vdare--2020-04-13--Don't Blame The NRA: Jacksonville, Florida Has Record Gun Violence/Homicides Courtesy of the Black C

Don't Blame The NRA: Jacksonville, Florida Has Record Gun Violence/Homicides Courtesy of the Black Community

Did you think the Coronavirus would stop gun violence in the black community ?
If your answer was “ no , ” you ’ d be right .
At a time when the FBI background checks for firearms surged to record highs in Florida , the black community in Jacksonville has taken the concept of social distancing to a new extreme .
In the 50 percent white/30 percent black city , the black community has long been the primary source of fatal/nonfatal shootings .
But with the onset of the Coronavirus and mandatory social distancing/staying-in-place , the acceleration of gun @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
So while white people in Jacksonville legally purchase firearms and socially distance to stop the spread of the Coronavirus , blacks have no problem trying to rectify inequities by engaging in record gun violence during a global pandemic .
Jacksonville homicides in March were the highest ever for any March going back 15 years .
Last month , even as Mayor Lenny Curry urged residents to stay home and keep their communities safe , the city suffered from more than just a rising coronavirus outbreak .
In March , the city had @ @ @ @ @ @ @ any other March going back at least 15 years , a Times-Union analysis found .
One quarter of the way through 2020 , Jacksonville ’ s persistent homicide rate doesn ’ t look ready to shrink .
The only year with more homicides in the first quarter was last year , which ended up being the deadliest year in decades .
The city had 43 homicides in the first quarter last year .
There were 41 homicides in the first quarter this year .
One particular concern : the pace of homicides is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the year , but this isn ’ t always true .
Only in 2006 and 2019 were the number of homicides per month from January to March higher than the rest of the year ’ s average .
It ’ s even worse for Jacksonville ’ s black residents , who made up 85 percent of homicide victims in the last three months .
Since the Times-Union began tracking homicide statistics in 2006 , there have never been more black people killed in the first quarter .
In the past six months , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ In 15 years of tracking homicide statistics , the Times-Union has never found another six-month period that comes close .
The average six-month period saw 42 black residents killed , 30 fewer than Jacksonville saw from October through March .
“ That is absolutely horrific , ” said Paul Tutwiler , CEO of the Northwest Jacksonville Community Development Corporation .
Tutwiler , whose organization also operates one of the city ’ s two Cure Violence sites , said he had been preparing for violence to spike in the summer as it usually does @ @ @ @ @ @ @ school out due to the coronavirus outbreak , he said his workers have been scrambling to continue meeting with people by phone .
The violence interrupters , as his workers are called , try to stop retaliation by talking to people engaged in back-and-forth violent disputes .
Half of the victims so far have been 29 or younger , and eight have been teenagers .
Mayor Curry has frequently urged the public to consider their neighbors by staying home .
“ It ’ s up to us as a community to act responsibly @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , ” he said Wednesday morning .
“ There ’ s a million people in this city .
We don ’ t have a million police officers .
And we don ’ t want to deploy those resources and stretch them because people simply won ’ t socially distance.
” Curry , who has been holding daily news conferences , was not available Thursday for a conversation about the city ’ s crime rate .
Sheriff Mike Williams declined an interview request .
“ The gun violence being perpetrated in our hardest-hit communities @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in this city , ” she wrote .
“ Nevertheless , law enforcement and prosecutors continue our fight .
The recent trend of violence is particularly troubling given the current challenges we face as a city , state , and nation .
We are incensed that our already compromised first responders , law enforcement , and emergency medical providers have to triage the COVID-19 pandemic while responding to crime scenes involving unnecessary violence.
” There were also two fatal police shootings in the first quarter and three in the last quarter , which @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in the last six months .
James Lynch , a criminology professor at the University of Maryland and former director of the U.S. Department of Justice ’ s Bureau of Justice Statistics , said that while social distancing measures might reduce in-the-moment violence , it likely wouldn ’ t prevent the types of targeted retaliation that police and prosecutors have said plague the city .
“ The opportunity to commit crimes is restricted by the fact people aren ’ t moving , but if you ’ re out to get somebody particular , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ you , ” Lynch said .
Just as violence interrupters were doing before the social-distancing measures stopped in-person meetings , Tutwiler said his workers are still trying to stop retaliation before it starts .
He ’ s trying to persuade the people they work with , he said , that they can take their “ frustrations of being cooped up ” and do something positive .
He said the workers at Bridges to the Cure , the Cure Violence site , are reaching out on social media .
“ We had a list @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that are known gun-toters and we ’ re reaching out to them and talking to them , ” he said .
“ We had a great plan that had to be suddenly adjusted , not abandoned , but adjusted for the new realities .
We were so excited about our progress , and we ’ ve been celebrating the length of time between homicides as a community .

Did you think the Coronavirus would stop gun violence in the black community? If your answer was “no,” you’d be right.
At a time when the FBI background checks for firearms surged to record highs in Florida, the black community in Jacksonville has taken the concept of social distancing to a new extreme. In the 50 percent white/30 percent black city, the black community has long been the primary source of fatal/nonfatal shootings. But with the onset of the Coronavirus and mandatory social distancing/staying-in-place, the acceleration of gun violence in the black community is dramatic. So while white people in Jacksonville legally purchase firearms and socially distance to stop the spread of the Coronavirus, blacks have no problem trying to rectify inequities by engaging in record gun violence during a global pandemic.
Despite coronavirus, homicides don’t stop as Jacksonville faces a deadly start, Jacksonville.com, April 3, 2020
Jacksonville homicides in March were the highest ever for any March going back 15 years.
Last month, even as Mayor Lenny Curry urged residents to stay home and keep their communities safe, the city suffered from more than just a rising coronavirus outbreak.
In March, the city had more homicides — 17 — than in any other March going back at least 15 years, a Times-Union analysis found.
One quarter of the way through 2020, Jacksonville’s persistent homicide rate doesn’t look ready to shrink.
The only year with more homicides in the first quarter was last year, which ended up being the deadliest year in decades.
The city had 43 homicides in the first quarter last year. There were 41 homicides in the first quarter this year.
One particular concern: the pace of homicides is usually slower in the first quarter of the year, but this isn’t always true. Only in 2006 and 2019 were the number of homicides per month from January to March higher than the rest of the year’s average.
It’s even worse for Jacksonville’s black residents, who made up 85 percent of homicide victims in the last three months. Since the Times-Union began tracking homicide statistics in 2006, there have never been more black people killed in the first quarter.
In the past six months, 72 black residents have been killed. In 15 years of tracking homicide statistics, the Times-Union has never found another six-month period that comes close.
The average six-month period saw 42 black residents killed, 30 fewer than Jacksonville saw from October through March.
“That is absolutely horrific,” said Paul Tutwiler, CEO of the Northwest Jacksonville Community Development Corporation. Tutwiler, whose organization also operates one of the city’s two Cure Violence sites, said he had been preparing for violence to spike in the summer as it usually does when school lets out. But with school out due to the coronavirus outbreak, he said his workers have been scrambling to continue meeting with people by phone.
The violence interrupters, as his workers are called, try to stop retaliation by talking to people engaged in back-and-forth violent disputes.
Half of the victims so far have been 29 or younger, and eight have been teenagers.
Mayor Curry has frequently urged the public to consider their neighbors by staying home. “It’s up to us as a community to act responsibly and to take care of each other,” he said Wednesday morning. “There’s a million people in this city. We don’t have a million police officers. And we don’t want to deploy those resources and stretch them because people simply won’t socially distance.”
Curry, who has been holding daily news conferences, was not available Thursday for a conversation about the city’s crime rate. Sheriff Mike Williams declined an interview request.
State Attorney Melissa Nelson said in a statement:
“The gun violence being perpetrated in our hardest-hit communities has been an all-too-common issue for years in this city,” she wrote. “Nevertheless, law enforcement and prosecutors continue our fight. The recent trend of violence is particularly troubling given the current challenges we face as a city, state, and nation. We are incensed that our already compromised first responders, law enforcement, and emergency medical providers have to triage the COVID-19 pandemic while responding to crime scenes involving unnecessary violence.”
There were also two fatal police shootings in the first quarter and three in the last quarter, which means police shot and killed five men in the last six months.
James Lynch, a criminology professor at the University of Maryland and former director of the U.S. Department of Justice’s Bureau of Justice Statistics, said that while social distancing measures might reduce in-the-moment violence, it likely wouldn’t prevent the types of targeted retaliation that police and prosecutors have said plague the city.
“The opportunity to commit crimes is restricted by the fact people aren’t moving, but if you’re out to get somebody particular, that’s not going to stop you,” Lynch said.
Just as violence interrupters were doing before the social-distancing measures stopped in-person meetings, Tutwiler said his workers are still trying to stop retaliation before it starts.
He’s trying to persuade the people they work with, he said, that they can take their “frustrations of being cooped up” and do something positive. He said the workers at Bridges to the Cure, the Cure Violence site, are reaching out on social media.
“We had a list of individuals we were already working with that are known gun-toters and we’re reaching out to them and talking to them,” he said. “We had a great plan that had to be suddenly adjusted, not abandoned, but adjusted for the new realities. We were so excited about our progress, and we’ve been celebrating the length of time between homicides as a community.


vdare--2020-04-13--Patrick J. Buchanan: What Price Victory—in the Coronavirus War?

