vdare--2020-03-04--Dr. Drew Explains That Coronavirus Alarm Is A Media Panic, Not A Medical Emergency

Which has been worse on TV recently—the constant yammer about the coronavirus or the 2020 Democrats reciting their talking points ?
Both are odious , although the alleged sickness may be fake news entirely .
Dr. Drew Pinsky recently opined what many must have suspected—that the virus scare is just the media being hysterical about a public health situation that is not anywhere near verging on a pandemic .
In fact , coronavirus is far less serious than the flu in terms of actual fatalities .
But “ coronavirus ” has lots of syllables and can be blamed on Trump @ @ @ @ @ @ @ so the press can ’ t leave it alone .
Dr. Drew appeared with Laura Ingraham on Monday , and he is not happy with the press : LAURA INGRAHAM : Now , it ’ s not just the Democrats who are recklessly politicizing the coronavirus threat .
Their media lapdogs are at it as well : FAREED ZAKARIA : The coronavirus outbreak has the potential to become a global pandemic .
JAKE TAPPER : It ’ s a global health process , the spread of the coronavirus in the United States .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ threat , and Donald Trump needs to do his job .
MSNBC FEMALE : It could get worse , and it could be precipitated by actions taken by the administration .
INGRAHAM : My next guest says some of those in the media need to sit back and let the professionals do their work .
Joining me now , Dr. Drew Pinsky , an addiction medicine specialist , host of “ Dr .
Drew After Dark ” podcast .
Dr. Drew , how much damage is the media causing now the way they @ @ @ @ @ @ @ PINSKY : Essentially the entire problem we are having is due to panic , not the virus .
I was saying this six weeks ago .
We have six deaths from the coronavirus , 18,000 deaths from the flu .
Why isn ’ t the message , get your flu vaccine ?
This is amongst us .
It is milder than we thought .
The fatality rate is going to drop as we identify more cases .
The entirety of the problem now is that people are being pushed into bankruptcy .
Travel @ @ @ @ @ @ @ being interrupted because of panic , not because of the virus .
The flu virus in this country is vastly more consequential , and nobody is talking about that .
INGRAHAM : And Dr. Drew , I was traveling over the weekend , four different flights .
And people are wearing masks on the plane .
Now , it makes traveling kind of interesting , you can ’ t really see their facial expressions .
But that does zero to prevent you from getting the flu .
Zero , correct ?
PINSKY : @ @ @ @ @ @ @ s panic .
That is panic .
That is people engaged in panicked behavior .
And that is what concerns me .
It is a press-induced panic that will have real consequences .
It will not be the virus .
Listen , The Journal of the American Medical Association published lead articles this week about what they were reporting on the coronavirus .
But one of the things they asked was why did the Chinese government clamp down so hard ?
Was there something special about this virus ?
The report was , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Chinese New Year was coming , and during the New Year , apparently everybody travels , and they wanted to get it under control before the holiday , so they clamped down quickly .
They got it under control .
The holiday came , people traveled .
It did not spread .
They did exactly what they needed to do .
And then we need to calm down .
It is here , it ’ s mild , and the press needs to shut up .
It ’ s really getting to be @ @ @

Which has been worse on TV recently—the constant yammer about the coronavirus or the 2020 Democrats reciting their talking points? Both are odious, although the alleged sickness may be fake news entirely.
Dr. Drew Pinsky recently opined what many must have suspected—that the virus scare is just the media being hysterical about a public health situation that is not anywhere near verging on a pandemic. In fact, coronavirus is far less serious than the flu in terms of actual fatalities.
But “coronavirus” has lots of syllables and can be blamed on Trump (wrongly) rather than China, so the press can’t leave it alone.
Below, Red China Coronavirus
Dr. Drew appeared with Laura Ingraham on Monday, and he is not happy with the press:
LAURA INGRAHAM: Now, it’s not just the Democrats who are recklessly politicizing the coronavirus threat. Their media lapdogs are at it as well:
FAREED ZAKARIA: The coronavirus outbreak has the potential to become a global pandemic.
JAKE TAPPER: It’s a global health process, the spread of the coronavirus in the United States.
KARINE JEAN-PIERRE: This is a serious threat, and Donald Trump needs to do his job.
MSNBC FEMALE: It could get worse, and it could be precipitated by actions taken by the administration.
INGRAHAM: My next guest says some of those in the media need to sit back and let the professionals do their work. Joining me now, Dr. Drew Pinsky, an addiction medicine specialist, host of “Dr. Drew After Dark” podcast. Dr. Drew, how much damage is the media causing now the way they’re covering this?
DR. DREW PINSKY: Essentially the entire problem we are having is due to panic, not the virus. I was saying this six weeks ago.
We have six deaths from the coronavirus, 18,000 deaths from the flu. Why isn’t the message, get your flu vaccine? This is amongst us. It is milder than we thought. The fatality rate is going to drop as we identify more cases.
The entirety of the problem now is that people are being pushed into bankruptcy. Travel is down. The supply chain is being interrupted because of panic, not because of the virus. The flu virus in this country is vastly more consequential, and nobody is talking about that.
INGRAHAM: And Dr. Drew, I was traveling over the weekend, four different flights. And people are wearing masks on the plane. Now, it makes traveling kind of interesting, you can’t really see their facial expressions. But that does zero to prevent you from getting the flu. Zero, correct?
PINSKY: It’s panic. It’s panic. That is panic. That is people engaged in panicked behavior. And that is what concerns me. It is a press-induced panic that will have real consequences. It will not be the virus.
Listen, The Journal of the American Medical Association published lead articles this week about what they were reporting on the coronavirus. But one of the things they asked was why did the Chinese government clamp down so hard? Was there something special about this virus?
The report was, the reason was the holiday, the Chinese New Year was coming, and during the New Year, apparently everybody travels, and they wanted to get it under control before the holiday, so they clamped down quickly. They got it under control. The holiday came, people traveled. It did not spread. They did exactly what they needed to do.
And then we need to calm down. It is here, it’s mild, and the press needs to shut up. It’s really getting to be a problem.


vdare--2020-03-05--“It’s Because You’re White And I Hate White People": White Woman Randomly Assaulted In Portland By B

“It’s Because You’re White And I Hate White People": White Woman Randomly Assaulted In Portland By Black (Somalian?) Woman

We all know the deal by now .
Just a few details of this story flipped , we are witnessing a story the corporate media wouldn ’ t stop covering for at least a month .
As it is , enjoy the sound of anti-white silence , with few people ever reading the details of what happened to Janae Jordan at the hands of Nimo Jire Kalinle , pictured below .
Portland woman charged with hate crime .
Where ’ s the media on this one ?
, Law Enforcement Today , March 3 , 2020 A black woman is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a white woman outside of a bus in North Portland .
Reports indicate that the suspect allegedly said “ I hate white people ” while engaging in the assault .
Janae Jordan was allegedly pummeled right in front of her husband and child on January 19th by 42-year-old Nimo Jire Kalinle .
The incident allegedly occurred right after Kalinle had stepped off of the bus stopped at North Fremont Street and Gantenbein Avenue .
During the unprovoked assault , the victim asked Kalinle why she was attacking her .
According to a probable @ @ @ @ @ @ @ husband of the victim intervened , and was able to restrain the suspect while waiting for police to arrive .
Court documents showed that the suspect was apprehended and charged with fourth-degree felony assault , first-degree bias crime , second-degree bias crime , and two counts of interfering with public transportation .
Court documents further alleged that the victim had no previous interaction with Kalinle , citing the time of the assault as the first time ever seeing her .
Kalinle went before a judge regarding the case on February 24th , where @ @ @ @ @ @ @ levied .
She ’ s scheduled for her next court appearance on March 6th .
While every form of crime motivated by a racial or ethnic bias is disturbing , it ’ s not often to see suspected black offenders make headlines similar to suspected white offenders .
This is despite the fact that for every 2 reported hate crimes involving a white suspect , there ’ s on average 1 reported where the suspect is identified as black or African American .
While white suspects account for 53.6 percent of reported hate @ @ @ @ @ @ @ percent of the time .
What makes those numbers disturbing is that the black population in America is slightly below 13 percent , while the white population sits at around 61 percent .
So , while the white population consists of the majority of hate crime offenders recorded by the FBI , it ’ s a population 4.6 times greater than the African American community .
Meaning that a population over four times as great is committing hate crimes at a rate slightly over twice as high as the other , considerably smaller @ @ @ @ @ @ @ adjusted to identical levels ( i.e .
a 1-to-1 instead of a 4.6-to-1 ) , then you ’ d see that African Americans are actually twice as likely to commit a hate crime when compared to their white counterparts .
Crimes motivated by a racial bias are of concern , but keep in mind that the mainstream media is framing a picture not representing the entire truth .
What do you think happens when blacks marinate in 24/7/365 anti-white hate from cradle to grave ?
Just listen to the rationale behind the attack @ @ @ @ @ @ @ “ It ’ s because you ’ re white and I hate white people ” .

