vdare--2020-09-02--Mass Shootings Are Up 72% This Summer Over 2010

Earlier : In Portland , 150 Shots Fired in a Single Incident , But That Had Nothing to Do with the Peaceful Protests .
NOTHING !
From my new column in Taki ’ s Magazine : This week the mainstream media finally grudgingly admitted the possibility of what I ’ ve been hollering for three months : that their declaration of a “ racial reckoning ” has unleashed destruction and mayhem across America .
While most of the press ’ attention is focused on a handful of whites shooting other whites over politics , the statistically much bigger phenomenon all @ @ @ @ @ @ @ rise in black-on-black shootings .
For example , the number of shooting victims in New York City so far this year is up 95 percent over 2019 .
While the press is now harping on supposed right-wing violence , there probably aren ’ t a lot of violent Trumpists in the Bronx .
What about elsewhere ?
National crime data trickles in slowly , but one useful source is the Wikipedia page on mass shootings ( defined as incidents in which four or more people were struck by bullets , but not necessarily @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in August , the total number of mass shootings in the U.S. since June 1 is 257 , up 72 percent from 149 in 2019 ’ s same period .

Earlier: In Portland, 150 Shots Fired in a Single Incident, But That Had Nothing to Do with the Peaceful Protests. NOTHING!
From my new column in Taki’s Magazine:
Just Knock It Off
Steve Sailer
September 02, 2020
This week the mainstream media finally grudgingly admitted the possibility of what I’ve been hollering for three months: that their declaration of a “racial reckoning” has unleashed destruction and mayhem across America.
While most of the press’ attention is focused on a handful of whites shooting other whites over politics, the statistically much bigger phenomenon all summer has been the Black Lives Matter-inspired rise in black-on-black shootings.
For example, the number of shooting victims in New York City so far this year is up 95 percent over 2019. While the press is now harping on supposed right-wing violence, there probably aren’t a lot of violent Trumpists in the Bronx.
What about elsewhere? National crime data trickles in slowly, but one useful source is the Wikipedia page on mass shootings (defined as incidents in which four or more people were struck by bullets, but not necessarily killed).
With one day left in August, the total number of mass shootings in the U.S. since June 1 is 257, up 72 percent from 149 in 2019’s same period.


vdare--2020-09-02--NJ Governor Phil Murphy Signs Bill Basically Making It A Crime for a White Person to Call 911 on a B

NJ Governor Phil Murphy Signs Bill Basically Making It A Crime for a White Person to Call 911 on a Black Criminal

Earlier : Just Make It Illegal To Call The Cops On Blacks : Michigan 's Gretchen Whitmer Wants To Make `` Racially Motivated '' 911 Calls A Hate Crime The 2016 New Jersey Uniform Crime Report provides an interesting look at violent crime in the 59 percent white state .
• There were 205 arrests for homicide in the state in 2016 .
In 205 arrests for homicide where police identified race , blacks represented 147 of those suspects arrested .
• Though they represent just 13 percent of the state population , in 2016 New Jersey , blacks were @ @ @ @ @ @ @ just 13 percent of the state of New Jersey ’ s population , blacks made up 72 percent of homicide suspects in 2016 .
Were data available online for 2017 , 2018 or 2019 , we ’ d see a similar racial pattern emerge when it relates to violent crime in The Garden State .
Why bring this up ?
Because it pretty much just became illegal to call 911 on a black person in New Jersey if you are white .
New Jersey Governor Signs Bill Making It A Crime To Intimidate @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Daily Caller , September 1 , 2020 New Jersey Democratic Gov .
Phil Murphy signed a law Monday making it a crime to call 911 for the purpose of intimidating someone because of race , ethnicity , religion or gender .
The law amends an existing law and makes it a crime to falsely incriminate someone else or file a false police report as a form of bias intimidation , according to a statement on the governor ’ s website .
The bill also makes it illegal to call 911 with the purpose @ @ @ @ @ @ @ other protected class .
“ Using the threat of a 9-1-1 call or police report as an intimidation tactic against people of color is an unacceptable , abhorrent form of discrimination , ” Murphy said in the statement .
“ This irresponsible misuse of our 9-1-1 system places victims in a potentially dangerous situation , and can erode trust between Black and Brown New Jerseyans and law enforcement .
Individuals who choose to weaponize this form of intimidation should held be accountable to the fullest extent of the law.
” Violators of the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ prison and fines up to $ 15,000 , according to The Hill .
Other officials have also said that false 911 calls risk escalating the situation , possibly making it deadly .
“ As our country finds itself in the grips of racial and social unrest , those who seek to weaponize and enflame these tensions should be held accountable , “ said Democratic New Jersey State Senator Troy Singleton .
[ Pictured right ] “ Not only are false 9-1-1 calls a waste of resources , but when they are used to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ race , religion , sexuality or other protected classes , they risk escalating it into a potentially deadly situation .
Under this new law , anyone who files a false police report will be subject to criminal penalty , ” Singleton said .
“ We have seen , time and time again , the immense physical and emotional impact of weaponizing the police against Black and brown individuals .
No one should fear having the police called on them simply because they are walking their dog , barbequing with friends or asking a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , ” Demoratic New Jersey State Senator Shirley Turner [ Pictured right ] said , likely referring to the aforementioned viral video recording the incident in New York City .
“ We have seen , time and time again , the immense physical and emotional impact of weaponizing the police against Black and brown individuals .
No one should fear having the police called on them simply because they are walking their dog , barbequing with friends or asking a fellow New Yorker to follow the law , ” Demoratic New Jersey State @ @ @ @ @ @ @ said , likely referring to the aforementioned viral video recording the incident in New York City .
The purpose entire Black Lives Matter movement is to basically legalize black criminality .
Just make it illegal to call 911 on a black criminal .
That ’ s the only way for white people to actually check their privilege once and for all .

Earlier: Just Make It Illegal To Call The Cops On Blacks: Michigan's Gretchen Whitmer Wants To Make "Racially Motivated" 911 Calls A Hate Crime
The 2016 New Jersey Uniform Crime Report provides an interesting look at violent crime in the 59 percent white state.
There were 205 arrests for homicide in the state in 2016. In 205 arrests for homicide where police identified race, blacks represented 147 of those suspects arrested.
Though they represent just 13 percent of the state population, in 2016 New Jersey, blacks were 72 percent of homicide suspects…
Per capita…
Despite being just 13 percent of the state of New Jersey’s population, blacks made up 72 percent of homicide suspects in 2016. Were data available online for 2017, 2018 or 2019, we’d see a similar racial pattern emerge when it relates to violent crime in The Garden State.
Why bring this up?
Because it pretty much just became illegal to call 911 on a black person in New Jersey if you are white.
New Jersey Governor Signs Bill Making It A Crime To Intimidate People Of Color By Calling 911, Daily Caller, September 1, 2020 New Jersey Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy signed a law Monday making it a crime to call 911 for the purpose of intimidating someone because of race, ethnicity, religion or gender. The law amends an existing law and makes it a crime to falsely incriminate someone else or file a false police report as a form of bias intimidation, according to a statement on the governor’s website. The bill also makes it illegal to call 911 with the purpose of harassing someone based on race or other protected class. “Using the threat of a 9-1-1 call or police report as an intimidation tactic against people of color is an unacceptable, abhorrent form of discrimination,” Murphy said in the statement. “This irresponsible misuse of our 9-1-1 system places victims in a potentially dangerous situation, and can erode trust between Black and Brown New Jerseyans and law enforcement. Individuals who choose to weaponize this form of intimidation should held be accountable to the fullest extent of the law.” Violators of the law face up to five years in prison and fines up to $15,000, according to The Hill. Other officials have also said that false 911 calls risk escalating the situation, possibly making it deadly. “As our country finds itself in the grips of racial and social unrest, those who seek to weaponize and enflame these tensions should be held accountable,“ said Democratic New Jersey State Senator Troy Singleton. [pictured right] “Not only are false 9-1-1 calls a waste of resources, but when they are used to harass or intimidate someone based on their race, religion, sexuality or other protected classes, they risk escalating it into a potentially deadly situation. Under this new law, anyone who files a false police report will be subject to criminal penalty,” Singleton said. “We have seen, time and time again, the immense physical and emotional impact of weaponizing the police against Black and brown individuals. No one should fear having the police called on them simply because they are walking their dog, barbequing with friends or asking a fellow New Yorker to follow the law,” Demoratic New Jersey State Senator Shirley Turner [pictured right] said, likely referring to the aforementioned viral video recording the incident in New York City. “We have seen, time and time again, the immense physical and emotional impact of weaponizing the police against Black and brown individuals. No one should fear having the police called on them simply because they are walking their dog, barbequing with friends or asking a fellow New Yorker to follow the law,” Demoratic New Jersey State Senator Shirley Turner [pictured right] said, likely referring to the aforementioned viral video recording the incident in New York City.
The purpose entire Black Lives Matter movement is to basically legalize black criminality.
Just make it illegal to call 911 on a black criminal. That’s the only way for white people to actually check their privilege once and for all.
[Comment at Unz.com]


vdare--2020-09-02--Judge Bans U. of California from Using SAT/ACT Tests Because Racism

