vdare--2020-01-29--Ann Coulter On Not Reporting Race (Unless White): Fully Automatic Media!

Earlier : VA Second Amendment Rally An Invigorating ( And Implicitly White ) Success The tedium of the impeachment trial has at least allowed me to catch up on my reading .
Apparently , there was a peaceful gun rights rally in Virginia last week that had the media in a panic .
Today , I will explain how their hysteria about the gun rally is directly related to their hysteria about the Russians throwing the 2016 election with Facebook ads—or , as MSNBC 's Brian Williams put it , using Facebook , Instagram and Twitter `` to turn Americans @ @ @ @ @ @ @ warfare , that did n't stop with the election . ''
First , the moral panic on guns : • “ New fears tied to a pro-gun rally that 's scheduled in Virginia ” —NBC News • “ A gun rights rally in Richmond on MLK Day has people fearing a repeat of Charlottesville ” —Richmond Times Dispatch As we have come to expect , the “ newspaper of record , ” The New York Times , bested them all : • “ Virginia Capital on Edge as F.B.I .
Arrests Suspected Neo-Nazis @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , what did the arrest of “ neo-Nazis ” have to do with the Virginia gun rally ?
Not a thing , it turns out .
The FBI had arrested three white guys with guns in another state the week before the rally .
One of the men was an illegal alien from Canada .
Three of the four charges against the men had to do with his immigration status .
What does the arrest of an illegal alien and his accomplices in Maryland have to do with a gun rally in Virginia @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Although the charges were not directly linked to the Richmond rally , law enforcement officials said the three men had discussed attending it.
” Here 's an idea for you , New York Times .
Every time an African American is arrested for some infamous crime , cite that arrest in a headline claiming that people are “ on edge ” about a coming NAACP convention—or maybe a meeting of black scientists .
“ Virginia Capital on Edge as F.B.I .
Arrests R. Kelly Before NAACP Convention ” ( Just say Kelly had @ @ @ @ @ @ @ The media are liars , and they know they ’ re liars .
We ’ ve been having gun rights rallies forever , and they ’ ve never turned into murderous bacchanals .
How about some flood-the-zone coverage of Big Foot sightings ?
If journalists were serious about alerting the public to events that are likely to result in violence , they should check out the West Indian Carnival parade in New York .
The Wikipedia entry on the parade has a special listing for “ incidents , ” which I have fact-checked @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 2003 , a man was fatally shot and another was stabbed in the neck .
• In 2005 , one man was shot and killed along the parade route .
• In 2006 , one man was shot and another was stabbed .
• At the 2007 parade , a man was shot twice in the leg .
• In 2011 , there was one murder , three stabbings and numerous shootings , including of a policeman .
• In 2012 , two people were fatally stabbed ; two others were shot .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ two and wounded three .
• In 2015 , at a pre-parade celebration , there was one fatal stabbing and one fatal shooting , when an aide to New York Gov .
Andrew Cuomo , Carey Gabay , was shot in the head .
He died eight days later .
• In 2016 , during pre-parade celebrations , four people were shot , two fatally , and two more were stabbed .
Under the bloodcurdling headline , “ Playing and Swaying to Caribbean Rhythms , ” the Times mentioned a few other incidents @ @ @ @ @ @ @ stabbed and a woman was run over by a float .
In 1999 , two young children were killed by floats , and one man was killed by a sound truck .
The 2017 `` Unite the Right '' rally in Charlottesville , which left one person dead , would have been a banner year for safety at the Caribbean day parade .
Despite the annual bloodshed , you will never see the headlines : “ Crown Heights Braces for West Indian Labor Day Parade ” or “ City on Edge Before Caribbean @ @ @ @ @ @ @ `` Playing and Swaying to Stirring Second Amendment Rhetoric '' ? )
Our media simply will not report crimes by non-whites .
Journalists think to themselves : What ’ s the point of reporting a crime if it was committed by a black person ?
At least this makes it easy to figure out the race of the perp .
If any white person commits a crime , you know—oh my gosh , do you know !
But if there ’ s no mention of the perp ’ s race ... it ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ themselves that it ’ s not dishonorable to mislead the public—in fact , it ’ s actually the honorable thing to do !
If we tell the truth , it will just feed the racists !
This is why the media are constantly demanding censorship of the internet .
The ability of the public to escape the media ’ s sleazy , dishonest ecosystem and get the truth elsewhere is a mortal threat , as it is to all totalitarian regimes .
Oh , how they long for the days of three TV @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and magazines—and nothing else !
Every night on MSNBC , you can see them warmly reminiscing about the good old days when they could remove a president from office without breaking a sweat .
The next time you read a denunciation of Mark Zuckerberg for his maddening refusal to censor Trump ads on Facebook , remember : The Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville was safer than the average Caribbean Day parade .
The media want to make sure you have no way of knowing that .
Ann Coulter is the author of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Her book , ¡Adios America !
The Left ’ s Plan To Turn Our Country Into A Third World Hell Hole , was released on June 1 , 2015 .
Her latest book , Resistance Is Futile !
: How the Trump-Hating Left Lost Its Collective Mind , was released on August 21 , 2018 .