Earlier by Patrick J. Buchanan : Trump 's Presidency Hangs on One Decision—When To Reopen America The same day the number of U.S. dead from the coronavirus disease hit the 15,000 mark , we also crossed the 15 million mark on the number of Americans we threw out of work to slow its spread and `` bend the curve . ''
For each American lost to the pandemic , 1,000 Americans have lost their jobs because of conscious and deliberate decisions of the president and 50 governors .
Some 60,000 citizens , we are told , will likely be lost @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to accept 60 million unemployed to `` mitigate '' those losses ?
What price victory in this good and necessary war to kill the virus ?
Is it unseemly or coldhearted to ask ?
At what point do we `` declare victory and get out , '' as one senator told us to do in Vietnam , rather than continue to sustain the U.S. war dead , even if that meant South Vietnam would fall to our common enemies ?
Economists at J.P. Morgan are forecasting that the U.S. gross domestic product will @ @ @ @ @ @ @ unemployment will reach 20 % of the labor force this month .
These are numbers not seen since the Great Depression .
What does this deliberate decision to shut down the country and carpet-bomb our own economy , upon which we all depend , tell us about what we Americans value ?
Consider .
In a nation one-tenth as populous as ours today , Abe Lincoln sent more than 600,000 men and boys , North and South , to their deaths rather than let seven Deep South states secede and depart in peace @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to the virus appears to be leveling off , one-third of the way to that 60,000 figure , the other losses from the social and economic devastation we have invited upon ourselves have just begun to mount and will continue far longer .
How many millions of sick and elderly have we sent into solitary confinement ?
How many families have we forced into a daily struggle for the means to put food on the table and get medicine from the pharmacy ?
When the decisions come from President Donald Trump and the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ encourage Americans to go back to work , will the nation respond ?
Will movie theaters and malls all reopen ?
Will shuttered hotels and motels fill up again ?
Will professional teams—the NFL , MLB , NBA or NHL—play again to the crowds they knew ?
Will public , private and parochial schools , charter and high schools , colleges and universities , all open again to the same-sized classes ?
To save Americans from contracting a virus that may kill 1-3 % of those infected , we have put America on @ @ @ @ @ @ @ certain consequence of having a nation of 328 million mandatorily sheltering in place and socially distancing—we are telling the world the price we will pay to help save the lives of the thousands who might otherwise contract the virus and die .
Yet this decision raises related questions of life and death .
Can a nation that will accept a depression that destroys the livelihoods of millions of its citizens be credible when it warns another great power that it is willing to fight a nuclear war—in which millions would die—over who rules @ @ @ @ @ @ @ South China Sea ?
Would a nation so unwilling to accept 60,000 dead in a pandemic it would induce a depression to cut the casualties , engage in a nuclear exchange with Russia over Estonia ?
The longer the shutdown continues , the broader , deeper and more enduring the losses the country will sustain .
We Americans already live in a nation and world atop a mountain of debt .
Student loan debt .
Mortgage debt .
Consumer debt .
Corporate debt .
Municipal , county and state debt .
A national @ @ @ @ @ @ @ into the stratosphere .
Then there is the sovereign debt of the Third World and of nations like Argentina and Italy .
If we bring the U.S. and world economy down , who pays that debt ?
Or is that a ridiculous question ?
The decisions we are taking today , hurling scores of thousands of small businesses and millions of citizens toward bankruptcy , could start a rockslide of loan defaults that will start tumbling the banks as well .
The decisions we take in this coronavirus crisis are defining us as @ @ @ @ @ @ @ are telling the world what we Americans will sacrifice and what and whom we will seek to save at all costs .
They will tell us who and what is expendable and who and what is not .
They will establish a hierarchy of values that may not correlate exactly with what we Americans publicly profess .
Our decisions may tell us who we truly are .
Patrick J. Buchanan needs no introduction to VDARE.COM readers ; his books State of Emergency : The Third World Invasion and Conquest of America , and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 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 .

Earlier by Patrick J. Buchanan: Trump's Presidency Hangs on One Decision—When To Reopen America
The same day the number of U.S. dead from the coronavirus disease hit the 15,000 mark, we also crossed the 15 million mark on the number of Americans we threw out of work to slow its spread and "bend the curve."
For each American lost to the pandemic, 1,000 Americans have lost their jobs because of conscious and deliberate decisions of the president and 50 governors.
Some 60,000 citizens, we are told, will likely be lost in this pandemic. Are we prepared to accept 60 million unemployed to "mitigate" those losses?
What price victory in this good and necessary war to kill the virus? Is it unseemly or coldhearted to ask?
At what point do we "declare victory and get out," as one senator told us to do in Vietnam, rather than continue to sustain the U.S. war dead, even if that meant South Vietnam would fall to our common enemies?
Economists at J.P. Morgan are forecasting that the U.S. gross domestic product will fall by 40% this spring and unemployment will reach 20% of the labor force this month.
These are numbers not seen since the Great Depression.
What does this deliberate decision to shut down the country and carpet-bomb our own economy, upon which we all depend, tell us about what we Americans value?
Consider. In a nation one-tenth as populous as ours today, Abe Lincoln sent more than 600,000 men and boys, North and South, to their deaths rather than let seven Deep South states secede and depart in peace.
While the daily loss of Americans to the virus appears to be leveling off, one-third of the way to that 60,000 figure, the other losses from the social and economic devastation we have invited upon ourselves have just begun to mount and will continue far longer.
How many millions of sick and elderly have we sent into solitary confinement? How many families have we forced into a daily struggle for the means to put food on the table and get medicine from the pharmacy?
When the decisions come from President Donald Trump and the governors to open up the economy and encourage Americans to go back to work, will the nation respond?
Will movie theaters and malls all reopen? Will shuttered hotels and motels fill up again? Will professional teams—the NFL, MLB, NBA or NHL—play again to the crowds they knew?
Will public, private and parochial schools, charter and high schools, colleges and universities, all open again to the same-sized classes?
Will conventions, concerts, rallies and recitals begin anew?
To save Americans from contracting a virus that may kill 1-3% of those infected, we have put America on a ventilator.
By courting a depression—a certain consequence of having a nation of 328 million mandatorily sheltering in place and socially distancing—we are telling the world the price we will pay to help save the lives of the thousands who might otherwise contract the virus and die.
Yet this decision raises related questions of life and death.
Can a nation that will accept a depression that destroys the livelihoods of millions of its citizens be credible when it warns another great power that it is willing to fight a nuclear war—in which millions would die—over who rules the Baltic states or who controls the South China Sea?
Would a nation so unwilling to accept 60,000 dead in a pandemic it would induce a depression to cut the casualties, engage in a nuclear exchange with Russia over Estonia?
The longer the shutdown continues, the broader, deeper and more enduring the losses the country will sustain.
We Americans already live in a nation and world atop a mountain of debt.
Student loan debt. Mortgage debt. Consumer debt. Corporate debt. Municipal, county and state debt. A national debt of $22 trillion now soaring into the stratosphere.
Then there is the sovereign debt of the Third World and of nations like Argentina and Italy. If we bring the U.S. and world economy down, who pays that debt? Or is that a ridiculous question?
The decisions we are taking today, hurling scores of thousands of small businesses and millions of citizens toward bankruptcy, could start a rockslide of loan defaults that will start tumbling the banks as well.
The decisions we take in this coronavirus crisis are defining us as a nation and a people. They are telling the world what we Americans will sacrifice and what and whom we will seek to save at all costs. They will tell us who and what is expendable and who and what is not.
They will establish a hierarchy of values that may not correlate exactly with what we Americans publicly profess.
Our decisions may tell us who we truly are.
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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--2020-04-12--Coronavirus: Neither Hoax nor Apocalypse—And No Reason To Condemn Americans To Digital Gulag

If you are a person of “ a certain age , ” such as your faithful correspondent , then you may recall , as I do , those reckless days of yore when Americans didn ’ t use seatbelts , rode in the bed of pickup trucks , and smoked in restaurants and bars .
Boys and young men got into fistfights , and kids didn ’ t wear helmets when they rode their bikes .
Few wore a helmet when riding a motorcycle , either .
The country was less populous then , there was less automobile traffic , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 90 .
There was no Internet , thank God , and maybe you lived through one of those flu epidemics that killed maybe 100,000 people or more , and infected millions right here in these United States .
Odds are , you barely noticed it .
“ Helicopter moms ” weren ’ t a “ thing , ” at least in my working class neighborhood , and kids roamed freely , riding their bikes miles from home .
Young boys owned guns and went hunting without having to take a safety course ( @ @ @ @ @ @ @ weren ’ t as reliable or safe , accidents happened , and people died of “ old age ” and common diseases .
In our past , the pioneers had lived with danger on a daily basis , and still they pushed on .
In our own time , the race to the moon didn ’ t grind to a halt after Gus Grissom , Roger Chafee , and Ed White died during a pre-flight test for the Apollo 1 mission .
We won that race , and the American flag flew on @ @ @ @ @ @ @ than now , and freedom has its hazards , as does any life that is worth living .
I seriously doubt the country we have today could achieve any of that .
A society that values comfort , safety , and security over achievement and the sacrifices necessary to achieve , or even to live like free people , one that is risk averse , pleasure seeking and downright neurotic at times , isn ’ t going to be achieve much of anything worth having or keeping .
The threat of the COVID-19 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ focus .
Too many of us seem to be quite ready to march off to the digital Gulag the new totalitarians are preparing for us , one where the ever watchful state , for your own good , mind you , will track your cell phone location to make sure you are not violating “ social distancing ” rules .
The soft totalitarians might even arrest you , again , for your own good , if show up for church , or even go windsurfing .
The face of the new totalitarianism isn @ @ @ @ @ @ @ his boot stamping on your face forever , but a smiley faced busybody , who can , if necessary , keep smiling when the jackboot needs to be applied .
It ’ s all for your own good .
And there is no guarantee that the authoritarian measures instituted for our own good won ’ t remain in place after the virus threat has passed .
After all , who knows when some other threat to the safety , wellbeing , and security of the people might arise ?
That doesn ’ t @ @ @ @ @ @ @ COVID-19 virus isn ’ t a real threat , and yes , there is still a lot we don ’ t know about it .
It isn ’ t a hoax , but it ’ s not the Apocalypse , either .
It seems rather clear that some segments of society , particularly the aged and infirm , are threatened far more than others .
If that ’ s the case , then there is probably a way to combat the virus without becoming zeks in a digital Gulag , and without risking @ @ @ @ @ @ @ we know , could have results every bit as deadly as a pandemic , or maybe worse .
We must all take some extra precautions .
The most vulnerable should be protected .
In the past , local quarantines were the norm—the sick , elderly , and vulnerable were protected , and others protected from them .
Otherwise , everyone went about their business .
Yes , there ’ s a risk involved in taking that route , but a calculated one , a reasonable one , as far as your observer can @ @ @ @ @ @ @ become a dependent of the nanny state , or a homebound prisoner subject to the whims of the surveillance state , we should take our chances , as would any free people worthy of the name .