UC must immediately drop use of the SAT and ACT for admissions and scholarships , judge rules The University of California must immediately suspend all use of SAT and ACT test scores for admission and scholarship decisions under a preliminary injunction issued by an Alameda County Superior Court judge .
The ruling came in a lawsuit asserting that the use of standardized test scores is broadly biased — and particularly detrimental to students with disabilities who seek to take the test during the coronavirus crisis .
Superior Court Judge Brad Seligman said in his Monday ruling that plaintiffs had shown @ @ @ @ @ @ @ now because applicants with disabilities had virtually no access to test-taking sites or legally required accommodations during the COVID-19 pandemic .
“ The barriers faced by students with disabilities have been greatly exacerbated by the COVID-19 epidemic , which has disrupted test-taking locations , closed schools and limited access to school counselors , ” Seligman wrote .
Seligman added that little data existed to show whether the tests were even valid or reliable indicators of their future college performance .
… Sure , Judge , sure … Besides the fact that it is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ad infinitum for the better part of a century , there was just a report released last winter by the official U of California faculty commission to investigate standardized testing , which found the SAT not just complementary to high school GPA but superior on a stand-alone basis .
The injunction on the use of SAT and ACT results will affect all California applicants to the UC system .
“ The SAT and ACT are dead and gone as far as the UC system is concerned , ” said Mark Rosenbaum , a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ lawsuit as director of Public Counsel ’ s Opportunity Under Law project .
The “ historic decision puts an end to racist tests that deprived countless California students of color , students with disabilities , and students from low-income families of a fair shot at admissions to the UC system.
” Rosenbaum said he and his team targeted only the UC system to efficiently manage the case but that the court ’ s reasoning should apply to all colleges and universities , both public and private , across the country .
“ If @ @ @ @ @ @ @ we ’ ll come after them as well , ” he said , adding that he would be conferring with civil and disability rights advocates in other states .
… The May plan by the board of regents was to make them optional thru 2024 ( i.e.
, Asians and whites better submit test scores , blacks and Latinos don ’ t bother , thus boosting scores reported to USNWR ) .
Then in 2025 , UC would introduce its own miracle test on which , presumably , all races would score the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ after .
The only question was : Why didn ’ t anybody ever think of inventing a non-racist test before ?
So COVID is being used as an excuse to get rid of this system that has worked fairly well for three generations and with no backup plan .
For going on three decades , I ’ ve been pointing out that our elites and their institutions don ’ t act like they believe the politically correct assertions they emit .
For example , our prestigious universities have grown ever more prestigious by @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that show marked differences in average scores among the races .
And , I ’ d say , that hypocrisy is a good thing .
Hypocrisy is better than stupidity when you are in charge of important functions .
It almost seems as if 2020 was the year that America ’ s elites decided that they were going to prove Sailer wrong by taking up his challenge and stop being hypocritical : in the new non-hypocritical America , blacks don ’ t have to be arrested if they aren ’ t in the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Berkeley , etc etc But , I think what really is going on is this : Elites didn ’ t actually admit to themselves they were hypocritical .
They just didn ’ t think much about it .
Taking the SAT was what you did .
That ’ s how things worked .
It wasn ’ t hypocrisy that was keeping America running , it was inertia .
The huge conflict between the political correctness that everybody who was anybody publicly swore to and the things you need to do to keep a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ blacks more than you arrest Asians ) were not much on the agenda .
Everybody ’ s budget just went up 2 % per year and that was okay .
But then the coronavirus came along , and lots of things had to be improvised .
Cities had no money so who would get the axe : the police or the social workers ?
Defund the police !
The spring SAT was canceled , so then what was the next step ?
Abolish college admissions testing !
It turned out that because the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of the Overton Window over the years , in the debates about how to alter arrangements in 2020 were dominated by the politically correct , because dissent had been declared a firing offense .
So now , in the rearranging , the Woke have the whip hand , and they are doing all sorts of stupid , dysfunctional things in the name of Racial Reckoning .

From the L.A. Times:
UC must immediately drop use of the SAT and ACT for admissions and scholarships, judge rules By TERESA WATANABE STAFF WRITER
SEP. 1, 2020 12:43 PM The University of California must immediately suspend all use of SAT and ACT test scores for admission and scholarship decisions under a preliminary injunction issued by an Alameda County Superior Court judge. The ruling came in a lawsuit asserting that the use of standardized test scores is broadly biased — and particularly detrimental to students with disabilities who seek to take the test during the coronavirus crisis. Superior Court Judge Brad Seligman said in his Monday ruling that plaintiffs had shown sufficient cause to stop the tests for now because applicants with disabilities had virtually no access to test-taking sites or legally required accommodations during the COVID-19 pandemic. “The barriers faced by students with disabilities have been greatly exacerbated by the COVID-19 epidemic, which has disrupted test-taking locations, closed schools and limited access to school counselors,” Seligman wrote. Seligman added that little data existed to show whether the tests were even valid or reliable indicators of their future college performance. …
Sure, Judge, sure … Besides the fact that it is 2020 and all this has been studied ad infinitum for the better part of a century, there was just a report released last winter by the official U of California faculty commission to investigate standardized testing, which found the SAT not just complementary to high school GPA but superior on a stand-alone basis.
The injunction on the use of SAT and ACT results will affect all California applicants to the UC system. “The SAT and ACT are dead and gone as far as the UC system is concerned,” said Mark Rosenbaum, a Los Angeles attorney who helped file the lawsuit as director of Public Counsel’s Opportunity Under Law project. The “historic decision puts an end to racist tests that deprived countless California students of color, students with disabilities, and students from low-income families of a fair shot at admissions to the UC system.” Rosenbaum said he and his team targeted only the UC system to efficiently manage the case but that the court’s reasoning should apply to all colleges and universities, both public and private, across the country. “If other universities don’t follow, we’ll come after them as well,” he said, adding that he would be conferring with civil and disability rights advocates in other states. … Earlier this year,
On May 21, 2020:
the UC Board of Regents unanimously voted to phase out standardized test scores in admissions decisions after concluding that the tests were unacceptably biased based on race, income and parent education level and did not provide useful information about how students would fare in college. Regents voted to make the tests optional this year and next, then phase them out …
The May plan by the board of regents was to make them optional thru 2024 (i.e., Asians and whites better submit test scores, blacks and Latinos don’t bother, thus boosting scores reported to USNWR). Then in 2025, UC would introduce its own miracle test on which, presumably, all races would score the same and everybody would live happily ever after.
The only question was: Why didn’t anybody ever think of inventing a non-racist test before?
Some accommodations, such as Braille and large-print exams, 100% extended time for tests and computers for those who cannot hand write essays, are only available at high school testing centers, but those have been closed during the coronavirus crisis, said Abigail Graber, an attorney with Brown, Goldstein & Levy, a Baltimore law firm representing the plaintiffs. …
So COVID is being used as an excuse to get rid of this system that has worked fairly well for three generations and with no backup plan.
For going on three decades, I’ve been pointing out that our elites and their institutions don’t act like they believe the politically correct assertions they emit. For example, our prestigious universities have grown ever more prestigious by admitting intelligent students by using standardized tests that show marked differences in average scores among the races.
And, I’d say, that hypocrisy is a good thing. Hypocrisy is better than stupidity when you are in charge of important functions.
It almost seems as if 2020 was the year that America’s elites decided that they were going to prove Sailer wrong by taking up his challenge and stop being hypocritical: In the new non-hypocritical America, blacks don’t have to be arrested if they aren’t in the mood, dumb kids can go to Berkeley, etc. etc.
But, I think what really is going on is this:
Elites didn’t actually admit to themselves they were hypocritical. They just didn’t think much about it. Taking the SAT was what you did. That’s how things worked. It wasn’t hypocrisy that was keeping America running, it was inertia. The huge conflict between the political correctness that everybody who was anybody publicly swore to and the things you need to do to keep a modern civilization working (e.g., arrest blacks more than you arrest Asians) were not much on the agenda. Everybody’s budget just went up 2% per year and that was okay.
But then the coronavirus came along, and lots of things had to be improvised. Cities had no money, so who would get the axe: the police or the social workers? Defund the police!
The spring SAT was canceled, so then what was the next step? Abolish college admissions testing!
It turned out that because the common sense arguments had been edged out of the Overton Window over the years, in the debates about how to alter arrangements in 2020 were dominated by the politically correct, because dissent had been declared a firing offense.
So now, in the rearranging, the Woke have the whip hand, and they are doing all sorts of stupid, dysfunctional things in the name of Racial Reckoning.


vdare--2020-09-02--Joy Reid, Islamophobe: It's Almost as if the Democrats' Coalition of the Fringes Tends to Turn Into

Joy Reid, Islamophobe: It's Almost as if the Democrats' Coalition of the Fringes Tends to Turn Into a Circular Firing Squad

Rep. Ilhan Omar accuses MSNBC host Joy Reid of ‘ Islamophobia ’ after she compared ‘ radicalized ’ Donald Trump supporters to ‘ the way Muslims act ’ Reid made the remarks on her new 7pm show ReidOut on Monday night She compared Trump supporters to ‘ radicalized ’ Muslims in panel remarks Reid was referencing Kyle Rittenhouse in Kenosha and clashes in Portland Said Trump ’ s rhetoric was encouraging his supporters to violence Rep. Ilhan Omar joined the critics in denouncing the remarks as anti-Muslim Reid says she is victim of ‘ willful distortion of the points I @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Reid has been accused of Islamophobia after comparing radicalized supporters of President Donald Trump to ‘ the way Muslims act ’ .
Reid ’ s comments came on Monday during her new 7pm show , ReidOut , as she discussed the murder charges against Kyle Rittenhouse in Kenosha and political violence in Portland .
‘ When leaders , let ’ s say in the Muslim world , talk a lot of violent talk and encourage their supporters to be willing to commit violence including on their own bodies in order to win against @ @ @ @ @ @ @ we in the U.S. media describe that as they are ‘ radicalizing ’ these people , particularly when they ’ re radicalizing young people , ’ Reid said .
‘ That ’ s how we talk about the way Muslims act , ’ she added .
‘ When you see what Donald Trump is doing , is that any different from what we describe as radicalizing people ?
’ Rep. Ilhan Omar , a Minnesota Democrat , led the criticism against Reid , saying in a tweet : ‘ Honestly , this kinda @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
’