Earlier: VA Second Amendment Rally An Invigorating (And Implicitly White) Success
The tedium of the impeachment trial has at least allowed me to catch up on my reading. Apparently, there was a peaceful gun rights rally in Virginia last week that had the media in a panic.
Today, I will explain how their hysteria about the gun rally is directly related to their hysteria about the Russians throwing the 2016 election with Facebook ads—or, as MSNBC's Brian Williams put it, using Facebook, Instagram and Twitter "to turn Americans against one another, psychological and information warfare, that didn't stop with the election."
First, the moral panic on guns:
As we have come to expect, the “newspaper of record,” the New York Times, bested them all:
Wow—neo-Nazis! Wait, what did the arrest of “neo-Nazis” have to do with the Virginia gun rally?
Not a thing, it turns out.
The FBI had arrested three white guys with guns in another state the week before the rally. One of the men was an illegal alien from Canada. Three of the four charges against the men had to do with his immigration status.
What does the arrest of an illegal alien and his accomplices in Maryland have to do with a gun rally in Virginia? As the Times explained, “Although the charges were not directly linked to the Richmond rally, law enforcement officials said the three men had discussed attending it.”
Here's an idea for you, New York Times. Every time an African American is arrested for some infamous crime, cite that arrest in a headline claiming that people are “on edge” about a coming NAACP convention—or maybe a meeting of black scientists.
“Virginia Capital on Edge as F.B.I. Arrests R. Kelly Before NAACP Convention” (Just say Kelly had "discussed attending it"!)
The media are liars, and they know they’re liars. We’ve been having gun rights rallies forever, and they’ve never turned into murderous bacchanals. How about some flood-the-zone coverage of Big Foot sightings?
If journalists were serious about alerting the public to events that are likely to result in violence, they should check out the West Indian Carnival parade in New York.
The Wikipedia entry on the parade has a special listing for “incidents,” which I have fact-checked and edited for brevity:
In 2003, a man was fatally shot and another was stabbed in the neck.
In 2005, one man was shot and killed along the parade route.
In 2006, one man was shot and another was stabbed.
At the 2007 parade, a man was shot twice in the leg.
In 2011, there was one murder, three stabbings and numerous shootings, including of a policeman.
In 2012, two people were fatally stabbed; two others were shot.
In 2013, several shootings killed two and wounded three.
In 2015, at a pre-parade celebration, there was one fatal stabbing and one fatal shooting, when an aide to New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, Carey Gabay, was shot in the head. He died eight days later.
In 2016, during pre-parade celebrations, four people were shot, two fatally, and two more were stabbed.
Under the bloodcurdling headline, “Playing and Swaying to Caribbean Rhythms,” the Times mentioned a few other incidents. In 2004, a man was stabbed and a woman was run over by a float. In 1999, two young children were killed by floats, and one man was killed by a sound truck.
The 2017 "Unite the Right" rally in Charlottesville, which left one person dead, would have been a banner year for safety at the Caribbean day parade.
Despite the annual bloodshed, you will never see the headlines: “Crown Heights Braces for West Indian Labor Day Parade” or “City on Edge Before Caribbean Carnival.” (And why not: "Playing and Swaying to Stirring Second Amendment Rhetoric"?)
Our media simply will not report crimes by non-whites. Journalists think to themselves: What’s the point of reporting a crime if it was committed by a black person?
At least this makes it easy to figure out the race of the perp. If any white person commits a crime, you know—oh my gosh, do you know! But if there’s no mention of the perp’s race ... it’s a minority!
Journalists have convinced themselves that it’s not dishonorable to mislead the public—in fact, it’s actually the honorable thing to do! If we tell the truth, it will just feed the racists!
This is why the media are constantly demanding censorship of the internet. The ability of the public to escape the media’s sleazy, dishonest ecosystem and get the truth elsewhere is a mortal threat, as it is to all totalitarian regimes.
Oh, how they long for the days of three TV stations, a handful of national newspapers and magazines—and nothing else! Every night on MSNBC, you can see them warmly reminiscing about the good old days when they could remove a president from office without breaking a sweat.
The next time you read a denunciation of Mark Zuckerberg for his maddening refusal to censor Trump ads on Facebook, remember: The Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville was safer than the average Caribbean Day parade. The media want to make sure you have no way of knowing that.
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Her book, ¡Adios America! The Left’s Plan To Turn Our Country Into A Third World Hell Hole, was released on June 1, 2015.
Her latest book, Resistance Is Futile!: How the Trump-Hating Left Lost Its Collective Mind, was released on August 21, 2018.


