vdare--2020-07-10--Strange Times, Joe's Population Policy, Dalit Discrimination, & The Woke Mob's Most Cherished Myth,

Strange Times, Joe's Population Policy, Dalit Discrimination, & The Woke Mob's Most Cherished Myth, Etc.

00m54s The weirdness of it all .
( Strange times . )
13m54s Joe 's population policy .
( He @ @ @ @ @ got one , but he has . )
16m55s Importing all the world 's problems @ @ @ @ @ the Valley . )
34m40s Where will Hong Kongers go ?
( Their preferences , @ @ @ @ @ An Estonian joke .
( My second . )
44m07s Painting the roads .
( @ @ @ @ @ not . )

00m54s The weirdness of it all. (Strange times.)
06m41s GOP vs. GOP. (Republicans for a Democratic Congress.)
13m54s Joe's population policy. (He doesn't know he's got one, but he has.)
16m55s Importing all the world's problems. (Dalit discrimination in the Valley.)
22m06s Denying the woke mob's most cherished myth. (A tangled tale.)
34m40s Where will Hong Kongers go? (Their preferences, and ours.)
42m10s An Estonian joke. (My second.)
44m07s Painting the roads. (A mural? I think not.)
46m43s George Floyd's impact on … Scrabble. (They're changing the rules.)
48m22s Signoff. (With a fughetta.)
01 — Intro. And Radio Derb is on the air! Greetings, listeners, from your radically genial host John Derbyshire, reporting to you from the bosky environs of Long Island North Shore.
Lots of stuff to cover this week, so I shall plunge right in. [Splash sound.] What the hell was that?
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02 — The weirdness of it all. I'm going to start by piggy-backing on another commentator. Sometimes, browsing the blogs, I come across something that expresses in a clear form something I've been thinking and/or feeling myself in a muddy, un-clear kind of way.
The blogger I'm going to crib from here is the Z-man. Yes, I know, I've quoted Z before; and yes, I know, he's often wrong on facts. Any time I mention him I get frowning emails from listeners telling me of some blunder he's committed. OK, point taken. For a guy who blogs as much as Z does, there are bound to be lapses. I'll still say that the proportion of clarifying insights in Z's blogs are extraordinarily high, up there with our own Steve Sailer's.
Here was Z hitting nails right on the head Thursday this week.
His theme is the strangeness of our current situation. Whole regions of our normal cultural landscape have been swept away, as if by some flash flood, yet we barely seem to be noticing. Sample quote:
No new movies or television have come out since the panic and no one seems to care very much. Sports entertainment has been shuttered and no one seems to care. All of the spring and summer youth sports have been cancelled. This time of year, kids into baseball, lacrosse, soccer and big-time football would normally be in summer leagues. Their parents would be toting them around the country. None of that is happening.
You can probably spend the better part of a day listing the things that used to be a fixed part of daily life that are now gone. More important, they are gone and no one seems to notice or care.
End quote.
It's weird. Kids aren't going to school; sports aren't being played; churches and restaurants are just barely functioning; theaters and movie houses aren't functioning.
Perhaps weirdest of all, as Z points out, is the economics of our situation. If your government recklessly prints great scads of paper money and drops them from helicopters on the populace at large, you get hyperinflation, don't you? So we have always supposed. Yet our government is doing helicopter economics to the tune, currently, of 23 trillion dollars, and nobody thinks it worth talking about.
Strange times. Are we like the Road Runner over the cliff edge, legs working away in thin air, waiting for gravity to kick in? Or can we coast on indefinitely like this, absorbed in our smartphones, without jobs or travel, without sports or schools, tapping away happily at our little screens as the national debt soars up through thirty, forty, fifty trillion?
The failure of leadership at all levels — municipal, state, federal — to do anything much about the recent riots and vandalism reinforces the impression that we are without direction or control. Z says we're like people who have been dumped out of their canoe in the rapids and are now being swept downriver. Yes, that's how it feels.
Strange times. Not the least strange thing about them is the Presidential election we're headed into, less than four months away now. Somehow the ordinary processes of constitutional democracy have brought us the choice between two septuagenarian gents, neither of whom inspires much hope for the future.
The incumbent, while patriotic and well-intentioned, is dismally incompetent at managing the machinery of federal government — at getting the bureaucracy, the legislature, and the judiciary to do the things his voters want done. The challenger, meanwhile, is a senile babbler, glove puppet for an army of totalitarian nation-wreckers.
Strange times, strange times.
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03 — Republicans for a Democratic Congress. The deepest depths of strangeness in our country's political life are being plumbed by the Republican Party.
Cast your mind back to the 2016 campaign, listener. How many Republicans were running for President in 2016? I know at one point it was seventeen. It may have gone above that, I don't recall; but seventeen will do for my argument.
Sixteen of those seventeen were orthodox Republicans chanting the Chamber of Commerce talking points in chorus and keeping well clear of any faint hint of political incorrectness. Number seventeen was Donald Trump; and Republican primary voters chose him as their candidate.
In the weeks after the election result Peggy Noonan wondered aloud whether the Republican establishment had learned anything from seeing that entire boatload of orthodox Republicans sink beneath the waves while Trump, the outsider, floated to victory. She concluded that they hadn't.
They still haven't. One major cohort of the Republican Party, in fact, after seething for three years in resentment, is now throwing its weight behind Joe Biden's campaign. You've probably heard of the Lincoln Project, a group of B-list GOP functionaries who are actively campaigning for Biden.
It gets crazier. McClatchy reports that these insurgents now have their eyes on the U.S. Senate. That is, not only are they campaigning for Joe Biden to be President, they want to flip the Senate Democratic, too.
They have even targeted — can you believe this — Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, current Senate majority leader. You and I may think of McConnell as an ineffectual RINO, a useless sack of monkey poop who has spent three years doing nothing at all to advance the agenda that won the Presidency for his party in 2016. To the Lincoln Project crowd, though, McConnell is a limb of Satan for having, quote, "enabled" Trump.
Crazy enough for you? Wait, it gets crazier. Over in Kansas, the senior Senator for that state, Pat Roberts, is retiring. Kris Kobach is running in the Republican primary for the vacant seat. Kris is a smart and capable man, and a true patriot. He's for limited immigration, though, so the establishment GOP hates him. They are running attack ads against him on Kansas TV stations, financed — according to Kris — by a group under the control of … wait for it … Mitch McConnell.
Are you getting this? A genuine, smart, patriotic Republican is running for a Senate seat on the program that got Trump elected four years ago. Mitch McConnell and, no doubt, other establishment Republicans — the types who lined up with the sixteen failed GOP primary candidates in '16 — are trying to sabotage him. Meanwhile, yet another group of Republicans, or ex-Republicans, are trying to sabotage McConnell and flip the Senate to the Democrats.
Has politics ever been this crazy before?
Here's one of the Lincoln Project people explaining himself. This is Steve Schmidt, billed by McClatchy as a Republican-turned-independent political strategist who now works for The Lincoln Project. Quote, referring to GOP Senators:
The analogy would be in the same way that fire purifies the forest, it needs to be burned to the ground and fundamentally repudiated. Every one of them should be voted out of office, with the exception of Mitt Romney.
End quote.
So for these folk it's a case of "the worse, the better." Sometimes, they are arguing, you just have to call down fire on your own position.
Looking at the glittery-eyed totalitarians lined up behind poor old Joe Biden, my own guess would be: the worse, the worse.
And … Mitt Romney?
The Mitt Romney who campaigned against Barack Obama in 2012 without breathing a word about Obama's radical friends, the crazy anti-white black preacher Obama patronized for years, the open door at Obama's White House for Al Sharpton?
The Mitt Romney who, when I asked him about immigration across the desk at National Review in that campaign, admitted he'd never given the subject a moment's thought?
The Mitt Romney who most recently showed up on my TV screen mumbling "Black Lives Matter" through a mask?
Mitt Romney is the beau ideal of anti-Trump Republicans? Good grief!
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04 — Joe's population policy. Speaking of immigration, we got a glimpse this week of Joe Biden's policy in that area.
There was nothing at all surprising about it. An end to immigration enforcement; amnesty and citizenship for ten million, twenty million — however many it is — illegal aliens; 125,000 so-called "refugees" a year, … the works.
This all emerged from a task force the Democrats set up to reconcile Biden's position with those of Bernie Sanders. You may have forgotten by now, but Bernie was running strong in the primaries earlier this year, and one of the fears of the Biden people is that those Bernie voters won't turn out for Joe in November.
That's particularly a fear in California, Colorado, and Nevada, which Bernie Sanders won in the primaries with heavy support from Latinos. Other states like Arizona and Florida with a lot of Latinos are also worrisome to the Democrats. Hence the need for a Sanders-Biden patch-up pitched especially at Latinos.
The task force report, which came out on Wednesday, had almost nothing to say about legal immigration. No, I didn't read all 110 pages of the filthy thing; but I did Ctrl-F on things like "guest worker" and "H-1B," with zero results.
That means I can't frame these proposals in the larger context of a Joe Biden population policy. As I keep telling you: You can't not have a population policy. You have a population policy whether or not you know you do, and whether or not you're comfortable talking about it.
I'm sure Joe Biden isn't comfortable talking about it. I'm sure, in fact, he would be outraged at the suggestion that he has a population policy. Once again, though: You can't not have a population policy; you can only have a good one or a bad one. To judge from this task force report, Joe Biden has a really, really bad one.
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05 — Importing all the world's problems. Speaking of immigration again, here's an interesting aspect of our current population policy as it relates to legal immigration. The topic here is anti-Dalit discrimination.
Anti-what? Dalit, D-A-L-I-T.
India, as I think everyone knows, has a complex social system based on inherited, mostly-endogamous castes. There are four main castes, with the highest being the one foreigners have all heard of: the Brahmins, the priestly caste. The other three main castes are a bit less prestigious; but all four stand way above the Dalits, or Untouchables.
In modern times the caste lines have softened to some degree, with Indian governments practicing and encouraging affirmative action for the low-caste Dalits. Still, even today, marriage is mostly within caste, and a parent in one of the four high castes would be horrified to hear that his son or daughter was dating an Untouchable, a Dalit.
What's any of that got to do with us in the USA? A lot, thanks to our policy of importing great numbers of computer programmers from India on guest-worker visas. They work cheaper than American programmers; and on the terms of the guest-worker visa, they are tied to the company that sponsored them — they are indentured labor — which employers are of course all in favor of.
What, you may ask, even the woke progressive companies of Silicon Valley? Are the Social Justice Warrior chieftains of Google, Apple, Facebook, Amazon, … are these enlightened champions of the downtrodden masses really into indentured labor? Sorry to burst your bubble, listener, but yes they are, big time.
And this has been the case for so long now that whole cohorts of Indian programmers have risen into middle- and upper-management slots, advanced from guest-worker to Green Card and thence to citizenship, and are now hiring and firing younger cohorts of Indians.
That's the background to the lawsuit just filed by the State of California against Silicon Valley megacorporation Cisco, for unlawful employment practices. You can read full details of the case over at an Indian website called The Wire. Just put "thewire.in" in the URL box ("thewire" all one word, "in" for "India) then click on the search symbol at top right, then put "cisco" into the search box.
The main point of the story is is that ninety percent of Indian programmers and software managers are high-caste, and liable to discriminate against the occasional Dalit employee. A Dalit working at Cisco for a high-caste boss claims to have been thus discriminated against, and that's the basis of the California lawsuit.
So now caste discrimination is an issue in the USA. When you import the world in such quantities, you import the world's problems.
This lawsuit surely belongs in the file headed POPULATION POLICY. What would Joe Biden have to say about it if asked?
That's a rhetorical question. Joe would have no clue what you were talking about.
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06 — Denying the woke mob's most cherished myth. You may think, after listening to this segment, that it's all about a storm in an academic teacup. Possibly so: but I think it tells us something about the country we've been living in since May 25th this year, when the Holy Blessed Martyr George Floyd went to join the Choir Invisible.
It's a tangled tale, with a cast of several. I'll do my best to step through it in such a way you can keep track.
OK, here's a name for you: Joe Cesario, associate professor of psychology at Michigan State University. I hope I'm pronouncing his name right: It's C-E-S-A-R-I-O, so it might start with a se-, not a che, I'm just guessing.
Last August Prof. Cesario and four other researchers published a paper at PNAS, the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, as prestigious as an outlet for scientific work can be. Title of the paper: Officer characteristics and racial disparities in fatal officer-involved shootings.
The word "officer" there means "police officer." Prof. Cesario and his co-authors aimed to find out, by rigorous quantitative analysis, whether fatal shootings by cops reflect racial discrimination on the part of white cops. The answer, they concluded, is no.
