vdare--2020-11-11--Lindsey Graham Suggests Amnesty Is On The Table. He May Be Alone In Thinking So.

Previously : What the GOP ’ s Surprisingly Good Congressional Results Mean For Immigration Patriotism South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham wants to work with a President Joe Biden on immigration .
“ You 'll also see me trying to find common ground that would benefit all of us and a good place to start , I think , would be the debt and infrastructure and immigration , ” he told reporters last week [ GOP Establishment Rebuked for Fleeing ‘ America First ’ with Amnesty Talk , by John Binder , Breitbart , November 6 , 2020 ] .
The @ @ @ @ @ @ @ for Graham and Democrats is Amnesty .
The comments are certainly a disturbing sign some GOP leaders will cuck on immigration if Trump is not around .
However , the backlash against Graham ’ s comments show the party is very different from what it was in the Gang of Eight era .
Two congressmen—Jim Banks of Ohio and Paul Gosar of Arizona—attacked the amnesty suggestion .
“ There is no common-ground between conservative Republicans & @ JoeBiden on immigration , ” Banks tweeted .
“ Any amnesty ensures Texas and Arizona and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ join southern California as a once red area , ” Gosar told Breitbart [ GOP Establishment Rebuked for Fleeing ‘ America First ’ with Amnesty Talk , by John Binder , Breitbart , November 6 , 2020 ] .
Tucker Carlson also attacked Graham for his suggestion , saying the senator was all too happy to sell out his voters : I was particularly interested … in the comments of Lindsey Graham who just won reelection in the state of South Carolina because conservatives voted for him … the people around Trump put @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Graham to send them money , so after a day or two , he made a great show of sending them $ 500,000 .
But then on the issues that matter , Lindsey Graham immediately ran away from the ideas that he claimed to support and said that he would be happy to sell out his voters with an amnesty deal , like within hours of the election .
Graham will also have less power to make amnesty happen .
Iowa Sen. Chuck Grassley , a fairly solid voice on immigration who supported @ @ @ @ @ @ @ s moratorium , will take over the Senate Immigration Committee from Graham .
Center for Immigration Studies ’ Mark Krikorian says this development will likely stifle amnesty attempts as the committee chairmanship would give Grassley an “ informal veto ” over immigration legislation [ Migration Hawk Chuck Grassley to Run Senate ’ s Immigration Committee , by Neil Munro , Breitbart , November 9 , 2020 ] .
It ’ s typical for Amnesty Graham to look for any opportunity to reward his corporate donors with cheap foreign labor .
However , we @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Trump won record numbers of Hispanics with nationalism , not a promise of amnesty .
My view : there is little appetite for the bad policies the party embraced after the defeat in 2012 .

washingtonwatcherii@protonmail.com (Washington  Watcher II)

Previously: What the GOP’s Surprisingly Good Congressional Results Mean For Immigration Patriotism
South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham wants to work with a President Joe Biden on immigration. “You'll also see me trying to find common ground that would benefit all of us and a good place to start, I think, would be the debt and infrastructure and immigration,” he told reporters last week [GOP Establishment Rebuked for Fleeing ‘America First’ with Amnesty Talk, by John Binder, Breitbart, November 6, 2020].
The only “common ground” on immigration for Graham and Democrats is Amnesty. The comments are certainly a disturbing sign some GOP leaders will cuck on immigration if Trump is not around. However, the backlash against Graham’s comments show the party is very different from what it was in the Gang of Eight era.
Two congressmen—Jim Banks of Ohio and Paul Gosar of Arizona—attacked the amnesty suggestion. “There is no common-ground between conservative Republicans & @JoeBiden on immigration,” Banks tweeted. “Any amnesty ensures Texas and Arizona and Florida will be solid blue and would join southern California as a once red area,” Gosar told Breitbart [GOP Establishment Rebuked for Fleeing ‘America First’ with Amnesty Talk, by John Binder, Breitbart, November 6, 2020].
Tucker Carlson also attacked Graham for his suggestion, saying the senator was all too happy to sell out his voters:
I was particularly interested … in the comments of Lindsey Graham who just won reelection in the state of South Carolina because conservatives voted for him … the people around Trump put a great deal of pressure on Lindsey Graham to send them money, so after a day or two, he made a great show of sending them $500,000. But then on the issues that matter, Lindsey Graham immediately ran away from the ideas that he claimed to support and said that he would be happy to sell out his voters with an amnesty deal, like within hours of the election.
.@nedryun & @TuckerCarlson Calling Out America Last Republicans (@LindseyGrahamSC) For Trying To Push For Amnesty & Return The GOP To Being A Neo-Con Globalist Party
Ned Ryun: "America First is not going away." #AmericaFirst pic.twitter.com/8bjMWV9ni9 — The Columbia Bugle 🇺🇸 (@ColumbiaBugle) November 7, 2020
Graham will also have less power to make amnesty happen. Iowa Sen. Chuck Grassley, a fairly solid voice on immigration who supported the extension and expansion of Trump’s moratorium, will take over the Senate Immigration Committee from Graham. Center for Immigration Studies’ Mark Krikorian says this development will likely stifle amnesty attempts as the committee chairmanship would give Grassley an “informal veto” over immigration legislation [Migration Hawk Chuck Grassley to Run Senate’s Immigration Committee, by Neil Munro, Breitbart, November 9, 2020].
It’s typical for Amnesty Graham to look for any opportunity to reward his corporate donors with cheap foreign labor. However, we live in a different time from 2013. Trump won record numbers of Hispanics with nationalism, not a promise of amnesty. My view: there is little appetite for the bad policies the party embraced after the defeat in 2012.


vdare--2020-11-11--Ann Coulter: The Democrats’ Guide to Losing Gracefully

Earlier by James Kirkpatrick : No Surrender !
President Trump Should Not Concede—No Matter What and by Michelle Malkin : No Time For Phony Healing Here are the times Democrats have conceded a presidential election with grace and dignity : OK , now on to my column .
I hope someone is recording the media ’ s demands that Trump supporters ACCEPT THE RESULTS OF THE ELECTION !
inasmuch as the Democrats refuse to accept the results of any presidential election they lose , unless it ’ s a landslide , and sometimes even then .
After George W. Bush @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Bush turnout in Florida by calling the state for Gore when polls were still open in the conservative panhandle—Gore contested the election until Dec. 13 , the day after the Supreme Court called off the endless recounts ( in only certain Florida counties ) demanded by Gore .
The night of the court ’ s ruling , Laurence Tribe [ Tweet him ] the Harvard law professor who ’ d argued one of Gore ’ s cases before the court , and Ed Rendell , general chairman of the Democratic National Committee , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ time for Gore to concede .
Both were immediately attacked by their fellow Democrats and forced to retract their statements .
Gore ’ s deputy campaign manager , Mark Fabiani , for example , told the New York Times that Rendell “ seems to be more interested in getting his mug on TV than in loyalty.
” The next day , Gore conceded , telling his supporters he had “ congratulated him on becoming the 43rd president of the United States , ” adding , “ while I strongly disagree with the court @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ” But that still wasn ’ t the end of it !
Weeks later , the Congressional Black Caucus tried to prevent congressional certification of the Electoral College for Bush , raising objection after objection on the House floor .
Over the course of the next year , the Florida ballots were painstakingly recounted by an independent investigative firm at a cost of nearly a million dollars , paid for by the same media outlets currently telling you to shut up and accept the results—including The New York Times , CNN , The @ @ @ @ @ @ @ along with several others .
The year-long , million-dollar recount led to this shocking conclusion : Bush still won .
As the Times put it , contrary to the claims of Gore partisans , “ the United States Supreme Court did not award an election to Mr. Bush that otherwise would have been won by Mr. Gore.
” And yet , to this day , Democrats claim Bush was “ selected , not elected , ” as so wittily put by Hillary Clinton .
Hillary was still harping on Bush ’ s stolen @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the 2008 cycle .
At a 2007 primary presidential debate , she delighted the Democratic audience by remarking , “ Well , I think it is a problem that Bush was elected in 2000 .
( APPLAUSE ) I actually thought somebody else was elected in that election , but … ( APPLAUSE ) .
” At a subsequent primary debate in 2008 , Hillary said that she and President Clinton had been making great progress “ until , unfortunately , the Supreme Court handed the presidency to George Bush.
” In 2006 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ York Times that the 2000 election was “ actually stolen.
” And so on .
When Bush was reelected in 2004 , Democrats again refused to accept the results of the election , and again attempted to block Congress ’ counting of electoral votes , this time with the connivance of Sen. Barbara Boxer .
Their smoking gun ?
The election results in Ohio didn ’ t match the exit polls !
If that ’ s not enough proof for you , and I can ’ t imagine why it wouldn ’ t @ @ @ @ @ @ @ by Diebold , and Diebold ’ s CEO was a Bush supporter .
Yes , apparently , the voting machines in Ohio were rigged to flip votes for Kerry to Bush .
This crackpot theory was pushed assiduously by Vanity Fair ( Michael Shnayerson in the April 2004 issue , and Christopher Hitchens in the March 2005 issue ) , Rolling Stone magazine ( Robert F. Kennedy Jr. , June 15 , 2006 ) , and in books : John Conyers ’ “ What Went Wrong in Ohio ” — introduction by Gore @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Stolen ?
” by Steven F. Freeman and Joel Bleifuss .
( You ’ ll have to read it to find out ! )
I haven ’ t even mentioned the craziest of the Democrat media complex ’ s attacks on the results of an election : Reagan ’ s 489-49 electoral landslide against Jimmy Carter in 1980 .
( Stay tuned ! )
• 1960 : Kennedy wins a razor-thin victory after a surprisingly high turnout of dead voters in Texas and Illinois—FAIR ELECTION , CLEAN AS A WHISTLE !
!
• @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ( and mythical ) “ Southern strategy.
” • 1980 : Reagan won by traitorously colluding with Iran to prevent the release of American hostages before the election !
• 1988 : Bush 41 won in a landslide because of his racist Willie Horton ads .
• 1992 : Clinton won with 43 % of the vote—FAIR ELECTION , CLEAN AS A WHISTLE !
!
• 1996 : Clinton won with 49 % of the vote—FAIR ELECTION , CLEAN AS A WHISTLE !
!
• 2000 : Bush 43 was “ selected , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ stole it for him .
• 2004 : Bush won because of Diebold hacking the voting machines in Ohio .
• 2016 : Trump won after colluding with Russia to persuade them to purchase $ 200,000 in Facebook ads .
If that ’ s how we ’ re supposed to “ accept the results of the election , ” then WOW—game on !
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 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 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 .