vdare--2020-01-29--Radio Derb Transcript Up For January 24: Hysteria Goes Viral, Great 2nd Amendment Rally, South Sudan

Radio Derb Transcript Up For January 24: Hysteria Goes Viral, Great 2nd Amendment Rally, South Sudan Basket Case, And Canada's Mini-SPLC, Etc.

The Radio Derb transcript is up for January 24 .
Go here to read or listen .
24m08s That great @ @ @ @ @ But where was the NRA ? )
28m54s In praise of faggots .
( I @ @ @ @

The Radio Derb transcript is up for January 24. Go here to read or listen.
00m46s Hysteria goes viral. (The coronavirus panic.)
14m52s Canada's SPLC knock-off. (Entrepreneurship up north.)
24m08s That great 2nd Amendment rally. (But where was the NRA?)
26m05s The South Sudan basket case. (Lions worst affected.)
28m54s In praise of faggots. (I love them!)
30m09s Living 1,000 years in 8½ hours. (Senators pioneered the trick.)
32m37s San Francisco's new D.A. (Red-diaper baby Chesa Boudin.)
36m33s Endangered symbols. (My 2¢.)
38m18s Signoff. (With Robbie Burns.)


vdare--2020-01-29--Justice Sotomayor Praises SF's Pro-Criminal DA Chesa Boudin In Video Message

Last November Chesa Boudin was elected District Attorney for San Francisco .
Who he ?
He a red-diaper baby , son of communist terrorists Kathy Boudin and David Gilbert .
That 's not idle abuse I 'm offering there : Kathy Boudin and David Gilbert were both arrested , tried , and convicted for the murders of two police officers and a security guard in 1981 , when Chesa was one year old .
Gilbert is still in jail ; Kathy Boudin was let out on parole in 2003 .
Chesa was raised by two other crazy leftists , Bill @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Dohrn avoided lengthy prison sentences and settled to comfortable well-paid careers in , of course , the academy .
None of that is Chesa Boudin 's fault , but it might as well be : He 's a crazy radical himself .
CBS San Francisco tells us that he , quote , If you have followed my commentary on the stupid , innumerate , and pernicious Disparate Impact doctrine , you 'll have heard me argue that those racial disparities in the criminal justice system are a straightforward consequence of the fact that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ others .
And in the matter of mass incarceration , you may also have heard me argue that we 're not putting enough black men in prison .
Chesa Boudin begs to differ .
As soon as he took office on January 8th he set about fulfilling his campaign promises .
What he did was , he fired six of the D.A .
office 's prosecutors , in the homicide , felony and gang units .
This is not usual behavior in an incoming D.A .
People get moved around , sometimes demoted @ @ @ @ @ @ @ I suppose Chesa Boudin 's actions are not surprising .
What did surprise me , in fact shocked me , was that U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor sent him a gushing video of congratulation when he took office , praising his `` strength of character and moral composure '' and calling him , quote , `` a great beacon to many .
`` ( It 's not on YouTube that I know of , but the text of the message is here . )
I understand , of course , that the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in a lofty realm of jurisprudential philosophizing high above the grubby politicking of the other two branches , that this notion is just a polite fiction ; but are n't the justices supposed to pretend ?

