vdare--2020-01-22--Michelle Malkin: Illegal Immigrant Caravans and Criminal Catholics

The latest , lawless migrant caravan hurtling from Honduras to our southern border is as organic as AstroTurf .
The Central American trespassers now number between 2,500 and 4,000 .
Two weeks ago , slickly designed flyers disseminated on social media beckoned them to sign up for the latest journey and meet at a bus stop in San Pedro Sula .
That village is caravan ground zero , where Honduras 's destabilizing Libre Party and its former top legislator-turned-agitator Bartolo Fuentes , have brazenly spearheaded past caravan organizing campaigns since President Donald Trump took office .
On Monday , the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ mobs of mostly young men threw rocks and sticks at police—while sympathetic international `` journalists '' selectively captured and curated tired women and crying children on the trek with state-of-the-art cameras and livestreams .
Make no mistake : These are not desperate people suddenly seeking refuge from violence and harm .
They are low-wage workers , pew-fillers and future ethnic-bloc voters being exploited by Big Business , the Vatican and the Democrat Party .
Pueblo Sin Fronteras may be the most recognizable name behind the caravans , but global Catholic elites play a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ transnational human smuggling racket .
Trump-bashing , American sovereignty-trashing Pope Francis donated $ 500,000 nine months ago from his Peter 's Pence fund to assist illegal immigrant caravan participants .
The subsidies cover `` 27 projects in 16 dioceses and Mexican religious congregations '' for `` housing , food and basic necessities , '' as well as `` migrant '' assistance programs `` run by seven dioceses and three religious congregations : the Scalabrinians , the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary and the Hermanas Josefinas , '' according to the Catholic News @ @ @ @ @ @ @ my investigations in `` Open Borders Inc. , '' the Catholic `` Underground Railroad '' of migrant safe houses that extend across Central America , through Mexico , and up to and into the U.S. is a well-oiled machine .
The United Nations ' International Organization for Migration in Mexico has guaranteed supplies of medicine , hygiene products , construction materials , as well as therapy services and legal training , for caravan marchers who are housed at the Hermanos en el Camino shelter , along with the Catholic-run Hogar de la Misericordia @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Pobre y el Migrante shelter .
Funding comes not just from Catholic parishioners , but also U.S. tax dollars .
The La 72 shelter in Tenosique is run by Franciscans .
The El Caminante shelter in Palenque is overseen by Catholic nuns .
The Scalabrinians operate Casa del Migrante in Tijuana and have managed an entire shelter ministry network since 1999 .
On the southern border of Mexico in Chiapas , the city of Tapachula is the first entry point for Central Americans headed to the U.S .
There , the Fray Matias @ @ @ @ @ @ @ comprehensive support '' to illegal immigrant travelers including legal consultations , monitoring of detention centers and `` online resources , art and social activities , job training , and basic social services . ''
The group has received nearly $ 200,000 from the liberal MacArthur Foundation .
Also in Tapachula , the Jesuit Refugee Service opens its churches and pastoral centers to provide shelter , monetary aid , voluntary aid and emergency assistance .
Its team of lawyers , psychologists , social workers and Jesuit clergy spread from Tapachula to Comalapa and Mexico @ @ @ @ @ @ @ for the 2018 caravan marchers and liaisons with the U.N. High Commission for Refugees .
Jaime Calderon Calderon , the Catholic bishop of Tapachula , Mexico , immediately pledged aid this month to the newest waves of border-jumpers and river-crossers , openly acknowledging that he received a heads-up from other bishops in the Northern Triangle ( Guatemala , Honduras and El Salvador ) .
But while Calderon and the bishops blame `` violence '' for the most recent invasion , homicide rates have either fluctuated or fallen significantly in Guatemala , Honduras and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ amnesty programs ( DACA and DAPA ) were announced in 2012 .
Migrants themselves refute the `` fleeing violence '' narrative : An International Organization for Migration poll of more than 3,200 Guatemalan households in 2016 , highlighted by the Center for Immigration Studies ' Kausha Luna , reported that 91 % of migrants surveyed had moved to the U.S. for economic reasons ( jobs , homes , income boosts ) —while only 0.3 % blamed violence , 0.2 % cited extortion and 0.2 % attributed their decision to gangs .
It 's @ @ @ @ @ @ @ workers , legal and illegal , sent back nearly $ 20 billion in remittances to their home countries in 2018 , a tidy sum of which will end up back in Catholic collection plates .
Remittances sent to El Salvador are now equal to 20 % of its GDP ; Guatemala , 11 % ; and Honduras , 18.8 % .
Meanwhile , the percentage of the population of Guatemala now living in the U.S. is close to 7 % ; for El Salvador , the percentage now stands at 22 % ; @ @ @ @ @ @ @ absorbed 9.2 % of their people .
This is a deliberately orchestrated , relentlessly executed , slow-motion criminal invasion .
If my fellow Catholics continue to aid and abet these illegal immigrant gravy trains without consequences , American sovereignty does n't have a prayer .
Michelle Malkin [ Email her ] is the author of Invasion : How America Still Welcomes Terrorists , Criminals , and Other Foreign Menaces to Our Shores .
Click here for Peter Brimelow ’ s review .
Click here for Michelle Malkin 's website .
Michelle Malkin is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Liberals Gone Wild , Culture of Corruption : Obama and his Team of Tax Cheats , Crooks & Cronies , , Who Built That : Awe-Inspiring Stories of American Tinkerpreneurs , and Sold Out : How High-Tech Billionaires & Bipartisan Beltway Crapweasels Are Screwing America 's Best & Brightest Workers .
Malkin is author of the book , `` Open Borders , Inc. : Who 's Funding America 's Destruction , '' available directly from VDARE.com in hardcover .
To find out more about Michelle Malkin and read features by other Creators Syndicate @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Syndicate website at www.creators.com .

The latest, lawless migrant caravan hurtling from Honduras to our southern border is as organic as AstroTurf.
The Central American trespassers now number between 2,500 and 4,000. Two weeks ago, slickly designed flyers disseminated on social media beckoned them to sign up for the latest journey and meet at a bus stop in San Pedro Sula. That village is caravan ground zero, where Honduras's destabilizing Libre Party and its former top legislator-turned-agitator Bartolo Fuentes, have brazenly spearheaded past caravan organizing campaigns since President Donald Trump took office.
On Monday, the throngs reached the Mexico-Guatemala border, where mobs of mostly young men threw rocks and sticks at police—while sympathetic international "journalists" selectively captured and curated tired women and crying children on the trek with state-of-the-art cameras and livestreams.
Make no mistake: These are not desperate people suddenly seeking refuge from violence and harm. They are low-wage workers, pew-fillers and future ethnic-bloc voters being exploited by Big Business, the Vatican and the Democrat Party.
Pueblo Sin Fronteras may be the most recognizable name behind the caravans, but global Catholic elites play a central role in the coordination of this transnational human smuggling racket. Trump-bashing, American sovereignty-trashing Pope Francis donated $500,000 nine months ago from his Peter's Pence fund to assist illegal immigrant caravan participants. The subsidies cover "27 projects in 16 dioceses and Mexican religious congregations" for "housing, food and basic necessities," as well as "migrant" assistance programs "run by seven dioceses and three religious congregations: the Scalabrinians, the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary and the Hermanas Josefinas," according to the Catholic News Service.
As I have reported on my investigations in "Open Borders Inc.," the Catholic "Underground Railroad" of migrant safe houses that extend across Central America, through Mexico, and up to and into the U.S. is a well-oiled machine. The United Nations' International Organization for Migration in Mexico has guaranteed supplies of medicine, hygiene products, construction materials, as well as therapy services and legal training, for caravan marchers who are housed at the Hermanos en el Camino shelter, along with the Catholic-run Hogar de la Misericordia shelter and Jesus el Buen Pastor del Pobre y el Migrante shelter. Funding comes not just from Catholic parishioners, but also U.S. tax dollars. The La 72 shelter in Tenosique is run by Franciscans. The El Caminante shelter in Palenque is overseen by Catholic nuns. The Scalabrinians operate Casa del Migrante in Tijuana and have managed an entire shelter ministry network since 1999.
On the southern border of Mexico in Chiapas, the city of Tapachula is the first entry point for Central Americans headed to the U.S. There, the Fray Matias de Cordova Human Rights Center provides "comprehensive support" to illegal immigrant travelers including legal consultations, monitoring of detention centers and "online resources, art and social activities, job training, and basic social services." The group has received nearly $200,000 from the liberal MacArthur Foundation.
Also in Tapachula, the Jesuit Refugee Service opens its churches and pastoral centers to provide shelter, monetary aid, voluntary aid and emergency assistance. Its team of lawyers, psychologists, social workers and Jesuit clergy spread from Tapachula to Comalapa and Mexico City. JRS staff served as sherpas for the 2018 caravan marchers and liaisons with the U.N. High Commission for Refugees.
Jaime Calderon Calderon, the Catholic bishop of Tapachula, Mexico, immediately pledged aid this month to the newest waves of border-jumpers and river-crossers, openly acknowledging that he received a heads-up from other bishops in the Northern Triangle (Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador). But while Calderon and the bishops blame "violence" for the most recent invasion, homicide rates have either fluctuated or fallen significantly in Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador since Barack Obama's executive amnesty programs (DACA and DAPA) were announced in 2012.
Migrants themselves refute the "fleeing violence" narrative: An International Organization for Migration poll of more than 3,200 Guatemalan households in 2016, highlighted by the Center for Immigration Studies' Kausha Luna, reported that 91% of migrants surveyed had moved to the U.S. for economic reasons (jobs, homes, income boosts)—while only 0.3% blamed violence, 0.2% cited extortion and 0.2% attributed their decision to gangs.
It's all about the dinero. Central American workers, legal and illegal, sent back nearly $20 billion in remittances to their home countries in 2018, a tidy sum of which will end up back in Catholic collection plates. Remittances sent to El Salvador are now equal to 20% of its GDP; Guatemala, 11%; and Honduras, 18.8%. Meanwhile, the percentage of the population of Guatemala now living in the U.S. is close to 7%; for El Salvador, the percentage now stands at 22%; and for Honduras, we now have absorbed 9.2% of their people.
This is a deliberately orchestrated, relentlessly executed, slow-motion criminal invasion. If my fellow Catholics continue to aid and abet these illegal immigrant gravy trains without consequences, American sovereignty doesn't have a prayer.
COPYRIGHT 2019 CREATORS.COM
Michelle Malkin [Email her] is the author of Invasion: How America Still Welcomes Terrorists, Criminals, and Other Foreign Menaces to Our Shores. Click here for Peter Brimelow’s review. Click here for Michelle Malkin's website. Michelle Malkin is also the author of Unhinged: Exposing Liberals Gone Wild, Culture of Corruption: Obama and his Team of Tax Cheats, Crooks & Cronies, ,Who Built That: Awe-Inspiring Stories of American Tinkerpreneurs, and Sold Out: How High-Tech Billionaires & Bipartisan Beltway Crapweasels Are Screwing America's Best & Brightest Workers.
Malkin is author of the book, "Open Borders, Inc.: Who's Funding America's Destruction," available directly from VDARE.com in hardcover. To find out more about Michelle Malkin and read features by other Creators Syndicate writers and cartoonists, visit the Creators Syndicate website at www.creators.com.
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vdare--2020-01-23--Another "Leaded Law" Black Mass Shooting In Seattle: 1 Dead, 7 Wounded, 3 Suspects

