vdare--2020-12-09--No, Peter Brimelow Isn't Running For President

In The Week , Ryan Cooper [ Tweet him ] has a piece called The post-Mitch McConnell GOP is going to be a carnival of madness .
[ December 7 , 2020 ] which has this remarkable paragraph : I believe Cooper 's uncharitable intention is to argue that the GOP has gone stark raving mad , and the next step after nominating an implicitly white ( AKA American ) candidate like Trump is to nominate an explicitly white ( actually explicitly American ) candidate like Peter .
( The link on Peter Brimelow 's name above , provided by @ @ @ @ @ @ @ him by Alex Kotch , debunked here , which called Peter `` president of the white nationalist hate group VDARE '' and `` blatantly racist '' . )
Some surprising people have run for President , but Peter is not going to be one of them , because , as has frequently been pointed out , he was born in England , in Warrington , Lancashire , and is a naturalized American citizen .
In becoming a naturalized citizen , Peter swore to uphold and defend the constitution , including the `` Natural @ @ @ @ @ @ @ In 2001 , National Review immigrant enthusiasts John J. Miller and Ramesh Ponnuru wrote a piece called Immigrants for President An idea for Bush .
July 9 , 2001 , suggesting that the Natural Born Citizen Clause clause be abolished , if , as they put it `` the GOP wants to expand its reach among Hispanics and Asian Americans ... . ''
I mocked them here , saying that while they were probably thinking of electing people like Arnold Schwarzenegger , they might wind up with a President Peter Brimelow .
Now @ @ @ @ @ @ @ See NATIONAL REVIEW Endorses Who for President ?
, July 11 , 2001 .
A few years later , Ron Unz , in his push for a national Minimum Wage , said that Just a few days ago , VDare.com , the premier “ hard-core ” anti-immigration webzine , ran an article with the provocative but accurate title “ Ron Unz ’ s Minimum Wage Proposal—Make Illegal Immigration Unprofitable !
” , which I ’ ve heard attracted a rather enthusiastic reaction from many readers .
Obviously no respectable Democrat these days would @ @ @ @ @ @ @ But could a $ 12.00 per hour minimum wage be seen as “ anti-immigrant ” if it would probably draw the strong support of 95 % of America ’ s immigrants ?
I ’ d guess that if VDare.com ’ s Peter Brimelow ran on a $ 12.00 platform and faced an Obama-Krugman ticket running on $ 9.00 , his Hispanic landslide would be the most lopsided in American history .
Once again , I pointed out that Peter Brimelow ca n't run for President , because of not being `` natural born @ @ @ @ @ @ @ thing is important to conservatives .
Even assuming , as I do , that President Obama was physically born in Hawaii , and was the son of Barack Sr. and Stanley Ann Dunham , there are complex questions of `` natural born-ness '' that might have disqualified him , if any Republican had had the courage to raise them in court before he took office .
Blacks seem any objection to someone not a `` natural born citizen '' as President must be grounded in anti-Black racism .
See It Started With ‘ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ New York Times , November 26 , 2020 .
Ann Coulter points out that really white people have been subject to such objections : She herself has questioned whether Ted Cruz , son of a naturalized Cuban immigrant , and physically born , as a matter of public record , in Alberta , Canada , is what the Constitution calls `` natural born '' .
See Coulter On Cruz 's Ineligibility : `` We 're All Ruth Bader Ginsburg Now '' .
So the Left , who really have been going stark raving @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , or possibly even an illegal immigrant , for President , but the Republicans are n't going to nominate Peter Brimelow .

Earlier: Ryan Cooper In THE WEEK: "Future Presidential Candidate Peter Brimelow"?
In The Week, Ryan Cooper [Tweet him] has a piece called The post-Mitch McConnell GOP is going to be a carnival of madness. [December 7, 2020] which has this remarkable paragraph:
So it will be bleakly interesting to see what will happen without McConnell providing some semblance of strategic direction to the party. His logical successor, Senate Majority Whip John Thune (R-S.D.) evinces little of McConnell's amoral will-to-power, nor much Trump-style charismatic bluster. The temptation for other Republicans to attack Thune, or whoever else ends up on top in the Senate, for insufficient support of future Republican presidential nominee Peter Brimelow will be strong.
I believe Cooper's uncharitable intention is to argue that the GOP has gone stark raving mad, and the next step after nominating an implicitly white (AKA American) candidate like Trump is to nominate an explicitly white (actually explicitly American) candidate like Peter. (The link on Peter Brimelow's name above, provided by Cooper, is to an attack on him by Alex Kotch, debunked here, which called Peter "president of the white nationalist hate group VDARE" and "blatantly racist".)
Some surprising people have run for President, but Peter is not going to be one of them, because, as has frequently been pointed out, he was born in England, in Warrington, Lancashire, and is a naturalized American citizen.
In becoming a naturalized citizen, Peter swore to uphold and defend the constitution, including the "Natural Born Citizen Clause", which states
No Person except a natural born Citizen, or a Citizen of the United States, at the time of the Adoption of this Constitution, shall be eligible to the Office of President; neither shall any Person be eligible to that Office who shall not have attained to the Age of thirty-five Years, and been fourteen Years a Resident within the United States.
In 2001, National Review immigrant enthusiasts John J. Miller and Ramesh Ponnuru wrote a piece called Immigrants for President An idea for Bush. July 9, 2001, suggesting that the Natural Born Citizen Clause clause be abolished, if, as they put it "the GOP wants to expand its reach among Hispanics and Asian Americans...."
I mocked them here, saying that while they were probably thinking of electing people like Arnold Schwarzenegger, they might wind up with a President Peter Brimelow. Now that would be an unintended consequence! See NATIONAL REVIEW Endorses Who for President?, July 11, 2001.
A few years later, Ron Unz, in his push for a national Minimum Wage, said that
Just a few days ago, VDare.com, the premier “hard-core” anti-immigration webzine, ran an article with the provocative but accurate title “Ron Unz’s Minimum Wage Proposal—Make Illegal Immigration Unprofitable!”, which I’ve heard attracted a rather enthusiastic reaction from many readers. Obviously no respectable Democrat these days would ever dare advocate an anti-immigrant measure. But could a $12.00 per hour minimum wage be seen as “anti-immigrant” if it would probably draw the strong support of 95% of America’s immigrants? I’d guess that if VDare.com’s Peter Brimelow ran on a $12.00 platform and faced an Obama-Krugman ticket running on $9.00, his Hispanic landslide would be the most lopsided in American history.
Once again, I pointed out that Peter Brimelow can't run for President, because of not being "natural born".
This "natural born" thing is important to conservatives.
Even assuming, as I do, that President Obama was physically born in Hawaii, and was the son of Barack Sr. and Stanley Ann Dunham, there are complex questions of "natural born-ness" that might have disqualified him, if any Republican had had the courage to raise them in court before he took office.
Blacks seem to feel any objection to someone not a "natural born citizen" as President must be grounded in anti-Black racism. See It Started With ‘Birtherism,'by Jamelle Bouie, The New York Times, November 26, 2020.
Ann Coulter points out that really white people have been subject to such objections:
How about the "birthers" against John McCain, who made an issue of his being born in the Panama Canal Zone? Was that racist? NO! Do you see anything about McCain in the folk tale? What about Chester Arthur, the 21st president of the United States, whose American citizenship was widely challenged on account of his Canadian parentage?
She herself has questioned whether Ted Cruz, son of a naturalized Cuban immigrant, and physically born, as a matter of public record, in Alberta, Canada, is what the Constitution calls "natural born". See Coulter On Cruz's Ineligibility: "We're All Ruth Bader Ginsburg Now".
So the Left, who really have been going stark raving mad, may run a foreign-born candidate, or possibly even an illegal immigrant, for President, but the Republicans aren't going to nominate Peter Brimelow.


vdare--2020-12-09--Ann Coulter: Voter Fraud Never Happens! (Except in These 10,000 Cases)