Earlier, by Michelle Malkin: Radical Spawn Chesa Boudin—America's Most Toxic DA Candidate
Last November Chesa Boudin was elected District Attorney for San Francisco. Who he? He a red-diaper baby, son of communist terrorists Kathy Boudin and David Gilbert.
That's not idle abuse I'm offering there: Kathy Boudin and David Gilbert were both arrested, tried, and convicted for the murders of two police officers and a security guard in 1981, when Chesa was one year old. Gilbert is still in jail; Kathy Boudin was let out on parole in 2003.
Chesa was raised by two other crazy leftists, Bill Ayers and Bernardine Dohrn. Ayers and Dohrn avoided lengthy prison sentences and settled to comfortable well-paid careers in, of course, the academy.
None of that is Chesa Boudin's fault, but it might as well be: He's a crazy radical himself. CBS San Francisco tells us that he, quote,
ran a progressive campaign that included working to end mass incarcerations and racial disparities in the criminal justice system. [New San Francisco District Attorney Fires Multiple Prosecutors, January 10, 2020]
If you have followed my commentary on the stupid, innumerate, and pernicious Disparate Impact doctrine, you'll have heard me argue that those racial disparities in the criminal justice system are a straightforward consequence of the fact that some races are way more criminal than others. And in the matter of mass incarceration, you may also have heard me argue that we're not putting enough black men in prison.
Chesa Boudin begs to differ. As soon as he took office on January 8th he set about fulfilling his campaign promises. What he did was, he fired six of the D.A. office's prosecutors, in the homicide, felony and gang units. This is not usual behavior in an incoming D.A. People get moved around, sometimes demoted, but not often just fired.
I suppose Chesa Boudin's actions are not surprising. What did surprise me, in fact shocked me, was that U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor sent him a gushing video of congratulation when he took office, praising his "strength of character and moral composure" and calling him, quote, "a great beacon to many." (It's not on YouTube that I know of, but the text of the message is here.)
I understand, of course, that the notion that U.S. Supreme Court justices dwell in a lofty realm of jurisprudential philosophizing high above the grubby politicking of the other two branches, that this notion is just a polite fiction; but aren't the justices supposed to pretend?


vdare--2020-01-29--Out of Touch Media Elite Punches Down At "Boomer Rubes"

This is unsurprising .
The average GOP voter is more male and more visuo-spatially oriented than the average Democrat voter @ @ @ @ @ more female and more verbally oriented .
A stunning lack of awareness from our esteemed @ @ @ @ @ of the movie that grossed a billion dollars hinges on a powerful , privileged late @ @ @ @ @ , dysfunctional , mentally-ill prole : What do you risk when you punch down , @ @ @ @ @ punch down again ?
One hell of a comeuppance .
Joaquin Phoenix understands .
He @ @ @ @ @ before he did the delivering :

Earlier:
This is unsurprising. The average GOP voter is more male and more visuo-spatially oriented than the average Democrat voter, who tends to be more female and more verbally oriented.
A stunning lack of awareness from our esteemed elite continues.
The plot of the movie that grossed a billion dollars hinges on a powerful, privileged late night comedian mocking a powerless, dysfunctional, mentally ill prole:
What do you risk when you punch down, punch down, and then punch down again? One hell of a comeuppance.
Joaquin Phoenix understands. He was on the receiving end before he did the delivering:
[Comment at Unz.com]


vdare--2020-01-29--Elizabeth Warren Proposes Criminalizing "Disinformation." Does That Include Her Claiming To Be An Am

Elizabeth Warren Proposes Criminalizing "Disinformation." Does That Include Her Claiming To Be An American Indian?

If the last few years have shown anything , it 's that the source of all power is media power .
Deeply held religious beliefs , identities , and what once would have been called irrefutable common sense can be transformed in a remarkably short time if you have media power .
`` The Great Awokening '' is one manifestation of this , as liberal whites living under a System that discriminates against them in jobs and education truly believe that we are in a racist hellhole .
They believe this more than nonwhites themselves .
However , at least @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Stream Media , the official Narrative .
More than the distinction between liberals and conservatives , the real division in American politics is between the people who believe the MSM and those that do n't .
The Internet theoretically provides people with a way to communicate without having to go through the MSM .
Unfortunately , the value of free speech is another one of those things that liberals would have said was self-evidently good just a few years ago which they now think is evil .
Thus , most journalism today consists @ @ @ @ @ @ @ For now , this is being done through the private sector .
Elizabeth Warren wants to skip the middleman altogether , and simply criminalize `` disinformation . ''
Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Elizabeth Warren on Wednesday released a plan to fight disinformation and to hold tech companies accountable for their actions in light of the 2016 election .
“ Disinformation and online foreign interference erode our democracy , and Donald Trump has invited both , ” Warren said in a Tweet Wednesday .
“ Anyone who seeks to challenge and defeat Donald Trump @ @ @ @ @ @ @ prepared to take this on – and I ’ ve got a plan to do it.
” Warren proposed to combat disinformation by holding big tech companies like Facebook , Twitter and Google responsible for spreading misinformation designed to suppress voters from turning out .
“ I will push for new laws that impose tough civil and criminal penalties for knowingly disseminating this kind of information , which has the explicit purpose of undermining the basic right to vote , ” Warren said in a release .
Of course , as many others @ @ @ @ @ @ @ lest they be banned ) , the only reason any of us know who Elizabeth Warren is is because she pretended to be an American Indian for career advantage .
Would commenting on that be `` disinformation '' under her proposed law ?
After all , calling her a liar might reduce Democrat turnout .

