vdare--2020-09-13--BLM-Inspired Attack? Bass Pro Shop Mass Shooting By Black Male With Body Armor, 8 Guns, And Hundreds

BLM-Inspired Attack? Bass Pro Shop Mass Shooting By Black Male With Body Armor, 8 Guns, And Hundreds Of Cartridges Averted By Police

At a time of extreme hypersensitivity to any mass shooting and the ability for the corporate media to turn the use of semi-automatic weapons in an offensive operation against citizens as an immediate justification for their being banned ( confiscation coming shortly thereafter from legal gun owners ) , you ’ d think the failed mass shooting at a Bass Pro Store would have made more than regional news .
But it ’ s barely being reported outside of Mobile , Alabama and Northern Florida .
Why is that ?
Because the shooter , Robert Smith , is a black @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Pro Shop , whose clientele is almost exclusively white .
He came packing some serious heat–three AR-style weapons , he had an AR-style pistol , he had a 9 mm rifle , a shotgun , and two 9 mm pistols – and was a wearing body armor and had hundreds of rounds of ammo .
Police are still , and inevitably will always be , seeking a `` motive '' for the would-be mass shooting .
Here ’ s a suggestion for the possible motive : a summer marinating in anti-white news , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ pervasive idea of systemic racism and white privilege is now the motivation for an alarming number of black on white attacks across the nation .
Spanish Fort Police Chief John Barber identified the suspect in the Bass Pro shooting as 38-year-old Robert Smith a black male from the Grove Hill area .
Barber says Smith is being treated for a medical condition at present not related to his arrest .
He says the second person taken into custody Saturday , a woman , has been released and there are no charges pending for @ @ @ @ @ @ @ It does not appear she was assisting him , it appears the actions she was taking trying to prevent him from continuing on from what he was doing , ” said Barber .
The chief said Smith came armed with hundreds of rounds of ammo , several different firearms and was wearing body armor .
“ He had three AR-style weapons , he had an AR-style pistol , he had a 9 mm rifle , a shotgun , and two 9 mm pistols , ” said Barber describing the weapons they say Smith @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ t have an exact count right now on how many shots were fired but they recovered at least 30 casings so far and believe they came from at least three different weapons .
Barber said not a single shot was fired by SFPD , they subdued the suspect with a Taser .
They ’ re still trying to determine what motivated the shooting .
The chief says the two were passing through from Florida but it ’ s not clear why Smith stopped at the outdoor mega-retailer .
At this point Barber @ @ @ @ @ @ @ on the suspect ’ s actions and tools , they averted what could have been a tragic mass shooting .
“ This could have been a completely different incident than what it was , the officers responded quickly they were able to stop this from becoming a huge tragedy , it ’ s our impression he went to the employee side , where the boat repair is perhaps he didn ’ t know where the front entrance was , ” said Barber .
Today they ’ re carrying out a warrant at the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
They ’ re still working on charges but Smith likely faces 2nd-degree assault for injuring an officer , reckless endangerment , and resisting arrest according to Barber .
“ Normal people don ’ t do what he did yesterday , so that had to be some underlying factor but we are trying to determine that at this point , ” said the chief .
Odds are this is the first you are reading about this near mass shooting event at the Bass Pro Shop in Spanish Fort , but it ’ s @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
A black guy carrying around a bunch of big black semi-automatic rifles , with hundreds of rounds of ammo and wearing body armor , prepared to target a business catering primarily to white men isn ’ t the type of story reinforcing the narrative necessary for compelling the public into accepting gun control and the scrapping of the 2nd Amendment .
What are the odds he was motivated by Black Lives Matter propaganda and was a prepared to wage an anti-white attack on the Bass Pro Shop and target white people ?
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ percent

At a time of extreme hypersensitivity to any mass shooting and the ability for the corporate media to turn the use of semi-automatic weapons in an offensive operation against citizens as an immediate justification for their being banned (confiscation coming shortly thereafter from legal gun owners), you’d think the failed mass shooting at a Bass Pro Store would have made more than regional news.
But it’s barely being reported outside of Mobile, Alabama and Northern Florida.
Why is that?
Because the shooter, Robert Smith, is a black male. And he targeted a Bass Pro Shop, whose clientele is almost exclusively white.
He came packing some serious heat–three AR-style weapons, he had an AR-style pistol, he had a 9 mm rifle, a shotgun, and two 9 mm pistols – and was a wearing body armor and had hundreds of rounds of ammo.
Police are still, and inevitably will always be, seeking a "motive" for the would-be mass shooting.
Here’s a suggestion for the possible motive: a summer marinating in anti-white news, where the Black Lives Matter narrative and pervasive idea of systemic racism and white privilege is now the motivation for an alarming number of black on white attacks across the nation.
Name released in Bass Pro shooting, new details on averted mass shooting, WKRG.com, September 7, 2020
Spanish Fort Police Chief John Barber identified the suspect in the Bass Pro shooting as 38-year-old Robert Smith a black male from the Grove Hill area. Barber says Smith is being treated for a medical condition at present not related to his arrest. He says the second person taken into custody Saturday, a woman, has been released and there are no charges pending for that person at this time. “It does not appear she was assisting him, it appears the actions she was taking trying to prevent him from continuing on from what he was doing,” said Barber. The chief said Smith came armed with hundreds of rounds of ammo, several different firearms and was wearing body armor. “He had three AR-style weapons, he had an AR-style pistol, he had a 9 mm rifle, a shotgun, and two 9 mm pistols,” said Barber describing the weapons they say Smith came with. Barber said they don’t have an exact count right now on how many shots were fired but they recovered at least 30 casings so far and believe they came from at least three different weapons. Barber said not a single shot was fired by SFPD, they subdued the suspect with a Taser. They’re still trying to determine what motivated the shooting. The chief says the two were passing through from Florida but it’s not clear why Smith stopped at the outdoor mega-retailer. At this point Barber says they’re certain, based on the suspect’s actions and tools, they averted what could have been a tragic mass shooting. “This could have been a completely different incident than what it was, the officers responded quickly they were able to stop this from becoming a huge tragedy, it’s our impression he went to the employee side, where the boat repair is perhaps he didn’t know where the front entrance was,” said Barber. Today they’re carrying out a warrant at the suspect’s home in Clarke County. They’re still working on charges but Smith likely faces 2nd-degree assault for injuring an officer, reckless endangerment, and resisting arrest according to Barber. “Normal people don’t do what he did yesterday, so that had to be some underlying factor but we are trying to determine that at this point,” said the chief.
Odds are this is the first you are reading about this near mass shooting event at the Bass Pro Shop in Spanish Fort, but it’s another reminder of black privilege in America.
A black guy carrying around a bunch of big black semi-automatic rifles, with hundreds of rounds of ammo and wearing body armor, prepared to target a business catering primarily to white men isn’t the type of story reinforcing the narrative necessary for compelling the public into accepting gun control and the scrapping of the 2nd Amendment.
What are the odds he was motivated by Black Lives Matter propaganda and was a prepared to wage an anti-white attack on the Bass Pro Shop and target white people? I’d wager close to 100 percent
[Comment at Unz.com]


vdare--2020-09-13--ATLANTIC On Paul Rudnick's COASTAL ELITES—"That's Not Funny!"

Very little new television has been made in the last 5 months .
One exception is Coastal Elites from the gay playwright Paul Rudnick .
( Addams Family Values ) , a play being given an airing on HBO , in which Bette Midler and other stars deliver monologues making gentle fun of their anti-Trump obsessions .
I don ’ t get cable TV , so I haven ’ t seen it , but I ’ ve often found Rudnick funny , especially the movie reviews he writes under the pseudonym Libby Gelman-Waxner : I know , I can ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ m back !
For many years , in the pages of Premiere magazine , I ruled as the planet ’ s most beloved and irresponsible film critic , along with pursuing my high-powered career as an assistant buyer in juniors activewear , and my role as a loving wife to Dr. Josh Waxner , a gifted orthodontist , and as the multitasking mom of two perfect children , my daughter Jeni4 ( her spelling , don ’ t ask ) and my son Mitchell Sean .
… While I was away , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of cinematic artistry , and to ponder , Why do all of the tribal characters in Avatar look like poured-resin figurines from a hospital gift shop ?
And in Black Swan , did Natalie Portman starve , cut herself , and experiment with lesbian sex because ballerinas almost never get to go to college ?
And how can I properly thank Natalie for fulfilling all of my most intimate fantasies by accepting her Academy Award while radiantly pregnant in a designer gown , accompanied by her dreamy French dancer boyfriend , who now @ @ @ @ @ @ @ worry regarding Natalie is that she hasn ’ t followed my example and become Natalie Portman-Millepied .
Because as every true feminist knows , hyphenating your name is a way of telling the world ” I ’ m no one ’ s chattel but I still landed a guy.
” Jeni4 and I have , in fact , spent hours at the Occupy Wall Street demonstrations holding placards that read ” The 1 % Should Marry the 99 % , ” with arrows pointing to Jeni4 .
But according to a Horn of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ can be funny in this election year .
HBO ’ s tepid satire about the provincialism of U.S. liberals doesn ’ t play well in a year as catastrophic as 2020 .
HANNAH GIORGIS is a staff writer at The Atlantic , where she covers culture .
… A former New York City public-school teacher , Miriam delivers breathless denouncements of President Donald Trump directly into the camera , pausing only for enthusiastic asides about NPR tote bags and the joys of being Jewish .
She yearns for a simpler time when the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Those people from Nebraska and Ohio and Alabama—I ’ d fly over them , but I ’ d wave !
” If Miriam sounds familiar , it ’ s because she ’ s supposed to : She and her four monologuing co-leads are meant to be a collective embodiment of American liberalism gone wrong .
Their provincialism is the real ill plaguing the country , Coastal Elites argues—never mind the ravages of COVID-19 , the steady violence of a racist criminal-justice system , or the worsening threat to voting access .
… Less @ @ @ @ @ @ @ catastrophic election , is it really unreasonable for someone like Miriam to be upset by a president who intentionally downplayed the danger of the coronavirus and who won ’ t commit to accepting defeat if his opponent is voted in ?
Further , exactly where do funny gay Jewish white men rank on the Intersectional totem pole ?
Not very high , now do they ?

