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Everybody talks about Big Data nowadays, but I never see mentioned one straightforward use: real estate investing.

The police have slowly been ramping up their information technology over the last 25 years to look for "crime hot spots," as recommended by Bill Bratton.

Can you use this data for real estate investing purposes? Scan the data for "crime cold spots"—low crime blocks in low cost neighborhoods—because they might be promising for gentrifying. 

H/T One Old Vet

If the MSM were not so flagrantly biased on the immigration issue and the 2013 Amnesty/Immigration Acceleration bill, the CBO report The Economic Impact of S. 744, the Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act would immediately be seen as a lethally double-edged sword for the Treason Lobby.

The bad news did appear briefly: Estimate shows wages would drop under Senate immigration bill, despite economic uptick  June 19, 2013 FoxNews.com

… a new analysis that shows …the average American wage would drop, and not recover for more than a decade…It would affect lower- and higher-skilled workers more than those in the middle of the spectrum.

(Take that, recent College graduates!)

Further, the changes would “cause the unemployment rate to be slightly higher for several years.”

Needless to say, Senator Jeff Sessions got it

"The wages of U.S. workers -- which should be growing -- will instead decline," Sessions

This is the redoubtable Ann Coulter referencing Peter Brimelow's Time To Rethink Immigration in WND:

Historically, immigration has helped America – why is it now hurting our country?

That’s nonsense!

As head of the Center For Immigration Studies, Mark Krikorian is one of the best-qualified people in America to teach civics classes for green card-holders, and that's something he's been doing, as a volunteer. Naturally, Catholic Charities "fired" him. Is the Washington Post blogger gloating about it here?

2. Make a video campaign ad! This helped in 2007. Then, as now, the idea–from an alert reader, J.R.–was not to convince voters.

Differential Fertility, Human Capital, and Development

Tom Vogl

Princeton University and NBER

March 2013

It isn’t enough for Obama and his amnesty cronies in the Gang of Eight to endanger public safety and flood the jobs market with millions of excess workers, the President has also decided to admit thousands of Syrian refugees, potentially putting national security at risk.

The decision is not a complete surprise. A big hint was dropped a week ago that thousands of Syrians would be permitted entrance.

U.S. considers taking in Syrian refugees, Los Angeles Times, June 9, 2013

WASHINGTON — Two years into a civil war that shows no signs of ending, the Obama administration is considering resettling refugees who have fled Syria, part of an international effort that could bring thousands of Syrians to American cities and towns. [. . .]

Homeland security officials require careful vetting of refugees, with multiple interviews and background checks before they are allowed to enter the country. Under normal circumstances, the screening process can take a year or longer. [. . .]

A few years ago, thousands of Iraqi refugees had been admitted on a do-gooder whim, with little investigation. After a couple were found to be jihadist enemies of America (later tried and imprisoned), the 58,000 Iraqi refugees residing in the United States had to be rescreened.

Now the government intends to make the same dangerous mistake again with more Muslims who have no reason to accept western values. Many of the Syrian insurgents are Al Qaeda affiliated. How does this policy not imperil the American people?

Obama allows more Syrian refugees to settle in US, The Hill, June 17, 2013

The New York Times' "public editor" writes a little piece that asks an interesting question in the title:

Following Up on the N.S.A. Revelations: Were They Really ‘Confirmations’?

By MARGARET SULLIVAN

Stereotype alert! The Hindu or Pakistani convenience store owner is a stereotype that has tripped up Joe Biden and Hillary Clinton, but like all stereotypes it's true.