If the last few years have shown anything, it's that the source of all power is media power. Deeply held religious beliefs, identities, and what once would have been called irrefutable common sense can be transformed in a remarkably short time if you have media power. "The Great Awokening" is one manifestation of this, as liberal whites living under a System that discriminates against them in jobs and education truly believe that we are in a racist hellhole. They believe this more than nonwhites themselves.
However, at least some people don't believe the Main Stream Media, the official Narrative. More than the distinction between liberals and conservatives, the real division in American politics is between the people who believe the MSM and those that don't. The Internet theoretically provides people with a way to communicate without having to go through the MSM.
Unfortunately, the value of free speech is another one of those things that liberals would have said was self-evidently good just a few years ago which they now think is evil. Thus, most journalism today consists of demands to shut down speech. For now, this is being done through the private sector.
Elizabeth Warren wants to skip the middleman altogether, and simply criminalize "disinformation."
Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Elizabeth Warren on Wednesday released a plan to fight disinformation and to hold tech companies accountable for their actions in light of the 2016 election. “Disinformation and online foreign interference erode our democracy, and Donald Trump has invited both,” Warren said in a Tweet Wednesday. “Anyone who seeks to challenge and defeat Donald Trump in the 2020 election must be fully prepared to take this on – and I’ve got a plan to do it.” Warren proposed to combat disinformation by holding big tech companies like Facebook, Twitter and Google responsible for spreading misinformation designed to suppress voters from turning out. “I will push for new laws that impose tough civil and criminal penalties for knowingly disseminating this kind of information, which has the explicit purpose of undermining the basic right to vote,” Warren said in a release. [Elizabeth Warren proposes criminal penalties for spreading disinformation online, by Sunny Kim, CNBC, January 29, 2020]
Of course, as many others pointed out on Twitter (cautiously, lest they be banned), the only reason any of us know who Elizabeth Warren is is because she pretended to be an American Indian for career advantage. Would commenting on that be "disinformation" under her proposed law? After all, calling her a liar might reduce Democrat turnout.


vdare--2020-01-30--MLK Day In Montana:  The Only People Who Entered UM's MLK Essay Content Were White—And They Won, Whi

MLK Day In Montana:  The Only People Who Entered UM's MLK Essay Content Were White—And They Won, Which Is Racist

Here ’ s a story from the University of Montana , which is largely white , like the state it serves—in Montana , minority usually means American Indian .
The problem was not that whites were better at writing , and so won the contest by “ the content of their character ” —it ’ s that there were only six entries , all of them from whites .
The University of Montana was in the early stages of addressing complaints about the lack of racial diversity on campus when it decided to hold an essay contest marking Martin Luther @ @ @ @ @ @ @ seen as an opportunity to engage students of various backgrounds and spur dialogue across the campus about the life and work of the late civil rights leader .
But the plans backfired when the university announced , and proudly promoted , the four winning essays -- all penned by white students .
The backlash on social media was swift and searing and , perhaps most interestingly , multiracial .
More than 1,100 commenters , many of them self-identifying as white , took to Facebook to call out university officials for being “ tone-deaf @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the contest as a “ colorblind mess.
” The University of Montana has 10,962 students , but fewer than 1 percent of them are black .
That 's high , because only six-tenths of one percent of Montanans are black , i.e .
they 're overrepresented .
In 2016 , article whining about how lonely black students are at UM , and how traumatized by Trump , one writer counted them : On the first Monday evening after the presidential election , roughly 20 students gathered in a circle in the living room @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Above them , a sign read “ Life does not have to be perfect to be wonderful.
” Around them were posters on the walls displaying newspaper clippings from the past few decades about the Black Student Union .
Of these 20 students , five were black .
This number may seem small , but it ’ s significantly more diverse than the campus as a whole .
Of the nearly 8,000 undergraduate students at the University of Montana ’ s mountain campus , only 76 are black .
There are an additional @ @ @ @ @ @ @ sure any of the blacks students who entered could have won , on the basis of being black themselves .
That 's not totally illegitimate , when you consider that an essay like this draws on personal experience , but none of them did enter , because they did n't have to .
The fact that four white girls won this competition has produced remarkable outpourings of white `` self-hatred '' .
( I never believe these people hate themselves—they hate me , Donald Trump , Andrew Jackson , George Washington , and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ remember , this whole thing was caused by blacks not writing any essays , because , after all , they do n't have to .