Earlier : The “ Leaded Law ” And Mass Shootings—Poor Black Marksmanship Is Saving Lives KOMO News in Seattle has a report that says Authorities have arrested one suspect and are searching for two others after Wednesday 's shootout in downtown Seattle that left one woman dead and injured seven other victims amid a trail of blood and bullets , Seattle police say .
Both of the suspects still at large are 24 years old and have lengthy criminal records .
They are considered armed and dangerous .
These are the two suspects : Note that the written description does @ @ @ @ @ @ @ you 're on Twitter and see their pictures , you know they 're black , but if you heard that description read over the radio ... you 'd probably assume they were black , because you 're a VDARE.com reader .
The general public is often fooled , though .
One at-large suspect , identified as Marquise Tolbert , has 21 arrests , three felony convictions and 12 gross misdemeanor convictions , according to public records .
The second at-large suspect , identified as William Tolliver , has 44 arrests , one felony @ @ @ @ @ @ @ records show .
The suspect under arrest was injured during the shootout and was initially taken to Harborview Medical Center for treatment .
He is now booked into the King County Jail .
No other information was immediately available about him .
A woman about 50 years of age was killed in the shooting shortly after 5 p.m. Wednesday near the McDonald 's at 3rd Avenue and Pine Street , said Seattle Fire Chief Harold Scoggins .
Seven others were hurt , including a 9-year-old boy .
It was the second shooting in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ center in about 24 hours .
Here 's a Google Street View of that McDonald 's during the day : What we call the `` Leaded Law '' , proposed by a blogger called Ben Kurtz , is that if you hear that a mass shooting has a large number of wounded , and a small number of killed , then the shooters were probably black , because blacks ca n't shoot very well .
Kurtz put it this way : That seems to be what happened here .
Seattle Police Chief Carmen @ @ @ @ @ @ @ police chief of 7 % black Seattle ] said Thursday that a dispute between the three suspects erupted in gunfire .
`` This was not a random incident , '' she said , adding that officers arrived on the scene shortly after they received reports of gunfire .
She said the victims were found along a one-and-a-half-block area .
This is not good marksmanship .
The shooters were not trying to shoot the woman who died , the 9-year old wounded , or most of the other wounded .
They were , according @ @ @ @ @ @ @ each other ... and two of them walked away .
I suggested a number of possible reasons for this bad marksmanship in my first `` Leaded Law '' article ( read the whole thing ) but I want to add one more clue , when the MSM is being `` coy '' about race .
If there are two or more suspects , they 're more likely to be black gangsters .
In a recent post about the per capita black/white murder offender ratio , Steve Sailer said that The Club Blu shootings @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ) these guys below .
Three shooters only actually killed two people , while wounding 18 [ Trauma surgeon recounts night of Club Blu shooting , by Delia D'Ambra , NBC-2 , July 28 , 2016 ] .
White and Asian mass shooters do not live in a world where they have buddies who want to help them shoot people .

Earlier: The “Leaded Law” And Mass Shootings—Poor Black Marksmanship Is Saving Lives
KOMO News in Seattle has a report that says
Authorities have arrested one suspect and are searching for two others after Wednesday's shootout in downtown Seattle that left one woman dead and injured seven other victims amid a trail of blood and bullets, Seattle police say. Both of the suspects still at large are 24 years old and have lengthy criminal records. They are considered armed and dangerous.
These are the two suspects:
3RD AND PINE UPDATE: Detectives have identified two suspects in yesterday's shooting. Marquise Latrelle Tolbert (age 24, 6'1" 200 lbs) and William Ray Tolliver (age 24, 6'0" 145 lbs). Both men are considered armed and dangerous. Call 911 if you see them or know where they are. pic.twitter.com/vgg7Uez3zN — Seattle Police Dept. (@SeattlePD) January 23, 2020
Note that the written description doesn't say they're black. If you're on Twitter and see their pictures, you know they're black, but if you heard that description read over the radio...you'd probably assume they were black, because you're a VDARE.com reader.
The general public is often fooled, though.
One at-large suspect, identified as Marquise Tolbert, has 21 arrests, three felony convictions and 12 gross misdemeanor convictions, according to public records. The second at-large suspect, identified as William Tolliver, has 44 arrests, one felony conviction and 18 gross misdemeanor convictions, records show. The suspect under arrest was injured during the shootout and was initially taken to Harborview Medical Center for treatment. He is now booked into the King County Jail. No other information was immediately available about him. A woman about 50 years of age was killed in the shooting shortly after 5 p.m. Wednesday near the McDonald's at 3rd Avenue and Pine Street, said Seattle Fire Chief Harold Scoggins. Seven others were hurt, including a 9-year-old boy. It was the second shooting in the heart of downtown Seattle's retail center in about 24 hours.
Here's a Google Street View of that McDonald's during the day:
What we call the "Leaded Law," proposed by a blogger called Ben Kurtz, is that if you hear that a mass shooting has a large number of wounded, and a small number of killed, then the shooters were probably black, because blacks can't shoot very well.
Kurtz put it this way:
So here’s a handy rule of thumb when you hear about the next mass shooting and find the press being coy about who did it and why: If the shooters exhibit bad aim (substantially worse than 1 killed for every 3 wounded) then they are Black gangsters settling a score.
That seems to be what happened here.
Seattle Police Chief Carmen Best ["First black female" police chief of 7% black Seattle] said Thursday that a dispute between the three suspects erupted in gunfire. "This was not a random incident," she said, adding that officers arrived on the scene shortly after they received reports of gunfire. She said the victims were found along a one-and-a-half-block area.
This is not good marksmanship. The shooters were not trying to shoot the woman who died, the 9-year-old wounded, or most of the other wounded. They were, according to Chief Best, trying to shoot each other... and two of them walked away.
I suggested a number of possible reasons for this bad marksmanship in my first "Leaded Law" article (read the whole thing) but I want to add one more clue, when the MSM is being "coy" about race.
If there are two or more suspects, they're more likely to be black gangsters. In a recent post about the per capita black/white murder offender ratio, Steve Sailer said that
Finally, counting “murder offenders” rather than their victims might drive up the black percentage because, if my suspicion is correct, on average murders committed by blacks tend to have slightly more murder offenders involved than murders committed by whites. Generally, white murderers tend to act alone. They generally don’t have some friends who might think that helping them commit murder is a good idea.
The Club Blu shootings in Fort Myers were committed (allegedly) these guys below.
Three shooters only actually killed two people, while wounding 18 [Trauma surgeon recounts night of Club Blu shooting, by Delia D'Ambra, NBC-2, July 28, 2016].
White and Asian mass shooters do not live in a world where they have buddies who want to help them shoot people.


vdare--2020-01-23--Patrick J. Buchanan: Hillary Puts Bernie Into Her Basket of Deplorables