If you are a person of “a certain age,” such as your faithful correspondent, then you may recall, as I do, those reckless days of yore when Americans didn’t use seatbelts, rode in the bed of pickup trucks, and smoked in restaurants and bars. Boys and young men got into fistfights, and kids didn’t wear helmets when they rode their bikes. Few wore a helmet when riding a motorcycle, either. The country was less populous then, there was less automobile traffic, and far fewer people lived to be 90. There was no Internet, thank God, and maybe you lived through one of those flu epidemics that killed maybe 100,000 people or more, and infected millions right here in these United States. Odds are, you barely noticed it.
“Helicopter moms” weren’t a “thing,” at least in my working class neighborhood, and kids roamed freely, riding their bikes miles from home. Young boys owned guns and went hunting without having to take a safety course (their fathers handled that). Cars weren’t as reliable or safe, accidents happened, and people died of “old age” and common diseases.
In our past, the pioneers had lived with danger on a daily basis, and still they pushed on. In our own time, the race to the moon didn’t grind to a halt after Gus Grissom, Roger Chafee, and Ed White died during a pre-flight test for the Apollo 1 mission. We won that race, and the American flag flew on the lunar service.
We were freer than now, and freedom has its hazards, as does any life that is worth living.
I seriously doubt the country we have today could achieve any of that. A society that values comfort, safety, and security over achievement and the sacrifices necessary to achieve, or even to live like free people, one that is risk averse, pleasure seeking and downright neurotic at times, isn’t going to be achieve much of anything worth having or keeping.
The threat of the COVID-19 virus has brought that reality into sharp focus. Too many of us seem to be quite ready to march off to the digital Gulag the new totalitarians are preparing for us, one where the ever watchful state, for your own good, mind you, will track your cell phone location to make sure you are not violating “social distancing” rules. The soft totalitarians might even arrest you, again, for your own good, if show up for church, or even go windsurfing.
The face of the new totalitarianism isn’t a scowling Big Brother, his boot stamping on your face forever, but a smiley faced busybody, who can, if necessary, keep smiling when the jackboot needs to be applied. It’s all for your own good. And there is no guarantee that the authoritarian measures instituted for our own good won’t remain in place after the virus threat has passed. After all, who knows when some other threat to the safety, wellbeing, and security of the people might arise?
That doesn’t, of course, mean that the COVID-19 virus isn’t a real threat, and yes, there is still a lot we don’t know about it. It isn’t a hoax, but it’s not the Apocalypse, either. It seems rather clear that some segments of society, particularly the aged and infirm, are threatened far more than others. If that’s the case, then there is probably a way to combat the virus without becoming zeks in a digital Gulag, and without risking a global depression, which, as we know, could have results every bit as deadly as a pandemic, or maybe worse. We must all take some extra precautions. The most vulnerable should be protected. In the past, local quarantines were the norm—the sick, elderly, and vulnerable were protected, and others protected from them. Otherwise, everyone went about their business.
Yes, there’s a risk involved in taking that route, but a calculated one, a reasonable one, as far as your observer can tell. If the alternative is to become a dependent of the nanny state, or a homebound prisoner subject to the whims of the surveillance state, we should take our chances, as would any free people worthy of the name.


vdare--2020-04-09--Border Patrol Agents And Gritted Teeth: How Agents Feel About The Invasion

Testifying before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee on November 30 , 2016 , then-Border Patrol Chief Mark Morgan told the senators that , instead of focusing on securing the border , many of his agents were acting as “ professional childcare providers.
” According to an account of the hearing from the Federation for American Immigration Reform [ FAIR ] : One senses some frustration in Morgan about the resources ( and taxpayers ' money ) being used in this way , but there 's nothing explicit—check out the video .
So I was interested recently to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ mid-2019 in which it was clear that at least one Border Patrol agent was disgusted with—and likely resentful of—the situation .
Reporter Javier Tovar of Agence France-Presse described a scene near the bus station in San Bernardino , California , where three Border Patrol vans were disgorging `` migrants '' who would then disperse via Greyhound throughout the country ( presumably to further burden our welfare programs ) : They line up on a sidewalk as their names are checked by a representative from a local [ non-governmental organization ] who also enquires @ @ @ @ @ @ @ where he can rent a phone and one of the agents sternly answers back in Spanish .
`` You decided to come this way into the US , you figure out what to do , '' the agent says .
`` What do you expect ?
You want me to give you my house ? ''
[ Migrants dropped at US bus stations as Border Patrol shelters overflow , May 25 , 2019 ; emphasis added ] Hear !
Hear !
for all Border Patrol agents brave enough to shout out the equivalent @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , and I say the hell with it . ''
The reporter also added some local color : The article attracted more than 200 comments from readers , and the next-to-most popular among them showed that some of our fellow citizens have a good grasp of the situation and can describe it compactly .
This paragraph by `` Anita '' attracted 144 thumbs-up votes ( and only three negatives ) , along with nine supporting comments : As John Derbyshire and I have both written , there 's encouragement to be had in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is , too , among vocally disgusted Border Patrol agents ?
Over to you , Federale !

Testifying before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee on November 30, 2016, then-Border Patrol Chief Mark Morgan told the senators that, instead of focusing on securing the border, many of his agents were acting as “professional childcare providers.” According to an account of the hearing from the Federation for American Immigration Reform [FAIR]:
[Morgan] relayed a story from one agent who said, “Chief, we’re going to do whatever this country asks us to do, but I never thought in my 20 years that I would be, as part of procurement, ordering baby powder and baby wipes.” In another border sector, as part of their job, agents “make sure the food, the burritos we’re providing are being warmed properly.”
[Legislative Update: 12/06/2016; scroll down to "Border Patrol Chief: Agents are Functioning as Childcare Providers." Or see the hearing's video for yourself. Jump in at about 45:50 for the next 35 seconds.]
One senses some frustration in Morgan about the resources (and taxpayers' money) being used in this way, but there's nothing explicit—check out the video.
So I was interested recently to stumble across a routine border-chaos article from mid-2019 in which it was clear that at least one Border Patrol agent was disgusted with—and likely resentful of—the situation. Reporter Javier Tovar of Agence France-Presse described a scene near the bus station in San Bernardino, California, where three Border Patrol vans were disgorging "migrants" who would then disperse via Greyhound throughout the country (presumably to further burden our welfare programs):
They line up on a sidewalk as their names are checked by a representative from a local [non-governmental organization] who also enquires about their health. A man asks where he can rent a phone and one of the agents sternly answers back in Spanish. "You decided to come this way into the US, you figure out what to do," the agent says. "What do you expect? You want me to give you my house?" [Migrants dropped at US bus stations as Border Patrol shelters overflow, May 25, 2019; emphasis added]
Hear! Hear! for all Border Patrol agents brave enough to shout out the equivalent of "I say it's spinach, and I say the hell with it."
The reporter also added some local color:
"Send them back to Tijuana (Mexico)," shouts a white bearded man in a red pick-up truck as he drives by the group of migrants at the bus station in San Bernardino. "Or better yet, send them to (liberal) San Francisco," he adds.
The article attracted more than 200 comments from readers, and the next-to-most popular among them showed that some of our fellow citizens have a good grasp of the situation and can describe it compactly. This paragraph by "Anita" attracted 144 thumbs-up votes (and only three negatives), along with nine supporting comments:
Poverty and gang violence were never valid grounds for asylum. So why on earth are these illegal aliens being rewarded for cutting in line ahead of people who have waited for years to emigrate in a lawful and orderly manner? They have no money, no clue where to go or what to do next, so they will be entirely dependent on government services and charities. They will overwhelm our schools and hospitals, help themselves to services and infrastructure intended for legal residents, and few will turn up for their immigration court date. Even if their claim to asylum is denied, deporting them will be a long and expensive process. Most will be here forever. And this provides an enormous 'pull factor' for thousands more to gate-crash our country. Why is America, one of the most powerful nations in the world, powerless to control this invasion?
As John Derbyshire and I have both written, there's encouragement to be had in the comment threads.
And maybe there is, too, among vocally disgusted Border Patrol agents? Over to you, Federale!


vdare--2020-04-13--NYT: "The Dangerous History of Immunoprivilege"