Very little new television has been made in the last 5 months. One exception is Coastal Elites from the gay playwright Paul Rudnick. (Addams Family Values), a play being given an airing on HBO, in which Bette Midler and other stars deliver monologues making gentle fun of their anti-Trump obsessions.
I don’t get cable TV, so I haven’t seen it, but I’ve often found Rudnick funny, especially the movie reviews he writes under the pseudonym Libby Gelman-Waxner:
I know, I can’t believe it either, but I’m back! For many years, in the pages of Premiere magazine, I ruled as the planet’s most beloved and irresponsible film critic, along with pursuing my high-powered career as an assistant buyer in juniors activewear, and my role as a loving wife to Dr. Josh Waxner, a gifted orthodontist, and as the multitasking mom of two perfect children, my daughter Jeni4 (her spelling, don’t ask) and my son Mitchell Sean. … While I was away, I longed to discuss so many works of cinematic artistry, and to ponder, Why do all of the tribal characters in Avatar look like poured-resin figurines from a hospital gift shop? And in Black Swan, did Natalie Portman starve, cut herself, and experiment with lesbian sex because ballerinas almost never get to go to college? And how can I properly thank Natalie for fulfilling all of my most intimate fantasies by accepting her Academy Award while radiantly pregnant in a designer gown, accompanied by her dreamy French dancer boyfriend, who now appears in cologne ads? My only worry regarding Natalie is that she hasn’t followed my example and become Natalie Portman-Millepied. Because as every true feminist knows, hyphenating your name is a way of telling the world ”I’m no one’s chattel but I still landed a guy.” Jeni4 and I have, in fact, spent hours at the Occupy Wall Street demonstrations holding placards that read ”The 1% Should Marry the 99%,” with arrows pointing to Jeni4.
But according to a Horn of Africa lady in The Atlantic, nothing can be funny in this election year.
The Dangerous Naïveté of Coastal Elites HBO’s tepid satire about the provincialism of U.S. liberals doesn’t play well in a year as catastrophic as 2020. HANNAH GIORGIS is a staff writer at The Atlantic, where she covers culture. … A former New York City public-school teacher, Miriam delivers breathless denouncements of President Donald Trump directly into the camera, pausing only for enthusiastic asides about NPR tote bags and the joys of being Jewish. She yearns for a simpler time when the political climate was more civil: “Those people from Nebraska and Ohio and Alabama—I’d fly over them, but I’d wave!” If Miriam sounds familiar, it’s because she’s supposed to: She and her four monologuing co-leads are meant to be a collective embodiment of American liberalism gone wrong. Their provincialism is the real ill plaguing the country, Coastal Elites argues—never mind the ravages of COVID-19, the steady violence of a racist criminal-justice system, or the worsening threat to voting access. … Less than two months away from a potentially catastrophic election, is it really unreasonable for someone like Miriam to be upset by a president who intentionally downplayed the danger of the coronavirus and who won’t commit to accepting defeat if his opponent is voted in?
Further, exactly where do funny gay Jewish white men rank on the Intersectional totem pole? Not very high, now do they?
[Comment at Unz.com]


vdare--2020-09-13--George Bernard Shaw Is Getting Canceled ("Eugenics")

George Bernard Shaw ( 1856-1950 ) was the English-speaking world ’ s most famous leftist from roughly 1895-1935 .
As a celebrity , he was Tom Stoppard ( the top highbrow playwright ) , Gore Vidal ( the most famous interview wit ) , and David Bowie ( the expert self-branding performance artist ) rolled into one .
As a playwright , Shaw was long considered Shakespeare ’ s greatest successors , but 21st Century audiences are less enamored of him .
Still , his Pygmalion was made into My Fair Lady .
Whatever musical you want to argue is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ West End/Broadway , you are going to have to come up with an argument for why it ’ s better than My Fair Lady .
But Shaw was in the newspapers every week for roughly ever opining on the need to reform all aspects of society imaginable .
He was the genius of the Fabian Society that more or less invented the bourgeois side of the British Labour Party .
But he had lots and lots more opinions , on what to eat ( vegetables ) , what to wear ( while you @ @ @ @ @ @ @ should wear woolen underwear at all times ) , and much else .
For example , his will left money to be devoted to the creation of a Shavian Alphabet to eliminate the problems of English spelling .
( BLM activists often have problems with spelling , but you don ’ t see them calling for rationalized alphabets , now do you ? )
But now even Shaw is getting canceled .
A recent biographer , Fintan O ’ Toole , argues that Shaw ’ s pro-eugenics polemics were so over the top @ @ @ @ @ @ @ But , who knows ?
Certainly not the students at the Royal Academy of the Dramatic Arts .

George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950) was the English-speaking world’s most famous leftist from roughly 1895-1935. As a celebrity, he was Tom Stoppard (the top highbrow playwright), Gore Vidal (the most famous interview wit), and David Bowie (the expert self-branding performance artist) rolled into one.
As a playwright, Shaw was long considered Shakespeare’s greatest successors, but 21st Century audiences are less enamored of him. Still, his Pygmalion was made into My Fair Lady. Whatever musical you want to argue is the greatest in the history of the West End/Broadway, you are going to have to come up with an argument for why it’s better than My Fair Lady.
(Interestingly, the 1956 opening night of My Fair Lady, the most famously successful in Broadway history, almost didn’t happen because star Rex Harrison, as Professor Henry Higgins, was suddenly overcome by the paralyzing realization that … he couldn’t sing. But eventually it was communicated to the star that nobody would care about his deficiencies as a singer because the world was about to fall in love with his unknown 20-year-old leading lady, Julie Andrews. So Harrison went out and rapped his way through his numbers and the rest is Broadway history.)
But Shaw was in the newspapers every week for roughly ever opining on the need to reform all aspects of society imaginable.
He was the genius of the Fabian Society that more or less invented the bourgeois side of the British Labour Party.
But he had lots and lots more opinions, on what to eat (vegetables), what to wear (while you shouldn’t eat sheep, you should wear woolen underwear at all times), and much else.
For example, his will left money to be devoted to the creation of a Shavian Alphabet to eliminate the problems of English spelling. (BLM activists often have problems with spelling, but you don’t see them calling for rationalized alphabets, now do you?)
But now even Shaw is getting canceled.
From the Sunday Telegraph:
Students call for George Bernard Shaw’s name to be removed from RADA theatre
By Anita Singh telegraph.co.uk — Students at RADA have said George Bernard Shaw’s name should be removed from its theatre over his support of eugenics.
A recent biographer, Fintan O’Toole, argues that Shaw’s pro-eugenics polemics were so over the top that they were actually Swiftian satires.
But, who knows?
Certainly not the students at the Royal Academy of the Dramatic Arts.
The call is included in an anti-racism action plan that also says received pronunciation should be “de-centred” from the curriculum. The Royal Academy of Dramatic Art should also consider dropping the performance of Restoration comedies due to their association with empire, the plan says.
[Comment at Unz.com]


vdare--2020-09-13--White Privilege in Action: NFL Teams Prefer Blonde Servers on Their Flights

Above , stewardesses from NordStar Airlines in Russia , a retrogressive country that still hires based on `` stereotypical notions of sexual allure . ''
Bloomberg , below , chose to illustrate this story with a picture of an airplane .
September 12 2020 — United Airlines Holdings Inc. packs its charter flights for sports teams with young , blond crews and bars older flight attendants from working the plum routes , according to a new lawsuit .
In so doing , the airline bases the value of workers “ entirely on their racial and physical attributes , and stereotypical @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to two veteran flight attendants who sued Friday in California .
The attendants — a Black woman who has worked for the airline for 28 years and a Jewish woman with 34 years of tenure — say that they both tried repeatedly and unsuccessfully to get assigned to work the charter flights .
… United Airlines “ has adopted and continues to implement procedures that are designed to ensure that young , white , blond/blue-eyed , female employees receive positions with the charter program , while more senior , and Black and Jewish @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , ” they said in the complaint .

Above, stewardesses from NordStar Airlines in Russia, a retrogressive country that still hires based on "stereotypical notions of sexual allure." Bloomberg, below, chose to illustrate this story with a picture of an airplane.
From Bloomberg:
United Sued for Packing NFL Charters With Young, Blond Crews
Robert Burnson
September 12 2020 — United Airlines Holdings Inc. packs its charter flights for sports teams with young, blond crews and bars older flight attendants from working the plum routes, according to a new lawsuit. In so doing, the airline bases the value of workers “entirely on their racial and physical attributes, and stereotypical notions of sexual allure,” according to two veteran flight attendants who sued Friday in California. The attendants — a Black woman who has worked for the airline for 28 years and a Jewish woman with 34 years of tenure — say that they both tried repeatedly and unsuccessfully to get assigned to work the charter flights. …
United Airlines “has adopted and continues to implement procedures that are designed to ensure that young, white, blond/blue-eyed, female employees receive positions with the charter program, while more senior, and Black and Jewish employees such as plaintiffs, do not,” they said in the complaint.


vdare--2020-09-13--The Race Tightens—But Trump Still Does Poorly With White Vote. Protecting the Suburbs and The Immigr

The Race Tightens—But Trump Still Does Poorly With White Vote. Protecting the Suburbs and The Immigration Moratorium Can Turn That Around