The media have been lying about voter fraud for 20 years .
The New York Times and The Washington Post will tell you : Let ’ s get something straight .
There are only two cases of voter fraud in history and they were both Republicans .
NEVER ?
No voter fraud ever ?
That ’ s your first clue they ’ re lying .
Liberals don ’ t try to say partial-birth abortion never happens .
They don ’ t say black men killing cops never happens .
They don ’ t say immigrants ripping off government programs never @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
I bet you couldn ’ t find EVEN ONE !
How about these ?
John Ashcroft absolutely had a Senate seat stolen from him in 2000 when a state judge [ Judge Evelyn Baker , right ] ordered polls in heavily Democratic St. Louis to remain open for an extra three hours .
Republicans didn ’ t even hear about it for another hour .
Despite an appellate court striking down the ridiculously lawless order , St. Louis was given an extra 3 1/2 hours to kick out tens of thousands of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ by 49,000 votes .
Twitter : This claim about election fraud is disputed .
A week after the 2004 Washington State gubernatorial election , Republican Dino Rossi was up by 3,492 votes against Democrat Christine Gregoire .
Then Democratic King County began finding “ misplaced ” ballots , eventually producing more than 10,000 of them .
Hey , guys !
I found another box of ballots under the sink !
So that ’ s another 800 votes for Gregoire .
Oh wait— you ’ re not going to believe this … An examination @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 1,800 more ballots had been cast than there were voters who had requested them .
Notwithstanding the miraculously appearing ballots , Rossi won the recount a few weeks later , but his lead was cut to 42 votes— easily within stealing distance .
Democrat Christine Gregoire demanded a hand recount , and that put her ahead by 129 votes , whereupon she was promptly declared the winner .
Washington voters overwhelmingly believed the election had been stolen and wanted a revote .
Democrats didn ’ t care .
Nothing was ever done about @ @ @ @ @ @ @ has 100 percent mail-in-ballots and no Republican has ever again won the governorship .
Twitter : This claim about election fraud is disputed .
In 2008 , Sen .
Norm Coleman of Minnesota won his 2008 reelection bid against challenger Al Franken by 725 votes .
But for weeks after the election , Democratic precincts kept “ discovering ” new votes for Franken .
Day after day , votes were added to Franken ’ s column , while votes were taken away from Coleman .
Random error would not continually benefit only one @ @ @ @ @ @ @ s charisma shield , Barack Obama , who was running for president that year , won hundreds of thousands more votes than Franken in the same election , on the same ticket , in the same state that year .
But during the “ corrections , ” Franken was winning three times as many votes as Obama .
So the Democrats weren ’ t worried about believability .
Eventually , all these late-discovered ballots put Franken ahead by 312 votes , whereupon he was immediately certified the winner by the George Soros-backed Minnesota @ @ @ @ @ @ @ later , we found out that more than 1,000 felons , ineligible to vote , had cast votes in the 2008 Minnesota election .
( To state the obvious , felons support Democrats by about 10-1 . )
There were 113 separate convictions for voter fraud in that election .
That ’ s not easy : In Minnesota , a conviction for voter fraud requires proof that you broke the law knowingly .
More than 100 convictions for something that never happens , way , way back in the prehistoric days of 2008— @ @ @ @ @ @ @ This claim about election fraud is disputed .
Facebook : Final results may be different from the initial vote counts , as ballot counting will continue for days or weeks after polls close .
The Washington Post : There ’ s not evidence of even modest voter fraud .
The New York Times : The Times Called Officials in Every State : No Evidence of Voter Fraud .
The Newspaper of ( Broken ) Record is also pushing the claim that that the real reason Republicans are questioning the vote in Milwaukee , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ So you know they have a good argument .
• “ All three … have large African-American populations .
And in their respective states , they have long been targets of racialized charges of corruption.
” — “ The Cities Central to Fraud Conspiracy Theories Didn ’ t Cost Trump the Election , ” The New York Times , November16 , 2020 • “ As they try to somehow reverse Joe Biden ’ s victory , President Trump and his allies have targeted heavily Black cities , painting them as corrupt and trying @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ” — “ Republicans Rewrite an Old Playbook on Disenfranchising Black Americans , ” The New York Times , November 22 , 2020 • “ The essence of the [ argument ] , after all , is that Trump won the election , or would have , if not for mass electoral fraud , all in swing states and only then in those cities with sizable Black populations , specifically Atlanta , Detroit , Milwaukee and Philadelphia.
” — “ It Started With ‘ Birtherism , ' ” by Jamelle Bouie , The @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 2020 It ’ s as if everyone who writes for the Times just graduated from college with honors in “ Spotting Racism.
” Republicans aren ’ t complaining about the vote in Camden , New Jersey , or Memphis , Tennessee .
They ’ re talking about cities with Democratic political machines , which were founded by Irish criminals long before black people showed up in large numbers .
Democratic machines have been stealing elections since before the Civil War .
This year , liberals told us that Trump is LITERALLY HITLER and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of our lives— something you ’ ll tell your grandchildren about someday !
But we ’ re supposed to believe they decided , this one time , they wouldn ’ t cheat ?
These are the people who tell you voter fraud is a crazy conspiracy theory .
Ann Coulter is the author of THIRTEEN New York Times bestsellers—collect them here .
Her book , ¡Adios America !
The Left ’ s Plan To Turn Our Country Into A Third World Hell Hole , was released on June 1 , 2015 .
Her @ @ @ @ @ @ @ : How the Trump-Hating Left Lost Its Collective Mind , was released on August 21 , 2018 .

The media have been lying about voter fraud for 20 years. The New York Times and The Washington Post will tell you: Let’s get something straight. There are only two cases of voter fraud in history and they were both Republicans.
NEVER? No voter fraud ever?
Nope!
That’s your first clue they’re lying. Liberals don’t try to say partial-birth abortion never happens. They don’t say black men killing cops never happens. They don’t say immigrants ripping off government programs never happens. Only voter fraud NEVER HAPPENS.
I bet you couldn’t find EVEN ONE!
How about these?
— JOHN ASHCROFT, 2000
John Ashcroft absolutely had a Senate seat stolen from him in 2000 when a state judge [Judge Evelyn Baker, right] ordered polls in heavily Democratic St. Louis to remain open for an extra three hours. Republicans didn’t even hear about it for another hour. Despite an appellate court striking down the ridiculously lawless order, St. Louis was given an extra 3 1/2 hours to kick out tens of thousands of additional votes. Ashcroft lost the election by 49,000 votes.
Twitter: This claim about election fraud is disputed.
— WASHINGTON STATE, 2004
A week after the 2004 Washington State gubernatorial election, Republican Dino Rossi was up by 3,492 votes against Democrat Christine Gregoire. Then Democratic King County began finding “misplaced” ballots, eventually producing more than 10,000 of them.
Hey, guys! I found another box of ballots under the sink!
So that’s another 800 votes for Gregoire.
Oh wait— you’re not going to believe this …
You found more votes?
Bingo! 600 votes for Gregoire.
An examination of the records later showed that about 1,800 more ballots had been cast than there were voters who had requested them.
Notwithstanding the miraculously appearing ballots, Rossi won the recount a few weeks later, but his lead was cut to 42 votes— easily within stealing distance. Democrat Christine Gregoire demanded a hand recount, and that put her ahead by 129 votes, whereupon she was promptly declared the winner.
Washington voters overwhelmingly believed the election had been stolen and wanted a revote. Democrats didn’t care. Nothing was ever done about the flagrant vote fraud. Washington now has 100 percent mail-in-ballots and no Republican has ever again won the governorship.
Twitter: This claim about election fraud is disputed.
— AL FRANKEN, 2008
In 2008, Sen. Norm Coleman of Minnesota won his 2008 reelection bid against challenger Al Franken by 725 votes. But for weeks after the election, Democratic precincts kept “discovering” new votes for Franken.
Day after day, votes were added to Franken’s column, while votes were taken away from Coleman. Random error would not continually benefit only one side.
On account of Franken’s charisma shield, Barack Obama, who was running for president that year, won hundreds of thousands more votes than Franken in the same election, on the same ticket, in the same state that year. But during the “corrections,” Franken was winning three times as many votes as Obama .
So the Democrats weren’t worried about believability.
Eventually, all these late-discovered ballots put Franken ahead by 312 votes, whereupon he was immediately certified the winner by the George Soros-backed Minnesota secretary of state.
A few years later, we found out that more than 1,000 felons, ineligible to vote, had cast votes in the 2008 Minnesota election. (To state the obvious, felons support Democrats by about 10-1.) There were 113 separate convictions for voter fraud in that election. That’s not easy: In Minnesota, a conviction for voter fraud requires proof that you broke the law knowingly.
More than 100 convictions for something that never happens, way, way back in the prehistoric days of 2008— who could remember that?
Twitter: This claim about election fraud is disputed.
Facebook: Final results may be different from the initial vote counts, as ballot counting will continue for days or weeks after polls close.
The Washington Post: There’s not evidence of even modest voter fraud.
The New York Times: The Times Called Officials in Every State: No Evidence of Voter Fraud.
The Newspaper of (Broken) Record is also pushing the claim that that the real reason Republicans are questioning the vote in Milwaukee, Detroit and Philadelphia is … RACISM! So you know they have a good argument.
“All three … have large African-American populations. And in their respective states, they have long been targets of racialized charges of corruption.”— “The Cities Central to Fraud Conspiracy Theories Didn’t Cost Trump the Election,” The New York Times, November16, 2020
“As they try to somehow reverse Joe Biden’s victory, President Trump and his allies have targeted heavily Black cities, painting them as corrupt and trying to throw out huge numbers of votes.”— “Republicans Rewrite an Old Playbook on Disenfranchising Black Americans,” The New York Times, November 22, 2020
“The essence of the [argument], after all, is that Trump won the election, or would have, if not for mass electoral fraud, all in swing states and only then in those cities with sizable Black populations, specifically Atlanta, Detroit, Milwaukee and Philadelphia.”— “It Started With ‘Birtherism,'” by Jamelle Bouie, The New York Times, November 26, 2020
It’s as if everyone who writes for the Times just graduated from college with honors in “Spotting Racism.” Republicans aren’t complaining about the vote in Camden, New Jersey, or Memphis, Tennessee. They’re talking about cities with Democratic political machines, which were founded by Irish criminals long before black people showed up in large numbers.
Democratic machines have been stealing elections since before the Civil War.
This year, liberals told us that Trump is LITERALLY HITLER and his defeat the single most important event of our lives— something you’ll tell your grandchildren about someday! But we’re supposed to believe they decided, this one time, they wouldn’t cheat?
These are the people who tell you voter fraud is a crazy conspiracy theory.
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Her book, ¡Adios America! The Left’s Plan To Turn Our Country Into A Third World Hell Hole, was released on June 1, 2015.
Her latest book, Resistance Is Futile!: How the Trump-Hating Left Lost Its Collective Mind, was released on August 21, 2018.


vdare--2020-12-09--This Day In VDARE.com History 2019: Pensacola Attack Is Yet Another Failure of Foreigner Military Tr

This Day In VDARE.com History 2019: Pensacola Attack Is Yet Another Failure of Foreigner Military Training in America

Originally published here on VDARE.com on this day in 2019 .
The media thought patrol has apparently approved the FBI ’ s interpretation of Friday ’ s mass shooting at the Pensacola Naval Air Station as an “ act of terror ” rather than a mental health breakdown or homesickness for Saudi Arabia : FBI is investigating Pensacola shooting incident as act of terrorism , Washington Post , December 8 , 2019 Investigators in Florida and Saudi Arabia on Sunday dug deeper into the background of a Saudi aviation student who fatally shot three people at a Pensacola , Florida @ @ @ @ @ @ @ both parties demanded the kingdom fully cooperate in the investigation .
Officials are treating the shooting as an act of terrorism and are trying to learn whether the gunman was working as part of a larger network when he opened fire in a Naval Air Station Pensacola classroom Friday , killing three people and wounding eight .
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The gunman , a Royal Saudi Air Force member named Ahmed Mohammed al-Shamrani , was shot dead by a sheriff ’ s deputy responding to the rampage .
Shamrani apparently left @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in part by his hatred of American foreign policy and military might .
It ’ s encouraging that various public officials are questioning the wisdom of the program , which has gotten little oversight .
Senator Rick Scott ( R-FL ) is “ calling for a full review of the U.S. military programs to train foreign nationals on American soil.
” Florida Governor Ron Desantis was critical of US gun freedoms being extended to foreigners which allowed the killer to purchase the Glock that he used in the murders .
“ I ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Amendment , but the Second Amendment applies so that we the American people can keep and bear arms , ” Desantis said .
“ It does not apply to Saudi Arabians.
” One simple fix would be to have the training take place in the home countries since the US has military bases all over the world .
Why must potentially dangerous foreigners be brought inside America ’ s borders for their education ?
This is a big program and security has not been adequate .
CNN noted on Dec 6 , “ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Defense has 5,181 foreign students from 153 countries in the US for security cooperation related training… ” As reported here in 2016 : Dozens of Afghan Soldier Trainees Go Missing in America , indicating that some young men use the military training as an opportunity for illegal immigration .
Below , in 2010 Afghan army officers train with US Marines and Navy personnel in Camp Pendleton in California — some may be coming to your town !
In 2017 , ABC News reported that 152 Afghans in the US for training have gone @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Some absconders probably want only to mooch an American lifestyle rather than return to Backwardistan .
But others may plan to use their military skills to murder the hated infidel , as did Mohammed al-Shamrani .

Originally published here on VDARE.com on this day in 2019.
The media thought patrol has apparently approved the FBI’s interpretation of Friday’s mass shooting at the Pensacola Naval Air Station as an “act of terror” rather than a mental health breakdown or homesickness for Saudi Arabia:
FBI is investigating Pensacola shooting incident as act of terrorism, Washington Post, December 8, 2019 Investigators in Florida and Saudi Arabia on Sunday dug deeper into the background of a Saudi aviation student who fatally shot three people at a Pensacola, Florida, naval base, as lawmakers from both parties demanded the kingdom fully cooperate in the investigation. Officials are treating the shooting as an act of terrorism and are trying to learn whether the gunman was working as part of a larger network when he opened fire in a Naval Air Station Pensacola classroom Friday, killing three people and wounding eight. [. . .] The gunman, a Royal Saudi Air Force member named Ahmed Mohammed al-Shamrani, was shot dead by a sheriff’s deputy responding to the rampage. Shamrani apparently left hints that he was motivated at least in part by his hatred of American foreign policy and military might.
It’s encouraging that various public officials are questioning the wisdom of the program, which has gotten little oversight. Senator Rick Scott (R-FL) is “calling for a full review of the U.S. military programs to train foreign nationals on American soil.”
Florida Governor Ron Desantis was critical of US gun freedoms being extended to foreigners, which allowed the killer to purchase the Glock that he used in the murders. “I’m a big supporter of the Second Amendment, but the Second Amendment applies so that we the American people can keep and bear arms,” Desantis said. “It does not apply to Saudi Arabians.”
One simple fix would be to have the training take place in the home countries since the US has military bases all over the world. Why must potentially dangerous foreigners be brought inside America’s borders for their education?
This is a big program and security has not been adequate.
CNN noted on Dec 6, “As of Friday, the Department of Defense has 5,181 foreign students from 153 countries in the US for security cooperation related training…”
As reported here in 2016: Dozens of Afghan Soldier Trainees Go Missing in America, indicating that some young men use the military training as an opportunity for illegal immigration.
Below, in 2010 Afghan army officers train with US Marines and Navy personnel in Camp Pendleton in California — some may be coming to your town!
In 2017, ABC News reported that 152 Afghans in the US for training have gone missing over the previous 12 years.
Some absconders probably want only to mooch an American lifestyle rather than return to Backwardistan. But others may plan to use their military skills to murder the hated infidel, as did Mohammed al-Shamrani.


Vaccine Stats

From Pfizer ’ s vaccine application to the FDA , here are the cumulative COVID case counts ( vertical axis ) for the vaccine arm ( blue dots ) and the placebo arm ( red dots ) .
The horizontal axis measures time in days from the first shot .
This suggests that the vaccine ’ s effect kicks in about two weeks after the first inoculation and is almost as strong as after two inoculations ( the second shot is scheduled for 21 days after the first shot , with the clinical trial beginning counting cases 7 days after @ @ @ @ @ @ @ after the first shot ) .
But , it looks like we get close to full effect in 14 days rather than 28 days , which is good news during the current Third Wave , that , while it ’ s finally fading in the Upper Midwest , is still worsening in both the West and the East .
If you start counting cases after two weeks rather than after four weeks , you get 13 cases in the vaccine arm and 220 in the placebo arm for 94.4 % efficacy .
The @ @ @ @ @ @ @ weeks , gives you 8 cases in the vaccine arm and 162 in the placebo arm , for 95.3 % efficacy .
I ’ m assuming they test volunteers when they come in for their first shot to see if already have COVID , so those 37 out of 21,054 in the vaccine arm who got a case of COVID in the first few weeks were infected after their initial shot .
If that weren ’ t true and instead they were previously infected and only becoming symptomatic after their first inoculation , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ almost instantly .
( But I don ’ t think that ’ s true , so don ’ t assume it . )
That raises the question of whether the second shot is really necessary , although it could be that the efficacy would wear off faster without the second shot .
They may have a small amount of data on people who didn ’ t get around to getting their second shot until , say , 28 or 35 days after their first shot .
Somebody should look into those folks and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ could make the vaccine go further during the crucial upcoming weeks by extending the lag between the first and second shot from three weeks to , say , five weeks .

From Pfizer’s vaccine application to the FDA, here are the cumulative COVID case counts (vertical axis) for the vaccine arm (blue dots) and the placebo arm (red dots). The horizontal axis measures time in days from the first shot.
That’s a rather encouraging graph, no?
This suggests that the vaccine’s effect kicks in about two weeks after the first inoculation and is almost as strong as after two inoculations (the second shot is scheduled for 21 days after the first shot, with the clinical trial beginning counting cases 7 days after the second shot, or 28 days after the first shot). But, it looks like we get close to full effect in 14 days rather than 28 days, which is good news during the current Third Wave, that, while it’s finally fading in the Upper Midwest, is still worsening in both the West and the East.
If you start counting cases after two weeks rather than after four weeks, you get 13 cases in the vaccine arm and 220 in the placebo arm for 94.4% efficacy. The official case count, beginning after four weeks, gives you 8 cases in the vaccine arm and 162 in the placebo arm, for 95.3% efficacy.
I’m assuming they test volunteers when they come in for their first shot to see if already have COVID, so those 37 out of 21,054 in the vaccine arm who got a case of COVID in the first few weeks were infected after their initial shot. If that wasn’t true and instead they were previously infected and only becoming symptomatic after their first inoculation, then that would suggest the vaccine works almost instantly. (But I don’t think that’s true, so don’t assume it.)
That raises the question of whether the second shot is really necessary, although it could be that the efficacy would wear off faster without the second shot. They may have a small amount of data on people who didn’t get around to getting their second shot until, say, 28 or 35 days after their first shot. Somebody should look into those folks and how they did. Theoretically, you could make the vaccine go further during the crucial upcoming weeks by extending the lag between the first and second shot from three weeks to, say, five weeks.
[Comment at Unz.com]


vdare--2020-12-09--Is Polygamy The Coming Thing?

Is Polygamy The Coming Thing?

Earlier : Utah Legislature Votes to Make Polygamy No Longer Punishable by Jail Polygamy is rare around the world and mostly confined to a few regions …In February , Utah passed a bill to reduce the penalties for adults who voluntarily live in polygamous relationships , making the practice an infraction , a low-level offense that is not punishable with jail time.… A Pew Research Center report about living arrangements in 130 countries and territories published in 2019 analyzed the number of people residing in polygamous households , as well as other types of households .
Here are some key @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a separate study of customs and laws around the world .
Only about 2 % of the global population lives in polygamous households , and in the vast majority of countries , that share is under 0.5 % .
… Polygamy is most often found in sub-Saharan Africa , where 11 % of the population lives in arrangements that include more than one spouse .
Polygamy is widespread in a cluster of countries in West and Central Africa , including Burkina Faso , ( 36 % ) , Mali ( 34 % ) @ @ @ @ @ @ @ In these countries , polygamy is legal , at least to some extent .
Muslims in Africa are more likely than Christians to live in this type of arrangement ( 25 % vs. 3 % ) , but in some countries , the practice also is widespread among adherents of folk religions and people who do not identify with a religion .
For example , in Burkina Faso , 45 % of people who practice folk religions , 40 % of Muslims and 24 % of Christians live in polygamous households .
Chad @ @ @ @ @ @ @ where Christians ( 21 % ) are more likely than Muslims ( 10 % ) to live in this type of arrangement .
Many of the countries that permit polygamy have Muslim majorities , and the practice is rare in many of them .
Fewer than 1 % of Muslim men live with more than one spouse in Afghanistan , Pakistan , Bangladesh , Iran and Egypt – all countries where the practice is legal at least for Muslims .
In Muslim countries , whether polygamy is merely a luxury for the very @ @ @ @ @ @ @ are expected to bring home the halal equivalent of bacon , as they are in sub-Saharan Africa , where most farmwork is done by women with hoes .
In economies where women are expected to feed their children , it ’ s not uncommon for some old devil to collect numerous wives ( although not all of their children are necessarily his , but it ’ s her duty to feed them , so he doesn ’ t get to exercised about this question ) .
In contrast , in countries with heavier @ @ @ @ @ @ @ few men can afford to maintain more than one wife and her children .
… Polyandry , which refers to wives having more than one husband , is even rarer than polygamy and mostly documented among small and relatively isolated communities around the world .
… One-in-five U.S. adults believe that polygamy is morally acceptable , a recent Gallup poll found .
This share has almost tripled ( from 7 % ) since the question was first asked in 2003 , but is still among the least accepted behaviors Gallup asks about .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ conservatives to see polygamy as morally acceptable ( 34 % vs. 9 % ) .
I don ’ t know if polygamy will be the Next Big Thing like transgendermania has been in recent years , but I could see it coming in the U.S. with white liberals getting themselves worked up over the sacred civil rights of African immigrants to bring over all their wives ( Breaking up families makes the Statue of Liberty cry ) .
As Americans , polygamy is who we are .
Think how shameful it was that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Harvard and the immigration service kicked Barack Obama Sr. out of the country was because they suspected him of being a polygamist .
Eventually , Silicon Valley weirdos and hip Mormons will get into demanding that polygamous African immigrant marriages will be legally recognized in America .

Earlier: Utah Legislature Votes to Make Polygamy No Longer Punishable by Jail
From Pew Research Center:
Polygamy is rare around the world and mostly confined to a few regions BY STEPHANIE KRAMER DECEMBER 7, 2020 …In February, Utah passed a bill to reduce the penalties for adults who voluntarily live in polygamous relationships, making the practice an infraction, a low-level offense that is not punishable with jail time.… A Pew Research Center report about living arrangements in 130 countries and territories published in 2019 analyzed the number of people residing in polygamous households, as well as other types of households. Here are some key findings from that report, and from a separate study of customs and laws around the world. Only about 2% of the global population lives in polygamous households, and in the vast majority of countries, that share is under 0.5%. … Polygamy is most often found in sub-Saharan Africa, where 11% of the population lives in arrangements that include more than one spouse. Polygamy is widespread in a cluster of countries in West and Central Africa, including Burkina Faso, (36%), Mali (34%) and Nigeria (28%). In these countries, polygamy is legal, at least to some extent. Muslims in Africa are more likely than Christians to live in this type of arrangement (25% vs. 3%), but in some countries, the practice also is widespread among adherents of folk religions and people who do not identify with a religion. For example, in Burkina Faso, 45% of people who practice folk religions, 40% of Muslims and 24% of Christians live in polygamous households. Chad is the only country in this analysis where Christians (21%) are more likely than Muslims (10%) to live in this type of arrangement. Many of the countries that permit polygamy have Muslim majorities, and the practice is rare in many of them. Fewer than 1% of Muslim men live with more than one spouse in Afghanistan, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Iran and Egypt – all countries where the practice is legal at least for Muslims.
In Muslim countries, whether polygamy is merely a luxury for the very rich or common depends upon whether women are expected to bring home the halal equivalent of bacon, as they are in sub-Saharan Africa, where most farm work is done by women with hoes. In economies where women are expected to feed their children, it’s not uncommon for some old devil to collect numerous wives (although not all of their children are necessarily his, but it’s her duty to feed them, so he doesn’t get to exercised about this question). In contrast, in countries with heavier soil where men do the plowing, few men can afford to maintain more than one wife and her children.
… Polyandry, which refers to wives having more than one husband, is even rarer than polygamy and mostly documented among small and relatively isolated communities around the world. … One-in-five U.S. adults believe that polygamy is morally acceptable, a recent Gallup poll found. This share has almost tripled (from 7%) since the question was first asked in 2003, but is still among the least accepted behaviors Gallup asks about. Self-described liberals are much more likely than conservatives to see polygamy as morally acceptable (34% vs. 9%).
I don’t know if polygamy will be the Next Big Thing like transgendermania has been in recent years, but I could see it coming in the U.S. with white liberals getting themselves worked up over the sacred civil rights of African immigrants to bring over all their wives (breaking up families makes the Statue of Liberty cry). As Americans, polygamy is who we are. Think how shameful it was that one, of several reasons, why Harvard and the immigration service kicked Barack Obama Sr. out of the country was because they suspected him of being a polygamist.
Eventually, Silicon Valley weirdos and hip Mormons will get into demanding that polygamous African immigrant marriages will be legally recognized in America.


vdare--2020-12-09--The UK Vaccine Prioritization Plan Focuses On Saving Lives, Not Diversity

Earlier : NYT : Too Many Whites Might Get Vaccine The British are already giving the Pfizer vaccine to oldsters , starting yesterday morning .
From the Daily Mail , here is the UK ’ s vaccination priority plan : This seems more fine-tuned than the lumpier US plan , which puts a high priority on a huge category called “ essential workers , ” in part to prioritize blacks and Latinos .
You can multiply the UK figures by five to get roughly the numbers in each category for the US .
Assuming the same population structure in the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ are approximate totals of each UK category for the US : So that ’ s about 300 million doses at two doses per person .
Operation Warp Speed has contracted for 100 million doses of Pfizer ’ s vaccine and 100 million doses of Moderna ’ s , but where will the rest come from ?
AstraZeneca doesn ’ t seem to have their dosage protocol optimized yet .
Novavax and Johnson and Johnson haven ’ t reported clinical trial results yet .
The Russian vaccine looked good in its very small clinical @ @ @ @ @ @ @ would probably not be a high priority customer for the Russians .
( One suggestion is for the Russians and AstraZeneca to work together . )
Note that there is some overlap among the 9 categories , e.g.
, there are frontline healthcare workers who are over 50 and have underlying health conditions , so they get tallied up in 3 different slots .
But the size of Category 6 is unspecified .
It would seem like there are several different possible goals when drawing up a priority plan : F. Show you @ @ @ @ @ @ @ demonized group The British plan appears to be focused on minimizing deaths .
While that might not be optimal from some perspectives , it might psychologically be best by rapidly reducing the topline death count .

Earlier: NYT: Too Many Whites Might Get Vaccine
The British are already giving the Pfizer vaccine to oldsters, starting yesterday morning. From the Daily Mail, here is the UK’s vaccination priority plan:
This seems more fine-tuned than the lumpier US plan, which puts a high priority on a huge category called “essential workers,” in part to prioritize blacks and Latinos. You can multiply the UK figures by five to get roughly the numbers in each category for the US. Assuming the same population structure in the US as in the UK, here are approximate totals of each UK category for the US:
10 million 24 million (34 million so far) 11 million (45 million) 16 million (61 million) 17 million (78 million) ??? 18 million (96 million + ??? for 6) 21 million (117 million + ???) 24 million (141 million + ???)
So that’s about 300 million doses at two doses per person. Operation Warp Speed has contracted for 100 million doses of Pfizer’s vaccine and 100 million doses of Moderna’s, but where will the rest come from? AstraZeneca doesn’t seem to have their dosage protocol optimized yet. Novavax and Johnson and Johnson haven’t reported clinical trial results yet. The Russian vaccine looked good in its very small clinical trial so far, but the US would probably not be a high priority customer for the Russians. (One suggestion is for the Russians and AstraZeneca to work together.)
Note that there is some overlap among the 9 categories, e.g., there are frontline healthcare workers who are over 50 and have underlying health conditions, so they get tallied up in 3 different slots. But the size of Category 6 is unspecified.
It would seem like there are several different possible goals when drawing up a priority plan:
A. Minimize deaths
B. Minimize quality-adjusted life years lost
C. Minimize cases
D. Minimize economic harm
E. Maximize happiness
F. Show you care more for sacralized groups than for demonized group
The British plan appears to be focused on minimizing deaths. While that might not be optimal from some perspectives, it might psychologically be best by rapidly reducing the topline death count.
[Comment at Unz.com]


vdare--2020-12-09--Sailer Review In TakiMag: "That Touch of ‘Mank’"

From my movie review in Taki ’ s Magazine : Mank , a black-and-white period piece for grown-ups starring Gary @ @ @ @ @ who wrote the Citizen Kane screenplay , has been one of the more anticipated movies @ @ @ @ @ … The movie completely leaves out that the contrarian Mankiewicz , who had fought in @ @ @ @ @ not looking forward to American getting involved in World War II , was a rare @ @ @ @ @ of Charles Lindbergh and Joseph P. Kennedy .
Amanda Seyfried lights up the flat screen @ @ @ @

From my movie review in Taki’s Magazine:
Mank, a black-and-white period piece for grown-ups starring Gary Oldman as Herman Mankiewicz, who wrote the Citizen Kane screenplay, has been one of the more anticipated movies of this blighted year. …
The movie completely leaves out that the contrarian Mankiewicz, who had fought in World War I and was not looking forward to American getting involved in World War II, was a rare Jewish isolationist, an admirer of Charles Lindbergh and Joseph P. Kennedy.
Amanda Seyfried lights up the flat screen as Marion Davies …


vdare--2020-12-09--Immigration Restrictionist Sentiment by Country

Unfortunately the latest iteration of the World Values Survey does not include responses to this question from either India or @ @ @ @ @ sample 48 countries .
Hong Kong and Taiwan are among them .
They presumably shed @ @ @ @ @ Han feel about open borders .
They ’ re opposed .
The following table shows @ @ @ @ @ with the 2.4 % of respondents who gave a “ don ’ t know ” @ @ @ @ @ excluded , who say immigration into their country should be strictly limited or prohibited entirely @ @ @ @ @ : With the exception of South Korea , East and Southeast Asia are pretty restrictionist @ @ @ @ @ xenophilic .
Russians are not , another reason our cosmopolitan elites hate them .
Germany @ @ @ @ @

Unfortunately the latest iteration of the World Values Survey does not include responses to this question from either India or China, but it does sample 48 countries. Hong Kong and Taiwan are among them. They presumably shed some light on how the Han feel about open borders. They’re opposed.
The following table shows the percentages of respondents, with the 2.4% of respondents who gave a “don’t know” or no answer at all excluded, who say immigration into their country should be strictly limited or prohibited entirely (N = 66,203):
Country %restrict 1) Malaysia 81.5 2) Indonesia 80.2 3) Lebanon 79.3 4) Taiwan 79.2 5) Philippines 78.1 6) Jordan 76.6 7) Greece 72.6 8) Russia 72.3 9) Cyprus 72.0 10) Bolivia 71.1 11) Peru 70.9 12) Vietnam 69.9 13) Iraq 69.6 13) Turkey 69.6 15) Egypt 68.9 16) Myanmar 67.6 17) Ecuador 66.8 18) Thailand 64.4 19) Hong Kong 64.0 20) Kazakhstan 63.1 21) Colombia 60.6 22) Kyrgyzstan 60.2 23) Pakistan 59.1 24) Japan 56.5 25) Iran 55.4 26) Zimbabwe 54.0 27) Guatemala 53.6 28) Ukraine 52.0 29) Ethiopia 51.8 30) Chile 51.2 31) United States 48.9 32) Tajikistan 48.8 33) Australia 48.1 34) Romania 47.8 34) Serbia 47.8 36) Nigeria 46.9 37) Argentina 46.8 38) Brazil 46.6 39) Tunisia 45.8 40) New Zealand 45.5 41) South Korea 43.8 42) Bangladesh 43.7 43) Mexico 40.1 44) Macau 39.1 45) Nicaragua 38.4 46) Germany 35.0 47) Puerto Rico 33.8 48) Andorra 28.1
With the exception of South Korea, East and Southeast Asia are pretty restrictionist. Modern America is relatively xenophilic. Russians are not, another reason our cosmopolitan elites hate them. Germany continues to abolish itself.
World Values Survey variable used: W7(Q130)
[Comment at Unz.com]


vdare--2020-12-09--White Privilege: Oregon (85% White/1.9% Black) Defends Giving $62 Million In Federal Coronavirus Fun

White Privilege: Oregon (85% White/1.9% Black) Defends Giving $62 Million In Federal Coronavirus Funds To Black People Only

What do we mean by calling it Black-Run America ( BRA ) ?
Well , it doesn ’ t mean black people RUN America , but it means the decisions made by our elite are put through the prism of how does it best benefit black people exclusively .
Oregon Defends State Coronavirus Program Giving Federal Funds to Black People Only , Breitbart , December 5 , 2020 The State of Oregon continues to defend a state program that distributes federal coronavirus relief funds to black people — and only black people — after two separate lawsuits have challenged the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Constitution .
The Oregon state legislature ’ s Emergency Board created the Oregon Cares Fund this summer — with nightly Black Lives Matter riots raging in Portland — to allocate $ 62 million in funds from the federal Coronavirus Aid , Relief , and Economic Security ( CARES ) Act to black residents ( out of $ 200 million in total funds ) .
The Oregon Cares Fund website states : The Oregon Cares Fund is a targeted investment in the Black community from the CARES Act Coronavirus Relief Fund .
This fund @ @ @ @ @ @ @ with the resources it needs to weather the global health pandemic and consequent recession .
The Oregon Cares Fund is for Black people , Black-owned businesses , and Black community based organizations .
At the time , the Oregon Legislative Counsel warned that the program might be unconstitutional , especially because the legislature had not shown evidence that past discrimination was responsible for black Oregonians ’ suffering during COVID : As discussed below , we think the program may potentially , but would not necessarily , violate the equal protection clause of the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ immunities clause of the Oregon Constitution .
Under the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution , which prohibits states from denying “ equal protection of the laws ” to individuals , state laws that classify individuals according to race or gender are subject to special scrutiny .
We are not aware of any evidentiary findings by the legislature or the Emergency Board in support of the OBDD grant program at issue here .
Without any such findings , the program would almost certainly be unconstitutional under the Fourteenth Amendment .
Article I @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Constitution , prohibits the state from providing privileges or immunities to a class of citizens if the privileges or immunities do not apply on the same terms to all citizens .
Two federal lawsuits have been filed : one by a logging company , Great Northern Resources ; and the other by a Mexican-American coffee shop owner , Maria Garcia .
( For her trouble , she has been labeled by Latino “ leaders ” as “ anti-Black.
” ) In 1859 , Oregon was admitted into the union as the only one @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ” on the books to keep Africans from settling in the state .
In 2020 ?
The state has a coronavirus relief program with funds specifically set aside for just black residents of the state only .

What do we mean by calling it Black-Run America (BRA)? Well, it doesn’t mean black people RUN America, but it means the decisions made by our elite are put through the prism of how does it best benefit black people exclusively.
Oregon Defends State Coronavirus Program Giving Federal Funds to Black People Only, Breitbart, December 5, 2020 The State of Oregon continues to defend a state program that distributes federal coronavirus relief funds to black people — and only black people — after two separate lawsuits have challenged the program as a violation of the U.S. Constitution. The Oregon state legislature’s Emergency Board created the Oregon Cares Fund this summer — with nightly Black Lives Matter riots raging in Portland — to allocate $62 million in funds from the federal Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act to black residents (out of $200 million in total funds). The Oregon Cares Fund website states: The Oregon Cares Fund is a targeted investment in the Black community from the CARES Act Coronavirus Relief Fund. This fund is meant to provide the Black community with the resources it needs to weather the global health pandemic and consequent recession. The Oregon Cares Fund is for Black people, Black-owned businesses, and Black community based organizations. At the time, the Oregon Legislative Counsel warned that the program might be unconstitutional, especially because the legislature had not shown evidence that past discrimination was responsible for black Oregonians’ suffering during COVID:
As discussed below, we think the program may potentially, but would not necessarily, violate the equal protection clause of the United States Constitution and the privileges and immunities clause of the Oregon Constitution. … Under the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, which prohibits states from denying “equal protection of the laws” to individuals, state laws that classify individuals according to race or gender are subject to special scrutiny. … We are not aware of any evidentiary findings by the legislature or the Emergency Board in support of the OBDD grant program at issue here. Without any such findings, the program would almost certainly be unconstitutional under the Fourteenth Amendment. … Article I, section 20, of the Oregon Constitution, prohibits the state from providing privileges or immunities to a class of citizens if the privileges or immunities do not apply on the same terms to all citizens. Two federal lawsuits have been filed: one by a logging company, Great Northern Resources; and the other by a Mexican-American coffee shop owner, Maria Garcia. (For her trouble, she has been labeled by Latino “leaders” as “anti-Black.”)
In 1859, Oregon was admitted into the union as the only one of the states with “exclusionary laws” on the books to keep Africans from settling in the state.
True story.
In 2020? The state has a coronavirus relief program with funds specifically set aside for just black residents of the state only.
Ladies and gentleman, Black-Run America in action.
[Comment at Unz.com]


vdare--2020-12-08--Texas Vs. GA Et. Al. Is Suit That Can Overturn Election, IF Trump Supreme Court Appointees Follow Co

Texas Vs. GA Et. Al. Is Suit That Can Overturn Election, IF Trump Supreme Court Appointees Follow Constitution

WELL : Texas Sues Georgia , Michigan , Pennsylvania , and Wisconsin at Supreme Court over Election Rules .
The @ @ @ @ @ lawsuit directly with the U.S. Supreme Court shortly before midnight on Monday challenging the election @ @ @ @ @ , Pennsylvania , and Wisconsin on the grounds that they violate the Constitution .
Texas @ @ @ @ @ the Electors Clause of the Constitution because they made changes to voting rules and procedures @ @ @ @ @ executive actions , but not through the state legislatures .
Additionally , Texas argues that @ @ @ @ @ rules and procedures in different counties within the states , violating the Constitution ’ s @ @ @ @ @ , Texas argues that there were “ voting irregularities ” in these states as a @ @ @ @ @ If the Supreme Court can revamp state legislative districting in the name of fairness , @ @ @ @ @ if from supervising state procedures for electing presidents .

From law professor Glenn Reynolds at Instapundit:
WELL: Texas Sues Georgia, Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin at Supreme Court over Election Rules.
The State of Texas filed a lawsuit directly with the U.S. Supreme Court shortly before midnight on Monday challenging the election procedures in Georgia, Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin on the grounds that they violate the Constitution.
Texas argues that these states violated the Electors Clause of the Constitution because they made changes to voting rules and procedures through the courts or through executive actions, but not through the state legislatures. Additionally, Texas argues that there were differences in voting rules and procedures in different counties within the states, violating the Constitution’s Equal Protection Clause. Finally, Texas argues that there were “voting irregularities” in these states as a result of the above.
If the Supreme Court can revamp state legislative districting in the name of fairness, I see nothing to stop if from supervising state procedures for electing presidents.


vdare--2020-12-07--NATIONAL DATA: November Jobs—The Immigrant “Biden Rush” Begins?

As predicted , the “ Biden Rush ” looks like it ’ s getting underway .
The November jobs data showed the Immigrant Workforce population , legal and illegal , falling for the 15th straight month year-over-year , the most dramatic contraction for many years , which we call the “ Trump Triumph ” on our featured charts .
But it ’ s slowing .
And other measures of American worker well-being vs. immigrants are also reversing .
Some of this must be due to the economy ’ s recovery , even if fitful , sucking in foreign workers .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ image of the “ Trump Effect , ” by which illegal immigrants began to leave even before any restrictive measures have been enacted .
The economy regained only 245,000 jobs in November , according to the headline-grabbing survey of business payrolls .
The increase fell short of the 432,000 consensus forecast among economists .
November marked the fifth straight month of slowing job gains in a period of rising COVID infection and fatality rates .
The unemployment rate , meanwhile , fell from 6.7 % from 6.9 % —making a new pandemic low @ @ @ @ @ @ @ was more apparent than real , as it reflected 400,000 people dropping out of the labor force because they couldn ’ t find work or had to care for home-schooled children or sick relatives .
Since September , the number of workers unemployed for 27 weeks or more is up by a remarkable 1.5 million—a 64 % increase .
That is particularly bad news for optimists looking for a quick rebound , perhaps one fueled by a vaccine by the end of 2021 .
Remember the old saying , that it ’ s @ @ @ @ @ @ @ are employed than if you are not .
Lengthy spells of unemployment are far harder to overcome than temporary layoffs .
It took years to revisit peak employment levels after the economy tanked in the Great Recession of 2008-09 .
Meanwhile , the “ other ” employment survey , of households rather than businesses , was grimmer still .
Total employment declined , immigrants gained jobs , native-born Americans lost them .
• Immigrants ( legal and illegal , the federal government does not distinguish ) gained 802,000 jobs , up a whopping @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ s immigrant employment index , set at 100.0 in January 2009 , rose to 118.1 from 114.4 in October , a 3.2 % gain .
• The native-born American employment index fell to 103.0 from 103.7 in October , a loss of 0.7 % .
At 103.0 , the November index indicates that 3.0 % more native-born American workers held jobs last month than in January 2009 , Obama ’ s first year in office .
This means that the New VDARE American Worker Displacement Index ( NVDAWDI ) , our name @ @ @ @ @ @ @ American employment growth indexes since Jan. 2009 , rose to 114.7 from 110.3 in October .
Bottom line : November saw a big spike in American worker displacement .
Not since March has VDARE.com ’ s Displacement Index been this high .
Displacement is , of course , a relative term .
It measures immigrant job growth relative to that of American native-born workers .
Thanks , in part , to Trump ’ s ( relatively ) hard line on immigration , expressed basically via administrative measures , the Trump years saw a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the line and then , in the COVID contraction , lost relatively fewer jobs than immigrants .
That was not what Trump supporters had in mind in November 2016 .
But it was something .
Now , after a dismal November , even that “ something ” has shrunk drastically .
From the start of the Trump Administration ( January 2017 ) through November 2020 , native-born Americans lost 1.926 million jobs , a 1.53 % decline , while immigrants lost 423,000 , a 1.63 % reduction .
So if native-born workers were @ @ @ @ @ @ @ they did relative to immigrants during the Trump years , it would still be a positive judgment—albeit barely .
By comparison , the same calculation a month ago showed a decisive advantage for native-born workers .
The percentage job losses suffered by native-born American workers from Trump ’ s inauguration through October were less than one-quarter of those endured by immigrants over that period .
The November numbers are based on employment numbers in the week of November 8 to 14 .
Since then coronavirus infections have risen , and the weather has @ @ @ @ @ @ @ be worse .
Another way of measuring displacement : the immigrant share of total employment .
Our analysis of the November report shows the immigrant share of total employment rose to 17.07 % from 16.53 % in October .
After some gyrations , it had been falling steadily before the pandemic started .
In February 2020 immigrants held 17.53 % of all jobs .
Each 1 % decline in immigrant employment share represents a transfer of about 1.5 million jobs from immigrants to native-born workers .
Perhaps the most troubling news for immigration @ @ @ @ @ @ @ saw a significant decline in the rate at which working-age immigrants are leaving the country .
The Immigrant Workforce Population fell by just 146,000 from last November , a fraction of the 435,000 net loss reported in October .
In September , by contrast , the Immigrant Workforce population fell by 875,000 from the same month of last year .
The average monthly decline in immigrant workers during the 15 month-long “ Trump Triumph ” was more than double what we saw in the 2008 Great Recession .
Back then , immigrants were @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 400,000 a month , year-over-year .
And of course , it dwarfs the brief decline seen earlier in the Trump Administration By further flushing out immigrants , COVID-19 apparently accentuated an America-First trend already underway for some time .
A more detailed picture of how American workers have fared vis-à-vis immigrants is published in Table A-7 of the monthly BLS Report : • The native-born American working-age population rose by 1.211 million , a gain of 0.56 % ; the corresponding immigrant population fell by 146,000—a 0.34 % decline .
November was the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ age immigrant population declined , year-over-year .
• Both native-born and immigrants suffered large job losses , year-over-year ; native-born lost 6.7 million positions , a 5.1 % decline , while foreign-born workers were hit harder , losing 2.05 million jobs , a 7.4 % loss .
Both groups did relatively better in November than October , i.e.
, their percentage job losses ( from the same month the prior year ) were lower .
• The immigrant labor force ( working or looking for work ) fell by 974,000 , or 3.42 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ by 2.95 million , a 2.17 % drop .
• The unemployment rate for native-born Americans rose 85.3 % , from 3.4 % to 6.3 % ; over that period the immigrant unemployment rate rose 148 % , from 2.7 % to 6.7 % .
• 8.4 million native-born and 1.85 million immigrants were unemployed in November , but since last November the number of unemployed immigrants rose by 139 % , while the number of native-born jobless rose by “ only ” 80 % .
• Labor force Participation Rates fell for @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the immigrant LPR falling by 2.1 percentage points , or by 3.2 % , and the native-born American rate down by 1.7 percentage points , or 2.7 % .
• As far as unemployment rates are concerned , immigrant workers have lost ground relative to native-born Americans .
Last November the unemployment rate for foreign-born workers was below that of native-born , 2.7 % versus 3.4 % .
This year the positions are reversed , with native-born unemployment at 6.3 % and the immigrant rate at 6.7 % .
• Similarly , the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , which rise or fall as confidence that jobs are available rises and falls , bodes well for native-born American workers .
While the immigrant LPR remains above that of native-born , the gap has narrowed over the last year .
Trump had a great opportunity : He could have locked in the recovery ’ s benefits for the American worker—and stemmed recent immigration ’ s damage to the GOP—if he had acted on his instincts and campaigned on extending his temporary immigration moratorium .
But Trump missed the chance to make this @ @ @ @ @ @ @ overwhelmed by the Biden Rush .
No less a source than Joel Kotkin ( ! )
, in no less an outlet than the Daily Beast ( !
! )
, just wrote : Restricting immigration was certainly part of “ Trump ’ s economic approach.
” But every sign is that Biden plans to unleash another immigration disaster .
Edwin S. Rubenstein ( email him ) is President of ESR Research Economic Consultants

edwin@esrresearch.com (Edwin S. Rubenstein)

As predicted, the “Biden Rush” looks like it’s getting underway. The November jobs data showed the Immigrant Workforce population, legal and illegal, falling for the 15th straight month year-over-year, the most dramatic contraction for many years, which we call the “Trump Triumph” on our featured charts. But it’s slowing. And other measures of American worker well-being vs. immigrants are also reversing. Some of this must be due to the economy’s recovery, even if fitful, sucking in foreign workers. However, it may also the mirror image of the “Trump Effect,” by which illegal immigrants began to leave even before any restrictive measures have been enacted.
The economy regained only 245,000 jobs in November, according to the headline-grabbing survey of business payrolls. The increase fell short of the 432,000 consensus forecast among economists. November marked the fifth straight month of slowing job gains in a period of rising COVID infection and fatality rates.
The unemployment rate, meanwhile, fell from 6.7% from 6.9%—making a new pandemic low. But this “good news” was more apparent than real, as it reflected 400,000 people dropping out of the labor force because they couldn’t find work or had to care for home-schooled children or sick relatives.
Since September, the number of workers unemployed for 27 weeks or more is up by a remarkable 1.5 million—a 64% increase.
That is particularly bad news for optimists looking for a quick rebound, perhaps one fueled by a vaccine by the end of 2021. Remember the old saying, that it’s easier to get a job if you are employed than if you are not. Lengthy spells of unemployment are far harder to overcome than temporary layoffs. It took years to revisit peak employment levels after the economy tanked in the Great Recession of 2008-09.
Meanwhile, the “other” employment survey, of households rather than businesses, was grimmer still. Total employment declined, immigrants gained jobs, native-born Americans lost them.
In November:
Total employment fell by 74,000, a 0.5% reduction from October.
Immigrants (legal and illegal, the federal government does not distinguish) gained 802,000 jobs, up a whopping 3.24% from October.
Native-born Americans lost 876,000 jobs, down 0.70% from October.
VDARE.com’s immigrant employment index, set at 100.0 in January 2009, rose to 118.1 from 114.4 in October, a 3.2% gain.
The native-born American employment index fell to 103.0 from 103.7 in October, a loss of 0.7%. At 103.0, the November index indicates that 3.0% more native-born American workers held jobs last month than in January 2009, Obama’s first year in office.
This means that 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, rose to 114.7 from 110.3 in October.
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Bottom line: November saw a big spike in American worker displacement. Not since March has VDARE.com’s Displacement Index been this high.
Displacement is, of course, a relative term. It measures immigrant job growth relative to that of American native-born workers. Thanks, in part, to Trump’s (relatively) hard line on immigration, expressed basically via administrative measures, the Trump years saw a labor market where native-born Americans first held the line and then, in the COVID contraction, lost relatively fewer jobs than immigrants.
That was not what Trump supporters had in mind in November 2016. But it was something. Now, after a dismal November, even that “something” has shrunk drastically.
From the start of the Trump Administration (January 2017) through November 2020, native-born Americans lost 1.926 million jobs, a 1.53% decline, while immigrants lost 423,000, a 1.63% reduction. So if native-born workers were to evaluate the economy today on how they did relative to immigrants during the Trump years, it would still be a positive judgment—albeit barely.
By comparison, the same calculation a month ago showed a decisive advantage for native-born workers. The percentage job losses suffered by native-born American workers from Trump’s inauguration through October were less than one-quarter of those endured by immigrants over that period.
The November numbers are based on employment numbers in the week of November 8 to 14. Since then coronavirus infections have risen, and the weather has turned colder. December unemployment could well be worse.
Another way of measuring displacement: the immigrant share of total employment.
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Our analysis of the November report shows the immigrant share of total employment rose to 17.07% from 16.53% in October. After some gyrations, it had been falling steadily before the pandemic started. In February 2020 immigrants held 17.53% of all jobs.
Each 1% decline in immigrant employment share represents a transfer of about 1.5 million jobs from immigrants to native-born workers.
Perhaps the most troubling news for immigration patriots: as discussed above, November saw a significant decline in the rate at which working-age immigrants are leaving the country. The Immigrant Workforce Population fell by just 146,000 from last November, a fraction of the 435,000 net loss reported in October. In September, by contrast, the Immigrant Workforce population fell by 875,000 from the same month of last year.
The average monthly decline in immigrant workers during the 15 month-long “Trump Triumph” was more than double what we saw in the 2008 Great Recession. Back then, immigrants were leaving at the rate of 300,000 to 400,000 a month, year-over-year.
And of course, it dwarfs the brief decline seen earlier in the Trump Administration
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By further flushing out immigrants, COVID-19 apparently accentuated an America-First trend already underway for some time.
A more detailed picture of how American workers have fared vis-à-vis immigrants is published in Table A-7 of the monthly BLS Report:
Employment Status by Nativity, Nov.2019-Nov.2020 (numbers in 1000s; not seasonally adjusted) Nov-19 Nov-20 Change % Change Foreign born, 16 years and older Civilian population 42,876 42,730 -146 -0.34% Civilian labor force 28,468 27,494 -974 -3.42% Participation rate (%) 66.4 64.3 -2.1pts. -3.16% Employed 27,693 25,644 -2,049 -7.40% Employment/population (%) 64.6 60.0 -4.6pts. -7.12% Unemployed 775 1,850 1,075 138.71% Unemployment rate (%) 2.7 6.7 4.0pts. 148.15% Not in labor force 14,408 15,236 828 5.75% Native born, 16 years and older Civilian population 217,144 218,355 1,211 0.56% Civilian labor force 135,918 132,973 -2,945 -2.17% Participation rate (%) 62.6 60.9 -1.7pts. -2.72% Employed 131,252 124,559 -6,693 -5.10% Employment/population (%) 60.4 57.0 -3.4pts. -5.63% Unemployed 4,666 8,414 3,748 80.33% Unemployment rate (%) 3.4 6.3 2.9pts. 85.29% Not in labor force 81,226 85,381 4,155 5.12% Source: BLS, The Employment Situation, November 2020. Table A-7, December 4, 2020. PDF
From November 2019 to November 2020:
The native-born American working-age population rose by 1.211 million, a gain of 0.56%; the corresponding immigrant population fell by 146,000—a 0.34% decline. November was the 15th consecutive month in which the working age immigrant population declined, year-over-year.
Both native-born and immigrants suffered large job losses, year-over-year; native-born lost 6.7 million positions, a 5.1% decline, while foreign-born workers were hit harder, losing 2.05 million jobs, a 7.4% loss. Both groups did relatively better in November than October, i.e., their percentage job losses (from the same month the prior year) were lower.
The immigrant labor force (working or looking for work) fell by 974,000, or 3.42%; the native-born labor force fell by 2.95 million, a 2.17% drop. Advantage native-born Americans
The unemployment rate for native-born Americans rose 85.3%, from 3.4% to 6.3%; over that period the immigrant unemployment rate rose 148%, from 2.7% to 6.7%. Advantage native-born Americans
8.4 million native-born and 1.85 million immigrants were unemployed in November, but since last November the number of unemployed immigrants rose by 139%, while the number of native-born jobless rose by “only” 80%. Advantage native-born Americans
Labor force Participation Rates fell for both immigrants and native-born Americans, with the immigrant LPR falling by 2.1 percentage points, or by 3.2%, and the native-born American rate down by 1.7 percentage points, or 2.7%. Advantage native-born Americans
As far as unemployment rates are concerned, immigrant workers have lost ground relative to native-born Americans. Last November the unemployment rate for foreign-born workers was below that of native-born, 2.7% versus 3.4%. This year the positions are reversed, with native-born unemployment at 6.3% and the immigrant rate at 6.7%. Advantage native-born Americans
Similarly, the 12-month move in Labor Force Participation rates, which rise or fall as confidence that jobs are available rises and falls, bodes well for native-born American workers. While the immigrant LPR remains above that of native-born, the gap has narrowed over the last year. Advantage native born Americans
Trump had a great opportunity: He could have locked in the recovery’s benefits for the American worker—and stemmed recent immigration’s damage to the GOP—if he had acted on his instincts and campaigned on extending his temporary immigration moratorium.
But Trump missed the chance to make this point. Now his achievements may be overwhelmed by the Biden Rush.
No less a source than Joel Kotkin (!), in no less an outlet than the Daily Beast (!!), just wrote:
…Donald Trump got some big things right, politically and practically, that Joe Biden will undo at his own peril. Almost all of Trump’s wins, abroad and at home, have one thing in common: They focused on most Americans achieving broader prosperity and not only the best-off. In his first three years, through a powerful economic boom, Trump’s economic approach paid dividends for working-class voters, who enjoyed their fastest income growth in a generation. The Big Thing That Trump Got Right and Biden Can’t Afford to Screw Up Again , December 7, 2020 Links in original
Restricting immigration was certainly part of “Trump’s economic approach.” But every sign is that Biden plans to unleash another immigration disaster.
Edwin S. Rubenstein (email him) is President of ESR Research Economic Consultants


vdare--2020-12-07--Charles Blow In The NYT: Blacks Tend To Be Anti-Vaxxers, White Men At Fault

Earlier , by Jared Taylor : The Truth About Tuskegee From the New York Times opinion page , some more of the Current Year ’ s now traditional antiquarianism on race : How Black People Learned Not to Trust Concerns about vaccination are unfortunate , but they have historical roots .
It would appear that the people in American hit hardest by Covid-19 — Black people — are also the group most leery about the prospects of a vaccine .
That ’ s the conventional wisdom , but it appears that Hispanics have more than caught up with blacks .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ is that urban blacks ( and some rural blacks in Georgia ) got hit hard in last spring ’ s first wave , but most journalists haven ’ t updated their assumptions since then .
The second wave in summer smashed sunbelt Latinos , and the current fall third wave that began in the Dakotas is hitting whites and Latinos hard .
… But that same report contained the following : “ Black Americans continue to stand out as less inclined to get vaccinated than other racial and ethnic groups : 42 percent @ @ @ @ @ @ @ percent of Hispanic and 61 percent of white adults.
” The unfortunate American fact is that Black people in this country have been well-trained , over centuries , to distrust both the government and the medical establishment on the issue of health care .
Furthermore , as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention explains : “ In 1932 , the Public Health Service , working with the Tuskegee Institute , began a study to record the natural history of syphilis in hopes of justifying treatment programs for blacks .
It was called @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in the Negro Male.
’ ” Hundreds of Black men were told they were being treated for syphilis , but they were not .
They were being observed to see how the disease would progress .
The men suffered under this experiment for 40 years .
I hope that America can overcome Black people ’ s trepidations about this vaccine , but it is impossible to say that that trepidation doesn ’ t have historical merit .
Also , Emmett Till was either up to date on his vaccinations or not up to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in either case , proves that white men are bad .
Occam ’ s Razor , on the other hand , would suggest that anti-vaxx ideation is more common among people who aren ’ t really as smart as they think they are : blacks , with their combination of higher average self-esteem and lower average IQ , are well represented in those ranks .
The longer the pandemic drags on due to the lack of courage of anti-vaxxers , the more time for elites to carry out the various bad ideas they @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Great Reset .

Earlier, by Jared Taylor: The Truth About Tuskegee
From the New York Times opinion page, some more of the Current Year’s now traditional antiquarianism on race:
How Black People Learned Not to Trust
Concerns about vaccination are unfortunate, but they have historical roots. By Charles M. Blow
Opinion Columnist Dec. 6, 2020 It would appear that the people in American hit hardest by Covid-19 — Black people — are also the group most leery about the prospects of a vaccine.
That’s the conventional wisdom, but it appears that Hispanics have more than caught up with blacks. From the CDC:
My vague impression is that urban blacks (and some rural blacks in Georgia) got hit hard in last spring’s first wave, but most journalists haven’t updated their assumptions since then. The second wave in summer smashed sunbelt Latinos, and the current fall third wave that began in the Dakotas is hitting whites and Latinos hard.
… But that same report contained the following: “Black Americans continue to stand out as less inclined to get vaccinated than other racial and ethnic groups: 42 percent would do so, compared with 63 percent of Hispanic and 61 percent of white adults.” The unfortunate American fact is that Black people in this country have been well-trained, over centuries, to distrust both the government and the medical establishment on the issue of health care. Furthermore, as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention explains: “In 1932, the Public Health Service, working with the Tuskegee Institute, began a study to record the natural history of syphilis in hopes of justifying treatment programs for blacks. It was called the ‘Tuskegee Study of Untreated Syphilis in the Negro Male.’ ” Hundreds of Black men were told they were being treated for syphilis, but they were not. They were being observed to see how the disease would progress. The men suffered under this experiment for 40 years. I hope that America can overcome Black people’s trepidations about this vaccine, but it is impossible to say that that trepidation doesn’t have historical merit.
Also, Emmett Till was either up to date on his vaccinations or not up to date on his vaccinations, which, in either case, proves that white men are bad.
And redlining.
Occam’s Razor, on the other hand, would suggest that anti-vaxx ideation is more common among people who aren’t really as smart as they think they are: blacks, with their combination of higher average self-esteem and lower average IQ, are well represented in those ranks.
The longer the pandemic drags on due to the lack of courage of anti-vaxxers, the more time for elites to carry out the various bad ideas they are entertaining under the justification of The Great Reset.
[Comment at Unz.com]


vdare--2020-12-10--A Mayflower Descendant Remembers Her Ancestors And The Faith Of Her (And America's) Fathers

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Re: Tell Us Your Stories! We Are Not A Nation Of Immigrants. Honoring 400 Years Of The Mayflower Compact
From: An Anonymous Mayflower Descendant [Email her]
I am humbly grateful to be a descendent of Degory Priest, a Mayflower Pilgrim who arrived in Plymouth in 1620. Sadly, he died after only two months in the new land. Degory was part of the Leiden contingent, a hat maker from London who married Sarah Allerton, sister of another Pilgrim. My son is a descendent of three Pilgrims: Degory Priest, William Brewster and William Bradford. He has a better understanding of what this nation is about as he has learned of his heritage.
Considering the difficulty the Pilgrims faced just for wanting to worship God in a manner they thought to be right and the sadness they must have felt when leaving their kindred, businesses and country gives me pause and fills my heart with praise for their courage. I want to draw upon their strength at this time in history when Christians are being persecuted, where our liberty and Constitutional rights are under assault and where corruption abounds.
I wonder what Degory Priest would do under the current circumstances in the U.S. if he were alive today. Would he suggest that we fight the tyranny, risking everything, or sail away to a new land? Would he band together with others of like minds and secretly defy government mandates in order to worship God or to support his family?
It wasn’t until I lived overseas that I finally truly appreciated America and its greatness. I spent over seven years in Europe and I returned to the US a changed person, more grateful for our country and freedoms. America is exceptional in every way and a light to the world. It is a nation of people willing to help one another and give generously of their time, talents and treasure. As I work with charities, I was pleased to learn that the roots of philanthropy in our country go all the way back to the Pilgrims because they had to lean on each other to provide the things they needed, since they did not have a government to turn to. I praise them for establishing the stellar tradition of American philanthropy, which to this day cannot matched by any other country.
This precious nation was founded by people willing to risk it all. I wonder if are we willing to do the same? At this time, it appears America is headed toward ruin and people are turning against the Pilgrims and Founding Fathers, but like my ancestor Degory Priest, I will trust in God above all and do what I can to support liberty and justice for all. I urge all Americans, young and old to learn from the example of the Pilgrims and respect their courage, faith and commitment. I believe that if we can trust in the founding principles of this country, especially the Constitution and recognize that our rights come from God and not from government, American will endure for future generations. May it so be.