You ’ ve read all about “ black bodies.
” Soon we ’ ll be reading all about the racist injustice being performatively performed on “ black antibodies.
” From the New York Times opinion page : We ’ ve seen what happens when people with immunity to a deadly disease are given special treatment .
It isn ’ t pretty .
By Kathryn Olivarius Kathryn Olivarius is an assistant professor of history at Stanford University and author of the forthcoming “ Necropolis : Disease , Power , and Capitalism in the Cotton Kingdom.
” …The likes of Glenn Beck @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Texas have fashioned the willingness to endure a bout with coronavirus as a patriotic , pro-economy act ; Germany , Italy , and Britain are all toying with notions of “ immunity passports ” — proof that a person has beaten Covid-19 — that would allow people with antibodies to go back to work faster .
That people could wield their hard-earned “ immunocapital ” to save the economy sounds like science fiction .
But as we wait months or years for a viable vaccine , leveraging peoples ’ antibodies may well be @ @ @ @ @ @ @ so , we should heed lessons from the past and beware of the potential social perils .
As a historian , my research has focused on a time and place — the 19th-century Deep South — that once operated by a very similar logic , only with a far more lethal and fearsome virus : yellow fever .
Immunity on a case-by-case basis did permit the economy to expand , but it did so unevenly : to the benefit of those already atop the social ladder , and at the expense of everyone @ @ @ @ @ @ @ with the forces of capitalism , immunological discrimination became just one more form of bias in a region already premised on racial , ethnic , gender and financial inequality .
Yellow fever , a mosquito-borne flavivirus , was inescapable in the 19th-century Deep South and a point of near-constant terror in New Orleans , the region ’ s hub .
In the six decades between the Louisiana Purchase and the Civil War , New Orleans experienced 22 full-blown epidemics , cumulatively killing over 150,000 people .
( Perhaps another 150,000 died in nearby @ @ @ @ @ @ @ about half of all those it infected and it killed them horribly , with many victims vomiting thick black blood , the consistency and color of coffee grounds .
The lucky survivors became “ acclimated , ” or immune for life .
Antebellum New Orleans was a slave society where whites dominated free people of color and enslaved people though legally sanctioned violence .
But another invisible hierarchy came to co-mingle with the racial order ; white “ acclimated citizens ” stood atop the social pyramid , followed by white “ unacclimated strangers @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Surviving yellow fever was locally known as the “ baptism of citizenship : ” proof that a white person had been chosen by God and had established himself as a legitimate and permanent player in the Cotton Kingdom .
Immunity mattered .
“ Unacclimated ” white people were considered unemployable .
As the German immigrant Gustav Dresel lamented in the 1830s , “ I looked around in vain for a position as bookkeeper , ” but “ to engage a young man who was not acclimated would be a bad speculation.
” Life @ @ @ @ @ @ @ charged a hefty “ climate premium.
” If you were white , immunity-status impacted where you lived , how much you earned , your ability to get credit , and whom you were able to marry .
… But immunity was more than a product of epidemiological luck .
In the context of the Deep South , it was wielded as a weapon .
From the start , wealthy white New Orleanians made sure that while mosquitoes were equal-opportunity vectors , yellow fever would be anything but colorblind .
Pro-slavery theorists used yellow @ @ @ @ @ @ @ natural , even humanitarian , because it allowed whites to socially distance themselves ; they could stay at home , in relative safety , if black people were forced to labor and trade on their behalf .
In 1853 , the “ Weekly Delta ” newspaper claimed , ludicrously , that three-quarters of all deaths from yellow fever were among abolitionists .
Black people , with limited access to health care , were of course as scared of yellow fever as anyone else .
Actually , blacks were much less likely to die @ @ @ @ @ @ @ disease , than were whites ( much less poor American Indians ) .
Human biodiversity in resistance to different diseases explains much about why blacks were valued as slaves in the warmer parts of the New World , where they outsurvived whites and Amerindians , but not in the colder parts , where they tended to die of respiratory infections in larger numbers .
That sounds dubious .
I ’ m sure the disease risk kept the supply of labor low , driving up wages .
As I pointed out in my column @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ” about what American history would have been like without slavery , the disease burden problem explains much about the economic usefulness of slavery .
If America had foregone slavery , the main difference would have been the South would have been populated more slowly : Granted , an America without slavery would not have developed the lowland Deep South as rapidly as it did , much as Florida south of the panhandle was largely empty until the 20th century .
For example , Miami was not incorporated until 1896 , at which @ @ @ @ @ @ @ souls resided in the area .
In 1900 , barely a half million people lived in the entire state of Florida , compared with 21 million today .
And yet , the failure of Americans to do much with the bulk of the Florida peninsula until the 20th century does not loom depressingly in contemporary thinking .
Similarly , if the cotton belt centered on Mississippi and Alabama had taken a few more generations to develop due to the requirement to either pay free white workers high enough wages or to develop better @ @ @ @ @ @ @ I doubt if Americans in our alternative 2019 would lament this history any more than Americans today mourn all the oranges that weren ’ t grown in Florida in the 19th century .
That said , New Orleans was so strategically important controlling the entrance and exit of the Mississippi watershed that it would have had to have been populated , although perhaps the US would have concentrated military might further up at the Vicksburg chokepoint .

You’ve read all about “black bodies.” Soon we’ll be reading all about the racist injustice being performatively performed on “black antibodies.”
From the New York Times opinion page:
The Dangerous History of Immunoprivilege We’ve seen what happens when people with immunity to a deadly disease are given special treatment. It isn’t pretty. By Kathryn Olivarius
Kathryn Olivarius is an assistant professor of history at Stanford University and author of the forthcoming “Necropolis: Disease, Power, and Capitalism in the Cotton Kingdom.” April 12, 2020, 3:00 p.m. ET …The likes of Glenn Beck and Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick of Texas have fashioned the willingness to endure a bout with coronavirus as a patriotic, pro-economy act; Germany, Italy, and Britain are all toying with notions of “immunity passports” — proof that a person has beaten Covid-19 — that would allow people with antibodies to go back to work faster. That people could wield their hard-earned “immunocapital” to save the economy sounds like science fiction. But as we wait months or years for a viable vaccine, leveraging peoples’ antibodies may well be part of our economic strategy. If so, we should heed lessons from the past and beware of the potential social perils. As a historian, my research has focused on a time and place — the 19th-century Deep South — that once operated by a very similar logic, only with a far more lethal and fearsome virus: yellow fever. Immunity on a case-by-case basis did permit the economy to expand, but it did so unevenly: to the benefit of those already atop the social ladder, and at the expense of everyone else. When a raging virus collided with the forces of capitalism, immunological discrimination became just one more form of bias in a region already premised on racial, ethnic, gender and financial inequality. Yellow fever, a mosquito-borne flavivirus, was inescapable in the 19th-century Deep South and a point of near-constant terror in New Orleans, the region’s hub. In the six decades between the Louisiana Purchase and the Civil War, New Orleans experienced 22 full-blown epidemics, cumulatively killing over 150,000 people. (Perhaps another 150,000 died in nearby American cities.) The virus killed about half of all those it infected and it killed them horribly, with many victims vomiting thick black blood, the consistency and color of coffee grounds. The lucky survivors became “acclimated,” or immune for life. Antebellum New Orleans was a slave society where whites dominated free people of color and enslaved people though legally sanctioned violence. But another invisible hierarchy came to co-mingle with the racial order; white “acclimated citizens” stood atop the social pyramid, followed by white “unacclimated strangers,” followed by everyone else. Surviving yellow fever was locally known as the “baptism of citizenship:” proof that a white person had been chosen by God and had established himself as a legitimate and permanent player in the Cotton Kingdom. Immunity mattered. “Unacclimated” white people were considered unemployable. As the German immigrant Gustav Dresel lamented in the 1830s, “I looked around in vain for a position as bookkeeper,” but “to engage a young man who was not acclimated would be a bad speculation.” Life insurers rejected unacclimated applicants outright or else charged a hefty “climate premium.” If you were white, immunity-status impacted where you lived, how much you earned, your ability to get credit, and whom you were able to marry. … But immunity was more than a product of epidemiological luck. In the context of the Deep South, it was wielded as a weapon. From the start, wealthy white New Orleanians made sure that while mosquitoes were equal-opportunity vectors, yellow fever would be anything but colorblind. Pro-slavery theorists used yellow fever to argue that racial slavery was natural, even humanitarian, because it allowed whites to socially distance themselves; they could stay at home, in relative safety, if black people were forced to labor and trade on their behalf. In 1853, the “Weekly Delta” newspaper claimed, ludicrously, that three-quarters of all deaths from yellow fever were among abolitionists. Black people, with limited access to health care, were of course as scared of yellow fever as anyone else.
Actually, blacks were much less likely to die of yellow fever, a West African disease, than were whites (much less poor American Indians).
But those enslaved people who’d acquired immunity increased their monetary value to their owners by up to 50 percent. In essence, black people’s immunity became white people’s capital. Yellow fever did not make the South into a slave society, but it widened the divide between rich and poor.
Human biodiversity in resistance to different diseases explains much about why blacks were valued as slaves in the warmer parts of the New World, where they outsurvived whites and Amerindians, but not in the colder parts, where they tended to die of respiratory infections in larger numbers.
High mortality, it turns out, was economically profitable for New Orleans’s most powerful citizens because yellow fever kept wage workers insecure, and so unable to bargain effectively.
That sounds dubious. I’m sure the disease risk kept the supply of labor low, driving up wages.
As I pointed out in my column last year, “Alternative America,” about what American history would have been like without slavery, the disease burden problem explains much about the economic usefulness of slavery. If America had foregone slavery, the main difference would have been the South would have been populated more slowly:
Granted, an America without slavery would not have developed the lowland Deep South as rapidly as it did, much as Florida south of the panhandle was largely empty until the 20th century. For example, Miami was not incorporated until 1896, at which point it was estimated that only 1,800 souls resided in the area. In 1900, barely a half million people lived in the entire state of Florida, compared with 21 million today. And yet, the failure of Americans to do much with the bulk of the Florida peninsula until the 20th century does not loom depressingly in contemporary thinking. Similarly, if the cotton belt centered on Mississippi and Alabama had taken a few more generations to develop due to the requirement to either pay free white workers high enough wages or to develop better technology that could do without them, I doubt if Americans in our alternative 2019 would lament this history any more than Americans today mourn all the oranges that weren’t grown in Florida in the 19th century.
That said, New Orleans was so strategically important controlling the entrance and exit of the Mississippi watershed that it would have had to have been populated, although perhaps the US would have concentrated military might further up at the Vicksburg chokepoint.
[Comment at Unz.com]


vdare--2020-04-13--Mexicans Who Die of WuFlu in US Sent Home For Burial. Maybe They Shouldn't Have Come?