President Trump ’ s chances for re-election appear better .
Battleground state polling shows him within striking distance or ahead in most of the battleground state contests .
Joe Biden appears aimless and prone to gaffes .
Meanwhile , Trump is returning to his old 2016 vigor and to the National Conservative message that won him the presidency .
But Trump ’ s polling numbers with whites are still a major concern .
He ’ s losing college-educated whites and doing subpar among his base of non-college educated whites .
To win back the white vote he must continue to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the suburbs and tout his immigration moratorium .
These two ideas resonate with white voters and provides a sharp contrast to the lunacy of Biden ’ s platform .
The bad news about Trump ’ s support among whites was delivered by a Reuters poll last week : his lead among non-college educated whites had dwindled to a 12-point advantage over Biden—46 % to 34 % .
That ’ s a nine-point decline from Trump ’ s 21-point advantage in May .
In 2016 , Trump won this demographic by 34 points .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ whites—48 % to 40 % .
Hillary Clinton beat Trump among this demographic by only two points .
The number of non-college educated whites who say they plan to vote has remained flat at 65 % for most of the year .
Meanwhile , the percentage of minorities and urban residents who say they plan to vote has risen [ Supporters who helped Trump win presidency lagging in motivation this year , by Chris Kahn , Reuters , September 8 , 2020 ] .
This is not a new problem for Trump .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ polls showed him down by double-digits and commentators predicted the election was already decided .
At that time , the president couldn ’ t seem to figure out his campaign message .
He was torn between the uninspiring Establishment agenda promoted by Jared Kushner and the national populism that made him president .
Since then , however , Trump has settled on a strong message that emphasizes Law and Order and strong opposition to immigration ( illegal only , alas , although he has started to emphasize that he ’ s cut the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ it ) .
Some polls show a much tighter race—the Real Clear Politics average now ( September 13 ) has Biden ahead 7.5 % .
However , Trump ’ s problem with whites still remains .
Even the polls that show a close race don ’ t hide this disconcerting fact .
Thus the latest Rasmussen Reports poll found Trump down by only two points ( 46 % -48 % ) i.e .
within the margin of error .
But , in details available only to Rasmussen ’ s premium subscribers , Trump @ @ @ @ @ @ @ points among whites ( 49 % -45 % ) .
But something strange is going on .
While Trump struggles among whites , he ’ s doing surprisingly well among Hispanics .
Three recent polls show Trump leading Biden among Hispanics in Florida .
A recent Emerson College poll found that 37 % of Hispanics back Trump—a nine point increase over 2016 [ Biden 's soft Hispanic support , by Hans Nichols , Axios , September 9 , 2020 ] .
A new Fox News poll shows Trump with 41 % support among @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and Order message connects with this demographic .
If Trump ’ s Hispanic support holds steady for election day , it will forever put to bed the lie that Republicans need to embrace Amnesty to win .
Trump is hardly pandering to Hispanics—as in 2016 , he doesn ’ t have a Spanish-language website—but he ’ s doing better among them than John Amnesty McCain .
But even if that Hispanic support stays firm , Trump will still lose if his weak white support doesn ’ t improve .
So why is Trump @ @ @ @ @ @ @ supposedly less enthusiastic for Trump because of his bombastic style and perhaps because they know being a public Trump supporter will damage their social respectability and even hurt their career [ America Is Divided by Education , by Adam Harris , The Atlantic , November 2018 ] .
Additionally , many college-educated whites have been unquestionably been affected by the Great Awokening and now embrace far-Left positions on race and immigration .
Oddly enough , college-educated whites benefitted immensely from Trump ’ s economic policies , yet they are still reluctant to support @ @ @ @ @ @ @ reports , middle class Americans are surging , by Stephen Moore , The Hill , January 6 , 2020 ] .
Non-college educated whites are a more complicated matter .
While they may be souring on Trump , they aren ’ t turning to Biden either .
The Democratic nominee ’ s support among non-college educated whites is only marginally better than Hillary ’ s roughly 30 percent support in 2016 .
This demographic appears more turned off by politics rather than turned off by Trump .
Some commentators commonly blame coronavirus for @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Trump Is Losing His Base , by Stanley Greenberg , The American Prospect , September 8 , 2020 ] .
COVID-19 and the subsequent lockdowns ravaged working class communities and they have yet to fully bounce back .
But Trump can still win over these voters and ensure himself victory .
There are two pitches he has that can win back these white voters : the Democratic threat to the suburbs and the ( temporary ) immigration moratorium .
Trump has repeatedly warned Americans about the Left ’ s plans to destroy the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ “ abolish the suburbs ” by filling them up with crime and low-income housing .
The Main Stream Media mocks this claim , but it is true .
Biden wants to bring back Obama-era policies that would impose Section 8 housing and scrap zoning laws that prevent low-incoming housing in the suburbs .
The Democrats ’ weird tolerance for riots , many of which are now reaching the suburbs , also shows the immense threat Biden poses to them [ Joe Biden ’ s disastrous plans for America ’ s suburbs , by @ @ @ @ @ @ @ July 21 , 2020 ] .
Trump continues to harp on this threat in his public statements .
At a rally this week , he mocked how Democrats will allow antifa to come into suburban neighborhoods .
He also warns how Democrats will have total control of every institution and will use that to crush Middle America .
Democrats are clearly worried this message will hurt Biden in the suburbs .
Focus groups of suburban voters reportedly find concern about the chaos and fear it may come for them next .
“ White @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to really get sick of this , ” one strategist told Politico [ Why Biden could still lose the suburbs to Trump , by David Siders , September 7 , 2020 ] .
Democrats have no way of soothing these fears as a significant part of their base backs the riots , supports radical “ criminal justice reform ” , and calls everyone who opposes the anti-suburb plans “ racist.
” This suburban pitch will gain in potency as the election approaches and the unrest shows no sign of abating .
The other @ @ @ @ @ @ @ class .
Over the summer , Trump expanded and extended his immigration moratorium to bar most foreign workers from the U.S. for all of 2020 .
The move would protect over half a million American jobs as the U.S. tries to recover from coronavirus for the rest of the year .
The moratorium is wildly popular , with the latest poll showing 62 percent of Americans support it—even a plurality of Democrats say it ’ s a good idea .
The moratorium is a powerful wedge issue for Trump .
It shows him @ @ @ @ @ @ @ will dare risk offending Open Borders advocates to support it .
Instead , they will be forced to side with foreign labor and big corporations Inexplicably , however , Trump continues to ignore this signature immigration achievement .
He has not brought it up since issuing his revised order in June .
He didn ’ t mention it in his Republican National Convention address , it ’ s not listed as one of his immigration accomplishments on his website .
He hasn ’ t brought it up on the campaign trail .
There @ @ @ @ @ @ @ even reluctance to draw attention to a rare Jared Kushner defeat .
Trump is willing to talk about protecting workers from foreign competitors , as attested by his public battle with the Tennessee Valley Authority .
He also includes his opposition to foreigners displacing Americans in his campaign platform .
But for whatever reason , the moratorium is forgotten .
Trump must remember it soon if he wants to turn out his base for election day .
The immigration moratorium , along with his trade policies , amply demonstrates his commitment to American @ @ @ @ @ @ @ taken over by either mass immigration or outsourcing .
Trump stands against that and will fight for good jobs for the working class .
He needs to strongly make the economic case for immigration patriotism to shore up his numbers .
The moratorium makes this case better than any other policy .
Ideally—here ’ s an idea !
—he should promise to extend it until the U.S. is back to full employment .
This election is still up for grabs and Trump looks better now than he did in the dismal days of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ on the Jared Kushner agenda anymore—he ’ s back to America First populism .
Trump just needs to continue hammering Democrats on the suburbs and remember ( and extend ) the moratorium .
The white vote needs a good reminder of how the Democrats want to destroy their lives .
Washington Watcher II [ Email him ] is an anonymous DC insider .

washingtonwatcherii@protonmail.com (Washington  Watcher II)