From the Daily Mail:
Rep. Ilhan Omar accuses MSNBC host Joy Reid of ‘Islamophobia’ after she compared ‘radicalized’ Donald Trump supporters to ‘the way Muslims act’
Reid made the remarks on her new 7pm show ReidOut on Monday night
She compared Trump supporters to ‘radicalized’ Muslims in panel remarks
Reid was referencing Kyle Rittenhouse in Kenosha and clashes in Portland
Said Trump’s rhetoric was encouraging his supporters to violence
Rep. Ilhan Omar joined the critics in denouncing the remarks as anti-Muslim
Reid says she is victim of ‘willful distortion of the points I tried to make’
By KEITH GRIFFITH FOR DAILYMAIL.COM
PUBLISHED: 20:02 EDT, 1 September 2020 | UPDATED: 00:03 EDT, 2 September 2020
MSNBC host Joy Reid has been accused of Islamophobia after comparing radicalized supporters of President Donald Trump to ‘the way Muslims act’.
Reid’s comments came on Monday during her new 7pm show, ReidOut, as she discussed the murder charges against Kyle Rittenhouse in Kenosha and political violence in Portland.
‘When leaders, let’s say in the Muslim world, talk a lot of violent talk and encourage their supporters to be willing to commit violence including on their own bodies in order to win against whoever they decide is the enemy, we in the U.S. media describe that as they are ‘radicalizing’ these people, particularly when they’re radicalizing young people,’ Reid said.
‘That’s how we talk about the way Muslims act,’ she added. ‘When you see what Donald Trump is doing, is that any different from what we describe as radicalizing people?’
Rep. Ilhan Omar, a Minnesota Democrat, led the criticism against Reid, saying in a tweet: ‘Honestly, this kinda of casual Islamophobia is hurtful and dangerous.’


vdare--2020-09-02--Radio Derb Transcript Up For August 28: Revolution, Counter-Revolution, GOP Convenes, And Chamber of

Radio Derb Transcript Up For August 28: Revolution, Counter-Revolution, GOP Convenes, And Chamber of Commerce Goes Democrat!, Etc.

The Radio Derb transcript is up for August 28 .
Go here to read or listen .
18m30s The GOP @ @ @ @ @ done . )
37m11s U.S. Chamber of Commerce goes Democrat .
( It 's a @ @ @ @ @ to face with livestock .
( Pigs are a problem , though . )

The Radio Derb transcript is up for August 28. Go here to read or listen.
Playlist:
01m47s Revolution. (Way beyond mere turbulence.)
09m59s Counter-revolution. (The opening shots.)
18m30s The GOP convenes. (Very nicely done.)
22m59s Convention high points. (The McCloskeys, Sandmann, Chen, the Trumps.)
29m55s Convention low points. (Haley, cuckery, too many Trumps.)
35m07s Minneapolis bans store window shutters. (They're unsightly.)
37m11s U.S. Chamber of Commerce goes Democrat. (It's a mystery.)
38m29s Face to face with livestock. (Pigs are a problem, though.)
40m07s Signoff. (Loth to departe.)


vdare--2020-09-01--Glenn Loury Reminds Us That "Difference Is A Very Fact Of Groupness"

Four years ago I wrote a VDARE.com blog arguing that `` white privilege '' is one of the stupidest ideas of our time .
The basic point was that all the pro- '' diversity '' browbeating which whites in white-dominated societies are forced to endure could make sense only if there are systematic differences between races—differences beyond the trivial factor of skin color .
Else how could racial diversity in a population possibly offer any ( touted ) benefits ?
And because of those systematic differences , a society developed overwhelmingly by whites might not be a good fit for @ @ @ @ @ @ @ makes no sense for those of other races who choose to live in white-built societies—such as immigrants who hail from Third World countries—to complain about `` white privilege . ''
Well , someone of real prominence has noticed the same logic : While he did n't talk about `` white privilege , '' Brown University social-sciences professor Glenn Loury , who is black and conservative , noted the connection between difference—equivalent here to diversity—and what he terms `` groupness '' in a recently published interview conducted by one of his former students : @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that we live in ?
Why would I ever expect that there would be parity across the board between ethnic , racial , cultural , and ancestral population groups in an open society ?
It ’ s a contradiction because difference is a very fact of groupness .
What do I mean by a group ?
Well , it ’ s genes , to some degree ; it ’ s culture ; it ’ s networks of social affiliation , of intermarriage and kinship .
I mean the shared narrative , the same @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
I mean the practices of parenting and filial piety and whatever else there might be .
A group is a group .
It has characteristics .
Those characteristics matter for whether you play in the NBA .
They matter for whether you learn to master the violin or the piano .
They matter for whether you pursue technical subjects or choose to become a humanist or a scientist .
They matter for the food that you eat .
They matter for how many children you raise and how you raise them .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ you first have sex .
They matter for all those things , and I think everyone would agree with that .
But now you ’ re telling me that they don ’ t matter for who becomes a partner in a law firm ?
They don ’ t matter for who becomes a chair in the Philosophy Department somewhere ?
Groupness implies disparity because groupness , if taken seriously , implies differences in ways of living life .
Not everybody wants to play the fiddle .
Not everybody wants to dunk a basketball @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that their parents are going to be disappointed with them if they come home with an A-minus .
Not everybody is susceptible to being swayed into a social affiliation that requires them to commit a violent crime in order to prove their bona fides .
Groups differ .
Groups are not evenly distributed across society .
That ’ s inevitable .
If you insist that those be flattened , you ’ re only going to be able to succeed by imposing a totalitarian regime that monitors everything and jiggers everything , recomputing and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the same number of blacks in proportion to their population and the same number of second-generation Vietnamese immigrants in proportion to their population being admitted to Caltech or the Bronx High School of Science .
I don ’ t want to live in that world .
[ From Race and Equality : A Conversation , by Glenn Yu , City Journal , July 16 , 2020 ] Next step : We can hope that Professor Loury recognizes and riffs on the fact that `` The problem of ethnic diversity is insoluble . ''

Four years ago I wrote a VDARE.com blog arguing that "white privilege" is one of the stupidest ideas of our time. The basic point was that all the pro-"diversity" browbeating which whites in white-dominated societies are forced to endure could make sense only if there are systematic differences between races—differences beyond the trivial factor of skin color. Else how could racial diversity in a population possibly offer any (touted) benefits?
And because of those systematic differences, a society developed overwhelmingly by whites might not be a good fit for people of other races. Then it makes no sense for those of other races who choose to live in white-built societies—such as immigrants who hail from Third World countries—to complain about "white privilege."
It's a matter of simple logic.
Well, someone of real prominence has noticed the same logic: While he didn't talk about "white privilege," Brown University social-sciences professor Glenn Loury, who is black and conservative, noted the connection between difference—equivalent here to diversity—and what he terms "groupness" in a recently published interview conducted by one of his former students:
What is the nature of the world that we live in? Why would I ever expect that there would be parity across the board between ethnic, racial, cultural, and ancestral population groups in an open society? It’s a contradiction because difference is a very fact of groupness. What do I mean by a group? Well, it’s genes, to some degree; it’s culture; it’s networks of social affiliation, of intermarriage and kinship. I mean the shared narrative, the same hopes, the dreams, the stories. I mean the practices of parenting and filial piety and whatever else there might be. A group is a group. It has characteristics. Those characteristics matter for whether you play in the NBA. They matter for whether you learn to master the violin or the piano. They matter for whether you pursue technical subjects or choose to become a humanist or a scientist. They matter for the food that you eat. They matter for how many children you raise and how you raise them. They matter as to the age when you first have sex. They matter for all those things, and I think everyone would agree with that. But now you’re telling me that they don’t matter for who becomes a partner in a law firm? They don’t matter for who becomes a chair in the Philosophy Department somewhere? Groupness implies disparity because groupness, if taken seriously, implies differences in ways of living life. Not everybody wants to play the fiddle. Not everybody wants to dunk a basketball. Not everybody is frightened to death that their parents are going to be disappointed with them if they come home with an A-minus. Not everybody is susceptible to being swayed into a social affiliation that requires them to commit a violent crime in order to prove their bona fides. Groups differ. Groups are not evenly distributed across society. That’s inevitable. If you insist that those be flattened, you’re only going to be able to succeed by imposing a totalitarian regime that monitors everything and jiggers everything, recomputing and refiguring things until we’ve got the same number of blacks in proportion to their population and the same number of second-generation Vietnamese immigrants in proportion to their population being admitted to Caltech or the Bronx High School of Science. I don’t want to live in that world. [From Race and Equality: A Conversation, by Glenn Yu, City Journal, July 16, 2020]
Next step: We can hope that Professor Loury recognizes and riffs on the fact that "The problem of ethnic diversity is insoluble."


vdare--2020-09-02--A Reader Reports Latino Rebels Denying The Existence Of White Latinos, Including Spaniards

