vdare--2020-09-26--Amy Coney Barrett's Immigration Rulings Show The Right Spirit

President Donald Trump has officially nominated Amy Coney Barrett to fill the role on the Supreme Court made vacant by the death Ruth Ginsburg , the patroness of religion of progressivism .
The Washington Post went so far as to lament Mrs. Barrett is a “ disciple of Antonio Scalia , ” which is high praise indeed for those of us still advocating for the resurrection of the rule of law to benefit the Historic America Nation .
To WaPo , being a “ disciple of Scalia ” is a vice ; to us , it ’ s a virtue @ @ @ @ @ @ @ on the issue of most important to VDARE readers , immigration ?
Well , she only has a few rulings , but one of them is worthy of praise : Barrett has two recent opinions regarding the issue of immigration .
She authored the dissenting opinion in the case Cook County v. Wolf in June 2020 .
The 7th Circuit ’ s decision temporarily barred the Trump Administration from imposing new rules that would exclude potential immigrants from green cards if they were likely to require public assistance .
Barrett ’ s dissenting @ @ @ @ @ @ @ action and argued that Cook County , Illinois ’ definition of public charge was too narrow and was not supported by law .
The 2nd Circuit Court subsequently lifted that ban in September 2020 .
Before that , Barrett wrote the majority opinion in the 2019 case Yafai v. Pompeo .
Barrett ruled that the wife of a U.S. citizen could not challenge the denial of her visa application by a consular officer , who suspected the wife of child smuggling .
Barrett ’ s time on the appellate court has been short @ @ @ @ @ @ @ long record of immigration decisions .
That said , her two rulings indicate that she supports the legality of President Trump ’ s public charge ruling and the independence of consular officers to reject immigration petitions without obtrusive review from activists .
While her nomination is far from guaranteed the frontrunner at this time has two rulings on immigration , one of which defended the new public charge rule , one of the Trump administration ’ s successful attempts to reform our country ’ s immigration system .
Mrs. Barrett has five biological @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
She is 48-years-old and already attacked by Jeff Bezo ’ s owned-paper as a “ disciple of Scalia.
” If she is truly prepared to be a judge in the similar vein to the late Scalia , positive things could happen for immigration patriots and the Historic American Nation .

President Donald Trump has officially nominated Amy Coney Barrett to fill the role on the Supreme Court made vacant by the death of Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the patroness of the religion of progressivism. The Washington Post went so far as to lament Mrs. Barrett as a “disciple of Antonio Scalia,” which is high praise indeed for those of us still advocating for the resurrection of the rule of law to benefit the Historic American Nation.
To WaPo, being a “disciple of Scalia” is a vice; to us, it’s a virtue.
So where does Mrs. Barrett stand on the issue of most important to VDARE readers, immigration? Well, she only has a few rulings, but one of them is worthy of praise:
Barrett has two recent opinions regarding the issue of immigration. She authored the dissenting opinion in the case Cook County v. Wolf in June 2020. The 7th Circuit’s decision temporarily barred the Trump Administration from imposing new rules that would exclude potential immigrants from green cards if they were likely to require public assistance. Barrett’s dissenting opinion supported the Trump Administration’s action and argued that Cook County, Illinois’ definition of public charge was too narrow and was not supported by law. The 2nd Circuit Court subsequently lifted that ban in September 2020. Before that, Barrett wrote the majority opinion in the 2019 case Yafai v. Pompeo. Barrett ruled that the wife of a U.S. citizen could not challenge the denial of her visa application by a consular officer, who suspected the wife of child smuggling. Barrett’s time on the appellate court has been short, and subsequently does not have a long record of immigration decisions. That said, her two rulings indicate that she supports the legality of President Trump’s public charge ruling and the independence of consular officers to reject immigration petitions without obtrusive review from activists. While her nomination is far from guaranteed the frontrunner at this time has two rulings on immigration, one of which defended the new public charge rule, one of the Trump administration’s successful attempts to reform our country’s immigration system.
Mrs. Barrett has five biological children and two adopted children from Haiti. She is 48 years old and already attacked by Jeff Bezo’s owned-paper as a “disciple of Scalia.”
If she is truly prepared to be a judge in the similar vein to the late Scalia, positive things could happen for immigration patriots and the Historic American Nation.


vdare--2020-09-27--Peter Brimelow On Twitter: MSM Covers Up BLM Vehicle Ramming  Attack On Trump Supporters

See also : LA TIMES : Somebody Did Something ( Tried To Murder Trump Supporters ) in Yorba Linda A @ @ @ @ @ to protect it from Twitter deletion .
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See also: LA TIMES: Somebody Did Something (Tried To Murder Trump Supporters) in Yorba Linda
A brief Twitter thread, screenshotted to protect it from Twitter deletion. Click images to go directly to articles.


vdare--2020-09-27--Billionaires of Color Are Not White-Adjacent

As the @ latimes ’ first nonwhite owners in its nearly 139-year history , my wife , Michele , and @ @ @ @ @ diversity within the organization , ” writes @ DrPatSoonShiong .
“ Only a diverse newsroom @ @ @ @ @ ’ s stories.
” https : //t.co/RiuZqsGbTs “ As a Billionaire of Color , I @ @ @ @ @ not ‘ white-adjacent ’ by using my ownership of the Los Angeles Times to run @ @ @ @ @ awful white people are.
” @ DrPatSoonShiong , tomorrow .
“ For an example of @ @ @ @ @ intend to run in ever greater abundance , see below .
”

As the @latimes ’ first nonwhite owners in its nearly 139-year history, my wife, Michele, and I are determined to increase diversity within the organization,” writes @DrPatSoonShiong . “Only a diverse newsroom can accurately tell this city’s stories.” https://t.co/RiuZqsGbTs
“As a Billionaire of Color, I will PROVE that I am not ‘white-adjacent’ by using my ownership of the Los Angeles Times to run even more stories about how awful white people are.” @DrPatSoonShiong, tomorrow.
“For an example of the quality of articles I intend to run in ever greater abundance, see below.”
[Comment at Unz.com]


vdare--2020-09-27--LA TIMES: Somebody Did Something (Tried To Murder Trump Supporters) in Yorba Linda

Above , the headline on a conservative news site .
I complain a lot about how The Establishment increasingly views the world through Stalin ’ s framework of Who ?
Whom ?
, but here ’ s an example of the mainstream media obscuring the key questions of Who ?
Whom ?
until the 10th-11th paragraphs .
If you are very clever , you might figure out who was the criminal and who were the victims by combining clues in the 2nd and 5th paragraphs , but plenty of readers will get bored before realizing what really happened and intend @ @ @ @ @ @ @ meaning : more murderous Trump Nazis ran over Peaceful Protesters .
Driver arrested on suspicion of attempted murder at Yorba Linda police brutality protest By DEBORAH NETBURN STAFF WRITER SEP. 26 , 2020 10:09 PM UPDATED 3:28 PM 1 .
A woman was arrested Saturday on suspicion of attempted murder and assault with a deadly weapon after driving her car into a crowd during a demonstration in Yorba Linda involving protesters against police brutality and counter-demonstrators , authorities said .
2 .
Tatiana Turner , 40 , of Long Beach , was being @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Center in Santa Ana in lieu of $ 1 million bail , according to jail records .
Investigators believe she was part of a group that planned the protest , the Orange County Sheriff ’ s Department said .
3 .
Two people were injured in the incident , according to Sgt .
Dennis Breckner of the Sheriff ’ s Department .
4 .
One man suffered two broken legs and was hospitalized , and one woman suffered major and moderate injuries throughout her body , he said .
5 .
The original @ @ @ @ @ @ @ police brutality , social injustice and systemic racism , according to a flier posted on Instagram by the Urban Organizers Coalition .
6 .
It was scheduled for 2 p.m. Saturday outside the Yorba Linda Library on Imperial Boulevard .
7 .
A counter-demonstration held by Trump supporters was slated to start at the same time .
The two groups faced off , with protesters on one side shouting “ Black Lives Matter , ” and their counterparts yelling “ U.S.A. , ” according to the Orange County Register .
8 .
The @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of physical confrontations between the two groups , Breckner said .
At least one person was pepper sprayed by a protester or counter-protester , the Sheriff ’ s Department said .
Authorities also received reports that someone was displaying a firearm .
9 .
Breckner estimated that there were a total of 250 people from both sides .
10 Shortly before 3 p.m. video posted on social media shows a white car driving into a group of people , many of whom were waving Trump 2020 and American flags .
11 .
“ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ hit were in the Trump support group , ” Breckner said .
Journalists used to write news stories where they crammed the Five Ws — Who , What , Where , When , and Why — into the first paragraph or even the first sentence .
But nowadays , the Five Os are more highly valued : Obfuscation , Opinion , Obscurity , Occlusion , and Opposite-orientation .

Above, the headline on a conservative news site.
I complain a lot about how The Establishment increasingly views the world through Stalin’s framework of Who? Whom?, but here’s an example of the mainstream media obscuring the key questions of Who? Whom? until the 10th–11th paragraphs.
If you are very clever, you might figure out who was the criminal and who were the victims by combining clues in the 2nd and 5th paragraphs, but plenty of readers will get bored before realizing what really happened and intend take away the newspaper’s intended meaning: more murderous Trump Nazis ran over Peaceful Protesters.
From the Los Angeles Times:
Driver arrested on suspicion of attempted murder at Yorba Linda police brutality protest
By DEBORAH NETBURN STAFF WRITER
SEP. 26, 2020 10:09 PM UPDATED 3:28 PM 1. A woman was arrested Saturday on suspicion of attempted murder and assault with a deadly weapon after driving her car into a crowd during a demonstration in Yorba Linda involving protesters against police brutality and counter-demonstrators, authorities said. 2. Tatiana Turner, 40, of Long Beach, was being held at the Orange County Jail Intake-Release Center in Santa Ana in lieu of $1 million bail, according to jail records. Investigators believe she was part of a group that planned the protest, the Orange County Sheriff’s Department said. 3. Two people were injured in the incident, according to Sgt. Dennis Breckner of the Sheriff’s Department. 4. One man suffered two broken legs and was hospitalized, and one woman suffered major and moderate injuries throughout her body, he said. 5. The original protest was advertised as a march against police brutality, social injustice and systemic racism, according to a flier posted on Instagram by the Urban Organizers Coalition. 6. It was scheduled for 2 p.m. Saturday outside the Yorba Linda Library on Imperial Boulevard. 7. A counter-demonstration held by Trump supporters was slated to start at the same time. The two groups faced off, with protesters on one side shouting “Black Lives Matter,” and their counterparts yelling “U.S.A.,” according to the Orange County Register. 8. The Sheriff’s Department received multiple reports of physical confrontations between the two groups, Breckner said. At least one person was pepper sprayed by a protester or counter-protester, the Sheriff’s Department said. Authorities also received reports that someone was displaying a firearm. 9. Breckner estimated that there were a total of 250 people from both sides. 10 Shortly before 3 p.m. video posted on social media shows a white car driving into a group of people, many of whom were waving Trump 2020 and American flags. 11. “The people in the crowd that were hit were in the Trump support group,” Breckner said.
Journalists used to write news stories where they crammed the Five Ws—Who, What, Where, When, and Why—into the first paragraph or even the first sentence.
But nowadays, the Five Os are more highly valued: Obfuscation, Opinion, Obscurity, Occlusion, and Opposite-orientation.
[Comment at Unz.com]


vdare--2020-09-26--If Retarded Immigrants Can Get Away With Murder, Maybe Try Encouraging Immigration From Less Retarde