Here’s a story from the University of Montana, which is largely white, like the state it serves—in Montana, minority usually means American Indian.
The problem was not that whites were better at writing, and so won the contest by “the content of their character”—it’s that there were only six entries, all of them from whites.
The University of Montana was in the early stages of addressing complaints about the lack of racial diversity on campus when it decided to hold an essay contest marking Martin Luther King Jr. Day. The contest was seen as an opportunity to engage students of various backgrounds and spur dialogue across the campus about the life and work of the late civil rights leader. But the plans backfired when the university announced, and proudly promoted, the four winning essays -- all penned by white students. The backlash on social media was swift and searing and, perhaps most interestingly, multiracial. More than 1,100 commenters, many of them self-identifying as white, took to Facebook to call out university officials for being “tone-deaf” and “shameful” and criticizing the contest as a “colorblind mess.”
The University of Montana has 10,962 students, but fewer than 1 percent of them are black. That's high, because only six-tenths of one percent of Montanans are black, i.e. they're overrepresented. In 2016, article whining about how lonely black students are at UM, and how traumatized by Trump, one writer counted them:
On the first Monday evening after the presidential election, roughly 20 students gathered in a circle in the living room of the Black Student Union house. Above them, a sign read “Life does not have to be perfect to be wonderful.” Around them were posters on the walls displaying newspaper clippings from the past few decades about the Black Student Union. Of these 20 students, five were black. This number may seem small, but it’s significantly more diverse than the campus as a whole. Of the nearly 8,000 undergraduate students at the University of Montana’s mountain campus, only 76 are black. There are an additional 11 black graduate students.
I'm sure any of the blacks students who entered could have won, on the basis of being black themselves. That's not totally illegitimate, when you consider that an essay like this draws on personal experience, but none of them did enter, because they didn't have to.
The fact that four white girls won this competition has produced remarkable outpourings of white "self-hatred". (I never believe these people hate themselves—they hate me, Donald Trump, Andrew Jackson, George Washington, and their parents and uncles.)
But remember, this whole thing was caused by blacks not writing any essays, because, after all, they don't have to.


vdare--2020-01-30--Why Did Whites And Especially Blacks With 120 IQs Lose Income From 1993 To 2014 While Latinos And Es

Why Did Whites And Especially Blacks With 120 IQs Lose Income From 1993 To 2014 While Latinos And Especially Asians Prospered?

Here ’ s a curious bit I found in the end notes of Charles Murray ’ s new Human Diversity : To make his 319 pages of main text less digressive , Murray has exiled a huge amount of material to the 190 pages of fine print at the back .
I was particularly interested in his update to The Bell Curve in the endnotes from page 416 to 423 .
What ’ s happened over the past quarter of a century ?
Obviously , Herrnstein and Murray ’ s main forecast—that the cognitive elite would continue to do better @ @ @ @ @ @ @ So has their most notorious prediction—that group differences in intelligence , such as the white-black gap , would remain largely intractable .
But what about the inside-baseball stats on IQ and income ?
In Human Diversity ’ s endnotes , Murray reports on both the 1979 National Longitudinal Study of Youth cohort of over 10,000 late baby boomers and the 1997 NLSY study of a similar number of kids born in the early 1980s .
When the incomes of the 1979 NLSY cohort were evaluated in 1993 when they were 30 to 35 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the same IQs earned the same amount of money .
Hispanics , however , earned 6 percent less .
Asians were so few they weren ’ t broken out separately back then .
When the subsequent 1997 NLSY cohort was evaluated in 2014 , however , immigrant groups were doing better than whites and blacks .
Latinos outearned whites with similar IQs by 2 percent , and Asians outearned equally smart whites by a stunning 57 percent .
Between these two cohorts a couple of decades apart , white incomes at a 120 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ incomes by a shocking 19 percent .
Blacks with 120 IQs in 2014 made only 84 percent as much as whites with similar intellects , and merely 54 percent as much as equally high-IQ Asians .
These are curious findings , and Murray doesn ’ t comment much upon them .
I ’ d point out that the sample sizes , especially of blacks at 120 IQ , are not large and the methodological challenges of comparing two separate ( but similar ) studies are likely complex .
Still , if this trend @ @ @ @ @ @ @ worsening black-white relationships during the current Great Awokening .
Perhaps between 1993 and 2014 , the earnings of both blacks and whites got squeezed hard by immigrants , and the two old American groups are taking out their financial resentments upon each other rather than upon the newcomers .