`` Nobody likes him , nobody wants to work with him , he got nothing done .
He was a career politician . ''
So says Hillary Clinton of her former Senate colleague and 2016 rival for the Democratic nomination , Bernie Sanders .
`` It 's all just baloney and I feel so bad that people got sucked into it . ''
Does that assessment still hold with Sanders now running strong in Iowa , New Hampshire and Nevada , and having emerged , according to The New York Times , as `` the dominant liberal force in the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ it does , '' said Clinton , who left open the possibility she might not support Sanders if he became the nominee .
In her interview with The Hollywood Reporter to promote a documentary that premieres Saturday at the Sundance Film Festival , Clinton also tore into Bernie 's backers .
`` It is not only him .
It 's the culture around him .
It 's his leadership team .
It 's his prominent supporters .
It 's his online Bernie Bros and their relentless attacks on lots of his competitors , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
`` It should be worrisome that he has permitted this culture—not only permitted ( he ) seems to be very much supporting it . ''
From her own words , Clinton regards Sanders as a nasty man running a misogynistic campaign and a political phony whose achievements are nonexistent and who lacks the temperament to be president .
As Clinton describes Sanders , he seems to fit nicely into her Trumpian `` basket of deplorables . ''
Reflecting the significance of Clinton 's attack , The New York Times put it on @ @ @ @ @ @ @ after Elizabeth Warren , at the end of the last debate , confronted Sanders , who had denied ever telling her a woman could not win the presidency .
`` I think you just called me a liar on national TV , '' said Warren , twice .
Sanders assuredly had .
He then accused Warren of lying .
This is `` a part of a pattern , '' says Clinton , noting that Sanders said in 2016 that she was not qualified to be president .
What is Hillary up to ?
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ , '' says Obama strategist David Axelrod .
The bad blood between Bernie and two leading women in the Democratic Party calls to mind the battle between Nelson Rockefeller and Barry Goldwater , which did not end well for the Republican Party in 1964 .
While the eventual GOP nominee , Goldwater , lost in a 44-state landslide to Lyndon Johnson , the liberal Republican establishment that Rockefeller led would never again be able to nominate one of its own .
It is difficult to see how this acrimony inside the Democratic Party—over @ @ @ @ @ @ @ alleged sexism of Sen. Bernie Sanders—ends well for the Democrats .
Already , Bernie 's backers believe the DNC `` rigged '' the nomination in 2016 by feigning neutrality while secretly aiding Clinton .
If Sanders now fails in the first primaries and loses his last chance for the Democratic nomination because of the Clinton-Warren 's attacks , it is difficult to see how Bernie 's backers enthusiastically support Warren .
As for Bernie backing Biden , the raison d'etre of the liberal-radical wing of the party to whom Sanders is a hero @ @ @ @ @ @ @ out progressive values .
Sanders ' crowd consists of true believers , a trademark of whom is militancy .
Such folks often prefer defeat behind a principled leader to victory for a corporatist Democrat they regard as the enemy within .
Assume Bernie defeats Warren in Iowa , bests Biden in New Hampshire , and then goes on to win the nomination .
Would women , a majority of whom vote Democratic , and who are indispensable to party victory , surge to the polls to install a president whom Hillary Clinton and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ruined their own presidential hopes ?
Would Democratic women come out to vote for a candidate who was responsible , in two successive presidential elections , for keeping the glass ceiling firmly intact over the heads of the Democratic Party 's leading female candidates ?
Bernie has made some bad enemies .
Ten days before the Iowa caucuses , the great unifier of the Democratic Party remains Donald Trump .
But now , with Iowa , New Hampshire , Nevada and South Carolina dead ahead , the Democrats ' focus is becoming : @ @ @ @ @ @ @ claims of the constituent elements inside the party are rising to the fore .
And what they reveal is a Democratic Party that is a coalition of groups that seem to be dividing along the lines of ideology , politics , race , class and culture .
Consider the most loyal of Democratic constituents in presidential elections : African Americans .
They are 13 % of the electorate but a fourth of the national Democratic vote .
Yet , of the six candidates for the nomination on stage in the last debate , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ one was Hispanic or Asian .
Four were white men , and two were white women .
The lone outsider rising in the polls is another white man , a multibillionaire who is willing to spend a billion dollars to buy the presidential nomination of the party of the common man .
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 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 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 .
the presidential nomination of the party of the common man .

"Nobody likes him, nobody wants to work with him, he got nothing done. He was a career politician." So says Hillary Clinton of her former Senate colleague and 2016 rival for the Democratic nomination, Bernie Sanders.
Her assessment of Sanders' populist-socialist agenda?
"It's all just baloney and I feel so bad that people got sucked into it."
Does that assessment still hold with Sanders now running strong in Iowa, New Hampshire and Nevada, and having emerged, according to The New York Times, as "the dominant liberal force in the 2020 race"?
"Yes, it does," said Clinton, who left open the possibility she might not support Sanders if he became the nominee.
In her interview with The Hollywood Reporter to promote a documentary that premieres Saturday at the Sundance Film Festival, Clinton also tore into Bernie's backers.
"It is not only him. It's the culture around him. It's his leadership team. It's his prominent supporters. It's his online Bernie Bros and their relentless attacks on lots of his competitors, particularly the women," said Clinton. "It should be worrisome that he has permitted this culture—not only permitted (he) seems to be very much supporting it."
From her own words, Clinton regards Sanders as a nasty man running a misogynistic campaign and a political phony whose achievements are nonexistent and who lacks the temperament to be president.
As Clinton describes Sanders, he seems to fit nicely into her Trumpian "basket of deplorables." Reflecting the significance of Clinton's attack, The New York Times put it on Page 1.
This comes one week after Elizabeth Warren, at the end of the last debate, confronted Sanders, who had denied ever telling her a woman could not win the presidency.
"I think you just called me a liar on national TV," said Warren, twice. Sanders assuredly had. He then accused Warren of lying.
This is "a part of a pattern," says Clinton, noting that Sanders said in 2016 that she was not qualified to be president.
What is Hillary up to? She is "hellbent on stopping Sanders," says Obama strategist David Axelrod.
The bad blood between Bernie and two leading women in the Democratic Party calls to mind the battle between Nelson Rockefeller and Barry Goldwater, which did not end well for the Republican Party in 1964.
While the eventual GOP nominee, Goldwater, lost in a 44-state landslide to Lyndon Johnson, the liberal Republican establishment that Rockefeller led would never again be able to nominate one of its own.
It is difficult to see how this acrimony inside the Democratic Party—over the character, record, ideology and alleged sexism of Sen. Bernie Sanders—ends well for the Democrats.
Already, Bernie's backers believe the DNC "rigged" the nomination in 2016 by feigning neutrality while secretly aiding Clinton. If Sanders now fails in the first primaries and loses his last chance for the Democratic nomination because of the Clinton-Warren's attacks, it is difficult to see how Bernie's backers enthusiastically support Warren.
As for Bernie backing Biden, the raison d'etre of the liberal-radical wing of the party to whom Sanders is a hero is that the Democratic establishment consistently sells out progressive values.
Sanders' crowd consists of true believers, a trademark of whom is militancy. Such folks often prefer defeat behind a principled leader to victory for a corporatist Democrat they regard as the enemy within.
Assume Bernie defeats Warren in Iowa, bests Biden in New Hampshire, and then goes on to win the nomination. Would women, a majority of whom vote Democratic, and who are indispensable to party victory, surge to the polls to install a president whom Hillary Clinton and Elizabeth Warren describe as a sexist who ruined their own presidential hopes?
Would Democratic women come out to vote for a candidate who was responsible, in two successive presidential elections, for keeping the glass ceiling firmly intact over the heads of the Democratic Party's leading female candidates? Bernie has made some bad enemies.
Ten days before the Iowa caucuses, the great unifier of the Democratic Party remains Donald Trump. But now, with Iowa, New Hampshire, Nevada and South Carolina dead ahead, the Democrats' focus is becoming: Who should replace Trump?
The rival claims of the constituent elements inside the party are rising to the fore. And what they reveal is a Democratic Party that is a coalition of groups that seem to be dividing along the lines of ideology, politics, race, class and culture.
Consider the most loyal of Democratic constituents in presidential elections: African Americans. They are 13% of the electorate but a fourth of the national Democratic vote.
Yet, of the six candidates for the nomination on stage in the last debate, not one was African American. Not one was Hispanic or Asian. Four were white men, and two were white women.
The lone outsider rising in the polls is another white man, a multibillionaire who is willing to spend a billion dollars to buy the presidential nomination of the party of the common man.
COPYRIGHT 2019 CREATORS.COM
Patrick J. Buchanan needs no introduction to VDARE.COM readers; his books State of Emergency: The Third World Invasion and Conquest of America, and Suicide of a Superpower: Will America Survive to 2025? are available from Amazon.com. Patrick J. Buchanan is the author of “The Greatest Comeback: How Richard Nixon Rose From Defeat to Create the New Majority.
His latest book, published May, 2018, is “Nixon’s White House Wars: The Battles That Made and Broke a President and Divided America Forever.”
See Peter Brimelow’s review: “Wheel And Fight”—Pat Buchanan’s Nixon Book Provides Road Map For Trump.
the presidential nomination of the party of the common man.


vdare--2020-01-22--Chicken Pox Outbreak Among Central Americans on Mexican Side of the Border.