COVID-19 arrived to the United States a month earlier than it got to Mexico , consequently the total of cases and deaths in the U.S. dwarfs that of Mexico .
As of April 13 ( early ) , the U.S. had 560,566 cases and 22,225 deaths .
Mexico had 5,103 cases and 319 deaths .
But what about deaths of Mexicans residing in the United States ?
As of April 11 , according to the Mexican foreign ministry ( SRE , for its initials in Spanish ) at least 181 Mexicans in the United States had died for COVID-19 .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ en EU por coronavirus ( “ Bodies of Two Oaxacans Who Died in the United States of Coronavirus to be Returned ” ) Oscar Rodriguez , Milenio , April 11 , 2020 [ That particular article concerns two Mexicans from the state of Oaxaca who died in the U.S. from coronavirus , that their bodies are being sent back to Mexico .
That does n't mean the remains of all Mexicans who die in the U.S. are sent back to Mexico . ]
Typically , Mexicans who go to the United States settle @ @ @ @ @ @ @ their home area in Mexico .
New York City is home to many Mexicans from the state of Puebla .
Sadly , 24 Mexicans from Puebla have died in the U.S. from coronavirus .
Fallece otro poblano en EU por covid-19 ; suman 24 “ Another Poblano Dies in the United States from COVID-19 , for a Total of 24 ” ) Elvia Garcia and Carlos Morales , Milenio , April 10 , 2020 .
And there may be more , as there are unidentified bodies .
This may be a morbid question @ @ @ @ @ @ @ possible that some of these 181 Mexicans who moved to the United States would still be alive had they stayed in Mexico ?

Earlier, by Sam Francis, 2003: New Immigrants Can't Rest In Peace In America
COVID-19 arrived to the United States a month earlier than it got to Mexico, consequently the total of cases and deaths in the U.S. dwarfs that of Mexico.
As of April 13 (early), the U.S. had 560,566 cases and 22,225 deaths. Mexico had 5,103 cases and 319 deaths.
But what about deaths of Mexicans residing in the United States?
As of April 11, according to the Mexican foreign ministry (SRE, for its initials in Spanish) at least 181 Mexicans in the United States had died for COVID-19.
Repatriarán cadáveres de dos oaxaqueños que murieron en EU por coronavirus (“Bodies of Two Oaxacans Who Died in the United States of Coronavirus to be Returned”) Oscar Rodriguez, Milenio, April 11, 2020 [That particular article concerns two Mexicans from the state of Oaxaca who died in the U.S. from coronavirus, that their bodies are being sent back to Mexico. That doesn't mean the remains of all Mexicans who die in the U.S. are sent back to Mexico.]
Typically, Mexicans who go to the United States settle in areas already settled by people from their home area in Mexico.
New York City is home to many Mexicans from the state of Puebla. Sadly, 24 Mexicans from Puebla have died in the U.S. from coronavirus. Fallece otro poblano en EU por covid-19; suman 24 “Another Poblano Dies in the United States from COVID-19, for a Total of 24”) Elvia Garcia and Carlos Morales, Milenio, April 10, 2020.
And there may be more, as there are unidentified bodies.
This may be a morbid question to ask. but, is it possible that some of these 181 Mexicans who moved to the United States would still be alive had they stayed in Mexico?
Just a question.


vdare--2020-04-12--This Day In VDARE.com History, 2011: 61 Percent Of Americans Who Told Rasmussen That Immigration Inc

This Day In VDARE.com History, 2011: 61 Percent Of Americans Who Told Rasmussen That Immigration Increases Poverty Are Right

Originally published here on VDARE.com on this day in 2011 .
The Rasmussen Reports item mentioned by Brenda earlier [ Rasmussen Poll : Immigration Enforcement Would Decrease Poverty ] about Americans believing that immigration enforcement would reduce poverty in America , divides up the responses in various categories : The crosstabs [ Subscriber link ] show that 64 percent of whites and 50 percent of blacks say `` Yes '' when asked `` if immigration laws were enforced , there would be less poverty in America ? ''
That 's a divide , but it 's nothing like the divide @ @ @ @ @ @ @ between white and black voters , 95 percent of whom voted for Obama .
It 's a lot smaller , in fact , than the divide between ordinary Americans and the political class .
See Poll Exposes Elite-Public Clash On Immigration by Sam Francis , from 2002 , or Immigration And The States : The Slave Power Strikes Back , by William Houston , five days ago .
But the people who believe that immigration increases poverty are right .
The people who are poorer are low-level workers .
In fact , ( @ @ @ @ @ @ @ hardest hit . ''
The imported poor people are frequently really poor , and import habits of poverty .
Immigration enforcement would help a lot .

Originally published here on VDARE.com on this day in 2011.
The Rasmussen Reports item mentioned by Brenda earlier [Rasmussen Poll: Immigration Enforcement Would Decrease Poverty]about Americans believing that immigration enforcement would reduce poverty in America, divides up the responses in various categories:
Seventy-seven percent (77%) of Republicans and 58% of adults not affiliated with either political party feel there would be less poverty if immigration laws were enforced, a view shared by just 48% of Democrats.61% Say Enforcing Immigration Laws Would Cut Poverty [April 10, 2011].
The crosstabs [Subscriber link] show that 64 percent of whites and 50 percent of blacks say "Yes" when asked "if immigration laws were enforced, there would be less poverty in America?" That's a divide, but it's nothing like the divide on party lines and general political philosophies between white and black voters, 95 percent of whom voted for Obama.
It's a lot smaller, in fact, than the divide between ordinary Americans and the political class. See Poll Exposes Elite-Public Clash On Immigration by Sam Francis, from 2002, or Immigration And The States: The Slave Power Strikes Back, by William Houston, five days ago.
But the people who believe that immigration increases poverty are right.
Immigration increases poverty in two ways
The people who are poorer are low-level workers. In fact, (American) women and minorities are "hardest hit."
The imported poor people are frequently really poor, and import habits of poverty. Immigration enforcement would help a lot.


vdare--2020-04-12--How Deep Does the Anti-White Rabbit Hole Go? Twitter Post Calling Picture of White Mom with Her Four

How Deep Does the Anti-White Rabbit Hole Go? Twitter Post Calling Picture of White Mom with Her Four White Children "Really Dark" Goes Viral, Getting 44,000 Likes

Sometimes , you need a reminder of just how much you are hated .
Sometimes , you need a reminder of just how much the system is allowed to hate you .
There is a beautiful image going around of a white female fitness instructor and her four children , all choreographed in matching outfits .
The only problem is they are all blond haired and blue eyed .
You can click here and see how an innocent ( hauntingly beautiful ) image became a rallying cry for anti-white hatred sanctioned by Twitter , with 1,800 re-tweets and 44,000+ likes @ @ @ @ @ @ @ dark in such a layered way i can ’ t fully wrap my head around ” .
[ Archived—the original poster has now protected her Tweets , and her Twitter bio reads `` happy easter i deleted the tweet it was just an ad i saw on pinterest you people are all crazy log off and go spend time with your families '' ] .
Read the whole thread .
Read every post .
See how casually people are to post anti-white messages .
agreeing with the original individual who decried this image @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the present , where anti-white hate fuels the zeitgeist .