President Trump’s chances for re-election appear better. Battleground state polling shows him within striking distance or ahead in most of the battleground state contests. Joe Biden appears aimless and prone to gaffes. Meanwhile, Trump is returning to his old 2016 vigor and to the National Conservative message that won him the presidency. But Trump’s polling numbers with whites are still a major concern. He’s losing college-educated whites and doing subpar among his base of non-college educated whites. To win back the white vote he must continue to emphasize the Left’s threat to the suburbs and tout his immigration moratorium. These two ideas resonate with white voters and provides a sharp contrast to the lunacy of Biden’s platform.
The bad news about Trump’s support among whites was delivered by a Reuters poll last week: his lead among non-college educated whites had dwindled to a 12-point advantage over Biden—46% to 34%. That’s a nine-point decline from Trump’s 21-point advantage in May. In 2016, Trump won this demographic by 34 points. Biden leads by eight points among college-educated whites—48% to 40%. Hillary Clinton beat Trump among this demographic by only two points. The number of non-college educated whites who say they plan to vote has remained flat at 65% for most of the year. Meanwhile, the percentage of minorities and urban residents who say they plan to vote has risen [Supporters who helped Trump win presidency lagging in motivation this year, by Chris Kahn, Reuters, September 8, 2020].
This is not a new problem for Trump. I covered it in June when many polls showed him down by double-digits and commentators predicted the election was already decided. At that time, the president couldn’t seem to figure out his campaign message. He was torn between the uninspiring Establishment agenda promoted by Jared Kushner and the national populism that made him president. Since then, however, Trump has settled on a strong message that emphasizes Law and Order and strong opposition to immigration (illegal only, alas, although he has started to emphasize that he’s cut the refugee influx and that Biden will increase it). Some polls show a much tighter race—the Real Clear Politics average now (September 13) has Biden ahead 7.5%. However, Trump’s problem with whites still remains.
Even the polls that show a close race don’t hide this disconcerting fact. Thus the latest Rasmussen Reports poll found Trump down by only two points (46%-48%) i.e., within the margin of error. But, in details available only to Rasmussen’s premium subscribers, Trump leads Biden only by a disgraceful four points among whites (49%-45%).
But something strange is going on. While Trump struggles among whites, he’s doing surprisingly well among Hispanics. Three recent polls show Trump leading Biden among Hispanics in Florida. A recent Emerson College poll found that 37% of Hispanics back Trump—a nine point increase over 2016 [Biden's soft Hispanic support, by Hans Nichols, Axios, September 9, 2020]. A new Fox News poll shows Trump with 41% support among likely Hispanic voters.
Apparently his Law and Order message connects with this demographic. If Trump’s Hispanic support holds steady for election day, it will forever put to bed the lie that Republicans need to embrace Amnesty to win. Trump is hardly pandering to Hispanics—as in 2016, he doesn’t have a Spanish-language website—but he’s doing better among them than John Amnesty McCain.
But even if that Hispanic support stays firm, Trump will still lose if his weak white support doesn’t improve. So why is Trump struggling with whites?
College-educated whites are supposedly less enthusiastic for Trump because of his bombastic style and perhaps because they know being a public Trump supporter will damage their social respectability and even hurt their career [America Is Divided by Education, by Adam Harris, The Atlantic, November 2018]. Additionally, many college-educated whites have been unquestionably been affected by the Great Awokening and now embrace far-Left positions on race and immigration.
Oddly enough, college-educated whites benefitted immensely from Trump’s economic policies, yet they are still reluctant to support him [Contrary to what the media reports, middle class Americans are surging, by Stephen Moore, The Hill, January 6, 2020].
Non-college educated whites are a more complicated matter. While they may be souring on Trump, they aren’t turning to Biden either. The Democratic nominee’s support among non-college educated whites is only marginally better than Hillary’s roughly 30 percent support in 2016. This demographic appears more turned off by politics rather than turned off by Trump. Some commentators commonly blame coronavirus for Trump’s sagging support [How Trump Is Losing His Base, by Stanley Greenberg, The American Prospect, September 8, 2020]. COVID-19 and the subsequent lockdowns ravaged working class communities and they have yet to fully bounce back.
But Trump can still win over these voters and ensure himself victory. There are two pitches he has that can win back these white voters: the Democratic threat to the suburbs and the (temporary) immigration moratorium.
Trump has repeatedly warned Americans about the Left’s plans to destroy the suburbs. He argues Biden wants to “abolish the suburbs” by filling them up with crime and low-income housing. The Main Stream Media mocks this claim, but it is true. Biden wants to bring back Obama-era policies that would impose Section 8 housing and scrap zoning laws that prevent low-incoming housing in the suburbs. The Democrats’ weird tolerance for riots, many of which are now reaching the suburbs, also shows the immense threat Biden poses to them [Joe Biden’s disastrous plans for America’s suburbs, by Betsy McCaughey, New York Post, July 21, 2020].
Trump continues to harp on this threat in his public statements. At a rally this week, he mocked how Democrats will allow Antifa to come into suburban neighborhoods.
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He also warns how Democrats will have total control of every institution and will use that to crush Middle America.
If Joe Biden is elected, far-left lunatics won’t just be running failed Dem Cities—they will be running the Department of Justice, the Department of Homeland Security, and the U.S. Supreme Court. No city, town or suburb will be safe. On November 3rd, your vote will SAVE AMERICA! pic.twitter.com/N8TZagbEpr — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 11, 2020
Democrats are clearly worried this message will hurt Biden in the suburbs. Focus groups of suburban voters reportedly find concern about the chaos and fear it may come for them next. “White women who have college degrees are starting to really get sick of this,” one strategist told Politico [Why Biden could still lose the suburbs to Trump, by David Siders, September 7, 2020].
Democrats have no way of soothing these fears as a significant part of their base backs the riots, supports radical “criminal justice reform,” and calls everyone who opposes the anti-suburb plans “racist.”
This suburban pitch will gain in potency as the election approaches and the unrest shows no sign of abating.
The other pitch is mostly to the economically ravaged working class. Over the summer, Trump expanded and extended his immigration moratorium to bar most foreign workers from the U.S. for all of 2020. The move would protect over half a million American jobs as the U.S. tries to recover from coronavirus for the rest of the year. The moratorium is wildly popular, with the latest poll showing 62 percent of Americans support it—even a plurality of Democrats say it’s a good idea.
The moratorium is a powerful wedge issue for Trump. It shows him protecting American workers, but no Democrat will dare risk offending Open Borders advocates to support it. Instead, they will be forced to side with foreign labor and big corporations
Inexplicably, however, Trump continues to ignore this signature immigration achievement. He has not brought it up since issuing his revised order in June. He didn’t mention it in his Republican National Convention address, it’s not listed as one of his immigration accomplishments on his website. He hasn’t brought it up on the campaign trail.
There is no good explanation for this omission—not even reluctance to draw attention to a rare Jared Kushner defeat. Trump is willing to talk about protecting workers from foreign competitors, as attested by his public battle with the Tennessee Valley Authority. He also includes his opposition to foreigners displacing Americans in his campaign platform. But for whatever reason, the moratorium is forgotten.
Trump must remember it soon if he wants to turn out his base for election day. The immigration moratorium, along with his trade policies, amply demonstrates his commitment to American workers. The Democrats want American jobs taken over by either mass immigration or outsourcing. Trump stands against that and will fight for good jobs for the working class. He needs to strongly make the economic case for immigration patriotism to shore up his numbers. The moratorium makes this case better than any other policy.
Ideally—here’s an idea!—he should promise to extend it until the U.S. is back to full employment.
This election is still up for grabs and Trump looks better now than he did in the dismal days of summer. He’s not running on the Jared Kushner agenda anymore—he’s back to America First populism. Trump just needs to continue hammering Democrats on the suburbs and remember (and extend) the moratorium.
The white vote needs a good reminder of how the Democrats want to destroy their lives.
Washington Watcher II [Email him] is an anonymous DC insider.


vdare--2020-09-13--Shadi Hamid In The ATLANTIC: Vote for Biden or the Riots Will Get Worse!

In my new @ TheAtlantic piece , I argue that even strictly law-and-order Republicans have an interest in Biden winning .
If Biden loses , mass unrest is more unlikely—because the left will have more difficulty accepting the resultshttps : //t.co/i6YrArSlhI — Shadi Hamid ( @ shadihamid ) September 13 , 2020 Democrats May Not Be Able to Concede If Trump wins , especially after losing the popular vote , the left may draw the wrong conclusions .
Shadi Hamid Contributing writer at The Atlantic and Brookings Institution senior fellow This is the era of expecting the worst while hoping @ @ @ @ @ @ @ say that the worst is already happening—economic disaster and 190,000 dead from a pandemic—while the president and his surrogates insist , in a feat of self-delusion , that the “ best is yet to come.
” As someone who has argued against catastrophism—I don ’ t believe Donald Trump is a fascist or a dictator in the making , and I don ’ t believe America is a failed state—I find myself truly worried about only one scenario : that Trump will win reelection and Democrats and others on the left will be @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the result .
A loss by Joe Biden under these circumstances is the worst case not because Trump will destroy America ( he can ’ t ) , but because it is the outcome most likely to undermine faith in democracy , resulting in more of the social unrest and street battles that cities including Portland , Oregon , and Seattle have seen in recent months .
For this reason , strictly law-and-order Republicans who have responded in dismay to scenes of rioting and looting have an interest in Biden winning—even if they @ @ @ @ @ @ @ him .

From The Atlantic:
Democrats May Not Be Able to Concede
If Trump wins, especially after losing the popular vote, the left may draw the wrong conclusions.
10:30 AM ET
Shadi Hamid
Contributing writer at The Atlantic and Brookings Institution senior fellow
This is the era of expecting the worst while hoping for the merely tolerable. Some might say that the worst is already happening—economic disaster and 190,000 dead from a pandemic—while the president and his surrogates insist, in a feat of self-delusion, that the “best is yet to come.” As someone who has argued against catastrophism—I don’t believe Donald Trump is a fascist or a dictator in the making, and I don’t believe America is a failed state—I find myself truly worried about only one scenario: that Trump will win reelection and Democrats and others on the left will be unwilling, even unable, to accept the result.
A loss by Joe Biden under these circumstances is the worst case not because Trump will destroy America (he can’t), but because it is the outcome most likely to undermine faith in democracy, resulting in more of the social unrest and street battles that cities including Portland, Oregon, and Seattle have seen in recent months. For this reason, strictly law-and-order Republicans who have responded in dismay to scenes of rioting and looting have an interest in Biden winning—even if they could never bring themselves to vote for him.


vdare--2020-09-14--Anton’s THE STAKES—Best I’ve Ever Read. But Doesn’t Go Far Enough!