We all know the deal by now.
Just a few details of this story flipped, we are witnessing a story the corporate media wouldn’t stop covering for at least a month.
Maybe two.
As it is, enjoy the sound of anti-white silence, with few people ever reading the details of what happened to Janae Jordan at the hands of Nimo Jire Kalinle, pictured below.
(Kalinle seems to be a Somalian name.)
Portland woman charged with hate crime. Where’s the media on this one?, Law Enforcement Today, March 3, 2020 A black woman is facing hate crime charges after allegedly assaulting a white woman outside of a bus in North Portland. Reports indicate that the suspect allegedly said “I hate white people” while engaging in the assault. Read that again: “I hate white people.” Janae Jordan was allegedly pummeled right in front of her husband and child on January 19th by 42-year-old Nimo Jire Kalinle. The incident allegedly occurred right after Kalinle had stepped off of the bus stopped at North Fremont Street and Gantenbein Avenue.
Portland: Nimo Jire Kalinle, 42, is accused of beating a woman in front of her family and saying, “It’s because you’re white and I hate white people.” pic.twitter.com/bqqqkf2y0K — Andy Ngô 🏳🌈 (@MrAndyNgo) February 24, 2020
During the unprovoked assault, the victim asked Kalinle why she was attacking her. According to a probable cause affidavit, Kalinle stated: “It’s because you’re white and I hate white people.” The husband of the victim intervened, and was able to restrain the suspect while waiting for police to arrive. Court documents showed that the suspect was apprehended and charged with fourth-degree felony assault, first-degree bias crime, second-degree bias crime, and two counts of interfering with public transportation. Court documents further alleged that the victim had no previous interaction with Kalinle, citing the time of the assault as the first time ever seeing her. Kalinle went before a judge regarding the case on February 24th, where she pled not guilty to the charges levied. She’s scheduled for her next court appearance on March 6th. While every form of crime motivated by a racial or ethnic bias is disturbing, it’s not often to see suspected black offenders make headlines similar to suspected white offenders. This is despite the fact that for every 2 reported hate crimes involving a white suspect, there’s on average 1 reported where the suspect is identified as black or African American. While white suspects account for 53.6 percent of reported hate crimes, black suspects are reported 24 percent of the time. What makes those numbers disturbing is that the black population in America is slightly below 13 percent, while the white population sits at around 61 percent. So, while the white population consists of the majority of hate crime offenders recorded by the FBI, it’s a population 4.6 times greater than the African American community. Meaning that a population over four times as great is committing hate crimes at a rate slightly over twice as high as the other, considerably smaller isolated population. If the populations were adjusted to identical levels (i.e. a 1-to-1 instead of a 4.6-to-1), then you’d see that African Americans are actually twice as likely to commit a hate crime when compared to their white counterparts. Crimes motivated by a racial bias are of concern, but keep in mind that the mainstream media is framing a picture not representing the entire truth.
What do you think happens when blacks marinate in 24/7/365 anti-white hate from cradle to grave?
Just listen to the rationale behind the attack, and you’ll understand: “It’s because you’re white and I hate white people”.
[Comment at Unz.com]


vdare--2020-03-05--Patrick J. Buchanan: Will Joe Kick It Away Again?

A week ago , the candidacy of Joe Biden was at death 's door .
On a taping of `` The McLaughlin Group , '' this writer suggested it might be time to `` call the rectory '' and have the monsignor come render last rites .
Today , Biden 's candidacy is not only alive .
He is first in votes , victories and delegates , and is favored to win the nomination and , by most polls , to defeat Donald Trump in November .
`` The World Turned Upside Down '' was a song the British army @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the surrender of Lord Cornwallis at Yorktown .
That title applies to what happened in the U.S. political world in the five days from Feb. 29 to March 4 .
Going into South Carolina on Feb. 29 , Joe Biden had run a miserable and losing campaign .
Starting as the odds-on favorite for the nomination , he finished fourth in the Iowa caucuses , fifth in New Hampshire and then was routed by Bernie Sanders in the Nevada caucuses .
His fundraising was anemic .
His debate performances ranged from tolerable to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Carolina , his proclaimed `` firewall , '' the media conceded he might win but wrote him off as a probable fatality on Super Tuesday when 14 states went to the polls .
Then came South Carolina Rep. Jim Clyburn 's endorsement of Biden , which solidified and energized the African American vote in the Palmetto State and led to a Biden blowout in Saturday 's primary .
The nonstop free and favorable publicity Biden gained from the victory created a momentum that Mike Bloomberg 's billions could not buy .
Over that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Buttigieg and Amy Klobuchar and endorsements by both of Biden as the party 's best hope against Donald Trump .
Came then Biden 's sweep of 10 of the 14 states holding primaries on Super Tuesday .
Wednesday saw the withdrawal of Bloomberg , who endorsed Biden and pledged his vast fortune to help Joe and the party defeat Trump in November .
Moreover , for Trump , as Claudius observed in `` Hamlet , '' `` When sorrows come , they come not single spies but in battalions . ''
For 10 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ gyrated wildly , wiping out trillions of dollars in wealth , while the coronavirus slowly claimed victims and dominated the world 's media .
Predictions of a pandemic , a global economic downturn and a national recession were everywhere .
All in all , a triumphal week for Biden , who racked up 11 state primary victories .
Before last Saturday , he had not won a single primary in three presidential campaigns .
But if earlier reports of the demise of Joe Biden were premature , so , too , are today @ @ @ @ @ @ @ this November , marching over the political corpse of Trump and bringing in a Democratic Senate and Democratic House .
As Yogi Berra said , `` It ai n't over till it 's over . ''
Bernie Sanders ' `` Revolution '' remains unreconciled to a Beltway-Biden restoration , against which many of the Democratic candidates railed before dropping out , including Elizabeth Warren .
Sanders , for whom this is the last hurrah , must decide whether he wants to go down fighting for his cause or stack arms and march into @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to fight , he can , even in near-certain defeat , be victorious in history if his `` movement '' one day captures the national party as it has captured a plurality of the party 's young .
If Sanders goes into the coming debates and forces Biden to defend his votes—for George Bush 's war in Iraq and for NAFTA and WTO trade concessions to Communist China—he may still be crushed .
But Sanders is a true believer .
And , for such as these , it is better to die on @ @ @ @ @ @ @ on than to march into camp to be patted on the head by an establishment that secretly detests you .
Then there is Biden 's vulnerability .
He may be hailed by a fickle media as a conquering hero today .
But after the cheering stops , Biden is going to be , for the next eight months , the same candidate he has been for the last eight months .
Here is a description of that candidate by The New York Times the day after his Super Tuesday triumph : '' Any @ @ @ @ @ @ @ risk-free option would appear to contradict the available evidence .
He is no safer with a microphone , no likelier to complete a thought without exaggeration or bewildering detour .
`` He has not , as a 77-year-old man proudly set in his ways , acquired new powers of persuasion or management in the 72 hours since the first primary state victory of his three presidential campaigns .
`` Mr. Biden has blundered this chance before—the establishment front-runner ; the last , best hope for moderates—fumbling his initial 2020 advantages in a hail @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and staggering underperformance . ''
It ai n't over till it 's over .
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 .

A week ago, the candidacy of Joe Biden was at death's door.
On a taping of "The McLaughlin Group," this writer suggested it might be time to "call the rectory" and have the monsignor come render last rites.
Today, Biden's candidacy is not only alive. He is first in votes, victories and delegates, and is favored to win the nomination and, by most polls, to defeat Donald Trump in November.
"The World Turned Upside Down" was a song the British army band is said to have played at the surrender of Lord Cornwallis at Yorktown. That title applies to what happened in the U.S. political world in the five days from Feb. 29 to March 4.
Going into South Carolina on Feb. 29, Joe Biden had run a miserable and losing campaign.
Starting as the odds-on favorite for the nomination, he finished fourth in the Iowa caucuses, fifth in New Hampshire and then was routed by Bernie Sanders in the Nevada caucuses. His fundraising was anemic. His debate performances ranged from tolerable to terrible.
On the eve of South Carolina, his proclaimed "firewall," the media conceded he might win but wrote him off as a probable fatality on Super Tuesday when 14 states went to the polls.
Then came South Carolina Rep. Jim Clyburn's endorsement of Biden, which solidified and energized the African American vote in the Palmetto State and led to a Biden blowout in Saturday's primary.
The nonstop free and favorable publicity Biden gained from the victory created a momentum that Mike Bloomberg's billions could not buy. Over that weekend came the withdrawal of Mayor Pete Buttigieg and Amy Klobuchar and endorsements by both of Biden as the party's best hope against Donald Trump.
Came then Biden's sweep of 10 of the 14 states holding primaries on Super Tuesday. Wednesday saw the withdrawal of Bloomberg, who endorsed Biden and pledged his vast fortune to help Joe and the party defeat Trump in November.
Moreover, for Trump, as Claudius observed in "Hamlet," "When sorrows come, they come not single spies but in battalions."
For 10 days, the Dow Jones average has gyrated wildly, wiping out trillions of dollars in wealth, while the coronavirus slowly claimed victims and dominated the world's media. Predictions of a pandemic, a global economic downturn and a national recession were everywhere.
All in all, a triumphal week for Biden, who racked up 11 state primary victories. Before last Saturday, he had not won a single primary in three presidential campaigns.
But if earlier reports of the demise of Joe Biden were premature, so, too, are today's confident predictions of a Biden sweep this November, marching over the political corpse of Trump and bringing in a Democratic Senate and Democratic House.
As Yogi Berra said, "It ain't over till it's over."
Bernie Sanders' "Revolution" remains unreconciled to a Beltway-Biden restoration, against which many of the Democratic candidates railed before dropping out, including Elizabeth Warren.
Sanders, for whom this is the last hurrah, must decide whether he wants to go down fighting for his cause or stack arms and march into Biden's camp.
If Sanders chooses to fight, he can, even in near-certain defeat, be victorious in history if his "movement" one day captures the national party as it has captured a plurality of the party's young.
If Sanders goes into the coming debates and forces Biden to defend his votes—for George Bush's war in Iraq and for NAFTA and WTO trade concessions to Communist China—he may still be crushed.
But Sanders is a true believer. And, for such as these, it is better to die on the hill you have lived and fought on than to march into camp to be patted on the head by an establishment that secretly detests you.
Then there is Biden's vulnerability.
He may be hailed by a fickle media as a conquering hero today. But after the cheering stops, Biden is going to be, for the next eight months, the same candidate he has been for the last eight months. Here is a description of that candidate by The New York Times the day after his Super Tuesday triumph:
"Any suggestion that Mr. Biden is now a risk-free option would appear to contradict the available evidence. He is no safer with a microphone, no likelier to complete a thought without exaggeration or bewildering detour. "He has not, as a 77-year-old man proudly set in his ways, acquired new powers of persuasion or management in the 72 hours since the first primary state victory of his three presidential campaigns. "Mr. Biden has blundered this chance before—the establishment front-runner; the last, best hope for moderates—fumbling his initial 2020 advantages in a hail of disappointing fund-raising, feeble campaign organization and staggering underperformance."
It ain't over till it's over.
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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--2020-03-05--This Day In VDARE.com History, 2015: "Hands Up Don't Shoot" Was A Lie. Data Shows Latest DOJ Report

This Day In VDARE.com History, 2015: "Hands Up Don't Shoot" Was A Lie. Data Shows Latest DOJ Report Is, Too.