If Retarded Immigrants Can Get Away With Murder, Maybe Try Encouraging Immigration From Less Retarded Countries

Two Hispanic immigrants , one from El Salvador , one from Mexico have been declared immune to the death penalty by Texas Court of Criminal Appeals because they are considered `` intellectually disabled '' , the latest euphemism for retarded , which was a euphemism for `` mentally defective '' which replaced ... never mind , the point is that no matter how often you change the name , it 's never going to be really popular .
Gilmar Guevara , the immigrant from El Salvador , killed two other immigrants , one from Guatemala and one from South Korea @ @ @ @ @ @ @ staffing a Houston convenience store .
Juan Lizcano , from Mexico , killed a white American police officer named Brian Jackson , right .
Brenda Walker mentioned this murder here—along with a lot of others—in 2007 , writing about : The AP , explaining how stupid Lizcano is supposed to be , says Testimony at his trial showed that Lizcano had the communication skills of a 8- to 10-year-old and was about 16 when he left school [ in Mexico ] in the 6th grade still unable to read ... .
Texas looks @ @ @ @ @ @ @ disability : IQ scores , with 70 generally considered a threshold ; an inmate ’ s ability to interact with others and care for himself or herself ; and whether evidence of deficiencies in either of those areas occurred before age 18 .
In 2004 , the Texas appeals court created additional factors , including whether an individual ’ s conduct showed leadership and whether a person could “ hide facts or lie effectively.
” Most of these allegedly retarded inmates are n't retarded at all , just dumb .
Lizcano 's sense @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that after murdering Officer Jackson he `` ran out of bullets and tossed the gun to the ground , gave up , and was taken into custody . ''
A genuinely retarded person would not have done that , or the rest of Lizcano 's career , illegally immigrating , illegally working , and illegally murdering : Drunk and angry , Lizcano had been out all night , as he was most every weekend , pounding beers at a dance club with his friends .
Convinced that his ex-girlfriend , Marta Cruz , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , a yard man , made angry cell phone calls to her before showing up at her house in the Knox-Henderson area .
It was 2 a.m .
He had a gun .
She let him inside , where he fired a shot into the ceiling before pointing the gun at her .
`` Next time , '' he told Cruz , `` it will be you . ''
Terrified for her life , Cruz called the police as Lizcano sped away in his truck .
Forty-five minutes later , the police were @ @ @ @ @ @ @ returned , still drunk , still armed .
When he saw the cops , he sprinted down an alley behind the house , firing shots at police in pursuit .
Slipping through a side yard in the darkness , Lizcano rounded a corner to find Officer Jackson with his gun drawn .
Lizcano then pulled the trigger .
The bullet bypassed the officer 's outstretched right hand , flew through the armhole of his bulletproof vest and hit him in the heart .
A million-to-one shot , it fatally wounded him .
There @ @ @ @ @ @ @ less than 70 .
In Mexico the average IQ is 86 , in El Salvador it 's 84 .
( There were no official figures for El Salvador so Lynn and Vanhanen averaged the calculations for neighboring countries . )
Many Mexicans are illiterate and 35 % of all foreign-born Latinos have no more than a sixth-grade education , according to the Economist in 2002 .
That does n't mean they should be allowed to get away with murder .
But if it does , according to the US Supreme Court and the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the government needs to stop immigration from low-IQ high-crime countries .

Earlier (2002) by Sam Francis: Are Supreme Court Justices Mentally Retarded?
Two Hispanic immigrants, one from El Salvador, one from Mexico have been declared immune to the death penalty by Texas Court of Criminal Appeals because they are considered "intellectually disabled," the latest euphemism for retarded, which was a euphemism for "mentally defective" which replaced...never mind, the point is that no matter how often you change the name, it's never going to be really popular.
Gilmar Guevara, the immigrant from El Salvador, killed two other immigrants, one from Guatemala and one from South Korea, because that's who you find staffing a Houston convenience store.
Juan Lizcano, from Mexico, killed a white American police officer named Brian Jackson, right. Brenda Walker mentioned this murder here—along with a lot of others—in 2007, writing about:
Dallas officer Brian Jackson, murdered during a domestic disturbance call. The killer was illegal Mexican Juan Lizcano, who had been previously arrested twice but allowed to remain in the country.
The AP, explaining how stupid Lizcano is supposed to be, says
Testimony at his trial showed that Lizcano had the communication skills of a 8- to 10-year-old and was about 16 when he left school [in Mexico] in the 6th grade still unable to read.... Texas looks at three main points to define intellectual disability: IQ scores, with 70 generally considered a threshold; an inmate’s ability to interact with others and care for himself or herself; and whether evidence of deficiencies in either of those areas occurred before age 18. In 2004, the Texas appeals court created additional factors, including whether an individual’s conduct showed leadership and whether a person could “hide facts or lie effectively.”
Most of these allegedly retarded inmates aren't retarded at all, just dumb.
Lizcano's sense of self-preservation is illustrated by the fact that after murdering Officer Jackson he "ran out of bullets and tossed the gun to the ground, gave up, and was taken into custody."
A genuinely retarded person would not have done that, or the rest of Lizcano's career, illegally immigrating, illegally working, and illegally murdering:
Drunk and angry, Lizcano had been out all night, as he was most every weekend, pounding beers at a dance club with his friends. Convinced that his ex-girlfriend, Marta Cruz, was sleeping with other men, Lizcano, a yard man, made angry cell phone calls to her before showing up at her house in the Knox-Henderson area. It was 2 a.m. He had a gun. She let him inside, where he fired a shot into the ceiling before pointing the gun at her. "Next time," he told Cruz, "it will be you." Terrified for her life, Cruz called the police as Lizcano sped away in his truck. Forty-five minutes later, the police were still near Cruz's house when Lizcano returned, still drunk, still armed. When he saw the cops, he sprinted down an alley behind the house, firing shots at police in pursuit. Slipping through a side yard in the darkness, Lizcano rounded a corner to find Officer Jackson with his gun drawn. Lizcano then pulled the trigger. The bullet bypassed the officer's outstretched right hand, flew through the armhole of his bulletproof vest and hit him in the heart. A million-to-one shot, it fatally wounded him.
There are whole countries where average IQ is less than 70. In Mexico the average IQ is 86, in El Salvador it's 84. (There were no official figures for El Salvador so Lynn and Vanhanen averaged the calculations for neighboring countries.)
Many Mexicans are illiterate and 35% of all foreign-born Latinos have no more than a sixth-grade education, according to the Economist in 2002.
That doesn't mean they should be allowed to get away with murder. But if it does, according to the US Supreme Court and the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals, then the government needs to stop immigration from low-IQ high-crime countries.


vdare--2020-09-27--A Reader Says Even If Donald Trump Loses, He's Transformed The Judiciary For A Generation

Even if Donald Trump loses the upcoming election , he could go down in American history as the most transformative @ @ @ @ @ Polk .
If Amy Coney Barrett is confirmed by the Senate , President Trump will @ @ @ @ @ Judiciary .
This change will likely last for a generation—or even longer .
The Democrats @ @ @ @ @ a position to reverse this progress .
Even if they take back the Senate in @ @ @ @ @ be very narrow .
This will prevent them from passing any major legislation .
Democratic @ @ @ @ @ Virginia has already stated his opposition to ending the filibuster and court-packing .
With a @ @ @ @ @ means that the Federal Judiciary will be left with making many of the important political @ @ @ @ @ Generals and conservative legal activists now have an opportunity to implement social policy outside of @ @ @ @ @ The Left did this to us for years .
We should return the favor .

Re: Amy Coney Barrett's Immigration Rulings Show The Right Spirit
From: Fabrizio Evola [Email him]
Even if Donald Trump loses the upcoming election, he could go down in American history as the most transformative one-term President since James K. Polk. If Amy Coney Barrett is confirmed by the Senate, President Trump will have fundamentally changed the Federal Judiciary. This change will likely last for a generation—or even longer.
The Democrats are unlikely to be in a position to reverse this progress. Even if they take back the Senate in 2020, the margin will be very narrow. This will prevent them from passing any major legislation. Democratic Senator Joe Manchin of West Virginia has already stated his opposition to ending the filibuster and court-packing.
With a stalled legislative agenda, this means that the Federal Judiciary will be left with making many of the important political decisions. State Republican Attorney Generals and conservative legal activists now have an opportunity to implement social policy outside of the traditional democratic process. The Left did this to us for years. We should return the favor.


vdare--2020-09-27--The Will To Judgement: Both Sides Are Pragmatic, Not Principled In The Nomination Battle

A minimum of 35 % and a maximum of 65 % of Democrats say the GOP-controlled Senate should ’ ve considered Merrick Garland in 2016 but that the GOP-controlled Senate should not consider Amy Coney Barrett now .
A minimum of 17 % and a maximum of 40 % of Republicans say the Senate was correct in not considering Obama ’ s nominee but that the Senate should consider Trump ’ s pick now : Many people will perceive these roughly half of Democrats and one-third of Republicans as hypocrites .
In charitable defense of the Democrats is the argument @ @ @ @ @ @ @ first and so what is good for the goose is good for the gander .
Additionally , Democrats can point out that while both Garland and Barrett will have been nominated “ in an election year ” –the implication being that since president Obama tried to rush his nomination , president Trump should be able to do the same–Garland ’ s election year had over nine months left in it when he was formally selected .
Barrett ’ s will barely have three months left in hers .
There was thrice as much @ @ @ @ @ @ @ be to consider Barrett .
In charitable defense of the Republicans , because they controlled the upper house then and they control it now , Democrats are demanding Republicans act against their own interests in both 2016 and 2020 while the Democrats are not required to correspondingly act against their own interests in either case .
Additionally , Republicans can point out that the Constitution does not grant predominance to the Executive in the appointment of judges–the Senate is an equal partner .
That is why historically when the Presidency and Senate have @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the nominee doesn ’ t get through while he nearly always gets confirmed when the Presidency and Senate are in the same party ’ s control .
More cynical–or perspicacious , or both–people will recognize these things for what they are : Attempts to gain power by whatever pretense is most useful for doing so in the moment .
Losers care about principles ; winners care about interests–their own and those of their supporters , that is .