Sometimes, you need a reminder of just how much you are hated.
Sometimes, you need a reminder of just how much the system is allowed to hate you.
There is a beautiful image going around of a white female fitness instructor and her four children, all choreographed in matching outfits. The only problem is they are all blond haired and blue eyed.
You can click here and see how an innocent (hauntingly beautiful) image became a rallying cry for anti-white hatred sanctioned by Twitter, with 1,800 re-tweets and 44,000+ likes for a post reading: “really dark in such a layered way i can’t fully wrap my head around”. [Archived—the original poster has now protected her Tweets, and her Twitter bio reads "happy easter i deleted the tweet it was just an ad i saw on pinterest you people are all crazy log off and go spend time with your families"].
Read the whole thread. Read every post. See how casually people are to post anti-white messages. agreeing with the original individual who decried this image as “really dark…”
This is the present, where anti-white hate fuels the zeitgeist.


vdare--2020-04-12--Minorities Not Social Distancing: 400 Plus Person Party In East Bakersfield Scene Of Mass Shooting (

Minorities Not Social Distancing: 400 Plus Person Party In East Bakersfield Scene Of Mass Shooting (With No One Killed)

The reported shooting in East Bakersfield , committed , according to the Kern County Sheriff 's department by `` four black males driving a white sedan '' , fits in with what we call the `` Leaded Law '' of minority marksmanship .
Contrary to Woke belief , blacks commit more mass shootings than whites , but their marksmanship is so bad that frequently no one is killed .
( See The “ Leaded Law ” And Mass Shootings—Poor Black Marksmanship Is Saving Lives for details . )
In this case , police picked up 94 shell casings , and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ but while six people were hit , none of them died .
[ Six people shot at California house party that violated stay-at-home order , by Minyvonne Burke , NBC News , April 11 , 2020 ] What 's notable is not the mass shooting , but that in East Bakersfield , either blacks or Hispanics are having a 4 to 500 person house party , in spite of Gavin Newsom 's stay at home order issued March 19 .
The shooting was probably a typical black house party shooting , of which @ @ @ @ @ @ @ past , but theoretically the victims could be Hispanic , because East Bakersfield is heavily Hispanic .
The local news media presumably knows what color the partiers are , but are determined not to tell us .
The LA Times , for example , translated the Kern County Sheriff 's Department description of `` four black males '' into That 's a deliberate decision to subtract news value from a story .
Aside from the `` not reporting race '' aspect , the fact that minorities are holding 400+ person house parties while @ @ @ @ @ @ @ police crackdowns is , as I said recently , an example of Anarcho-Tyranny As we ’ ve reported repeatedly , governments are afraid to enforce these rules in the inner city—or “ outer city ” in the case of Paris ’ s immigrant-ruled suburbs .
• A New York State Legal Professional Says He Does n't Expect To See DeBlasio 's Police Suppressing Public Gatherings Of `` Youths '' • French Government Afraid To Enforce Coronavirus Quarantine In Arab Banlieues Because Of Riot Threat • Social Distancing Has n't Caught on Yet in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ they can have a rowdy , probably illegal even before Coronavirus , party for hundreds of people , and police only notice when there are actually shots fired .

The reported shooting in East Bakersfield, committed, according to the Kern County Sheriff's department by "four black males driving a white sedan", fits in with what we call the "Leaded Law" of minority marksmanship. Contrary to Woke belief, blacks commit more mass shootings than whites, but their marksmanship is so bad that frequently no one is killed.(See The “Leaded Law” And Mass Shootings—Poor Black Marksmanship Is Saving Lives for details.)
In this case, police picked up 94 shell casings, and three live rounds at the scene, but while six people were hit, none of them died. [Six people shot at California house party that violated stay-at-home order, by Minyvonne Burke ,NBC News, April 11, 2020]
What's notable is not the mass shooting, but that in East Bakersfield, either blacks or Hispanics are having a 4 to 500 person house party, in spite of Gavin Newsom's stay at home order issued March 19.
The shooting was probably a typical black house party shooting, of which we're reported many examples in the past, but theoretically the victims could be Hispanic, because East Bakersfield is heavily Hispanic.
The local news media presumably knows what color the partiers are, but are determined not to tell us.
The LA Times, for example, translated the Kern County Sheriff's Department description of "four black males" into
"They’re described as four men driving a white sedan." Six people shot at a large party in Bakersfield, where there’s a ban on all gatherings, by Richard Winton, April 12, 2020
That's a deliberate decision to subtract news value from a story.
Aside from the "not reporting race" aspect, the fact that minorities are holding 400+ person house parties while white churches are the subject is of police crackdowns is, as I said recently, an example of Anarcho-Tyranny
As we’ve reported repeatedly, governments are afraid to enforce these rules in the inner city—or “outer city” in the case of Paris’s immigrant-ruled suburbs.
And in East Bakersfield, they can have a rowdy, probably illegal even before Coronavirus, party for hundreds of people, and police only notice when there are actually shots fired.


vdare--2020-04-11--NATIONAL DATA: Coronavirus Kills Jobs—And Displacement!  Immigrant Population FALLS For 7th Straight

NATIONAL DATA: Coronavirus Kills Jobs—And Displacement!  Immigrant Population FALLS For 7th Straight Month! IMMIGRATION MORATORIUM NOW!

Earlier , by Ed Rubenstein : National Data : Pre-Corona , Immigrant Population DOWN For SIXTH Straight Month—But Wage Growth Slowed , Displacement Up The longest stretch of job creation in American history came to a crashing halt last month .
The Labor Department reported a 700,001 decline in payrolls .
It could have been worse—and probably was : The March survey was conducted in the first two weeks of the month , just before all Hell broke loose .
But embedded in the disaster are nuggets of good news for American workers : their displacement by immigrant workers ( @ @ @ @ @ @ @ distinguish ) is slackening .
And the immigrant workforce continues to contract .
Most economists had expected more modest job losses , figuring that the big layoffs wouldn ’ t take place until later in the month .
But employers moved quickly to shut down .
The U.S. seems to be plunging into a deep recession , with unemployment reaching 20 % by some forecasts .
The full scope of the damage will not be apparent until May 8th , when employment data for the month of April is scheduled for release .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ which our monthly displacement analysis rests , reported a loss of 3 million jobs for the month .
But our analysis of the survey shows the immigrant share of employment fell to 17.06 % , its lowest level since 2017 .
Previously , in February immigrants held 17.5 % of all jobs .
Each 1 % decline in immigrant employment share represents a transfer of 1.6 million jobs from immigrants to native-born workers .
• VDARE.com ’ s immigrant employment index , set at 100.0 in January 2009 , fell to 122.8 from @ @ @ @ @ @ @ % loss .
• The native-born American employment index fell to 107.1 from February ’ s 108.9 , a 1.3 % loss .
• Accordingly , the New VDARE American Worker Displacement Index ( NVDAWDI ) , our name for the ratio of immigrant to native-born American employment growth indexes since Jan. 2009 , fell to 114.6 from 118.4 , a fall of 3.2 % .
Not since 2017 has displacement been this low .
It had been moving sideways in a narrow range since mid-2019 .
Lost amid the Covid-19 cacophony : @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ) hard line on immigration , Donald Trump now presides over a labor market where native-born American job growth during his tenure exceeds that of immigrants .
From January 2017 through March 2020 native-born American workers gained 3.096 million jobs , an increase of 2.5 % , while immigrants gained 595,000 jobs , a 2.3 % rise .
In one ( admittedly horrific ) month .
the immigrant/native-born job growth gap shifted from 3.3 percentage points in favor of immigrants to 0.2 percentage points in favor of native-born .
Looking at a longer @ @ @ @ @ @ @ us : Our displacement chart above shows Native-born American workers lost ground to their foreign-born competitors throughout the Obama years .
This accelerated significantly in the months leading up to the 2016 election .
After a wild struggle , Trump has reversed the displacement deterioration of his own first years .
But he has not reversed the Obama-era damage .
Displacement is down , largely because immigrants are leaving in record numbers and those that remain are losing jobs at even faster rates than native-born .
This is not quite what Trump supporters @ @ @ @ @ @ @ But it ’ s something .
March also saw a record year-over-year decline in the foreign-born working-age population ( 16 years+ ) .
It fell by 1.23 million from March 2019—the seventh straight month of decline .
This contraction follows a protracted slowing of immigrant workforce growth that can be traced back to early 2018 .
This current immigrant workforce decline is more than double that seen in the 2008 Great Recession .
Back then immigrants were leaving at the rate of 300,000 to 400,000 a month , year-over-year .
Simultaneously , apprehensions @ @ @ @ @ @ @ for illegal immigration , continue to fall after the dramatic peak of May 2019 .
The March report shows that on two important metrics—working-age population and employment—native-born American workers outpaced immigrants by comfortable margins over the past 12 months .
• The native-born American working-age population grew by 2.460 million , a gain of 2.8 % ; the corresponding immigrant population fell by 1.239 million— the largest decline since the government started publishing this figure in 2007 .
For the seventh consecutive month , the number of working age immigrants declined , year-over-year @ @ @ @ @ @ @ job gain of 23,000 , or 0.02 % ; foreign-born workers were clobbered , losing 1.297 million jobs , a 4.7 % loss .
Americans did “ relatively ” well , mainly because they are not as concentrated in industries ( like hotels and retail ) that shed workers even before the quarantine economy took hold .
• The immigrant labor force ( working or looking for work ) fell by 1.074 million , a 3.7 % decline ; the native-born labor force jumped by 788,000 , a 0.6 % gain .
• @ @ @ @ @ @ @ native-born Americans .
But the native-born rate rose 15.4 % ( from 3.9 % to 4.5 % ) while immigrant unemployment rose 23.1 % ( from 3.9 % to 4.8 . )
• Labor-force participation rates declined for both immigrants and native-born , with the immigrant rate falling twice as much ( in percentage terms ) as that of native-born .
Immigrant participation rates remain well above that of natives , though this factoid reflects the sharp decline in immigrant working-age population rather than their increased confidence in the job market .
The @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and 1.34 million immigrants were unemployed in March , but over the last year the number of unemployed immigrants rose by 19.95 % , while native-born joblessness rose 14.53 % .
It ’ s clear that the pandemic is having a larger impact—on the economy and our society—than was thought possible even a week ago .
This raises the likelihood that Congress will have to provide support beyond to the multi-trillion dollar package passed last week .
Our suggestion to Congress : include an immigration moratorium , at least until American employment has @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 2008-9 Great Recession , VDARE.com was essentially alone in making this suggestion .
But this time there ’ s progress—the moratorium proposal was recently tweeted out by TurningPointUSA ’ s eminently respectable Charlie Kirk .
At all costs , we must avoid repeating the 2009-9 disaster , when immigration rose throughout the Great Recession , with the result that American workers did not benefit from the recovery for many years .
Edwin S. Rubenstein ( email him ) is President of ESR Research Economic Consultants

edwin@esrresearch.com (Edwin S. Rubenstein)