Re : Leon H. Wolf Thinks Cubans Like Cruz And Rubio Are `` Brown People '' First of all , let me thank you for acknowledging the fact that numerous so-called `` Hispanics '' are indeed white in your many articles published on VDARE.com ( I ca n't begin to explain how frustrated I feel at the stupidity of individuals who imply or directly state that people such as Ted Cruz or Marco Rubio are POC/nonwhite ) , now with that being said , check out the laughably ignorant nonsense spewed by Arturo Domínguez ( First of all , let @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that numerous so-called `` Hispanics '' are indeed white in your many articles published on VDARE.com ( I ca n't begin to explain how frustrated I feel at the stupidity of individuals who imply or directly state that people such as Ted Cruz or Marco Rubio are POC/nonwhite ) , now with that being said , check out the laughably ignorant nonsense spewed by Arturo Domínguez ( Twitter profile pic at righ t ) the author of this piece and consider penning an article refuting it .
There is no such thing as @ @ @ @ @ @ @ light-skinned Latino .
I am not white .
Whiteness isn ’ t just based on skin color .
It ’ s a mindset .
A thought process based on the superiority within American and Western European societies .
Whiteness is not welcoming to people like me despite my looks .
My last name doesn ’ t allow me all of the privileges White America enjoys .
My appearance , however , can sometimes prevent me from being profiled by police , that is , until they run my plates and/or see my name @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Latino like me , and the mentality of white supremacy circulates in your feeble mind , just refer to yourself as white .
Because unlike me , you live your life with that whiteness mindset that I mentioned at the beginning of this article .
You and I are not the same .
I refuse and denounce that same whiteness that led to the wholesale slaughter of our people and the colonization of our lands .
Latinos who side with colonialists are traitors to our respective cultures now just as you would have @ @ @ @ @ @ @ from history .
James Fulford writes : This is clearly an example of the `` Flight from White '' .
Young white people are taught that whites are evil , and know that non-whites have all kinds of privileges , so they want to escape being white .
Mediocre Latinos who act like they 're White espousing anti-Black and anti-Latino sentiments do more harm within the Latino community than any white supremacist ever could due to their proximity to other Latinos .
Light-skinned Latinos are n't White .
They are wannabes .
Fight @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ExtremeArturo ) September 2 , 2020 The inescapable fact is that Spain is a European country full of white people , and thus having a `` z '' or `` o '' on the end of your name does n't make you colored .
Mexico , the country immediately to the south of the US , is about 90 percent mestizo or Indian , 10 percent white , which is why we tend to associate Mexican immigrants with a non-white minority , but not only is Spain white , many Mexicans in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Spanish , or descended from other European immigrants .
Here 's a list of previous articles on this theme : • A Pennsylvania Reader Wonders Why White Hispanics Like Cruz And Rubio Identify With Mexicans • A Reader Says White Hispanics ( Like Ted Cruz And Marco Rubio ) Are n't Really Part Of The “ Hispanic Vote ” • Marco Rubio 's Response—in English and Cuban Spanish—Will it Win Over Mexican-Americans ?
• Memo From Middle America | Hispanic Voter On Rubio : “ He ’ s Cuban .
I ’ m @ @ @ @ @ @ @ American ” ? )
• Benedict Rubio : Who Is Marco Rubio Betraying , And Who Is He Supposed To Be Loyal To ?
• The Fulford File | Rubio , Republicans , “ Our New Spanish-Speaking Overlords , ” And How To Fight Creeping Bilingualism • Spanish Embassy Neither Woke Nor Ashamed : Protests Descration Of Junipero Serra , Cervantes , Etc .
• More People Who Don ` t Know That Spaniards Are White • Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Racism In Spain ?
Are You Kidding ?

Re: Leon H. Wolf Thinks Cubans Like Cruz And Rubio Are "Brown People"
From: A Cuban-American Reader [Email him]
First of all, let me thank you for acknowledging the fact that numerous so-called "Hispanics" are indeed white in your many articles published on VDARE.com (I can't begin to explain how frustrated I feel at the stupidity of individuals who imply or directly state that people such as Ted Cruz or Marco Rubio are POC/nonwhite), now with that being said, check out the laughably ignorant nonsense spewed by Arturo Domínguez ( First of all, let me thank you for acknowledging the fact that numerous so-called "Hispanics" are indeed white in your many articles published on VDARE.com (I can't begin to explain how frustrated I feel at the stupidity of individuals who imply or directly state that people such as Ted Cruz or Marco Rubio are POC/nonwhite), now with that being said, check out the laughably ignorant nonsense spewed by Arturo Domínguez ( Twitter profile pic at right ), the author of this piece and consider penning an article refuting it.
There is no such thing as a White Latino. I am a light-skinned Latino. I am not white. Whiteness isn’t just based on skin color. It’s a mindset. A thought process based on the superiority within American and Western European societies. Whiteness is not welcoming to people like me despite my looks. My last name doesn’t allow me all of the privileges White America enjoys. My appearance, however, can sometimes prevent me from being profiled by police, that is, until they run my plates and/or see my name. ... If you’re a light-skinned Latino like me, and the mentality of white supremacy circulates in your feeble mind, just refer to yourself as white. Because unlike me, you live your life with that whiteness mindset that I mentioned at the beginning of this article. You and I are not the same. I refuse and denounce that same whiteness that led to the wholesale slaughter of our people and the colonization of our lands. Latinos who side with colonialists are traitors to our respective cultures now just as you would have been when our ancestors were nearly erased from history. [White Latinos Don’t Exist, Wannabes Do (OPINION), by Arturo Domínguez, Latino Rebels, September 2, 2020]
James Fulford writes: This is clearly an example of the "Flight from White". Young white people are taught that whites are evil, and know that non-whites have all kinds of privileges, so they want to escape being white.
Mediocre Latinos who act like they're White espousing anti-Black and anti-Latino sentiments do more harm within the Latino community than any white supremacist ever could due to their proximity to other Latinos. Light-skinned Latinos aren't White. They are wannabes. Fight me. 👊🏾 — Arturo Dominguez 🇨🇺🇺🇲 (@ExtremeArturo) September 2, 2020
The inescapable fact is that Spain is a European country full of white people, and thus having a "z" or "o" on the end of your name doesn't make you colored.
Mexico, the country immediately to the south of the US, is about 90 percent mestizo or Indian, 10 percent white, which is why we tend to associate Mexican immigrants with a non-white minority, but not only is Spain white, many Mexicans in Mexico's ruling class are either pure Spanish, or descended from other European immigrants.
Here's a list of previous articles on this theme:


vdare--2020-09-03--Edison as Meta-Inventor: It Wasn't A White Man Who Invented The Light-Bulb, It Was A TEAM Of White M

Edison as Meta-Inventor: It Wasn't A White Man Who Invented The Light-Bulb, It Was A TEAM Of White Men Who Invented The Light-Bulb

With Joe Biden announcing in Kenosha today that “ A Black man invented the light bulb , not a white guy named Edison , ” ( seriously , Joe said that ) , it ’ s worth remarking upon Edison ’ s central role in the history of invention .
If I took more time I could find a more authoritative-sounding source than TV Tropes , but this gets the point across : More important than the things he invented though was the technique he developed for it .
After a fashion ( James Burke did ) , you could @ @ @ @ @ @ @ came up with the modern R & D cycle , which consists of ( as Burke put it ) : Identify a market , get backing before you start , publicize it ahead of time so the public is wiling to pay for it , and plough back the profits into making more inventions .
He also developed the world 's first real R & D team—his numerous and largely unsung assistants , working hard on inventions for which Edison would get all the credit ( eventually , he had the sense to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ about which see below ) ; before this , invention was usually one guy or a few , and it was n't their only job .
One of the points of the once-famous story of Edison inventing the lightbulb was that the Edison laboratory had the scale and scope of workforce to make a massive effort to find the optimal material for the filament .
From Amusing Planet : Edison continued to experiment with different organic materials which he carbonized in his laboratory .
He contacted biologists and had them send different plant @ @ @ @ @ @ @ his workers to different places around the globe looking for the perfect material .
Edison estimated that he “ tested no fewer than 6,000 vegetable growths , and ransacked the world for the most suitable filament material.
” One of Edison ’ s workers , William H. Moore , sent him samples from a bamboo grove growing near the Iwashimizu Hachiman Shrine in Kyoto in 1880 .
As Tesla pointed out , Edison ’ s weakness as an inventor was that he wasn ’ t a theoretician , so he often had to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ men round up 6,000 different kinds of plant ( Edisonian science ) .
But the point is that Edison had a huge team of talented men working on projects , which is not something that was common before him in the history of research and development .

Earlier: Joe Biden: A Black Man Invented the Light Bulb, Not a White Guy Named Edison.
With Joe Biden announcing in Kenosha today that “A Black man invented the light bulb, not a white guy named Edison” (seriously, Joe said that), it’s worth remarking upon Edison’s central role in the history of invention. If I took more time I could find a more authoritative-sounding source than TV Tropes, but this gets the point across:
More important than the things he invented though was the technique he developed for it. After a fashion (James Burke did), you could say that Edison invented inventing. He came up with the modern R&D cycle, which consists of (as Burke put it): Identify a market, get backing before you start, publicize it ahead of time so the public is willing to pay for it, and plough back the profits into making more inventions. He also developed the world's first real R&D team—his numerous and largely unsung assistants, working hard on inventions for which Edison would get all the credit (eventually, he had the sense to start crediting things to his corporation, about which see below); before this, invention was usually one guy or a few, and it wasn't their only job.
One of the points of the once-famous story of Edison inventing the lightbulb was that the Edison laboratory had the scale and scope of workforce to make a massive effort to find the optimal material for the filament. From Amusing Planet:
Edison continued to experiment with different organic materials which he carbonized in his laboratory. He contacted biologists and had them send different plant fibers from the tropics. He sent his workers to different places around the globe looking for the perfect material. Edison estimated that he “tested no fewer than 6,000 vegetable growths, and ransacked the world for the most suitable filament material.” One of Edison’s workers, William H. Moore, sent him samples from a bamboo grove growing near the Iwashimizu Hachiman Shrine in Kyoto in 1880.
As Tesla pointed out, Edison’s weakness as an inventor was that he wasn’t a theoretician, so he often had to use brute force techniques like having his men round up 6,000 different kinds of plant (Edisonian science). But the point is that Edison had a huge team of talented men working on projects, which is not something that was common before him in the history of research and development.
[Comment at Unz.com]


vdare--2020-09-03--Joe Biden: A Black Man Invented the Light Bulb, Not a White Guy Named Edison.