This was orginally published on this day in 2015 .
The Trayvon Martin Hoax and the attack on Ferguson by the DOJ were supported not only by then-President Obama , but the Conservatism , Inc. types at National Review .
`` Hands Up , Do n't Shoot '' was always a lie—so is the alleged racism of the Ferguson PD .
The Department of Justice ’ s stunning 86-page report on the shooting of Michael Brown reveals # HandsUpDontShoot was a lie and there can no longer be any doubt that Officer Darren Wilson ’ s actions on August 10 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ being Occupied America , the report still manages to condemn the Ferguson Police Department for “ racism ” and the Main Stream Media is predictably piling on .
Of course , this despicable trick hides a more far more disturbing truth—the color of crime in Ferguson is almost entirely black , and , if anything , the Ferguson Police Department may have been too restrained .
Though the MSM is already trying to bury it , it ’ s important to highlight how utterly damning the DOJ report is to the Narrative of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of the Michael Brown story that was used to justify the media feeding frenzy around Ferguson was based on a lie .
[ DOJ Clears Officer Wilson in Devastating Report , by Jared Taylor , American Renaissance , March 4 , 2015 ] To bury this utterly devastating revelation , the Department of Justice has now pivoted to reveal the supposed “ racism ” that lurks in the hearts of the 94 percent white Ferguson Police Department [ Ferguson ’ s Police Force is 94 percent White—And That ’ s Basically Normal in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ New Republic , August 13 , 2014 ] And if you didn ’ t know anything about Ferguson ’ s racial history , you might think the DOJ had succeeded in revealing a pattern of discrimination : Just as with “ Hands up , Don ’ t Shoot , ” this is a lie .
Why ?
Because the arrest rate of blacks for offenses that don ’ t “ hinge on police discretion , ” like violent crimes , also systematically exceeds their proportion of the population .
In other words , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ objective statistics , the plain fact is that the color of crime in Ferguson is black .
There are three elements to this story .
• Tracking how the population changed in Ferguson over a 40 year period • Understanding how white flight effectively forces police to become a source of revenue • Researching crime rates to see if white police are behaving in a discriminatory manner when it comes to non- “ discretional ” crimes like murder or robbery .
First , properly to understand crime figures , you have to realize @ @ @ @ @ @ @ devastated by sudden white flight .
The city is currently 70 percent black , but this is a very recent development .
• In 1970 , Ferguson was 99 percent white [ 5 things to know about Ferguson Police Department , by Paulina Firozi , USA Today , August 19 , 2014 ] In 1980 , Ferguson was 85 percent white and 14 black [ The Death of Michael Brown : Racial History Behind the Ferguson Protests , New York Times , August 12 , 2014 ] • In 1990 , Ferguson was @ @ @ @ @ @ @ • In 2000 , Ferguson was 44.8 percent white and 52.4 percent black • By 2010 Ferguson was 29.3 percent white and 67.4 percent black [ Chart : Inside Ferguson 's Changing Demographics , by Niall McCarthy , Forbes , August 19 , 2014 ] Since the Supreme Court declared Restrictive Covenants on property unconstitutional , and with Federal government openly working to impose diversity on white America through “ Fair Housing , ” Section 8 , refugee resettlement etc.
, no city can protect itself against the kind of white flight we @ @ @ @ @ @ @ time period in Ferguson .
Once whites leave the city , the tax base erodes , property values plummet , and only certain kinds of businesses can feasibly stay open and turn a profit .
[ Blame poverty , age for weak North County home market , by Jim Gallagher , St. Louis Post-Dispatch , August 18 , 2013 ] .
I call this effect the “ Black Undertow.
” This is what happened to Ferguson , and the riots have only accelerated the flight of human capital from the city .
This @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the story .
The DOJ report claims the Ferguson police have been effectively rebranded as a “ collection agency.
” Of course , what the DOJ report leaves unmentioned is why such an approach is needed : the absence of a reliable tax base .
And even so , these practices don ’ t necessary show “ racial bias ” on the part of the primarily white police force in now 70 percent black Ferguson .
And that brings us to the third element of the story , the actual crime rates .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ Ferguson , few supposed journalists have done any reporting other than repeating whatever hashtags were held up by vapid celebrities .
So it was left to me .
I called the Ferguson Police Department to obtain the crime reports sorted by race that extended back at least a decade .
( Significantly the Justice Department examined only a sample size of the last three years—probably to avoid revealing systematic and long-standing black criminality ) .
I was told by an officer that I was the first journalist to ask for this information .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ Uniform Crime Reporting Program ( MUCRP ) , which allows anyone to pull reports—going back to the year 2001—for every city in Missouri .
You can search for various report types , including arrests by age , sex , crime with race .
So , doing what the Department of Justice and apparently every journalist in America is incapable of doing , I pulled those arrest reports on the MUCRP site for Ferguson going back to 2001 .
In viewing the following , please remember that according to the 2000 U.S. Census , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ percent black .
• Since 2001 , 18513 people have been arrested in Ferguson : 84 percent have been black • Since 2001 , 479 people have been arrested for burglary in Ferguson : 91 percent of them have been black .
• Since 2001 , 286 people have been arrested for weapons charges in Ferguson : 89 percent have been black • Since 2001 , 18513 people have been arrested in Ferguson : 84 percent have been black • Since 2001 , 9 people have been arrested for murder in Ferguson .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
• Since 2001 , there have been 28 people arrested in Ferguson for rape .
All have been black .
• Since 2001 , 133 people have been arrested for robbery in Ferguson : 90 percent have been black • Since 2001 , 146 people have been arrested for motor vehicle theft in Ferguson : 93 percent have been black .
• Since 2001 , 4,845 people have been arrested for larceny in Ferguson : 80 percent have been black .
These numbers are nearly a complete match to the crime statistics @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Louis Metropolitan Police Department Annual Report to the Community , which breaks down the arrests rates for violent crime by race ( you can research 1999-2012 at the site ) .
In other words , black criminality in and around Ferguson is systematic and long-standing .
And as the proportion of blacks in Ferguson rose , the absolute amount of crime increased even more dramatically .
These figures make the MSM ’ s whining about Ferguson ’ s “ racism ” not just irrelevant , but offensive .
Ferguson was burned out , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ s future was ruined because local governments were unable to maintain public order and because the MSM will not to do its job and report the truth about what ’ s going on .
Instead , we are supposed to be apoplectic because policemen sometimes sent mean emails .
In the end , the Ferguson Farce and the Department of Justice ’ s report on the so-called racial discrimination against blacks by the Ferguson Police Department is just another episode in the long-running series of attempts by our rulers to repress the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ drives down property values , destroys the tax base , and guts a city from the inside out .
Eric Holder scapegoating the remnants of Western Civilization in Ferguson won ’ t do anything to change the reality that Ferguson is a city in ruins as a direct result of the government policy decisions and judicial rulings .
Ferguson has gone black .
And I doubt it ’ s coming back .
What about America ?
Paul Kersey [ Email him ] is the author of the blog SBPDL , and has published @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in Blackface and Escape From Detroit , Opiate of America : College Football in Black and White and Second City Confidential : The Black Experience in Chicagoland .
His latest book is The Tragic City : Birmingham 1963-2013 .