Earlier, by Ed Rubenstein: National Data: Pre-Corona, Immigrant Population DOWN For SIXTH Straight Month—But Wage Growth Slowed, Displacement Up
The longest stretch of job creation in American history came to a crashing halt last month. The Labor Department reported a 700,001 decline in payrolls. It could have been worse—and probably was: The March survey was conducted in the first two weeks of the month, just before all Hell broke loose. But embedded in the disaster are nuggets of good news for American workers: their displacement by immigrant workers (legal and illegal—the data doesn’t distinguish) is slackening. And the immigrant workforce continues to contract.
Most economists had expected more modest job losses, figuring that the big layoffs wouldn’t take place until later in the month. But employers moved quickly to shut down. The U.S. seems to be plunging into a deep recession, with unemployment reaching 20% by some forecasts. The full scope of the damage will not be apparent until May 8th, when employment data for the month of April is scheduled for release.
The Household Survey of Employment, on which our monthly displacement analysis rests, reported a loss of 3 million jobs for the month. But our analysis of the survey shows the immigrant share of employment fell to 17.06%, its lowest level since 2017. Previously, in February immigrants held 17.5% of all jobs.
Each 1% decline in immigrant employment share represents a transfer of 1.6 million jobs from immigrants to native-born workers.
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In March:
Immigrants lost 1.25 million jobs, a 4.5% decline
Native-born Americans lost 1.74 million jobs, a 1.3% decline.
VDARE.com’s immigrant employment index, set at 100.0 in January 2009, fell to 122.8 from February’s 128.6, a 4.5% loss.
The native-born American employment index fell to 107.1 from February’s 108.9, a 1.3% loss.
Accordingly, the New VDARE American Worker Displacement Index (NVDAWDI), our name for the ratio of immigrant to native-born American employment growth indexes since Jan. 2009, fell to 114.6 from 118.4, a fall of 3.2%. Not since 2017 has displacement been this low. It had been moving sideways in a narrow range since mid-2019.
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Lost amid the Covid-19 cacophony: Finally, thanks to his (relatively) hard line on immigration, Donald Trump now presides over a labor market where native-born American job growth during his tenure exceeds that of immigrants. From January 2017 through March 2020 native-born American workers gained 3.096 million jobs, an increase of 2.5%, while immigrants gained 595,000 jobs, a 2.3% rise.
In one (admittedly horrific) month. the immigrant/native-born job growth gap shifted from 3.3 percentage points in favor of immigrants to 0.2 percentage points in favor of native-born.
Looking at a longer time frame, displacement is still with us:
Our displacement chart above shows Native-born American workers lost ground to their foreign-born competitors throughout the Obama years. This accelerated significantly in the months leading up to the 2016 election. After a wild struggle, Trump has reversed the displacement deterioration of his own first years. But he has not reversed the Obama-era damage.
Displacement is down, largely because immigrants are leaving in record numbers and those that remain are losing jobs at even faster rates than native-born. This is not quite what Trump supporters had in mind in November 2016. But it’s something.
March also saw a record year-over-year decline in the foreign-born working-age population (16 years+). It fell by 1.23 million from March 2019—the seventh straight month of decline. This contraction follows a protracted slowing of immigrant workforce growth that can be traced back to early 2018.
This current immigrant workforce decline is more than double that seen in the 2008 Great Recession. Back then immigrants were leaving at the rate of 300,000 to 400,000 a month, year-over-year.
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Simultaneously, apprehensions on the Southwest border, a proxy for illegal immigration, continue to fall after the dramatic peak of May 2019.
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The March report shows that on two important metrics—working-age population and employment—native-born American workers outpaced immigrants by comfortable margins over the past 12 months.
Employment Status by Nativity, March 2019-March 2020 (numbers in 1000s; not seasonally adjusted) Mar-19 Mar-20 Change % Change Foreign born, 16 years and older Civilian population 43,562 42,323 -1,239 -2.84% Civilian labor force 28,893 27,819 -1,074 -3.72% Participation rate (%) 66.3 65.7 -0.6 pts. -0.90% Employed 27,775 26,478 -1,297 -4.67% Employment/population (%) 63.8 62.6 -1.2 pts. -1.88% Unemployed 1,118 1,341 223 19.95% Unemployment rate (%) 3.9 4.8 0.9 pts. 23.08% Not in labor force 14,669 14,504 -165 -1.12% Native born, 16 years and older Civilian population 214,975 217,435 2,460 1.14% Civilian labor force 133,930 134,718 788 0.59% Participation rate (%) 62.3 62.0 -0.3 pts. -0.48% Employed 128,666 128,689 23 0.02% Employment/population (%) 59.9 59.2 -0.7 pts. -1.17% Unemployed 5,264 6,029 765 14.53% Unemployment rate (%) 3.9 4.5 0.6 pts. 15.38% Not in labor force 81,045 82,717 1,672 2.06% Source: BLS, The Employment Situation ,March 2020. Table A-7, April 3, 2020. http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/empsit.pdf
From March 2019 to March 2020:
The native-born American working-age population grew by 2.460 million, a gain of 2.8%; the corresponding immigrant population fell by 1.239 million— the largest decline since the government started publishing this figure in 2007. For the seventh consecutive month, the number of working age immigrants declined , year-over-year.
Native-born workers saw a miniscule job gain of 23,000, or 0.02%; foreign-born workers were clobbered, losing 1.297 million jobs, a 4.7% loss. Americans did “relatively” well, mainly because they are not as concentrated in industries (like hotels and retail) that shed workers even before the quarantine economy took hold.
The immigrant labor force (working or looking for work) fell by 1.074 million, a 3.7% decline; the native-born labor force jumped by 788,000, a 0.6% gain. Advantage native-born Americans .
Unemployment rates skyrocketed for both immigrants and native-born Americans. But the native-born rate rose 15.4% (from 3.9% to 4.5%) while immigrant unemployment rose 23.1% (from 3.9% to 4.8.) Advantage native-born Americans .
Labor-force participation rates declined for both immigrants and native-born, with the immigrant rate falling twice as much (in percentage terms) as that of native-born. Immigrant participation rates remain well above that of natives, though this factoid reflects the sharp decline in immigrant working-age population rather than their increased confidence in the job market.
The data also show that 6.03 million native-born and 1.34 million immigrants were unemployed in March, but over the last year the number of unemployed immigrants rose by 19.95%, while native-born joblessness rose 14.53%.
It’s clear that the pandemic is having a larger impact—on the economy and our society—than was thought possible even a week ago. This raises the likelihood that Congress will have to provide support beyond to the multi-trillion dollar package passed last week.
Our suggestion to Congress: include an immigration moratorium, at least until American employment has recovered to pre-pandemic levels.
In the 2008-9 Great Recession, VDARE.com was essentially alone in making this suggestion. But this time there’s progress—the moratorium proposal was recently tweeted out by TurningPointUSA’s eminently respectable Charlie Kirk.
We need a total moratorium on ALL visas until employment levels go back to pre-pandemic levels—put our citizens first! — Charlie Kirk (@charliekirk11) April 3, 2020
At all costs, we must avoid repeating the 2009-9 disaster, when immigration rose throughout the Great Recession, with the result that American workers did not benefit from the recovery for many years.
Edwin S. Rubenstein (email him) is President of ESR Research Economic Consultants


vdare--2020-04-12--The Good Old Days Are Back: NYT Publishes Asian Complaining About Being "Treated As A Threat"

You know what we ’ ve been missing ?
Right !
Lately , we just haven ’ t had enough @ @ @ @ @ the theme of Hate Whitey from self-promoting Asian women writers .
But happy days are @ @ @ @ @ Have to Prove We Belong This isn ’ t the first time we ’ ve @ @ @ @ @ .
Jia Lynn Yang is a deputy national editor at The New York Times and @ @ @ @ @ book “ One Mighty and Irresistible Tide : The Epic Struggle Over American Immigration , @ @ @ @ @ this essay is adapted .
The coronavirus pandemic has unleashed a torrent of anti-Asian racism @ @ @ @ @ signs of abating .
Asian-Americans have been spat on in the streets , harassed and @ @ @ @ @ been attacked as our fellow citizens blame us for a virus that threatens our families @ @ @ @ @ household .
This is not the first season of darkness for Asian-Americans in this country @ @ @ @ @ , Japanese-Americans were forced from their homes into barren internment camps .