There is an outbreak of Chicken Pox in a migrant shelter in Ciudad Juarez , Mexico , a city right across the border from El Paso , Texas .
You might recall El Paso as the hometown of Beto O'Rourke , who says he wants to tear down all already-existing barriers on the border .
Note that the migrants in this shelter are non-Mexicans and they are right across the border from U.S. territory .
Chicken Pox is considered a child disease , many of us had it , and there is a vaccine for it .
But it should @ @ @ @ @ @ @ it too .
In fact , adult males , when they get it , often have a worse time of it than women and children .
Chicken Pox is usually not fatal , but it can be .
And here we have an outbreak of Central Americans who almost certainly traveled to Ciudad Juarez because they wanted to get into the United States .
Here 's what the CDC ( Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ) has to say about Chicken Pox : This is another reason we want a secure border @

There is an outbreak of Chicken Pox in a migrant shelter in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, a city right across the border from El Paso, Texas. You might recall El Paso as the hometown of Beto O'Rourke, who says he wants to tear down all already-existing barriers on the border.
From Mexico's Excelsior:
The federal shelter of Ciudad Juarez, Leona Vicario, was put under quarantine after 181 cases of Chicken Pox were confirmed. No migrant can leave or enter the shelter.
Albergue migrante en cuarentena por 181 casos de varicela ["Migrant Shelter Quarantined for 181 Cases of Chicken Pox"), by Carlos Coria Rivas, Excelsior, January 22, 2020]
Note that the migrants in this shelter are non-Mexicans and they are right across the border from U.S. territory.
In this shelter there are around 700 migrants, principally Guatemalan, Honduran and Salvadoran, who cannot leave the shelter while the outbreak of Chicken Pox is under quarantine.
Chicken Pox is considered a children's disease and there is a vaccine for it. But it should be taken seriously and adults can get it too. In fact, adult males, when they get it, often have a worse time of it than women and children. Chicken Pox is usually not fatal, but it can be.
And here we have an outbreak of Chicken Pox among Central Americans who almost certainly traveled to Ciudad Juarez because they wanted to get into the United States.
Here's what the CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) has to say about Chicken Pox:
Chickenpox is a highly contagious disease caused by the varicella-zoster virus (VZV). The virus spreads easily from people with chickenpox to others who have never had the disease or never been vaccinated. The virus spreads mainly through close contact with someone who has chickenpox.
Chickenpox (Varicella) Transmission, CDC
This is another reason we want a secure border.
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vdare--2020-01-22--"Civil Rights Gone Wrong" — Sailer Review Of Christopher Caldwell's THE AGE OF ENTITLEMENT

A couple of heavyweight conservative thinkers , Charles Murray and Christopher Caldwell , have important new books out this month : Murray ’ s upcoming Human Diversity : The Biology of Gender , Race , and Class and Caldwell ’ s The Age of Entitlement : America Since the Sixties .
Caldwell , a distinguished prose stylist , is immensely quotable…except for his new book ’ s name .
I presume The Age of Entitlement is intended as a Voltairean pun on “ the Age of Enlightenment ” in the manner of his 2009 title Reflections on the Revolution in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the West and its Burkean riff on Reflections on the Revolution in France .
Unfortunately , the moniker The Age of Entitlement gives the vague impression that it ’ s going to be another snooze from the deep root-canal school of economics about the Social Security trust fund or whatever .
Instead , The Age of Entitlement is an explosive rethinking of history since JFK ’ s assassination that comes to the reactionary conclusion that the only salvation for American conservatism is to repeal the sainted 1964 Civil Rights Act and restore the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ This is a striking judgment for Caldwell , a sober and cultured ( the only conversation I can recall having with him was in 1992 , and it mostly regarded how to properly pronounce “ Nabokov ” ) analyst , to arrive at ; his career has been largely spent writing for the respectable right , such as the Financial Times , the late Weekly Standard , and The Wall Street Journal .
In contrast , I ’ ve never felt any regard for the long-gone Jim Crow era , which I ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ grotesque caste rules .

A couple of heavyweight conservative thinkers, Charles Murray and Christopher Caldwell, have important new books out this month: Murray’s upcoming Human Diversity: The Biology of Gender, Race, and Class and Caldwell’s The Age of Entitlement: America Since the Sixties.
Caldwell, a distinguished prose stylist, is immensely quotable…except for his new book’s name. I presume The Age of Entitlement is intended as a Voltairean pun on “the Age of Enlightenment” in the manner of his 2009 title Reflections on the Revolution in Europe: Immigration, Islam, and the West and its Burkean riff on Reflections on the Revolution in France. Unfortunately, the moniker The Age of Entitlement gives the vague impression that it’s going to be another snooze from the deep root-canal school of economics about the Social Security trust fund or whatever.
Instead, The Age of Entitlement is an explosive rethinking of history since JFK’s assassination that comes to the reactionary conclusion that the only salvation for American conservatism is to repeal the sainted 1964 Civil Rights Act and restore the constitutional right to freedom of association.
This is a striking judgment for Caldwell, a sober and cultured (the only conversation I can recall having with him was in 1992, and it mostly regarded how to properly pronounce “Nabokov”) analyst, to arrive at; his career has been largely spent writing for the respectable right, such as the Financial Times, the late Weekly Standard, and The Wall Street Journal.
In contrast, I’ve never felt any regard for the long-gone Jim Crow era, which I’ve always found almost Hindu-like in its grotesque caste rules.


vdare--2020-01-23--The Extinct "Ghost Modern" Race Of Africa And The Bantu Expansion Genocide

As I mentioned yesterday , Carl Zimmer ’ s article in the New York Times on the new ancient DNA paper with its ho-hum title , Ancient DNA from West Africa Adds to Picture of Humans ’ Rise , is a model of how to construct articles upside down to bore complacent NYT subscribers with the opening paragraphs before revealing the unsettling details toward the end .
Carl doesn ’ t mention the word “ pygmy ” until his 18th paragraph and the word “ ghost ” until the 24th paragraph .
But then , long after most subscribers , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of the article is Science Proves Trump Voters Stupid Once Again , Zimmer finally unveils some wild stuff : Dr. Prendergast wondered if DNA from Shum Laka [ in Cameroon ] would show a kinship with living Bantu people… .
In the end , it did .
The researchers recovered abundant DNA from four individuals , two of whom were buried in the rock shelter 8,000 years ago , and another pair 3,000 years ago .
One of the 8,000-year-old skeletons was especially rich with human DNA .
“ It ’ s of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , ” said David Reich , a Harvard Medical School geneticist and a co-author with Dr. Prendergast .
To Dr. Prendergast ’ s surprise , none of the people at Shum Laka were closely related to Bantu speakers at all .
In fact , they had a strong kinship to the Aka , a group of hunter-gatherers with a pygmy body type who live today in rain forests 1,000 miles to the east .
The Aka or Bayaka Pygmies still speak their own language , unlike the more famous Mbuti Pygmies , who @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Bantu overlords .
To make sense of this paradox , the researchers carried out a large-scale comparison of all the ancient African DNA gathered so far , along with living people from across Africa and beyond .
The team found a scenario that best explains how different groups of Africans ended up with their particular combinations of DNA .
Dr. Reich and his colleagues can trace the major lineages of people back to common ancestors who lived in Africa between 200,000 and 250,000 years ago .
“ It seems we have four lineages @ @ @ @ @ @ @ said Mark Lipson , a postdoctoral researcher at Harvard and an author of the new study .
One lineage passed down their DNA to living hunter-gatherers in southern Africa .
I.e.
, the small yellowish-brown Bushmen and Hottentots or Khoi-San .
I.e.
, the Pygmies .
As far as I know , there is no politically correct name for Pygmies , the way white people think you should use Khoi-San instead of Bushman and Inuit instead of Eskimo .
( In reality , it ’ s all very complicated . )
So Carl @ @ @ @ @ @ @ himself to call Pygmies Pygmies .
Of course , practically no subscribers got 24 paragraphs into the article when the Big News is finally announced .
My impression is that the Ghost DNA in modern West African Bantus is more than tiny : more like 5 % or more , which would be more than Europeans have Neanderthal ancestry .
It ’ s possible that the Ghost Moderns were hunter-gatherers who lived across the southern edge of the Sahara .
They remained isolated from other Africans for tens of thousands of years .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ other groups at the eastern and western edges of their range .
Most people in Africa — and the rest of the planet — can trace much of their ancestry to the East African hunter-gatherers .
Less than 100,000 years ago , this group split into new lineages .
One group gave rise to many of today ’ s East African tribes .
Another group included the Mota man .
They were closely related to the people who expanded east out of East Africa and into the rest of the world .
A @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , encountering and mixing with Central African hunter-gatherers and eventually becoming the first West Africans .
The people of Shum Laka may be the descendants of this group .
Many thousands of years passed before a different group of the West Africans gave rise to the Bantu people .
Their population discovered agriculture , grew and took over larger areas of land .
In other words , most sub-Saharan Africans today are descended from Bantus , who are , historically , a genocidal conqueror race rather like the Yamnayas-Aryans of Eurasia .
But @ @ @ @ @ @ @ drive hunter-gatherers to oblivion .
The Shum Laka people survived for at least 1,000 years in the heart of Bantu country .
But after a couple thousand years , the society reached a tipping point , and the hunter-gatherers were marginalized .
East African tribes that also began farming and grazing livestock applied additional pressure .
It ’ s possible that this pressure brought an end to many groups of hunter-gatherers , including the Mota and the Shum Laka — perhaps even the ancient Ghost Modern people .
The surviving hunter-gatherers interbred with @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that the Aka , for instance , can trace 59 percent of their ancestry to the Bantu .

