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A Mexican man pleaded guilty to smuggling seven people across the southern border through sewers running between the United States and Mexico as part of a plea deal with prosecutors. Kevin Noe Campos Villa‚ 20‚ is set to be sentenced for smuggling seven unauthorized immigrants across the border‚ according to a press release by the […]

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In this year’s edition of the European Tree of the Year contest‚ the leafy crown was bestowed upon a common beech in the botanical gardens of the University of Wroclaw. Thought to be 2‚000 years old‚ The Heart of the Garden is the third Polish tree in a row to win‚ following up on the […] The post Witness the Glory of the 2024 European Tree of the Year–From Poland appeared first on Good News Network.

News in remembrance Vernor Vinge‚ 1944—2024 By Molly Templeton | Published on March 22‚ 2024 icon-comment 0 Share New Share Twitter Facebook Pinterest RSS Feed Vernor Vinge‚ the highly influential and award-winning author and professor‚ died this month at the age of 79. Vinge was one of the first writers to depict “cyberspace‚” and to explore the concept of the tech singularity‚ which he discussed in a 1983 Omni op-ed which‚ amazingly‚ you can still read online. As John Scalzi wrote in a tribute: Not for nothing‚ he was among the first to write and talk about the idea of a technological singularity‚ a concept so common in science fiction and tech industry circles (and of course the overlap there is an almost perfect circle) that it doesn’t feel like it has a progenitor‚ and that it just existed ambiently. That’s a hell of a thing to have contributed to the world. Vinge’s first publication was the short story “Apartness‚” in 1965. In 1993‚ A Fire Upon the Deep won the Hugo Award for Best novel (tying with Connie Willis’s Doomsday Book). He won several more Hugos‚ including Best Novel awards for Rainbows End and A Deepness in the Sky. His most recent novel‚ 2011’s The Children of the Sky‚ was the third in the Zones of Thought series. Author David Brin‚ a close friend of Vinge’s‚ wrote: A titan in the literary genre that explores a limitless range of potential destinies‚ Vernor enthralled millions with tales of plausible tomorrows‚ made all the more vivid by his polymath masteries of language‚ drama‚ characters and the implications of science. Brin noted that Vinge was under care for progressive Parkinson’s disease and had been in a decline since November. Vinge is the rare writer for whom there is an obituary in the SFF press‚ and also in Popular Science—a testament to the power of his ideas. Many writers shared their own tributes to Vinge and his work online‚ including Harry Turtledove‚ Scott Lynch‚ and Janny Wurts: A Fire upon the Deep – transformative SF and so very relevant today. So very.End of an era. RIP‚ Vernor Vinge. Another great wordsmith leaves the world‚ while the visionary work forged in brilliance lives on.— Janny Wurts (@JannyWurts) March 21‚ 2024 The post Vernor Vinge‚ 1944—2024 appeared first on Reactor.

Some 8 million to 10 million illegal aliens from all over the world‚ as expected‚ have flooded across the border since President Joe Biden took office in January 2021. A demagogic candidate Biden‚ remember‚ in 2019 invited those massing at the southern border to “surge” into the United States without specifying that they first needed legal sanction: “We immediately surge to the border all those seeking asylum.” In contrast‚ we know legal immigration is America’s great strength‚ but it has always depended on a few key prerequisites. Immigration must be legal and measured. Why? Because only the host nation can adjudicate how many immigrants it can successfully accept and assimilate. It has no desire to encourage Balkanized tribalism so common in nations abroad torn apart by ethnic conflict. America must have some knowledge of the background of immigrants‚ especially whether they have criminal records‚ belong to gangs‚ are importing drugs‚ carry infectious diseases‚ or can be self-supporting. By contrast‚ if the first thing immigrants do is illegally cross the American border‚ and the second is to reside illegally in America‚ and the third is to obtain fraudulent identification to mask that illegality‚ then they will establish long patterns of illegal behavior and disrespect for their hosts. In addition‚ immigration should be diverse so that large ethnic groups do not form permanent tribal sects in the fashion of the Balkans‚ the Middle East‚ or Latin America. Ideally‚ the host should prefer immigrants who have some knowledge of the language and customs of the United States. And they should have some ability to be self-supporting‚ so as not to burden American taxpayers or overtax and deprive social services from poorer U.S. citizens. As for the host? America must be confident enough in and knowledgeable enough about its values‚ customs‚ and traditions to demand immigrants integrate rapidly into the body politic of the United States. Both the host and immigrants must agree on the basic facts of immigration. Immigrants‚ not the host‚ have chosen to leave their native land to risk a new life and identity in America. Therefore‚ the relationship is‚ by nature‚ asymmetrical. The host has a perfect right‚ indeed a responsibility‚ to impose its own values upon newcomers—not vice versa. Otherwise‚ if immigrants do not absorb their newly adopted culture‚ why would they have left and‚ in some sense‚ rejected their homeland in the first place? To replicate in the United States the very conditions and environment that they so eagerly fled from back home? So the host must remind immigrants that they chose a completely different paradigm from their native country. And therefore‚ they must be helped to embrace an entirely new national identity. Unfortunately‚ in the last four years‚ the Biden administration has violated every historical canon critical to ensuring legal immigration enriches the United States. They have encouraged 8 to 10 million of the world’s poorest to flood the border and to enter and reside in America without legal sanction. Most have no prior experience with American traditions‚ and few speak English. Host Americans have no idea whether hundreds‚ thousands‚ or even tens of thousands of the millions entering illegally have committed crimes in their native countries‚ or have any record of employment‚ or are sick‚ or are here to foment gangs and to import lethal‚ foreign-made drugs that kill some 100‚000 Americans a year. Worse‚ we‚ the hosts‚ no longer believe in the melting pot that once made America the world’s only successful multiracial democracy‚ united by the laws of the Constitution and the unique values that emanate from it. The combination of mass illegal immigration‚ without audit‚ into a country beset with $35 trillion in national debt‚ an existing 50 million residents not born in the United States‚ and without confidence in rapid assimilation certainly explains the disaster of illegal immigration that now manifests daily. Biden may think nullifying federal immigration law is a smart political trick that‚ in the past‚ may have flipped southwestern states from red to blue or warped the census to give blue states more congressional districts. Or he may assume that with 70% of the electorate now voting through poorly audited mail-in balloting‚ there is no real way to prevent foreign nationals from voting for those who neutered the law to let them in. But in truth‚ Biden is unfortunately undermining support for all immigration‚ legal or otherwise. He is guaranteeing that more imported drugs and gang members will kill more Americans. Ironically‚ Biden is also alienating from the Democratic Party its once loyal black and Latino voters. They‚ not the party elite‚ must deal concretely with the consequences of Biden’s callous and cynical‚ ideologically driven policies. Perhaps the Left will cease destroying immigration law only when it realizes that for each illegal alien it invites in‚ it will lose one or more once-loyal Democratic voters. (C) 2024 Tribune Content Agency LLC The Daily Signal publishes a variety of perspectives. Nothing written here is to be construed as representing the views of The Heritage Foundation.  Have an opinion about this article? To sound off‚ please email letters@DailySignal.com‚ and we’ll consider publishing your edited remarks in our regular “We Hear You” feature. Remember to include the URL or headline of the article plus your name and town and/or state. The post Biden’s Border Blowup appeared first on The Daily Signal.