You know what we’ve been missing? Right! Lately, we just haven’t had enough New York Times op-eds on the theme of Hate Whitey from self-promoting Asian women writers. But happy days are here again:
When Asian-Americans Have to Prove We Belong
This isn’t the first time we’ve been treated as a threat.
By Jia Lynn Yang, April 10, 2020
Jia Lynn Yang is a deputy national editor at The New York Times and the author of the forthcoming book “One Mighty and Irresistible Tide: The Epic Struggle Over American Immigration, 1924-1965,” from which this essay is adapted.
The coronavirus pandemic has unleashed a torrent of anti-Asian racism in America that shows no signs of abating. Asian-Americans have been spat on in the streets, harassed and insulted. Even children have been attacked as our fellow citizens blame us for a virus that threatens our families no less than any other household.
This is not the first season of darkness for Asian-Americans in this country. Nearly 80 years ago, Japanese-Americans were forced from their homes into barren internment camps.


vdare--2020-04-11--Easter During Coronavirus: The Resurrection Of America Will Come

Normally , it ’ s my task to explain here that there is a War on Easter , like there ’ s a War On Christmas , and that instead of making people say “ Happy Holidays ” , schools and municipalities make children engage in Spring Egg Hunts under the aegis of the Spring Bunny .
This year , however , there will be no Spring Egg Hunts , or Easter Egg Hunts either .
( Lydia Brimelow wanted to organize an Easter Egg Hunt at our new Castle in West Virginia , but that ’ s out .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ banned , but so are Easter services in churches , which are not only possibly dangerous , but considered nonessential .
Christian Pastors are being arrested for defying state and local orders to not congregate with their congregations .
It ’ s possible that the pastor in Florida who got 500 people together in a space that usually holds 4000 was doing something dangerous , but it ’ s clear that the authorities don ’ t care about the religious liberties of Christians , fining people who ’ ve attended drive-in services , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and things like this : Police also harassed Christians worshiping on Palm Sunday in Chincoteague Island , Va. Police have served a summons to Kevin Wilson , pastor of Lighthouse Fellowship Church , charging him with violating Gov .
Ralph Northam ( D-Va. ) 's order prohibiting worship services with more than 10 people in the building .
The pastor could go to jail for one year and be fined $ 2,500 for violating the order , and each parishioner may face such a sentence for attending service in-person on Easter .
Wilson @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , standing six feet apart , to worship in the 293-person sanctuary .
[ Emphasis added . ]
UPDATED : Churches Are Fighting Tyrannical Government for the Right to Celebrate Easter While Social Distancing , by Tyler O'Neil , PJMedia , April 11 , 2020 The State of Kentucky has announced that they ’ ll take down the license plates of anyone attending church on Easter , and make them self-quarantine : Kentucky governor : Anyone at mass gatherings this weekend must quarantine , by Taylor Weiter and Jessie Cohen , WHAS , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ s a typical case of Anarcho-Tyranny , since , as we ’ ve reported repeatedly , governments are afraid to enforce these rules in the inner city—or “ outer city ” in the case of Paris ’ s immigrant-ruled suburbs .
• A New York State Legal Professional Says He Does n't Expect To See DeBlasio 's Police Suppressing Public Gatherings Of `` Youths '' • French Government Afraid To Enforce Coronavirus Quarantine In Arab Banlieues Because Of Riot Threat • Social Distancing Has n't Caught on Yet in South-Central L.A .
But @ @ @ @ @ @ @ really have to deal with is the resurrection of America .
Trump has to get America back to work , and start the process of not only recovering from the coronavirus lockdown , but from the mass immigration and outsourcing that brought America to this pass .
It 's possible that the eventual result of this will be a net positive .
People whom you would not have expected to consider it are talking about an immigration moratorium .
Larry Kudlow is talking about moving American production back from China , with help @ @ @ @ @ @ @ : ‘ Pay The Moving Costs ’ Of American Companies Leaving China , Kenneth Rapoza , Forbes , April 10 , 2020 ] This caused Scott Adams to Tweet that This does not mean that one political position—ours , of course , but also the position of the majority of Americans—is benefitting from the death of tens of thousands of Americans .
What it means is that what ’ s happening is what happened after Pearl Harbor in 1941 , when the Japanese Admiral who led the attack is alleged to have said @ @ @ @ @ @ @ done is to awaken a sleeping giant and fill him with a terrible resolve.
” The “ sleeping giant ” is the American people .
The “ terrible resolve ” will be easier on China than the earlier one was on Japan , but it will take the form of a resolve to make American not only Great , but Independent .
In 2002 , Chilton Williamson wrote a piece for VDARE.com called Easter And The Resurrection Of The West , which ended this way : • WHEN I SURVEY THE WONDROUS CROSS @ @ @ @ @ @ @ The Christophobia-Inspired `` Spring Bunny '' ) • A Pennsylvania Reader Says The Local GOP Thinks Passover Is A Religious Holiday , But Easter Is `` Bunny Day '' • Yes , Virginia ( Dare ) , There IS A War On Easter , Driven By Christophobia .
But Happy Easter Anyway !
( 2018 ) • Happy Easter From VDARE.com—Down With The `` Spring Bunny ! ''
( 2016 ) • Real War On Easter : `` Moderate '' Muslim Brutally Stabbed In Scotland For Tolerant Easter Message • Easter 2015 And @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ) • War On Easter—Not Imaginary , And Conservatives Didn ’ t Start It ( 2014 ) • The War On Easter Is Just Like The War On Christmas , But Fewer People Have Noticed ( 2012 ) • Yes , Virginia , There Is A War On Easter—And Also War On Easter Denial ( 2011 ) • Easter 2010 : Who Is This “ Spring Bunny ” ?
• The Fulford File : Save The Easter Bunny !
( And America ) ( 2009 ) • War Against Christmas Now War On @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Fulford File : Happy Easter Once Again From VDARE.COM !
( 2007 ) • myRobot—Our Easter Bunny By Steve Sailer ( Steve Sailer 's kids got a rabbit for Easter .
What they did n't get was an illegal alien to do the vacuuming .
Read about why this was unnecessary . )
( 2005 ) • A Happy Easter To All Our Readers , by Peter Brimelow ( 2005 ) • Easter 2003 : What Would Enoch Say ?
By Peter Brimelow ( 2003 ) And perhaps our most serious statement : @ @ @ @ @ @ @ West , by Chilton Williamson , 2002

Normally, it’s my task to explain here that there is a War on Easter, like there’s a War On Christmas, and that instead of making people say “Happy Holidays”, schools and municipalities make children engage in Spring Egg Hunts under the aegis of the Spring Bunny.
This year, however, there will be no Spring Egg Hunts, or Easter Egg Hunts either. (Lydia Brimelow wanted to organize an Easter Egg Hunt at our new Castle in West Virginia, but that’s out.) Not only are Easter Egg Hunts banned, but so are Easter services in churches, which are not only possibly dangerous, but considered nonessential.
Christian Pastors are being arrested for defying state and local orders to not congregate with their congregations.
It’s possible that the pastor in Florida who got 500 people together in a space that usually holds 4000 was doing something dangerous, but it’s clear that the authorities don’t care about the religious liberties of Christians, fining people who’ve attended drive-in services, in their car, $500, and things like this:
Police also harassed Christians worshiping on Palm Sunday in Chincoteague Island, Va. Police have served a summons to Kevin Wilson, pastor of Lighthouse Fellowship Church, charging him with violating Gov. Ralph Northam (D-Va.)'s order prohibiting worship services with more than 10 people in the building. The pastor could go to jail for one year and be fined $2,500 for violating the order, and each parishioner may face such a sentence for attending service in-person on Easter. Wilson's crime? He allowed sixteen people, standing six feet apart, to worship in the 293-person sanctuary.[Emphasis added.] UPDATED: Churches Are Fighting Tyrannical Government for the Right to Celebrate Easter While Social Distancing, by Tyler O'Neil, PJMedia, April 11, 2020
The State of Kentucky has announced that they’ll take down the license plates of anyone attending church on Easter, and make them self-quarantine: Kentucky governor: Anyone at mass gatherings this weekend must quarantine, by Taylor Weiter and Jessie Cohen, WHAS, April 10, 2020.
It’s a typical case of Anarcho-Tyranny, since, as we’ve reported repeatedly, governments are afraid to enforce these rules in the inner city—or “outer city” in the case of Paris’s immigrant-ruled suburbs.
But this is just temporary. What we really have to deal with is the resurrection of America. Trump has to get America back to work, and start the process of not only recovering from the coronavirus lockdown, but from the mass immigration and outsourcing that brought America to this pass.
It's possible that the eventual result of this will be a net positive. People whom you would not have expected to consider it are talking about an immigration moratorium.
We need a total moratorium on ALL visas until employment levels go back to pre-pandemic levels—put our citizens first! — Charlie Kirk (@charliekirk11) April 3, 2020
Larry Kudlow is talking about moving American production back from China, with help from the US government. [Kudlow: ‘Pay The Moving Costs’ Of American Companies Leaving China, Kenneth Rapoza, Forbes, April 10, 2020]
This caused Scott Adams to Tweet that
While the cost of the #coronavirus pandemic will be trillions, the long term gains for the United States are shaping up to be extraordinary.
This does not mean that one political position—ours, of course, but also the position of the majority of Americans—is benefitting from the death of tens of thousands of Americans.
What it means is that what’s happening is what happened after Pearl Harbor in 1941, when the Japanese Admiral who led the attack is alleged to have said “I fear that all we have done is to awaken a sleeping giant and fill him with a terrible resolve.”
The “sleeping giant” is the American people. The “terrible resolve” will be easier on China than the earlier one was on Japan, but it will take the form of a resolve to make American not only Great, but Independent.
In 2002, Chilton Williamson wrote a piece for VDARE.com called Easter And The Resurrection Of The West, which ended this way:
Yet people can change, including societies and—even—the politicians who beset them. Hope is a virtue. Expect therefore a miracle—in particular on this feast of the greatest and longest-lasting of all miracles, the Resurrection of Our Lord Jesus Christ from the dead. To that end, the editors of VDARE.COM direct their Easter prayers—and on behalf of their readers, too!
Happy Easter From VDARE.com!
Earlier Easter Columns
(“By a happy coincidence, Easter Sunday falls this year on the thirty-fifth anniversary of Enoch Powell's great speech on immigration—given in Birmingham on April 20, 1968. This neatly intertwines the themes of spiritual and national death and resurrection in a way that might have pleased Powell, who had been a fierce atheist as a young man and whose equally fierce if unorthodox Anglicanism in later life was explicitly related to his appreciation of the English Church as an expression of the English nation.")
And perhaps our most serious statement: