Grothman Speaks About U.S.-Mexico Border Situation. (6/19/2018)
According to the U.S. Department of State Trafficking in Persons Report (June 2017), Mexico appears on the Tier 2 Watch List.
Countries whose governments do not fully meet the TVPA’s
minimum standards, but are making significant efforts to bring
themselves into compliance with those standards.
And then there's the Tier 3 countries...
...whose governments do not fully meet the minimum
standards and are not making significant efforts to do so
...which include Donald Trump's two favorite world powers -- Russia and North Korea -- but just two countries from Central and South America, Belize and Venezuela.
Glamping Slips Into the Mainstream. (
The New York Times, 6/15/2018)
Camping in the wild with all the comforts of a deluxe hotel, including real beds, plush furnishings and attending stewards, has been around since 19th-century African wildlife safaris. Now known as glamping — short for glamorous camping — the hybrid of camp and resort has exploded, bringing a wave of new glamping destinations this year in a variety of price ranges.
According to Merriam Webster, the first known use of 'glamping' occurred in 2005.
Other coinages from the same year
- locovore
- microblogging
- ransomeware
- sexting
- truther
Even though her name recognition is a bit lower, Leah polls better than the opportunistic central-casting prettyboy in the latest Marquette Law School poll.
- Baldwin 49%, Vukmir 40%
- Baldwin 50%, Nicholson 39%
Not by much, and certainly within the margin of error.
But Leah tries to take advantage nonetheless.
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