The Flow and the Stock in the H-1B Field — a Disturbing Development

There is a deeply disturbing development in the H-1B field, one that has been all but hidden for years. And since this is a U.S. immigration policy story it is, as one might expect, convoluted.

The news relates to the concepts of stocks and flows, previously discussed in connection with the illegal alien population .In this case, a single corporation — without an ounce of participation by the government or any notice by the media — managed to increase the national stock of H-1B workers by 7,000 workers in a single year, and did so without tapping into the substantial inward flows of new H-1B aliens.

That firm is Cognizant Technology Solutions, one of the major Indian outsourcing (or staffing) companies. These firms essentially rent tech professionals to other corporations. Back in FY 2015 Cognizant figured out something that, thankfully, its major rivals so far have not.

The breakthrough or disaster (depending on your point of view) is that Cognizant found a way to expand a corporation's H-1B workforce (the stock) that was totally unrelated to the annual issuance (flows) of H-1B approvals.

These initial issuances come in three bunches, two of which are open to Cognizant and other corporations and are covered by ceilings of 20,000 for those potential workers with U.S. graduate degrees and 65,000 for other college grads. In addition to these set-asides, an unlimited number of other H-1Bs are awarded annually to universities, entities linked to universities, and to other non-profit and governmental employers.

Cognizant exploited a loophole in the existing H-1B program. The rule is that the initial visa is for three years, and that it can easily (if not automatically) be extended for another three years. Beyond that, visa extensions are available only to corporations that are in the process of seeking, or have succeeded in obtaining, green card approval for the H-1B worker involved.

https://cis.org/North/Flow-and-Stock-H1B-Field-Disturbing-Development

>>5000849

The Hollies - Stop Stop Stop

Weinstein lawyers argue against sex trafficking claim

Harvey Weinstein’s lawyers say the movie mogul is not a sex trafficker, despite claims in a class-action lawsuit.

The lawyers in a court filing late Monday urged a New York judge to toss out civil claims by women that claim Weinstein tried to coerce sex in return for movie roles or career enhancement.

They say the women’s lawyers are trying to stretch a law written to counteract modern-day slavery far beyond what Congress could have imagined.

Two New York federal judges already have ruled that the sex trafficking statute can be used in suits against Weinstein.

https://thebl.com/us-news/weinstein-lawyers-argue-against-sex-trafficking-claim.html

Man arrested over Brisbane Airport ‘bomb threat’

A man who reportedly claimed to be carrying a bomb has been arrested by police at Brisbane International Airport. Officers said the airport was evacuated over an “emergency situation.”

The man was threatening people with a knife and claiming to have explosives, eyewitnesses told the Courier Mail. Several witness reports online also claim a man was seen brandishing a knife and making bomb threats.

@BrisbaneAirport reports of a man with a knife and a bomb threat? 😓 #BreakingNewspic.twitter.com/WzieQTCOeR

— Eli (@Eli10835932) February 2, 2019

At around 9pm local time Saturday, Queensland Police announced the airport’s evacuation and closure due to “an emergency situation.” Train services have also been suspended.

https://www.rt.com/news/450404-brisbane-airport-evacuated-emergency-police/

Russia reactivating heavy, long-range artillery that will outrange, decimate U.S.-NATO forces

As the United States military remains wedded to 155mm artillery, Russia’s military is employing heavier fires that, when combined with additional fire support systems, will be able to not only outrange American and NATO guns, but decimate formations.

In a column for the Association of the U.S. Army, Col. Liam Collins and Capt. Harrison “Brandon” Morgan note that the Russian army is reactivating “its heavy artillery forces, beginning with its 2S7 Pion, mounting an impressive 203 mm round with a maximum range of 37.5 km” (about 23 miles).

In addition, the Russians are currently in the process of reactivating the 2S4 Tyulpan heavy mortar, which fires a massive 240mm round — double the U.S. military’s heaviest 120mm mortar round — at a range of 9,650 meters, or nearly six miles.

https://greatpowerwar.com/2019/02/01/russia-reactivating-heavy-long-range-artillery-that-will-outrange-decimate-u-s-nato-forces/

The army kills Daesh terrorists in Palmyra countryside, foils infiltration attempt in Hama

Provinces, SANA-SANA reporter said on Saturday that a unit of the army killed members of a terrorist group from Daesh in Wadi al-Sheil region to the south-east of al-Sukhna in Palmyra countryside.

Meanwhile, the army units carried out special operations against dens of movements of “al-Hizb al-Tirkstani” terrorists in al-Sarmaniya village in Hama north-western countryside in response to their attacks and breach of the de-escalation zone agreement.