Michael Anton ’ s The Stakes : America at the Point of No Return is the best “ current politics ” title I have ever read .
Most such books are , of course , written to influence elections , and any insight they may contain does not exceed what is useful for that purpose .
But we live in exceptional times that unavoidably raise fundamental political questions , and Mr. Anton is a rare author up to the challenge of illuminating them .
Mr. Anton , for anyone who has forgotten , came to public attention as the pseudonymous @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , ” an essay published four years ago in the Claremont Review of Books .
He envisaged the then-upcoming election as a stark dilemma : either we elect Hillary and the American experiment in self-government ends , or we elect Trump and the Republic might limp along for another four years .
In other words , certain and immediate death , or probable but at least delayed death : a grim but not exactly difficult choice .
In the Preface of his new book , Mr. Anton reports that the question most frequently @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the 2020 election will be another “ Flight 93 Election.
” His answer is yes , and he adds : The Stakes begins by describing the decline of Anton ’ s native California from the middle-class paradise where The Brady Bunch lived the American Dream on a single income to today ’ s neo-liberal hellhole where sanctimonious oligarchs barricade themselves in gated communities for protection against the crime , congestion , filth , and grinding poverty they have inflicted on everyone else .
The architects of this disaster have learned exactly nothing from @ @ @ @ @ @ @ do the same to the rest of America and , eventually , the entire world .
Such are “ the stakes ” of contemporary politics .
The book then turns to an account of controversies over America ’ s Founding .
Is today ’ s Californian dystopia the inevitable product of philosophical errors written into the founding such as egalitarianism , universalism , or rationalism ?
Mr. Anton covers a lot of ground clearly and elegantly .
One valuable point he makes is that “ civic nationalism , ” properly understood , is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ kinship and shared history , but an important supplement whose proper role is to strengthen those primal sources of identity and loyalty .
He also argues that the disastrous concept of “ group rights ” so critical to the multicultural Left can be traced back to John C. Calhoun ’ s doctrine of the “ concurrent majority , ” originally formulated to defend the South ’ s peculiar institution .
In Chapter Three , Anton describes “ our present regime ” as the bastard progeny of three harmful tendencies : the aforementioned belief @ @ @ @ @ @ @ administrative so-called experts ; and “ Sixties radicalism , ” under which heading he subsumes The focus then shifts to a description of the ruling elite ’ s aims , viz.
, a homogenized , pacified , demoralized populace of consumers ruled over by a centralized technocracy .
The elite is aided in its pursuit of these aims by three overlapping categories of clients whom the author calls 1 ) the freeloaders , i.e.
, the slothful and greedy ; 2 ) the “ wokerati , ” that sanctimonious crew of true believers @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ; and 3 ) the avengers , whose principal concern is to make whitey pay .
Immigrants are a fourth important client group of the neoliberal regime , of course .
Mr. Anton ’ s discussion is clearly informed by VDARE.com and other dissident sites—which he prudently refrains from naming—making it both far superior to most such treatments and unnecessary to summarize for our readers .
One chapter is devoted to outlining what the future holds if the other side wins .
It amounts , in short , to more of everything : @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , outsourcing , drugs , porn , etc .
Mr. Anton notes a trend which deserves more attention : This is a step beyond Communism : in Stalin ’ s Russia , people were still allowed to read Pushkin .
Another chapter is devoted to consideration of various ways—some frightening , some hopeful—that the present neoliberal regime might be brought to an end .
And the book closes with a proposed electoral program for a Trumpier-than-Trump national populist party which might or might not be a continuation of the Republican Party .
Yet @ @ @ @ @ @ @ here—similar to the one immigration patriots identify when they observe that their enemies only have to win once , while they themselves have to win every time .
The Left is playing for keeps , while our side aims only at “ ruling and being ruled in turn.
” ( This is Aristotle ’ s definition of “ political rule , ” as opposed to the despotic power exercised over a slave ) .
What sort of outcome does Mr. Anton expect from an asymmetrical struggle wherein one side seeks the permanent enslavement @ @ @ @ @ @ @ limits itself to attempting to educate the first into preferring alternating political rule over despotism ?
Is not the Left likely to enslave us long before we are able to complete ( or even begin ) their education ?
Hillary Clinton is already talking openly of the Democratic Party refusing to concede the November election under any circumstances .
Some of her comrades want to strongarm the Electoral College and perhaps involve the military .
America appears to be entering what the German jurist Carl Schmitt called a “ state of exception ” @ @ @ @ @ @ @ longer possible .
If we fail to recognize this , we may commit the fatal mistake of trying to employ persuasion against enemies ( and they really are enemies , not mere political opponents ) who only understand force .
As Schmitt understood , such a situation demands decisive action on the part of the sovereign authority .
Yet in the above-quoted passage Mr. Anton does not so much as mention the logical possibility that our side might try to preempt the Left by doing to them what they so clearly want to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , like the author , I would prefer to rule and be ruled in turn under a system that allows for the concept of loyal opposition ( =opponents who are not enemies ) .
A right-wing despotism is not my ideal .
But Aristotle ’ s “ political rule ” presupposes a certain degree of moral health which today ’ s America may no longer possess .
Some type of authoritarian rule may be the ineluctable fate of a corrupt people , but it still matters very much in whose hands that power @ @ @ @ @ @ @ not discussed by Mr. Anton ) might be the Tsarist government ’ s successful suppression of the 1905 Russian Revolution .
This dress rehearsal for the catastrophe of 1917 featured a wave of crime and terrorism worse than anything America has witnessed this summer .
Yet it was defeated once the authorities realized that , the tougher they were to begin with , the fewer lives would be lost in the end .
An eight-month period of martial law was imposed to permit expedited justice against the worst offenders .
Violence began to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ introduced .
Within a couple years , the same Prime Minster who had instituted martial law was able to establish , on a limited franchise , the first regular legislative assembly Russia had ever enjoyed .
His previous “ authoritarian ” measures did not contradict this achievement , but were an indispensable precondition for it .
When the other side triumphed twelve years later , the resulting horror lasted 74 years and cost 100 million lives—so no , not all forms of authoritarian rule are equally bad .
The primary task of a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ must be preemptive defense : rendering our enemies unable to harm us .
This means removing them from positions of authority .
While the President can not directly fire federal employees , he can put hostile Deep State forces in charge of administering Alaskan national wilderness areas .
What else is “ draining the swamp ” supposed to mean ?
Case in point : Pres .
Trump has just banned the practice of indoctrinating federal employees in critical race theory .
This is being celebrated as a great victory .
But the people @ @ @ @ @ @ @ still have their jobs .
In the event of a Biden presidency , they will resume their activities next January 21st—a reprieve of less than five months !
How much of a celebration does this deserve ?
As long as our leaders are unwilling to purge our enemies from the Civil Service , the Judiciary , and the Military , we will never be more than one election away from finding ourselves at their mercy .
Eventually , ways must be found to remove such people from the heights of education , communications @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Note , however , that the purge I envision differs somewhat from those familiar to us from the history of 20th Century leftist regimes .
Rather than ship Cultural Marxists off to any sort of Gulag , I would propose merely to confine them to private life .
In other words , instead of forcing the rest of us to bake gay wedding cakes they would have to be content to work and raise families , i.e.
, to do what most normal people have always found most satisfying in life anyway .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ generous with us if they win .
Is such a proposal unacceptably cruel ?
Read The Stakes yourself .
Current events titles of this caliber do not appear often .

frogerdevlin@verizon.net (F. Roger Devlin)

Michael Anton’s The Stakes: America at the Point of No Return is the best “current politics” title I have ever read. Most such books are, of course, written to influence elections, and any insight they may contain does not exceed what is useful for that purpose. But we live in exceptional times that unavoidably raise fundamental political questions, and Mr. Anton is a rare author up to the challenge of illuminating them.
Mr. Anton, for anyone who has forgotten, came to public attention as the pseudonymous author of “The Flight 93 Election,” an essay published four years ago in the Claremont Review of Books. He envisaged the then-upcoming election as a stark dilemma: either we elect Hillary and the American experiment in self-government ends, or we elect Trump and the Republic might limp along for another four years.
In other words, certain and immediate death, or probable but at least delayed death: a grim but not exactly difficult choice.
In the Preface of his new book, Mr. Anton reports that the question most frequently put to him these days is whether the 2020 election will be another “Flight 93 Election.” His answer is yes, and he adds:
…so will every election until and unless one of two things happen. Either the Left achieves the final victory it has long sought, and the only national elections that matter are the Democratic primaries. Or the Republican Party—or some successor—leads a realignment along national-populist lines that forces the left to moderate and accept the legitimacy of red state/flyover/ “deplorable” concerns. Then real politics—voting, ruling and being ruled in turn, compromise, acceptance of the other side’s legitimacy—can return, and the “normal” that so many long for can reemerge. [Links added]
The Stakes begins by describing the decline of Anton’s native California from the middle-class paradise where The Brady Bunch lived the American Dream on a single income to today’s neo-liberal hellhole where sanctimonious oligarchs barricade themselves in gated communities for protection against the crime, congestion, filth, and grinding poverty they have inflicted on everyone else.
The architects of this disaster have learned exactly nothing from it; they cannot wait to do the same to the rest of America and, eventually, the entire world. Such are “the stakes” of contemporary politics.
The book then turns to an account of controversies over America’s Founding. Is today’s Californian dystopia the inevitable product of philosophical errors written into the founding such as egalitarianism, universalism, or rationalism? Mr. Anton covers a lot of ground clearly and elegantly. One valuable point he makes is that “civic nationalism,” properly understood, is not a replacement for the bonds of kinship and shared history, but an important supplement whose proper role is to strengthen those primal sources of identity and loyalty. He also argues that the disastrous concept of “group rights” so critical to the multicultural Left can be traced back to John C. Calhoun’s doctrine of the “concurrent majority,” originally formulated to defend the South’s peculiar institution.
In Chapter Three, Anton describes “our present regime” as the bastard progeny of three harmful tendencies: the aforementioned belief in group rights; Progressive rule by administrative so-called experts; and “Sixties radicalism,” under which heading he subsumes
…liberation from all restraints, sneering disdain for tradition and Christianity, contempt and hatred for America and its history, [and the] recasting of whites as the archvillains of their country’s story.
The focus then shifts to a description of the ruling elite’s aims, viz., a homogenized, pacified, demoralized populace of consumers ruled over by a centralized technocracy.
The elite is aided in its pursuit of these aims by three overlapping categories of clients whom the author calls 1) the freeloaders, i.e., the slothful and greedy; 2) the “wokerati,” that sanctimonious crew of true believers which monitors the subject population for dissent; and 3) the avengers, whose principal concern is to make whitey pay.
Immigrants are a fourth important client group of the neoliberal regime, of course. Mr. Anton’s discussion is clearly informed by VDARE.com and other dissident sites—which he prudently refrains from naming—making it both far superior to most such treatments and unnecessary to summarize for our readers.
One chapter is devoted to outlining what the future holds if the other side wins. It amounts, in short, to more of everything: more immigration, foreign wars, censorship, outsourcing, drugs, porn, etc. Mr. Anton notes a trend which deserves more attention:
Certain elite intellectuals, led by Mark Zuckerberg’s sister, have noticed that some young autodidacts have taken to reading the Great Books and listening to classical music. The elites see this as a threat. There are serious calls not merely to police how the canon is taught but to attack its “misuse” by “bad actors.”
This is a step beyond Communism: in Stalin’s Russia, people were still allowed to read Pushkin.
Another chapter is devoted to consideration of various ways—some frightening, some hopeful—that the present neoliberal regime might be brought to an end.
And the book closes with a proposed electoral program for a Trumpier-than-Trump national populist party which might or might not be a continuation of the Republican Party.
Yet there is an obvious and problematic asymmetry here—similar to the one immigration patriots identify when they observe that their enemies only have to win once, while they themselves have to win every time. The Left is playing for keeps, while our side aims only at “ruling and being ruled in turn.” (This is Aristotle’s definition of “political rule,” as opposed to the despotic power exercised over a slave.)
What sort of outcome does Mr. Anton expect from an asymmetrical struggle wherein one side seeks the permanent enslavement of the other, while the other limits itself to attempting to educate the first into preferring alternating political rule over despotism? Is not the Left likely to enslave us long before we are able to complete (or even begin) their education?
Hillary Clinton is already talking openly of the Democratic Party refusing to concede the November election under any circumstances. Some of her comrades want to strongarm the Electoral College and perhaps involve the military.
America appears to be entering what the German jurist Carl Schmitt called a “state of exception” in which ordinary constitutional politics is no longer possible. If we fail to recognize this, we may commit the fatal mistake of trying to employ persuasion against enemies (and they really are enemies, not mere political opponents) who only understand force. As Schmitt understood, such a situation demands decisive action on the part of the sovereign authority. Yet in the above-quoted passage Mr. Anton does not so much as mention the logical possibility that our side might try to preempt the Left by doing to them what they so clearly want to do to us.
To be sure, like the author, I would prefer to rule and be ruled in turn under a system that allows for the concept of loyal opposition (=opponents who are not enemies). A right-wing despotism is not my ideal. But Aristotle’s “political rule” presupposes a certain degree of moral health which today’s America may no longer possess. Some type of authoritarian rule may be the ineluctable fate of a corrupt people, but it still matters very much in whose hands that power rests.
An apt historical analogy (not discussed by Mr. Anton) might be the Tsarist government’s successful suppression of the 1905 Russian Revolution. This dress rehearsal for the catastrophe of 1917 featured a wave of crime and terrorism worse than anything America has witnessed this summer. Yet it was defeated once the authorities realized that, the tougher they were to begin with, the fewer lives would be lost in the end.
An eight-month period of martial law was imposed to permit expedited justice against the worst offenders. Violence began to decline the instant the new courts-martial were introduced. Within a couple years, the same Prime MinIster who had instituted martial law was able to establish, on a limited franchise, the first regular legislative assembly Russia had ever enjoyed. His previous “authoritarian” measures did not contradict this achievement, but were an indispensable precondition for it.
When the other side triumphed twelve years later, the resulting horror lasted 74 years and cost 100 million lives—so no, not all forms of authoritarian rule are equally bad.
The primary task of a patriotic government under a state of emergency must be preemptive defense: rendering our enemies unable to harm us. This means removing them from positions of authority. While the President cannot directly fire federal employees, he can put hostile Deep State forces in charge of administering Alaskan national wilderness areas. What else is “draining the swamp” supposed to mean?
Case in point: Pres. Trump has just banned the practice of indoctrinating federal employees in critical race theory. This is being celebrated as a great victory. But the people responsible for imposing these Maoist struggle sessions still have their jobs. In the event of a Biden presidency, they will resume their activities next January 21st—a reprieve of less than five months! How much of a celebration does this deserve?
As long as our leaders are unwilling to purge our enemies from the Civil Service, the Judiciary, and the Military, we will never be more than one election away from finding ourselves at their mercy. Eventually, ways must be found to remove such people from the heights of education, communications, and corporate management as well.
Note, however, that the purge I envision differs somewhat from those familiar to us from the history of 20th Century leftist regimes. Rather than ship Cultural Marxists off to any sort of Gulag, I would propose merely to confine them to private life.
In other words, instead of forcing the rest of us to bake gay wedding cakes they would have to be content to work and raise families, i.e., to do what most normal people have always found most satisfying in life anyway.
We know they will never be this generous with us if they win. Is such a proposal unacceptably cruel?
Read The Stakes yourself. Current events titles of this caliber do not appear often.
Roger Devlin [Email him] is a contributing editor to The Occidental Quarterly and the author of Sexual Utopia in Power: The Feminist Revolt Against Civilization.


vdare--2020-09-14--Notorious Ninth Circuit Delivers A Rare Win To Trump, Revokes Temporary Protected Status For 300,000

Notorious Ninth Circuit Delivers A Rare Win To Trump, Revokes Temporary Protected Status For 300,000 Immigrants

Earlier : Can Trump 's `` Temporary '' Moratorium Be As Permanent As Temporary Protected Status ?
The Ninth U.S .
Circuit Court ruled in favor of the Trump administration Monday in ending Temporary Protected Status ( ( TPS ) for 300,000 immigrants from El Salvador , Nicaragua , and Sudan .
This was a surprise move for a court with a long-history of dictating liberal immigration policy [ Appeals court OKs Trump plan to end protected immigration status for 4 countries , by Josh Gerstein , Politico , September 14 , 2020 ] .
The administration had previously revoked @ @ @ @ @ @ @ deport them , but a federal judge blocked the move in 2018 .
The ninth circuit court revoked the protected status for the three countries listed above and Haiti , but it did not lift a separate federal court injunction on the removal of Haitians .
The court ’ s ruling reaffirmed Homeland Security ’ s power to determine which nationalities can receive TPS and shot down arguments that Trump ’ s alleged racism invalidates the revocation .
“ Plaintiffs fail to present even ‘ serious questions ’ on the merits of their @ @ @ @ @ @ @ were improperly influenced by the President ’ s ‘ animus against non-white , non-European immigrants , ' ” Judge Consuelo Callahan wrote in the ruling .
The argument against the admin ’ s order rested on Trump ’ s famous “ shithole countries ” comment , which allegedly showed racist intent in revoking TPS .
However , the court did admonish Trump for his “ offensive and disparaging remarks.
” The ruling is good for allowing the Trump admin to effectively enforce immigration law .
There is a catch here : what about @ @ @ @ @ @ @ they were born in the U.S. , then they are citizens under birthright citizenship .
This problem could lead to more litigation for the administration as the parents try to stay through their children .
This issue further underscores the importance of Trump eliminating birthright citizenship .
It stands in the way of effective immigration policy and allows illegals and guest workers to gain a foothold here .
Trump has called for its elimination in the past but he has forgotten about it this campaign .
He needs to remember it if he @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the second term .

Earlier: Can Trump's "Temporary" Moratorium Be As Permanent As Temporary Protected Status?
The Ninth U.S. Circuit Court ruled in favor of the Trump administration Monday in ending Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for 300,000 immigrants from El Salvador, Nicaragua, and Sudan. This was a surprise move for a court with a long-history of dictating liberal immigration policy [Appeals court OKs Trump plan to end protected immigration status for 4 countries, by Josh Gerstein, Politico, September 14, 2020].
The administration had previously revoked TPS for these migrants and planned to deport them, but a federal judge blocked the move in 2018. The ninth circuit court revoked the protected status for the three countries listed above and Haiti, but it did not lift a separate federal court injunction on the removal of Haitians. The court’s ruling reaffirmed Homeland Security’s power to determine which nationalities can receive TPS and shot down arguments that Trump’s alleged racism invalidates the revocation.
“Plaintiffs fail to present even ‘serious questions’ on the merits of their claim that the Secretaries’ TPS terminations were improperly influenced by the President’s ‘animus against non-white, non-European immigrants,'” Judge Consuelo Callahan wrote in the ruling. The argument against the admin’s order rested on Trump’s famous “shithole countries” comment, which allegedly showed racist intent in revoking TPS. However, the court did admonish Trump for his “offensive and disparaging remarks.”
The ruling is good for allowing the Trump admin to effectively enforce immigration law. There is a catch here: what about the children of these migrants? If they were born in the U.S., then they are citizens under birthright citizenship. This problem could lead to more litigation for the administration as the parents try to stay through their children.
This issue further underscores the importance of Trump eliminating birthright citizenship. It stands in the way of effective immigration policy and allows illegals and guest workers to gain a foothold here. Trump has called for its elimination in the past but he has forgotten about it this campaign. He needs to remember it if he wants to make America great again in the second term.


vdare--2020-09-14--The New Forever War: World War Hair

The New Forever War: World War Hair

Two years ago , the half-black Naomi Osaka politely stood by while Serena Williams screamed at a tennis official over something or other during the the final of the US Open women ’ s tennis tournament , a tantrum that launched a 1000 op-eds by Angry Strong Black Women about how Angry Strong Black Women like Serena deserve to act like jerks due to 1619 and redlining and , worst of all , society ’ s prejudice against Black Hair .
This year , Osaka correctly surmised that the way to get on the side of the media was not @ @ @ @ @ @ @ go the Full Angry Strong Black Woman , wearing masks featuring the names of various black lowlifes who have come to grief .
Naomi Osaka ’ s hair reveals the burdens carried by Black bodies in white spaces NBC News Robyn Autry NBC News•September 12 , 2020UPDATE ( September 12 , 2020 , 7:00 p.m .
ET ) : This piece has been updated to reflect Naomi Osaka ’ s victory on Saturday in the 2020 U.S. Open women ’ s finals .
She defeated Victoria Azarenka two sets to one to claim @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ s hair doesn ’ t matter .
At least not when it comes to her 120 mph serve , her daunting forehand or her powerful baseline play .
But it does matter in terms of how she shows up in the tennis world and how she ’ s emerged as one of the most prominent athletes supporting the Black Lives Matter protests.… .
Alongside her outstanding athleticism , though , Osaka has grabbed headlines this tournament by wearing masks emblazoned with the names of victims of racial violence : Philando Castile , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Floyd , Breonna Taylor and Elijah McClain .
Black masks , white lettering .
Her one-person protest feels even more powerful as she enters and exits the nearly empty stadium every match .
The masks draw our eyes up , but this is nothing new when it comes to Osaka .
With her thick hair often pulled into a high ponytail and up through a visor , Osaka is accustomed to making a statement .
It ’ s the sort of statement that Black bodies always make , whether intended or not , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Rankine wrote about Serena Williams in “ Citizen : An American Lyric ” — referencing Zora Neale Hurston — Black players appear against the sharp white backdrop of the tennis world .
There are more Black female professional tennis players today than there were when sisters Serena and Venus Williams made their Gland Slam debuts in the late 1990s .
But the way these women show up — how they present themselves and how their bodies get read by others — is no less a topic of conversation today , and , yes @ @ @ @ @ @ @ resistance as it was when Venus Williams protested being penalized for losing hair beads while playing in 1999 .
Whether it ’ s colorful beads that clack or hair pieces attached at the back , Black women ’ s hair gets noticed especially by white onlookers .
However , with more Black players on the courts and shifting public discourse about what ’ s appropriate to say about Black bodies , younger players are more likely to be interviewed about their beauty rituals and personal style .
Osaka has been profiled in numerous @ @ @ @ @ @ @ on websites like Refinery29 .
Black women with natural hair that has not been chemically straightened or relaxed can relate to the way Osaka talks about her curls , the way her hair reacts to humidity and its propensity for dryness .
We can relate to her laughing at the unruliness of her hair as its best and worst quality .
She watches YouTube tutorials and uses Miss Jessie ’ s styling products , just like so many other Black women with natural hair .
It ’ s this relatability that delights and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Osaka ’ s multiracial heritage .
She was born in Japan , but grew up in the U.S. ; her father is Haitian and her mother , Japanese ; she relinquished her U.S. citizenship for Japan and plays under its flag but lives in Los Angeles and has been a vocal supporter of BLM .
She emphatically describes herself as a Black woman , but also as multiracial .
She has said she doesn ’ t quite feel American or Japanese or Haitian .
… Osaka ’ s hair bouncing in a few @ @ @ @ @ @ @ tennis court , sometimes with her curl pattern defined and other times in more of a frizzy cloud , attracts attention and resonates with audiences beyond the U.S. Just as being Black and ( not “ or ” ) multiracial in the U.S. involves upturning racial thinking , being Black and Japanese challenges long-held beliefs about Japan as monoethnic .
Osaka and other BLM protests are shining a light on racism in Japan , inspiring discussions about what it means to be Japanese and about the lives of the country ’ s multiracial @ @ @ @ @ @ @ people with mixed heritage are referred to as “ hafu ” ( or half ) , suggesting they ’ re somehow less Japanese than others .
She ’ s widely regarded not just as a Japanese celebrity but as a role model for her talent and social activism… .
It ’ s the fluffy curliness of Osaka ’ s hair that makes it stand out against that sharp white backdrop of the tennis world because it represents her agency , not just her body .
While hair may not seem like a big @ @ @ @ @