A minimum of 35% and a maximum of 65% of Democrats say the GOP-controlled Senate should’ve considered Merrick Garland in 2016 but that the GOP-controlled Senate should not consider Amy Coney Barrett now. A minimum of 17% and a maximum of 40% of Republicans say the Senate was correct in not considering Obama’s nominee but that the Senate should consider Trump’s pick now:
Many people will perceive these roughly half of Democrats and one-third of Republicans as hypocrites. In charitable defense of the Democrats is the argument that the Republicans acted in bad faith first and so what is good for the goose is good for the gander. Additionally, Democrats can point out that while both Garland and Barrett will have been nominated “in an election year”—the implication being that since President Obama tried to rush his nomination, president Trump should be able to do the same—Garland’s election year had over nine months left in it when he was formally selected. Barrett’s will barely have three months left in hers. There was thrice as much time to consider Garland as there will be to consider Barrett.
In charitable defense of the Republicans, because they controlled the upper house then and they control it now, Democrats are demanding Republicans act against their own interests in both 2016 and 2020 while the Democrats are not required to correspondingly act against their own interests in either case. Additionally, Republicans can point out that the Constitution does not grant predominance to the Executive in the appointment of judges–the Senate is an equal partner. That is why historically when the Presidency and Senate have been split during an election year nomination the nominee doesn’t get through while he nearly always gets confirmed when the Presidency and Senate are in the same party’s control.
More cynical—or perspicacious, or both—people will recognize these things for what they are: attempts to gain power by whatever pretense is most useful for doing so in the moment. Losers care about principles; winners care about interest—their own and those of their supporters, that is.
[Comment at Unz.com]


vdare--2020-09-27--Stopping Fentanyl On The Border: The Border Patrol’s Fight Against the White Death

Earlier by Steve Sailer : DEATHS OF DESPAIR : Case & Deaton 's Book on the White Death Overdose deaths have been increasing for years , and most casualties are white .
The mortality rates of some white groups are now rising , and narcotics are one of the main causes .
Here are this month ’ s highlights : • September 1 , “ El Centro ” Sector , California : 10.6 pounds of meth , with an estimated value of $ 23,850 , seized .
• September 1 , Juarez-Lincoln Bridge , Texas : 4.85 pounds of meth @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , seized .
• September 2 , Puerto Rico : 174.07 pounds of cocaine seized .
Three illegal aliens from the Dominican Republic arrested .
• September 2 , Juarez-Lincoln Bridge , Texas : 10.62 pounds meth , with an estimated value of $ 212,523 , seized .
• September 3 , Starr-Camargo International Bridge , Texas : 4.76 pounds of cocaine and 2.73 pounds of meth , with an estimated value of $ 324,000 , seized .
• September 3 , Puerto Rico : 581 pounds of cocaine , with an estimated @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
• September 4 , Starr-Camargo International Bridge , Texas : 83.37 pounds of cocaine , with an estimated value of $ 642,940 , seized .
• September 5 , Hidalgo International Bridge , Texas : 69 pounds of meth , with an estimated value of $ 1,378,000 , seized .
• September 5 , “ El Centro ” Sector , California : 34.85 pounds of meth , with an estimated value of $ 78412.50 , seized .
• September 5 , Yuma Sector , Arizona : 47 pounds of meth , with @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , seized .
Mexican arrested .
• September 7 , Port of Nogales , Arizona : 89 pounds of fentanyl pills , 33 pounds of heroin and 0.5 pound of cocaine , with an estimated value of over $ 1.4 million , seized .
Mexican arrested .
• September 8 , Puerto Rico : 135 pounds of cocaine , with an estimated value of $ 1.5 million , seized .
• September 8 , Andrade , California : 88 pounds of meth and six pounds of fentanyl , with an estimated value of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 11 , “ El Centro ” Sector , California : 9.6 pounds of cocaine , with an estimated value of $ 21,600 , seized .
• September 11 , Salton Sea , California : 29 pounds of meth , with an estimated value of $ 65,250 , seized .
One “ DREAMer ” arrested .
• September 11 , World Trade Bridge , Texas : 92.99 pounds of meth , with an estimated street value of $ 1,859,800 , seized .
• September 12 , Pharr International Bridge , Texas : 326 pounds @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , with an estimated value of $ 6,622,000 , seized .
• September 12 , “ El Centro ” Sector , California : 30.80 pounds of meth , with an estimated street value of $ 69,302 , seized .
• September 13 , “ El Centro ” Sector , California : 14.77 pounds of heroin , with an estimated value of $ 187,600 , seized .
• September 13 , Tecate , California : 89.25 pounds of meth , with an estimated value of $ 223,125 , seized .
Three Mexicans arrested .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ : 337 pounds of meth and 223 pounds of cocaine , with an estimated value of almost $ 3.9 million , seized .
• September 15 , Puerto Rico : 3,941 pounds of cocaine , with an estimated value of $ 44.7 million , seized .
• September 15 , Cincinnati , Ohio : 29 pounds of cocaine , with an estimated value of $ 952,200 , seized .
• September 16 , Anzalduas-Reynosa International Bridge , Texas : 29 pounds of meth , with an estimated value of $ 583,778 , seized @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Texas : 85.63 pounds of meth and 16.22 pounds of heroin , with an estimated combined value of $ 2,361,500 , seized .
• September 16 , Juarez-Lincoln Bridge , Texas : 78.66 pounds of meth and 19.57 pounds of black tar heroin , with an estimated combined value of $ 2,106,002 , seized .
• September 17 , Amado , Arizona : 17 pounds of fentanyl , with an estimated value of $ 188,000 , seized .
• September 18 , Puerto Rico : 193 pounds of cocaine , with an estimated @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
• September 18 , Yuma , Arizona : Nearly 31 pounds of cocaine , with an estimated value of over $ 77,000 dollars , seized .
CBP has also started using drones , which they call “ unmanned aircraft systems ” ( UAS ) to help police our southern border .
Customs and Border Patrol first used drones in 2016 for airport security , but now uses them in the desert to find illegal border crossers .
A recent press release notes their effectiveness : In five separate events , UAS crews @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in 26 arrests .
Eight illegal aliens were located and arrested near Comstock , 10 near Del Rio , seven near Eagle Pass , and four near Carrizo Springs .
AMO ’ s UAS crews use cutting-edge systems technology , and real-time networked data dissemination and exploitation to detect , identify , monitor , and coordinate a response with law enforcement partners to threats at the nation ’ s border and on approach to the United States .
This real-time view allows agents to effectively patrol vast amounts of land that may be @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the border , the safer the nation .

Earlier by Steve Sailer: DEATHS OF DESPAIR: Case & Deaton's Book on the White Death
Overdose deaths have been increasing for years, and most casualties are white. The mortality rates of some white groups are now rising, and narcotics are one of the main causes.
Here are this month’s highlights:
These busts save lives.
CBP has also started using drones, which they call “unmanned aircraft systems” (UAS) to help police our southern border. Customs and Border Patrol first used drones in 2016 for airport security, but now uses them in the desert to find illegal border crossers. A recent press release notes their effectiveness:
In five separate events, UAS crews assisted agents in the field, resulting in 26 arrests. Eight illegal aliens were located and arrested near Comstock, 10 near Del Rio, seven near Eagle Pass, and four near Carrizo Springs. AMO’s UAS crews use cutting-edge systems technology, and real-time networked data dissemination and exploitation to detect, identify, monitor, and coordinate a response with law enforcement partners to threats at the nation’s border and on approach to the United States. This real-time view allows agents to effectively patrol vast amounts of land that may be otherwise inaccessible to agents.
The stronger the border, the safer the nation.
[Crossposted from Amren.com]


vdare--2020-09-27--Javanka’s Stupid “Platinum Plan” For Blacks Won’t Work—Trump Should Propose “Gold Plan” For ALL Amer

Javanka’s Stupid “Platinum Plan” For Blacks Won’t Work—Trump Should Propose “Gold Plan” For ALL Americans: Populist Economics And Immigration Patriotism

