February 10, 2011
February 10 is … Umbrella Day
BRUCE A. BRENNAN BLOG FROM THE WORLD AND MY MIND
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Are you a sinner? Don't worry, there's an app for that. The Roman Catholic Church has approved a recent iTunes addition called Confession, a $1.99 app that bills itself as "the perfect aid for every penitent." As you can see above, it lets you pick a commandment and tick off all your sins, keeping a running tally to bring into the confessional with you -- a sort of anti-tasklist, if you will. Can't find your particular misstep? No problem! You're able to add your own, custom dastardly deeds, filling in those gaps the app's authors didn't think anyone would fill. Now all it needs is a random sin selector: shake the phone to instantly get a wicked suggestion. That certainly could make boring Thursday nights at the dormitory a little more exciting. This also makes hacking and eavesdropping more fun.
All Chipotle Mexican Grill restaurants in Virginia and Washington, D.C., will be audited by federal immigration officials as part of a wider government crackdown on companies that hire undocumented workers. The Denver-based burrito chain received “notices of inspections” from the U.S. Customs and Immigration Enforcement at about 60 restaurants, Chipotle spokesman Chris Arnold said. That follows a similar probe at all Chipotle locations in Minnesota last year that forced the company to fire some illegal workers. California, which has dozens of Chipotle locations, has not been affected by the probe, Arnold said. Arnold warned that more employee dismissals may come. “If they cannot provide legal documentation, then we cannot legally employ them,” Arnold said, declining to specify how many have already been fired. U.S. Customs and Immigration Enforcement spokeswoman Gillian Brigham said the agency is pushing a broader strategy of “attacking” companies that hire illegal workers and focusing on corporate hiring practices. “We want employers to understand that the integrity of their employment records is just as important as their tax records,” she said. The goal, she said, is for immigration authorities to inspire the same level of compliance and fear that the Internal Revenue Service creates. Arnold said that policy is working at Chipotle, which “hopes to put the matter behind us” by working with immigration authorities to improve hiring practices and expanding participation in the government’s E-verify system, an online program that uses federal databases to check whether employees are in the country legally and authorized to work. Advocates for immigrant rights said such efforts will just lead to more of the same lost jobs for impoverished workers. “While we’re happy that high-profile raids have decreased, the government has shifted to another enforcement-only approach,” said Carl Bergquist, a policy advocate with the Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights of Los Angeles. Bergquist said that in situations like Chipotle's, businesses are put on the spot and forced to make decisions quickly. “The end result is that people lost their livelihoods,” he said.
Chipotle has been on a nice run with a 500%-plus stock price gain in just over two years. And now this, which isn’t the first run-in they have had with the Immigration folks. It is estimated over fifty per cent of Chipotle workers in Minnesota are illegal. This would be a good time for a national boycott of Chipotle. Let them go to Mexico and make the kind of money they make in this country. Perhaps they can hire illegal Americans in Mexico and screw the Mexican population there like they are screwing the American population here.
Deaths on this date throughout history;
1998 Buddy the Wonder Dog dog (Air Bud), dies of cancer at 9
1992 Alex Haley US writer (Autobiography of Malcolm X, Roots), dies at 70
Events on this date throughout history;
1992 Mike Tyson convicted of raping Desiree Washington in Indiana
1993 "Michael Jackson Talks To Oprah Winfrey" airs on ABC & drew an astounding 39.3 rating/56 share, 90 million people
1993 "Michael Jackson Talks To Oprah Winfrey" airs on ABC & drew an astounding 39.3 rating/56 share, 90 million people
1997 Comet Shoemaker-Holt 2 Closest Approach to Earth (1.9245 AU)
1997 Lemrick Nelson found guilty in the fatal stabbing on Hasidic Jew Yankel Rosenbaum in Crown Heights Brooklyn in 1991
1997 O J Simpson jury reaches decision on $25 million in punitive damages
1997 Lemrick Nelson found guilty in the fatal stabbing on Hasidic Jew Yankel Rosenbaum in Crown Heights Brooklyn in 1991
1997 O J Simpson jury reaches decision on $25 million in punitive damages
1971 American Mensa, Ltd incorporates in New York
1956 Elvis Presley records "Heartbreak Hotel" for RCA
1954 Eisenhower warns against US intervention in Vietnam
1947 WWII peace treaties signed
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