Two years ago, the half-black Naomi Osaka politely stood by while Serena Williams screamed at a tennis official over something or other during the final of the US Open women’s tennis tournament, a tantrum that launched a 1000 op-eds by Angry Strong Black Women about how Angry Strong Black Women like Serena deserve to act like jerks due to 1619 and redlining and, worst of all, society’s prejudice against Black Hair.
This year, Osaka correctly surmised that the way to get on the side of the media was not to be a polite Japanese but to go the Full Angry Strong Black Woman, wearing masks featuring the names of various black lowlifes who have come to grief.
From NBC News:
Naomi Osaka’s hair reveals the burdens carried by Black bodies in white spaces
NBC News
Robyn Autry
NBC News•September 12, 2020UPDATE (September 12, 2020, 7:00 p.m. ET):
This piece has been updated to reflect Naomi Osaka’s victory on Saturday in the 2020 U.S. Open women’s finals. She defeated Victoria Azarenka two sets to one to claim her third Grand Slam.
Naomi Osaka’s hair doesn’t matter. At least not when it comes to her 120 mph serve, her daunting forehand or her powerful baseline play. But it does matter in terms of how she shows up in the tennis world and how she’s emerged as one of the most prominent athletes supporting the Black Lives Matter protests.….
Alongside her outstanding athleticism, though, Osaka has grabbed headlines this tournament by wearing masks emblazoned with the names of victims of racial violence: Philando Castile, Trayvon Martin, Ahmaud Arbery, George Floyd, Breonna Taylor and Elijah McClain. Black masks, white lettering. Her one-person protest feels even more powerful as she enters and exits the nearly empty stadium every match.
The masks draw our eyes up, but this is nothing new when it comes to Osaka. With her thick hair often pulled into a high ponytail and up through a visor, Osaka is accustomed to making a statement. It’s the sort of statement that Black bodies always make, whether intended or not, in predominately white spaces. As Claudia Rankine wrote about Serena Williams in “Citizen: An American Lyric” — referencing Zora Neale Hurston — Black players appear against the sharp white backdrop of the tennis world.
There are more Black female professional tennis players today than there were when sisters Serena and Venus Williams made their Gland Slam debuts in the late 1990s. But the way these women show up — how they present themselves and how their bodies get read by others — is no less a topic of conversation today, and, yes, as much a form of everyday resistance as it was when Venus Williams protested being penalized for losing hair beads while playing in 1999.
Whether it’s colorful beads that clack or hair pieces attached at the back, Black women’s hair gets noticed especially by white onlookers. However, with more Black players on the courts and shifting public discourse about what’s appropriate to say about Black bodies, younger players are more likely to be interviewed about their beauty rituals and personal style. Osaka has been profiled in numerous magazines like Vogue and Elle, and on websites like Refinery29.
Black women with natural hair that has not been chemically straightened or relaxed can relate to the way Osaka talks about her curls, the way her hair reacts to humidity and its propensity for dryness. We can relate to her laughing at the unruliness of her hair as its best and worst quality. She watches YouTube tutorials and uses Miss Jessie’s styling products, just like so many other Black women with natural hair.
It’s this relatability that delights and should not be underestimated, especially given Osaka’s multiracial heritage. She was born in Japan, but grew up in the U.S.; her father is Haitian and her mother, Japanese; she relinquished her U.S. citizenship for Japan and plays under its flag but lives in Los Angeles and has been a vocal supporter of BLM. She emphatically describes herself as a Black woman, but also as multiracial. She has said she doesn’t quite feel American or Japanese or Haitian.
… Osaka’s hair bouncing in a few different directions as she darts across the tennis court, sometimes with her curl pattern defined and other times in more of a frizzy cloud, attracts attention and resonates with audiences beyond the U.S. Just as being Black and (not “or”) multiracial in the U.S. involves upturning racial thinking, being Black and Japanese challenges long-held beliefs about Japan as monoethnic.
Osaka and other BLM protests are shining a light on racism in Japan, inspiring discussions about what it means to be Japanese and about the lives of the country’s multiracial population. Some are now questioning why people with mixed heritage are referred to as “hafu” (or half), suggesting they’re somehow less Japanese than others. She’s widely regarded not just as a Japanese celebrity but as a role model for her talent and social activism….
It’s the fluffy curliness of Osaka’s hair that makes it stand out against that sharp white backdrop of the tennis world because it represents her agency, not just her body.
While hair may not seem like a big deal, it is….


vdare--2020-09-14--Patrick J. Buchanan: Are the Forever Wars Really Ending?

`` There is no ... sound reason for the United States to continue sacrificing precious lives and treasure in a conflict not directly connected to our safety or other vital national interests . ''
So said William Ruger about Afghanistan , our longest war .
What makes this statement significant is that President Donald Trump has ordered a drawdown by mid-October of half of the 8,600 troops still in the country .
And Ruger was just named U.S. ambassador to Kabul .
The selection of Ruger to oversee the U.S. withdrawal came as Gen. Frank McKenzie of Central Command announced @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in Iraq from 5,200 to 3,000 by the end of September .
Is America , at long last , really coming home from the forever wars ?
A foreign policy analyst at the libertarian Charles Koch Institute and a Naval officer decorated for his service in Afghanistan , Ruger has long championed a noninterventionist foreign policy .
His nomination tends to confirm that , should Trump win a second term , his often-declared goal of extracting America from the forever wars of the Middle East , unachieved in his first term , would @ @ @ @ @ @ @ have been here before , bringing our troops home from Iraq and Afghanistan , only to send thousands back when our enemies seemed to be gaining the upper hand at the expense of the allies we left behind .
Still , this time , Trump 's withdrawals look to be irreversible .
And with the U.S. deal with the Taliban producing peace negotiations between the Kabul government and the Taliban , America seems to be saying to both sides of this endless civil war : The destiny of Afghanistan is yours .
The @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to you .
If talks collapse and a fight to the finish ensues , we Americans are not coming back , even to prevent a Taliban victory .
But how to explain the continued presence of tens of thousands of U.S. troops in Kuwait , Bahrain , Jordan , Djibouti , Saudi Arabia , Oman and Diego Garcia ?
Another indication of where a Trump second term is pointing is the naming of retired Col. Douglas Macgregor as ambassador to Germany .
The winner of a Bronze Star for valor in the 1991 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is steeped in that country 's history .
He has been highly visible on cable TV , calling for the transfer to our allies of the primary responsibility for their own defenses , and elevating the security of America 's Southern border to a far higher national imperative .
In 2019 , Macgregor was quoted : `` The only solution is martial law on the border , putting the United States Army in charge of it and closing it off would take about 30 , 40,000 troops .
We 're talking about the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of engagement .
That means that you can shoot people as required if your life is in danger . ''
That Macgregor 's priorities may be Trump 's also became evident with the president 's announcement this summer of the withdrawal of 12,000 of the 35,000 U.S. troops stationed in Germany .
Yet , at the same time , there is seemingly contradictory evidence to the notion that Donald Trump wants our troops home .
Currently , some 2,800 U.S. , British , and French troops are conducting `` Noble Partner '' exercises @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the Caucasus bordering Russia .
In Trump 's first term , his commitment to extricate America from the forever wars went unrealized , due in part to the resistance of hawks Trump himself appointed to carry out his foreign policy agenda .
Clearly , with the cuts in troops in Germany , Iraq and Afghanistan , and the appointments of Ruger and Macgregor , Trump has signaled a new resolve to reconfigure U.S. foreign policy in an `` America First '' direction , if he wins a second term .
Will he follow @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Cold War , the U.S. has been in an extended argument with itself over America 's role , America 's mission in the world .
George H. W. Bush 's New World Order is ancient history , as are the democracy crusades his son George W. Bush was persuaded to launch .
But what will Trump 's foreign policy legacy be , should he win ?
Joe Biden has signaled where he is headed—straight back to Barack Obama : '' First thing I 'm going to have to do , and I 'm @ @ @ @ @ @ @ going to have to get on the phone with the heads of state and say America 's back , '' Biden said , saying NATO has been `` worried as hell about our failure to confront Russia . ''
Trump came to office pledging to establish a new relationship with the Kremlin of President 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 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 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 .