On Friday , President Donald J. Trump pitched his “ Platinum Plan ” [ PDF ] to send billions in aid to black communities , push more criminal justice reform , make “ Juneteenth ” a national holiday , classify lynching as a federal crime , and designate Antifa and the Ku Klux Klan as terror groups [ Trump $ 500B Black America plan designates KKK , Antifa as ‘ terrorist organizations ’ , by Brooke Singman , Fox News , September 25 , 2020 ] .
But given that Trump ’ s weakness in polls is now among his @ @ @ @ @ @ @ for angry blacks will do nothing to change , the plan must mystify his loyalists .
Even worse , it ’ s self-defeating .
He can ’ t defend the interests of the people who could elect him— whites—and concomitantly push a bill that implicitly demonizes them .
The Platinum Plan is the basically usual GOP appeal to perpetually-aggrieved blacks , but on steroids , with promises of Jack Kempian opportunity zones , school choice , more funding for historically black colleges—and , laughably , the elimination of occupational licensing requirements , one @ @ @ @ @ @ @ libertarians they don ’ t believe themselves .
When I see a libertarian seek treatment from an unlicensed brain surgeon , I ’ ll believe their press releases .
To be fair , the plan does pitch one key national populist idea as good for blacks : an immigration policy that protects black jobs , for instance , and creates more black jobs by insisting on tough trade deals and bringing manufacturing back home .
Of course , immigration patriots can and should support those ideas .
• Infrastructure investment of $ 500 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ create 3 million new jobs , and 500,000 black-owned businesses .
As part of a general economic plan that would benefit all Americans , that wouldn ’ t be so bad .
But this is a pledge intended only for blacks .
Is this legal ?
• “ Home ownership opportunities ” a daft idea from George W. Bush , which contributed to the subprime mortgage crisis because blacks and other minorities received home loans they could not afford .
• “ Criminal justice reforms ” to reaffirm Jared Kushner ’ s First @ @ @ @ @ @ @ violent offenders and drug dealers from prison .
It includes “ a National Clemency Program to unite families and invest in human potential , focusing on wrongful prosecution and rehabilitation , ” more “ diversity training ” for cops and incentives to hire ex-cons .
Those three strikes should be enough to call this plan out , but alas , it gets worse .
Its designation of Antifa as a “ Terror Group ” is all well and good—and obvious to anyone but someone like Son-In-Law In Chief Jared Kushner — but why @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Black Lives Matter are setting American cities aflame , with the virtually non-existent ( except for FBI infiltrators ) KKK ?
This could be ominous .
Acting DHS secretary Chad Wolf and FBI director Christopher Wray have even said the No .
1 domestic security threat in America isn ’ t Antifa or BLM , but instead “ white supremacists ” [ White supremacists are top terrorist threats within U.S. , Homeland Security 's Wolf says , by Josyana Joshua and Daniel Flatley , Bloomberg , September 24 , 2020 ] .
That @ @ @ @ @ @ @ who must know better .
Trump himself seems more concerned with Leftist revolutionaries , but the Platinum Plan falsely suggests the two sides are equally dangerous .
They aren ’ t , and never have been .
The Klan and lynching have not been a problem since the 1950s .
And to the degree the Klan was a problem , it was never the threat that communist subversives were .
Klansmen did not completely penetrate almost every branch of the federal government on behalf of a hostile foreign power .
Maybe the White @ @ @ @ @ @ @ week .
Designating Juneteenth a national holiday forces Americans to celebrate an anti-white , anti-American day of remembrance like Martin Luther King Day [ The Real Meaning of Juneteenth , by Robert Hampton , Counter-Currents , June 22 , 2020 ] .
And Trump ’ s embrace of this nonsense will undermine his commendable fight against Woke history .
Trump recently created the 1776 Commission to counter the teaching of the 1619 Project and other anti-American propaganda in our schools .
He is zealously rooting out “ Critical Race Theory ” training in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is to defend the legacy of America ’ s founding , the virtue of America ’ s heroes , and the nobility of the American character , ” .
[ Remarks by President Trump at the White House Conference on American History , September 17 , 2020 ] Juneteenth does the opposite and enshrines racial shame into our national consciousness .
Recently , Trump does seem to have been trying to appeal more to the Middle American Radicals who voted for him in 2016 .
His latest speeches mostly avoid talk about the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ black unemployment ” in favor of Law and Order .
He routinely calls out the Antifa threat and promises to go after it with the full force of the law .
He criticizes Black Lives Matter as “ Marxist ” thugs [ Trump says Black Lives Matter is `` discriminatory '' and ‘ bad for Black people , ’ ’ by Rebecca Falconer , Axios , September 1 , 2020 ] .
He vows to defend American heritage from the poison of the Left .
He warns about the Leftist zoning reforms and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ will destroy American suburbs .
He stands strongly against illegal immigration and occasionally discusses defending American workers from the ravages of legal immigration .
Indeed , his greatest sin is forgetting to mention his temporary immigration moratorium that has protected 500,000 American jobs from cheap foreign labor .
Which is why this latest distraction from that message is so disappointing .
The logic behind the Platinum Plan is nearly inexplicable , except possibly for Jared and Ivanka Kushner and their social circle .
Trump ’ s main obstacle on the road to a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ voters , a demographic Republicans have never needed to win elections .
His main obstacle : too few whites .
A new Hill/Harris poll shows Trump with only 49 percent ; him 50 percent .
In 2016 , Trump won 57 .
Granted , both polls do show Trump doing relatively well among blacks .
The Hill/Harris survey gives Trump 13 percent black support , 5 points higher than 2016 .
Rasmussen gives him an astonishing 32 percent .
But this won ’ t save him if he is losing support among the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ on November 3 .
So why is Trump pushing for this stupid plan ?
Kushner , a cheerleader for criminal justice reform , is likely advising him to aggressively court blacks to show he ’ s not a “ racist.
” The one moment that Trump received unqualified praise from the MSM was his signing the First Step Act .
So he might think the Platinum Plan will create similar good feelings .
But if he thinks that , well , he has another think coming .
Trump ’ s reward from ruling-class @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that mostly hates him ?
Try this roundup of headlines from The Hill about the Sunday gabfests : • CNN ’ s State Of the Union : Pelosi slams Republicans for trying to 'undo ' Affordable Care Act through Trump Supreme Court nominee [ by Rebecca Klar , September 27 , 2020 ] .
• Fox News Sunday : Stabenow congratulates Coney Barrett , says she 'll vote against her over health care [ by Zack Burdyck , September 27 , 2020 ] .
• ABC ’ s This Week : Durbin : @ @ @ @ @ @ @ confirmation ‘ perhaps a matter of hours , maybe days at most ’ [ by Justin Coleman , September 27 , 2020 ] .
The only praise came from black Democrat Vernon Jones of Georgia , who wants Trump to label BLM a terror group [ Trump 's work for Black community 'unparalleled to any other president ' of past 50 years : Dem lawmaker , by Charles Creitz , Fox News , September 25 , 2020 ] .
One rationale : The Platinum Plan might be a ploy to win college-educated whites @ @ @ @ @ @ @ but might persuade them that Trump is not the evil racist that CNN makes him out to be .
In other words , cucked white college grads can tell themselves Trump has changed and they can safely vote for him .
The problem : Trump might lose more votes than he gains .
His working-class white base won ’ t see the benefit .
And they could care less about respectability than in having their interests upheld .
The only way to salvage something from this daft idea : disinter a policy buried @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to all real Americans , black , white , or any other color : immigration restriction and populist economics ( UBI ?
Forgiving college debt ? )
The points about reforming immigration policy to protect American jobs are wildly popular .
Roughly two-thirds of Americans back Trump ’ s immigration moratorium and 49 percent of Democrats back it [ Poll shows growing disconnect over Trump ’ s hard-line immigration policies , by Alan Gomez , USA Today , August 12 , 2020 ] .
Immigration threatens both white collar and blue-collar jobs .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ call it “ the Gold Plan.
” It ’ s where Trump can separate himself from Sundown Joe .
The Democrats want more immigration and oppose any restriction of cheap foreign workers whom Biden , Pelosi , & Co. believe will vote for the party .
American workers need know who will stick up for them : Donald J. Trump .
Time is running out .
Trump can ’ t afford any more fruitless outreach efforts .
He can barely afford this one .
But now that he ’ s dropped this bomb @ @ @ @ @ @ @ supporters like Jordan push it , and remember his immigration moratorium and other America First priorities instead .
Washington Watcher II [ Email him ] is an anonymous DC insider .

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On Friday, President Donald J. Trump pitched his “Platinum Plan” [PDF] to send billions in aid to black communities, push more criminal justice reform, make “Juneteenth” a national holiday, classify lynching as a federal crime, and designate Antifa and the Ku Klux Klan as terror groups [Trump $500B Black America plan designates KKK, Antifa as ‘terrorist organizations’, by Brooke Singman, Fox News, September 25, 2020]. But given that Trump’s weakness in polls is now among his white base, which this goody bag for angry blacks will do nothing to change, the plan must mystify his loyalists. Even worse, it’s self-defeating. He can’t defend the interests of the people who could elect him— whites—and concomitantly push a bill that implicitly demonizes them.
The Platinum Plan is the basically usual GOP appeal to perpetually aggrieved blacks, but on steroids, with promises of Jack Kempian opportunity zones, school choice, more funding for historically black colleges—and, laughably, the elimination of occupational licensing requirements, one of the more silly ideas from the libertarians they don’t believe themselves. When I see a libertarian seek treatment from an unlicensed brain surgeon, I’ll believe their press releases.
To be fair, the plan does pitch one key national populist idea as good for blacks: an immigration policy that protects black jobs, for instance, and creates more black jobs by insisting on tough trade deals and bringing manufacturing back home. Of course, immigration patriots can and should support those ideas.
But problems abound:
Infrastructure investment of $500 billion in black communities, aiming to create 3 million new jobs, and 500,000 black-owned businesses. As part of a general economic plan that would benefit all Americans, that wouldn’t be so bad. But this is a pledge intended only for blacks. Is this legal?
“Home ownership opportunities,” a daft idea from George W. Bush, which contributed to the subprime mortgage crisis because blacks and other minorities received home loans they could not afford.
“Criminal justice reforms” to reaffirm Jared Kushner’s First Step Act, which sprung hundreds of violent offenders and drug dealers from prison. It includes “a National Clemency Program to unite families and invest in human potential, focusing on wrongful prosecution and rehabilitation,” more “diversity training” for cops and incentives to hire ex-cons.
Those three strikes should be enough to call this plan out, but alas, it gets worse.
Its designation of Antifa as a “Terror Group” is all well and good—and obvious to anyone but someone like Son-In-Law In Chief Jared Kushner — but why lump these communist revolutionaries, who with Black Lives Matter are setting American cities aflame, with the virtually non-existent (except for FBI infiltrators) KKK?
This could be ominous. Acting DHS secretary Chad Wolf and FBI director Christopher Wray have even said the No. 1 domestic security threat in America isn’t Antifa or BLM, but instead “white supremacists” [White supremacists are top terrorist threats within U.S., Homeland Security's Wolf says, by Josyana Joshua and Daniel Flatley, Bloomberg, September 24, 2020]. That’s inexplicable from two Trump appointees who must know better.
Trump himself seems more concerned with Leftist revolutionaries, but the Platinum Plan falsely suggests the two sides are equally dangerous. They aren’t, and never have been. The Klan and lynching have not been a problem since the 1950s. And to the degree the Klan was a problem, it was never the threat that communist subversives were. Klansmen did not completely penetrate almost every branch of the federal government on behalf of a hostile foreign power.
Maybe the White House will declare war on polio next week.
Designating Juneteenth a national holiday forces Americans to celebrate an anti-white, anti-American day of remembrance like Martin Luther King Day [The Real Meaning of Juneteenth, by Robert Hampton, Counter-Currents, June 22, 2020]. And Trump’s embrace of this nonsense will undermine his commendable fight against Woke history. Trump recently created the 1776 Commission to counter the teaching of the 1619 Project and other anti-American propaganda in our schools. He is zealously rooting out “Critical Race Theory” training in the federal bureaucracy. “Our mission is to defend the legacy of America’s founding, the virtue of America’s heroes, and the nobility of the American character,” Trump said [Remarks by President Trump at the White House Conference on American History, September 17, 2020]. Juneteenth does the opposite and enshrines racial shame into our national consciousness.
Recently, Trump does seem to have been trying to appeal more to the Middle American Radicals who voted for him in 2016. His latest speeches mostly avoid talk about the First Step Act and “historically low black unemployment” in favor of Law and Order. He routinely calls out the Antifa threat and promises to go after it with the full force of the law. He criticizes Black Lives Matter as “Marxist” thugs [Trump says Black Lives Matter is "discriminatory" and ‘bad for Black people,’’ by Rebecca Falconer, Axios, September 1, 2020]. He vows to defend American heritage from the poison of the Left. He warns about the Leftist zoning reforms and the imposition of Section 8 housing that will destroy American suburbs. He stands strongly against illegal immigration and occasionally discusses defending American workers from the ravages of legal immigration. Indeed, his greatest sin is forgetting to mention his temporary immigration moratorium that has protected 500,000 American jobs from cheap foreign labor.
Which is why this latest distraction from that message is so disappointing.
The logic behind the Platinum Plan is nearly inexplicable, except possibly for Jared and Ivanka Kushner and their social circle. Trump’s main obstacle on the road to a second term is not too few black voters, a demographic Republicans have never needed to win elections. His main obstacle: too few whites. A new Hill/Harris poll shows Trump with only 49 percent; Rasmussen gives him 50 percent. In 2016, Trump won 57.
Granted, both polls do show Trump doing relatively well among blacks. The Hill/Harris survey gives Trump 13 percent black support, 5 points higher than 2016. Rasmussen gives him an astonishing 32 percent. But this won’t save him if he is losing support among the far larger white demographic he must win on November 3.
So why is Trump pushing for this stupid plan?
Kushner, a cheerleader for criminal justice reform, is likely advising him to aggressively court blacks to show he’s not a “racist.” The one moment that Trump received unqualified praise from the MSM was his signing the First Step Act. So he might think the Platinum Plan will create similar good feelings.
But if he thinks that, well, he has another think coming. Trump’s reward from ruling-class elites for his munificence to a demographic that mostly hates him? Try this roundup of headlines from The Hill about the Sunday gabfests:
The only praise came from black Democrat Vernon Jones of Georgia, who wants Trump to label BLM a terror group [Trump's work for Black community 'unparalleled to any other president' of past 50 years: Dem lawmaker, by Charles Creitz, Fox News, September 25, 2020].
One rationale: the Platinum Plan might be a ploy to win college-educated whites. It offers most whites nothing, but might persuade them that Trump is not the evil racist that CNN makes him out to be. In other words, cucked white college grads can tell themselves Trump has changed and they can safely vote for him.
The problem: Trump might lose more votes than he gains. His working-class white base won’t see the benefit. And they could care less about respectability than in having their interests upheld.
The only way to salvage something from this daft idea: disinter a policy buried deep in the plan that will appeal to all real Americans, black, white, or any other color: immigration restriction and populist economics (UBI? Forgiving college debt?). The points about reforming immigration policy to protect American jobs are wildly popular. Roughly two-thirds of Americans back Trump’s immigration moratorium and 49 percent of Democrats back it [Poll shows growing disconnect over Trump’s hard-line immigration policies, by Alan Gomez, USA Today, August 12, 2020]. Immigration threatens both white collar and blue-collar jobs.
The White House public relations wizards can call it “the Gold Plan.”
It’s where Trump can separate himself from Sundown Joe. The Democrats want more immigration and oppose any restriction of cheap foreign workers whom Biden, Pelosi, & Co. believe will vote for the party. American workers need to know who will stick up for them: Donald J. Trump.
Time is running out. Trump can’t afford any more fruitless outreach efforts. He can barely afford this one. But now that he’s dropped this bomb, he should forget it, let supporters like Jordan push it, and remember his immigration moratorium and other America First priorities instead.
Washington Watcher II [Email him] is an anonymous DC insider.


