From KVOA News in Tucson:
Troops scare would-be illegal immigrants away from border, officials say“SAN LUIS RIO COLORADO, Mexico — The arrival of U.S. National Guard troops in Arizona has scared off illegal Mexican migrants along the border as a whole, significantly reducing crossings, according to U.S. and Mexican officials.
U.S. authorities said Monday that detentions along the U.S.-Mexico border have decreased by 21 percent, to 26,994, in the first 10 days of June, compared with 34,077 for the same period a year ago.”
Okay, so we now know what works and what doesn’t work. Time for some more troops down there…
By way of Hokule’a at My Wide Blue Seas.
- My boys getting along… ‘Nuff said.
- Thunderstorms, complete with horizon-to-horizon lightning shows.
- “Upsides,” as in when the Holy Spirit smacks you upside the head with a new understanding of a Scriptural truth.
- Phone calls from old college buddies for no particular reason.
- Flyfishing the South Platte.
- Completing a project at work and getting a thumbs-up from the customer.
- Sunsets over Pikes Peak. The air is so clear that edges of the mountains are razor sharp.
- “Dinner is on us.”
- Making coffee for Cyndie in the morning before she’s up.
- “I read your blog.”
I’m supposed to tag 10 other bloggers, but how about Barry at Southern Knight, Steve-O — who is Carrying On Unabashedly — and Laurie.
FOXNews.com - Los Alamos, Lawrence Livermore Vie to Create Next-Generation Nuclear Weapon:
“LOS ANGELES: The Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in the San Francisco Bay area and the Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico are competing to design the nation’s first new nuclear bomb in two decades.
Scientists at both facilities are working around the clock on plans that will be presented to the Nuclear Weapons Council, a federal panel that oversees the nation’s nuclear weapons. The council will choose a winner later this year.
‘I have had people working nights and weekends,’ said Joseph Martz, the head of the Los Alamos design team. ‘I have to tell them to go home. I can’t keep them out of the office.’