Another army unit foiled an attempt by terrorists to infiltrate from the axis of al-Hweiz town and Bab al-taka into the army points in al-Ghab in Hama northern countryside, killing and injuring a number of the terrorists.

https://sana.sy/en/?p=157215

US charges 20 people over Chinese birth tourism schemes

Twenty people have been charged in the largest-ever crackdown on businesses that help Chinese women travel to the United States to give birth to babies who automatically are American citizens, authorities said Thursday.

Three people were arrested in Southern California on charges including conspiracy, visa fraud and money laundering. More than a dozen others have also been charged in cases stemming from three so-called birth tourism businesses, with many believed to be in China, the U.S. Attorney’s office said.

It is the first time the United States has criminally prosecuted birth tourism operators, said Thom Mrozek, a spokesman for the U.S. attorney’s office.

https://thebl.com/us-news/us-charges-20-people-over-chinese-birth-tourism-schemes.html

End of an era: China-Silicon Valley relationship chills

SAN FRANCISCO/HONG KONG — The trade dispute between the U.S. and China is disrupting Silicon Valley.

What had been a steady flow of Chinese money into tech firms appears to be slowing. Investors are concerned about the “headline risk” of doing business with Chinese investors.

And in some cases, U.S. startups are shunning Chinese investment.

These changes come after years of investment and collaboration between China and Silicon Valley. But the trade dispute, coupled with U.S. policymakers’ concerns about Chinese investments in sensitive technologies, such as artificial intelligence, have increased scrutiny of cross border deals on all sides.

https://thebl.com/business-news/end-of-an-era-china-silicon-valley-relationship-chills.html

>>5000986

most don't read this board people are concerned with a job paying bills and putting food on the table.. with NK and peace in the middle is icing on the cake.. troops coming home will guarantee his reelection and the fall/arrests of the lackeys in the cabal will make the world a safer place for EVERYBODY'S kids

The TSA (And Other Experiments In Evil)

In 1961, a psychologist conducted an experiment demonstrating how ordinary men and women could be induced to inflict torture on complete strangers merely because an authority figure had ordered them to do so.

In 2001, the United States government formed the Transportation Security Administration to subject hundreds of millions of air travelers to increasingly humiliating and invasive searches and pat downs.

These two phenomena are not as disconnected as they may seem. Join us today on The Corbett Report as we explore The TSA (and other experiments in evil).

https://www.activistpost.com/2019/02/the-tsa-and-other-experiments-in-evil.html

And now for something completely different

Make the best out of a bad joke and laugh it off

New Law Allows Parents To Abort Non-Viable Millennials

RICHMOND, VA—A new law proposed by representatives in the Virginia state legislature would allow parents to abort their non-viable millennial children.

"Any child who's 30 years old and still living with their parents is obviously a non-viable life form, and that's between the parents and their doctor to discuss options," said one representative defending the bill in the assembly. "The millennial can be kept comfortable in the basement while the mother decides if she wants to keep them. But that's between her and her doctor."

"Her basement, her choice," he added.

Medical professionals can use early detection methods to try to spot signs of non-viability in the millennial's development, like getting a useless college degree, eating quinoa and avocado toast, and wearing a man bun. But sometimes, parents just aren't sure until very late in gestation, like by the time they are 30 or 35 years old and still haven't gotten a job.

"At that point it's a humane option," a medical doctor who has performed dozens of millennial abortions said. "It's a quality of life issue, not an issue of morality or murder."

https://babylonbee.com/news/new-law-allows-parents-to-abort-non-viable-millennials

>>5001087

The Stanford Prison Experiment

Zimbardo and his colleagues (1973) were interested in finding out whether the brutality reported among guards in American prisons was due to the sadistic personalities of the guards (i.e., dispositional) or had more to do with the prison environment (i.e., situational).

For example, prisoner and guards may have personalities which make conflict inevitable, with prisoners lacking respect for law and order and guards being domineering and aggressive.

Alternatively, prisoners and guards may behave in a hostile manner due to the rigid power structure of the social environment in prisons. Zimbardo predicted the situation made people act the way they do rather than their disposition (personality).

https://www.simplypsychology.org/zimbardo.html

Air Force commits $3 billion to rebuild Tyndall after Hurricane Michael

The Air Force is committed to spending $3 billion during the next five years to rebuild Tyndall Air Force Base, including an initial investment of at least $40 million by the end of 2019, senior service officials announced at a community forum Thursday.

Bay County officials said the ambitious reconstruction effort likely will create between 4,000 and 5,000 jobs, a major economic boon to the hard-pressed civilian community.