As I mentioned yesterday, Carl Zimmer’s article in the New York Times on the new ancient DNA paper with its ho-hum title, Ancient DNA from West Africa Adds to Picture of Humans’ Rise, is a model of how to construct articles upside down to bore complacent NYT subscribers with the opening paragraphs before revealing the unsettling details toward the end. Carl doesn’t mention the word “pygmy” until his 18th paragraph and the word “ghost” until the 24th paragraph. But then, long after most subscribers, have stopped reading, assuming that the gist of the article is Science Proves Trump Voters Stupid Once Again, Zimmer finally unveils some wild stuff:
Dr. Prendergast wondered if DNA from Shum Laka [in Cameroon] would show a kinship with living Bantu people…. In the end, it did. The researchers recovered abundant DNA from four individuals, two of whom were buried in the rock shelter 8,000 years ago, and another pair 3,000 years ago. One of the 8,000-year-old skeletons was especially rich with human DNA. “It’s of a quality of a modern medical genome,” said David Reich, a Harvard Medical School geneticist and a co-author with Dr. Prendergast. To Dr. Prendergast’s surprise, none of the people at Shum Laka were closely related to Bantu speakers at all. In fact, they had a strong kinship to the Aka, a group of hunter-gatherers with a pygmy body type who live today in rain forests 1,000 miles to the east.
The Aka or Bayaka Pygmies still speak their own language, unlike the more famous Mbuti Pygmies, who have fully adopted the languages of their Bantu overlords.
To make sense of this paradox, the researchers carried out a large-scale comparison of all the ancient African DNA gathered so far, along with living people from across Africa and beyond. The team found a scenario that best explains how different groups of Africans ended up with their particular combinations of DNA. Dr. Reich and his colleagues can trace the major lineages of people back to common ancestors who lived in Africa between 200,000 and 250,000 years ago. “It seems we have four lineages splitting at the same time,” said Mark Lipson, a postdoctoral researcher at Harvard and an author of the new study. One lineage passed down their DNA to living hunter-gatherers in southern Africa.
I.e., the small yellowish-brown Bushmen and Hottentots or Khoi-San.
A second group were ancestors of the Aka and other central African hunter-gatherers.
I.e., the Pygmies. As far as I know, there is no politically correct name for Pygmies, the way white people think you should use Khoi-San instead of Bushman and Inuit instead of Eskimo. (In reality, it’s all very complicated.) So Carl Zimmer is having a hard time bringing himself to call Pygmies Pygmies.
A third group became hunter-gatherers in East Africa, as evidenced by the fact that many living Africans in that region have inherited some of that DNA. The fourth group, which Dr. Reich and his colleagues call “Ghost Modern,” is far more mysterious.
Ghost Modern … cool.
Of course, practically no subscribers got 24 paragraphs into the article when the Big News is finally announced.
The ancient Shum Laka people have a substantial amount of Ghost Modern ancestry. So does the ancient Mota man from Ethiopia. But ancient remains from Morocco and South Africa had none. Today some people in Sierra Leone have a tiny trace of Ghost Modern ancestry, the researchers found.
My impression is that the Ghost DNA in modern West African Bantus is more than tiny: More like 5% or more, which would be more than Europeans have Neanderthal ancestry.
It’s possible that the Ghost Moderns were hunter-gatherers who lived across the southern edge of the Sahara. They remained isolated from other Africans for tens of thousands of years. Later, they bred with people from other groups at the eastern and western edges of their range. Most people in Africa — and the rest of the planet — can trace much of their ancestry to the East African hunter-gatherers. Less than 100,000 years ago, this group split into new lineages. One group gave rise to many of today’s East African tribes. Another group included the Mota man. They were closely related to the people who expanded east out of East Africa and into the rest of the world. A separate group of East Africans moved west, encountering and mixing with Central African hunter-gatherers and eventually becoming the first West Africans. The people of Shum Laka may be the descendants of this group. Many thousands of years passed before a different group of the West Africans gave rise to the Bantu people. Their population discovered agriculture, grew and took over larger areas of land.
In other words, most sub-Saharan Africans today are descended from Bantus, who are, historically, a genocidal conqueror race rather like the Yamnayas-Aryans of Eurasia.
But the Bantu farmers didn’t swiftly drive hunter-gatherers to oblivion. The Shum Laka people survived for at least 1,000 years in the heart of Bantu country. But after a couple thousand years, the society reached a tipping point, and the hunter-gatherers were marginalized. East African tribes that also began farming and grazing livestock applied additional pressure. It’s possible that this pressure brought an end to many groups of hunter-gatherers, including the Mota and the Shum Laka — perhaps even the ancient Ghost Modern people. The surviving hunter-gatherers interbred with neighboring farmers. The new study finds that the Aka, for instance, can trace 59 percent of their ancestry to the Bantu.
[Comment at Unz.com ]


vdare--2020-01-23--Former Veep Joe Biden Praises Illegal Aliens, Even When They Drive Drunk

What must foreigners think when they see news that a major Presidential candidate promises free healthcare and “ reparations ” for illegal aliens while excusing dangerous driving habits ?
Certainly some persons not yet living in the US would consider relocation as a result , and they might encourage illegal cousins in America to cast unlawful votes for Candidate Biden .
The former vice president was analyzed by Tucker Carlson recently for the thoughtless remarks designed to appeal to persons whose culture may not value highway safety .
It was disturbing to see Biden essentially excuse drunk driving when it @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the years .
Drunk driving has been more accepted among certain cultural groups , like Mexicans , so diversity is definitely not a strength on that front .
This website has noted the deaths of numerous Americans as a result of drunk driving illegal aliens , such as the few following : Below , 21-year-old Sarah Root was killed in Omaha just a day after her college graduation in 2016 by one of Obama ’ s protected DREAMers , reported here : ” Drunk Driving Illegal Alien Kills Woman , Is Bailed Out @ @ @ @ @ @ @ police Sergeant Brandon Mendoza was killed by a head-on collision with a previously arrested but not deported drunk-driving illegal alien with a blood alcohol level of .24 percent .
Young Alabama couple Tad Mattle and Leigh Anna Jimmerson were killed by a drunk-driving illegal alien with a blood-alcohol content more than three times the legal limit and who had at least four previous DUIs .
Houston Officer Kevin Will died when a drunk Mexican crashed through a police barrier at 90 mph and hit Will as he was standing on a road shoulder @ @ @ @ @ @ @ was run down in a Colorado ice cream shop by a 16-times-arrested drunk-driving illegal alien .
Two adult women were also killed when the truck smashed into the building .
Best friends Tessa Tranchant , 16 , left , and Allison Kunhardt , 17 , died when their car , stopped at a light , was hit by a seriously drunk illegal alien , who had three previous alcohol-related convictions but was not deported .
There are many more preventable drunk-driving deaths to mention , but I ’ ll stop and continue with @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Biden : TUCKER CARLSON : Now they tell you that the Democratic establishment wants Joe Biden as the nominee in the first place because he ’ s moderate and can win .
But is Joe Biden actually moderate ?
He hugs people—that doesn ’ t mean he ’ s moderate , he ’ s just not a threat to the lifestyle of Democratic leaders .
On immigration for example , he ’ s not moderate by anybody ’ s definition .
In a recent interview with Vice , Biden explained that even illegal @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to be allowed to stay here forever .
Watch : PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE JOE BIDEN : You only arrest for the purpose of dealing with a felony that ’ s committed , and I don ’ t count drunk driving as a felony .
CARLSON : Yeah have a few beers , like whatever .
Drunk driving kills thousands of Americans every year : Democrats used to tell you a lot about that .
Biden doesn ’ t care any more , not if illegals are doing it .
And for good measure after @ @ @ @ @ @ @ crash , they get free healthcare for their injuries .
while their victims may not .
Do you get free health care ?
No , but Biden likes to give it to people here illegally .
That ’ s okay .
After all , according to Biden , illegal aliens are more American than you are .
He said it .
Watch : BIDEN : These kids that come , they ’ ve done well .
Most of these kids—there ’ s a lot of them , they ’ re not just Hispanic @ @ @ @ @ @ @ they in fact have done very well .
In many cases , they ’ re more American than most Americans are because they have done well in school ; they believe the basic principles that we all share .
CARLSON : “ They ’ re more American than most Americans are , ” more American than you are—shut up , you foreigner .
In the same interview , Biden vowed to protect drunk drivers .
He also said Americans must pay reparations to illegal aliens for what they ’ ve done to them @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Do these numbers separated by the federal government deserve any kind of reparations or any kind of restitution for what they suffered ?
BIDEN : Yes , they should be made whole ; they should be made whole in terms of first and foremost getting back with their families .
That ’ s it , I mean reparation is repairing damage .
Some of you , part of the Latino community , what is , talk about things—let people know the anxiety the children you know of or parents who may have an @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the country .
It ’ s an enormous anxiety , and so that ’ s why we should be fighting them , the kind of help that is needed and the family that helped me to restore their confidence restore their sense of who they are .
CARLSON : Oops , he said it “ illegal ” but quickly corrected himself— “ undocumented.
” That ’ s fine , go ahead and drunk drive .
By the way , we ’ re giving you reparations and free healthcare .
Is that moderate ?
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ it moderate ?
Alana Goodman writes for the Washington Examiner and we ’ re happy to have her tonight because she covers all this stuff .
Thanks so much for coming .
So from the very beginning , the assumption has been , mostly because of his temperament , that Biden is this moderate guy with broad appeal to swing voters to the extent they still exist .
Is that still true ?
ALANA GOODMAN : Look , I think people look at this , the DUI comments you know , and they @ @ @ @ @ @ @ anything about this when he was vice president ?
I mean Obama deported a hundred thousand illegal immigrants who had DUI convictions , and I don ’ t remember Joe Biden saying anything about this at the time .
So the question is , why is this an issue for him all of a sudden right now ?
CARLSON : It ’ s just a little weird because your average American-born eighteen-year-old lives in terror of getting caught using a fake ID or drunk driving : they ’ re telling us that ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ problem .
GOODMAN : Yeah , it downplays in a way also the seriousness of drunk driving , especially felony drunk driving .
I mean you there ’ s usually more factors to it in those states to get a felony , usually things like you know if you cause an accident that results in an injury or if you have a young child in the car , so there ’ s usually other issues like that , and it just seems to kind of downplay the severity of it to say .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ a little strange honestly because I watched a video—you can watch it yourself on Youtube—of Joe Biden saying that his wife and daughter were killed by a drunk driver , so it ’ s a little weird for him to be saying that .
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GOODMAN : I would just want to say , you know as you probably know , the family of the man who had been driving that truck , they said that he was not driving drunk and there was no , he was never charged with drunk @ @ @ @ @ @ @ think that ’ s a totally fair point .
Do you think that Democrats in Washington who conceived of , pushed and now are defending the Biden candidacy are worried about it ?
GOODMAN : I think that they would have to be .
I mean look when he was talking about reparations , things like that , it just shows how far Democrats have shifted on the issue of illegal immigration just in the last four years .
I mean President Obama had deported more illegal immigrants than any other president and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ you have Joe Biden coming out and taking very different positions on this .
And where was his criticism of this at the time when he was vice president and should have been able to do something about it ?
CARLSON : So really quick , is there majority support in this country for reparations for illegal aliens do you think ?
GOODMAN : I have not seen the polling on that yet .