Here's another name at Michigan State University: Steve Hsu, who rejoices in the titles Professor of Theoretical Physics and Professor of Computational Mathematics, Science, and Engineering. That's a lot of high-level STEM fields to be a professor of, and Steve Hsu is, as you'd expect, a very smart guy.
His name is familiar name to me from long custom. Prof. Hsu runs a blog titled "Information Processing," motto: "Pessimism of the Intellect, Optimism of the Will." I've been following that blog for years. It's mainly about scientific topics, as you'd expect, but it touches on politics now and then in a generally pro-Trumpish, or at any rate not anti-Trumpish, way.
Prof. Hsu also, until three weeks ago, held a post in the administration at the university, title: Senior Vice President for Research and Innovation. In that capacity, he had authorized some of the funding for Prof. Cesario's paper on police shootings. Prof. Hsu tells us that, quote:
The request for funding [that is, for Prof. Cesario's project] was strongly endorsed by the Associate Dean for Research in the College of Social Science at MSU, and the College of Social Science matched the contribution from my office. The project was interdisciplinary, in collaboration with researchers in our School of Criminal Justice. Professor Cesario has also received National Science Foundation grants to study this topic.
End quote.
So this is solid, quantitative social-science research by fully-credentialed academics, the funding properly approved, with not the faintest shadow of a hint of anything untoward.
Unfortunately the conclusions of this paper by Prof. Cesario et al. crash right up against the most cherished myth of the screeching woke mobs who now control so much of our culture, including our academic culture: the myth of evil white cops seeking out and murdering innocent black bodies.
One more name, this one you likely know: Heather Mac Donald of the Manhattan Institute. Heather has been covering police work for years — for decades, actually — and has written a book titled Are Cops Racist?, published ten years ago. In September last year she cited Prof. Cesario's study when giving testimony to the House Judiciary Committee.
You still with me here? Prof. Hsu at Michigan State, in his capacity as VP for Research, authorized funds for Prof. Cesario to head up this study on fatal cop shootings. The study came out last August. It found no evidence of racial discrimination by cops. Heather Mac Donald cited it to the House committee in September.
Heather also referred to the Cesario study in an article she wrote for City Journal. In that article she noted that two Princeton political scientists had challenged the study's design. Prof. Cesario and his co-authors stood by their findings, and wrote that even when you allow for the methodological criticisms made by the Princeton guys, there was still, quote, "no significant evidence of anti-black disparity in the likelihood of being fatally shot by the police," end quote.
Forward now to June 3rd this year, when the nationwide hysteria about the death of George Floyd was burning at full heat. Heather Mac Donald wrote an Op-Ed for the Wall Street Journal on that date, title: The Myth of Systemic Police Racism. She debunked the stuff about police racism yet again, drawing on her own many years of research, and again citing the conclusion of the Cesario paper.
All hell broke loose at Michigan State, with a grisly display of the spinelessness we have come to expect from university administrators in the face of woke mobs. Mid-June, Steve Hsu was stripped of his position as VP for Research, just because he had approved funding for the study. Having tenure, he remains on the faculty at MSU.
More disturbing than that: Prof. Cesario and his co-authors have retracted the August 2019 paper. They "explained" their retraction in a statement published on Wednesday this week.
You have to visualize quote marks around the word "explained" there. I have read through the retraction statement a couple of times, and I can't figure out any real need for a retraction.
Nor can Steve Hsu. Edited quote from him:
My understanding from communication with Cesario is that he and his co-authors stand by the data and statistical analysis used in their paper
Cesario et al. maintain that … race of officer does not affect race of civilians shot.
End quote.
I've mentioned all the principals here, but there's more going on than I have so far covered. To state it very briefly: Steve Hsu is not woke.
Wokeness, like all totalitarian ideologies, allows no middle ground. If you're not with them — totally on board with all the tenets of their ideology — you are an evil bigot, an Enemy of the People.
After several years of reading Steve Hsu's blog, and one brief personal encounter when I saw him address a group in New York City, I could not swear that he's a race realist in the frank, unapologetic sense I am. He is respectful of, and very well-informed about, genetics, and doesn't rule out genetic influences on human behavior and society. Still, he doesn't assert any certainty about such influences, just leaves it all as open questions to be decided by further research.
That easy-going open-mindedness doesn't wash with the Social Justice mob. Along with his shamelessly non-hostile attitude to the Trump administration, in fact, it makes him Literally Hitler.
He does have tenure; but as Amy Wax discovered at U. Penn., cowardly administrators have ways to make your life uncomfortable once the witch-hunters have tagged you.
Joe Cesario seems also to still be on faculty at Michigan State. Perhaps he has tenure, too, I don't know. Or perhaps that weird hair-splitting retraction was a condition for him not being fired.
This is the state of affairs at our institutions of higher education. The mob rules; administrators pander to the mob; honest researchers live on their nerves.
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07 — Where will Hong Kongers go? One more on population policy.
As predicted in my 2001 China Diary — although somewhat sooner than I anticipated — the ChiComs have made their move on Hong Kong. That city is now under the same deadening political conformity and state terror as mainland China. Arrests of dissidents have already been carried out.
Some Hong Kongers have vowed to stay and continue fighting for their freedoms. My admiration for their courage knows no bounds, but I am not hopeful about their career and life prospects. Many more are looking to emigrate. But to where?
The British government has offered an open door to as many as three million Hong Kongers. The city was a British colony until 1997. When the city was handed over to China that year as a Special Administrative Zone, with basic liberties guaranteed for fifty years, the residents were given a limited right to visa-free travel to Britain.
Now, with this latest ChiCom-demanded security law in place, those liberties are disappearing fast. The Brits are doing what seems like the decent thing, offering citizenship under easy terms to any that want it.
Other Anglosphere countries likewise. Australia, which has ticked off the ChiComs to such a degree on issues of trade and the coronavirus that they have nothing left to lose, has offered limited sanctuary. Canada, which for decades has had a big Hong Kong-émigré population, is looking to take in more, although nothing's been made firm yet. New Zealand is, quote, "reviewing its relationship" with Hong Kong, according to the Kiwi Foreign Affairs Minister.
It's not just the Anglosphere, either. Taiwan has expressed willingness to take in Hong Kongers, although there is some wariness on both sides.
On the Taiwan side, authorities there worry that a flood of incoming Hong Kongers would include a fair cohort of ChiCom agents, which it undoubtedly would. There is also a more generalized reluctance to do anything proactively to tick off the ChiComs, whose noises about returning Taiwan to the warm bosom of the Motherland have been getting louder under current ChiCom Godfather Xi Jinping.
On the Hong Kongers' part, given those noises from the mainland,there's the suspicion that fleeing to Taiwan would be going from frying pan to fire, or at least to something fire-adjacent. If the ChiComs are moving on Hong Kong today, how long will it be before they make their move on Taiwan?
Under these circumstances I was a bit surprised to see this poll from Foreign Policy magazine. The week before the ChiCom-demanded security law went into effect on June 30th, Foreign Policy commissioned a poll of Hong Kongers asking whether they were planning to flee Hong Kong and, if so, what would be their first choice of destination and what would be their last choice.
First choice? Taiwan, by an easy margin — thirty percent chose Taiwan. Next choice was Canada at around fifteen percent, then Australia, Mainland China, and Britain. The USA was eighth choice, around three percent. I'm not sure what that tells us.
W-a-a-ay out ahead of the pack for last choice was Mainland China, around seventy percent. The USA polled well here, too, though, placing joint second with Australia at ten percent.
That's preferences on the sending side. This being VDARE.com, you know I'm going to point out that the receiving nation should have something to say about it, too.
As the author of a couple of full-length articles on the perils of importing an overclass, I've made my own sympathies plain. Importing an overclass of people who are on average smarter than your own people, is foolish and short-sighted. It's double foolish if the incoming overclass is racially distinctive. You're just storing up trouble for the future.
For more on what I think about that, by all means read my articles from December 2017 on this theme.
And, in the matter of that cohort of ChiCom agents in among a mass of imported Hong Kongers, any other nation that takes them in should share Taiwan's apprehensions. In fact, we should be more apprehensive than the Taiwanese, whose more-or-less common culture and heritage with the Hong Kongers would make it easier for them to spot the spooks.
Bottom line here: If floods of people do leave Hong Kong for a freer life elsewhere, I hope the majority will choose Taiwan. That keys neatly to the fact of Taiwan being their first choice in that Foreign Policy poll. Hey, problem solved!
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08 — Miscellany. And now, our closing miscellany of brief items.
Imprimis: The people of Finland are famously shy. I guess we all know the joke about what the difference is between a Finnish extrovert and a Finnish introvert. The extrovert looks at your shoes when he's talking to you; the introvert looks at his shoes …
Estonians are close ethnic cousins to the Finns. Up to now I have known only one Estonian joke, a dark one from the time of the Soviet occupation. Q: Why is Estonia the world's biggest country? A: Our coastline's on the Baltic, our capital is Moscow, and our population's in Siberia.
Well, now I know another one. Who says reading Twitter is a waste of time?
This tweet is from someone called Stephen Fidler, not otherwise known to me. I think he's lifted it from a Wall Street Journal article about the coronavirus; but not having a Journal subscription, I can't be sure. Anyway, tweet:
Estonians, like Finns, are looking forward to the day when they no longer need to observe a two-metre distance from each other in public places. [Inner quote.] "We can go back to our usual five metres."
End inner quote, end tweet.
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Item: New York City's communist Mayor Bill De Blasio, confronted with a fast-rising casualty toll from gunfire in the city's ghettos, has leapt into action.
The precise action he has leapt into is, he has allowed, paid for from the city's very depleted funds, and actually participated in, the painting of the words BLACK LIVES MATTER along Fifth Avenue in front of Trump Tower. Those words are, of course, the leading slogan of the anti-white, anti-cop Marxist-Leninist movement bearing the same name.
Similar disfigurements of public thoroughfares have been carried out in big cities elsewhere, against some courageous resistance from normal Americans, who will of course be persecuted for their impertinence. In this current lunacy, communist graffiti are better protected than our national historic monuments.
Compared to the size of the outrage, mere linguistic objections may seem petty, but I'm going to make one anyway. Here it is: Why do all the news sources I've seen refer to these roadway graffiti as "murals"?
The English word "mural" comes from Latin murus, "a wall." When these ugly great yellow slogans are painted not on a wall but on a roadway, they are not murals.
What are they? Well, a solid paved area is called pavimentum in Latin, so "pavimental" would be better. Or there is Latin iter, meaning "a way, a road" — root of the English word "itinerary" — so "iteral." might work. Better than "mural," anyway.
Doesn't anything get edited any more?
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Item: Finally, and also on the linguistic beat: As a Scrabble player of old, my attention was arrested by this story in the Daily Mail, July 5th, headline: Scrabble community discusses banning racial slurs from the game as part of crackdown on hate speech.
The Blessed Martyr George Floyd — peace be upon him! — shows up in the third paragraph of the story. Quote:
Following worldwide anti-racism protests in the wake of the death of American George Floyd, officials who govern Scrabble tournaments in Britain are reportedly discussing whether to ban offensive terms from their competitions.
End quote.
I rarely get the chance to play Scrabble nowadays. I do recall, though, that certain particularly deft moves in the game will get you bonus points. Using all seven of the letters in your rack on one move will get you a 50-point bonus, for example.
Should I ever again be invited to play Scrabble, I shall accept only on condition that 25 bonus points be awarded for any words that are racially or sexually taboo.
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09 — Signoff. That's it, ladies and gentlemen. Thank you for listening, and note please that this week's podcast was number 748. We are preparing the bunting and goodie bags for number 750, due of course two weeks from now, God willing an' the Creek don't rise.
Back last August, in Radio Derb number 704, I introduced you to an ingenious friend, one of whose dimensions of ingenuity — one of many, I should say — consists in expertise with musical software. Back then my friend gifted me, and I thereupon gifted you all, with Pachelbel's Derbyshire Canonical and Britannical March, to mixed reviews.
Well, here he is again. This time he has turned my traditional intro music, which is of course Haydn's Derbyshire March Number Two into a fugue. At least, that was his intention. He quickly realized that a full-length fugue would be too much for a Radio Derb podcast, so he limited himself to a fughetta, title "The Derbyshire Fughetta in Three Voices."
Having gifted me with this fughetta — which I rather like — and having thus described it to me, my friend tells me he has placed a modest wager with a respectable bookmaker that I shall not be able to resist making a "Fugghettaboutit" joke. In the immortal words of Calvin Coolidge, dear friend: You lose.
There will be more from Radio Derb next week.
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vdare--2020-07-10--Trump Derangement Syndrome Leads to an Anti-White Murder in Wisconsin

Mexican American man charged with hate crime in fatal crash in Wisconsin ASSOCIATED PRESS 7 hrs ago FOND DU LAC — A Mexican American man from Wisconsin is charged with homicide as a hate crime because prosecutors say he intentionally crashed his pickup truck into a motorcyclist and killed the man because he was white .
Daniel Navarro , 27 , of Fond du Lac , told investigators he had been harassed by co-workers and neighbors , and poisoned , drugged and verbally attacked by white people because of his race , authorities said .
… Phillip Thiessen , 55 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ town of Taycheedah .
He was a retired special agent with the Wisconsin Department of Justice and a former police officer .
Navarro apparently didn ’ t know Thiessen , but targeted him because he was white , said Fond du Lac County Sheriff Ryan Waldschmidt .
“ Navarro said that if President Donald Trump and white people are going to create the world we are living in , he has no choice and that people are going to have to die , ” Waldschmidt said .
Navarro is charged with first-degree intentional @ @ @ @ @ @ @ both as hate crimes .
According to the criminal complaint , a sheriff ’ s sergeant spoke with Navarro at the crash scene and Nararro stated that he intentionally crashed head-on into the motorcycle .
The sergeant asked Navarro if he heard him correctly about the crash being intentional and Navarro responded “ yes , it was intentional , sir , ” the complaint said .
A deputy at the scene described Navarro as having a “ thousand-yard stare.
” During an interview later at the sheriff ’ s office , Navarro said @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the rest of his life so he could be free from his neighbors , whom he could hear making racist comments through the walls of his house , according to the complaint .
It also stated that he said he wanted to be free from people who drive by his house , rev their engines and squeal their tires to make him angry .

From the Wisconsin State-Journal:
Mexican American man charged with hate crime in fatal crash in Wisconsin
ASSOCIATED PRESS 7 hrs ago
DOUG RAFLIK, THE REPORTER
FOND DU LAC — A Mexican American man from Wisconsin is charged with homicide as a hate crime because prosecutors say he intentionally crashed his pickup truck into a motorcyclist and killed the man because he was white.
Daniel Navarro, 27, of Fond du Lac, told investigators he had been harassed by co-workers and neighbors, and poisoned, drugged and verbally attacked by white people because of his race, authorities said. …
Phillip Thiessen, 55, was killed July 3 in the town of Taycheedah. He was a retired special agent with the Wisconsin Department of Justice and a former police officer.
Navarro apparently didn’t know Thiessen, but targeted him because he was white, said Fond du Lac County Sheriff Ryan Waldschmidt.
“Navarro said that if President Donald Trump and white people are going to create the world we are living in, he has no choice and that people are going to have to die,” Waldschmidt said.
Navarro is charged with first-degree intentional homicide and first-degree recklessly endangering safety, both as hate crimes.
According to the criminal complaint, a sheriff’s sergeant spoke with Navarro at the crash scene and Nararro [sic] stated that he intentionally crashed head-on into the motorcycle. The sergeant asked Navarro if he heard him correctly about the crash being intentional and Navarro responded “yes, it was intentional, sir,” the complaint said. A deputy at the scene described Navarro as having a “thousand-yard stare.”
During an interview later at the sheriff’s office, Navarro said he wanted to go to prison for the rest of his life so he could be free from his neighbors, whom he could hear making racist comments through the walls of his house, according to the complaint. It also stated that he said he wanted to be free from people who drive by his house, rev their engines and squeal their tires to make him angry.


vdare--2020-07-11--Nobody in Madison Can Guess Why There Have Been So Many Shootings This Summer

Minnesota and Wisconsin have been in a tight duel since May 24 , Day Zero of the George Floyd Era , to generate the most iSteve-worthy content .
From the Wisconsin State-Journal : Shell casings pile up in Madison as city , activists try to contain spike in gun violence Dean Mosiman | Wisconsin State Journal 7 hrs ago The numbers are alarming and the answers hard to find as local law enforcement officials and others face a summertime surge of gun violence in the city of Madison .
Madison is a small city of a quarter of a million @ @ @ @ @ @ @ digit IQs who work at the U. of Wisconsin or as state government bureaucrats .
It ’ s city population is only 6.8 % black .
Madison has more Asians than blacks , which is rare in the Midwest .
Since June 30 , the city has seen two fatal shootings , at least 16 incidents of shots fired , nine residences and eight vehicles struck by gunfire , and nearly 160 shell casings recovered , police said .
That doesn ’ t include incidents in neighboring communities .
Madison police and community @ @ @ @ @ @ @ unprecedented ” level of gun violence in recent weeks at a time when attention and resources are focused on the COVID-19 pandemic and resulting economic downturn , along with ongoing protests for social justice and racial equity .
No one is sure what sparked the uptick in gun violence , but city officials and activists suspect it ’ s a combination of hot weather and people living with chronic poverty , stress and trauma now compounded by a pandemic that has increased job loss , financial insecurity , frustration and despair .
“ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ said Anthony Cooper , executive director of the Focused Interruption Coalition ( FIC ) , a community-based organization that responds to gun violence incidents and uses peer support to prevent further conflict and retaliation .
“ There are a lot of people who are hurting .
People are carrying weapons now for their own protection or how they ’ re looking at life now.
” Interim Police Chief Vic Wahl said , “ I don ’ t think anybody has a definitive answer or we ’ d be closer to solving these things @ @ @ @ @ @ @ are seeing significant spikes in gun violence .
We are not alone in this.
” It is a riddle , wrapped in a mystery , inside an enigma .
… The police have responded to 99 shots fired incidents — including a record 29 in June — and recovered 267 casings in the first six months of the year , with incidents continuing in July .
For perspective , police responded to 144 shots fired incidents , and recovered 473 shell casings in all of 2019 , Wahl said .
There have been @ @ @ @ @ @ @ compared with four in all of 2019 .
POSTED ON JULY 11 , 2020 BY JOHN HINDERAKER IN CRIME , LEFTISM , MINNESOTA WE ’ RE NUMBER ONE !
In recent years , when I have worried that Minneapolis might be the worst-governed city in America , I have taken comfort from the thought that however bad Minneapolis might be , Portland is even worse .
Portland , whose Antifa chapter seems to have free rein in the streets and is constantly wreaking havoc .
Portland , whose city government–I thought–was even more @ @ @ @ @ @ @ contenders include Seattle and Madison .
There is something about these far northern liberal cities with only modestly large black populations .

Minnesota and Wisconsin have been in a tight duel since May 24, Day Zero of the George Floyd Era, to generate the most iSteve-worthy content. From the Wisconsin State-Journal:
Shell casings pile up in Madison as city, activists try to contain spike in gun violence
Dean Mosiman | Wisconsin State Journal 7 hrs ago The numbers are alarming and the answers hard to find as local law enforcement officials and others face a summertime surge of gun violence in the city of Madison.
Madison is a small city of a quarter of a million people, dominated by whites with 3 digit IQs who work at the U. of Wisconsin or as state government bureaucrats. Its city population is only 6.8% black. Madison has more Asians than blacks, which is rare in the Midwest.
Since June 30, the city has seen two fatal shootings, at least 16 incidents of shots fired, nine residences and eight vehicles struck by gunfire, and nearly 160 shell casings recovered, police said. That doesn’t include incidents in neighboring communities. Madison police and community activists are struggling to contain the “unprecedented” level of gun violence in recent weeks at a time when attention and resources are focused on the COVID-19 pandemic and resulting economic downturn, along with ongoing protests for social justice and racial equity. No one is sure what sparked the uptick in gun violence, but city officials and activists suspect it’s a combination of hot weather and people living with chronic poverty, stress and trauma now compounded by a pandemic that has increased job loss, financial insecurity, frustration and despair. “It’s happening spontaneously,” said Anthony Cooper, executive director of the Focused Interruption Coalition (FIC), a community-based organization that responds to gun violence incidents and uses peer support to prevent further conflict and retaliation. “There are a lot of people who are hurting. People are carrying weapons now for their own protection or how they’re looking at life now.” Interim Police Chief Vic Wahl said, “I don’t think anybody has a definitive answer or we’d be closer to solving these things. Nationally, a lot of cities are seeing significant spikes in gun violence. We are not alone in this.”
It is a riddle, wrapped in a mystery, inside an enigma.
… The police have responded to 99 shots fired incidents — including a record 29 in June — and recovered 267 casings in the first six months of the year, with incidents continuing in July. For perspective, police responded to 144 shots fired incidents, and recovered 473 shell casings in all of 2019, Wahl said. There have been six homicides so far this year, compared with four in all of 2019.
At PowerLine, John Hinderaker blogs:
POSTED ON JULY 11, 2020 BY JOHN HINDERAKER IN CRIME, LEFTISM, MINNESOTA
WE’RE NUMBER ONE! In recent years, when I have worried that Minneapolis might be the worst-governed city in America, I have taken comfort from the thought that however bad Minneapolis might be, Portland is even worse. Portland, whose Antifa chapter seems to have free rein in the streets and is constantly wreaking havoc. Portland, whose city government–I thought–was even more left-wing than Minneapolis’s.
Other contenders include Seattle and Madison. There is something about these far northern liberal cities with only modestly large black populations.
[Comment at Unz.com]


vdare--2020-07-11--John Derbyshire: I’m Sorry For Hong Kong—But U.S. Must Not Import ANOTHER Overclass

[ Excerpted from the latest Radio Derb , now available exclusively through VDARE.com ] See , earlier : John Derbyshire : Time To Stop Importing An Immigrant Overclass ; John Derbyshire : “ Importing An Overclass ” –The Email Bag As predicted in my 2001 China Diary—although somewhat sooner than I anticipated—the ChiComs have made their move on Hong Kong .
That city is now under the same deadening political conformity and state terror as mainland China .
Arrests of dissidents have already been carried out .
Some Hong Kongers have vowed to stay and continue fighting for their freedoms @ @ @ @ @ @ @ no bounds , but I am not hopeful about their career and life prospects .
Many more are looking to emigrate .
But to where ?
The British government has offered an open door to as many as three million Hong Kongers .
[ Hong Kong : UK makes citizenship offer to residents , BBC , July 1 , 2020 ] The city was a British colony until 1997 .
When the city was handed over to China that year as a Special Administrative Zone , with basic liberties guaranteed for fifty years @ @ @ @ @ @ @ right to visa-free travel to Britain .
Now , with this latest ChiCom-demanded security law in place , those liberties are disappearing fast .
The Brits are doing what seems , superficially , to be the decent thing , offering citizenship under easy terms to any that want it .
Other Anglosphere countries likewise .
Australia , which has ticked off the ChiComs to such a degree on issues of trade and the coronavirus that they have nothing left to lose , has offered limited sanctuary [ China has only itself to blame @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , by Ben Bland , Guardian , July 10 , 2020 ] Canada , which for decades has had a big Hong Kong-émigré population , is looking to take in more , although nothing 's been made firm yet [ Canada eyeing more immigrants from Hong Kong | As of the 2016 Census , there were 215,000 Hong Kong-born Canadians living in Canada , CIC News July 5 , 2020 ] New Zealand is , quote , `` reviewing its relationship '' with Hong Kong , according to the Kiwi Foreign Affairs Minister @ @ @ @ @ @ @ extradition treaty with Hong Kong , extends visas , by Kirsty Needham , Reuters , July 5 , 2020 ] It 's not just the Anglosphere , either .
Taiwan has expressed willingness to take in Hong Kongers , although there is some wariness on both sides .
[ Taiwan Prepares for Flood of People Fleeing Hong Kong , VOA , June 14 , 2020 ] On the Taiwan side , authorities there worry that a flood of incoming Hong Kongers would include a fair cohort of ChiCom agents , which it undoubtedly @ @ @ @ @ @ @ generalized reluctance to do anything proactively to tick off the ChiComs , whose noises about returning Taiwan to the warm bosom of the Motherland have been getting louder under current ChiCom Godfather Xi Jinping .
On the Hong Kongers ' part , given those noises from the mainland , there 's the suspicion that fleeing to Taiwan would be going from frying pan to fire , or at least to something fire-adjacent .
If the ChiComs are moving on Hong Kong today , how long will it be before they make their move @ @ @ @ @ @ @ was a bit surprised to see this : The week before the ChiCom-demanded security law went into effect on June 30th , Foreign Policy commissioned a poll of Hong Kongers asking whether they were planning to flee Hong Kong and , if so , what would be their first choice of destination and what would be their last choice .
[ Hong Kongers Say Taiwan Is Their First Choice as Exile Looms by Lev Nachman , Nathan Kar Ming Chan , Chit Wai John Mok , July 8 , 2020 ] First choice @ @ @ @ @ @ @ percent chose Taiwan .
Next choice was Canada at around fifteen percent , then Australia , Mainland China , and Britain .
The USA was eighth choice , around three percent .
I 'm not sure what that tells us .
W-a-a-ay out ahead of the pack for last choice was Mainland China , around seventy percent .
The USA polled well here , too , though , placing joint second with Australia at ten percent .
But that 's preferences on the sending side .
This being VDARE.com , you know I @ @ @ @ @ @ @ receiving nation should have something to say about it , too .
As the author of a couple of full-length articles on the perils of importing an overclass , I 've made my own sympathies plain : Importing an overclass of people who are on average smarter than your own people , is foolish and short-sighted .
It 's double foolish if the incoming overclass is racially distinctive .
You 're just storing up trouble for the future .
And , on the matter of that cohort of ChiCom agents in among a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ other nation that takes them in should share Taiwan 's apprehensions .
In fact , we should be more apprehensive than the Taiwanese , whose more-or-less common culture and heritage with the Hong Kongers would make it easier for them to spot the spooks .
Bottom line here : If floods of people do leave Hong Kong for a freer life elsewhere , I hope the majority will choose Taiwan .
That keys neatly to the fact of Taiwan being their first choice in that Foreign Policy poll .
Hey , problem solved @ @ @ @ @ @ @ be solved .
John Derbyshire [ email him ] writes an incredible amount on all sorts of subjects for all kinds of outlets .
( This no longer includes National Review , whose editors had some kind of tantrum and fired him . )
He is the author of We Are Doomed : Reclaiming Conservative Pessimism and several other books .
He has had two books published by VDARE.com com : FROM THE DISSIDENT RIGHT ( also available in Kindle ) and FROM THE DISSIDENT RIGHT II : ESSAYS 2013 .
For years @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Derb , now available at VDARE.com for no charge .
His writings are archived at JohnDerbyshire.com .
Readers who wish to donate ( tax deductible ) funds specifically earmarked for John Derbyshire 's writings at VDARE.com can do so here .

[Excerpted from the latest Radio Derb, now available exclusively through VDARE.com]
See, earlier: John Derbyshire: Time To Stop Importing An Immigrant Overclass; John Derbyshire: “Importing An Overclass”–The Email Bag
As predicted in my 2001 China Diary—although somewhat sooner than I anticipated—the ChiComs have made their move on Hong Kong. That city is now under the same deadening political conformity and state terror as mainland China. Arrests of dissidents have already been carried out.
Some Hong Kongers have vowed to stay and continue fighting for their freedoms. My admiration for their courage knows no bounds, but I am not hopeful about their career and life prospects.
Many more are looking to emigrate. But to where?
The British government has offered an open door to as many as three million Hong Kongers [Hong Kong: UK makes citizenship offer to residents, BBC, July 1, 2020]. The city was a British colony until 1997. When the city was handed over to China that year as a Special Administrative Zone, with basic liberties guaranteed for fifty years, the residents were given a limited right to visa-free travel to Britain.
Now, with this latest ChiCom-demanded security law in place, those liberties are disappearing fast. The Brits are doing what seems, superficially, to be the decent thing, offering citizenship under easy terms to any that want it.
Other Anglosphere countries likewise. Australia, which has ticked off the ChiComs to such a degree on issues of trade and the coronavirus that they have nothing left to lose, has offered limited sanctuary [China has only itself to blame for Australia's move on Hong Kong, by Ben Bland, Guardian, July 10, 2020]. Canada, which for decades has had a big Hong Kong-émigré population, is looking to take in more, although nothing's been made firm yet [Canada eyeing more immigrants from Hong Kong | As of the 2016 Census, there were 215,000 Hong Kong-born Canadians living in Canada, CIC News July 5, 2020] New Zealand is, quote, "reviewing its relationship" with Hong Kong, according to the Kiwi Foreign Affairs Minister [Angering China, Australia suspends extradition treaty with Hong Kong, extends visas, by Kirsty Needham, Reuters, July 5, 2020].
It's not just the Anglosphere, either. Taiwan has expressed willingness to take in Hong Kongers, although there is some wariness on both sides [Taiwan Prepares for Flood of People Fleeing Hong Kong, VOA, June 14, 2020].
On the Taiwan side, authorities there worry that a flood of incoming Hong Kongers would include a fair cohort of ChiCom agents, which it undoubtedly would. There is also a more generalized reluctance to do anything proactively to tick off the ChiComs, whose noises about returning Taiwan to the warm bosom of the Motherland have been getting louder under current ChiCom Godfather Xi Jinping.
On the Hong Kongers' part, given those noises from the mainland, there's the suspicion that fleeing to Taiwan would be going from frying pan to fire, or at least to something fire-adjacent. If the ChiComs are moving on Hong Kong today, how long will it be before they make their move on Taiwan?
Under these circumstances I was a bit surprised to see this: The week before the ChiCom-demanded security law went into effect on June 30th, Foreign Policy commissioned a poll of Hong Kongers asking whether they were planning to flee Hong Kong and, if so, what would be their first choice of destination and what would be their last choice [Hong Kongers Say Taiwan Is Their First Choice as Exile Looms by Lev Nachman, Nathan Kar Ming Chan, Chit Wai John Mok, July 8, 2020].
First choice? Taiwan, by an easy margin—thirty percent chose Taiwan.
Next choice was Canada at around fifteen percent, then Australia, Mainland China, and Britain.
The USA was eighth choice, around three percent. I'm not sure what that tells us.
W-a-a-ay out ahead of the pack for last choice was Mainland China, around seventy percent. The USA polled well here, too, though, placing joint second with Australia at ten percent.
But that's preferences on the sending side. This being VDARE.com, you know I'm going to point out that the receiving nation should have something to say about it, too.
As the author of a couple of full-length articles on the perils of importing an overclass, I've made my own sympathies plain: Importing an overclass of people who are on average smarter than your own people, is foolish and short-sighted. It's double foolish if the incoming overclass is racially distinctive. You're just storing up trouble for the future.
(Other VDARE.com articles on the overclass theme: here, here, here, and here.)
And, on the matter of that cohort of ChiCom agents in among a mass of imported Hong Kongers, any other nation that takes them in should share Taiwan's apprehensions.
In fact, we should be more apprehensive than the Taiwanese, whose more-or-less common culture and heritage with the Hong Kongers would make it easier for them to spot the spooks.
Bottom line here: If floods of people do leave Hong Kong for a freer life elsewhere, I hope the majority will choose Taiwan.
That keys neatly to the fact of Taiwan being their first choice in that Foreign Policy poll.
Hey, problem solved!—if Anglosphere politicians will let it be solved.
John Derbyshire [email him] writes an incredible amount on all sorts of subjects for all kinds of outlets. (This no longer includes National Review, whose editors had some kind of tantrum and fired him.) He is the author of We Are Doomed: Reclaiming Conservative Pessimism and several other books. He has had two books published by VDARE.com com: FROM THE DISSIDENT RIGHT (also available in Kindle) and FROM THE DISSIDENT RIGHT II: ESSAYS 2013.
For years he’s been podcasting at Radio Derb, now available at VDARE.com for no charge. His writings are archived at JohnDerbyshire.com.
Readers who wish to donate (tax deductible) funds specifically earmarked for John Derbyshire's writings at VDARE.com can do so here.


vdare--2020-07-11--Trump Can Win Re-Election By Inviting McCloskeys To White House, Denouncing Gun-Grabbing Dems’ Anarc

Trump Can Win Re-Election By Inviting McCloskeys To White House, Denouncing Gun-Grabbing Dems’ Anarcho-Tyranny

Mark and Patricia McCloskey must become the posterchildren of President Trump ’ s campaign for re-election .
Their story , daring to exercise their 2nd Amendment rights to protect their life , property and liberty from a Black Lives Matter mob only to have their firearms confiscated by a Soros-funded black prosecutor , is Anarcho-Tyranny on steroids : Friday night , the St. Louis Police Department executed a search warrant at the home of Mark and Patricia McCloskey , the couple who stood in front of their homes with guns as angry protestors marched through their gated community .
Sources @ @ @ @ @ @ @ arrived at the home with a search warrant for the guns and left with the rifle that had been held by Mark McCloskey .
Reportedly , the pistol held by Patricia McCloskey was already in the possession of the couple ’ s attorney .
However , their new attorney , Joel Schwartz , told 5 on Your Side that he does not know where the handgun is , and did not confirm what was removed from the home .
Schwartz said that he wanted to meet with St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kimberly Gardener @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
As we previously reported , by standing in front of their private home with weapons , the McCloskeys , who were in fear for their lives , were engaged in a lawful act of defense against the trespassing protestors .
Mark McCloskey stated that “ he and his wife were threatened , their dog was threatened and people stated that they would burn down his home and his office .
Others said they would be living in that home by the time they were done.
” “ [ They said ] that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ They were going to come in there .
They were going to burn down the house .
They were going to be living in our house after I was dead , and they were pointing to different rooms and said , ‘ That ’ s going to be my bedroom and that ’ s going to be the living room and I ’ m going to be taking a shower in that room.
” George Soros-backed St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kimberly Gardner apparently does not agree that the McCloskeys ’ actions were justifiable @ @ @ @ @ @ @ regarding the McCloskeys ’ conduct as protestors gathered in front of their home , Gardner declared , “ I am alarmed at the events over the weekend , where peaceful protestors were met with guns and a violent assault .
We must protect the right to peacefully protest , and any attempt to chill it through intimidation or threat of deadly force must not be tolerated .
“ My office is currently working with the police and public to investigate these events .
Make no mistake : we will not tolerate the use @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Amendment rights , and will use the full power of Missouri law to hold people accountable.
” Search warrant executed on St. Louis couple who defended their home ; rifle seized as Soros-backed prosecutor attacks them , Law Enforcement Today , LawEnforcementToday , July 11 , 2020

Mark and Patricia McCloskey must become the posterchildren of President Trump’s campaign for re-election. Their story, daring to exercise their 2nd Amendment rights to protect their life, property and liberty from a Black Lives Matter mob only to have their firearms confiscated by a Soros-funded black prosecutor, is Anarcho-Tyranny on steroids:
Friday night, the St. Louis Police Department executed a search warrant at the home of Mark and Patricia McCloskey, the couple who stood in front of their homes with guns as angry protestors marched through their gated community.
Sources told 5 on Your Side that police arrived at the home with a search warrant for the guns and left with the rifle that had been held by Mark McCloskey.
Reportedly, the pistol held by Patricia McCloskey was already in the possession of the couple’s attorney. However, their new attorney, Joel Schwartz, told 5 on Your Side that he does not know where the handgun is, and did not confirm what was removed from the home.
Schwartz said that he wanted to meet with St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kimberly Gardener, but no appointment had been scheduled.
As we previously reported, by standing in front of their private home with weapons, the McCloskeys, who were in fear for their lives, were engaged in a lawful act of defense against the trespassing protestors.
Mark McCloskey stated that “he and his wife were threatened, their dog was threatened and people stated that they would burn down his home and his office. Others said they would be living in that home by the time they were done.”
Patricia McCloskey told Sean Hannity,
“[They said] that they were going to kill us. They were going to come in there. They were going to burn down the house. They were going to be living in our house after I was dead, and they were pointing to different rooms and said, ‘That’s going to be my bedroom and that’s going to be the living room and I’m going to be taking a shower in that room.”
George Soros-backed St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kimberly Gardner apparently does not agree that the McCloskeys’ actions were justifiable.
In her statement issued June 29 regarding the McCloskeys’ conduct as protestors gathered in front of their home, Gardner declared,
“I am alarmed at the events over the weekend, where peaceful protestors were met with guns and a violent assault. We must protect the right to peacefully protest, and any attempt to chill it through intimidation or threat of deadly force must not be tolerated.
“My office is currently working with the police and public to investigate these events. Make no mistake: we will not tolerate the use of force against those exercising their First Amendment rights, and will use the full power of Missouri law to hold people accountable.”
Search warrant executed on St. Louis couple who defended their home; rifle seized as Soros-backed prosecutor attacks them, Law Enforcement Today, LawEnforcementToday, July 11, 2020


vdare--2020-07-11--VDARE.com Roundup: Indian Caste Discrimination, Indian IQ, And Indian Affirmative Action

... there are few if any Indian groups that are demographically very large , and the degree of genetic differentiation among Indian jati groups living side by side in the same village is typically two to three times higher than the genetic differentiation between northern and southern Europeans .
The truth is that India is composed of a large number of small populations .
As a result of the castes being genetically distinct , some of them do better on standard tests than others .
The Indian Government has a variety of Affirmative Action programs for what they call `` @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Actions programs , it 's a horrible failure , and has led to corruption .
See Affirmative Action Around the World : An Empirical Study , by Thomas Sowell .
• Affirmative Action : Exotic India Turns Out To Be Just Like The U.S. • Are There Any Untouchable-Americans Yet ?
• Is India the World 's Most Reactionary Civilization ?
• What 's the Most Reactionary Ideology in Practice ?
Hinduism !
In these articles , Steve tries to assess the IQ of India as a whole : In these two , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ denies all race differences in her book Superior , was happy to say in her other book Geek Nation , How Indian Science is Taking Over the World , that India is triumphing based on the `` scientific ingenuity of its people '' .
• Charles Murray 's New Book Will Be Pre-Hated By The GUARDIAN 's Angela Saini , Among Others • The GUARDIAN 's Angela Saini ( Guess How She Got That Name ! )
vs. `` Eugenics '' …AKA Science • Angela Saini : A Not-So-Scientific Racist Declares Her Ancestral @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Planet '' That would be the scientific ingenuity of some of its people .
The Sainis , for example .
Let Wikipedia tell you about the Saini caste : As both a statutory agricultural tribe and a designated martial race during the British Raj era that followed the Indian Rebellion of 1857 , Sainis had been chiefly engaged in both agriculture and military service since then until recent times .
However , since the independence of India , Sainis have diversified into different trades and professions other than military and agriculture .
Sainis @ @ @ @ @ @ @ as businessmen , lawyers , professors , civil servants , engineers , doctors and research scientists , etc .
Untouchables , aka Dalits , on the other hand , are not only shunned by higher caste Hindus , they really do need Affirmative Action .

Earlier today by Steve Sailer: Brahmins Discriminate Against Untouchables in Silicon Valley
We've actually written a lot about "caste" in its literal sense of diverse Indian groups. Castes are diverse within India, because they really don't intermarry.
Geneticist David Reich has written that
...there are few if any Indian groups that are demographically very large, and the degree of genetic differentiation among Indian jati groups living side by side in the same village is typically two to three times higher than the genetic differentiation between northern and southern Europeans. The truth is that India is composed of a large number of small populations.
As a result of the castes being genetically distinct, some of them do better on standard tests than others. The Indian Government has a variety of Affirmative Action programs for what they call "Scheduled Castes." Like all Affirmative Action programs, it's a horrible failure, and has led to corruption. See Affirmative Action Around the World: An Empirical Study, by Thomas Sowell.
See Steve Sailer's articles here:
In these articles, Steve tries to assess the IQ of India as a whole:
In these two, I note that Angela Saini, who denies all race differences in her book Superior, was happy to say in her other book Geek Nation, How Indian Science is Taking Over the World, that India is triumphing based on the "scientific ingenuity of its people."
That would be the scientific ingenuity of some of its people. The Sainis, for example.
Let Wikipedia tell you about the Saini caste:
As both a statutory agricultural tribe and a designated martial race during the British Raj era that followed the Indian Rebellion of 1857, Sainis had been chiefly engaged in both agriculture and military service since then until recent times. However, since the independence of India, Sainis have diversified into different trades and professions other than military and agriculture. Sainis are now also seen in increasing numbers as businessmen, lawyers, professors, civil servants, engineers, doctors and research scientists, etc.
Untouchables, aka Dalits, on the other hand, are not only shunned by higher caste Hindus, they really do need Affirmative Action.


vdare--2020-07-11--How Will They Know Which 911 Calls Will Turn Out Nonviolent?

I could imagine sending an unarmed social worker to a suicide crisis to avoid turning into another suicide-by-cop .
Although @ @ @ @ @ on his success rate at talking people into not jumping is not encouraging :

From the Daily Mail:
Here’s the list of non-violent 911 calls:
Is Disorderly Intoxication an encouraging leadoff hitter?
I could imagine sending an unarmed social worker to a suicide crisis to avoid turning into another suicide-by-cop.
Although Larry Miller’s monologue on his success rate at talking people into not jumping is not encouraging:
[Comment at Unz.com]


vdare--2020-07-11--Brahmins Discriminate Against Untouchables in Silicon Valley

Here ’ s an article from The Wire in India on a topic I ’ ve wondered about for years but never seen anything about : America importing India ’ s caste system .
Because no white Christian American has ever been guilty of caste discrimination — none of us understand it — the U.S. media has shown zero interest in the topic over the decades .
A Dalit person contracted with an American multinational told The Wire that his offer letter talked of not allowing for discrimination on the basis of race or religion , but made no mention @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Indians in US workplaces is not new , tech companies largely ignored the practise , primarily because , in strictly legal terms , it is not unlawful .
… A number of Dalits in US tech companies point to the irony of their casteist colleagues supporting Black Lives Matter while continuing to suppress Indians from so-called lower castes .
The Cisco Case Could Expose Rampant Prejudice Against Dalits in Silicon Valley Networks of upper caste professionals work in tandem to keep out those they see as inferior .
It would seem to me @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , and ethnic discrimination .
David Reich can tell subcastes apart by their DNA , which shows they ’ ve been endogamous for close to two millennia .
California ’ s lawsuit will now make it hard for companies to ignore caste as a discriminatory practice .
While the US has no specific law against the Indian caste system , the California Department of Fair Employment and Housing filed the lawsuit against Cisco using a section of America ’ s historic Civil Rights Act .
The Act is an outcome of the movement @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to end oppression and segregation .
The lawsuit accuses Cisco of violating Title VII of the Civil Rights Act , which makes it unlawful to discriminate on the basis of religion , ancestry , national origin/ethnicity and race/colour .
… More than 90 % of Indian immigrants to the US are from the upper castes , says the lawsuit , adding that the complainant , John Doe ( a pseudonym widely used in American litigation ) was the only Dalit in a team of upper caste Indians .
… In the interest of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ with Indians .
“ I did have one Indian-American boss , but since he did not grow up in India , he was very liberal and I had no problems with him , ” says Raj .
Mohan , another Dalit techie , never experienced caste-based discrimination at work over the past 16 years in the US .
This is because he never had an Indian boss .
Those who did have Indian bosses found that revealing their views on caste could adversely impact their career , and sometimes even cost them their @ @ @ @ @ @ @ repeatedly points out that caste discrimination isn ’ t about isolated instances of an employee and manager .
“ Dalit employees are dealing with upper caste networks that operate across companies and share information with each other .
So Dalits fear not only retribution from one person or company , but from an entire network that cuts across companies , severely affecting career prospects .
These networks form a virtual noose around Dalits , throttling their potential to rise in their careers , ” she says .
… While some last names immediately @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , many don ’ t .
So Dalits find themselves being constantly probed to reveal their caste .
One common way Indians is to figure a person ’ s caste out is by inviting them for Hindu religious worship sessions , such as the satyanarayan katha , at a temple .
Raj declined such an invitation from a Brahmin colleague .
“ At the time he did not know my caste , ” says Raj .
He says the Brahmin then patted him on the back in a seemingly casual gesture , but @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to check whether he was wearing a janeu , a ‘ sacred thread ’ worn by the dwija castes .
“ Once he figured my caste out , he immediately stopped socialising with me .
Dinner invitations stopped too.
” … In the US , questions can be less direct .
… Vegetarianism , long associated with upper caste purity , is often used to figure a person ’ s caste out .
Over time , Mohit has learned how best to answer such questions .
“ I said that I would eat @ @ @ @ @ @ @ were vegetarian.
” In other words , he was suggesting that he was born into a Brahmin family .
While this is untrue – he is a Dalit and his parents are not vegetarians – it ’ s a lie he repeats for the sake of his career .
… Dalits talk of the opportunity cost of not being part of upper caste networks .
“ Many companies fill vacant positions with internal referrals .
Upper caste Indians have the first-mover advantage and misuse the system of internal referrals to fill posts with @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to excluding Dalits , this system also excludes Blacks and other minorities , ” says Raj .

Here’s an article from The Wire in India on a topic I’ve wondered about for years but never seen anything about: America importing India’s caste system. Because no white Christian American has ever been guilty of caste discrimination — none of us understand it — the U.S. media has shown zero interest in the topic over the decades.
A Dalit person contracted with an American multinational told The Wire that his offer letter talked of not allowing for discrimination on the basis of race or religion, but made no mention of caste.
While caste discrimination among Indians in US workplaces is not new, tech companies largely ignored the practise, primarily because, in strictly legal terms, it is not unlawful.
… A number of Dalits in US tech companies point to the irony of their casteist colleagues supporting Black Lives Matter while continuing to suppress Indians from so-called lower castes.
The Cisco Case Could Expose Rampant Prejudice Against Dalits in Silicon Valley Networks of upper caste professionals work in tandem to keep out those they see as inferior.
It would seem to me that caste discrimination is religious, racial, and ethnic discrimination. David Reich can tell subcastes apart by their DNA, which shows they’ve been endogamous for close to two millennia.
California’s lawsuit will now make it hard for companies to ignore caste as a discriminatory practice. While the US has no specific law against the Indian caste system, the California Department of Fair Employment and Housing filed the lawsuit against Cisco using a section of America’s historic Civil Rights Act. The Act is an outcome of the movement led by African Americans in the 1960s to end oppression and segregation.
The lawsuit accuses Cisco of violating Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, which makes it unlawful to discriminate on the basis of religion, ancestry, national origin/ethnicity and race/colour. …
More than 90% of Indian immigrants to the US are from the upper castes, says the lawsuit, adding that the complainant, John Doe (a pseudonym widely used in American litigation) was the only Dalit in a team of upper caste Indians. …
In the interest of career growth, he largely avoided working with Indians. “I did have one Indian-American boss, but since he did not grow up in India, he was very liberal and I had no problems with him,” says Raj.
Mohan, another Dalit techie, never experienced caste-based discrimination at work over the past 16 years in the US. This is because he never had an Indian boss. Those who did have Indian bosses found that revealing their views on caste could adversely impact their career, and sometimes even cost them their jobs. …
Soundararajan of Equality Labs repeatedly points out that caste discrimination isn’t about isolated instances of an employee and manager. “Dalit employees are dealing with upper caste networks that operate across companies and share information with each other. So Dalits fear not only retribution from one person or company, but from an entire network that cuts across companies, severely affecting career prospects. These networks form a virtual noose around Dalits, throttling their potential to rise in their careers,” she says.
… While some last names immediately give away a person’s caste, many don’t. So Dalits find themselves being constantly probed to reveal their caste.
One common way Indians is to figure a person’s caste out is by inviting them for Hindu religious worship sessions, such as the satyanarayan katha, at a temple. Raj declined such an invitation from a Brahmin colleague. “At the time he did not know my caste,” says Raj. He says the Brahmin then patted him on the back in a seemingly casual gesture, but one that he felt was actually meant to check whether he was wearing a janeu, a ‘sacred thread’ worn by the dwija castes. “Once he figured my caste out, he immediately stopped socialising with me. Dinner invitations stopped too.” …
In the US, questions can be less direct. … Vegetarianism, long associated with upper caste purity, is often used to figure a person’s caste out. Over time, Mohit has learned how best to answer such questions. “I said that I would eat anything that moved, but my parents were vegetarian.” In other words, he was suggesting that he was born into a Brahmin family. While this is untrue – he is a Dalit and his parents are not vegetarians – it’s a lie he repeats for the sake of his career. …
Dalits talk of the opportunity cost of not being part of upper caste networks.
“Many companies fill vacant positions with internal referrals. Upper caste Indians have the first-mover advantage and misuse the system of internal referrals to fill posts with people from their caste. In addition to excluding Dalits, this system also excludes Blacks and other minorities,” says Raj.


vdare--2020-07-12--The U.S. Military Is Woke—Patriots Must Demand Court Martials, Forced Retirements

