Posted on 08/24/2018 5:31:57 PM PDT by John Semmens
The discovery of the body of missing Iowa college student Mollie Tibbets brought a tragic end to a month long search. The arrest of Cristhian Bahena Rivera, an illegal immigrant, for her murder inspired Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass) to urge Ms. Tibbets' parents to "focus on the bigger picture. Sure they have lost a daughter, but this loss must be weighed against the suffering of the much larger contingent of immigrant parents who have been separated from their children merely because they've entered the country illegally."
"I mean, I'm sorry Mollie Tibbets is dead, but she was just one person," Warren pointed out. "Hundreds, if not thousands of immigrant children have been separated from their parents. The aggregate pain of these separations easily exceeds the few moments of pain Mollie experienced as she was stabbed to death. Her pain will be balanced by the pain her assailant experiences when he spends a couple of decades behind bars. His 'American dream' has likely come to an end. However, this doesn't justify trampling on the dreams of immigrants whose only 'crime' is illegally crossing the border."
Rivera admitted dragging her body out of the trunk of his car and burying it in a shallow grave in a cornfield not far from where he lives, but claims to have no memory of actually killing her. "I went to put some groceries in my trunk when there was this dead girl in there," Rivera recalled. "I panicked. All I could think to do was bury her and hope the body was never found. But I was unlucky and the police found me. Now I'll probably be deported. I'm a hard worker and I've never done anything else wrong. It doesn't seem fair."
In related news, the ruling Social Democrats are irate over the decision by Sweden's public broadcaster (SVT) to air crime statistics showing that foreign-born men (mostly Muslim immigrants) are responsible for 58% of the rapes committed in the country. Party Leader Stefan Löfven complained that "the introduction of this statistic into the public arena during an election campaign is very disruptive. The average voter is not competent to assess these data. The result will be confusion that will undermine their faith in our Party's ability to govern. Obviously, after we win we'll be looking into ways of preventing the release of embarrassing information that might influence future elections."
if you missed any of this week's other semi-news/semi-satire posts you can find them at...
https://www.freedomsphoenix.com/Opinion/246220-2018-08-24-semi-news-semi-satire-august-26-2018-edition.htm
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Hey Fauxahontas, how many other Americans were killed by illegal aliens in the last 20-30 years?
That said... As the Trump economic boom has pushed the state's unemployment rate to a low of 4.2%, the Brown Administration has applied to the U.S. Department of Agriculture for a waiver of the requirement for 800,000 able-bodied and childless Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) recipients in 55 counties to do some work in exchange for this government benefit.
Gov. Jerry Brown (D) defended the action calling it "an act of mercy. Most of these long-term welfare recipients have no work experience or aptitude. Demanding that they enter the workforce even on a part time basis constitutes an inhumane and traumatic culture shock. In theory, they might be capable of doing some work, but in reality they are habituated to an indolent lifestyle. Any tasks they might be induced to perform will very likely be done poorly. So, not only would forcing them to work destroy their way of life, the output of their efforts will almost certainly prove unsatisfactory." >
What do you call it when satire is truth?
"Fake satire?"
I dunno. But thanks, John, for another scary/humorous satirical view of the real news of the day.
Rivera’s attorney is more worked up about his client being called “illegal” than being called “murderer”.
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