This was originally published on this day in 2015. The Trayvon Martin Hoax and the attack on Ferguson by the DOJ were supported not only by then-President Obama, but the Conservatism, Inc. types at National Review.
"Hands Up, Don't Shoot" was always a lie—so is the alleged racism of the Ferguson PD.
The Department of Justice’s stunning 86-page report on the shooting of Michael Brown reveals #HandsUpDontShoot was a lie and there can no longer be any doubt that Officer Darren Wilson’s actions on August 10, 2014 were justified. But this being Occupied America, the report still manages to condemn the Ferguson Police Department for “racism” and the Main Stream Media is predictably piling on. Of course, this despicable trick hides a more far more disturbing truth—the color of crime in Ferguson is almost entirely black, and, if anything, the Ferguson Police Department may have been too restrained.
Though the MSM is already trying to bury it, it’s important to highlight how utterly damning the DOJ report is to the Narrative of the Gentle Giant. Almost every aspect of the Michael Brown story that was used to justify the media feeding frenzy around Ferguson was based on a lie [DOJ Clears Officer Wilson in Devastating Report, by Jared Taylor, American Renaissance, March 4, 2015].
To bury this utterly devastating revelation, the Department of Justice has now pivoted to reveal the supposed “racism” that lurks in the hearts of the 94 percent white Ferguson Police Department [Ferguson’s Police Force is 94 percent White—And That’s Basically Normal in the U.S., by Rebecca Leber, New Republic, August 13, 2014]
And if you didn’t know anything about Ferguson’s racial history, you might think the DOJ had succeeded in revealing a pattern of discrimination:
Ferguson, Mo., is a third white, but the crime statistics compiled in the city over the past two years seemed to suggest that only black people were breaking the law. They accounted for 85 percent of traffic stops, 90 percent of tickets and 93 percent of arrests. In cases like jaywalking, which often hinge on police discretion, blacks accounted for 95 percent of all arrests. The racial disparity in those statistics was so stark that the Justice Department has concluded in a report scheduled for release on Wednesday that there was only one explanation: The Ferguson Police Department was routinely violating the constitutional rights of its black residents. [Ferguson Police Routinely Violate Rights of Blacks, Justice Dept. Finds, by Matt Apuzzo, New York Times, March 3, 2015 Emphasis added]
Just as with “Hands up, Don’t Shoot,” this is a lie. Why? Because the arrest rate of blacks for offenses that don’t “hinge on police discretion,” like violent crimes, also systematically exceeds their proportion of the population. In other words, so far as we can tell with objective statistics, the plain fact is that the color of crime in Ferguson is black.
There are three elements to this story.
Tracking how the population changed in Ferguson over a 40 year period
Understanding how white flight effectively forces police to become a source of revenue
Researching crime rates to see if white police are behaving in a discriminatory manner when it comes to non-“discretional” crimes like murder or robbery.
First, properly to understand crime figures, you have to realize that Ferguson, Missouri is a community devastated by sudden white flight. The city is currently 70 percent black, but this is a very recent development.
Since the Supreme Court declared Restrictive Covenants on property unconstitutional, and with Federal government openly working to impose diversity on white America through “Fair Housing,” Section 8, refugee resettlement etc., no city can protect itself against the kind of white flight we’ve seen over a 40-year time period in Ferguson.
Once whites leave the city, the tax base erodes, property values plummet, and only certain kinds of businesses can feasibly stay open and turn a profit. [Blame poverty, age for weak North County home market, by Jim Gallagher, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, August 18, 2013]. I call this effect the “Black Undertow.” This is what happened to Ferguson, and the riots have only accelerated the flight of human capital from the city.
This brings us to the second component of the story. The DOJ report claims the Ferguson police have been effectively rebranded as a “collection agency.”
The report on Ferguson found that the city used its courts to increase revenue and used its police department as "a collection agency." "Patrol assignments and schedules are geared toward aggressive enforcement of Ferguson’s municipal code, with insufficient thought given to whether enforcement strategies promote public safety or unnecessarily undermine community trust and cooperation," the report said. "Officer evaluations and promotions depend to an inordinate degree on 'productivity,' meaning the number of citations issued." [DOJ finds Ferguson targeted African Americans, used courts mainly to increase revenue, by Stephen Deere, Chuck Raasch, and Jeremy Kohler, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, March 5, 2015]
Of course, what the DOJ report leaves unmentioned is why such an approach is needed: the absence of a reliable tax base. And even so, these practices don’t necessary show “racial bias” on the part of the primarily white police force in now 70 percent black Ferguson.
And that brings us to the third element of the story, the actual crime rates. For all the MSM attention given to Ferguson, few supposed journalists have done any reporting other than repeating whatever hashtags were held up by vapid celebrities.
So it was left to me. I called the Ferguson Police Department to obtain the crime reports sorted by race that extended back at least a decade. (Significantly the Justice Department examined only a sample size of the last three years—probably to avoid revealing systematic and long-standing black criminality.) I was told by an officer that I was the first journalist to ask for this information.
I was told to consult The Missouri Uniform Crime Reporting Program (MUCRP), which allows anyone to pull reports—going back to the year 2001—for every city in Missouri.
You can search for various report types, including arrests by age, sex, crime with race.
So, doing what the Department of Justice and apparently every journalist in America is incapable of doing, I pulled those arrest reports on the MUCRP site for Ferguson going back to 2001.
In viewing the following, please remember that according to the 2000 U.S. Census, the city of Ferguson was only 52 percent black.
Since 2001, 18513 people have been arrested in Ferguson: 84 percent have been black
percent have been black Since 2001, 479 people have been arrested for burglary in Ferguson: 91 percent of them have been black.
percent of them have been black. Since 2001, 286 people have been arrested for weapons charges in Ferguson: 89 percent have been black
percent have been black Since 2001, 9 people have been arrested for murder in Ferguson. 8 of the 9 have been black.
of the 9 have been black. Since 2001, there have been 28 people arrested in Ferguson for rape. All have been black.
Since 2001, 133 people have been arrested for robbery in Ferguson: 90 percent have been black
percent have been black Since 2001, 146 people have been arrested for motor vehicle theft in Ferguson: 93 percent have been black.
percent have been black. Since 2001, 4,845 people have been arrested for larceny in Ferguson: 80 percent have been black.
These numbers are nearly a complete match to the crime statistics I pulled from the City of St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department Annual Report to the Community, which breaks down the arrests rates for violent crime by race (you can research 1999-2012 at the site).
In other words, black criminality in and around Ferguson is systematic and long-standing. And as the proportion of blacks in Ferguson rose, the absolute amount of crime increased even more dramatically.
These figures make the MSM’s whining about Ferguson’s “racism” not just irrelevant, but offensive. Ferguson was burned out, businesses were destroyed, and the city’s future was ruined because local governments were unable to maintain public order and because the MSM will not to do its job and report the truth about what’s going on.
Instead, we are supposed to be apoplectic because policemen sometimes sent mean emails.
In the end, the Ferguson Farce and the Department of Justice’s report on the so-called racial discrimination against blacks by the Ferguson Police Department is just another episode in the long-running series of attempts by our rulers to repress the reality of black crime.
Black crime drives down property values, destroys the tax base, and guts a city from the inside out. Eric Holder scapegoating the remnants of Western Civilization in Ferguson won’t do anything to change the reality that Ferguson is a city in ruins as a direct result of the government policy decisions and judicial rulings.
Ferguson has gone black. And I doubt it’s coming back. What about America?
Paul Kersey[Email him] is the author of the blog SBPDL, and has published the books SBPDL Year One, Hollywood in Blackface and Escape From Detroit, Opiate of America: College Football in Black and White and Second City Confidential: The Black Experience in Chicagoland. His latest book is The Tragic City: Birmingham 1963-2013.


vdare--2020-03-05--Five Reasons We Need Hate Speech, According To Lou Perez at Cato—And A Few Responses

It 's been up almost a year now , but Cato 's Lou Perez hosts this short documentary Five Reasons We Need Hate Speech .
I liked the provocative titling , though the video is couched in the tiresome formulation : Hate Speech is Bad !
But We Should n't Ban It !
Because That Will Make It Stronger !
`` Listening to Nazis or white supremacists is n't my idea of a good time '' , Perez snorts , while flashing images of Hitler and Richard Spencer .
Perez avoids the obvious : if it ’ s labeled “ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ saying negative things about non-whites .
Often with justification .
Yes , there are a handful of examples involving homosexuality , transgenderism and Palestinians , but you can ’ t analyze the “ hate speech ” issue without tackling its real driver .
And Perez does not wrangle with whether what he calls “ hate speech ” is truthful , or whether it ’ s a legitimate category to begin with ( which it isn ’ t ) .
The five reasons , and my thoughts : The problem with this `` reason @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of `` hate speech '' , and that instead of treating free speech as a pure good by itself , we have to strategize its employment as a way to ... lessen certain kinds of it .
In other words , this is n't actually a defense of free speech .
It concedes that `` hate speech '' is bad and that ideally , it would go away .
This justification will crumble if the desired levels of “ good ” and “ bad ” speech are not achieved , so I can @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Also , I think that on a practical level , shutting down disfavored speech ... shuts it down .
When Jared Taylor is banned from Twitter , he ’ s gone .
Nadine Strossen , quoting someone else , tells viewers that all great truths begin as a blasphemy .
Indeed !
• Hate Speech Can not Actually Hurt You I ’ m not sure it 's as easy as the sticks-and-stones taunt from the schoolyard .
Of course powerful speech can compel people to action .
Which can include violence .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ this but continue to defend speech nevertheless .
The idea being that we ca n't sharpen our counter-arguments for racial equality and social justice ( odd goals for libertarians , but whatever ) .
It ’ s another way of conceding the badness of hate speech .
Because in the end , when we get our feelings out , we can then all come together in a big group hug .
The bigger reality is that free speech — like so many other cherished American traditions — becomes impossible in a society that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ even agree on the rules of engagement .

It's been up almost a year now, but Cato's Lou Perez hosts this short documentary Five Reasons We Need Hate Speech.
I liked the provocative titling, though the video is couched in the tiresome formulation: Hate Speech is Bad! But We Shouldn't Ban It! Because That Will Make It Stronger!
"Listening to Nazis or white supremacists isn't my idea of a good time", Perez snorts, while flashing images of Hitler and Richard Spencer.
Perez avoids the obvious: if it’s labeled “hate speech“, it means whites saying negative things about non-whites. Often with justification.
Yes, there are a handful of examples involving homosexuality, transgenderism and Palestinians, but you can’t analyze the “hate speech” issue without tackling its real driver.
And Perez does not wrangle with whether what he calls “hate speech” is truthful, or whether it’s a legitimate category to begin with (which it isn’t).
The five reasons, and my thoughts:
Shutting Down Hate Speech Makes It Stronger
The problem with this "reason" is that it presumes the badness of "hate speech", and that instead of treating free speech as a pure good by itself, we have to strategize its employment as a way to... lessen certain kinds of it.
In other words, this isn't actually a defense of free speech. It concedes that "hate speech" is bad and that ideally, it would go away.
This justification will crumble if the desired levels of “good” and “bad” speech are not achieved, so I can’t really take it too seriously.
Also, I think that on a practical level, shutting down disfavored speech... shuts it down. When Jared Taylor is banned from Twitter, he’s gone.
Hate Speech Can Be Great Speech
Nadine Strossen, quoting someone else, tells viewers that all great truths begin as a blasphemy. Indeed!
Hate Speech Cannot Actually Hurt You
I’m not sure it's as easy as the sticks-and-stones taunt from the schoolyard. Of course powerful speech can compel people to action. Which can include violence.
A fuller reckoning with reality would acknowledge this but continue to defend speech nevertheless.
Suppressing Hate Speech Makes Us Stupid
The idea being that we can't sharpen our counter-arguments for racial equality and social justice (odd goals for libertarians, but whatever). It’s another way of conceding the badness of hate speech.
Meh.
Hate Speech Makes Us Better
Because in the end, when we get our feelings out, we can then all come together in a big group hug.
Bleh.
The bigger reality is that free speech — like so many other cherished American traditions — becomes impossible in a society that is so racially diverse, nobody can even agree on the rules of engagement.