What must foreigners think when they see news that a major Presidential candidate promises free healthcare and “reparations” for illegal aliens while excusing dangerous driving habits? Certainly some persons not yet living in the US would consider relocation as a result, and they might encourage illegal cousins in America to cast unlawful votes for Candidate Biden.
The former vice president was analyzed by Tucker Carlson recently for the thoughtless remarks designed to appeal to persons whose culture may not value highway safety. It was disturbing to see Biden essentially excuse drunk driving when it has killed many thousands of Americans over the years. Drunk driving has been more accepted among certain cultural groups, like Mexicans, so diversity is definitely not a strength on that front.
This website has noted the deaths of numerous Americans as a result of drunk driving illegal aliens, such as the few following:
Below, 21-year-old Sarah Root was killed in Omaha just a day after her college graduation in 2016 by one of Obama’s protected DREAMers, reported here: ”Drunk Driving Illegal Alien Kills Woman, Is Bailed Out and Disappears.”
Mesa, Arizona, police Sergeant Brandon Mendoza was killed by a head-on collision with a previously arrested but not deported drunk-driving illegal alien with a blood alcohol level of .24 percent.
Young Alabama couple Tad Mattle and Leigh Anna Jimmerson were killed by a drunk-driving illegal alien with a blood-alcohol content more than three times the legal limit and who had at least four previous DUIs.
Houston Officer Kevin Will died when a drunk Mexican crashed through a police barrier at 90 mph and hit Will as he was standing on a road shoulder investigating an accident.
Three-year-old Marten Kudlis was run down in a Colorado ice cream shop by a 16-times-arrested drunk-driving illegal alien. Two adult women were also killed when the truck smashed into the building.
Best friends Tessa Tranchant, 16, left, and Allison Kunhardt, 17, died when their car, stopped at a light, was hit by a seriously drunk illegal alien, who had three previous alcohol-related convictions but was not deported.
There are many more preventable drunk-driving deaths to mention, but I’ll stop and continue with Tucker Carlson’s discussion of Joe Biden:
(A spare video, slightly longer, is here.)


vdare--2020-01-23--Jared Taylor Announces 18th AMERICAN RENAISSANCE Conference—After Protracted Legal Struggle Against

Jared Taylor Announces 18th AMERICAN RENAISSANCE Conference—After Protracted Legal Struggle Against (GOP-Controlled!) State Of Tennessee

If you want to donate to the American Renaissance legal fund , send a check , money order ( or cash ! )
made out to “ American Renaissance ” Box 527 , Oakton , VA 22124 .
American Renaissance is pleased to announce our 18th national conference to be held on the weekend of May 29/31.. We have a top-flight lineup of speakers and—thanks to a protracted and bitterly-fought legal victory—we will be able to meet in our now-traditional Tennessee location in complete security .
Our roster of exciting speakers includes two Europeans : Renaud Camus and Dries Van @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the Frenchman who coined the phrase “ The Great Replacement ” to describe what is happening to white populations all around the world .
He was an influential author and political writer long before he started writing about immigration , and is a winner of both the Prix Fénéon and the French Academy ’ s Prix Amic .
You can imagine the consternation of French elites when this distinguished man of letters began to write forcefully against the replacement of Europeans .
Mr. Camus lives in Occitanie in southern France in a castle @ @ @ @ @ @ @ marvelous English ; he wrote his latest book You Will Not Replace Us !
in English .
Dries Van Langenhoven is the founder of Belgium ’ s largest political youth movement , Schild & Vrienden .
Here is a short video of the kind of activism his group does .
Last year , Mr. Van Langenhove was elected to the Belgian parliament as its youngest member—as an openly identitarian activist .
He is an independent parliamentarian but works closely with the Vlaams Belang , which has been well represented at previous American Renaissance @ @ @ @ @ @ @ has already provoked outraged news articles in Belgium .
We are , of course , delighted to be welcoming back Peter Brimelow of VDARE.com for his fourth conference appearance for a talk entitled “ Trump : Tragedy or Triumph ?
” The 2020 campaign will be in full swing by then , and we look forward with keen interest to hearing Mr. Brimelow ’ s views .
Vincent James will be speaking at his first AmRen conference .
In the face of stiff anti-identitarian headwinds , Mr. James has built up a following @ @ @ @ @ @ @ YouTube channel and is an increasingly inspiring and influential voice for our people .
Colin Flaherty , noted expert on black crime , will also be joining us for the first time .
Mr. Flaherty is best known for hard-hitting titles such as White Girls Bleed a Lot , and Don ’ t Make the Black Kids Angry .
Mr. Flaherty has been relentlessly deplatformed but keeps bouncing back in various formats and at websites .
As host of the conference , I will be speaking on “ The Way Forward.
” After @ @ @ @ @ @ @ believe we are entering a decisive decade , in which white advocacy has the potential to become a serious force in American society and politics—but it all depends on us !
The always popular Sam Dickson is one of the most eloquent and insightful spokesmen for our people .
He has more than earned his place as the voice that closes every American Renaissance conference—all the way back to 1994 .
We are still filling out our lineup , so you can look forward to several more dynamic speakers .
As I noted @ @ @ @ @ @ @ beautiful , state-owned Montgomery Bell conference center—but only because we fought a protracted suit against the state of Tennessee ( which has , let the record show , a GOP Governor , Bill Lee , and a GOP-controlled legislature—both houses ) .
Before every one of our nine conferences there , the Leftist vigilante group Antifa have made wild claims that they would shut us down or “ hold the state accountable ” for hosting “ Nazis.
” Every year , bands of scruffies march and holler .
If they could , Antifa @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and make trouble , but state law enforcement does a wonderful job protecting us .
As a police officer dressed in riot gear said to me one year , “ Right now , this is probably the safest place in the entire state of Tennessee.
” However , security is expensive , so after eight years of paying for it , the state apparently felt empowered to charge us for part .
The park service estimated our share would be $ 30- $ 40,000 dollars every year .
Obviously , that ’ s @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
We explained that if the state tried to make us pay , we would sue .
There is clear Supreme Court precedent on this : To charge a group crippling security fees because of the behavior of opponents is called a “ hecklers ’ veto , ” and is unconstitutional .
( Plus , of course , law enforcement has the option of actually punishing those who make this security necessary—some of whom are arrested for misbehavior each year but merely slapped on the wrist—especially when they organize across state lines , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ FBI ? )
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To our surprise , the state refused to back down .
So we sued in the US District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee .
The case came before Judge Aleta Trauger—let the record show again , a Bill Clinton appointee , who has served on the court since 1998 .
Kyle Bristow handled our suit with the assistance of Van Irion as local counsel in Tennessee ; both men proved to be skillful , reliable litigators .
The state fought to have our case dismissed but Judge @ @ @ @ @ @ @ discovery .
This is a time-consuming process in which each side can demand documents from the other and take sworn testimony in advance of trial .
Of course we got a protective order that barred public disclosure of the names of people who attended the conference .
But we went even further : We removed identifying information about attendees from documents we turned over , so the state of Tennessee never even saw their names .
Last September , Judge Trauger issued a summary judgment in our favor , declaring that Judge Trauger @ @ @ @ @ @ @ our attorney ’ s fees .
We live in terrible times .
But ( recently a major VDARE.com theme ) justice in the courts is still possible—though at a cost of countless staff hours and many thousands of dollars of non-reimbursed legal and travel expenses .
This does , however , mean that we can look forward to using the Tennessee State Park system and , on the basis of this federal precedent , any other government-owned conference venue .
It was a long , exhausting , but vitally necessary , fight .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ celebrate this crucial victory with us .
Now , more than ever , we must be able to meet and discuss the challenges we face and how to overcome them .
This will be an unforgettable weekend of inspiration , commitment , and fellowship .
Click here now to join us !
Jared Taylor [ Email him ] is the editor of American Renaissance .