Earlier by James Kirkpatrick: No Surrender! President Trump Should Not Concede—No Matter What and by Michelle Malkin: No Time For Phony Healing
Here are the times Democrats have conceded a presidential election with grace and dignity:
OK, now on to my column.
I hope someone is recording the media’s demands that Trump supporters ACCEPT THE RESULTS OF THE ELECTION! inasmuch as the Democrats refuse to accept the results of any presidential election they lose, unless it’s a landslide, and sometimes even then.
After George W. Bush won the 2000 election—despite the media depressing Bush turnout in Florida by calling the state for Gore when polls were still open in the conservative panhandle—Gore contested the election until Dec. 13, the day after the Supreme Court called off the endless recounts (in only certain Florida counties) demanded by Gore.
The night of the court’s ruling, Laurence Tribe [Tweet him], the Harvard law professor who’d argued one of Gore’s cases before the court, and Ed Rendell, general chairman of the Democratic National Committee, went on TV and said it was time for Gore to concede.
Both were immediately attacked by their fellow Democrats and forced to retract their statements. Gore’s deputy campaign manager, Mark Fabiani, for example, told the New York Times that Rendell “seems to be more interested in getting his mug on TV than in loyalty.”
The next day, Gore conceded, telling his supporters he had “congratulated him on becoming the 43rd president of the United States,” adding, “while I strongly disagree with the court’s decision, I accept it.”
But that still wasn’t the end of it! Weeks later, the Congressional Black Caucus tried to prevent congressional certification of the Electoral College for Bush, raising objection after objection on the House floor.
Over the course of the next year, the Florida ballots were painstakingly recounted by an independent investigative firm at a cost of nearly a million dollars, paid for by the same media outlets currently telling you to shut up and accept the results—including the New York Times, CNN, the Washington Post and the Associated Press, along with several others.
The year-long, million-dollar recount led to this shocking conclusion: Bush still won. As the Times put it, contrary to the claims of Gore partisans, “the United States Supreme Court did not award an election to Mr. Bush that otherwise would have been won by Mr. Gore.”
And yet, to this day, Democrats claim Bush was “selected, not elected,” as so wittily put by Hillary Clinton.
Hillary was still harping on Bush’s stolen election when she ran for president in the 2008 cycle. At a 2007 primary presidential debate, she delighted the Democratic audience by remarking, “Well, I think it is a problem that Bush was elected in 2000. (APPLAUSE) I actually thought somebody else was elected in that election, but … (APPLAUSE).”
At a subsequent primary debate in 2008, Hillary said that she and President Clinton had been making great progress “until, unfortunately, the Supreme Court handed the presidency to George Bush.”
In 2006, Michael Kinsley claimed in the New York Times that the 2000 election was “actually stolen.”
And so on.
When Bush was reelected in 2004, Democrats again refused to accept the results of the election, and again attempted to block Congress’ counting of electoral votes, this time with the connivance of Sen. Barbara Boxer.
Their smoking gun? The election results in Ohio didn’t match the exit polls! If that’s not enough proof for you, and I can’t imagine why it wouldn’t be, the voting machines were manufactured by Diebold, and Diebold’s CEO was a Bush supporter. Yes, apparently, the voting machines in Ohio were rigged to flip votes for Kerry to Bush.
This crackpot theory was pushed assiduously by Vanity Fair (Michael Shnayerson in the April 2004 issue, and Christopher Hitchens in the March 2005 issue), Rolling Stone magazine (Robert F. Kennedy Jr., June 15, 2006), and in books: John Conyers’ “What Went Wrong in Ohio” — introduction by Gore Vidal—and “Was the 2004 Presidential Election Stolen?” by Steven F. Freeman and Joel Bleifuss. (You’ll have to read it to find out!)
I haven’t even mentioned the craziest of the Democrat media complex’s attacks on the results of an election: Reagan’s 489-49 electoral landslide against Jimmy Carter in 1980. (Stay tuned!) [UPDATE: Ann Coulter’s “October Surprise” Memories: Gee, Why Can’t Trump Accept Defeat Like the Democrats?]
Election results, according to Democrats:
1960: Kennedy wins a razor-thin victory after a surprisingly high turnout of dead voters in Texas and Illinois—FAIR ELECTION, CLEAN AS A WHISTLE!!
1964: Landslide election for Lyndon Johnson—FAIR ELECTION, CLEAN AS A WHISTLE!!
1968: Nixon won with his racist (and mythical) “Southern strategy.”
1972: Nixon landslide—no provable cheating.
1976: Carter won—FAIR ELECTION, CLEAN AS A WHISTLE!!
1980: Reagan won by traitorously colluding with Iran to prevent the release of American hostages before the election!
1984: Reagan landslide—no provable cheating.
1988: Bush 41 won in a landslide because of his racist Willie Horton ads.
1992: Clinton won with 43% of the vote—FAIR ELECTION, CLEAN AS A WHISTLE!!
1996: Clinton won with 49% of the vote—FAIR ELECTION, CLEAN AS A WHISTLE!!
2000: Bush 43 was “selected, not elected” after the Supreme Court stole it for him.
2004: Bush won because of Diebold hacking the voting machines in Ohio.
2008: Obama won—FAIR ELECTION, CLEAN AS A WHISTLE!!
2012: Obama won—FAIR ELECTION, CLEAN AS A WHISTLE!!
2016: Trump won after colluding with Russia to persuade them to purchase $200,000 in Facebook ads.
If that’s how we’re supposed to “accept the results of the election,” then WOW—game on!
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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--2020-11-11--Black Community Leaders On Anti Gun-Violence Task Force Object To Term "Gangs", Targeting "Heavily P

Black Community Leaders On Anti Gun-Violence Task Force Object To Term "Gangs", Targeting "Heavily Populated African American Areas"

In honor of the late Alex Trebek , let ’ s play a simple version of Jeopardy !
.
Only one category , and it ’ s the $ 600 choice .
Sorry , no chance for a daily double .
Oh , that category ?
Pulling the Trigger .
Without further adieu , here ’ s your $ 600 Pulling the Trigger option : Responsible for the Safety Task Force to Stop Fatal/nonfatal gun crime in Orlando Figure it out yet ?
The correct response is “ Who are black people ?
” Spread out six feet apart inside @ @ @ @ @ @ @ group of law enforcement , non-profit , school and community leaders met for Orange County ’ s first Citizen ’ s Safety Task Force meeting on Friday .
The group is made up of 30 members who all took a pledge to take on tough topics in relation to recent gun violence in the community .
The task force is a result of seven shootings involving teens and children under the age of 17 in recent months .
Those shootings led to the murders of Daquane Felix , 3 , Denis “ Joshua @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Fudge , 14 .
In each of these case , Orange County Sheriff John Mina reported they have received only six Crimeline tips or less .
“ The community working with the agencies , working with all the parties involved in the process is key , ” Orlando Police Chief Orlando Rolon said .
“ We have to make sure we do our part to provide that same message , the right message , especially to our youth.
” Both Mina and Rolon presented reports on the recent crime .
In Mina ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ up in Orange County by 22 % .
However , deputies have made 246 gang-related arrests and got more than 1,200 guns off the street .
But right after the presentation , community activist and task force members challenged the law enforcement leaders in conversation on broadly using the term gangs .
“ It seemed like the reports were targeting heavily populated African American areas , ” said member T.J. Legacy Cole .
“ You have to be careful when using that broad scope , ” added Michael Scott , with the organization @ @ @ @ @ @ @ If I hang with the bad guy and you say I ’ m a gang member , I ’ m not and you put pictures and tell folks I ’ m this kind of person and I ’ m part of the solution –why would I want to communicate with you ?
” It took what was supposed to be a procedural meeting to set goals and objectives – into a lively discussion .
State Attorney Aramis Ayala said that ’ s where solutions happen .
“ That ’ s where change happens @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Mayor Jerry Demings broke up the task force into subcommittees with four main objectives : prevention , intervention , enforcement and prosecution .
He ’ s given the task force 120 days to set recommendations and actionable goals to fight gun violence .
“ We are looking forward to having a detailed plan of action that will look holistically at dealing with reducing gun violence here within our community , ” Demings said .
Invariably , when the people are allowed to dictate policy , they ’ ll immediately question what happens to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ focusing too much unwanted attention on members of their community .
This is what sane people do , right ?
If black individuals collectively engaging in almost all of the gun violence in Orlando make majority black neighborhoods dangerous ( and where police dedicate more resources to combatting/stopping gun violence ) , obviously the goal of the newly created Citizen ’ s Safety Task Force is to steer law enforcement from doing anything to stop this senseless bloodshed .
Because Black Lives Matter or something , so aggressive police actions to protect innocent @ @ @ @ @ @ @ than locking up black gangbangers shooting other black people in Orlando .
After all , pattern recognition is the greatest sin in 2020 America .