vdare--2020-09-28--Happy St. Vincent de Paul Day! (Did You Know He Was A SLAVE?!!) Oh, And Yom Kippur

St. Vincent de Paul was born to a poor peasant family in the French village of Pouy on April 24 , 1581 .
His first formal education was provided by the Franciscans .
He did so well , he was hired to tutor the children of a nearby wealthy family .
He used the monies he earned teaching to continue his formal studies at the University of Toulose where he studied theology .
He was ordained in 1600 and remained in Toulose for a time .
In 1605 , while on a ship traveling from Marseilles to Narbone , he @ @ @ @ @ @ @ sold as a slave .
Two years later he and his master managed to escape and both returned to France .
[ Emphasis added ] .
St. Vincent went to Avignon and later to Rome to continue his studies .
While there he became a chaplain to the Count of Goigny and was placed in charge of distributing money to the deserving poor .
He became pastor of a small parish in Clichy for a short period of time , while also serving as a tutor and spiritual director .
From that point @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to and providing relief to the poor .
St. Vincent de Paul is also the patron of charitable societies ( like VDARE.com ! )
and , weirdly , of Richmond VA ( which needs him ) .
And the Catholic church that Lydia and my three youngest children attend in Berkeley Springs WV is dedicated to him !
In my own benighted Episcopalian Church , the day is dedicated to Thomas Traherne , whose almost miraculous literary recognition after more than two hundred years gives me confidence that VDARE.com 's writers will one @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of writing these blogs has brought home to me how extraordinarily rich , and humane , is the Christian tradition upon which America , and the West , was founded .
Oh , and it 's also Yom Kippur .
But it has become a multicultural must to step on Christmas by never mentioning it except in connection with Hanukkah and other “ holidays . ''
Somehow , however , the MSM neglects to provide the nearest Saint 's day in the Christian calendar to each year 's Rosh Hashanah , Yom Kippur @ @ @ @ @ @ @ !
So it has become a VDARE.com service ( as so often ) to fill the gap .
We wish a Happy to all our readers .
We mean it .

Happy St. Vincent de Paul Day!
St. Vincent de Paul was born to a poor peasant family in the French village of Pouy on April 24, 1581. His first formal education was provided by the Franciscans. He did so well, he was hired to tutor the children of a nearby wealthy family. He used the monies he earned teaching to continue his formal studies at the University of Toulouse where he studied theology. He was ordained in 1600 and remained in Toulouse for a time. In 1605, while on a ship traveling from Marseilles to Narbonne, he was captured, brought to Tunis and sold as a slave. Two years later he and his master managed to escape and both returned to France. [Emphasis added].
White lives matter!
St. Vincent went to Avignon and later to Rome to continue his studies. While there he became a chaplain to the Count of Goigny and was placed in charge of distributing money to the deserving poor. He became pastor of a small parish in Clichy for a short period of time, while also serving as a tutor and spiritual director. From that point forward he spent his life preaching missions to and providing relief to the poor.
St. Vincent de Paul is also the patron of charitable societies (like VDARE.com!) and, weirdly, of Richmond VA (which needs him).
And the Catholic church that Lydia and my three youngest children attend in Berkeley Springs WV is dedicated to him!
In my own benighted Episcopalian Church, the day is dedicated to Thomas Traherne, whose almost miraculous literary recognition after more than two hundred years gives me confidence that VDARE.com's writers will one day be similarly acclaimed.
The discipline of writing these blogs has brought home to me how extraordinarily rich, and humane, is the Christian tradition upon which America, and the West, was founded.
Oh, and it's also Yom Kippur. But it has become a multicultural must to step on Christmas by never mentioning it except in connection with Hanukkah and other “holidays." Somehow, however, the MSM neglects to provide the nearest Saint's day in the Christian calendar to each year's Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur and Passover—there are a lot of saints! So it has become a VDARE.com service (as so often) to fill the gap.
We wish a Happy to all our readers. We mean it.


vdare--2020-09-28--Time For Separation? De Tocqueville Right, Harvey Mansfield Wrong— Blacks And Whites Just Can’t All

Time For Separation? De Tocqueville Right, Harvey Mansfield Wrong— Blacks And Whites Just Can’t All Get Along

See also : Jefferson 's Prophecy , The Rest Of The Story : `` The Two Races , Equally Free , Can not Live In The Same Government '' In their introduction to their edition of Democracy in America ( copyright 2000 , originally written in 1835 ) , prominent neoconservative intellectual Harvey C. Mansfield and his late wife Delba Winthrop observed that Alexis de Tocqueville 's predictive powers were `` uncanny . ''
If de Tocqueville really thought blacks and whites could never live together in harmony , he was wrong , they wrote .
Well , it 's @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the `` win '' column , too .
If 2020 has a race relations lesson , it ’ s that the number of years out from the end of slavery means nothing .
Or the numbers of years out from a black president .
Or Civil Rights .
Or Affirmative Action .
You get the picture .
To adapt the famous Rodney King quote , blacks and whites just can ’ t “ all get along.
” The riots , the rise of Antifa and BLM , the increasing murder of whites-as-whites and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to those white Americans who could have sworn the whole race thing was taken care of .
But 2020 would not have surprised de Tocqueville .
The Norman-descended Frenchman is , of course , legendary for the elegance and perceptiveness of his writing .
He 's claimed by both Right and Left ( with some justification on either side ) .
His writings on race in Democracy in America are fascinating , though you wonder how often they 're assigned to college students .
Your typical college student today would need a long @ @ @ @ @ @ @ them .
• thought races ( white , black and Indian ) were radically and inherently different • thought that when starkly different races occupy the same space , you either have 1 ) one killing the other off or 2 ) one totally subjugating the other .
There is no middle ground .
Intermediate measures are doomed to fail .
You might say that America 's entire approach for the past 200 years has consisted of `` intermediate measures . ''
Race hits the visitor to America in the face , de @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , little has changed .
East New York and Gerritsen Beach remain `` naturally distinct '' and `` inimical . ''
Brace yourself for de Tocqueville ’ s take on a black man : De Tocqueville made the point that slavery was n't the point .
In ancient times , where a Greek was the slave of a Roman , the mere unshackling of the slave meant instant equality .
The unshackled Greek could saunter into the marketplace and nobody would turn their head .
Sometimes , Greeks were the better sorts : @ @ @ @ @ @ @ free or slave was of only slight importance .
Said de Tocqueville : On the total impossibility of equality , de Tocqueville : • `` The Negro makes a thousand useless efforts to introduce himself into a society that repels him ; he bows to the tastes of his oppressors , adopts their opinions , and in imitating them aspires to intermingle with them . ''
• The distance between the races is `` impassable space . ''
• `` Those who hope that the Europeans will one day intermingle with Negroes therefore @ @ @ @ @ @ @ . ''
• `` I do not think that the white race and the black race will come to live on a footing of equality anywhere . ''
• `` Until now , everywhere that whites have been most powerful , they have held Negroes in degradation or slavery .
Everywhere that Negroes have been strongest , they have destroyed whites ; this is the only account that has ever been opened between the two races . ''
• `` Intermediate measures appear to me to lead directly to the most horrible of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the ruin of one of the two races . ''
Black slavery may well have been the biggest mistake white Europeans ever made .
De Tocqueville offered no solution , but did mention the Liberian repatriation efforts .
And , needless to say , he has been proven dead right .
My conclusion is that only racial separation—what American Renaissance ’ s Jared Taylor is reportedly calling “ The S-Word ” —carries hope for the future .
The reckoning might be painful , but it must be had .
Everything else is a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ or unfairness , as many might imagine it would .
You might be surprised how open black folks are to the idea .
It might end up being whites who need the most convincing .
And Mel Gibson-astride-his-horse fantasies aside , you might even succeed in making separation the boring stuff of commissions , government forms , long-winded meetings , and snooze-inducing bureaucracy .
At which point you know you 're in business .
Who needs another 200 years of blood and suffering as evidence ?
The author [ Email him ] is @ @ @ @ @ @

