lobby secretly agreed to precisely the sort of wide-ranging deal that both parties have been denying over the past week... [See Obama Watch]

Greenville (NC) News      Immigration officers make gang arrests in Greer, Greenville    U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, working with local law enforcement agencies, has arrested nine people in Greer and Greenville through its national Operation Community Shield program, according to ICE spokeswoman Barbara Gonzalez...

Eagle Forum      Town Hall Meetings: Keep an eye on your representatives    Register for Eagle Forum Town Hall meeting alerts so you will always know when your Congressman and Senators are holding an event.

Houston Chronicle      Napolitano spins more yarns on border enforcement    ...We've strengthened programs that, when properly implemented, can be extremely effective enforcement tools. One example is a voluntary program, known as "287(g)," which enables specially trained local law enforcement to help enforce immigration laws... [CFR lackey Napolitano clearly does not consider invading the US to be much of an offense.]

KGTV -- San Diego    sc       Professional smear artists fear mongering in San Diego    ...[James] McElroy works with the Southern Poverty Law Center tracking hate groups, several of which originated in San Diego County. -- It was former Ku Klux Klan member Tom Metzger who launched the neo-Nazi skinhead movement in Fallbrook, a group called W.A.R...

Californians for Population Stabilization      Obama reiterates his support for amnesty!    President Obama has restated his intention to provide an amnesty for illegal aliens. Speaking in Mexico, Obama said he wants to give "an opportunity for those who are already in the United States to be able to achieve a pathway to citizenship so they don't have to live in the shadows."

James Fulford -- VDare.com      The Economist on family immigration detention -- Don't cry too hard    The Economist has a sad story of the problems of immigration detention, where whole families of illegals are in immigration detention. This means that the US is in the invidious position of keeping children in prison. Read this and try not to weep too much -- it's’s not actually the US government’s fault...

San Francisco Chronicle      Michael Savage: UK now ordering him to "publicly renounce" his views San Francisco-based right wing shock jock Michael Savage says that UK government lawyers have told him he must "publicly renounce" his past controversial statements in order to be welcomed back to Great Britain -- an order he calls "Stalinist" and outrageous...

Victoria (Texas) Advocate      Border Patrol searches find $8M in drugs    Laredo -- U.S. Border Patrol agents in Laredo say they've seized nearly $8 million in drugs after searching a bus and a truck laden with frozen broccoli. -- U.S. Customs and Border Protection said Friday the bus was packed with more than $4 million in cocaine and driven by a 30-year-old from Conroe...

James Carafano -- Heritage Foundation     Obama promises immigration Alamo    The New York Times reported August 10th: "President Obama on Monday reiterated his commitment to pursuing comprehensive immigration reform, despite his packed political agenda…." He must be serious; Obama has made that pledge to reporters twice in four days...

London Independent      Meet America's toughest sheriff    Joe Arpaio is delighted to be called "America's toughest sheriff". It's right there in the bio-blurb his spokeswoman hands a reporter when they first meet him. After all, his willingness to inflict assorted degrees of deprivation and humiliation on his citizens gone astray is what gets him elected over and over again...

Fox News      Illegal immigration enters the health-care debate    A health clinic in this blue-collar city north of Oakland, partly funded by the county, is saving local hospitals thousands of dollars in emergency-room visits by treating uninsured patients who suffer only non-urgent ailments...

Jim Kouri, CPP -- American Chronicle     Dragnet Nabs 29 illegal alien gang members in Las Vegas    Federal agents and local police officials arrested 29 gang members and their associates -- including many with serious criminal histories -- following a three-day multi-agency gang enforcement operation in Las Vegas and Mesquite, Nevada, according to a report obtained by the National Association of Chiefs of Police's Organized Crime Committee...

Infowars -- Austin, Texas     Former Ambassador Alan Keyes on the Alex Jones Show    Alan Keyes discuses the Obama presidency with Alex Jones on his August 14 show. Keyes tells it like it is about Obama and his cronies. Five segments at about 11 minutes each.

Pine Bluff Commercial      FBI: Human trafficking up among illegals in Arkansas    The FBI is investigating more human trafficking cases involving Latin American [illegal aliens] brought to Arkansas for prostitution or as modern-day indentured workers chained to debts they can't pay off, a head special agent said Friday... [See Crime Watch]

Tim and Alissa Birkel -- NewsReal Blog      Dear Town Hall Protestors: The Left thinks you’re just like those racist militias    Oh dear. It seems those Evil, Extremist, Racist, Right-Wing Militias are On The Rise Again. At least they are if you ask the Southern Poverty Law Center, a supposedly non-profit tracker of “hate groups,” which has released a new study (seen here, though it contains little research and mostly anecdote and innuendo) finding just that....

Bloomington (Ill.) Pantagraph      Durbin: Town hall meetings on health care 'not productive'    U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin defended his decision Thursday to not participate in town hall meetings regarding health care reform, saying the outbursts that have marred others are "not constructive." -- Durbin, back in his hometown of Springfield for the unveiling of the newest penny honoring Abraham Lincoln, said the yelling...