In honor of the late Alex Trebek, let’s play a simple version of Jeopardy!.
Only one category, and it’s the $600 choice. Sorry, no chance for a daily double.
Oh, that category? Pulling the Trigger.
Without further adieu, here’s your $600 Pulling the Trigger option:
Responsible for the Safety Task Force to Stop Fatal/nonfatal gun crime in Orlando
Figure it out yet?
No?
Time’s up.
The correct response is “Who are black people?”
New Citizen’s Safety Task Force pledges to take solutions to community gun violence, ClickOrlando.com, November 7, 2020
Spread out six feet apart inside the Barnett Park Magic Gymnasium, a group of law enforcement, non-profit, school and community leaders met for Orange County’s first Citizen’s Safety Task Force meeting on Friday. The group is made up of 30 members who all took a pledge to take on tough topics in relation to recent gun violence in the community. The task force is a result of seven shootings involving teens and children under the age of 17 in recent months. Those shootings led to the murders of Daquane Felix, 3, Denis “Joshua” Atkinson, 14, and Daquarvious Fudge, 14. In each of these case, Orange County Sheriff John Mina reported they have received only six Crimeline tips or less. “The community working with the agencies, working with all the parties involved in the process is key,” Orlando Police Chief Orlando Rolon said. “We have to make sure we do our part to provide that same message, the right message, especially to our youth.” Both Mina and Rolon presented reports on the recent crime. In Mina’s report, he said homicides were up in Orange County by 22%. However, deputies have made 246 gang-related arrests and got more than 1,200 guns off the street. But right after the presentation, community activist and task force members challenged the law enforcement leaders in conversation on broadly using the term gangs. “It seemed like the reports were targeting heavily populated African American areas,” said member T.J. Legacy Cole. “You have to be careful when using that broad scope,” added Michael Scott, with the organization My Brother’s Keeper. “If I hang with the bad guy and you say I’m a gang member, I’m not and you put pictures and tell folks I’m this kind of person and I’m part of the solution –why would I want to communicate with you?” It took what was supposed to be a procedural meeting to set goals and objectives – into a lively discussion. State Attorney Aramis Ayala said that’s where solutions happen. “That’s where change happens,” she said. Orange County Mayor Jerry Demings broke up the task force into subcommittees with four main objectives: prevention, intervention, enforcement and prosecution. He’s given the task force 120 days to set recommendations and actionable goals to fight gun violence. “We are looking forward to having a detailed plan of action that will look holistically at dealing with reducing gun violence here within our community,” Demings said.
Invariably, when the people are allowed to dictate policy, they’ll immediately question what happens to their community and criticize law enforcement for focusing too much unwanted attention on members of their community.
This is what sane people do, right? If black individuals collectively engaging in almost all of the gun violence in Orlando make majority black neighborhoods dangerous (and where police dedicate more resources to combatting/stopping gun violence), obviously the goal of the newly created Citizen’s Safety Task Force is to steer law enforcement from doing anything to stop this senseless bloodshed.
Because Black Lives Matter or something, so aggressive police actions to protect innocent black lives is a far bigger crime than locking up black gangbangers shooting other black people in Orlando.
After all, pattern recognition is the greatest sin in 2020 America.
[Comment at Unz.com]


vdare--2020-11-11--Should Blacks Get The Vaccine First?

Should Blacks Get The Vaccine First?

Health experts want to prioritize people of color for a Covid-19 vaccine .
But how should it be done ?
By NICHOLAS ST. FLEUR @ SciFleur NOVEMBER 9 , 2020 As the U.S. edges closer to approving a vaccine for Covid-19 , a difficult decision is emerging as a central issue : Should people in hard-hit communities of color receive priority access to it , and if so , how should that be done ?
We know that the new Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine works very well at reducing susceptibility to the coming down with covid symptoms ( over 90 % reduction @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , but we don ’ t know much yet about how much it reduces infectiousness .
We have reasons to hope that it will also substantially decrease the likelihood that the vaccinated will infect others , but no numbers yet .
If it didn ’ t reduce infectiousness , then we ’ d have a simpler modeling problem of whom to prioritize , with only a few main inputs : how likely is somebody to get infected without the vaccine , how likely are they to die or suffer badly if they are @ @ @ @ @ @ @ vaccine to reduce their susceptibility ( with 90+ % effectiveness , it ’ s probably pretty likely to work not bad for most people , but we haven ’ t seen any data yet on how well it works for different demographics , such as the old .
If the vaccine also reduces infectiousness , then it would make sense to also prioritize people who are likely spreaders but unlikely to suffer much from it themselves : e.g.
, a 20-something who works part time at two different nursing homes and who lives @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Frontline health workers , elderly people , and those with chronic conditions that make them especially vulnerable to Covid-19 are likely to be at the head of the line , but there is also support among public health experts for making special efforts to deliver the vaccine early on to Black , Latino , Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander , and Native American people — who have experienced higher rates of serious illness and death from the coronavirus .
“ Having a racial preference for a Covid-19 vaccine is not only ethically @ @ @ @ @ @ @ s an ethical imperative , ” said Lawrence Gostin , a professor of global health law at Georgetown University .
“ The reason is both because of historic structural racism that ’ s resulted in grossly unequal health outcomes for all kinds of diseases , and because Covid-19 has so disproportionately impacted the lives of people of color.
” There are concerns , however , about legal objections to any framework that uses race and ethnicity when determining vaccine allocation and the way it might be interpreted in court .
For instance , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ workers to skip a white person in line for a vaccine in favor of a person of color , as Gostin wrote recently in the Journal of the American Medical Association .
He also noted that legally , a public health agency could probably not distribute vaccines to geographic locations based solely on race .
“ My worry is that if there was explicit racial priority given to the Covid-19 vaccine , we could be embroiled in litigation that would really undermine implementation of the vaccine process , and also be at great @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Court , particularly with its new conservative majority , ” Gostin told There is also concern that some groups , especially Black people , might be hesitant to be among the first to get a vaccine , given the history of mistreatment of Black patients in medical research .
“ The other challenge you have with saying , ‘ We want African Americans to step up first , ’ is that we don ’ t want people to feel that they ’ re being guinea pigs , ” said Georges Benjamin , executive @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
“ We need to be very careful .
We don ’ t want to give people the perception that they ’ re being experimented upon.
” Another issue is that the Pfizer vaccine requires two doses 21 days apart .
During the months when it is in short supply , we don ’ t want to waste a dose giving it to somebody who won ’ t get around to coming back in 21 days for the second shot .
Uh-oh , the word “ equitable ” has become a euphemism for @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Bad People so therefore it ’ s good racism.
” Do we even know anymore if blacks are hardest hit , or was that just something back in Spring ?
From the LA Times for the state of California : Here in California , Latinos are more than twice as like as blacks to have had an official case of corona .
I ’ m guessing that has something to do with blacks having a lot more room in their dwellings per person than do Latinos , who tend to have bigger households @ @ @ @ @ @ @ aren ’ t America ’ s current Sacred Cows , so this hasn ’ t gotten much attention .
Also , keep in mind that the various waves tend to hit different social groups .
In America , the very first tended to be Wuhanites , then followed by popular world travelers like Tom Hanks and skiers , then blacks ( especially I ’ m guessing ones who work at airports and in transit ) .
Then the summer wave in the Southwest hit Mexicans really hard , although they got less publicity @ @ @ @ @ @ @ wave , which started in the North Central states and is moving southward with the changing season , is probably hitting whites pretty hard , in that whites didn ’ t get hit that badly in the first 8 months , so now it ’ s their turn .
So , models based on politicized stereotypes from last spring may well be out of date .
And even the current trends might not predict the future .
For example , maybe blacks are particularly susceptible due to a lack of Vitamin D-producing sunshine @ @ @ @ @ @ @ likely to suffer in the next few months than in the last few months .
… “ We wanted to make sure that there was real consideration given to getting it to people who are at the highest risk , particularly communities of color , who oftentimes are higher on that social vulnerability scale , ” said Gayle .
The first phase outlined by the National Academies would include frontline health workers like those at hospitals or nursing homes and first responders who are at high risk of contracting the virus .
… @ @ @ @ @ @ @ sure even within those categories that we ’ re focused on the types of workers that oftentimes are neglected and fall through the cracks in our system , ” said Kirsten Bibbins-Domingo , an epidemiologist at the University of California , San Francisco , who was a reviewer for the report .
“ Those workers are disproportionately low-wage workers .
They ’ re disproportionately workers from communities of color.
” Bibbins-Domingo said taking an equitable approach to that first phase would mean making sure it ’ s not just doctors who receive the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ % of nursing home workers are Black , while among home health aides , 29.7 % are Black and 17.5 % are Latino .
… “ If you ’ re healthy , just the fact you ’ re African American doesn ’ t mean that you ought to get to the front of the line , ” Benjamin said .
“ If you ’ re African American , and you ’ re a bus driver , and you have chronic diseases .
Absolutely.
” I ’ ve long cited bus drivers as a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
At least since Jackie Gleason in The Honeymooners , it ’ s been acceptable and traditional for bus drivers to be fat ( which puts them at more risk of dying ) .
It ’ s not like being a fat flight attendant .
If you tend to be fat , driving a bus is not a job where your fatness inconveniences others .
Their jobs are important and can ’ t be done from home , and they are put into contact in enclosed places with lots of random people .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ need to include race in these prioritization models .
Are there really genetic differences that make one race more in danger ?
Or perhaps there are genetic differences that influence behavior — e.g.
, that make blacks more gregarious and in your face than Swedes .
Or maybe there are behavioral differences that we can reasonably ask people to change ?

From StatNews:
Health experts want to prioritize people of color for a Covid-19 vaccine. But how should it be done?
By NICHOLAS ST. FLEUR @SciFleur NOVEMBER 9, 2020 As the U.S. edges closer to approving a vaccine for Covid-19, a difficult decision is emerging as a central issue: Should people in hard-hit communities of color receive priority access to it, and if so, how should that be done?
We know that the new Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine works very well at reducing susceptibility to coming down with Covid symptoms (over 90% reduction in the clinical trial so far), but we don’t know much yet about how much it reduces infectiousness. We have reasons to hope that it will also substantially decrease the likelihood that the vaccinated will infect others, but no numbers yet.
If it didn’t reduce infectiousness, then we’d have a simpler modeling problem of whom to prioritize, with only a few main inputs: how likely is somebody to get infected without the vaccine, how likely are they to die or suffer badly if they are infected, and how likely is the vaccine to reduce their susceptibility (with 90%+ effectiveness, it’s probably pretty likely to work not bad for most people, but we haven’t seen any data yet on how well it works for different demographics, such as the old).
If the vaccine also reduces infectiousness, then it would make sense to also prioritize people who are likely spreaders but unlikely to suffer much from it themselves: e.g., a 20-something who works part time at two different nursing homes and who lives in a large household including elderly people.
Frontline health workers, elderly people, and those with chronic conditions that make them especially vulnerable to Covid-19 are likely to be at the head of the line, but there is also support among public health experts for making special efforts to deliver the vaccine early on to Black, Latino, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander, and Native American people — who have experienced higher rates of serious illness and death from the coronavirus. “Having a racial preference for a Covid-19 vaccine is not only ethically permissible, but I think it’s an ethical imperative,” said Lawrence Gostin, a professor of global health law at Georgetown University. “The reason is both because of historic structural racism that’s resulted in grossly unequal health outcomes for all kinds of diseases, and because Covid-19 has so disproportionately impacted the lives of people of color.” There are concerns, however, about legal objections to any framework that uses race and ethnicity when determining vaccine allocation and the way it might be interpreted in court. For instance, judicial scrutiny would not allow health care workers to skip a white person in line for a vaccine in favor of a person of color, as Gostin wrote recently in the Journal of the American Medical Association. He also noted that legally, a public health agency could probably not distribute vaccines to geographic locations based solely on race. “My worry is that if there was explicit racial priority given to the Covid-19 vaccine, we could be embroiled in litigation that would really undermine implementation of the vaccine process, and also be at great risk of being overturned by the Supreme Court, particularly with its new conservative majority,” Gostin told There is also concern that some groups, especially Black people, might be hesitant to be among the first to get a vaccine, given the history of mistreatment of Black patients in medical research. “The other challenge you have with saying, ‘We want African Americans to step up first,’ is that we don’t want people to feel that they’re being guinea pigs,” said Georges Benjamin, executive director of the American Public Health Association. “We need to be very careful. We don’t want to give people the perception that they’re being experimented upon.”
Another issue is that the Pfizer vaccine requires two doses 21 days apart. During the months when it is in short supply, we don’t want to waste a dose giving it to somebody who won’t get around to coming back in 21 days for the second shot.
The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, which gives vaccination guidance to the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, won’t make a decision on who should get a vaccine, and whether to give preference to communities of color, until a vaccine is approved. The group will be guided in part by a framework released last month by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, which advocates taking an equitable approach
Uh-oh, the word “equitable” has become a euphemism for “racist, but racist against the Bad People so therefore it’s good racism.”
to vaccine allocation. (Other frameworks that are informing ACIP’s discussion on vaccine distribution were created by the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and the World Health Organization Strategic Advisory Group of Experts.) The National Academies’ recommendations are broken down into four phases and set a goal to ensure that every step of the process takes into account the disproportionate public health and economic impact the virus has had on the elderly and communities of color. “We’re making sure that we’re prioritizing those communities who have borne the largest burden of this pandemic,” said Helene Gayle, president and CEO of the Chicago Community Trust and a co-chair of the National Academies report.
Do we even know anymore if blacks are hardest hit, or was that just something back in Spring? From the LA Times for the state of California:
Here in California, Latinos are more than twice as like as blacks to have had an official case of corona. I’m guessing that has something to do with blacks having a lot more room in their dwellings per person than do Latinos, who tend to have bigger households and live more densely. But Latinos aren’t America’s current Sacred Cows, so this hasn’t gotten much attention.
Also, keep in mind that the various waves tend to hit different social groups. In America, the very first tended to be Wuhanites, then followed by popular world travelers like Tom Hanks and skiers, then blacks (especially I’m guessing ones who work at airports and in transit). Then the summer wave in the Southwest hit Mexicans really hard, although they got less publicity. I’m figuring the latest wave, which started in the North Central states and is moving southward with the changing season, is probably hitting whites pretty hard, in that whites didn’t get hit that badly in the first 8 months, so now it’s their turn.
So, models based on politicized stereotypes from last spring may well be out of date.
And even the current trends might not predict the future. For example, maybe blacks are particularly susceptible due to a lack of Vitamin D-producing sunshine in winter, so they are more likely to suffer in the next few months than in the last few months.
… “We wanted to make sure that there was real consideration given to getting it to people who are at the highest risk, particularly communities of color, who oftentimes are higher on that social vulnerability scale,” said Gayle. The first phase outlined by the National Academies would include frontline health workers like those at hospitals or nursing homes and first responders who are at high risk of contracting the virus. … “An equity lens has to make sure even within those categories that we’re focused on the types of workers that oftentimes are neglected and fall through the cracks in our system,” said Kirsten Bibbins-Domingo, an epidemiologist at the University of California, San Francisco, who was a reviewer for the report. “Those workers are disproportionately low-wage workers. They’re disproportionately workers from communities of color.” Bibbins-Domingo said taking an equitable approach to that first phase would mean making sure it’s not just doctors who receive the vaccine. … The report said 27.8% of nursing home workers are Black, while among home health aides, 29.7% are Black and 17.5% are Latino. … “If you’re healthy, just the fact you’re African American doesn’t mean that you ought to get to the front of the line,” Benjamin said. “If you’re African American, and you’re a bus driver, and you have chronic diseases. Absolutely.”
I’ve long cited bus drivers as a category I’m especially concerned about. At least since Jackie Gleason in The Honeymooners, it’s been acceptable and traditional for bus drivers to be fat (which puts them at more risk of dying). It’s not like being a fat flight attendant. If you tend to be fat, driving a bus is not a job where your fatness inconveniences others. Their jobs are important and can’t be done from home, and they are put into contact in enclosed places with lots of random people.
So, one question is whether you need to include race in these prioritization models. Are there really genetic differences that make one race more in danger? Or perhaps there are genetic differences that influence behavior—e.g., that make blacks more gregarious and in your face than Swedes. Or maybe there are behavioral differences that we can reasonably ask people to change?
[Comment at Unz.com]


vdare--2020-11-11--The Rise Of The Nerd Jocks: Trevor Bauer And Bryson DeChambeau

An interesting development is the emergence of ornery nerd athletes like baseball pitcher Trevor Bauer , the likely 2020 National League Cy Young Award winner this month , and Bryson DeChambeau , the favorite to win The Masters golf tournament this weekend .
I wrote about Bauer ’ s quest to add MPH to his fastball in 2019 in my review of The MVP Machine , a book about how baseball in the post-analytics era is imitating golf in looking for obscure innovations in technique : Slow-moving golf is not thriving as a sport .
It ’ s likely not @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that it ’ s turning into team golf… .
Although a large fraction of American ballplayers play golf for fun , the two sports are psychologically distinct .
Pro golfers tend to be loners and tinkerers forever looking for an edge .
They tend not to be team players .
For example , the father of physics major-turned-golfer Bryson DeChambeau , golf ’ s equivalent to Bauer , recalled : “ Team sports didn ’ t work for Bryson .
He simply couldn ’ t understand why his teammates didn ’ t give @ @ @ @ @ @ @ he did .
It drove him crazy.
” Baseball , in contrast , is a team game , a sleepy summertime sport with an endlessly long schedule ( a 162-game regular season in the big leagues ) that isn ’ t conducive to obsessive practice .
Moreover , baseball players tend not to be bookish sorts .
The key to hitting a 90-mile-per-hour pitch is sharp eyesight , which doesn ’ t correlate with a scholarly disposition .
Coaches tended to be seen-it-all old-time players , although in the past few years , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the Dodgers have started to hire mad-scientist types from the ranks of obscure hitting and pitching instructors .
And baseball doesn ’ t have much room for guys who would drive their teammates crazy , like , say , Bauer .
With his Asperger-y personality , Bauer makes for an interesting if insufferable hero for The MVP Machine , as if Sheldon on The Big Bang Theory had honed himself into a pitcher who can throw 95 miles per hour through sheer know-it-allness .
This year , DeChambeau returned to the golf tour @ @ @ @ @ @ @ pounds of muscle .
He ’ s now hitting the longest drives by far of any top player in golf history , averaging 344 yards per teeshot this year , winning the U.S. Open easily .
And now he ’ s likely to turn venerable Augusta National into a drive and pitch course .
For example , he claims that if the fairways dry out , he might be able to drive the green on the 445 yard first hole at Augusta .
The Masters is the most popular tournament because it caters @ @ @ @ @ @ @ has won six Green Jackets , Tiger Woods five , Arnold Palmer four , and Phil Mickelson and Sam Snead ( among others ) three each .
Augusta National ’ s back nine par 5s , 13 and 15 , are great for Sunday excitement because in trying to reach the green in two instead of three shots , the contenders can make an eagle 3 or put it in the water and make a bogey 6 .
But DeChambeau threatens to turn 13 into a drive and wedge hole .

An interesting development is the emergence of ornery nerd athletes like baseball pitcher Trevor Bauer, the likely 2020 National League Cy Young Award winner this month, and Bryson DeChambeau, the favorite to win The Masters golf tournament this weekend.
I wrote about Bauer’s quest to add MPH to his fastball in 2019 in my review of The MVP Machine, a book about how baseball in the post-analytics era is imitating golf in looking for obscure innovations in technique:
Slow-moving golf is not thriving as a sport. It’s likely not good for baseball’s long-term health that it’s turning into team golf…. Although a large fraction of American ballplayers play golf for fun, the two sports are psychologically distinct. Pro golfers tend to be loners and tinkerers forever looking for an edge. They tend not to be team players. For example, the father of physics major-turned-golfer Bryson DeChambeau, golf’s equivalent to Bauer, recalled: “Team sports didn’t work for Bryson. He simply couldn’t understand why his teammates didn’t give maximum effort at all times, like he did. It drove him crazy.” Baseball, in contrast, is a team game, a sleepy summertime sport with an endlessly long schedule (a 162-game regular season in the big leagues) that isn’t conducive to obsessive practice. Moreover, baseball players tend not to be bookish sorts. The key to hitting a 90-mile-per-hour pitch is sharp eyesight, which doesn’t correlate with a scholarly disposition. Coaches tended to be seen-it-all old-time players, although in the past few years, pioneering teams like the Houston Astros and the Dodgers have started to hire mad-scientist types from the ranks of obscure hitting and pitching instructors. And baseball doesn’t have much room for guys who would drive their teammates crazy, like, say, Bauer. With his Asperger-y personality, Bauer makes for an interesting if insufferable hero for The MVP Machine, as if Sheldon on The Big Bang Theory had honed himself into a pitcher who can throw 95 miles per hour through sheer know-it-allness.
This year, DeChambeau returned to the golf tour from the pandemic shutdown with 20 extra pounds of muscle. He’s now hitting the longest drives by far of any top player in golf history, averaging 344 yards per teeshot this year, winning the U.S. Open easily. And now he’s likely to turn venerable Augusta National into a drive and pitch course. For example, he claims that if the fairways dry out, he might be able to drive the green on the 445 yard first hole at Augusta.
The Masters is the most popular tournament because it caters to the big bombers: Jack Nicklaus has won six Green Jackets, Tiger Woods five, Arnold Palmer four, and Phil Mickelson and Sam Snead (among others) three each. Augusta National’s back nine par 5s, 13 and 15, are great for Sunday excitement because in trying to reach the green in two instead of three shots, the contenders can make an eagle 3 or put it in the water and make a bogey 6.
But DeChambeau threatens to turn 13 into a drive and wedge hole.
[Comment at Unz.com]


vdare--2020-11-11--Sailer In Taki's: The New Normal

Sailer In Taki's: The New Normal

From my new column in Taki ’ s Magazine : The New Normal : By Any Means Necessary Steve Sailer @ @ @ @ @ the shameful and shameless tactics deployed by the Establishment against Donald Trump in 2020—censoring online @ @ @ @ @ , covering up mass lawbreaking , blacklisting , threats of additional riots if Biden is @ @ @ @ @ more—will be dropped going forward as only having been justified by the once-in-a-lifetime Ends Justify @ @ @ @ @ Trump .
Or will By Any Means Necessary become the new normal ?
Will Democrats @ @ @ @ @ for their 2020 extremism and promise not to do it again ?
Or , more @ @ @ @ @ success of their anti-American norm-breaking make them feel justified in amping up their bad behavior @ @ @ @ @ they must do whatever it takes to head off the possibility of Another Trump ever @ @ @

From my new column in Taki’s Magazine:
The New Normal: By Any Means Necessary
Steve Sailer
November 11, 2020
A huge question is whether the shameful and shameless tactics deployed by the Establishment against Donald Trump in 2020—censoring online media, editorializing the news, covering up mass lawbreaking, blacklisting, threats of additional riots if Biden is not elected, and much more—will be dropped going forward as only having been justified by the once-in-a-lifetime Ends Justify the Means necessity to dump Trump.
Or will By Any Means Necessary become the new normal?
Will Democrats and their media enablers apologize for their 2020 extremism and promise not to do it again? Or, more likely, will the tenuous success of their anti-American norm-breaking make them feel justified in amping up their bad behavior post-Trump on the grounds that they must do whatever it takes to head off the possibility of Another Trump ever again arising?


vdare--2020-11-11--Austria Fights Islamic Terror But Is Doomed To Slow Motion Defeat Without Nationalism

Austria and its center-right government is on the front line of fighting Islamic terrorism in Europe : It is also not overly surprising that Austria has been hit .
Beyond the cliché images of a placid Alpine country with a capital that regularly ranks first in the world ’ s quality of life rankings , in recent years Austria has faced high levels of jihadi radicalization .
Tellingly , the number of foreign fighters who left Austria to join the Islamic State ( as many as 300 ) is one of the highest per capita in Europe .
It is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ scene , historically created by Arab militants who have found refuge in Austria since the 1980s .
A prominent product of this scene was Mohamed Mahmoud , the son of an Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood refugee in Vienna who started some of the first online jihadi platforms in German before joining the Islamic State in Syria and dying in a U.S. airstrike .
[ Austria , Not France , Is the Model for Europe 's Crackdown on Islamists , by Lorenzo Vidino , Foreign Policy , November 11 , 2020 ] Of course , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ because it has imported a large Muslim population , the `` sea '' in which Islamic terrorists can swim , to use Mao 's famous analogy .
Thus , Austria now has the job of raiding organizations like the Muslim Brotherhood and being on almost permanent alert , with a hostile population within its own borders [ Austria : Police raid Muslim Brotherhood , Hamas-linked targets , DW , November 9 , 2020 ] .
Interior Minister Karl Nehammer says these raids are also designed to `` protect Muslims , '' but Muslims @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , some Muslim activists are protesting what they call the Austrian ( and French ) government 's `` Islamophobia '' and warn that such raids may inspire further extremism .
Naturally , even non-Muslim activists feel there is something wrong with the government acting against a group which is essentially a protected class on the Continent .
I.R.I , who has led demonstrations against Egypt 's military dictator Abdulfettah al-Sisi , said that words fail to describe the experiences of many Muslims detained with him that day .
I.R.I , who did not @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the investigation was ongoing , said that the police broke into their house early morning .
They entered their bedrooms with long-barreled guns treating them like terrorists ... Austrian activist Michael Probsting said that the operation in which dozens of Muslims were detained is a clear indication of their determination to suppress religion and world views , which the government is dissatisfied with , as in France .
“ Freedom of speech exists only for Charlie Hebdo and those who hate Islam .
However , freedom of thought is denied to those who @ @ @ @ @ @ @ are against Islamophobic racism .
It is a big scandal , ” said Probsting .
“ I am not a Muslim but it doesn ’ t matter .
Muslims and non-Muslims should act together to defend basic democratic rights , ” he added .
[ Austria : Operation against Muslims causes backlash , by Askin Kiyagan , AA.TR , November 11 , 2020 ] This Sisyphean task will never end .
There will always be some extremist element within the Muslim community in Europe and so police will monitor them and occasionally raid @ @ @ @ @ @ @ will make that group feel like they are an enemy of the state and react against it .
Political activists who would never defend the right of indigenous Europeans to speak out against their displacement on the Continent will naturally defend Muslims .
Muslims also have a political ally in Turkey , where President Erdogan is styling himself as a defender of Muslims within Europe [ Erdogan highlights double-standards in treatment of Muslims and attacks , by TRTWorld , November 3 , 2020 ] .
Combined with his neo-Ottoman pretensions , Turkey can @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a foreign policy triumph in the recent war between Azerbaijan and Armenia , where he openly backed the former while the West shamefully betrayed the latter , leading to a humiliating defeat for the world 's first Christian state [ Armenia , Azerbaijan and Russia sign Nagorno-Karabakh peace deal , BBC , November 10 , 2020 ] .
Austria and all Europe is facing a losing struggle unless they can forthrightly declare that Europe is for Europeans [ Erdogan 's 'Neo-Ottomanism ' Reaches the Caucasus , by Salman Rafi Sheikh , New Eastern @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Of course , since Europe now defines itself by `` secularism '' and `` liberal values , '' why should they care what happens to Armenia ?
Why should they care about what happens to their countries , which have essentially just become large shopping malls and tourist traps ?
Erdogan offers a vision of strength and renewed empire ; Europe cowers , and defines itself by its vices .
Europe needs nationalism , not more timid liberalism .
Unfortunately , the `` conservative '' Austrian government has already purged nationalists from @ @ @ @ @ @ @ left with influence who can make that argument .
Thus , this slow-motion defeat will roll on , even ( perhaps especially ) under `` conservatives . ''

Austria and its center-right government is on the front line of fighting Islamic terrorism in Europe:
It is also not overly surprising that Austria has been hit. Beyond the cliché images of a placid Alpine country with a capital that regularly ranks first in the world’s quality of life rankings, in recent years Austria has faced high levels of jihadi radicalization. Tellingly, the number of foreign fighters who left Austria to join the Islamic State (as many as 300) is one of the highest per capita in Europe. It is home to a large and sophisticated jihadi scene, historically created by Arab militants who have found refuge in Austria since the 1980s. A prominent product of this scene was Mohamed Mahmoud, the son of an Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood refugee in Vienna who started some of the first online jihadi platforms in German before joining the Islamic State in Syria and dying in a U.S. airstrike. [Austria, Not France, Is the Model for Europe's Crackdown on Islamists, by Lorenzo Vidino, Foreign Policy, November 11, 2020]
Of course, the reason Austria has this problem is because it has imported a large Muslim population, the "sea" in which Islamic terrorists can swim, to use Mao's famous analogy. Thus, Austria now has the job of raiding organizations like the Muslim Brotherhood and being on almost permanent alert, with a hostile population within its own borders [Austria: Police raid Muslim Brotherhood, Hamas-linked targets, DW, November 9, 2020]. Interior Minister Karl Nehammer says these raids are also designed to "protect Muslims," but Muslims themselves may see it differently.
Thus, some Muslim activists are protesting what they call the Austrian (and French) government's "Islamophobia" and warn that such raids may inspire further extremism. Naturally, even non-Muslim activists feel there is something wrong with the government acting against a group which is essentially a protected class on the Continent.
I.R.I, who has led demonstrations against Egypt's military dictator Abdulfettah al-Sisi, said that words fail to describe the experiences of many Muslims detained with him that day. I.R.I, who did not want his name to be disclosed because the investigation was ongoing, said that the police broke into their house early morning. They entered their bedrooms with long-barreled guns treating them like terrorists... Austrian activist Michael Probsting said that the operation in which dozens of Muslims were detained is a clear indication of their determination to suppress religion and world views, which the government is dissatisfied with, as in France. “Freedom of speech exists only for Charlie Hebdo and those who hate Islam. However, freedom of thought is denied to those who defend the rights of Muslims and who are against Islamophobic racism. It is a big scandal,” said Probsting. “I am not a Muslim but it doesn’t matter. Muslims and non-Muslims should act together to defend basic democratic rights,” he added. [Austria: Operation against Muslims causes backlash, by Askin Kiyagan, aa.com.tr/en, November 11, 2020]
This Sisyphean task will never end. There will always be some extremist element within the Muslim community in Europe and so police will monitor them and occasionally raid their organizations. In turn, this will make that group feel like they are an enemy of the state and react against it. Political activists who would never defend the right of indigenous Europeans to speak out against their displacement on the Continent will naturally defend Muslims.
Muslims also have a political ally in Turkey, where President Erdogan is styling himself as a defender of Muslims within Europe [Erdogan highlights double-standards in treatment of Muslims and attacks, TRTWorld, November 3, 2020]. Combined with his neo-Ottoman pretensions, Turkey can intimidate a weak Europe. Erdogan scored a foreign policy triumph in the recent war between Azerbaijan and Armenia, where he openly backed the former while the West shamefully betrayed the latter, leading to a humiliating defeat for the world's first Christian state [Armenia, Azerbaijan and Russia sign Nagorno-Karabakh peace deal, BBC, November 10, 2020].
Austria and all Europe is facing a losing struggle unless they can forthrightly declare that Europe is for Europeans [Erdogan's 'Neo-Ottomanism' Reaches the Caucasus, by Salman Rafi Sheikh, New Eastern Outlook, October 29, 2020]. Of course, since Europe now defines itself by "secularism" and "liberal values," why should they care what happens to Armenia? Why should they care about what happens to their countries, which have essentially just become large shopping malls and tourist traps?
Erdogan offers a vision of strength and renewed empire; Europe cowers, and defines itself by its vices. Europe needs nationalism, not more timid liberalism. Unfortunately, the "conservative" Austrian government has already purged nationalists from its coalition, so there are few left with influence who can make that argument. Thus, this slow-motion defeat will roll on, even (perhaps especially) under "conservatives."


vdare--2020-11-09--The Rise And Fall Of Trump's Voter Integrity Commission

See this on Twitter here .
In May 2017 , President Trump created an Election Integrity Commission to help preserve American democracy , which was menaced , not by his election , but by traditional Democrat fraud and alien voters .
See President Trump Creates Voter Integrity Commission Headed By Kris Kobach , May 14 , 2017 .
See Stories of Unlawful Voting Are Sent to Integrity Commission , September 12 , 2017 and see also Detailed stories of fraud and weaknesses in election system are sent to voter integrity commission , By Stephen Dinan , Washington Times , September @ @ @ @ @ @ @ were sought by the ACLU , the Lawyers ’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law , and others , attempting to prevent the Presidential Commission on Election Integrity from having its first meeting in Washington , D.C. See Kris Kobach and Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity Move Forward , July 25 , 2017 and Kobach : A Victory for Public Information , Breitbart.com , by Kris W. Kobach , July 19 , 2017 .
On January 3 , 2018 , Trump disbanded the Commission , and the New York Times took a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Voter Fraud , by Michael Tackett and Michael Wines , New York Times , January 3 , 2018 .
See Election Integrity Commission Disbanded By Trump Due To Treason Lobby Lawfare .
Despite substantial evidence of voter fraud , many states have refused to provide the Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity with basic information relevant to its inquiry .
Rather than engage in endless legal battles at taxpayer expense , today President Donald J. Trump signed an executive order to dissolve the Commission , and he has asked the Department of Homeland @ @ @ @ @ @ @ determine next courses of action .
Statement by the Press Secretary on the Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity I described that on Twitter as `` Forget it , Jake , it 's Chinatown '' moment , following Steve Sailer .
Of course , the movie Chinatown is about evil white rich people .
But the saying `` Forget it , Jake , it 's Chinatown '' comes from the fact that the literal Chinatown is so inscrutable and corrupt that normal white cops ca n't do anything about it .
And that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Immigration Wrought ?
Voter Fraud In Chinatown !

See this on Twitter here.
In May 2017, President Trump created an Election Integrity Commission to help preserve American democracy, which was menaced, not by his election, but by traditional Democrat fraud and alien voters.
See President Trump Creates Voter Integrity Commission Headed By Kris Kobach, May 14, 2017.
They heard stories:
"A Texas election judge said that when he asked one voter to show his ID, the man whipped out his green card, signaling he was a legal immigrant but not a citizen and shouldn’t have been voting at all."
See Stories of Unlawful Voting Are Sent to Integrity Commission, September 12, 2017 and see also Detailed stories of fraud and weaknesses in election system are sent to voter integrity commission, By Stephen Dinan, Washington Times, September 11, 2017.
Temporary restraining orders were sought by the ACLU, the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, and others, attempting to prevent the Presidential Commission on Election Integrity from having its first meeting in Washington, D.C.
See Kris Kobach and Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity Move Forward, July 25, 2017 and Kobach: A Victory for Public Information, Breitbart.com, by Kris W. Kobach, July 19, 2017.
By January 2018, the well-funded Treason Lobby, backed by compliant judges, had the Commission so bogged down in litigation, it was unable to meet. See See Trump's Election Integrity Commission Prevented From Meeting Due To Litigation. Why Is Secure Voter ID So Controversial?, January 1, 2018
On January 3, 2018, Trump disbanded the Commission, and the New York Times took a victory lap: Trump Disbands Commission on Voter Fraud, by Michael Tackett and Michael Wines, New York Times, January 3, 2018.
See Election Integrity Commission Disbanded By Trump Due To Treason Lobby Lawfare.
Despite substantial evidence of voter fraud, many states have refused to provide the Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity with basic information relevant to its inquiry. Rather than engage in endless legal battles at taxpayer expense, today President Donald J. Trump signed an executive order to dissolve the Commission, and he has asked the Department of Homeland Security to review its initial findings and determine next courses of action.
Statement by the Press Secretary on the Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity
Issued on: January 3, 2018
I described that on Twitter as "Forget it, Jake, it's Chinatown" moment, following Steve Sailer.
Of course, the movie Chinatown is about evil white rich people. But the saying "Forget it, Jake, it's Chinatown" comes from the fact that the literal Chinatown is so inscrutable and corrupt that normal white cops can't do anything about it.
And that includes voting fraud: see What Hath Immigration Wrought? Voter Fraud In Chinatown!


vdare--2020-11-12--The Rise And Fall (Alas!) Of Trump's Voter Integrity Comission: A Round Up

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No one knows who won the election .
Accusations of fraud are abundant despite the Main Stream Media 's attempts to suppress .
Should n't there be some kind of commission to investigate ?
Well , there was !
So what happened ?
The Rise And Fall Of Trump 's Voter Integrity Commission '' The New York Times Opinion section explains that vote fraud is practically impossible because it would require a large number @ @ @ @ @ @ @ with machine-like coordination : a `` political machine '' if you can imagine such a thing . ''
—Steve Sailer , NYT : Vote Fraud Would Require Many Politicos Working Together Like a Machine : a 'Political Machine , ' if You Can Imagine Such a Concept But there 's more : Virginia ( Dare ) , There WERE Shy Trump Voters .
And Polls On BLM Etc .
Are Even Worse Patrick J. Buchanan : Will The State Of Georgia Halt The Radicals ' Revolution ?
NYT : Vote Fraud Would Require @ @ @ @ @ @ @ : a 'Political Machine , ' if You Can Imagine Such a Concept Do Third World Countries Take As Long To Count Votes As The US ?
Why Did Pfizer And FDA Agree To Not Release The News Of The Vaccine 's Success In October As The Original Protocol Would Have Required ?

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No one knows who won the election. Accusations of fraud are abundant despite the Main Stream Media's attempts to suppress. Shouldn't there be some kind of commission to investigate? Well, there was! So what happened?
Find out here!
The Rise And Fall Of Trump's Voter Integrity Commission
Steve Sailer ponders:
"The New York Times Opinion section explains that vote fraud is practically impossible because it would require a large number of people working together to win elections with machine-like coordination: a "political machine" if you can imagine such a thing." —Steve Sailer, NYT: Vote Fraud Would Require Many Politicos Working Together Like a Machine: a 'Political Machine,' if You Can Imagine Such a Concept
But there's more:
Virginia (Dare), There WERE Shy Trump Voters. And Polls On BLM Etc. Are Even Worse
THE SACRED FURY Sale - Extended!
Patrick J. Buchanan: Will The State Of Georgia Halt The Radicals' Revolution?
NYT: Vote Fraud Would Require Many Politicos Working Together Like a Machine: a 'Political Machine,' if You Can Imagine Such a Concept
Do Third World Countries Take As Long To Count Votes As The US?
Why Did Pfizer And FDA Agree To Not Release The News Of The Vaccine's Success In October As The Original Protocol Would Have Required?


vdare--2020-11-12--Patrick J. Buchanan: Who Owns the Future? Dems or GOP?

For Republicans , the returns were mixed on Nov. 3 .
Though he carried burdens unrivaled by a president since Herbert Hoover—a plague that has killed 230,000 Americans in eight months and crashed the economy to depths not seen since the '30s—Donald J. Trump amassed 72 million votes , the largest total in Republican Party history .
And while he lost the popular vote , Trump held off the predicted `` blue wave . ''
He added seats in the House , a feat rivaling that of Richard Nixon , who added 22 GOP House seats while losing to JFK @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the top of the GOP ticket , the Senate remained Republican .
Even Joe Biden 's 5 million vote margin was a tribute to Trump , who brought out friends and foes in astounding numbers , while Biden sheltered in place in his Wilmington basement reading cliches from his teleprompter .
Democrats , however , had great successes as well , reconstructing their `` blue wall , '' by winning all 18 states they had won in each of the presidential elections from 1992 through 2012 .
Of what does the blue wall @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , save New Hampshire ; New York , New Jersey and the mid-Atlantic states of Pennsylvania , Delaware and Maryland ; the Middle America quadrant of Wisconsin , Michigan , Illinois and Minnesota ; and the Pacific Coast states of California , Oregon and Washington .
Not only did Biden rebuild that blue wall , he also added New Hampshire and Virginia , thereby carrying every state that touches the Atlantic from Maine to North Carolina .
Democrats gained ground in the Republican heartland as well .
Where Nixon in 1972 and Reagan @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the Old Confederacy—as did Woodrow Wilson and FDR in the days of Dixiecrat segregation—the GOP mega-states of Florida and Texas became visibly competitive .
North Carolina and Georgia are becoming toss-ups .
And Virginia , capital of the Confederacy , where they now tear down statues of Robert E. Lee , is closer to blue .
The existential GOP problem ?
The party has lost the popular vote in seven of the last eight presidential elections .
Consistent and growing popular vote majorities for Democrats must one day translate into consistent and permanent @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the minorities ' party and Republicans the party of America 's white majority .
White folks are roughly 60 % of the U.S. population , though closer to 70 % of the electorate .
Both those figures , however , are slowly and steadily falling .
Republicans are going to have to grow their share of the white vote and their share of the Hispanic , Black and Asian vote or their future will begin to look like California today , where the Grand Old Party does not hold a single statewide office @ @ @ @ @ @ @ for the GOP .
Democrats are the party of government and Republicans the party of the private sector .
But the number of Americans who depend on federal programs—Social Security , Medicare , Medicaid , food stamps , student loans , housing subsidies , Earned Income Tax Credits , affirmative action—is growing , while the share of the population that contributes most to the programs is shrinking .
The top 1 % of the population in income pays more taxes than the bottom 90 % .
The top 50 % of the population @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , while the bottom 50 % pays only 3 % .
If people who receive a cornucopia of benefits pay no income taxes , then why would they vote against a party that promises them still more benefits , to be paid for by raising the income taxes of someone else ?
As John C. Calhoun declaimed on the roots of democratic class warfare , '' The necessary result ... of the unequal fiscal action of the government is , to divide the community into two great classes ; one consisting of those @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ... bear exclusively the burthen of supporting the government ; and the other , of those who are the recipients of their proceeds , through disbursements , and who are ... supported by the government ; or , in fewer words , to divide it into tax-payers and tax-consumers . ''
If Democrats can kill the filibuster and pack the Supreme Court , if they can add four new senators from Puerto Rico and D.C. , and if they can pack the electorate by turning millions of migrants , legal and illegal , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ then you do n't need to be a weatherman to know which way the wind is blowing .
Yet , as seen in California , conservatism is not dead : On Nov. 3 , Californians came out to crush Proposition 16 , an attempt by leftists to cut out of the state constitution a provision that forbids racial or gender discrimination in public employment , education and contracting .
The margin of defeat for Prop 16 was 56 % to 44 % .
Patrick J. Buchanan needs no introduction to VDARE.COM readers ; @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 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 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Map For Trump .

For Republicans, the returns were mixed on Nov. 3.
Though he carried burdens unrivaled by a president since Herbert Hoover—a plague that has killed 230,000 Americans in eight months and crashed the economy to depths not seen since the '30s—Donald J. Trump amassed 72 million votes, the largest total in Republican Party history.
And while he lost the popular vote, Trump held off the predicted "blue wave." He added seats in the House, a feat rivaling that of Richard Nixon, who added 22 GOP House seats while losing to JFK in 1960. And with Trump at the top of the GOP ticket, the Senate remained Republican.
Even Joe Biden's 5 million vote margin was a tribute to Trump, who brought out friends and foes in astounding numbers, while Biden sheltered in place in his Wilmington basement reading cliches from his teleprompter.
Democrats, however, had great successes as well, reconstructing their "blue wall," by winning all 18 states they had won in each of the presidential elections from 1992 through 2012.
Of what does the blue wall consist? All six New England states, save New Hampshire; New York, New Jersey and the mid-Atlantic states of Pennsylvania, Delaware and Maryland; the Middle America quadrant of Wisconsin, Michigan, Illinois and Minnesota; and the Pacific Coast states of California, Oregon and Washington.
Not only did Biden rebuild that blue wall, he also added New Hampshire and Virginia, thereby carrying every state that touches the Atlantic from Maine to North Carolina.
Democrats gained ground in the Republican heartland as well.
Where Nixon in 1972 and Reagan in 1984 swept all 11 states of the Old Confederacy—as did Woodrow Wilson and FDR in the days of Dixiecrat segregation—the GOP mega-states of Florida and Texas became visibly competitive. North Carolina and Georgia are becoming toss-ups. And Virginia, capital of the Confederacy, where they now tear down statues of Robert E. Lee, is closer to blue.
The existential GOP problem? The party has lost the popular vote in seven of the last eight presidential elections. Consistent and growing popular vote majorities for Democrats must one day translate into consistent and permanent electoral vote majorities.
Democrats remain today the minorities' party and Republicans the party of America's white majority. White folks are roughly 60% of the U.S. population, though closer to 70% of the electorate. Both those figures, however, are slowly and steadily falling.
Demography is still destiny.
Republicans are going to have to grow their share of the white vote and their share of the Hispanic, Black and Asian vote or their future will begin to look like California today, where the Grand Old Party does not hold a single statewide office.
There are other presently insoluble problems for the GOP.
Democrats are the party of government and Republicans the party of the private sector. But the number of Americans who depend on federal programs—Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, food stamps, student loans, housing subsidies, Earned Income Tax Credits, affirmative action—is growing, while the share of the population that contributes most to the programs is shrinking.
The top 1% of the population in income pays more taxes than the bottom 90%. The top 50% of the population pays 97% of the income taxes, while the bottom 50% pays only 3%.
If people who receive a cornucopia of benefits pay no income taxes, then why would they vote against a party that promises them still more benefits, to be paid for by raising the income taxes of someone else?
As John C. Calhoun declaimed on the roots of democratic class warfare,
"The necessary result... of the unequal fiscal action of the government is, to divide the community into two great classes; one consisting of those who... pay the taxes, and... bear exclusively the burthen of supporting the government; and the other, of those who are the recipients of their proceeds, through disbursements, and who are... supported by the government; or, in fewer words, to divide it into tax-payers and tax-consumers."
Who owns the future?
If Democrats can kill the filibuster and pack the Supreme Court, if they can add four new senators from Puerto Rico and D.C., and if they can pack the electorate by turning millions of migrants, legal and illegal, into U.S. citizens and regular voters, then you don't need to be a weatherman to know which way the wind is blowing.
Yet, as seen in California, conservatism is not dead:
On Nov. 3, Californians came out to crush Proposition 16, an attempt by leftists to cut out of the state constitution a provision that forbids racial or gender discrimination in public employment, education and contracting. The margin of defeat for Prop 16 was 56% to 44%.
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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--2020-11-12--The Code Of The Hood Says Black Lives DON'T Matter...To Other Blacks

A bit of social media randomness from Kansas City : ‘ Hope he died ’ : Why is Kansas City man who was shot on live video being ridiculed online ?
, by Toriano Porter , Kansas City Star , November 6 , 2020 Two black men argue .
One is , in the language of the street , `` bumping his gums '' at the other .
The other pulls out a gun and shoots the gum-bumper .
It 's all captured on streaming video .
The street community jumps on to social media to ... side with the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ street says that if you 're running your mouth , you should n't be `` caught lackin ' '' .
That means , caught without a firearm .
And you deserve what you get .
The episode even caught the attention of Willie D , a former Geto Boys rapper , who gave the stamp of street approval to the shooting .
The problem , as noted by the Star 's writer , quoting the victim 's mother , is that you ca n't follow the street code and declare that Black Lives @ @ @ @ @ @ @ between the reality of black behavior and the fantasies entertained by whites , both liberal and conservative , who stay as far away from black neighborhoods as possible .

A bit of social media randomness from Kansas City: ‘Hope he died’: Why is Kansas City man who was shot on live video being ridiculed online?, by Toriano Porter, Kansas City Star, November 6, 2020
Two black men argue. One is, in the language of the street, "bumping his gums" at the other.
The other pulls out a gun and shoots the gum-bumper.
The gum-bumper survives.
It's all captured on streaming video.
The street community jumps on to social media to... side with the shooter.
‘Hope he died’: Why is Kansas City man who was shot on live video being ridiculed online? https://t.co/9IWL8qc4U9 — The Kansas City Star (@KCStar) November 6, 2020
Because the code of the street says that if you're running your mouth, you shouldn't be "caught lackin'." That means, caught without a firearm. And you deserve what you get.
The episode even caught the attention of Willie D, a former Geto Boys rapper, who gave the stamp of street approval to the shooting.
The problem, as noted by the Star's writer, quoting the victim's mother, is that you can't follow the street code and declare that Black Lives Matter.
True enough.
But it underscores the distance between the reality of black behavior and the fantasies entertained by whites, both liberal and conservative, who stay as far away from black neighborhoods as possible.


vdare--2020-11-12--Abolishing Immigration Control: Biden Wants To Reverse ALL The Gains Made By Trump....And America

Earlier : Biden Plans To Stop Building The Wall , Open The Floodgates , As Border-Crossers Start Returning Elections have consequences .
All of those amazing plans Stephen Miller had for Trump ’ s second term ( punishing sanctuary cities , limiting asylum , more travel bans ... and a continued immigration moratorium ) seem lost in the wind of change preparing to sweep across Washington DC .
As James Kirkpatrick noted in a July 2019 piece here , Say It , GOP !
—Or Just Give It Up : Open Borders Is TREASON !
The Left Is ANTI-WHITE !
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ , Joe Biden will be the next President of the United States .
All of those executive orders and actions President Trump ’ s advisors promised were coming in his second term do seem lost , like tears in the rain .
Instead , we get to find out just how treasonous the Democrats are when it comes to putting the interest of the American people and the Historic American Nation first : While the COVID-19 public health crisis and its impact on the U.S. economy will preoccupy President-elect Joe Biden during his @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Democratic administration is also expected to quickly start dismantling President Trump 's immigration agenda .
After Mr. Biden is sworn-in in January , his administration will move to fully restore an Obama-era program that shields 640,000 undocumented immigrants who were brought to the U.S. as children from deportation , halting Mr. Trump 's unsuccessful efforts to end it , people familiar with the plans told CBS News .
The incoming administration also intends to rescind Mr. Trump 's travel and immigration restrictions on 13 mostly African or predominantly Muslim countries .
Mr. Biden @ @ @ @ @ @ @ on deportations while his administration issues guidance narrowing who can be arrested by immigration agents .
Obama-era memos that prioritized the deportation of immigrants with criminal convictions , recent border-crossers and those who entered the country illegally more than once were scrapped in 2017 by Mr. Trump so that no unauthorized immigrant would be exempted from being arrested and removed from the country .
A source familiar with Mr. Biden 's plans said new guidance would be designed to curb so-called `` collateral arrests , '' which are apprehensions of immigrants who are @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Customs Enforcement ( ICE ) operations but are nevertheless taken into custody because they are in the country without legal status .
Mr. Trump made immigration a major theme of his insurgent and successful 2016 campaign .
Despite frequent court challenges , his administration achieved rare success on this front in four years , reshaping the U.S. immigration system through more than 400 high-profile and little-noticed policy changes .
However , all of Mr. Trump 's immigration measures — from the so-called `` travel ban '' and the efforts to end the Deferred @ @ @ @ @ @ @ program , to new requirements for green cards and the asylum restrictions for migrants at the U.S. southern border — were enacted without Congress through proclamations , policy memos , regulations or other executive actions .
With his defeat , Mr. Trump 's immigration policy changes are now vulnerable — and Mr. Biden 's team is eager to begin the process of undoing most of them .
`` All that stuff was done administratively through the [ president 's ] executive authority , and so a new executive can basically reject those and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ familiar with the Biden team 's plans told CBS News .
Perhaps there was ballot tampering in Georgia , Michigan , Wisconsin , Arizona , Nevada , and Pennsylvania , and the courts will throw out hundreds of thousands of illegal votes and miraculously give President Trump four more years as POTUS , but make no mistake : mass immigration and amnesty will do far more to nullify the votes of white conservatives and ensure the GOP is no longer a national party capable of even competing to win the electoral college in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Trump in 2016 thought we were going to get mass deportations and a wall , but instead all we got were promises of something far tougher in his 2nd term .
Alas , such wishful thinking that could have easily been implemented in his 1st term is now replaced with promises of Biden quickly reversing those momentary gains from a one-term President Trump .
The lesson ?
When you have power , use it .
As we can see by Biden ’ s promises to undo all of the gains under Trump on @ @ @ @ @ @ @ no fear of exercising this power , even if it amounts to nothing more than treason .

Earlier: Biden Plans To Stop Building The Wall, Open The Floodgates, As Border-Crossers Start Returning
Elections have consequences. All of those amazing plans Stephen Miller had for Trump’s second term (punishing sanctuary cities, limiting asylum, more travel bans...and a continued immigration moratorium) seem lost in the wind of change preparing to sweep across Washington DC.
As James Kirkpatrick noted in a July 2019 piece here, Say It, GOP!—Or Just Give It Up: Open Borders Is TREASON! The Left Is ANTI-WHITE!
Barring a miracle from the judiciary branch, Joe Biden will be the next President of the United States. All of those executive orders and actions President Trump’s advisors promised were coming in his second term do seem lost, like tears in the rain.
Instead, we get to find out just how treasonous the Democrats are when it comes to putting the interest of the American people and the Historic American Nation first:
While the COVID-19 public health crisis and its impact on the U.S. economy will preoccupy President-elect Joe Biden during his first weeks in office, the incoming Democratic administration is also expected to quickly start dismantling President Trump's immigration agenda. After Mr. Biden is sworn-in in January, his administration will move to fully restore an Obama-era program that shields 640,000 undocumented immigrants who were brought to the U.S. as children from deportation, halting Mr. Trump's unsuccessful efforts to end it, people familiar with the plans told CBS News. The incoming administration also intends to rescind Mr. Trump's travel and immigration restrictions on 13 mostly African or predominantly Muslim countries. Mr. Biden will look to implement a 100-day freeze on deportations while his administration issues guidance narrowing who can be arrested by immigration agents. Obama-era memos that prioritized the deportation of immigrants with criminal convictions, recent border-crossers and those who entered the country illegally more than once were scrapped in 2017 by Mr. Trump so that no unauthorized immigrant would be exempted from being arrested and removed from the country. A source familiar with Mr. Biden's plans said new guidance would be designed to curb so-called "collateral arrests," which are apprehensions of immigrants who are not the target of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) operations but are nevertheless taken into custody because they are in the country without legal status. Mr. Trump made immigration a major theme of his insurgent and successful 2016 campaign. Despite frequent court challenges, his administration achieved rare success on this front in four years, reshaping the U.S. immigration system through more than 400 high-profile and little-noticed policy changes. However, all of Mr. Trump's immigration measures — from the so-called "travel ban" and the efforts to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, to new requirements for green cards and the asylum restrictions for migrants at the U.S. southern border — were enacted without Congress through proclamations, policy memos, regulations or other executive actions. With his defeat, Mr. Trump's immigration policy changes are now vulnerable — and Mr. Biden's team is eager to begin the process of undoing most of them. "All that stuff was done administratively through the [president's] executive authority, and so a new executive can basically reject those and start from scratch," a source familiar with the Biden team's plans told CBS News. [Biden plans sweeping reversal of Trump's immigration agenda, by Meg Kinnard, CBS News, November 11, 2020]
Perhaps there was ballot tampering in Georgia, Michigan, Wisconsin, Arizona, Nevada, and Pennsylvania, and the courts will throw out hundreds of thousands of illegal votes and miraculously give President Trump four more years as POTUS, but make no mistake: mass immigration and amnesty will do far more to nullify the votes of white conservatives and ensure the GOP is no longer a national party capable of even competing to win the electoral college in 2024.
Open borders, refugee resettlement, and mass immigration is treason.
So many who voted for Trump in 2016 thought we were going to get mass deportations and a wall, but instead all we got were promises of something far tougher in his 2nd term. Alas, such wishful thinking that could have easily been implemented in his 1st term is now replaced with promises of Biden quickly reversing those momentary gains from a one-term President Trump.
The lesson? When you have power, use it. As we can see by Biden’s promises to undo all of the gains under Trump on the National Question, the Democrats have no fear of exercising this power, even if it amounts to nothing more than treason.


vdare--2020-11-12--Biden Plans To Stop Building The Wall, Open The Floodgates, As Border-Crossers Start Returning

See also : Abolishing Immigration Control : Biden Wants To Reverse ALL The Gains Made By Trump ... .And America The Seattle Times has an article which says that Biden , assuming he 's confirmed as President will stop building the Wall : After $ 15 billion and 450 miles , Joe Biden will halt border wall , Trump ’ s signature project , November 11 , 2020 WASHINGTON — Mexico never paid for any of it .
It ’ s less than half finished .
And on Jan. 20 or soon thereafter , construction will come to an abrupt @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ” that President Donald Trump promised to build along the U.S.-Mexico border .
The project has cost $ 15 billion so far , most of it diverted from the military budget after Congress refused to provide full funding .
President-elect Joe Biden vowed during the campaign to kill the project , but leave in place whatever the Trump administration leaves behind .
At the moment , that ’ s about 400 miles worth of levee wall and 30-foot-tall bollard fencing , though nearly all of that mileage already had some sort of barrier @ @ @ @ @ @ @ miles did not .
The rest is upgrade or replacement for shorter , less sturdy fencing , or a second layer of barrier meant to slow migrants and smugglers long enough for the Border Patrol to arrive .
[ More ] This is a major failure by Trump , and a major success by the Treason Lobby , Republican AND Democrat .
( Obviously making Mexico pay for the Wall would require GOP Legislators to pass a tariff or a tax on remittances—they would n't even pass appropriations to pay for it .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ the writer , and includes a quote from Mexican-American Democratic Congressman Henry Cuellar , who is obviously not loyal to the US : Laredo is right on the Border , but Cuellar is n't interested in protecting his constituents from Mexican border-crossers , he 's interested in protecting his people from the Border Patrol .
( A while back , I suggested that people like that should be called `` quislings '' . )
Biden does not plan to tear down existing wall , which is why Ann Coulter kept stressing how important @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , and tell refugees it 's open house , but he could n't tear down a wall .
And Mexican illegals are already responding to the threat/promise of a Biden presidency by crossing illegally .
Here 's our chart of the September Border Crossing numbers :

See also: Abolishing Immigration Control: Biden Wants To Reverse ALL The Gains Made By Trump....And America
The Seattle Times has an article which says that Biden, assuming he's confirmed as President, will stop building the Wall:
After $15 billion and 450 miles, Joe Biden will halt border wall, Trump’s signature project, November 11, 2020 The Dallas Morning News WASHINGTON — Mexico never paid for any of it. It’s less than half finished. And on Jan. 20 or soon thereafter, construction will come to an abrupt halt on the “big beautiful wall” that President Donald Trump promised to build along the U.S.-Mexico border. The project has cost $15 billion so far, most of it diverted from the military budget after Congress refused to provide full funding. President-elect Joe Biden vowed during the campaign to kill the project, but leave in place whatever the Trump administration leaves behind. At the moment, that’s about 400 miles worth of levee wall and 30-foot-tall bollard fencing, though nearly all of that mileage already had some sort of barrier before Trump took office. Only 12 miles did not. The rest is upgrade or replacement for shorter, less sturdy fencing, or a second layer of barrier meant to slow migrants and smugglers long enough for the Border Patrol to arrive.[More]
This is a major failure by Trump, and a major success by the Treason Lobby, Republican AND Democrat. (Obviously making Mexico pay for the Wall would require GOP Legislators to pass a tariff or a tax on remittances—they wouldn't even pass appropriations to pay for it.)
The story is a gloat by the writer, and includes a quote from Mexican-American Democratic Congressman Henry Cuellar, who is obviously not loyal to the US:
“It was a referendum on the wall,” Rep. Henry Cuellar, a Laredo Democrat, said of the election. Cuellar has fought on the Appropriations Committee to stymie Trump budget maneuvers that sapped billions from military spending for his pet project.
Laredo is right on the Border, but Cuellar isn't interested in protecting his constituents from Mexican border-crossers, he's interested in protecting his people from the Border Patrol. (A while back, I suggested that people like that should be called "quislings.")
Biden does not plan to tear down existing wall, which is why Ann Coulter kept stressing how important the Wall was—Biden can reverse travel bans, and tell refugees it's open house, but he couldn't tear down a wall.
And Mexican illegals are already responding to the threat/promise of a Biden presidency by crossing illegally.
Here's our chart of the September Border Crossing numbers:


vdare--2020-11-12--Hispanics Souring On BLM?

Hispanics Souring On BLM?

Net support for the Black Lives Matter movement among voters from the national exit poll : Is the position of @ @ @ @ @ in the POC ascendancy turning Hispanics away ?
Even among Hispanics who voted for Biden @ @ @ @ @ reported having an unfavorable view of BLM : That is not the artifact of a @ @ @ @ @ either .
The poll surveyed 2,451 Hispanic voters , two-thirds of whom voted for Biden @ @ @ @ @ .
Recall that Bernie Sanders did especially well and Biden especially poorly among Hispanics in @ @ @ @ @ blocked any chance Sanders had at the nomination and delivered it to Biden .
Steve @ @ @ @ @

Net support for the Black Lives Matter movement among voters from the national exit poll:
Is the position of blacks as first among equals in the POC ascendancy turning Hispanics away? Even among Hispanics who voted for Biden, an astonishingly high percentage reported having an unfavorable view of BLM:
That is not the artifact of a small Hispanic sample size, either. The poll surveyed 2,451 Hispanic voters, two-thirds of whom voted for Biden. This is truly remarkable.
Recall that Bernie Sanders did especially well and Biden especially poorly among Hispanics in the Democrat primaries. Blacks blocked any chance Sanders had at the nomination and delivered it to Biden. Steve is on to something.
[Comment at Unz.com]