See also: Jefferson's Prophecy, The Rest Of The Story: "The Two Races, Equally Free, Cannot Live In The Same Government"
In their introduction to their edition of Democracy in America (copyright 2000, originally written in 1835), prominent neoconservative intellectual Harvey C. Mansfield and his late wife Delba Winthrop observed that Alexis de Tocqueville's predictive powers were "uncanny."
With one exception: race.
If de Tocqueville really thought blacks and whites could never live together in harmony, he was wrong, they wrote.
Well, it's time to slide that bead over to the "win" column, too.
If 2020 has a race relations lesson, it’s that the number of years out from the end of slavery means nothing. Or the numbers of years out from a black president. Or Civil Rights. Or Affirmative Action.
Or Martin Luther King Day.
You get the picture. To adapt the famous Rodney King quote, blacks and whites just can’t “all get along.”
The riots, the rise of Antifa and BLM, the increasing murder of whites-as-whites and police officers—it all came as a shock to those white Americans who could have sworn the whole race thing was taken care of.
But 2020 would not have surprised de Tocqueville. The Norman-descended Frenchman is, of course, legendary for the elegance and perceptiveness of his writing. He's claimed by both Right and Left (with some justification on either side).
His writings on race in Democracy in America are fascinating, though you wonder how often they're assigned to college students. Your typical college student today would need a long convalescence in a safe space after reading them.
De Tocqueville:
thought slavery was an abomination
thought Indians were poorly treated by whites
thought races (white, black and Indian) were radically and inherently different
thought blacks and whites couldn’t live together
thought that when starkly different races occupy the same space, you either have 1) one killing the other off or 2) one totally subjugating the other. There is no middle ground. Intermediate measures are doomed to fail.
You might say that America's entire approach for the past 200 years has consisted of "intermediate measures."
Race hits the visitor to America in the face, de Tocqueville reports:
The men spread over this space do not form, as in Europe, so many offshoots of the same family. From the first one finds in them three naturally distinct and, I could almost say, inimical races.
Almost 200 years later, little has changed. East New York and Gerritsen Beach remain "naturally distinct" and "inimical."
Brace yourself for de Tocqueville’s take on a black man:
His countenance appears hideous to us, his intelligence seems limited to us, his tastes are base; we very nearly take him for a being intermediate between brute and man.
De Tocqueville made the point that slavery wasn't the point. In ancient times, where a Greek was the slave of a Roman, the mere unshackling of the slave meant instant equality. The unshackled Greek could saunter into the marketplace and nobody would turn their head.
Sometimes, Greeks were the better sorts:
Among the ancients, the slave belonged to the same race as his master, and often he was superior to him in education and enlightenment.
Similarly, whether blacks in America were free or slave was of only slight importance. Said de Tocqueville:
If inequality created solely by the law is so difficult to uproot, how does one destroy that which seems, in addition, to have its immutable foundations in nature itself?
On the total impossibility of equality, de Tocqueville:
"The Negro makes a thousand useless efforts to introduce himself into a society that repels him; he bows to the tastes of his oppressors, adopts their opinions, and in imitating them aspires to intermingle with them."
The distance between the races is "impassable space."
"Those who hope that the Europeans will one day intermingle with Negroes therefore appear to me to cherish a chimera."
"I do not think that the white race and the black race will come to live on a footing of equality anywhere."
"Until now, everywhere that whites have been most powerful, they have held Negroes in degradation or slavery. Everywhere that Negroes have been strongest, they have destroyed whites; this is the only account that has ever been opened between the two races."
"Intermediate measures appear to me to lead directly to the most horrible of all civil wars, and perhaps to the ruin of one of the two races."
Black slavery may well have been the biggest mistake white Europeans ever made.
From the moment that the Europeans took their slaves from within a race of men different from theirs, which many of them considered inferior to the other human races, and to which all viewed with horror the idea of ever assimilating, they supposed slavery eternal; for, between the extreme inequality that servitude creates and the complete equality that independence naturally produces among men, there is no lasting intermediate state.
De Tocqueville offered no solution, but did mention the Liberian repatriation efforts.
And, needless to say, he has been proven dead right.
My conclusion is that only racial separation—what American Renaissance’s Jared Taylor is reportedly calling “The S-Word”—carries hope for the future. The reckoning might be painful, but it must be had. Everything else is a lie.
Separation need not involve violence or unfairness, as many might imagine it would. You might be surprised how open black folks are to the idea. It might end up being whites who need the most convincing.
And Mel Gibson-astride-his-horse fantasies aside, you might even succeed in making separation the boring stuff of commissions, government forms, long-winded meetings, and snooze-inducing bureaucracy. At which point you know you're in business.
Who needs another 200 years of blood and suffering as evidence?
The author [Email him] is an Attorney somewhere in America.


vdare--2020-09-28--Patrick J. Buchanan: The New Conservative Majority—Will Justice Amy Star in 'The Five'?

Earlier by Patrick J. Buchanan : Last Best Chance to Capture Supreme Court By nominating Federal Judge Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court , Donald Trump kept his word , and more than that .
Should she be confirmed , he will have made history .
Even his enemies would have to concede that Trump triumphed where his Republican predecessors—even Ronald Reagan , who filled three court vacancies—fell short .
Trump 's achievement—victory in the Supreme Court wars that have lasted for half a century—is a triumph that will affect the nation and the law for years , perhaps @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Supreme Court for constitutionalism may well be the crown jewel of his presidency .
Consider .
If Judge Barrett becomes Justice Barrett , she will join Justices Clarence Thomas , Sam Alito , Neil Gorsuch and Brett Kavanaugh to create a constitutionalist core of five justices , a controlling majority .
On the other side would sit the three liberals : 82-year-old Stephen Breyer and Barack Obama appointees Elena Kagan and Sonia Sotomayor .
If Chief Justice John Roberts envisioned a Roberts Court where he would be the swing vote for 4-4 deadlocks @ @ @ @ @ @ @ his dream could be about to vanish .
If Barrett is confirmed , the new court becomes `` The Five , '' with its youngest , newest and most charismatic member , a 48-year-old protege of Justice Antonin Scalia , its brightest and rising star .
Consider the credentials of the jurist Trump just named .
Barrett was summa cum laude at Notre Dame Law School , graduating first in her class .
She clerked for Scalia , taught law at South Bend for 15 years and has served for three years on @ @ @ @ @ @ @ She is a non-Ivy League , Middle American and a devout Catholic and mother of seven , including a special needs child and two adopted children from Haiti .
Almost universally , former classmates and colleagues , liberals among them , praise her temperament , brilliance and scholarship .
America 's court wars , in which the coming battle over Barrett 's nomination may prove decisive , go back half a century .
It was begun in June 1968 , as Richard Nixon , victorious in his party 's primaries , was moving @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Beach and very possibly on to the presidency of the United States .
Chief Justice Earl Warren , an old adversary of Nixon 's from California days , was not happy with this .
A report in the Philadelphia Inquirer reported that Warren `` is said to feel that Richard Nixon—regarded as the GOP 's likely presidential nominee—would be bound to appoint a new Chief Justice pledged to overturn recent court decisions guaranteeing constitutional rights of criminals . ''
Nixon sent the clipping to me with a note : `` Buchanan : Why @ @ @ @ @ @ @ this to Southern papers—opinion leaders . ''
The Inquirer article proved to be on point .
In collusion with Chief Justice Warren , President Lyndon Johnson had hatched a plot .
Warren would announce his resignation as chief justice and would make acceptance contingent upon Johnson 's nominee to succeed him being confirmed .
And that nominee would be Justice Abe Fortas , a court ally of Warren and longtime crony of LBJ .
All three were in on it .
When Fortas was confirmed , his vacant seat as associate justice would @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Thornberry , also an ally of Johnson 's going back to his Texas days .
Thus would Nixon be preempted , the liberalism of the high court guaranteed , and the Warren Court succeeded for another decade by the Fortas Court .
When LBJ named Fortas , Nixon went silent .
But GOP Senators Robert Griffin , John Tower and Howard Baker moved to block Fortas ' ascent .
They used an argument familiar to us today .
The new president chosen in November , not the president retiring in January , should @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
The attack from Senate Republicans soon zeroed in on Fortas ' social liberalism on pornography as manifest in his having voted alone on the court to approve for public viewing films depicting acts of homosexual sex .
Fortas not only failed to win the support of the two-thirds of the Senate he needed to overcome a Republican filibuster , he also failed to win a simple majority , receiving only 45 votes for confirmation .
On Oct. 1 , 1968 , Fortas asked Johnson to withdraw his nomination , and in the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to resign from the court in a financial scandal .
Warren would have to swear in Nixon as the nation 's 37th president on Jan. 20 , 1969 , and then watch Nixon replace him as chief justice with Judge Warren Burger in the spring of that same year .
Came then Nixon 's losing battles to put Southern judges Clement Haynsworth and G. Harrold Carswell on the court , Reagan 's failure to elevate Bob Bork , and the brutal but failed assaults on Clarence Thomas and Brett Kavanaugh .
If Senate @ @ @ @ @ @ @ realize a victory that generations of their GOP predecessors had hoped to see .
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 ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 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 by Patrick J. Buchanan: Last Best Chance to Capture Supreme Court
By nominating Federal Judge Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court, Donald Trump kept his word, and more than that.
Should she be confirmed, he will have made history.
Even his enemies would have to concede that Trump triumphed where his Republican predecessors—even Ronald Reagan, who filled three court vacancies—fell short. Trump's achievement—victory in the Supreme Court wars that have lasted for half a century—is a triumph that will affect the nation and the law for years, perhaps decades.
Trump's remaking of the Supreme Court for constitutionalism may well be the crown jewel of his presidency.
Consider. If Judge Barrett becomes Justice Barrett, she will join Justices Clarence Thomas, Sam Alito, Neil Gorsuch and Brett Kavanaugh to create a constitutionalist core of five justices, a controlling majority.
On the other side would sit the three liberals: 82-year-old Stephen Breyer and Barack Obama appointees Elena Kagan and Sonia Sotomayor.
If Chief Justice John Roberts envisioned a Roberts Court where he would be the swing vote for 4-4 deadlocks, deciding every such case himself, his dream could be about to vanish.
If Barrett is confirmed, the new court becomes "The Five," with its youngest, newest and most charismatic member, a 48-year-old protege of Justice Antonin Scalia, its brightest and rising star.
Consider the credentials of the jurist Trump just named.
Barrett was summa cum laude at Notre Dame Law School, graduating first in her class. She clerked for Scalia, taught law at South Bend for 15 years and has served for three years on the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals.
She is a non-Ivy League, Middle American and a devout Catholic and mother of seven, including a special needs child and two adopted children from Haiti. Almost universally, former classmates and colleagues, liberals among them, praise her temperament, brilliance and scholarship.
America's court wars, in which the coming battle over Barrett's nomination may prove decisive, go back half a century.
It was begun in June 1968, as Richard Nixon, victorious in his party's primaries, was moving inexorably to the GOP nomination in Miami Beach and very possibly on to the presidency of the United States.
Chief Justice Earl Warren, an old adversary of Nixon's from California days, was not happy with this. A report in the Philadelphia Inquirer reported that Warren "is said to feel that Richard Nixon—regarded as the GOP's likely presidential nominee—would be bound to appoint a new Chief Justice pledged to overturn recent court decisions guaranteeing constitutional rights of criminals."
Nixon sent the clipping to me with a note: "Buchanan: Why doesn't (Strom) Thurmond send this to Southern papers—opinion leaders."
The Inquirer article proved to be on point. In collusion with Chief Justice Warren, President Lyndon Johnson had hatched a plot.
Warren would announce his resignation as chief justice and would make acceptance contingent upon Johnson's nominee to succeed him being confirmed. And that nominee would be Justice Abe Fortas, a court ally of Warren and longtime crony of LBJ. All three were in on it.
When Fortas was confirmed, his vacant seat as associate justice would then be filled by Federal Judge Homer Thornberry, also an ally of Johnson's going back to his Texas days.
Thus would Nixon be preempted, the liberalism of the high court guaranteed, and the Warren Court succeeded for another decade by the Fortas Court.
When LBJ named Fortas, Nixon went silent. But GOP Senators Robert Griffin, John Tower and Howard Baker moved to block Fortas' ascent. They used an argument familiar to us today. The new president chosen in November, not the president retiring in January, should choose Warren's replacement as chief justice.
The attack from Senate Republicans soon zeroed in on Fortas' social liberalism on pornography as manifest in his having voted alone on the court to approve for public viewing films depicting acts of homosexual sex.
Fortas not only failed to win the support of the two-thirds of the Senate he needed to overcome a Republican filibuster, he also failed to win a simple majority, receiving only 45 votes for confirmation. On Oct. 1, 1968, Fortas asked Johnson to withdraw his nomination, and in the spring of 1969, he was forced to resign from the court in a financial scandal.
Warren would have to swear in Nixon as the nation's 37th president on Jan. 20, 1969, and then watch Nixon replace him as chief justice with Judge Warren Burger in the spring of that same year.
Came then Nixon's losing battles to put Southern judges Clement Haynsworth and G. Harrold Carswell on the court, Reagan's failure to elevate Bob Bork, and the brutal but failed assaults on Clarence Thomas and Brett Kavanaugh.
Now comes Amy Coney Barrett's turn.
If Senate Republicans stay united, then they can realize a victory that generations of their GOP predecessors had hoped to see.
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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--2020-09-27--A Reader Says If A Criminal Is Smart Enough To Commit First Degree Murder, He's Smart Enough To Be E