If you want to donate to the American Renaissance legal fund, send a check, money order (or cash!) made out to “American Renaissance” Box 527, Oakton, VA 22124.
American Renaissance is pleased to announce our 18th national conference to be held on the weekend of May 29/31. We have a top-flight lineup of speakers and—thanks to a protracted and bitterly fought legal victory—we will be able to meet in our now-traditional Tennessee location in complete security.
Our roster of exciting speakers includes two Europeans: Renaud Camus (above) and Dries Van Langenhove. Mr. Camus is famous as the Frenchman who coined the phrase “The Great Replacement” to describe what is happening to white populations all around the world. He was an influential author and political writer long before he started writing about immigration, and is a winner of both the Prix Fénéon and the French Academy’s Prix Amic. You can imagine the consternation of French elites when this distinguished man of letters began to write forcefully against the replacement of Europeans.
Mr. Camus lives in Occitanie in southern France in a castle built in 1340. Mr. Camus speaks marvelous English; he wrote his latest book You Will Not Replace Us! in English.
Dries Van Langenhoven is the founder of Belgium’s largest political youth movement, Schild & Vrienden. Here is a short video of the kind of activism his group does.
Last year, Mr. Van Langenhove was elected to the Belgian parliament as its youngest member—as an openly identitarian activist. He is an independent parliamentarian but works closely with the Vlaams Belang, which has been well represented at previous American Renaissance conferences. His participation in our meeting has already provoked outraged news articles in Belgium.
We are, of course, delighted to be welcoming back Peter Brimelow of VDARE.com for his fourth conference appearance for a talk entitled “Trump: Tragedy or Triumph?” The 2020 campaign will be in full swing by then, and we look forward with keen interest to hearing Mr. Brimelow’s views.
Vincent James will be speaking at his first AmRen conference. In the face of stiff anti-identitarian headwinds, Mr. James has built up a following of nearly 300,000 for his Red Elephants YouTube channel and is an increasingly inspiring and influential voice for our people.
Colin Flaherty, noted expert on black crime, will also be joining us for the first time. Mr. Flaherty is best known for hard-hitting titles such as White Girl Bleed a Lot, and Don’t Make the Black Kids Angry. Mr. Flaherty has been relentlessly deplatformed but keeps bouncing back in various formats and at websites.
As host of the conference, I will be speaking on “The Way Forward.” After 30 years of race-realist activism, I believe we are entering a decisive decade, in which white advocacy has the potential to become a serious force in American society and politics—but it all depends on us!
The always popular Sam Dickson is one of the most eloquent and insightful spokesmen for our people. He has more than earned his place as the voice that closes every American Renaissance conference—all the way back to 1994.
We are still filling out our lineup, so you can look forward to several more dynamic speakers.
As I noted earlier, we can meet at the beautiful, state-owned Montgomery Bell conference center—but only because we fought a protracted suit against the state of Tennessee (which has, let the record show, a GOP Governor, Bill Lee, and a GOP-controlled legislature—both houses).
Before every one of our nine conferences there, the Leftist vigilante group Antifa have made wild claims that they would shut us down or “hold the state accountable” for hosting “Nazis.” Every year, bands of scruffies march and holler.
If they could, Antifa would certainly barge into the conference hall and make trouble, but state law enforcement does a wonderful job protecting us. As a police officer dressed in riot gear said to me one year, “Right now, this is probably the safest place in the entire state of Tennessee.”
However, security is expensive, so after eight years of paying for it, the state apparently felt empowered to charge us for part. The park service estimated our share would be $30-$40,000 dollars every year.
Obviously, that’s a price we can’t pay. We explained that if the state tried to make us pay, we would sue. There is clear Supreme Court precedent on this: To charge a group crippling security fees because of the behavior of opponents is called a “hecklers’ veto,” and is unconstitutional.
(Plus, of course, law enforcement has the option of actually punishing those who make this security necessary—some of whom are arrested for misbehavior each year but merely slapped on the wrist—especially when they organize across state lines, as they do. Where is the FBI?).
To our surprise, the state refused to back down. So we sued in the US District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee. The case came before Judge Aleta Trauger—let the record show again, a Bill Clinton appointee, who has served on the court since 1998. Kyle Bristow handled our suit with the assistance of Van Irion as local counsel in Tennessee; both men proved to be skillful, reliable litigators.
The state fought to have our case dismissed but Judge Trauger recognized its importance, and ordered discovery.
This is a time-consuming process in which each side can demand documents from the other and take sworn testimony in advance of trial. Of course we got a protective order that barred public disclosure of the names of people who attended the conference. But we went even further: We removed identifying information about attendees from documents we turned over, so the state of Tennessee never even saw their names.
Last September, Judge Trauger issued a summary judgment in our favor, declaring that
assessment of a security fee based on the cost of ensuring the safety of . . . [the conference] and park staff . . . that admittedly takes into account the expected response by protesters in formulating the security plan . . . constitutes an unconstitutional prior restraint on speech.
Judge Trauger even awarded us recovery of most of our attorney’s fees.
We live in terrible times. But (recently a major VDARE.com theme) justice in the courts is still possible—though at a cost of countless staff hours and many thousands of dollars of non-reimbursed legal and travel expenses.
This does, however, mean that we can look forward to using the Tennessee State Park system and, on the basis of this federal precedent, any other government-owned conference venue.
It was a long, exhausting, but vitally necessary, fight.
Come to the conference in May and celebrate this crucial victory with us.
Now, more than ever, we must be able to meet and discuss the challenges we face and how to overcome them.
This will be an unforgettable weekend of inspiration, commitment, and fellowship.
Click here now to join us!
Jared Taylor [Email him] is the editor of American Renaissance. You can follow him on Parler and Gab.


vdare--2020-01-23--Radio Derb Transcript Up For January 17: The Guest-Workers' President, Disparate Impact, Western VA,

Radio Derb Transcript Up For January 17: The Guest-Workers' President, Disparate Impact, Western VA, And Taiwan, Etc.

The Radio Derb transcript is up for January 17 .
Go here to read or listen .
08m22s The Guest-Workers @ @ @ @ @ down your bucket where you are , Sir . )
18m29s Taiwan 's election .
@ @ @ @ @ eye for ChiComs . )
34m12s The utter uselessness of Republicans .
( They do @ @ @ @ @ . )
36m51s Will western Virginia secede ?
( Into West Virginia , that is @ @ @ @ @ the New Forest .
( Satanists target sheep . )
41m23s Kiwi software development .
@ @ @ @ @ the right approach ? )
42m23s Signoff .
( With New Year festivities from Turkmenistan @ @

The Radio Derb transcript is up for January 17. Go here to read or listen.
01m04s Dull and diverse. (Democrats debate.)
08m22s The Guest-Workers' President. (Cast down your bucket where you are, Sir.)
18m29s Taiwan's election. (A poke in the eye for ChiComs.)
25m15s Disparate Impact Theory is poison. (A real litmus test.)
34m12s The utter uselessness of Republicans. (They don't question their own witness.)
36m51s Will western Virginia secede? (Into West Virginia, that is.)
40m40s Ovicide in the New Forest. (Satanists target sheep.)
41m23s Kiwi software development. (But are they taking the right approach?)
42m23s Signoff. (With New Year festivities from Turkmenistan.)


vdare--2020-01-24--African-American Racial Genetics And The Great Migration

We present a comprehensive assessment of genomic diversity in the African-American population by studying three genotyped cohorts comprising 3,726 African-Americans from across the United States that provide a representative description of the population across all US states and socioeconomic status .
An estimated 82.1 % of ancestors to African-Americans lived in Africa prior to the advent of transatlantic travel , 16.7 % in Europe , and 1.2 % in the Americas , with increased African ancestry in the southern United States compared to the North and West .
That ’ s slightly less white admixture than the usual guesstimate of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ they combined are of older people , with practically nobody born after 1970 .
By the way , note how the scientists don ’ t even bother putting in any kind of Race Does Not Exist weasel words : they just write , “ An estimated 82.1 % of ancestors to African-Americans lived in Africa prior to the advent of transatlantic travel , 16.7 % in Europe , and 1.2 % in the Americas … ” Combining demographic models of ancestry and those of relatedness suggests that admixture occurred predominantly in the South @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ancestry-biased migration is responsible for regional differences in ancestry .
We find that recent migrations also caused a strong increase in genetic relatedness among geographically distant African-Americans .
Long-range relatedness among African-Americans and between African-Americans and European-Americans thus track north- and west-bound migration routes followed during the Great Migration of the twentieth century .
… In the HRS , average African ancestry proportion is 83 % in the South and lower in the North ( 80 % , bootstrap p = 6 × 10−6 ) and West ( 79 % , p = @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Within the SCCS , African ancestry proportion is highest in Florida ( 89 % ) and South Carolina ( 88 % ) and lowest in Louisiana ( 75 % ) with all three significantly different from the mean ( Florida p = 0.006 , South Carolina p = 4 × 10−4 , and Louisiana p < 10−5 ; bootstrap ) .
The elevated African ancestry proportion in Florida and South Carolina is also observed in the HRS and in the 23andMe study [ 12 ] , but Louisiana is more variable across cohorts @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ongoing admixture , predominantly before or around the end of the Civil War .
This is consistent with historical accounts of “ a marked decline in both interracial sexual coercion and interracial intimacy ” at the end of the Civil War .
… See the work of noted historian of antebellum social relations Sir M. Jagger .
The limited role of early 20th century admixture is further supported by the similarity in the inferred single-pulse time to admixture in all HRS census regions ( between 5.4 and 6.2 generations ago , S11 Fig @ @ @ @ @ @ @ easily explained if most admixture occurred in the South prior to the Great Migration .
The similar levels of African ancestry for all age groups within the HRS also support limited European admixture between 1930 and 1960 ( Fig 2D ) .
Importantly , more recent admixture is not represented in the SCCS and HRS cohorts ; only two participants were born after 1970 .
… European ancestry proportions in African-Americans who left the South ( 16.5 % ) is elevated compared to individuals who remained in the South ( 15.3 % , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that ancestry-biased migrations continued at least to the mid-20th century .
These migrants had substantially less European ancestry than African-Americans already established in the North ( 20.9 % ) and West ( 25.0 % ) ( Fig 2E ) .
This change over time in ancestry-biased migration is consistent with historical accounts that southern African-American migrants to northern cities during the later stages of the Great Migration had darker complexion than North-born African-Americans So blacks who left the South earlier tended to be whiter : e.g.
, maybe their dad was white and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ In general , African-Americans are fairly similar all across the country , with Louisiana being something of an exception due to its Latin social mores .
Interestingly , Louisiana blacks have more Native American ancestry as well : e.g.
, the stereotype of the metis French-speaking fur trapper .

