Resistance Is Not Futile

But only if we continue to resist. So far, we're doing a good job.

Interesting - "Trump had fewer deportations than Obama's first year":

Despite President Trump's tough-on-immigration rhetoric, there were around 177,000 fewer deportations this year than in 2009, Obama's first year in office. That number is lower than any year during Obama's presidency, according to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) data.

So, is it a win for the Trumpies? That’s what they always say, but they are idiots, so what do they know? Illegal immigration peaked in 2010, and dropped, mostly because of the economy, but also because of demography. Birth rates dropped dramatically in Mexico from the 60’s into the 70’s, and the needy 60’s kids driving the immigration no longer need El Norte to the extent they once did.

Meanwhile, ominous news from the medical front.

And taking the lead coming around the Clubhouse turn here at Apocalypse Downs is fentanyl!:

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Thursday reported that the life expectancy in the U.S. decreased in 2016 for the second year in a row.

According to the CDC’s 2016 mortality report, the life expectancy for a member of the U.S. population born in 2016 was 78.6 years, down 0.1 years from the expectancy for a person born in 2015, itself a decline from 2014.

The government figures released Thursday put drug deaths at 63,600, up from about 52,000 in 2015. For the first time, the powerful painkiller fentanyl and its close opioid cousins played a bigger role in the deaths than any other legal or illegal drug, surpassing prescription pain pills and heroin.”This is urgent and deadly,” said Dr. Brenda Fitzgerald, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The opioid epidemic “clearly has a huge impact on our entire society.”