Pocket : Obama Grants Amnesty to Illegal Immigrants Without Congress

Pocket : Obama Grants Amnesty to Illegal Immigrants Without Congress: "Congress hasn’t passed immigration legislation, but that hasn’t stopped President Obama from issuing directives that grant amnesty to illegal immigrants.

Last week, the Obama Administration issued the latest in a line of policy directives granting amnesty by default. This latest directive instructs Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officials not to enforce immigration laws in cases where an illegal alien is the primary provider for any minor child—regardless of the child’s immigration status—or the parent or guardian of a child who is a U.S. citizen or legal permanent resident."

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Pocket : Facebook Post Said to Be by Assad’s Son Dares Americans to Attack

Pocket : Facebook Post Said to Be by Assad’s Son Dares Americans to Attack: "A Facebook post said to be written by the 11-year-old son of the Syrian president, Bashar al-Assad, and “liked” or commented on by several people who appear to be the children and grandchildren of other senior members of Mr. Assad’s government, may offer a glimpse into the mindset of Syria’s ruling elite as the country braces for a potential Western strike in response to a chemical weapons attack on Aug. 21."

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Pocket : Summer of 2013 among coolest on record in Alabama, continues cooling trend, climatologist says

Pocket : Summer of 2013 among coolest on record in Alabama, continues cooling trend, climatologist says: "HUNTSVILLE, Alabama - From Huntsville to Mobile, summer temperatures have been cooler than normal this year.

In fact, the summer of 2013 will be listed as one of the coolest summers in the past 131 years, according to state climatologist John Christy, director of the Earth Systems Science Center at the University of Alabama in Huntsville."

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Labor Day | Is America Still the Land of Labor?

Labor Day | Is America Still the Land of Labor?: "For all the talk these days of how to revive our supposedly moribund American Dream, it took a college dropout-turned-actor to state the obvious.
“I believe that opportunity looks a lot like work,” Ashton Kutcher recently said at the Teen Choice Awards. “I never had a job in my life that I was better than. I was always just lucky to have a job. And every job I had was a stepping stone to my next job, and I never quit my job until I had my next job. And so opportunities look a lot like work.”"

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