The above photo , of black female West Point cadets raising their fists ( and a sword or two ) in support of BLM was taken in 2016 .
Earlier : Memorial Day Is About America ’ s Fallen ( Mostly White Male ) Soldiers—Not About Self-Absorbed Black Female Officers With Discipline Problems Sign of the times : much-touted Biden VP possibility Senator Tammy Duckworth ( D-IL ) , a former Army lieutenant colonel , has announced it ’ s time to send the Father of Our Country down the memory hole .
And she roasted President Trump for speaking @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Native Americans.
” Duckworth ’ s comments are symptomatic of our Woke military leadership ’ s increasingly open distaste for the Historic American Nation .
So what ’ s President Trump going to do about it—especially given that most combat troops , as opposed to uniformed bureaucrats , are white Southerners ?
Let ’ s look at the latest from the Pentagon : Alabama Rep. Mo Brooks , a staunch immigration patriot , recently exposed Army materials that call “ Make America Great Again ” as “ covert white supremacy.
” They were @ @ @ @ @ @ @ diversity , equity , and inclusion across the force ” [ U.S. Army Project Inclusion , Stand-To , June 29 , 2020 ] .
The same handout called “ Eurocentric Education ” and “ Celebration of Columbus Day ” forms of “ covert white supremacy.
” Brooks called the material “ illegal , racist and politically partisan ” and urged a thorough investigation .
The Army did surrender quickly , claiming the offensive pamphlets were an “ error ” [ Army investigates handout suggesting Trump campaign slogan constitutes ‘ covert white supremacy ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , July 9 , 2020 ] .
But considering other initiatives aimed at the Historic American Nation , one wonders .
Last week , Gen. Mark Milley , chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff , told Congress that he supports renaming bases honoring Confederate generals because they symbolize “ treason ” and their names offend non-white soldiers [ Top general : US military needs to take 'hard look ' at Confederate symbols , by Rebecca Kheel , The Hill , July 9 , 2020 ] .
Trump to his credit opposes that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ban the Confederate Battle Flag from all military facilities .
The U.S. Marines have banned the flag , and so has the commander of U.S forces in South Korea .
Gen. Robert Abrams claims it “ has the power to inflame feelings of racial division ” [ Pentagon drafting ban on displaying Confederate flag at bases , by Barbara Starr , CNN , July 6 , 2020 ] .
The military is also backing “ Black Lives Matter ” —although it is plainly a Blood Libel on White America .
Hundreds of American @ @ @ @ @ @ @ BLM events and General Abrams has endorsed the movement ’ s general spirit [ In South Korea , US Diplomats , Military Show Black Lives Matter Solidarity , by William Gallo , Voice of America , June 15 , 2020 ] .
Gen. David Goldfein , Air Force chief of staff , called the death of George Floyd a “ national tragedy ” in a memorandum that supported the Floyd Hoax riots , and vowed that the Air Force would do more to combat “ racial prejudice , systemic discrimination , and unconscious @ @ @ @ @ @ @ George Floyd 's death ' a national tragedy ' , by Zachary Cohen , Barbara Starr and Ryan Browne , CNN , June 2 , 2020 ] .
Goldfein took his cue from black Chief Master Sgt .
Kaleth Wright , the highest-ranking enlisted man in the service in the Air Force .
Wright tweeted his full support for the Floyd protests , demanded “ racial justice , ” and claimed his greatest fear is police racism .
Wright has nothing to fear , of course , but Goldfein enthusiastically became his wingman @ @ @ @ @ @ @ for the past several weeks has been entirely about race and Black Lives Matter .
Of course , all these serving personnel should have been court martialed .
But their “ leadership ” is coming from the top .
Defense Secretary Mark Esper , a Trump appointee , reportedly opposed the President ’ s desire to use federal troops to quell the BLM riots in Washington , D.C. , and the Pentagon countermanded the president ’ s troop deployment orders .
James Mattis , Trump ’ s former defense secretary and a former @ @ @ @ @ @ @ s riot response and sided with the protesters [ Pentagon-Trump clash breaks open over military and protests , by Zeke Miller , Jonathan Lemire , Michael Balsamo and James LaPorta , Associated Press , June 4 , 2020 ] .
And after the usual Two Minutes Hate , Milley apologized for appearing alongside the commander in chief as law enforcement cleared DC ’ s chaotic streets .
And finally , after weeks of pro-BLM anarchy , Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Milley ran up the white flag and backed the riots in the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ This is a blatant intervention in domestic political debate .
But none of this will shock anyone who ’ s been watching the U.S. military .
Its elite top commanders mouth that diversity is the core strength of the military even if they don ’ t believe it .
They know how to stick a finger into the wind .
“ Equality and opportunity are matters of military readiness , not just Political Correctness , ” Milley testified .
The official U.S. Army website declares “ America 's diversity is our Army 's @ @ @ @ @ @ @ chief of staff Gen. George Casey ’ s main concern after a Muslim jihadist and Army Maj. Nidal Hasan murdered 14 people at Fort Hood wasn ’ t that Muslims might constitute a fifth column inside the military , but instead that a “ backlash ” against Muslim soldiers would mean “ our diversity becomes a casualty.
” Forty-three percent of active-duty servicemembers are non-white , yet the Defense Department feels that ’ s not diverse enough [ The changing profile of the U.S. military : Smaller in size , more diverse , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Barroso , Pew Research FACTANK , September 10 , 2019 ] .
Trump appointee Esper promises to increase the military ’ s diversity and eradicate “ racism and inequality ” [ DoD creates board to provide concrete recommendations on race and diversity , by Scott Maucione , Federal News Network , June 18 , 2020 ] .
The military also actively recruits immigrants for the service and expedites their naturalization .
Our generals ignore the lessons of the Roman Empire in relying on corps of foreign helots to fight its wars .
No @ @ @ @ @ @ @ diversity programs are aiding and abetting miscegenation .
Interracial marriage is much more common in the military than among the general population , and small towns near military bases report some of the highest interracial marriage rates in America [ In U.S. metro areas , huge variation in intermarriage rates , by Gretchen Livingstone , Pew Research FACTANK , May 18 , 2017 ] .
Of course , the military can appear to make integration work because it can exclude lower IQ recruits .
Duckworth is the poster girl for that development .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ , her mother a Chinese Thai , and Duckworth is married to a white Army officer .
Of course , our military academies are corrupted too .
Last month , top West Points grads wrote a letter to demand the military academy do more to fight “ racism ” : Significantly , two-thirds of the letter signers were women and at least two thierds are non-white i.e .
this is not the West Point that won World War II .
Their names are David Bindon USMA ‘ 19 , Simone Askew USMA ‘ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , Tony Smith USMA ‘ 19 , Care Kehn USMA ‘ 18 , Jack Lowe USMA ‘ 19 , Netteange Monaus USMA ‘ 18 Ashley Salgado USMA ’ 19 , and Maria Blom USMA ’ 18 .
2nd Lt. Bindon is the only white male .
But instead of dismissing the letter as the work of insubordinate junior officers , West Point announced it was conducting a thorough review of racial issues at the academy [ As nine alumni highlight racism at West Point , the academy ’ s IG starts review of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ by Kyle Rempfer , Army Times , July 8 , 2020 ] .
But remember : while the military brass obsesses about diversity and eliminating “ systemic racism , ” it ’ s whites who still do most of the fighting and dying .
Roughly 83 percent of American servicemen killed in Iraq were white and 85 percent of American service members killed in Afghanistan were white [ American War and Military Operations Casualties : Lists and Statistics , Congressional Research Service , September 24 , 2019 ] .
Our Woke military brass @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ s heroic sacrifice , let alone appreciate the Southern boys whose heritage those leaders betray although the states of the Confederacy are the country ’ s major contributors of men to the armed forces [ Demographics of the U.S. Military , by George M. Reynolds and Amanda Shendruk , CFR.org , April 24 , 2018 ] .
Lt. Gen. Simon Bolivar Buckner Jr. , whose father was a Confederate general , was one of three highest ranking Army officers killed in World War II .
Now , the flag his father fought @ @ @ @ @ @ @ on Okinawa during the battle in which he was killed , is verboten .
[ Okinawa Confederate Flag , by Philip Leigh Abbeville Blog , April 6 , 2018 ] America ’ s armed forces have turned into a Woke social experiment during the past 30 years because of Leftist Democrats and the cowardly Republicans who failed to stop them .
Women now serve in combat , despite a presidential commission ’ s recommendation in 1992 that women remain exempt from such duty , and the Marine Corps ’ strongly opposing including women @ @ @ @ @ @ @ [ Marine Corps debate over women in combat continues to roil , by Lolita C. Baldor , Associated Press , January 8 , 2016 ] .
The military ended “ Don ’ t Ask , Don ’ t Tell ” and allows homosexuals to serve openly , although everyone knows/ hopes this will be disastrous .
Attempts to push the “ transgendered ” into service continue , but at least Trump administration is fighting on that bizarre front [ Year after trans military ban , legal battle rages on , by Julie Moreau @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 2020 ] .
And , as the West Point letter shows , many of the loudest advocates for the Woke measures are , of course , female officers , including lesbians .
The military claims diversity and inclusion make it stronger , but the numbers say otherwise .
Eighty-four percent of women service members and 30 percent of men have failed the Army ’ s new , gender-neutral physical fitness tests [ Men and Women Seeing Different Failure Rates on Army 's Gender-Neutral Fitness Test , by Matthew Cox , Military.com , October @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of military officers has also steadily declined since 1980 [ Understanding the steady and troubling decline in the average intelligence of Marine Corps officers , by Delaney Parrish , Brookings Institution , July 24 , 2015 ] .
Could that be because the officer corps is less white ?
Our new Woke military will become a national security threat if something isn ’ t done to curb its push to adopt “ anti-racist ” policies and its insane obsession with “ diversity and inclusion.
” The commander in chief—that would be President Trump—can @ @ @ @ @ @ @ refuses to carry out an order to quell such violence .
As Gene Hackman ’ s character said in Crimson Tide , the military does not practice democracy , it defends it .
The command in chief should remember that , and compel the Joint Chiefs and their service commanders to get in line or retire .
Washington Watcher II [ Email him ] is an anonymous DC insider .