vdare--2020-03-05--Time To Take On Turkey—And End Weaponized Migration

Earlier : Turkey Unleashes The Migrants and Greeks Resist Invasion from the East Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has boasted that he ’ s “ opened the doors ” to refugees to use them as a weapon against Europe .
He has provided buses to ship “ migrants ” to Greece , and his interior ministry has sent just 1,000 cops to the border to stop Greek authorities from pushing those migrants back into Turkey [ Turkish police move to stop Greece pushing migrants back , BBC , March 5 , 2019 ] .
Thus does the Long War continue @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Greeks are trying to repel an Asiatic invasion .
Woke classicists such as Mark Zuckerberg ’ s appalling sister Donna notwithstanding , Western Civilization began with ancient Greece .
And it might end with the Third Hellenic Republic if the West doesn ’ t fight back .
Greece has stopped some 35,000 migrants from entering the country , and is feuding with Turkey over allegations that Greek security services killed migrants trying to enter [ Greece blocks 35,000 migrants , plans to deport arrivals after March 1 , by Lefteris Papadis ’ s @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 5 , 2020 ; In blame game , Greece denies Turkish claim that it killed three migrants , Reuters , March 3 , 2020 ] .
The anti-Western international Main Stream Media is trying to guilt-trip beleaguered Europeans into accepting unlimited refugees because migrants ’ “ dreams ” are at stake [ Syrian migrants trying to reach Greece from Turkey find their dreams evaporating as border guards push them back , by Sarah Dadouch , The Washington Post , March 2 , 2020 ] .
And Erdogan cynically claims he needs more European @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the refugees can ’ t go home because Turkey is waging war against the legal government of Syria [ Turkey shoots down third plane as Syrian forces retake town , by Linah Alsaafin , Al Jazeera , March 3 , 2020 ] .
All this is reminiscent of The Camp of the Saints , that forbidden tome and most prophetic book of the last 50 years .
[ VDARE.com readers can buy the book from us directly—email our office for details . ]
The West is being extinguished because its people are unwilling @ @ @ @ @ @ @ they will suffer from the Third World invasion , but they are morally paralyzed .
Thus the West isn ’ t just vulnerable to global demographic trends , but the cold-blooded use of migrants as a weapon [ Strategic Engineered Migration as a Weapon of War , by Kelly Greenhill , Civil Wars , March 2008 ] .
Both those who push the migrations and demand we accept the migrants know mass immigration is a punishment [ Punishment Migration , by James Kirkpatrick , The Social Contract , Fall 2018 ] .
President @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ s done , the gates are open , ” he smirked .
“ You will have your share of this burden now.
” He said “ millions ” of migrants will be coming to Europe [ Turkey ’ s Erdogan warns Europe to expect ‘ millions ’ of migrants after easing border restrictions , by Robert Gearty , Fox News , March 2 , 2020 ] .
Of course , the Main Stream Media would demonize any European or American public figure who called immigration a “ burden.
” Another sign of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ leaders are angry at Erdogan not because he ’ s threatening the continent , but because he ’ s “ weaponized ” migrants .
• “ We must not allow refugees to be made the plaything of geopolitical interests , ” said German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas .
“ No matter who tries to do so , they must always expect our resistance ” [ Erdogan warns ‘ millions ’ of refugees heading to Europe , DW.com , March 3 , 2020 ] .
• Gerald Knaus , chairman of the European Stability @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Turkey that limited the migration wave [ The EU-Turkey refugee agreement : A review , DW , March 18 , 2018 ] .
Now he too complains Erdogan is “ weaponizing ” migrants [ Migrants Again Try To Leave Turkey for Europe , But This Time The Gate Is Closed , by Joanna Kakissis , NPR.com , March 2 , 2020 ] .
• Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz , who is governing with the leftist Green Party after betraying his nationalist allies , complained Erdogan was making an “ organized ” effort to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ as a weapon , to apply pressure on the European Union ” [ Austrian Chancellor : Erdogan is “ Weaponizing ” Migrants Against Greece , by Gregory Pappas , PappasPost , March 3 , 2020 ] .
Still , when it comes down to it , European leaders do seem to understand “ refugees ” are a danger .
Thus Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis tweeted ( n.b .
in English ) that Greece would protect “ the external borders of Europe.
” Greeks on the island of Lesbos , overrun by 20,000 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ are rebelling against the foreign takeover , throwing rocks at NGO groups and reportedly attacking “ aid workers or refugees ” [ ‘ It ’ s a powder keg ready to explode ’ : In Greek village , tensions simmer between refugees and locals , by Justin Higginbottom , CNBC , March 2 , 2020 ] .
Yes , yes , violence is deplorable , but when you invade someone ’ s home , what do you expect ?
Even European commission president Ursula von der Leyen praised Greece , thanking the Hellenic @ @ @ @ @ @ @ shield ) in these times ” and announcing financial aid for the Greek government [ Migration : EU praises Greece as ‘ shield ’ after Turkey opens border , by Jennifer Rankin , The Guardian , March 3 , 2020 ] .
Yet can Europe and Greece stay strong ?
The international MSM is already accusing the Greek government of human rights abuses for trying to stop migrants .
Here are just three of countless examples : • “ Shocking moment Greek coastguards SHOOT at a dinghy full of migrants on the same @ @ @ @ @ @ @ capsized off of Lesbos , ” by Milly Vincent , Daily Mail , March 2 , 2020 • Migrants at Turkish-Greek border : ‘ We want another life , ’ DW , by Tunca Ogreten , com , March 3 , 2020 The Greek government denies these allegations .
But , one might ask , so what ?
Eventually , someone will be killed as migrants rush the border .
But then the moral pressure will intensify .
The MSM is already publishing photos of sad migrants to convince the elites that Europe @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of Migrants Attempt to Cross Into Europe From Turkey , by Alan Taylor , The Atlantic , March 2 , 2020 ] .
We saw the consequences of such thinking when Angela Merkel opened Europe ’ s borders after the MSM exploited Alan Kurdi ’ s death—while , of course , ignoring the child victims of Muslim terrorists in Europe Hysterical moral blackmail to open the Greek border is bad enough , but MSM do-gooders are also , albeit inadvertently , furthering Erdogan ’ s agenda and shilling for Turkish expansionism .
Many @ @ @ @ @ @ @ t even Syrians .
They ’ re Afghan economic migrants who apparently haven ’ t benefitted much from America ’ s nation-building experiment in the graveyard of empires [ Erdogan ’ s Empty Threats , by Tessa Fox , Foreign Policy , March 2 , 2020 ] .
Erdogan is unleashing the hordes because he ’ s losing his war in northern Syria , not because he wants to help the migrants [ Why Is Turkey Threatening a Full-blown Conflict With Syria and to Shatter Its Alliance With Russia , Haaretz , March @ @ @ @ @ @ @ his weapon to win concessions from Europe .
Erdogan ’ s reckless aggression against Syria threatens to draw in Russia , Syria ’ s main ally [ Erdogan is reaping what he sowed : Turkey is on the brink of disaster in Syria , by Simon Tisdall , The Guardian , March 2 , 2020 ] .
Though direct talks may forestall conflict for now , only force will deter Erdogan ’ s imperial ambitions .
Fortunately , Russia seems willing to provide it [ Russia reinforces Syria before Putin-Erdogan talks – flight @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and Yoruk Isik , Reuters , March 4 , 2020 ] .
And unfortunately , the United States government might enable Turkey ’ s aggression .
“ Russia ’ s Putin and Syria ’ s Assad are behaving like war criminals , ” said Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina , forgetting that Assad is fighting to put down the last rebel stronghold in his own country [ Veteran senator Graham says appreciates Turkey ’ s moves in Syria ’ s Idlib , urges no-fly zone , Daily Sabah ( a pro-Turkish government @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ] .
Conflicting reports have suggested the United States might send military supplies to Erdogan .
U.S. special representative James Jeffrey said America would be “ willing to provide ammunition ” to Turkey , “ a NATO ally ” [ U.S. willing to give Turkey ammunition for Syria ’ s Idlib , by Tuvan Gumrukcu , Reuters , March 3 , 2020 ] .
However , later reports “ clarified ” that America would not be send new supplies but keep doing “ what we are already doing ” while “ considering Turkish @ @ @ @ @ @ @ planning to send new weapons to Turkey for Syria campaign , by Jack Detsch , Al-Monitor , March 3 , 2020 ] .
President Trump should kill that idea now .
Nor , as Democrat presidential candidate Tulsi Gabbard tweeted , should we fight Russia on behalf of Erdogan .
Greece is a NATO ally too .
Turkey threatens Greece and all of Europe with the strategic weapon of mass migration .
At a time when the world is confronting a potential pandemic , this isn ’ t just despicable , it ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ NATO never should have permitted Turkey to join .
There ’ s no purpose to the alliance at all if the West can ’ t act against Erdogan , even if Turkey is a member .
Let ’ s hope President Trump doesn ’ t betray our civilization for a few arms sales .
If NATO ’ s purpose is protecting Europe—and Greece is a part of Europe—then Article V , which provides for the common defense of members under armed attack , should be invoked against the tyrant in occupied Constantinople .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ condemn the tactic of weaponized migration .
Otherwise , elites in Mexico and throughout Latin America might decide to unload their poor on us .
James Kirkpatrick [ Email him |Tweet him @ VDAREJamesK ] is a Beltway veteran and a refugee from Conservatism Inc. His latest book is Conservatism Inc. : The Battle for the American Right .
Read VDARE.com Editor Peter Brimelow 's Preface here .