“ I can not guarantee everything gets solved in four years , but I guarantee you one thing , it will be a whole heck of a lot better , ” he promised about his planned presidency .
“ We will move a lot further down the road , ” he urged , citing for example : “ Why in God ’ s name don ’ t we teach history in history classes ?
A black man invented the light bulb .
not a white guy named Edison .
Okay ?
There ’ s so much .
Did anybody know @ @ @ @ @ @ @ hard to educate Americans about Lewis Howard Latimer , ranking him third all-time when you search for “ American inventors.
” What did the Wright Brothers ever do ?
Eight of the top ten American inventors , according to Google are black and Alexander Graham Bell looks from his portrait like he might be black : But Edison is still # 1 , so we all have more work to do to abolish the system of White Supremacy in which Thomas Edison is considered America ’ s most important inventor , such as @ @ @ @ @ @ @ yet on whether Biden condemned Brussels Sprouts or said the King of Belgium was worse than Hitler after being Sproutpilled during his meeting today with notorious anti-Sproutite Jacob Blake Sr .
Strikingly , if you go to Google.MX , Google ’ s Spanish-language Mexican subsidiary and search for “ inventores Americanos , ” you get … ten white guys !

From Real Clear Politics:
“I cannot guarantee everything gets solved in four years, but I guarantee you one thing, it will be a whole heck of a lot better,” he promised about his planned presidency. “We will move a lot further down the road,” he urged, citing for example: “Why in God’s name don’t we teach history in history classes? A black man invented the light bulb. not a white guy named Edison. Okay? There’s so much. Did anybody know?”
Scrappy underdog Google is working hard to educate Americans about Lewis Howard Latimer, ranking him third all-time when you search for “American inventors.” What did the Wright Brothers ever do? Eight of the top ten American inventors, according to Google, are black and Alexander Graham Bell looks from his portrait like he might be black:
But Edison is still #1, so we all have more work to do to abolish the system of White Supremacy in which Thomas Edison is considered America’s most important inventor, such as by voting for Joe.
No word yet on whether Biden condemned Brussels Sprouts or said the King of Belgium was worse than Hitler after being Sproutpilled during his meeting today with notorious anti-Sproutite Jacob Blake Sr.
Strikingly, if you go to Google.MX, Google’s Spanish-language Mexican subsidiary and search for “inventores Americanos,” you get … ten white guys!


vdare--2020-09-03--White Jewish Professor Pretends for Years to be Puerto Rican: Did She Do It for the Affirmative Acti

White Jewish Professor Pretends for Years to be Puerto Rican: Did She Do It for the Affirmative Action or for the Giant Hoop Earrings?

Earlier , by John Derbyshire : Why Are Non-Blacks Passing As Black ?
Black Privilege !
As I ’ ve often mentioned , unlike in Brazil where controversies are routine over whether a person applying for affirmative action preferences is just a white person with a tan and fluffed up hair , white Americans so seldom cheat on quotas for blacks that it ’ s a huge national scandal every time one example turns up .
For example , there was Rachel Dolezal back in 2015 .
And now there is Jessica A. Krug , an associate professor of history @ @ @ @ @ @ @ African and Caribbean history , who today admitted she ’ s really just a white Jewish woman from the Kansas City suburbs : The Truth , and the Anti-Black Violence of My Lies Jessica A. Krug For the better part of my adult life , every move I ’ ve made , every relationship I ’ ve formed , has been rooted in the napalm toxic soil of lies .
*** To an escalating degree over my adult life , I have eschewed my lived experience as a white Jewish child in suburban @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a Blackness that I had no right to claim : first North African Blackness , then US rooted Blackness , then Caribbean rooted Bronx Blackness .
I have not only claimed these identities as my own when I had absolutely no right to do so — when doing so is the very epitome of violence “ You keep using that word .
I do not think it means what you think it means.
” , of thievery and appropriation , of the myriad ways in which non-Black people continue to use and abuse @ @ @ @ @ @ @ have formed intimate relationships with loving , compassionate people who have trusted and cared for me when I have deserved neither trust nor caring .
People have fought together with me and have fought for me , and my continued appropriation of a Black Caribbean identity is not only , in the starkest terms , wrong — unethical , immoral , anti-Black , colonial — but it means that every step I ’ ve taken has gaslighted those whom I love .
Intention never matters more than impact .
To say that I @ @ @ @ @ @ @ health demons for my entire life , as both an adult and child , is obvious .
There is so much white Privilege in America that a mentally ill white got tenure ( I think ? )
at an extremely expensive college right next to the White House by pretending to be Puerto Rican .
( From the Washington Post : “ In an essay published on Essence about the Puerto Rican uprising against its governor in 2019 , Krug said she was a ‘ boricua , ’ a term used for Puerto @ @ @ @ @ @ @ explain why I assumed a false identity initially , as a youth , and why I continued and developed it for so long ; the mental health professionals from whom I have been so belatedly seeking help assure me that this is a common response to some of the severe trauma that marked my early childhood and teen years .
But mental health issues can never , will never , neither explain nor justify , neither condone nor excuse , that , in spite of knowing and regularly critiquing any and every non-Black @ @ @ @ @ @ @ my false identity was crafted entirely from the fabric of Black lives .
That I claimed belonging with living people and ancestors to whom and for whom my being is always a threat at best and a death sentence at worst .
I am not a culture vulture .
I am a culture leech .
… And I believe in cancel culture as a necessary and righteous tool for those with less structural power to wield against those with more power .
I should absolutely be cancelled .
No .
I don ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , because I believe we must name power .
So .
You should absolutely cancel me , and I absolutely cancel myself .
… My politics are as they have ever been , and those politics condemn me in the loudest and most unyielding terms .
*** I have built my life on a violent anti-Black lie , and I have lied in every breath I have taken .
One interesting thing is that she pretended to be Puerto Rican , but her whole apology is to blacks , who rank higher on @ @ @ @ @ @ @ have no identity outside of this .
I have never developed one .
I have to figure out how to be a person that I don ’ t believe should exist , and how , as that person , to even begin to heal any of the harm that I ’ ve caused .
No white person , no non-Black person , has the right to claim proximity to or belonging in a Black community by virtue of abuse , trauma , non-acceptance , and non-belonging in a white community .
Also , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , but I like this picture of Jess at the Frederick Douglass Book Awards talking to somebody who appears to be Brad Pitt in blackface playing Samuel L. Jackson in Quentin Tarantino ’ s exceedingly transgressive next movie .
The abuse within and alienation from my birth family and society are no one ’ s burden but my own , and mine alone to address .
Black people and Black communities have no obligation to harbor the refuse of non-Black societies .
I have done this .
I know it is wrong and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ have not lived a double life .
There is no parallel form of my adulthood connected to white people or a white community or an alternative white identity .
I have lived this lie , fully , completely , with no exit plan or strategy .
I have built only this life , a life within which I have operated with a radical sense of ethics , of right and wrong , and with rage , rooted in Black power , an ideology which every person should support , but to which I @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
… Okay , so she ’ s a white Jewish lady from the suburbs who pretended to Puerto Rican for years but still wound up a leftist college professor .
I guess genes do matter , no matter how big the hoop earrings you wear ?
As always in these rare case , black ladies on Twitter are outraged at the white woman trying to steal their Black Privilege .

Earlier, by John Derbyshire: Why Are Non-Blacks Passing As Black? Black Privilege!
As I’ve often mentioned, unlike in Brazil where controversies are routine over whether a person applying for affirmative action preferences is just a white person with a tan and fluffed up hair, white Americans so seldom cheat on quotas for blacks that it’s a huge national scandal every time one example turns up.
I call it the Affirmative Action Honor System.
For example, there was Rachel Dolezal back in 2015. And now there is Jessica A. Krug, an associate professor of history at George Washington U., specializing in African and Caribbean history, who today admitted she’s really just a white Jewish woman from the Kansas City suburbs:
She’d make a good Tracey Ullman character: a Jewish academic pretending to be a Jessica Lopez-style Boricuan.
The Truth, and the Anti-Black Violence of My Lies
Jessica A. Krug Sep 3 · 5 min read For the better part of my adult life, every move I’ve made, every relationship I’ve formed, has been rooted in the napalm toxic soil of lies. Not just any lies. ***
To an escalating degree over my adult life, I have eschewed my lived experience as a white Jewish child in suburban Kansas City under various assumed identities within a Blackness that I had no right to claim: first North African Blackness, then US rooted Blackness, then Caribbean rooted Bronx Blackness. I have not only claimed these identities as my own when I had absolutely no right to do so — when doing so is the very epitome of violence
“You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.”
, of thievery and appropriation, of the myriad ways in which non-Black people continue to use and abuse Black identities and cultures — but I have formed intimate relationships with loving, compassionate people who have trusted and cared for me when I have deserved neither trust nor caring. People have fought together with me and have fought for me, and my continued appropriation of a Black Caribbean identity is not only, in the starkest terms, wrong — unethical, immoral, anti-Black, colonial — but it means that every step I’ve taken has gaslighted those whom I love. Intention never matters more than impact. To say that I clearly have been battling some unaddressed mental health demons for my entire life, as both an adult and child, is obvious.
There is so much white Privilege in America that a mentally ill white got tenure (I think?) at an extremely expensive college right next to the White House by pretending to be Puerto Rican. (From the Washington Post: “In an essay published on Essence about the Puerto Rican uprising against its governor in 2019, Krug said she was a ‘boricua,’ a term used for Puerto Ricans.”)
Mental health issues likely explain why I assumed a false identity initially, as a youth, and why I continued and developed it for so long; the mental health professionals from whom I have been so belatedly seeking help assure me that this is a common response to some of the severe trauma that marked my early childhood and teen years. But mental health issues can never, will never, neither explain nor justify, neither condone nor excuse, that, in spite of knowing and regularly critiquing any and every non-Black person who appropriates from Black people, my false identity was crafted entirely from the fabric of Black lives. That I claimed belonging with living people and ancestors to whom and for whom my being is always a threat at best and a death sentence at worst. I am not a culture vulture. I am a culture leech. … And I believe in cancel culture as a necessary and righteous tool for those with less structural power to wield against those with more power. I should absolutely be cancelled. No. I don’t write in passive voice, ever, because I believe we must name power. So. You should absolutely cancel me, and I absolutely cancel myself. … My politics are as they have ever been, and those politics condemn me in the loudest and most unyielding terms. ***
I have built my life on a violent anti-Black lie, and I have lied in every breath I have taken.
One interesting thing is that she pretended to be Puerto Rican, but her whole apology is to blacks, who rank higher on the intersectional altar of worship.
I have no identity outside of this. I have never developed one. I have to figure out how to be a person that I don’t believe should exist, and how, as that person, to even begin to heal any of the harm that I’ve caused. *** No white person, no non-Black person, has the right to claim proximity to or belonging in a Black community by virtue of abuse, trauma, non-acceptance, and non-belonging in a white community.
Also, race does not exist!
Off topic, but I like this picture of Jess at the Frederick Douglass Book Awards talking to somebody who appears to be Brad Pitt in blackface playing Samuel L. Jackson in Quentin Tarantino’s exceedingly transgressive next movie.
The abuse within and alienation from my birth family and society are no one’s burden but my own, and mine alone to address. Black people and Black communities have no obligation to harbor the refuse of non-Black societies. I have done this. I know it is wrong and I have done this anyway. *** I have not lived a double life. There is no parallel form of my adulthood connected to white people or a white community or an alternative white identity. I have lived this lie, fully, completely, with no exit plan or strategy. I have built only this life, a life within which I have operated with a radical sense of ethics, of right and wrong, and with rage, rooted in Black power, an ideology which every person should support, but to which I have no possible claim as my own. … WRITTEN BY Jessica A. Krug
Okay, so she’s a white Jewish lady from the suburbs who pretended to Puerto Rican for years but still wound up a leftist college professor. I guess genes do matter, no matter how big the hoop earrings you wear?
As always in these rare cases, black ladies on Twitter are outraged at the white woman trying to steal their Black Privilege.
[Comment at Unz.com]


vdare--2020-09-03--Patrick J. Buchanan: Why DC Statehood Is a Suicidal Gamble

When U.S. cities erupted after the death of George Floyd , D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser was in the vanguard of the protests , renaming a section of downtown Black Lives Matter Plaza , and painting the name in letters on the street so huge they could be seen from space .
Thursday , however , Bowser awoke to those same BLM protesters yelling outside her home , denouncing a `` D.C. police murder of a Black Man , '' and demanding the mayor fire Police Chief Peter Newsham .
18-year-old Deon Kay had been shot and killed Wednesday afternoon in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ was the fifth shooting by D.C. cops this year , it was the first fatality .
There have been 130 other homicides in D.C. in 2020 , mostly of Black folks that involved other Black folks , and not the cops .
`` We believe the suspect had a gun at the time , '' Newsham told reporters .
Witnesses challenged the chief 's claim .
But this is only the latest problem bedeviling Bowser .
While she has been blaming `` outside agitators '' for the mayhem in the city , the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the 541 people arrested for riot-related crimes were residents of D.C. , Maryland or Virginia .
On Tuesday , the mayor 's office made national news by releasing a list [ PDF ] of monuments and memorials in Washington that should be `` removed , replaced or contextualized . ''
Among them are the Washington Monument , the Jefferson Memorial and Columbus ' statue at Union Station .
The name of Alexander Graham Bell should be erased from Bell Multicultural High School , Bowser 's working group said .
Like Winston Churchill and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of the telephone believed in eugenics .
Presidents James Madison , author of the Constitution , John Tyler , who annexed Texas , and Zachary Taylor , who led the U.S. army to victory in the Mexican-American War , are also candidates for having their memorials and monuments `` replaced , removed or contextualized . ''
Woodrow Wilson 's name should be removed from Wilson High , and the names of Founding Father Ben Franklin and author of the national anthem Francis Scott Key should be erased from buildings named in their honor @ @ @ @ @ @ @ nonvoting representative in Congress , explained that the working group formed by Bowers to look into monuments and memorials did not mean the statues were to be pulled down but that plaques should be added informing visitors that these sites are dedicated to men who had a perverted view of human rights .
Norton wants the Emancipation Proclamation statue featuring Abe Lincoln and an unshackled slave , unveiled at an 1876 ceremony attended by President Grant , at which Frederick Douglass spoke , removed .
She also wants the statue of Andrew Jackson @ @ @ @ @ @ @ it was General Jackson who saved the Union from being torn apart at the 1815 Battle of New Orleans , while the defenders of Washington and the White House fled from the attacking British , letting the nation 's capital be burned in August of 1814 .
D.C. officials are today running away from the plans of the mayor 's working group , but those plans testify powerfully to what an act of folly and a capitulation to political correctness it would be for the Congress to vote statehood for D.C. , as @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
D.C. is unrepresentative of America and undeserving in any way to be raised to statehood .
Since given the franchise 60 years ago , it has never voted Republican for president .
Its three electoral votes have gone to the Democrats in every election since LBJ in '64 .
Republican nominee Donald Trump got 4 % of the D.C. vote .
Hillary Clinton got 90 % , a margin of 22-1 .
Moreover , D.C. has a smaller population than 19 other American cities and is smaller in geographic size than 150 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ our smallest state , is geographically 20 times the size of D.C .
The D.C. government has been in the headlines countless times for personal scandals and financial crises .
One four-term mayor , Marion Barry , was sent to prison and returned to be reelected to office .
As for D.C. public schools , the problem is not that they are named for presidents but that they produce some of the lowest test scores in the nation .
More significant , as the protests , attended by riots since May , have @ @ @ @ @ @ @ hostile province when a Republican is in the White House , is the domicile of a permanent regime of leftist and radical media , tens of thousands of federal and city bureaucrats , lawyers and lobbyists , all yoked to big government .
As the `` peaceful protests '' of June and July showed , with Georgetown sacked and statues demolished , D.C. 's government is an incompetent custodian of the nation 's historic monuments and memorials , and incapable of protecting the White House .
What does Joe Biden , who approved @ @ @ @ @ @ @ soldiers , generals and statesmen , think of D.C. 's scheme to `` remove , replace or contextualize '' the statues of so many men who held the office he now seeks ?
Patrick J. Buchanan needs no introduction to VDARE.COM readers ; his books State of Emergency : The Third World Invasion and Conquest of America , and Suicide of a Superpower : Will America Survive to 2025 ?
are available from Amazon.com .
Patrick J. Buchanan is the author of “ The Greatest Comeback : How Richard Nixon Rose From Defeat @ @ @ @ @ @ @ latest book , published May , 2018 , is “ Nixon ’ s White House Wars : The Battles That Made and Broke a President and Divided America Forever.
” See Peter Brimelow ’ s review : “ Wheel And Fight ” —Pat Buchanan ’ s Nixon Book Provides Road Map For Trump .

Earlier: The Great Replacement: Washington, DC—From 75% White To "Chocolate City"
When U.S. cities erupted after the death of George Floyd, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser was in the vanguard of the protests, renaming a section of downtown Black Lives Matter Plaza, and painting the name in letters on the street so huge they could be seen from space.
Thursday, however, Bowser awoke to those same BLM protesters yelling outside her home, denouncing a "D.C. police murder of a Black Man," and demanding the mayor fire Police Chief Peter Newsham.
18-year-old Deon Kay had been shot and killed Wednesday afternoon in an encounter with cops. While this was the fifth shooting by D.C. cops this year, it was the first fatality.
There have been 130 other homicides in D.C. in 2020, mostly of Black folks that involved other Black folks, and not the cops.
"We believe the suspect had a gun at the time," Newsham told reporters. Witnesses challenged the chief's claim.
But this is only the latest problem bedeviling Bowser.
While she has been blaming "outside agitators" for the mayhem in the city, the Washington Times reports that 82% of the 541 people arrested for riot-related crimes were residents of D.C., Maryland or Virginia.
On Tuesday, the mayor's office made national news by releasing a list [PDF] of monuments and memorials in Washington that should be "removed, replaced or contextualized." Among them are the Washington Monument, the Jefferson Memorial and Columbus' statue at Union Station.
The name of Alexander Graham Bell should be erased from Bell Multicultural High School, Bowser's working group said. Like Winston Churchill and Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes, the inventor of the telephone believed in eugenics.
Presidents James Madison, author of the Constitution, John Tyler, who annexed Texas, and Zachary Taylor, who led the U.S. army to victory in the Mexican-American War, are also candidates for having their memorials and monuments "replaced, removed or contextualized."
Woodrow Wilson's name should be removed from Wilson High, and the names of Founding Father Ben Franklin and author of the national anthem Francis Scott Key should be erased from buildings named in their honor.
Eleanor Holmes Norton, the D.C. nonvoting representative in Congress, explained that the working group formed by Bowers to look into monuments and memorials did not mean the statues were to be pulled down but that plaques should be added informing visitors that these sites are dedicated to men who had a perverted view of human rights.
Norton wants the Emancipation Proclamation statue featuring Abe Lincoln and an unshackled slave, unveiled at an 1876 ceremony attended by President Grant, at which Frederick Douglass spoke, removed. She also wants the statue of Andrew Jackson in Lafayette Square removed.
Yet, it was General Jackson who saved the Union from being torn apart at the 1815 Battle of New Orleans, while the defenders of Washington and the White House fled from the attacking British, letting the nation's capital be burned in August of 1814.
D.C. officials are today running away from the plans of the mayor's working group, but those plans testify powerfully to what an act of folly and a capitulation to political correctness it would be for the Congress to vote statehood for D.C., as Nancy Pelosi's House did this year.
D.C. is unrepresentative of America and undeserving in any way to be raised to statehood. Since given the franchise 60 years ago, it has never voted Republican for president. Its three electoral votes have gone to the Democrats in every election since LBJ in '64. Republican nominee Donald Trump got 4% of the D.C. vote. Hillary Clinton got 90%, a margin of 22-1.
Moreover, D.C. has a smaller population than 19 other American cities and is smaller in geographic size than 150 other U.S. cities. Rhode Island, our smallest state, is geographically 20 times the size of D.C.
The D.C. government has been in the headlines countless times for personal scandals and financial crises. One four-term mayor, Marion Barry, was sent to prison and returned to be reelected to office.
As for D.C. public schools, the problem is not that they are named for presidents but that they produce some of the lowest test scores in the nation.
More significant, as the protests, attended by riots since May, have shown, the D.C. government, a hostile province when a Republican is in the White House, is the domicile of a permanent regime of leftist and radical media, tens of thousands of federal and city bureaucrats, lawyers and lobbyists, all yoked to big government.
As the "peaceful protests" of June and July showed, with Georgetown sacked and statues demolished, D.C.'s government is an incompetent custodian of the nation's historic monuments and memorials, and incapable of protecting the White House.
What does Joe Biden, who approved of the removal of statues of Confederate soldiers, generals and statesmen, think of D.C.'s scheme to "remove, replace or contextualize" the statues of so many men who held the office he now seeks?
COPYRIGHT 2020 CREATORS.COM
Patrick J. Buchanan needs no introduction to VDARE.COM readers; his books State of Emergency: The Third World Invasion and Conquest of America, and Suicide of a Superpower: Will America Survive to 2025? are available from Amazon.com. Patrick J. Buchanan is the author of “The Greatest Comeback: How Richard Nixon Rose From Defeat to Create the New Majority.
His latest book, published May, 2018, is “Nixon’s White House Wars: The Battles That Made and Broke a President and Divided America Forever.”
See Peter Brimelow’s review: “Wheel And Fight”—Pat Buchanan’s Nixon Book Provides Road Map For Trump.


vdare--2020-09-03--August in NYC: Shootings Up 166% Over 2019, But Paul Krugman Doesn't Care

From the New York Times news section : A Violent August in N.Y.C .
: Shootings Double , and Murder Is Up by 50 % The city recorded 242 shootings in August , up from 91 last year , continuing a summer spike in gun violence that has become an issue in the presidential race .
… Since May , the city has recorded 791 shootings , a more than 140 percent increase over the same period in 2019 .
The 180 murders seen between May and August is a more than 51 percent increase compared to 2019 .
In @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in the city , compared with 91 last year , and the number of murders rose from 36 to 53 .
Accuracy is down this year , for reasons I speculate about in my new Taki ’ s column “ Just Knock It Off.
” The reduction in subway travel has probably led to more shootings as New Yorkers are stuck in their own neighborhoods where they , not surprisingly , get on each other ’ s nerves : The pandemic has also played a role , the chief said .
Feuds have @ @ @ @ @ @ @ not escape each other ’ s presence , fueling a cycle of violence , he said .
“ So we are seeing larger and larger crowds standing outside their buildings , hundreds , if not more , together and disputes occur , ” he said .
“ And that ’ s when someone pulls out a gun and starts shooting and that one shooting may begin another five or six , because of the revenge that takes place after that .
”

The political question of the day is whether Trump can win politically by hammering on a nonexistent crisis of order in America's cities. You would think not, but I'm not 100% confident 2/ — Paul Krugman (@paulkrugman) September 2, 2020
From the New York Times news section:
A Violent August in N.Y.C.: Shootings Double, and Murder Is Up by 50% The city recorded 242 shootings in August, up from 91 last year, continuing a summer spike in gun violence that has become an issue in the presidential race. By Mihir Zaveri
Sept. 2, 2020 … Since May, the city has recorded 791 shootings, a more than 140 percent increase over the same period in 2019. The 180 murders seen between May and August is a more than 51 percent increase compared to 2019. In August alone, there were 242 shootings in the city, compared with 91 last year, and the number of murders rose from 36 to 53.
Accuracy is down this year, for reasons I speculate about in my new Taki’s column “Just Knock It Off.”
The reduction in subway travel has probably led to more shootings as New Yorkers are stuck in their own neighborhoods where they, not surprisingly, get on each other’s nerves:
The pandemic has also played a role, the chief said. Feuds have festered in communities where rival gangs cannot escape each other’s presence, fueling a cycle of violence, he said. “So we are seeing larger and larger crowds standing outside their buildings, hundreds, if not more, together and disputes occur,” he said. “And that’s when someone pulls out a gun and starts shooting and that one shooting may begin another five or six, because of the revenge that takes place after that.”
[Comment at Unz.com]


vdare--2020-09-03--Sam Quinones: The End of Gangs

Sam Quinones: The End of Gangs

With crime going up in many cities , I wanted to call attention to the 2014 article “ The End of Gangs ” by Sam Quinones , author of Dreamland about the opioids disaster , in the Pacific Standard about a sizable improvement in Southern California law enforcement that I ’ ve never heard anybody else mention .
About 15 years ago , when William Bratton was top cop at the LAPD , So Cal police and prosecutors started going after gangs root and branch , rather than just trying to trim the top off the gang .
According to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ get the multitudinous law enforcement agencies in Southern California to cooperate .
The second part of the new strategy was to stop focusing just on arresting the kingpins and instead round up all at once almost all the foot soldiers on RICO charges .
The third reform was to send the gang members to federal penitentiaries in distant states where their girlfriends couldn ’ t visit them and carry messages back to the gang members on the streets .
In April 2006 , the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency ’ s public affairs office @ @ @ @ @ @ @ under the headline “ Joint Investigation Knocks-Out Two Los Angeles Area Gangs.
” Federal prosecutors had indicted dozens of members of the HLP gang in Highland Park and the East Side Wilmas in Wilmington , and the press release ended with a thick list of 25 law-enforcement agencies—federal , state , and local , from the FBI and LAPD to the Covina Police Department—whose help had been “ invaluable.
” The media covered the press release only perfunctorily , but hidden in its 996 words was another sea change in gang enforcement .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ was enacted by Congress in 1970 and best known for its use against Italian Mafia dons .
But the RICO statute had also been used a couple of times in Los Angeles in the 1990s to go after the Mexican Mafia , a notorious California prison gang that had extended its influence to the streets , where it controlled the activities of Southern California Latino gang members .
… The HLP prosecution had begun as a drug trafficking case , but the federal prosecutor , Chris Brunwin , was also finding evidence of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , and witness intimidation—the sort of criminal activity that RICO was written to combat .
So Brunwin expanded the case and charged the gang under the statute , netting 43 convictions .
The 2006 case against HLP was the first in Los Angeles to use RICO statutes on foot soldiers as well as gang leadership .
Street gangs had previously been seen as small fry , but , by the mid-2000s , “ the culture changed in terms of using this great tool , ” says Jim Trusty , chief of the U.S. @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Gang section in Washington , D.C. RICO cases also required interagency cooperation—federal budgets and wiretapping capabilities with local cops ’ knowledge .
Federal prosecutors and district attorneys began meeting , sharing information , and putting aside old turf rivalries .
Today , federal agents and local police officers routinely work together on cases .
On the day of arrests , officials—local cops , sheriffs , agents from the DEA , FBI , IRS , and others—will spend several minutes of a half-hour press conference recognizing one another ’ s cooperation .
Prosecuting street @ @ @ @ @ @ @ on kingpins .
“ ‘ Cut off the head and body dies ’ just isn ’ t true ” when it comes to Southern California street gangs , says Brunwin .
It ’ s almost as if you don ’ t need to be a criminal mastermind to be head of a gang .
“ You have to go after everyone—anyone who had anything to do with , supported , or touched the organization .
You have to have an effect on the structure , its daily operation .
The only thing that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Since 2006 , there have been more than two dozen RICO indictments in Southern California , targeting Florencia 13 , Hawaiian Gardens ( HG-13 ) , Azusa 13 , Five-Deuce Broadway Gangster Crips , Pueblo Bishop Bloods , and many more of the region ’ s most entrenched and violent gangs .
Most of the indictments have dozens of defendants ; the Florencia case had 102 , while Hawaiian Gardens , in 2009 , was one of the largest street-gang indictments in U.S. history , with 147 .
Some of these indictments once @ @ @ @ @ @ @ they ’ re so common that they no longer earn the Los Angeles Times ’ front page .
A recent RICO indictment against 41 members of the El Monte Flores gang , detailing alleged extortion , drug taxation , and race-hate crimes dating back more than a decade , didn ’ t even warrant a press conference .
… Most of the Southern California RICO prosecutions have instead swept up large numbers of street gang members .
Leaders of prison gangs like the Mexican Mafia usually aren ’ t even charged in these @ @ @ @ @ @ @ “ unindicted co-conspirators.
” “ In prosecuting the members , you make [ prison-gang leaders ] powerless , ” Brunwin says .
“ If no one ’ s out there on the street doing their work , then they ’ re just guys in cells.
” Southern California RICO cases have sent large numbers of street-gang soldiers to prisons in places like Arkansas or Indiana , where no girlfriend is coming to visit .
In California prisons , inmates usually serve only half their time before getting out on parole , but federal @ @ @ @ @ @ @ no parole .
My vague impression is that Mexican violence tends to be more organized ( e.g.
, cartels ) , black violence more disorganized ( e.g.
, unwanted party guests ) .
If you take the gang structure away from Mexicans , they tend to calm down .

With crime going up in many cities, I wanted to call attention to the 2014 article “The End of Gangs” by Sam Quinones, author of Dreamland, about the opioids disaster, in the Pacific Standard about a sizable improvement in Southern California law enforcement that I’ve never heard anybody else mention. About 15 years ago, when William Bratton was top cop at the LAPD, So Cal police and prosecutors started going after gangs root and branch, rather than just trying to trim the top off the gang.
According to Quinones, the first reform was to get the multitudinous law enforcement agencies in Southern California to cooperate.
The second part of the new strategy was to stop focusing just on arresting the kingpins and instead round up all at once almost all the foot soldiers on RICO charges.
The third reform was to send the gang members to federal penitentiaries in distant states where their girlfriends couldn’t visit them and carry messages back to the gang members on the streets.
In April 2006, the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency’s public affairs office in Los Angeles issued a press release under the headline “Joint Investigation Knocks-Out Two Los Angeles Area Gangs.” Federal prosecutors had indicted dozens of members of the HLP gang in Highland Park and the East Side Wilmas in Wilmington, and the press release ended with a thick list of 25 law-enforcement agencies—federal, state, and local, from the FBI and LAPD to the Covina Police Department—whose help had been “invaluable.” The media covered the press release only perfunctorily, but hidden in its 996 words was another sea change in gang enforcement.
The Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations statute was enacted by Congress in 1970 and best known for its use against Italian Mafia dons. But the RICO statute had also been used a couple of times in Los Angeles in the 1990s to go after the Mexican Mafia, a notorious California prison gang that had extended its influence to the streets, where it controlled the activities of Southern California Latino gang members. … The HLP prosecution had begun as a drug trafficking case, but the federal prosecutor, Chris Brunwin, was also finding evidence of insurance fraud, immigrant smuggling, extortion, and witness intimidation—the sort of criminal activity that RICO was written to combat. So Brunwin expanded the case and charged the gang under the statute, netting 43 convictions. The 2006 case against HLP was the first in Los Angeles to use RICO statutes on foot soldiers as well as gang leadership. Street gangs had previously been seen as small fry, but, by the mid-2000s, “the culture changed in terms of using this great tool,” says Jim Trusty, chief of the U.S. Justice Department’s Organized Crime and Gang section in Washington, D.C. RICO cases also required interagency cooperation—federal budgets and wiretapping capabilities with local cops’ knowledge. Federal prosecutors and district attorneys began meeting, sharing information, and putting aside old turf rivalries. Today, federal agents and local police officers routinely work together on cases. On the day of arrests, officials—local cops, sheriffs, agents from the DEA, FBI, IRS, and others—will spend several minutes of a half-hour press conference recognizing one another’s cooperation. Prosecuting street gangs has meant abandoning the previous focus on kingpins. “‘Cut off the head and body dies’ just isn’t true” when it comes to Southern California street gangs, says Brunwin.
It’s almost as if you don’t need to be a criminal mastermind to be head of a gang.
“You have to go after everyone—anyone who had anything to do with, supported, or touched the organization. You have to have an effect on the structure, its daily operation. The only thing that works is adopting a scorched-Earth policy.” Since 2006, there have been more than two dozen RICO indictments in Southern California, targeting Florencia 13, Hawaiian Gardens (HG-13), Azusa 13, Five-Deuce Broadway Gangster Crips, Pueblo Bishop Bloods, and many more of the region’s most entrenched and violent gangs. Most of the indictments have dozens of defendants; the Florencia case had 102, while Hawaiian Gardens, in 2009, was one of the largest street-gang indictments in U.S. history, with 147. Some of these indictments once provided news fodder for days. Now they’re so common that they no longer earn the Los Angeles Times’ front page. A recent RICO indictment against 41 members of the El Monte Flores gang, detailing alleged extortion, drug taxation, and race-hate crimes dating back more than a decade, didn’t even warrant a press conference. … Most of the Southern California RICO prosecutions have instead swept up large numbers of street gang members. Leaders of prison gangs like the Mexican Mafia usually aren’t even charged in these prosecutions, and are referred to as “unindicted co-conspirators.” “In prosecuting the members, you make [prison-gang leaders] powerless,” Brunwin says. “If no one’s out there on the street doing their work, then they’re just guys in cells.” Southern California RICO cases have sent large numbers of street-gang soldiers to prisons in places like Arkansas or Indiana, where no girlfriend is coming to visit. In California prisons, inmates usually serve only half their time before getting out on parole, but federal prison sentences are long and provide for no parole.
My vague impression is that Mexican violence tends to be more organized (e.g., cartels), black violence more disorganized (e.g., unwanted party guests). If you take the gang structure away from Mexicans, they tend to calm down.
[Comment at Unz.com]


vdare--2020-09-03--David Brooks Calls for Preparations for a Color Revolution Coup to Overthrow Trump

From the New York Times opinion page : What Will You Do if Trump Doesn ’ t Leave ?
Playing out the nightmare scenario .
… But a new force looms into view .
For the whole Trump era a certain sort of conservative has been cowering from the Trump onslaught .
Certain sorts of moderates and liberals have also been keeping their heads down , so they won ’ t get bitten off by the woke mobs .
But now the very existence of the Republic is at stake .
It turns out , amid the existential crisis , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ people who are militant about America , who can see reality unblinkered by the lens of partisanship , and who are finally compelled to organize .
Who are the “ sober people who are militant about America ” that David is dog-whistling to ?
Could he the militant patriots he be referring to be … the military ?
They understand that , like so many American tragedies , this is largely about race .
It ’ s about the transition from a certain kind of white-dominated America to a diverse America — and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ stop it .
… If Trump claims a victory that is not rightly his , a few marches in the streets will not be an adequate response .
There may have to be a sustained campaign of civic action , as in Hong Kong and Belarus , to rally the majority that wants to preserve democracy , that isolates those who would undo it .
Two themes would have to feature in such civic action .
The first is ardent patriotism .
The country survives such a crisis only if most people ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ fury that will threaten to envelop us .
The second is the preservation of constitutional order .
Through epic acts of self-discipline , the nonviolent civil rights marchers in the 1960s forced their foes to reveal that if there were to be any violence and anarchy , it would come from the foes .
… Yeah , sure , Dave , lotsa luck with that as we ’ ve seen since Memorial Day with all your Peaceful Protests .
The process of mobilizing for an accurate election outcome , before it is too @ @ @ @ @ @ @ preserve the order of our civic structure against the myriad foes who talk blithely about tearing down systems , disorder and disruption .
It may be how we rediscover our nation again .
It ’ s time to start thinking about what you would do .
Similarly , the press has been making a huge hoopla today about Trump once implying that World War One ( not Two , One ) was pointless : The AP has confirmed the accuracy of this extraordinary article .
The White House has denied it .
It @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the military .
A recent Army Times poll showed declining support for him .
https : //t.co/4Qs6B91T8a — Andrea Mitchell ( @ mitchellreports ) September 4 , 2020 Is the point of this giant whoop-tee-doo in the media today over Trump disrespecting WWI dough-boys is to lay the groundwork for a military coup in case that proves needful ?
People , can we calm down and back off ?

From the New York Times opinion page:
What Will You Do if Trump Doesn’t Leave?
Playing out the nightmare scenario. By David Brooks
Opinion Columnist Sept. 3, 2020, 7:46 p.m. ET … But a new force looms into view. For the whole Trump era a certain sort of conservative has been cowering from the Trump onslaught. Certain sorts of moderates and liberals have also been keeping their heads down, so they won’t get bitten off by the woke mobs. But now the very existence of the Republic is at stake. It turns out, amid the existential crisis, there really is a group of sober people who are militant about America, who can see reality unblinkered by the lens of partisanship, and who are finally compelled to organize.
Who are the “sober people who are militant about America” that David is dog-whistling to? Could he the militant patriots he be referring to be … the military?
They understand that, like so many American tragedies, this is largely about race. It’s about the transition from a certain kind of white-dominated America to a diverse America — and the people who will do anything to stop it. … If Trump claims a victory that is not rightly his, a few marches in the streets will not be an adequate response. There may have to be a sustained campaign of civic action, as in Hong Kong and Belarus, to rally the majority that wants to preserve democracy, that isolates those who would undo it. Two themes would have to feature in such civic action. The first is ardent patriotism. The country survives such a crisis only if most people’s love of nation overwhelms the partisan fury that will threaten to envelop us. The second is the preservation of constitutional order. Through epic acts of self-discipline, the nonviolent civil rights marchers in the 1960s forced their foes to reveal that if there were to be any violence and anarchy, it would come from the foes. …
Yeah, sure, Dave, lotsa luck with that as we’ve seen since Memorial Day with all your Peaceful Protests.
The process of mobilizing for an accurate election outcome, before it is too late, would be a struggle to preserve the order of our civic structure against the myriad foes who talk blithely about tearing down systems, disorder and disruption. It may be how we rediscover our nation again. It’s time to start thinking about what you would do.
Similarly, the press has been making a huge hoopla today about Trump once implying that World War One (not Two, One) was pointless:
The AP has confirmed the accuracy of this extraordinary article. The White House has denied it. It could shatter perceptions of the President among the military. A recent Army Times poll showed declining support for him. https://t.co/4Qs6B91T8a — Andrea Mitchell (@mitchellreports) September 4, 2020
Is the point of this giant whoop-tee-doo in the media today over Trump disrespecting WWI dough-boys is to lay the groundwork for a military coup in case that proves needful?
People, can we calm down and back off?
[Comment at Unz.com]