A Reader Says If A Criminal Is Smart Enough To Commit First Degree Murder, He's Smart Enough To Be Executed

Re : James Fulford 's If Retarded Immigrants Can Get Away With Murder , Maybe Try Encouraging Immigration From Less Retarded Countries Most of these allegedly retarded inmates are n't retarded at all , just dumb .
Lizcano 's sense of self-preservation is illustrated by the fact that after murdering Officer Jackson he `` ran out of bullets and tossed the gun to the ground , gave up , and was taken into custody . ''
A genuinely retarded person would not have done that , or the rest of Lizcano 's career , illegally immigrating , illegally working , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is smart enough to plan and carry out an intentional murder , he is smart enough to be put to death .
See earlier letters from the same reader .
James Fulford writes : We 've written a few things on this issue , starting with Sam Francis 's comment on the Supreme Court 's ruling in Atkins v. Virginia , that inmates who test low on IQ tests ca n't be executed .
One point is that the Supremes , coming as they do from the higher strata of American society , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 70 IQ who is n't impaired .
Steve Sailer wrote in 2002 , not referring to Amy Coney Barrett , who is known to have one special needs child , that The stereotype that most low IQ children are what obstetricians often callously refer to in their notes as FLKs - `` Funny Looking Kids '' is not true .
Elite members of American society tend not to realize this because when an extremely high-IQ person , such as a Supreme Court justice , has a retarded child , it 's generally due @ @ @ @ @ @ @ these `` familial '' low-IQ individuals fit in well on the playground , where they may be indistinguishable from their higher-IQ friends .
They are normal , except that they run into problems when they need to do the higher-order , abstract thinking that a modern society rewards .
Familial low IQ has been quite common in the past , in other countries today , and in segments of American society .
In 2009 , in response to a report that `` inmate in California with a score of 84 was declared mentally @ @ @ @ @ @ @ many people in California have IQs no higher than 84 ?
Seven to twelve million ? ''
Letting low IQ people get away with murder is just a different kind of miscarriage of justice .

Re: James Fulford's If Retarded Immigrants Can Get Away With Murder, Maybe Try Encouraging Immigration From Less Retarded Countries
From: Betsy [Email her]
I completely agree with James Fulford's article today.
Most of these allegedly retarded inmates aren't retarded at all, just dumb. Lizcano's sense of self-preservation is illustrated by the fact that after murdering Officer Jackson he "ran out of bullets and tossed the gun to the ground, gave up, and was taken into custody." A genuinely retarded person would not have done that, or the rest of Lizcano's career, illegally immigrating, illegally working, and illegally murdering...
If a defendant is smart enough to plan and carry out an intentional murder, he is smart enough to be put to death.
See earlier letters from the same reader.
James Fulford writes: We've written a few things on this issue, starting with Sam Francis's comment on the Supreme Court's ruling in Atkins v. Virginia, that inmates who test low on IQ tests can't be executed.
One point is that the Supremes, coming as they do from the higher strata of American society, don't personally know anyone with a 70 IQ who isn't impaired. Steve Sailer wrote in 2002, not referring to Amy Coney Barrett, who is known to have one special needs child, that
The stereotype that most low IQ children are what obstetricians often callously refer to in their notes as FLKs - "Funny Looking Kids" is not true. Elite members of American society tend not to realize this because when an extremely high-IQ person, such as a Supreme Court justice, has a retarded child, it's generally due to organic causes. As children, these "familial" low-IQ individuals fit in well on the playground, where they may be indistinguishable from their higher-IQ friends. They are normal, except that they run into problems when they need to do the higher-order, abstract thinking that a modern society rewards. Familial low IQ has been quite common in the past, in other countries today, and in segments of American society.
In 2009, in response to a report that "inmate in California with a score of 84 was declared mentally retarded", Steve asked "How many people in California have IQs no higher than 84? Seven to twelve million?"
Letting low IQ people get away with murder is just a different kind of miscarriage of justice.


vdare--2020-09-27--Stopping Fentanyl On The Border: The Border Patrol’s Fight Against The White Death


vdare--2020-09-26--His Name Is Andy Banks: White Male Trying To Sell Range Rover Murdered By Black Man In "Craigslist T

His Name Is Andy Banks: White Male Trying To Sell Range Rover Murdered By Black Man In "Craigslist Transaction Gone Wrong"

Previously by Paul Kersey : His Name Is Joshua Grey : Young White Male Murdered by Two Black Teenagers in Richmond for His IPhone Social capital and diversity : the latter negates the former .
His name is Andy Banks .
He was just trying to sell his 2011 Range Rover Sport .
There was evidence of foul play in Banks ’ disappearance , and police said they were investigating the case as a homicide on Wednesday .
The body of Banks was found in Chatham , Va. , on Thursday by the Pittsylvania County Sheriff ’ s Office was @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Va. , for an autopsy and positive identification , police said .
Before Banks ’ body was identified , however , Raleigh police filed a first-degree murder charge Thursday evening against Justin Fernando Merritt , 34 , of Danville , Va. District Judge Ned Mangum ordered that Merritt be held without bond and set his next court date for Oct. 7 .
After finding Banks ’ cellphone along Interstate 40 in Raleigh on Sunday , investigators traced the Craigslist buyer ’ s phone to Danville .
Danville police found Banks ’ SUV under @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in town on Monday , according to an application for a search warrant .
Merritt , who lives a few doors down from where the vehicle was found , according to the warrant application , was arrested Tuesday on charges of robbery with a dangerous weapon , larceny of a motor vehicle and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon in connection with the stolen vehicle .
Chatham is about 20 miles north of Danville .
In the K & W parking lot on Friday night , close friends and families held @ @ @ @ @ @ @ life.People gathered in a circle and held candles in the parking lot and shared stories about Banks ’ life .
Cliff Cash , who has known Banks since kindergarten , said his friend frequently used Craigslist to sell things and that he knew how to protect himself .
“ This was the middle of the day on Saturday .
There ’ s people walking by on foot .
There ’ s cars everywhere .
He probably picked that place because it was the ideal place to meet , ” Cash said .
“ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ him during a test drive .
Who knows , maybe they overpowered him as soon as they got there .
Maybe they tased him or whatever.
” Banks was a real-life Ferris Bueller , his friend said , referring to the character in a 1980s movie for whom everything always works out well .
“ [ He ’ s ] fun-loving and clever and can find his way out of situations , ” Cash said .
“ In this situation , he would have done absolutely anything he could have to talk his @ @ @ @ @ @ @ have gladly given them the vehicle .
He would have tried to give them money .
He would have done anything for them not to hurt him.
” During a search of Merritt ’ s home , police seized a handgun , some ammunition , a knife , three phones , a pair of cargo pants and other items , according to the search warrant .
Merritt waived extradition and was returned to Wake County on Wednesday .