From PLOS Genetics in 2016:
The Great Migration and African-American Genomic Diversity Soheil Baharian,Maxime Barakatt,Christopher R. Gignoux,Suyash Shringarpure,Jacob Errington,William J. Blot,Carlos D. Bustamante,Eimear E. Kenny,Scott M. Williams,Melinda C. Aldrich,Simon Gravel
Published: May 27, 2016 We present a comprehensive assessment of genomic diversity in the African-American population by studying three genotyped cohorts comprising 3,726 African-Americans from across the United States that provide a representative description of the population across all US states and socioeconomic status. An estimated 82.1% of ancestors to African-Americans lived in Africa prior to the advent of transatlantic travel, 16.7% in Europe, and 1.2% in the Americas, with increased African ancestry in the southern United States compared to the North and West.
That’s slightly less white admixture than the usual guesstimate of around 20%. The 3 databases they combined are of older people, with practically nobody born after 1970.
By the way, note how the scientists don’t even bother putting in any kind of Race Does Not Exist weasel words: they just write, “An estimated 82.1% of ancestors to African-Americans lived in Africa prior to the advent of transatlantic travel, 16.7% in Europe, and 1.2% in the Americas …”
Combining demographic models of ancestry and those of relatedness suggests that admixture occurred predominantly in the South prior to the Civil War and that ancestry-biased migration is responsible for regional differences in ancestry. We find that recent migrations also caused a strong increase in genetic relatedness among geographically distant African-Americans. Long-range relatedness among African-Americans and between African-Americans and European-Americans thus track north- and west-bound migration routes followed during the Great Migration of the twentieth century. … In the HRS, average African ancestry proportion is 83% in the South and lower in the North (80%, bootstrap p = 6 × 10−6) and West (79%, p = 10−4) (Fig 1). Within the SCCS, African ancestry proportion is highest in Florida (89%) and South Carolina (88%) and lowest in Louisiana (75%) with all three significantly different from the mean (Florida p = 0.006, South Carolina p = 4 × 10−4, and Louisiana p < 10−5; bootstrap). The elevated African ancestry proportion in Florida and South Carolina is also observed in the HRS and in the 23andMe study[12], but Louisiana is more variable across cohorts … … but the data strongly supports ongoing admixture, predominantly before or around the end of the Civil War. This is consistent with historical accounts of “a marked decline in both interracial sexual coercion and interracial intimacy” at the end of the Civil War. …
See the work of noted historian of antebellum social relations Sir M. Jagger.
The limited role of early 20th century admixture is further supported by the similarity in the inferred single-pulse time to admixture in all HRS census regions (between 5.4 and 6.2 generations ago, S11 Fig) and all cohorts, which is easily explained if most admixture occurred in the South prior to the Great Migration. The similar levels of African ancestry for all age groups within the HRS also support limited European admixture between 1930 and 1960 (Fig 2D). Importantly, more recent admixture is not represented in the SCCS and HRS cohorts; only two participants were born after 1970. … European ancestry proportions in African-Americans who left the South (16.5%) is elevated compared to individuals who remained in the South (15.3%, bootstrap p = 0.04), confirming that ancestry-biased migrations continued at least to the mid-20th century. These migrants had substantially less European ancestry than African-Americans already established in the North (20.9%) and West (25.0%) (Fig 2E). This change over time in ancestry-biased migration is consistent with historical accounts that southern African-American migrants to northern cities during the later stages of the Great Migration had darker complexion than North-born African-Americans
So blacks who left the South earlier tended to be whiter: E.g., maybe their dad was white and he funded them to head north.
In general, African-Americans are fairly similar all across the country, with Louisiana being something of an exception due to its Latin social mores. Interestingly, Louisiana blacks have more Native American ancestry as well: e.g., the stereotype of the metis French-speaking fur trapper.


vdare--2020-01-23--Litigation Works! Patriot Conference Going Ahead!

If you want to donate to the American Renaissance legal fund , send a check , money order ( or cash ! )
made out to “ American Renaissance ” Box 527 , Oakton , VA 22124 .
American Renaissance is pleased to announce our 18th national conference to be held on the weekend of May 29/31.. We have a top-flight lineup of speakers and—thanks to a protracted and bitterly-fought legal victory—we will be able to meet in our now-traditional Tennessee location in complete security .
Our roster of exciting speakers includes two Europeans : Renaud Camus ( above ) @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is famous as the Frenchman who coined the phrase “ The Great Replacement ” to describe what is happening to white populations all around the world .
He was an influential author and political writer long before he started writing about immigration , and is a winner of both the Prix Fénéon and the French Academy ’ s Prix Amic .
You can imagine the consternation of French elites when this distinguished man of letters began to write forcefully against the replacement of Europeans .
Mr. Camus lives in Occitanie in southern France @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Mr. Camus speaks marvelous English ; he wrote his latest book You Will Not Replace Us !
in English .
Dries Van Langenhoven is the founder of Belgium ’ s largest political youth movement , Schild & Vrienden .
Here is a short video of the kind of activism his group does .
Last year , Mr. Van Langenhove was elected to the Belgian parliament as its youngest member—as an openly identitarian activist .
He is an independent parliamentarian but works closely with the Vlaams Belang , which has been well represented at @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in our meeting has already provoked outraged news articles in Belgium .
We are , of course , delighted to be welcoming back Peter Brimelow of VDARE.com for his fourth conference appearance for a talk entitled “ Trump : Tragedy or Triumph ?
” The 2020 campaign will be in full swing by then , and we look forward with keen interest to hearing Mr. Brimelow ’ s views .
Vincent James will be speaking at his first AmRen conference .
In the face of stiff anti-identitarian headwinds , Mr. James has built @ @ @ @ @ @ @ his Red Elephants YouTube channel and is an increasingly inspiring and influential voice for our people .
Colin Flaherty , noted expert on black crime , will also be joining us for the first time .
Mr. Flaherty is best known for hard-hitting titles such as White Girls Bleed a Lot , and Don ’ t Make the Black Kids Angry .
Mr. Flaherty has been relentlessly deplatformed but keeps bouncing back in various formats and at websites .
As host of the conference , I will be speaking on “ The Way @ @ @ @ @ @ @ activism , I believe we are entering a decisive decade , in which white advocacy has the potential to become a serious force in American society and politics—but it all depends on us !
The always popular Sam Dickson is one of the most eloquent and insightful spokesmen for our people .
He has more than earned his place as the voice that closes every American Renaissance conference—all the way back to 1994 .
We are still filling out our lineup , so you can look forward to several more dynamic speakers .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ meet at the beautiful , state-owned Montgomery Bell conference center—but only because we fought a protracted suit against the state of Tennessee ( which has , let the record show , a GOP Governor , Bill Lee , and a GOP-controlled legislature—both houses ) .
Before every one of our nine conferences there , the Leftist vigilante group Antifa have made wild claims that they would shut us down or “ hold the state accountable ” for hosting “ Nazis.
” Every year , bands of scruffies march and holler .
If they @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the conference hall and make trouble , but state law enforcement does a wonderful job protecting us .
As a police officer dressed in riot gear said to me one year , “ Right now , this is probably the safest place in the entire state of Tennessee.
” However , security is expensive , so after eight years of paying for it , the state apparently felt empowered to charge us for part .
The park service estimated our share would be $ 30- $ 40,000 dollars every year .
Obviously , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ t pay .
We explained that if the state tried to make us pay , we would sue .
There is clear Supreme Court precedent on this : To charge a group crippling security fees because of the behavior of opponents is called a “ hecklers ’ veto , ” and is unconstitutional .
( Plus , of course , law enforcement has the option of actually punishing those who make this security necessary—some of whom are arrested for misbehavior each year but merely slapped on the wrist—especially when they organize across @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Where is the FBI ? )
.
To our surprise , the state refused to back down .
So we sued in the US District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee .
The case came before Judge Aleta Trauger—let the record show again , a Bill Clinton appointee , who has served on the court since 1998 .
Kyle Bristow handled our suit with the assistance of Van Irion as local counsel in Tennessee ; both men proved to be skillful , reliable litigators .
The state fought to have our case @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , and ordered discovery .
This is a time-consuming process in which each side can demand documents from the other and take sworn testimony in advance of trial .
Of course we got a protective order that barred public disclosure of the names of people who attended the conference .
But we went even further : We removed identifying information about attendees from documents we turned over , so the state of Tennessee never even saw their names .
Last September , Judge Trauger issued a summary judgment in our favor , declaring @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of most of our attorney ’ s fees .
We live in terrible times .
But ( recently a major VDARE.com theme ) justice in the courts is still possible—though at a cost of countless staff hours and many thousands of dollars of non-reimbursed legal and travel expenses .
This does , however , mean that we can look forward to using the Tennessee State Park system and , on the basis of this federal precedent , any other government-owned conference venue .
It was a long , exhausting , but vitally necessary @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in May and celebrate this crucial victory with us .
Now , more than ever , we must be able to meet and discuss the challenges we face and how to overcome them .
This will be an unforgettable weekend of inspiration , commitment , and fellowship .
Click here now to join us !
Jared Taylor [ Email him ] is the editor of American Renaissance .