Here’s a curious bit I found in the end notes of Charles Murray’s new Human Diversity:
To make his 319 pages of main text less digressive, Murray has exiled a huge amount of material to the 190 pages of fine print at the back.
I was particularly interested in his update to The Bell Curve in the endnotes from page 416 to 423. What’s happened over the past quarter of a century?
Obviously, Herrnstein and Murray’s main forecast—that the cognitive elite would continue to do better than the noncognitive elite—has come true. So has their most notorious prediction—that group differences in intelligence, such as the white-black gap, would remain largely intractable.
But what about the inside-baseball stats on IQ and income? In Human Diversity’s endnotes, Murray reports on both the 1979 National Longitudinal Study of Youth cohort of over 10,000 late baby boomers and the 1997 NLSY study of a similar number of kids born in the early 1980s.
When the incomes of the 1979 NLSY cohort were evaluated in 1993 when they were 30 to 35 years old, blacks and whites with the same IQs earned the same amount of money. Hispanics, however, earned 6 percent less. Asians were so few they weren’t broken out separately back then.
When the subsequent 1997 NLSY cohort was evaluated in 2014, however, immigrant groups were doing better than whites and blacks. Latinos outearned whites with similar IQs by 2 percent, and Asians outearned equally smart whites by a stunning 57 percent.
Between these two cohorts a couple of decades apart, white incomes at a 120 IQ fell by 4 percent and black incomes by a shocking 19 percent. Blacks with 120 IQs in 2014 made only 84 percent as much as whites with similar intellects, and merely 54 percent as much as equally high-IQ Asians.
These are curious findings, and Murray doesn’t comment much upon them. I’d point out that the sample sizes, especially of blacks at 120 IQ, are not large and the methodological challenges of comparing two separate (but similar) studies are likely complex.
Still, if this trend is real, it could help explain worsening black-white relationships during the current Great Awokening. Perhaps between 1993 and 2014, the earnings of both blacks and whites got squeezed hard by immigrants, and the two old American groups are taking out their financial resentments upon each other rather than upon the newcomers.


vdare--2020-01-30--"Yale Med School To Stop Teaching Medicine Discovered By White Males"—Babylon Bee or NPR? (Both!)

In response , Yale has decided to take a stunning and brave stand against white males by striking all medicine discovered by white males from its med school curriculum .
This has been lauded as a much-needed stand for diversity at Yale , especially by current med students who will now have much more time to deal with the stress of med school by watching Netflix .
Many people have called Yale out , saying they “ didn ’ t go far enough ” and that dropping a measly freshman art survey class was “ wimpy ” and “ weak @ @ @ @ @ @ @ has been under intense criticism after the recent decision to stop teaching “ Introduction to Art History : Renaissance to the Present ” because of its focus on Western art – mainly by white males .
… At Yale School of Medicine , for example , one main building ’ s hallways feature 55 portraits : three women and 52 men .
They ’ re all white .
“ I don ’ t necessarily always have a reaction .
But then there are times when you ’ re having a really bad day @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , or you ’ re struggling with feeling like you belong in the space — and then you see all those photos and it kind of reinforces whatever you might have been feeling at the time , ” says Max Jordan Nguemeni Tiako , a medical student at Yale .
He grew up reading Harry Potter books , and in that fictional world , portraits can talk to the characters .
“ If this was Harry Potter , ” he muses , “ if they could speak , what would they even say @ @ @ @ @ @ @ there ’ s a big portrait somewhere of someone kind of staring you down.
” Yale medical student Nientara Anderson recently teamed up with fellow student Elizabeth Fitzsousa and associate professor Dr. Anna Reisman to study the effect of this artwork ; the results were published in July in the Journal of General Internal Medicine .
“ Students felt like these portraits were not just ancient , historic things that had nothing to do with their contemporary experience , ” says Anderson .
“ They actually felt that the portraits reinforced contemporary issues @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of othering .
”