Previously by Paul Kersey: His Name Is Joshua Grey: Young White Male Murdered by Two Black Teenagers in Richmond for His IPhone
Social capital and diversity: the latter negates the former.
His name is Andy Banks. He was just trying to sell his 2011 Range Rover Sport.
There was evidence of foul play in Banks’ disappearance, and police said they were investigating the case as a homicide on Wednesday.
The body of Banks was found in Chatham, Va., on Thursday by the Pittsylvania County Sheriff’s Office was sent to a coroner in Roanoke, Va., for an autopsy and positive identification, police said.
Before Banks’ body was identified, however, Raleigh police filed a first-degree murder charge Thursday evening against Justin Fernando Merritt, 34, of Danville, Va.
District Judge Ned Mangum ordered that Merritt be held without bond and set his next court date for Oct. 7.
After finding Banks’ cellphone along Interstate 40 in Raleigh on Sunday, investigators traced the Craigslist buyer’s phone to Danville.
Danville police found Banks’ SUV under a tarp parked behind a vacant building in town on Monday, according to an application for a search warrant.
Merritt, who lives a few doors down from where the vehicle was found, according to the warrant application, was arrested Tuesday on charges of robbery with a dangerous weapon, larceny of a motor vehicle and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon in connection with the stolen vehicle.
Chatham is about 20 miles north of Danville.
In the K&W parking lot on Friday night, close friends and families held a vigil for Banks and celebrated his life.People gathered in a circle and held candles in the parking lot and shared stories about Banks’ life.
Cliff Cash, who has known Banks since kindergarten, said his friend frequently used Craigslist to sell things and that he knew how to protect himself.
“This was the middle of the day on Saturday. There’s people walking by on foot. There’s cars everywhere. He probably picked that place because it was the ideal place to meet,” Cash said. “All I can think is they overpowered him during a test drive. Who knows, maybe they overpowered him as soon as they got there. Maybe they tased him or whatever.”
Banks was a real-life Ferris Bueller, his friend said, referring to the character in a 1980s movie for whom everything always works out well.


vdare--2020-09-26--NYT: Louisville Protest At Which Two Policemen Were Shot Was Over 99% Peaceful

Earlier : Take That , Trump : A Study Finds That Peaceful Protesters Have Rioted Fewer Than 617 Times in @ @ @ @ @ From the New York Times : One would-be cop killer out of hundreds of peaceful @ @ @ @ @ percent unpeaceful .
Think about it this way : if there were over 200 protesters @ @ @ @ @ who shot any cops rounds down to 0 % .
Why are you making a @ @ @ @ @ % Peaceful Protest ?

Earlier: Take That, Trump: A Study Finds That Peaceful Protesters Have Rioted Fewer Than 617 Times in Not Quite 220 Cities!
From the New York Times:
Videos Show Gunman Firing at Police During Louisville Protest One man among hundreds of peaceful protesters fired a handgun at police officers in Louisville, Ky. Witnesses caught him on camera.
One would-be cop killer out of hundreds of peaceful protesters is way under one percent unpeaceful. Think about it this way: if there were over 200 protesters there, then the percent who shot any cops rounds down to 0%. Why are you making a big deal about a 100% Peaceful Protest?
[Comment at Unz.com]


vdare--2020-09-26--Biden to Troops: Clap For That, You Stupid Bastard

Earlier : Today 's Moment of WTF with Joe Biden : Tells Of Black Veteran Who Ran Over , Raped , And Murdered Elderly White Woman , Says `` End The Stigma '' The weird thing about the media promoting Joe Biden as the Anti-Trump , the Return to Normalcy , the negation of all things Trump , is that Joe , with his vanity , competitiveness , and lack of a filter is the second most Trump-like man in America .
Biden is # 2 only to Trump in number of “ I can ’ t believe he just @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ s “ I can ’ t believe he just said that ” quotes tend to be either obviously not true ( salesman ’ s puffery or egomania ) or obviously true ( but mildly politically incorrect and thus unmentionable in polite society ) .
In contrast , Biden delivers more “ Huh , well , I did not see that one coming ” bits of pure zaniness .
For example , after talking to Jacob Blake ’ s dad in Kenosha , Joe announced that Thomas Edison did not invent the light @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and that fact must be taught in our schools .
Who knew that Joe Biden was Hotep-pilled on the Light Bulb Question ?
Indeed , Joe probably didn ’ t know that himself until he heard himself say it .

Earlier: Today's Moment of WTF with Joe Biden: Tells Of Black Veteran Who Ran Over, Raped, And Murdered Elderly White Woman, Says "End The Stigma"
The weird thing about the media promoting Joe Biden as the Anti-Trump, the Return to Normalcy, the negation of all things Trump, is that Joe, with his vanity, competitiveness, and lack of a filter is the second most Trump-like man in America.
Biden is #2 only to Trump in number of “I can’t believe he just said that” moments.
And Trump’s “I can’t believe he just said that” quotes tend to be either obviously not true (salesman’s puffery or egomania) or obviously true (but mildly politically incorrect and thus unmentionable in polite society).
In contrast, Biden delivers more “Huh, well, I did not see that one coming” bits of pure zaniness. For example, after talking to Jacob Blake’s dad in Kenosha, Joe announced that Thomas Edison did not invent the light bulb, a black man did, and that fact must be taught in our schools.
Who knew that Joe Biden was Hotep-pilled on the Light Bulb Question? Indeed, Joe probably didn’t know that himself until he heard himself say it.
[Comment at Unz.com]


vdare--2020-09-26--The Graveyards Are Full Of Indispensable Men

But Ruth Bader Ginsburg seemed to think that old saying was more sexist than wise .
There may be no @ @ @ @ @ was the Indispensable Woman !
So , when Obama hinted she ought to retire and @ @ @ @ @ , she paid no heed .
Now , Trump is said to be about to @ @ @ @ @ the Supreme Court as Ginsburg ’ s replacement .
It ’ s almost as if @ @ @ @ @ The Notorious RBG went to her aged head and made her think she was indispensable @ @ @ @ @ is a wonderful weapon for Democrats , except when they shoot themselves in the foot @ @ @ @ @ do .

But Ruth Bader Ginsburg seemed to think that old saying was more sexist than wise. There may be no indispensable men, but she was the Indispensable Woman! So, when Obama hinted she ought to retire and let him nominate her successor, she paid no heed.
Now, Trump is said to be about to nominate Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court as Ginsburg’s replacement.
It’s almost as if all the media hoopla about The Notorious RBG went to her aged head and made her think she was indispensable.
Control of the media is a wonderful weapon for Democrats, except when they shoot themselves in the foot, as they so often do.
[Commment at Unz.com]


vdare--2020-09-25--Third  Dead Body Found In A Central Park Lake This Month

This is the third dead body found in a Central Park lake since September 7 .
It ’ s getting @ @ @ @ @ all over again in New York City .
Soon , the New York Post will @ @ @ @ @ for great headlines like 1983 ’ s “ Headless Body in Topless Bar.
” Shooting @ @ @ @ @ year-to-date in New York City .
Weren ’ t the last couple of decades rather @ @ @ @ @ does so much of the Establishment keep pushing , in effect , to go back @ @ @ @ @ of urban decay ?
Do they have some brilliant master plan ?
Or are they @ @ @

Earlier: Raceless Killer In Tabloid Headline: "Iconic" Topless Bar Killer Was Black
New York City Fisherman, 24, hooks human corpse in Central Park lake https://t.co/m8cyGmqCGp — Daily Mail US (@DailyMail) September 25, 2020
This is the third dead body found in a Central Park lake since September 7.
It’s getting to be like the 1970s all over again in New York City.
Soon, the New York Post will once again have the material for great headlines like 1983’s “Headless Body in Topless Bar.”
(The subhead was the even more disturbing “Gunman Forces Woman to Decapitate Tavern Owner.”)
Shooting victims are up 104% year-to-date in New York City.
Weren’t the last couple of decades rather nice in NYC?
Why does so much of the Establishment keep pushing, in effect, to go back to the Bad Old Days of urban decay?
Do they have some brilliant master plan? Or are they just stupid?
[Comment at Unz.com]


vdare--2020-09-25--Blexit Be Damned: 87 Percent Of Blacks Are Voting Biden

The First Step Act , attacking Biden/Harris for being tough on crime in the past , bringing the great Herschel Walker on among a host of other soul brothers at the RNC–none of these things are working : Also , dar rEpUbLiCaNs ArE tHe PaRtY oF tHe RiCh !
The Democrat party has outraised the GOP in corporate donations in every presidential election since 2004 , some sixteen years ago .
That Republicans are so bad at making use of that open secret explains why the GOP is so aptly referred to colloquially as the Stupid Party .
In a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to be the party of the common man while the corporate world is stuffing every one of their orifices with cash .
Republicans get portrayed as the party being bankrolled by the moneyed interests without getting the benefits of actually being bankrolled by the moneyed interests , since those interests are mostly bankrolling Democrats .
Younger , poorer voters are the ones least committed to either candidate six weeks out .
Younger , poorer voters want stimulus checks and health care .
Give it to them .
Or at least say you ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ won ’ t !

The First Step Act, attacking Biden/Harris for being tough on crime in the past, bringing the great Herschel Walker on among a host of other soul brothers at the RNC–none of these things are working:
Also, dar rEpUbLiCaNs ArE tHe PaRtY oF tHe RiCh! The Democrat party has outraised the GOP in corporate donations in every presidential election since 2004, some sixteen years ago. That Republicans are so bad at making use of that open secret explains why the GOP is so aptly referred to colloquially as the Stupid Party.
In a populist age, Democrats get to pretend to be the party of the common man while the corporate world is stuffing every one of their orifices with cash. Republicans get portrayed as the party being bankrolled by the moneyed interests without getting the benefits of actually being bankrolled by the moneyed interests, since those interests are mostly bankrolling Democrats.
Younger, poorer voters are the ones least committed to either candidate six weeks out. Younger, poorer voters want stimulus checks and health care. Give it to them. Or at least say you’d like to, because your opponent won’t!
[Comment at Unz.com]