“We are fully committed to the rebuilding of Tyndall Air Force Base,” said John Henderson, assistant secretary of the Air Force for installations, environment and energy. A formal master plan for the base’s recovery from Hurricane Michael will be sent to Congress this spring that will guide the Air Force’s funding requests, he said.

Henderson and other Air Force officials on Thursday spent several hours detailing the damage the base suffered from the storm, and their blueprints for transforming the 80-year-old base into a state-of-the-art military facility that will meet the service’s requirements well into the next century. The first-of-its-kind “Tyndall Industry Day” attracted an audience of almost 500 people to the Holley Center at Florida State University-Panama City.

Addressing his remarks to the array of local political leaders and construction industry executives in the hall, Henderson said, “We cannot do this without your help. We have some immense challenges in front of us.”

https://americanmilitarynews.com/2019/02/air-force-commits-3-billion-to-rebuild-tyndall-after-hurricane-michael/

>>5001109

Maybe so but starting with the Tv generation how much self control have people lost. how many so-called crimes of passion and how long before there labeled acts of terror

Road Rage Statistics Filled With Surprising Facts

https://drivingschool.net/road-rage-statistics-filled-surprising-facts/

>>5001143

All crime start when people don't follow the law

Seems to me most road rage starts with lack of control over emotions and being egotistic thinking people that cut other people off did it on purpose

I-95 The Asshole Song

'NK promises to destroy all uranium enrichment facilities'

North Korea has agreed to hand over a list of its still-unknown uranium and plutonium enrichment facilities inside the country, as its leader Kim Jong-un promised to dismantle all of its such facilities, not just the regime's well-known Yongbyon site, a top U.S. nuclear envoy said, early Friday (KST).

Stephen Biegun, the special representative for North Korea, said in a speech at Stanford University in California that the North has "committed to the dismantlement and destruction" of all its uranium and plutonium enrichment facilities both to U.S. Secretary of State Michael Pompeo and to leaders in Seoul.

The Korea Times reported that Washington wants North Korea to provide a list of its uranium enrichment facilities as a key prerequisite in exchange for possible easing of economic sanctions.

https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/nation/2019/02/103_263093.html

>>5001141

thanks that gave me a good chuckle any chance it'll make SNL kek

>>5001235

>>5001259

> abuse power' was based on LIES and FAKEY

you really need to wake up the world is full of criminals in uniform ..you saying this is fake

Police Abuse

THE BAD NEWS…..is that police abuse is a serious problem. It has a long history, and it seems to defy all attempts at eradication.

The problem is national — no police department in the country is known to be completely free of misconduct — but it must be fought locally. The nation’s 19,000 law enforcement agencies are essentially independent. While some federal statutes that specify criminal penalties for willful violations of civil rights and conspiracies to violate civil rights, the United States Department of Justice has been insufficiently aggressive in prosecuting cases of police abuse.

There are shortcomings, too, in federal law itself, which does not permit “pattern and practice” lawsuits. The battle against police abuse must, therefore, be fought primarily on the local level.

http://policecrimes.com/police_abuse-html/are

Another Trump Miracle: US Predicted to Drill More Oil Than Saudi Arabia and Russia Combined by 2025!

The United States likely surpassed Russia and Saudi Arabia to become the world’s largest crude oil producer earlier this year, based on preliminary estimates in EIA’s Short-Term Energy Outlook (STEO). In February, U.S. crude oil production exceeded that of Saudi Arabia for the first time in more than two decades. In June and August, the United States surpassed Russia in crude oil production for the first time since February 1999.

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2019/02/another-trump-miracle-us-predicted-to-drill-more-oil-than-saudi-arabia-and-russia-combined-by-2025/

Same Obama Appointed – Mueller Selected Judge Who Keeps Manafort in Solitary Confinement Threatens Gag Order on Roger Stone!

Judge Amy Berman Jackson, an Obama appointed liberal judge with a corrupt disposition and anger towards Americans who think differently than Obama, continues put her own distorted interpretation of reality ahead of the US Constitution.

She is now overseeing Roger Stone’s case and is threatening to put Stone under a gag order while she continues to abuse Paul Manafort by keeping him in solitary confinement.

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2019/02/same-obama-appointed-mueller-selected-judge-who-keeps-manafort-in-solitary-confinement-threatens-gag-order-on-roger-stone/

>>5001371

>Most people are not evil or bad as they suppossed in that article.

Agreed ..''but human nature is such that given the opportunity .. hence part of the fallen state of man

Jesse Lee Peterson vs. Fallen State HATER! SJW Loves BLM, Open Borders!