Earlier: Turkey Unleashes The Migrants and Greeks Resist Invasion from the East
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has boasted that he’s “opened the doors” to refugees to use them as a weapon against Europe. He has provided buses to ship “migrants” to Greece, and his interior ministry has sent just 1,000 cops to the border to stop Greek authorities from pushing those migrants back into Turkey [Turkish police move to stop Greece pushing migrants back, BBC, March 5, 2019]. Thus does the Long War continue. Like their ancestors at Thermopylae, Greeks are trying to repel an Asiatic invasion. Woke classicists such as Mark Zuckerberg’s appalling sister Donna notwithstanding, Western Civilization began with ancient Greece. And it might end with the Third Hellenic Republic if the West doesn’t fight back.
Greece has stopped some 35,000 migrants from entering the country, and is feuding with Turkey over allegations that Greek security services killed migrants trying to enter [Greece blocks 35,000 migrants, plans to deport arrivals after March 1, by Lefteris Papadis’s and Bulent Usta, Reuters, March 5, 2020; In blame game, Greece denies Turkish claim that it killed three migrants, Reuters, March 3, 2020].
The anti-Western international Main Stream Media is trying to guilt-trip beleaguered Europeans into accepting unlimited refugees because migrants’ “dreams” are at stake [Syrian migrants trying to reach Greece from Turkey find their dreams evaporating as border guards push them back, by Sarah Dadouch, The Washington Post, March 2, 2020]. And Erdogan cynically claims he needs more European aid to handle Syrian refugees. But the refugees can’t go home because Turkey is waging war against the legal government of Syria [Turkey shoots down third plane as Syrian forces retake town, by Linah Alsaafin, Al Jazeera, March 3, 2020].
All this is reminiscent of The Camp of the Saints, that forbidden tome and most prophetic book of the last 50 years. [VDARE.com readers can buy the book from us directly—email our office for details.] The West is being extinguished because its people are unwilling to repel the invaders. They know they will suffer from the Third World invasion, but they are morally paralyzed. Thus the West isn’t just vulnerable to global demographic trends, but the cold-blooded use of migrants as a weapon [Strategic Engineered Migration as a Weapon of War, by Kelly Greenhill, Civil Wars, March 2008]. Both those who push the migrations and demand we accept the migrants know mass immigration is a punishment [Punishment Migration, by James Kirkpatrick, The Social Contract, Fall 2018].
President Erdogan certainly understands that. “It’s done, the gates are open,” he smirked. “You will have your share of this burden now.” He said “millions” of migrants will be coming to Europe [Turkey’s Erdogan warns Europe to expect ‘millions’ of migrants after easing border restrictions, by Robert Gearty, Fox News, March 2, 2020]. Of course, the Main Stream Media would demonize any European or American public figure who called immigration a “burden.”
Another sign of the West’s weakness: European leaders are angry at Erdogan not because he’s threatening the continent, but because he’s “weaponized” migrants.
Still, when it comes down to it, European leaders do seem to understand “refugees” are a danger. Thus Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis tweeted (n.b. in English) that Greece would protect “the external borders of Europe.”
The borders of Greece are the external borders of Europe. We will protect them. I will be visiting the #Evros land border with Turkey along with Charles Michel @eucopresident on Tuesday.
Once more, do not attempt to enter Greece illegally - you will be turned back.
🇬🇷🇪🇺 — Prime Minister GR (@PrimeministerGR) March 1, 2020
Greeks on the island of Lesbos, overrun by 20,000 migrants who live in squalid camps, are rebelling against the foreign takeover, throwing rocks at NGO groups and reportedly attacking “aid workers or refugees” [‘It’s a powder keg ready to explode’: In Greek village, tensions simmer between refugees and locals, by Justin Higginbottom, CNBC, March 2, 2020]. Yes, yes, violence is deplorable, but when you invade someone’s home, what do you expect?
Even European commission president Ursula von der Leyen praised Greece, thanking the Hellenic Republic for “being our aspida (shield) in these times” and announcing financial aid for the Greek government [Migration: EU praises Greece as ‘shield’ after Turkey opens border, by Jennifer Rankin, The Guardian, March 3, 2020].
Yet can Europe and Greece stay strong? The international MSM is already accusing the Greek government of human rights abuses for trying to stop migrants. Here are just three of countless examples:
The Greek government denies these allegations. But, one might ask, so what? Eventually, someone will be killed as migrants rush the border. But then the moral pressure will intensify. The MSM is already publishing photos of sad migrants to convince the elites that Europe must accept the put-upon migrants [Thousands of Migrants Attempt to Cross Into Europe From Turkey, by Alan Taylor, The Atlantic, March 2, 2020]. We saw the consequences of such thinking when Angela Merkel opened Europe’s borders after the MSM exploited Alan Kurdi’s death—while, of course, ignoring the child victims of Muslim terrorists in Europe
Hysterical moral blackmail to open the Greek border is bad enough, but MSM do-gooders are also, albeit inadvertently, furthering Erdogan’s agenda and shilling for Turkish expansionism. Many of these “refugees” aren’t even Syrians. They’re Afghan economic migrants who apparently haven’t benefitted much from America’s nation-building experiment in the graveyard of empires [Erdogan’s Empty Threats, by Tessa Fox, Foreign Policy, March 2, 2020]. Erdogan is unleashing the hordes because he’s losing his war in northern Syria, not because he wants to help the migrants [Why Is Turkey Threatening a Full-blown Conflict With Syria and to Shatter Its Alliance With Russia, Haaretz, March 3, 2020]. Migrants are his weapon to win concessions from Europe.
Erdogan’s reckless aggression against Syria threatens to draw in Russia, Syria’s main ally [Erdogan is reaping what he sowed: Turkey is on the brink of disaster in Syria, by Simon Tisdall, The Guardian, March 2, 2020]. Though direct talks may forestall conflict for now, only force will deter Erdogan’s imperial ambitions. Fortunately, Russia seems willing to provide it [Russia reinforces Syria before Putin-Erdogan talks – flight and shipping data, by Maria Tsvetkova and Yoruk Isik, Reuters, March 4, 2020].
And unfortunately, the United States government might enable Turkey’s aggression. “Russia’s Putin and Syria’s Assad are behaving like war criminals,” said Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, forgetting that Assad is fighting to put down the last rebel stronghold in his own country [Veteran senator Graham says appreciates Turkey’s moves in Syria’s Idlib, urges no-fly zone, Daily Sabah (a pro-Turkish government website), March 3, 2020].
Conflicting reports have suggested the United States might send military supplies to Erdogan. U.S. special representative James Jeffrey said America would be “willing to provide ammunition” to Turkey, “a NATO ally” [U.S. willing to give Turkey ammunition for Syria’s Idlib, by Tuvan Gumrukcu, Reuters, March 3, 2020]. However, later reports “clarified” that America would not be send new supplies but keep doing “what we are already doing” while “considering Turkish requests for assistance” [US not planning to send new weapons to Turkey for Syria campaign, by Jack Detsch, Al-Monitor, March 3, 2020].
President Trump should kill that idea now. Nor, as Democrat presidential candidate Tulsi Gabbard tweeted, should we fight Russia on behalf of Erdogan.
.@realDonaldTrump needs to make it clear to NATO and Erdogan that the United States will not be dragged into a war with Russia by the aggressive, Islamist, expansionist dictator of Turkey, a so-called NATO “ally.” --> https://t.co/EOE63oHrin pic.twitter.com/Ldd09QrFzH — Tulsi Gabbard 🌺 (@TulsiGabbard) March 4, 2020
Greece is a NATO ally too. Turkey threatens Greece and all of Europe with the strategic weapon of mass migration. At a time when the world is confronting a potential pandemic, this isn’t just despicable, it’s dangerous. And it shows why NATO never should have permitted Turkey to join.
There’s no purpose to the alliance at all if the West can’t act against Erdogan, even if Turkey is a member. Let’s hope President Trump doesn’t betray our civilization for a few arms sales.
If NATO’s purpose is protecting Europe—and Greece is a part of Europe—then Article V, which provides for the common defense of members under armed attack, should be invoked against the tyrant in occupied Constantinople.
And the international community must recognize and condemn the tactic of weaponized migration.
Otherwise, elites in Mexico and throughout Latin America might decide to unload their poor on us.
James Kirkpatrick [Email him |Tweet him @VDAREJamesK] is a Beltway veteran and a refugee from Conservatism Inc. His latest book is Conservatism Inc.: The Battle for the American Right. Read VDARE.com Editor Peter Brimelow's Preface here.


vdare--2020-03-05--Four Years Too Late, ICE SVU Gets Put To Work

So , almost four years since the inauguration , the Trump Administration has finally begun to force ICE SVU to start doing immigration law enforcement .
As I pointed out , the deployment of Border Patrol Agents ( BPA ) to assist U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Enforcement and Removal Operations ( ICE ERO ) was strange , as ICE SVU agents could have been assigned to assist ICE ERO Deportation Officers ( DO ) much more conveniently , and at no cost to the government , as BPAs have to be deployed on temporary detail outside of the Southwest @ @ @ @ @ @ @ per diem costs .
Just to clarify , ICE SVU , which I call ICE Special Victims Unit , is the supposed investigative arm of ICE , Homeland Security Investigations ( HSI ) , but is really just a disgruntled group of legacy U.S. Customs Service ( USCS ) holdovers and Immigration and Naturalization Service ( INS ) Special Agents ( SA ) from the slapdash creation of ICE in 2003 .
Now , a few years ago , then Acting Director of ICE , Thomas Homan , promised increased enforcement in Sanctuary @ @ @ @ @ @ @ consequence of his failure to bring the hammer down on Sanctuary Cities , especially failing to arrest and prosecute Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf , the Sanctuary City problem only go worse .
I hope this is different .
Based Bob Barr is doing his part , but will Ken The Knife force pretty boy Chad Wolf to do his job ?
Intensifying its enforcement in so-called sanctuary cities across the country , Immigration and Customs Enforcement has begun 24-hour-a-day surveillance operations around the homes and workplaces of undocumented immigrants .
The agency plans @ @ @ @ @ @ @ unmarked cars in the coming weeks to increase arrests in cities where local law enforcement agencies do not cooperate with federal immigration enforcement .
ICE leadership has requested at least 500 special agents who normally conduct long-term investigations into dangerous criminals and traffickers to join the enhanced arrest campaign rolling out in sanctuary cities , according to an internal email reviewed by The New York Times .
[ ‘ Flood the Streets ’ : ICE Targets Sanctuary Cities With Increased Surveillance , by Caitlin Dickerson , Zolan Kanno-Youngs and Annie Correal , NYT @ @ @ @ @ @ @ good news is that many of the arrests out of Operation Palladium have been collateral arrests of other illegal aliens not targeted specifically in this operation .
The official said that while some of those targets have been apprehended in the effort , the majority of the arrests have been “ collateral ” — undocumented individuals who were not targeted , but who happened to be present during an attempted apprehension .
However , a Deep State saboteur at ICE SVU , Henry Lucero , did give illegal aliens an out , apparently @ @ @ @ @ @ @ some illegal aliens .
This is just typical of the saboteurs at ICE SVU—though technically Lucero is with ERO , but he still isn ’ t with the program .
He wants to let some illegal aliens free .
Why ?
Memo to Henry Lucero : you aren ’ t going to get any brownie points for telling the public that ICE can decline to arrest some illegal aliens .
Just stick with the part that all illegal aliens are subject to arrest .
That is how you scare illegal aliens out of @ @ @ @