"There is no... sound reason for the United States to continue sacrificing precious lives and treasure in a conflict not directly connected to our safety or other vital national interests."
So said William Ruger about Afghanistan, our longest war.
What makes this statement significant is that President Donald Trump has ordered a drawdown by mid-October of half of the 8,600 troops still in the country. And Ruger was just named U.S. ambassador to Kabul.
The selection of Ruger to oversee the U.S. withdrawal came as Gen. Frank McKenzie of Central Command announced plans to cut the U.S. troop presence in Iraq from 5,200 to 3,000 by the end of September.
Is America, at long last, really coming home from the forever wars?
A foreign policy analyst at the libertarian Charles Koch Institute and a Naval officer decorated for his service in Afghanistan, Ruger has long championed a noninterventionist foreign policy.
His nomination tends to confirm that, should Trump win a second term, his often-declared goal of extracting America from the forever wars of the Middle East, unachieved in his first term, would become a priority.
Yet, we have been here before, bringing our troops home from Iraq and Afghanistan, only to send thousands back when our enemies seemed to be gaining the upper hand at the expense of the allies we left behind.
Still, this time, Trump's withdrawals look to be irreversible. And with the U.S. deal with the Taliban producing peace negotiations between the Kabul government and the Taliban, America seems to be saying to both sides of this endless civil war:
The destiny of Afghanistan is yours. The choice of war or peace is up to you. If talks collapse and a fight to the finish ensues, we Americans are not coming back, even to prevent a Taliban victory.
Speaking in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, Trump made a remarkable declaration:
"We don't have to be in the Middle East, other than we want to protect Israel. ... There was a time we needed desperately oil, we don't need that anymore." If Trump means what he says, U.S. forces will be out of Syria, Iraq and Afghanistan early in his second term.
But how to explain the continued presence of tens of thousands of U.S. troops in Kuwait, Bahrain, Jordan, Djibouti, Saudi Arabia, Oman and Diego Garcia?
Another indication of where a Trump second term is pointing is the naming of retired Col. Douglas Macgregor as ambassador to Germany.
The winner of a Bronze Star for valor in the 1991 Gulf War, Macgregor speaks German and is steeped in that country's history. He has been highly visible on cable TV, calling for the transfer to our allies of the primary responsibility for their own defenses, and elevating the security of America's Southern border to a far higher national imperative.
In 2019, Macgregor was quoted: "The only solution is martial law on the border, putting the United States Army in charge of it and closing it off would take about 30, 40,000 troops. We're talking about the regular army. You need robust rules of engagement. That means that you can shoot people as required if your life is in danger."
That Macgregor's priorities may be Trump's also became evident with the president's announcement this summer of the withdrawal of 12,000 of the 35,000 U.S. troops stationed in Germany.
Yet, at the same time, there is seemingly contradictory evidence to the notion that Donald Trump wants our troops home. Currently, some 2,800 U.S., British, and French troops are conducting "Noble Partner" exercises with Georgian troops in that country in the Caucasus bordering Russia.
In Trump's first term, his commitment to extricate America from the forever wars went unrealized, due in part to the resistance of hawks Trump himself appointed to carry out his foreign policy agenda.
Clearly, with the cuts in troops in Germany, Iraq and Afghanistan, and the appointments of Ruger and Macgregor, Trump has signaled a new resolve to reconfigure U.S. foreign policy in an "America First" direction, if he wins a second term. Will he follow through?
Since the end of the Cold War, the U.S. has been in an extended argument with itself over America's role, America's mission in the world.
George H. W. Bush's New World Order is ancient history, as are the democracy crusades his son George W. Bush was persuaded to launch.
But what will Trump's foreign policy legacy be, should he win?
Joe Biden has signaled where he is headed—straight back to Barack Obama:
"First thing I'm going to have to do, and I'm not joking: if elected I'm going to have to get on the phone with the heads of state and say America's back," Biden said, saying NATO has been "worried as hell about our failure to confront Russia."
Trump came to office pledging to establish a new relationship with the Kremlin of President Vladimir Putin.
Is that still his goal, or have the Beltway Russophobes prevailed?
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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--2020-09-14--A Reader Wants Netflix Hit With Asset Forfeiture For Child Exploitation Over CUTIES—For Culture War

A Reader Wants Netflix Hit With Asset Forfeiture For Child Exploitation Over CUTIES—For Culture War Reasons, As Well As Moral

” and it ’ s sexualization of young girls .
Senators Mike Lee and Netflix is facing some rather intense scrutiny due to the release of the film “ ” and it ’ s sexualization of young girls .
Senators Mike Lee and Josh Hawley have written letters to the company demanding an explanation , and suggesting possible Justice Department action .
Due to the film ’ s graphic nature , it likely fits into the definition of child exploitation under federal law ( See 18 USC 110 , Section 2251 ) , and there are a number of different @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the company .
I believe that the most appropriate , and effective , way to punish Netflix is to file a civil forfeiture action against them , pursuant to 18 USC 110 , Section 2254 .
A forfeiture action would allow the DOJ to seize profits , real property , and maybe even various personal property used to develop and distribute the movie .
I worked as a District Attorney for several years , and I handled most of the forfeiture cases for my office .
They are pretty easy to prosecute .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ and there a lot of presumptions in place that work in the favor of the government .
Also , the owners of the property are often reluctant to file a claim to get their property returned .
The risk of putting something incriminating in a pleading , and thereby waiving any Fifth Amendment privilege , was simply too high .
The avoidance of criminal prosecution was of paramount importance .
In most circumstances , I was able to get a default judgment because no party filed a claim .
If we are going @ @ @ @ @ @ @ need to make life difficult—and unprofitable—for our political opponents ( enemies ? )
.
Hollywood was brought to heel almost a century ago when the Hays Code was imposed upon the industry .
The public took advantage of scandals revolving around people like “ Fatty ” Arbuckle t o make these reforms happen .
We need to do the same today if we want to neuter the power of mass media .

From: Fabrizio Evola [Email him]
Cuties ” and it’s sexualization of young girls. Senators Mike Lee and Netflix is facing some rather intense scrutiny due to the release of the film “” and it’s sexualization of young girls. Senators Mike Lee and Josh Hawley have written letters to the company demanding an explanation, and suggesting possible Justice Department action. Due to the film’s graphic nature, it likely fits into the definition of child exploitation under federal law (See 18 USC 110, Section 2251 ), and there are a number of different options for the DOJ to pursue against the company.
I believe that the most appropriate, and effective, way to punish Netflix is to file a civil forfeiture action against them, pursuant to 18 USC 110, Section 2254 . A forfeiture action would allow the DOJ to seize profits, real property, and maybe even various personal property used to develop and distribute the movie.
I worked as a District Attorney for several years, and I handled most of the forfeiture cases for my office. They are pretty easy to prosecute. The standard of proof is less, and there a lot of presumptions in place that work in the favor of the government. Also, the owners of the property are often reluctant to file a claim to get their property returned. The risk of putting something incriminating in a pleading, and thereby waiving any Fifth Amendment privilege, was simply too high. The avoidance of criminal prosecution was of paramount importance. In most circumstances, I was able to get a default judgment because no party filed a claim.
If we are going to win the Culture War, we need to make life difficult—and unprofitable—for our political opponents (enemies?). Hollywood was brought to heel almost a century ago when the Hays Code was imposed upon the industry. The public took advantage of scandals revolving around people like “Fatty” Arbuckle to make these reforms happen. We need to do the same today if we want to neuter the power of mass media.


vdare--2020-09-14--Jews by Movement (Orthodox And Non-Orthodox) on Immigration and White Privilege

I ’ d like to see this kind of [ Jewish 2016 presidential election vote ] breakdown on immigration policy .
It is clear from a dispassionate reading of the history of immigration politics that Jews have been the driving force for open borders — dwarfing even the Catholic church in influence .
The Cooperative Congressional Election Study of 2018 surveyed 60,000 people .
The smallest Jewish sample from the three items considered here is an impressive 1,490 , permitting us to drill down into broad religious movement among Jews .
For comparative purposes , positions of whites , blacks @ @ @ @ @ @ @ shown .
On immigration , non-Orthodox Jews are broadly in line with non-whites .
Orthodox Jews , in contrast , are broadly in line with whites .
As a tangential bonus , on the existence or lack of white privilege in American society ( “ neither agree nor disagree ” responses are not shown–consequently totals sum to less than 100 % ) : A similar alignment to what emerges on the issue of immigration exists here , though non-Orthodox Jews are a little more skeptical of the existence of “ white privilege ” @ @ @ @

James Bowery:
I’d like to see this kind of [Jewish 2016 presidential election vote] breakdown on immigration policy. It is clear from a dispassionate reading of the history of immigration politics that Jews have been the driving force for open borders — dwarfing even the Catholic church in influence.
The Cooperative Congressional Election Study of 2018 surveyed 60,000 people. The smallest Jewish sample from the three items considered here is an impressive 1,490, permitting us to drill down into broad religious movements among Jews. For comparative purposes, positions of whites, blacks, Hispanics, and Asians are also shown.
On building the wall:
On Trump’s executive order banning travel from multiple predominantly Islamic countries:
On immigration, non-Orthodox Jews are broadly in line with non-whites. Orthodox Jews, in contrast, are broadly in line with whites.
As a tangential bonus, on the existence or lack of white privilege in American society (“neither agree nor disagree” responses are not shown–consequently totals sum to less than 100%):
A similar alignment to what emerges on the issue of immigration exists here, though non-Orthodox Jews are a little more skeptical of the existence of “white privilege” than are non-whites.
CCES variables used: RACE(1-4), RELIGPEW_JEWISH, CC18_322a, CC18_417_c, CC18_422a(1-2)(4-5)