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The above photo, of black female West Point cadets raising their fists (and a sword or two) in support of BLM was taken in 2016.
Earlier: Memorial Day Is About America’s Fallen (Mostly White Male) Soldiers—Not About Self-Absorbed Black Female Officers With Discipline Problems
Sign of the times: Much-touted Biden VP possibility Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), a former Army lieutenant colonel, has announced it’s time to send the Father of Our Country down the memory hole.
Democrat Senator Tammy Duckworth says she is open to tearing down statues of George Washingtonhttps://t.co/Q7VUX6Jame pic.twitter.com/zJiSgOlYpr — RNC Research (@RNCResearch) July 5, 2020
And she roasted President Trump for speaking at Rushmore, “land stolen from Native Americans.” Duckworth’s comments are symptomatic of our Woke military leadership’s increasingly open distaste for the Historic American Nation. So what’s President Trump going to do about it—especially given that most combat troops, as opposed to uniformed bureaucrats, are white Southerners?
Let’s look at the latest from the Pentagon:
Alabama Rep. Mo Brooks, a staunch immigration patriot, recently exposed Army materials that call “Make America Great Again” as “covert white supremacy.” They were part of a program that advances “diversity, equity, and inclusion across the force” [U.S. Army Project Inclusion, Stand-To, June 29, 2020]. The same handout called “Eurocentric Education” and “Celebration of Columbus Day” forms of “covert white supremacy.” Brooks called the material “illegal, racist and politically partisan” and urged a thorough investigation.
The Army did surrender quickly, claiming the offensive pamphlets were an “error” [Army investigates handout suggesting Trump campaign slogan constitutes ‘covert white supremacy,’ by Howard Altman, Military Times, July 9, 2020]. But considering other initiatives aimed at the Historic American Nation, one wonders.
Last week, Gen. Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, told Congress that he supports renaming bases honoring Confederate generals because they symbolize “treason” and their names offend non-white soldiers [Top general: US military needs to take 'hard look' at Confederate symbols, by Rebecca Kheel, The Hill, July 9, 2020]. Trump to his credit opposes that, but the Pentagon is preparing to ban the Confederate Battle Flag from all military facilities. The U.S. Marines have banned the flag, and so has the commander of U.S forces in South Korea. Gen. Robert Abrams claims it “has the power to inflame feelings of racial division” [Pentagon drafting ban on displaying Confederate flag at bases, by Barbara Starr, CNN, July 6, 2020].
The military is also backing “Black Lives Matter”—although it is plainly a Blood Libel on White America. Hundreds of American military personnel in South Korea participated in BLM events and General Abrams has endorsed the movement’s general spirit [In South Korea, US Diplomats, Military Show Black Lives Matter Solidarity, by William Gallo, Voice of America, June 15, 2020].
Gen. David Goldfein, Air Force chief of staff, called the death of George Floyd a “national tragedy” in a memorandum that supported the Floyd Hoax riots, and vowed that the Air Force would do more to combat “racial prejudice, systemic discrimination, and unconscious bias” [Air Force commander calls George Floyd's death 'a national tragedy,' by Zachary Cohen, Barbara Starr and Ryan Browne, CNN, June 2, 2020].
Goldfein took his cue from black Chief Master Sgt. Kaleth Wright, the highest-ranking enlisted man in the Air Force. Wright tweeted his full support for the Floyd protests, demanded “racial justice,” and claimed his greatest fear is police racism.
Wright has nothing to fear, of course, but Goldfein enthusiastically became his wingman. Wright’s entire Twitter feed for the past several weeks has been entirely about race and Black Lives Matter.
Of course, all these serving personnel should have been court martialed. But their “leadership” is coming from the top.
Defense Secretary Mark Esper, a Trump appointee, reportedly opposed the President’s desire to use federal troops to quell the BLM riots in Washington, D.C., and the Pentagon countermanded the president’s troop deployment orders. James Mattis, Trump’s former defense secretary and a former Marine general, strongly criticized Trump’s riot response and sided with the protesters [Pentagon-Trump clash breaks open over military and protests, by Zeke Miller, Jonathan Lemire, Michael Balsamo and James LaPorta, Associated Press, June 4, 2020]. And after the usual Two Minutes Hate, Milley apologized for appearing alongside the commander in chief as law enforcement cleared DC’s chaotic streets.
And finally, after weeks of pro-BLM anarchy, Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Milley ran up the white flag and backed the riots in the same testimony that bayoneted Confederate heroes:
The protests that have ensued [after George Floyd’s death] not only speak to this injustice, but also to centuries of injustice towards Black Americans. We, as a nation and as a military, are still struggling with racism, and we have much work to do.” [No Place for Racism, Discrimination in U.S. Military, Milley Says, by Jim Garamone, DOD News, July 9, 2020].
This is a blatant intervention in domestic political debate. But none of this will shock anyone who’s been watching the U.S. military. Its elite top commanders mouth that diversity is the core strength of the military even if they don’t believe it. They know how to stick a finger into the wind. “Equality and opportunity are matters of military readiness, not just Political Correctness,” Milley testified. The official U.S. Army website declares “America's diversity is our Army's strength.” 13 years ago, Army chief of staff Gen. George Casey’s main concern after Muslim jihadist and Army Maj. Nidal Hasan murdered 14 people at Fort Hood wasn’t that Muslims might constitute a fifth column inside the military, but instead that a “backlash” against Muslim soldiers would mean “our diversity becomes a casualty.”
Forty-three percent of active-duty servicemembers are non-white, yet the Defense Department feels that’s not diverse enough [The changing profile of the U.S. military: Smaller in size, more diverse, more women in leadership, by Amando Barroso, Pew Research Fact Tank, September 10, 2019]. Trump appointee Esper promises to increase the military’s diversity and eradicate “racism and inequality” [DoD creates board to provide concrete recommendations on race and diversity, by Scott Maucione, Federal News Network, June 18, 2020].
The military also actively recruits immigrants for the service and expedites their naturalization. Our generals ignore the lessons of the Roman Empire in relying on corps of foreign helots to fight its wars.
No doubt inadvertently, the military’s diversity programs are aiding and abetting miscegenation. Interracial marriage is much more common in the military than among the general population, and small towns near military bases report some of the highest interracial marriage rates in America [In U.S. metro areas, huge variation in intermarriage rates, by Gretchen Livingstone, Pew Research Fact Tank, May 18, 2017]. Of course, the military can appear to make integration work because it can exclude lower IQ recruits.
Duckworth is the poster girl for that development. Her father is a white Army vet, her mother a Chinese Thai, and Duckworth is married to a white Army officer.
Of course, our military academies are corrupted too. Last month, top West Points grads wrote a letter to demand the military academy do more to fight “racism”:
The United States Military Academy has not taken the necessary strides towards uprooting the racism that saturates its history. We are calling upon West Point and its leadership to redress three major failures: Systemic racism continues to exist at West Point. Anti-racism is not part of the curriculum at West Point. The conditions for an anti-racist space are not present at West Point. Policy Proposal: An Anti-Racist West Point, July 25, 2015
Significantly, two-thirds of the letter signers were women and at least two thirds are non-white i.e. this is not the West Point that won World War II.
Their names are David Bindon USMA ‘19, Simone Askew USMA ‘18, Joy Schaeffer USMA ‘18, Tony Smith USMA ‘19, Care Kehn USMA ‘18, Jack Lowe USMA ‘19, Netteange Monaus USMA ‘18 Ashley Salgado USMA ’19, and Maria Blom USMA ’18, 2nd Lt. Bindon is the only white male.
But instead of dismissing the letter as the work of insubordinate junior officers, West Point announced it was conducting a thorough review of racial issues at the academy [As nine alumni highlight racism at West Point, the academy’s IG starts review of ‘all matters involving race’, by Kyle Rempfer, Army Times, July 8, 2020].
But remember: While the military brass obsesses about diversity and eliminating “systemic racism,” it’s whites who still do most of the fighting and dying.
Roughly 83 percent of American servicemen killed in Iraq were white and 85 percent of American service members killed in Afghanistan were white [American War and Military Operations Casualties: Lists and Statistics, Congressional Research Service, September 24, 2019].
Our Woke military brass choose not appreciate the Historic American Nation’s heroic sacrifice, let alone appreciate the Southern boys whose heritage those leaders betray, although the states of the Confederacy are the country’s major contributors of men to the armed forces [Demographics of the U.S. Military, by George M. Reynolds and Amanda Shendruk, CFR.org, April 24, 2018]. Lt. Gen. Simon Bolivar Buckner Jr., whose father was a Confederate general, was one of three highest ranking Army officers killed in World War II. Now, the flag his father fought under and that flapped over Shuri Castle on Okinawa (pictured at right) during the battle in which he was killed, is verboten [Okinawa Confederate Flag, by Philip Leigh, Abbeville Blog, April 6, 2018].
America’s armed forces have turned into a Woke social experiment during the past 30 years because of Leftist Democrats and the cowardly Republicans who failed to stop them. Women now serve in combat, despite a presidential commission’s recommendation in 1992 that women remain exempt from such duty, and the Marine Corps’ strongly opposing including women in the combat arms 24 years later [Marine Corps debate over women in combat continues to roil, by Lolita C. Baldor, Associated Press, January 8, 2016]. The military ended “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” and allows homosexuals to serve openly, although everyone knows/ hopes this will be disastrous. Attempts to push the “transgendered” into service continue, but at least Trump administration is fighting on that bizarre front [Year after trans military ban, legal battle rages on, by Julie Moreau, NBC News, April 11, 2020]. And, as the West Point letter shows, many of the loudest advocates for the Woke measures are, of course, female officers, including lesbians.
The military claims diversity and inclusion make it stronger, but the numbers say otherwise. Eighty-four percent of women service members and 30 percent of men have failed the Army’s new, gender-neutral physical fitness tests [Men and Women Seeing Different Failure Rates on Army's Gender-Neutral Fitness Test, by Matthew Cox, Military.com, October 15, 2019]. The intelligence of military officers has also steadily declined since 1980 [Understanding the steady and troubling decline in the average intelligence of Marine Corps officers, by Delaney Parrish, Brookings Institution, July 24, 2015]. Could that be because the officer corps is less white?
Our new Woke military will become a national security threat if something isn’t done to curb its push to adopt “anti-racist” policies and its insane obsession with “diversity and inclusion.” The commander in chief—that would be President Trump—can start by sacking any senior officer who refuses to carry out an order to quell such violence.
As Gene Hackman’s character said in Crimson Tide, the military does not practice democracy, it defends it. The command in chief should remember that, and compel the Joint Chiefs and their service commanders to get in line or retire.
Washington Watcher II [Email him] is an anonymous DC insider.