So, almost four years since the inauguration, the Trump Administration has finally begun to force ICE SVU to start doing immigration law enforcement. As I pointed out, the deployment of Border Patrol Agents (BPA) to assist U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Enforcement and Removal Operations (ICE ERO) was strange, as ICE SVU agents could have been assigned to assist ICE ERO Deportation Officers (DO) much more conveniently, and at no cost to the government, as BPAs have to be deployed on temporary detail outside of the Southwest border States at a significant travel and per diem costs.
Just to clarify, ICE SVU, which I call ICE Special Victims Unit, is the supposed investigative arm of ICE, Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), but is really just a disgruntled group of legacy U.S. Customs Service (USCS) holdovers and Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) Special Agents (SA) from the slapdash creation of ICE in 2003.
Now, a few years ago, then Acting Director of ICE, Thomas Homan, promised increased enforcement in Sanctuary Cities that never happened. As a consequence of his failure to bring the hammer down on Sanctuary Cities, especially failing to arrest and prosecute Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf, the Sanctuary City problem only go worse. I hope this is different. Based Bob Barr is doing his part, but will Ken The Knife force pretty boy Chad Wolf to do his job?
Intensifying its enforcement in so-called sanctuary cities across the country, Immigration and Customs Enforcement has begun 24-hour-a-day surveillance operations around the homes and workplaces of undocumented immigrants. The agency plans to deploy hundreds of additional officers in unmarked cars in the coming weeks to increase arrests in cities where local law enforcement agencies do not cooperate with federal immigration enforcement. ICE leadership has requested at least 500 special agents who normally conduct long-term investigations into dangerous criminals and traffickers to join the enhanced arrest campaign rolling out in sanctuary cities, according to an internal email reviewed by The New York Times. [‘Flood the Streets’: ICE Targets Sanctuary Cities With Increased Surveillance, by Caitlin Dickerson, Zolan Kanno-Youngs and Annie Correal, NYT, March 5, 2020]
The good news is that many of the arrests out of Operation Palladium have been collateral arrests of other illegal aliens not targeted specifically in this operation.
The official said that while some of those targets have been apprehended in the effort, the majority of the arrests have been “collateral” — undocumented individuals who were not targeted, but who happened to be present during an attempted apprehension.
However, a Deep State saboteur at ICE SVU, Henry Lucero, did give illegal aliens an out, apparently ICE SVU has the discretion to ignore some illegal aliens.
Mr. Lucero said that no one living in the United States illegally was safe from deportation, but that officers could exercise discretion in choosing whether to make such collateral arrests.
This is just typical of the saboteurs at ICE SVU—though technically Lucero is with ERO, but he still isn’t with the program. He wants to let some illegal aliens free. Why?
Deep State Saboteur Henry Lucero
Memo to Henry Lucero: you aren’t going to get any brownie points for telling the public that ICE can decline to arrest some illegal aliens. Just stick with the part that all illegal aliens are subject to arrest. That is how you scare illegal aliens out of the United States.


vdare--2020-03-05--Tucker Carlson: H-1b Visa Program Continues to Displace American Workers

Is President Trump depending on the general lameness of the 2020 Democrats — the Cuba-loving commie and the senile gasbag — to assure his re-election ?
Unfortunately for the American people , the president can not honestly campaign on his record of immigration enforcement to attract voters , though he promised a lot of policing in the beginning of his term .
But his record is simply not strong .
He has depended on Mexico to keep out the thousands from Central America and beyond—a deal which appears to be weakening as a result of left-leaning judges .
There is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ more effective that the border wall ) , even though he had a Republican congress for two years but refused to poke the useless Speaker Paul Ryan into action on that issue .
Another unfulfilled Trump promise was ending the H-1b visa which has been used to replace thousands of well educated citizen tech workers with cheapie foreigners , often Indians .
Below , in 2015 former Disney employees Dave Powers and Leo Perrero told their stories of being summarily laid off by the company to make way for H-1b workers whom they @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , Tucker Carlson examined the H-1b issue and the continuing pain it causes to American tech workers .
Perhaps President Trump will see the segment and do more to fix the harmful legislation—after all , this is an election year .
TUCKER CARLSON : President Trump travelled to India last week to meet with that country ’ s Prime Minister , Prime Minister Modi .
One of the central issues at their meeting was the H-1b visa program .
that program doles out roughly 85,000 visas a year to foreigners so they can @ @ @ @ @ @ @ jobs .
I ’ m not exaggerating , that ’ s what it does : the vast majority of these visas are given to people from India .
As a candidate in 2016 , Donald Trump called for ending this program entirely , but as president that hasn ’ t happened , though the Trump administration has made the visas slightly harder to get .
So why is the program still around ?
Why is it so durable ?
That ’ s an easy question to answer — it ’ s a favorite @ @ @ @ @ @ @ can ’ t find any Americans skilled enough or smart enough to do tech work .
That ’ s a lie , a provable lie : companies routinely use H-1bs as a means to fire their existing American workers and replace them with lower paid foreigners .
Often the fired workers are made to train their replacements before they ’ re terminated .
The process for the replaced workers is painful and humiliating .
Company executives tell them they ’ re being reassigned to a completely new company with a new role that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ job they once did .
When they are not needed any more , they ’ re cast aside .
We recently spoke to some AT & T employees who are quote “ rebadged ” by the company to train cheaper replacements from India .
Here ’ s their story : ANONYMOUS FORMER AT & T EMPLOYEE : You ’ re just kind of numb .
You just feel helpless , and you just accept it .
CARLSON : This former AT & T employee spent nearly two decades at the company .
A @ @ @ @ @ @ @ her that she was no longer needed .
AT & T EMPLOYEE : I ’ m aware of at least 8,000. .
.
AT & T EMPLOYEE : At least 8,000 — it could be more .
CARLSON : She is one of many former AT & T workers who found out on corporate conference calls that she was getting what they called “ rebadged ” to a new company where she ’ s forced to train a low-cost foreign replacement .
AT & T EMPLOYEE : Today it ’ s my job @ @ @ @ @ @ @ CARLSON : She expects to be officially fired within a year .
AT & T EMPLOYEE : What can you do ?
Who can you call ?
Who do you talk to ?
CARLSON : Many have turned to Sarah Blackwell , an employment lawyer who represents American workers .
SARAH BLACKWELL : What AT & T is doing is they ’ re firing them and having them work for the companies so they are working for AM Docs , Accenture , IBM and Tech Mahindra , and they ’ re training their @ @ @ @ @ @ @ employee who is currently training his replacement told us that the new workers are all from one place .
FORMER AT & T EMPLOYEE ( MALE ) : They are all from India .
Most of them are from Hyderabad ; some are from Mumbai .
CARLSON : Our producers obtained shocking documents from the training courses — PowerPoint slides with the AT & T and Accenture logos inform workers about Indian cultural customs and warn that Indian men will not shake hands with American women .
FORMER AT & T EMPLOYEE : @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and we are literally giving away our legacy .
We are giving away our knowledgebase .
We can ’ t get those things back once we outsource all this .
CARLSON : AT & T boasts about its corporate wokeness outside its corporate campus in Dallas , but the company gave it soon-to-be former employees a list of approved topics for discussion with Indian replacements and urges them not to discuss India ’ s human rights record or religious conflict in India with their future replacements .
BLACKWELL : Their goal is to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ low-cost countries .
CARLSON : Many companies say that the foreign worker visa program helps US companies deal with the worker shortage .
BLACKWELL : You would not be firing workers if you really had a shortage .
CARLSON : Many tech companies say that the H-1b hires are smarter than Americans and better workers too .
One former worker wasn ’ t convinced .
FORMER AT & T EMPLOYEE : Some of the folks that we work with , they are very sharp , but we ’ ve got some of the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ twice a week .
CARLSON : AT & T for its part isn ’ t going broke .
To give you a sense of the company ’ s priorities , it ’ s spending a hundred million dollars on an extensive renovation of its headquarters .
AT & T CEO Randall Stephenson makes nearly $ 30 million a year — that ’ s nearly 366 times the average AT & T worker .
The outsourcing helps to pay for all that .
FORMER AT & T EMPLOYEE : They said you do not @ @ @ @ @ @ @ re not eligible for one since we found you another job .
That ’ s what we were told .
We were also told that we would not get our annual bonus next year unless we agreed to work for Accenture .
BLACKWELL : When you ’ re watching so many people suffer at the hands of a few getting rich and no one ’ s protecting them , then people will stop thinking capitalism is the right thing to do .
CARLSON PRODUCER : Do you think that the people who run @ @ @ @ @ @ @ FIRST FORMER EMPLOYEE : No .
CARLSON : A spokesman for AT & T denied that any of this is happening and assured us that anyone who ’ s been rebadged can return to AT & T at any time .
CARLSON PRODUCER : They say many of those employees have already been placed in new H-1b jobs .
FIRST FORMER EMPLOYEE : Wow .
Where are they ?
CARLSON PRODUCER : It hasn ’ t happened to you ?
FIRST FORMER EMPLOYEE : It hasn ’ t happened to anyone , I @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that ’ s a blatant lie .
CARLSON : It ’ s infuriating and deeply unsettling by our producer , Charlie Couger — when our leaders cared to put Americans first .