vdare--2020-12-10--YoutTube’s Latest Censorship Push Could Signal The Dystopian Internet Under Biden

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Previously: Allum Bokhari’s DELETED: GOP, Trump Learn The Hard Way—Laura Loomer Was Right!
YouTube announced this week that it would no longer tolerate skepticism of the 2020 election results. Any new videos that question if Joe Biden was the winner or allege fraud will be banned from the platform.
[W]e will start removing any piece of content uploaded today (or anytime after) that misleads people by alleging that widespread fraud or errors changed the outcome of the 2020 U.S. Presidential election, in line with our approach towards historical U.S. Presidential elections. For example, we will remove videos claiming that a Presidential candidate won the election due to widespread software glitches or counting errors. [Supporting the 2020 U.S. election, YouTube, December 9, 2020]
Additionally, the platform will boost “authoritative” news sources such as CNN and NBC to users.
The move may be the most brazen tech censorship yet. The election is still not determined and there are many credible allegations of fraud and other electoral shenanigans. But to say these facts warrants suppression because Big Tech says so. Big Tech declares Biden the winner and the lowly content creator cannot challenge that. There are many questions surrounding this new policy. Will they censor anyone who questions if Trump won the 2016 election? How about a video that challenges the 1960 results, when Mayor Daley is alleged have stolen Illinois for JFK? Or even the contested 1876 election? The answer probably is “no.” YouTube will only devote resources to the 2020 election and ensuring all Americans accept it was a 100% free and fair contest.
It’s just another sign that the tech giants will suppress information they don’t like, no matter the source nor how respectful it’s presented. Facebook and Twitter’s suppression of the New York Post’s Hunter Biden coverage set a precedent and YouTube is merely following it. Big Tech wants to please Left-wing journalists and politicians in order to safeguard their privileges. They believe censorship of patriots is the best way to accomplish this.
While this news is depressing, there was one bit of good news this week. The Senate confirmed Nathan Simington, an ardent foe of Big Tech, as a FCC commissioner this week. This role will potentially allow him to investigate Big Tech and implement Donald Trump’s anti-censorship executive order before it’s too late [Republicans play FCC hardball to jam Biden’s tech ambitions, by John Hendel, Politico, December 8, 2020].
If YouTube’s action isn’t a wakeup call for Republicans, nothing ever will be. They must use all their power to ensure patriots still have the right to speak freely on the internet. Without this freedom, the Republican Party is doomed to oblivion.


vdare--2020-12-10--Patrick J. Buchanan: Is Our Second Civil War Also A 'Forever War'?

When the Electoral College meets Monday, it will almost surely certify former Vice President Joe Biden as the 46th president of the United States. And he will take the oath of office Jan. 20.
There is, nationally, a growing if grudging realization of that reality.
Yet millions of Americans will refuse to accept the legitimacy of that election and its outcome and will continue to believe, with President Donald Trump, that it was "rigged."
"Was the 2020 election stolen by the establishment to get rid of a president, Donald Trump, whom it loathed?" will be debated decades hence—as are questions such as, "Did FDR have advance knowledge the Japanese were going to attack?" and, "Did Lee Harvey Oswald act alone in Dallas?"
That perception that something was afoot first arose in the minds of millions in the hours after the election on Nov. 3, when 83% of Republicans polled by Gallup said they did not believe reports of Trump's defeat.
Things perceived as real are real in their consequences.
And there was justification for that perception. Who was not stunned to learn that as Trump seemed to be pulling ahead in the voting count on Nov. 3, suddenly, around midnight, the vote counting appeared to stop in the crucial swing states, and we were told it would begin again early the next morning? Why the halt?
Again, things perceived as real are real in their consequences.
The Washington Post reports this week that, midway between Election Day and Inauguration Day, only 27 congressional Republicans would acknowledge Biden's win. Some 220 GOP members of the House and Senate—88% of Republicans serving in Congress—would not say who won the election.
And Trump continues to fight on, millions behind him, to persuade public officials in such battleground states as Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Michigan, Georgia, Arizona and Nevada to withdraw their certifications.
He is said to be working the phones to get Republicans in Congress to reject the designation of Biden as president.
He has joined a suit by 17 states' attorneys general to have the Supreme Court accept Texas' argument that late alterations in the voting processes in four swing states be declared unconstitutional and illegal.
Among the more credible charges is that, due to the pandemic, late changes were made in the voting processes of states, especially with mailed-out and mailed-in ballots. The contention is that votes cast as a consequence of changes done contrary to state laws or constitutions should be thrown out. Most of those votes came from the urban precincts where Biden's margins were massive.
While some 50 lawsuits filed in Trump's cause may have been rejected in courts, the hourly allegations of fraud in the collection and counting of ballots have given credence to a generalized belief that Trump was cheated of votes he received and Biden received votes that were illicitly cast.
Where will this leave us Jan. 20?
American politics will be even more poisoned and polarized than it has been for the last four years. Tens of millions of Americans will see themselves as disfranchised and believe that the greatest champion they have had in decades was illegally driven from power by the same deep state-media conspiracy he fought for four years.
Reinforcing this perception is the sudden revelation this week that Biden's son Hunter is indeed the target of a federal tax investigation.
That is a story the mainstream media not only refused to cover but sought to bury. And it further buttresses a widespread belief that the mainstream media were in the tank for Biden and will use the power they have to fix the outcome of future American elections in favor of the establishment to which they belong.
For scores of millions of Americans, the mainstream media have lost any credibility and moral authority they once had.
The media have spent four years promoting the falsehood that Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump conspired to steal the 2016 election, a charge for which the two-year Robert Mueller investigation could not find any substance at all. They championed the cause of impeachment of Trump over a single comment in a phone call to the president of Ukraine.
And all the while, they painted Trump as racist, sexist, homophobic and treasonous, and his followers as torch-carrying deplorables.
The hypocritical calls from the mainstream media today for us all to come together, after the atrocities they perpetrated, boggle the mind.
Amazing. And now that the Democrats appear to have captured the White House, the message is, "Can't we all just get along?"
What lies ahead?
Some see secession. But though secession is unlikely, a secession of the heart has already taken place in America. We are two nations, two peoples seemingly separated indefinitely. Can a nation so divided as ours, racially, ideologically, religiously, still do great things together, as did the America of days gone by, to the amazement of the world?
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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--2020-12-10--Say No To Importing An Indian Overclass

Say No To Importing An Indian Overclass

There has never been a more critical time for immigration patriots.
Just this week, while the nation was focused on election turmoil, the Senate unanimously passed one of the most destructive immigration bills in recent memory.
The deceptively-named Fairness for High-Skilled Immigrants Act eliminates country caps on migration. The Act is heavily touted by the Indian lobby and Big Tech.
"Vote Republican or we’ll lose the Senate!" they say, when the truth is, "Vote for mass immigration no matter what party you’re on, and we’ll lose the country."
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vdare--2020-12-10--Excess Deaths Graphed: The Pandemic IS Causing Excess Deaths

A lot of people seem to be under the misperception that the pandemic isn’t causing excess deaths. Here’s a CDC graph showing weekly deaths in the United States from all causes going back to the beginning of 2017.
The blue bars represent how many people died each week in the US from any and all causes: whether COVID, cancer, a broken heart, or BASE-jumping.
The orange line tracks long-term average deaths for that week of the year, while the red line shows what the CDC considers the bottom of the range of definitely excessive deaths, which are marked with red crosses on the blue bars. For example, there was a brief spell of excess deaths in January 2018, and then the three humps of the COVID pandemic: the big one that peaked in mid-April 2020, the summer hump largely in the sunbelt, and the current Third Hump that began in early autumn in the Dakotas and has been spreading steadily since.
Keep in mind this technical methodology decision: that the CDC chose to graph actual date of death rather than when the data trickled in to the CDC. So the blue bars keep growing in height for up to 8 weeks after the death takes place. Therefore, you can see the current Third Hump of deaths at the right edge of the graph, but please don’t get the impression that because the very latest week shows a sudden drop in deaths that that means the country is out of the woods. The latest week being very low is just an artifact of how long it takes death notices to trickle in. The Third Hump is likely already worse than the Second Hump in the mid-summer if the CDC had notice of all the recent deaths.
Here are the weekly data for 2020. Keep in mind that the most recent weeks at the bottom of this table understate the actual number of deaths due to not all death reports having trickled in yet. And December is likely to be pretty bad when finally counted up sometime in February.


vdare--2020-12-10--Thomas Jefferson Is Cancelled In Falls Church, Virginia

A press release from the Fall Church, VA school board:
SCHOOL BOARD VOTES TO RENAME THOMAS JEFFERSON, GEORGE MASON SCHOOLS
FCCPS COMMUNICATIONS
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 08, 2020
The Falls Church School Board voted unanimously on December 8 to rename Thomas Jefferson Elementary School and George Mason High School.
The vote follows a six-month-long process, which included hours of public hearings, hundreds of submitted written public comments, and a survey of the community to inform the Board’s decision.
“The Board took seriously the viewpoints and concerns raised by many students, parents, staff, and community members,” said School Board Chair Greg Anderson. “We thank everyone who shared their perspectives with us and will be mindful of your comments as we now begin selecting names that reflect the diversity of opinions in our community. Our schools must be places where all students, staff, and community members feel safe, supported, and inspired.”


vdare--2020-12-10--Majority Of Republicans Now View Joe Biden As Illegitimate POTUS

Just as there are betting markets for the number of tweets Donald Trump will send out over the course of a week, there are scientific polls conducted on the public perception of those tweets:
...And there are many such articles. Rigged Election! https://t.co/P8scMauhcI — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 30, 2020
From 2016 through 2020, many Democrats viewed Trump as an illegitimate president. A majority of Republicans now view Joe Biden in the same way. Americans have historically responded to illegitimate, unrepresentative rule by breaking free of it. Better to do it while it is still possible to do so peaceably.
[Comment at Unz.com]