Is President Trump depending on the general lameness of the 2020 Democrats — the Cuba-loving commie and the senile gasbag — to assure his re-election?
Unfortunately for the American people, the president cannot honestly campaign on his record of immigration enforcement to attract voters, though he promised a lot of policing in the beginning of his term. But his record is simply not strong.
He has depended on Mexico to keep out the thousands from Central America and beyond—a deal which appears to be weakening as a result of left-leaning judges.
There is no universal e-Verify (which would be more effective than the border wall), even though he had a Republican congress for two years but refused to poke the useless Speaker Paul Ryan into action on that issue.
Another unfulfilled Trump promise was ending the H-1b visa which has been used to replace thousands of well-educated citizen tech workers with cheapie foreigners, often Indians.
Below, in 2015 former Disney employees Dave Powers and Leo Perrero told their stories of being summarily laid off by the company to make way for H-1b workers whom they were forced to train.
On Wednesday, Tucker Carlson examined the H-1b issue and the continuing pain it causes to American tech workers.
Perhaps President Trump will see the segment and do more to fix the harmful legislation—after all, this is an election year.
TUCKER CARLSON: President Trump travelled to India last week to meet with that country’s Prime Minister, Prime Minister Modi. One of the central issues at their meeting was the H-1b visa program. that program doles out roughly 85,000 visas a year to foreigners so they can move to this country and take American jobs.
I’m not exaggerating, that’s what it does: the vast majority of these visas are given to people from India. As a candidate in 2016, Donald Trump called for ending this program entirely, but as president that hasn’t happened, though the Trump administration has made the visas slightly harder to get.
So why is the program still around? Why is it so durable? That’s an easy question to answer — it’s a favorite of tech companies which claim they simply can’t find any Americans skilled enough or smart enough to do tech work.
That’s a lie, a provable lie: companies routinely use H-1bs as a means to fire their existing American workers and replace them with lower paid foreigners. Often the fired workers are made to train their replacements before they’re terminated. The process for the replaced workers is painful and humiliating. Company executives tell them they’re being reassigned to a completely new company with a new role that consists of training people to do the job they once did. When they are not needed any more, they’re cast aside.
We recently spoke to some AT&T employees who are quote “rebadged” by the company to train cheaper replacements from India. Here’s their story:
ANONYMOUS FORMER AT&T EMPLOYEE: You’re just kind of numb. You just feel helpless, and you just accept it.
CARLSON: This former AT&T employee spent nearly two decades at the company. A few months ago AT&T informed her that she was no longer needed.
AT&T EMPLOYEE: I’m aware of at least 8,000. . .
CARLSON: Eight thousand workers?
AT&T EMPLOYEE: At least 8,000 — it could be more.
CARLSON: She is one of many former AT&T workers who found out on corporate conference calls that she was getting what they called “rebadged” to a new company where she’s forced to train a low-cost foreign replacement.
AT&T EMPLOYEE: Today it’s my job: tomorrow it could be yours.
CARLSON: She expects to be officially fired within a year.
AT&T EMPLOYEE: What can you do? Who can you call? Who do you talk to?
CARLSON: Many have turned to Sarah Blackwell, an employment lawyer who represents American workers.
SARAH BLACKWELL: What AT&T is doing is they’re firing them and having them work for the companies so they are working for AM Docs, Accenture, IBM and Tech Mahindra, and they’re training their replacements there.
CARLSON: One former employee who is currently training his replacement told us that the new workers are all from one place.
FORMER AT&T EMPLOYEE (MALE): They are all from India. Most of them are from Hyderabad; some are from Mumbai.
CARLSON: Our producers obtained shocking documents from the training courses — PowerPoint slides with the AT&T and Accenture logos inform workers about Indian cultural customs and warn that Indian men will not shake hands with American women.
FORMER AT&T EMPLOYEE: We’re an American company, and we are literally giving away our legacy. We are giving away our knowledgebase. We can’t get those things back once we outsource all this.
CARLSON: AT&T boasts about its corporate wokeness outside its corporate campus in Dallas, but the company gave it soon-to-be former employees a list of approved topics for discussion with Indian replacements and urges them not to discuss India’s human rights record or religious conflict in India with their future replacements.
BLACKWELL: Their goal is to offshore as much as it can to low-cost countries.
CARLSON: Many companies say that the foreign worker visa program helps US companies deal with the worker shortage.
BLACKWELL: You would not be firing workers if you really had a shortage.
CARLSON: Many tech companies say that the H-1b hires are smarter than Americans and better workers too. One former worker wasn’t convinced.
FORMER AT&T EMPLOYEE: Some of the folks that we work with, they are very sharp, but we’ve got some of the dumber we would have to water them twice a week.
CARLSON: AT&T for its part isn’t going broke. To give you a sense of the company’s priorities, it’s spending a hundred million dollars on an extensive renovation of its headquarters.
AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson makes nearly $30 million a year — that’s nearly 366 times the average AT&T worker. The outsourcing helps to pay for all that.
FORMER AT&T EMPLOYEE: They said you do not get a severance package: you’re not eligible for one since we found you another job. That’s what we were told. We were also told that we would not get our annual bonus next year unless we agreed to work for Accenture.
BLACKWELL: When you’re watching so many people suffer at the hands of a few getting rich and no one’s protecting them, then people will stop thinking capitalism is the right thing to do.
CARLSON PRODUCER: Do you think that the people who run the company care about the workers?
FIRST FORMER EMPLOYEE: No.
CARLSON: A spokesman for AT&T denied that any of this is happening and assured us that anyone who’s been rebadged can return to AT&T at any time.
CARLSON PRODUCER: They say many of those employees have already been placed in new H-1b jobs.
FIRST FORMER EMPLOYEE: Wow. Where are they?
CARLSON PRODUCER: It hasn’t happened to you?
FIRST FORMER EMPLOYEE: It hasn’t happened to anyone, I don’t think. I think that’s a blatant lie.
CARLSON: It’s infuriating and deeply unsettling by our producer, Charlie Couger — when our leaders cared to put Americans first.


vdare--2020-03-05--“It’s Because You’re White And I Hate White People": White Woman Assaulted In Portland By Black (Som

“It’s Because You’re White And I Hate White People": White Woman Assaulted In Portland By Black (Somalian?) Woman


vdare--2020-03-06--This Day In VDARE.com History, 2012, And In Texas History 1836: Remembering The Alamo

March 6 marks the anniversary of the fall of the Alamo back in 1836 .
For more than 13 days , 186 brave and determined patriots withstood Santa Anna 's seasoned army of over 4,000 troops .
To a man , the defenders of that mission fort knew they would never leave those ramparts alive .
They had several opportunities to leave and live .
Yet , they chose to fight and die .
How foolish they must look to this generation of spoiled Americans .
It is difficult to recall that stouthearted men such as Davy Crockett ( a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , Will Travis ( only 23 years old with a little baby at home ) , and Jim Bowie ( a wealthy landowner with properties on both sides of the Rio Grande ) really existed .
These were real men with real dreams and real desires .
Real blood flowed through their veins .
They loved their families and enjoyed life as much as any of us do .
There was something different about them , however .
They possessed a commitment to liberty that transcended personal safety and comfort .
Liberty is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ it is a hard word to live up to .
Freedom has little to do with financial gain or personal pleasure .
Accompanying Freedom is her constant and unattractive companion , Responsibility .
Neither is she an only child .
Patriotism and Morality are her sisters .
They are inseparable : destroy one and all will die .
Early in the siege , Travis wrote these words to the people of Texas : '' Fellow Citizens & Compatriots : I am besieged by a thousand or more of the Mexicans under Santa Anna @ @ @ @ @ @ @ demanded a surrender at discretion , otherwise the garrison are to be put to the sword .
.
.
I have answered the demand with a cannon shot & our flag still waves proudly from the walls .
I shall never surrender or retreat .
.
.
.
VICTORY OR DEATH !
P.S .
The Lord is on our side .
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.
. ''
As you read those words , remember that Travis and the others did not have the A.C.L.U.
, P.E.T.A.
, People for the un-American Way , the National @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Poverty Law Center telling them how intolerant and narrow-minded their notions of honor and patriotism were .
A hostile media did not constantly castigate them as a bunch of wild-eyed extremists .
As schoolchildren , they were not taught that their forefathers were nothing more than racist jerks .
The brave men at the Alamo labored under the belief that America ( and Texas ) really was `` the land of the free and the home of the brave . ''
They believed God was on their side and that the freedom of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ resolve .
They further believed their posterity would remember their sacrifice as an act of love and devotion .
It all looks pale now .
By today 's standards , the gallant men of the Alamo appear rather foolish .
After all , they had no chance of winning—none .
However , the call for pragmatism and practicality was never sounded .
Instead , they answered the clarion call , `` Victory or death ! ''
Please try to remember the heroes of the Alamo as you watch our gutless political and religious @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and political correctness .
Try to recall the time in this country when ordinary men and women had the courage of their convictions and were willing to sacrifice their lives for freedom and independence .
One thing is certain : those courageous champions at the Alamo did not die for a political party or for some `` lesser of two evils '' mantra .
They fought and died for a principle , and that principle was liberty and independence .
So did the men at Lexington and Concord .
That is our heritage @ @ @ @ @ @ @ leaders are in the process of turning America over to the very forces that the Alamo defenders ( and America ’ s Founding Fathers ) gave their lives resisting .
On second thought , do they look foolish , or do we ?
Dr. Chuck Baldwin left the Crossroad Baptist Church in Pensacola , Florida to move to Montana .
His website is here .

March 6 marks the anniversary of the fall of the Alamo back in 1836. For more than 13 days, 186 brave and determined patriots withstood Santa Anna's seasoned army of over 4,000 troops. To a man, the defenders of that mission fort knew they would never leave those ramparts alive. They had several opportunities to leave and live. Yet, they chose to fight and die. How foolish they must look to this generation of spoiled Americans.
It is difficult to recall that stouthearted men such as Davy Crockett (a nationally known frontiersman and former congressman), Will Travis (only 23 years old with a little baby at home), and Jim Bowie (a wealthy landowner with properties on both sides of the Rio Grande) really existed. These were real men with real dreams and real desires. Real blood flowed through their veins. They loved their families and enjoyed life as much as any of us do. There was something different about them, however. They possessed a commitment to liberty that transcended personal safety and comfort.
Liberty is an easy word to say, but it is a hard word to live up to. Freedom has little to do with financial gain or personal pleasure. Accompanying Freedom is her constant and unattractive companion, Responsibility. Neither is she an only child. Patriotism and Morality are her sisters. They are inseparable: destroy one and all will die.
Early in the siege, Travis wrote these words to the people of Texas:
"Fellow Citizens & Compatriots: I am besieged by a thousand or more of the Mexicans under Santa Anna. . . . The enemy has demanded a surrender at discretion, otherwise the garrison are to be put to the sword . . . I have answered the demand with a cannon shot & our flag still waves proudly from the walls. I shall never surrender or retreat. . . . VICTORY OR DEATH! P.S. The Lord is on our side. . . ."
As you read those words, remember that Travis and the others did not have the A.C.L.U., P.E.T.A., People for the un-American Way, the National Education Association, and and the Southern Poverty Law Center telling them how intolerant and narrow-minded their notions of honor and patriotism were. A hostile media did not constantly castigate them as a bunch of wild-eyed extremists. As schoolchildren, they were not taught that their forefathers were nothing more than racist jerks.
The brave men at the Alamo labored under the belief that America (and Texas) really was "the land of the free and the home of the brave." They believed God was on their side and that the freedom of future generations depended on their courage and resolve. They further believed their posterity would remember their sacrifice as an act of love and devotion. It all looks pale now.
By today's standards, the gallant men of the Alamo appear rather foolish. After all, they had no chance of winning—none. However, the call for pragmatism and practicality was never sounded. Instead, they answered the clarion call, "Victory or death!"
Please try to remember the heroes of the Alamo as you watch our gutless political and religious leaders surrender to globalism, corporatism, and political correctness. Try to recall the time in this country when ordinary men and women had the courage of their convictions and were willing to sacrifice their lives for freedom and independence.
One thing is certain: those courageous champions at the Alamo did not die for a political party or for some "lesser of two evils" mantra. They fought and died for a principle, and that principle was liberty and independence. So did the men at Lexington and Concord. That is our heritage.
Today, however, our national leaders are in the process of turning America over to the very forces that the Alamo defenders (and America’s Founding Fathers)gave their lives resisting. On second thought, do they look foolish, or do we?
Dr. Chuck Baldwin left the Crossroad Baptist Church in Pensacola, Florida to move to Montana. His website is here.