In response, Yale has decided to take a stunning and brave stand against white males by striking all medicine discovered by white males from its med school curriculum. This has been lauded as a much-needed stand for diversity at Yale, especially by current med students who will now have much more time to deal with the stress of med school by watching Netflix.
Many people have called Yale out, saying they “didn’t go far enough” and that dropping a measly freshman art survey class was “wimpy” and “weak”.
NEW HAVEN, CT—Yale University has been under intense criticism after the recent decision to stop teaching “Introduction to Art History: Renaissance to the Present” because of its focus on Western art – mainly by white males.
Babylon Bee or NPR?
Academic Science Rethinks All-Too-White ‘Dude Walls’ Of Honor
August 25, 2019 8:06 AM ET
NELL GREENFIELDBOYCE
… At Yale School of Medicine, for example, one main building’s hallways feature 55 portraits: three women and 52 men. They’re all white.
“I don’t necessarily always have a reaction. But then there are times when you’re having a really bad day — someone says something racist to you, or you’re struggling with feeling like you belong in the space — and then you see all those photos and it kind of reinforces whatever you might have been feeling at the time,” says Max Jordan Nguemeni Tiako, a medical student at Yale.
He grew up reading Harry Potter books, and in that fictional world, portraits can talk to the characters. “If this was Harry Potter,” he muses, “if they could speak, what would they even say to me? Everywhere you study, there’s a big portrait somewhere of someone kind of staring you down.”
Yale medical student Nientara Anderson recently teamed up with fellow student Elizabeth Fitzsousa and associate professor Dr. Anna Reisman to study the effect of this artwork; the results were published in July in the Journal of General Internal Medicine.
“Students felt like these portraits were not just ancient, historic things that had nothing to do with their contemporary experience,” says Anderson. “They actually felt that the portraits reinforced contemporary issues of exclusion, of racial discrimination — of othering.”


vdare--2020-01-30--FBI Now Doing The Immigration Work ICE SVU Refuses To Do

While ICE SVU is trying to replace the Federal Bureau of Investigation ( FBI ) and take over the child porn and terrorism cases that the FBI is supposed to investigate , the FBI apparently has seen that ICE SVU is refusing to do immigration fraud investigations , and decided to move in on those cases to make stats .
Stats , or statistics , meaning the number of arrests and convictions an agency has , is the sine qua non of Federal law enforcement .
Managers and agents need to make cases to get awards and promotions .
And @ @ @ @ @ @ @ investigations open to other agencies , the stat hungry FBI sees an opportunity .
Better yet , the FBI has no problem raiding churches who aid and abet immigration fraud , unlike ICE SVU who give churches a pass on criminal activity .
In this latest case , a Protestant church created and run by immigrants from the Philippines was raided by the FBI for engaging in immigration fraud , including illegal work in the United States and immigration benefits fraud , to wit marriage fraud .
Federal agents raided a Philippines-based church @ @ @ @ @ @ @ trafficking investigation that led to arrests of three church leaders in what prosecutors said was a decades-long scheme to trick followers into becoming fundraisers and arrange sham marriages to keep them in the U.S .
The local leader of the Kingdom of Jesus Christ church was arrested on immigration fraud charges in the early morning bust along with a worker who confiscated passports of the victims of the scheme and another who handled finances , the U.S. attorney ’ s office said .
Workers who managed to escape from the church told the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the U.S. to work long hours soliciting donations for the church ’ s charity and were beaten and psychologically abused if they didn ’ t make daily quotas , according to an affidavit filed in support of the charges .
Some described having to live in cars at truck stops .
The immigrants essentially became full-time workers , sometimes referred to as “ miracle workers , ” in a crusade to raise money for the nonprofit Children ’ s Joy Foundation USA , which was supposed to benefit poor children in their homeland @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the money raised was used to finance church operations and the lavish lifestyle of church leader Apollo Quiboloy .
Notably missing in this case of immigration fraud is ICE SVU and the Special Agent-in-Charge for their Los Angeles Office , Joe Macias .
Macias is one of the notorious Dirty 19 who attacked immigration enforcement priorities under President Trump .
Macias is , of course , a legacy U.S. Customs Service ( USCS ) agent who came over to ICE SVU after the creation of the Department of Homeland Security ( DHS ) @ @ @ @ @ @ @ churches , and there is nothing in the law or the Constitution that prohibits such raids .
We do not live in a medieval society where the One True Roman Catholic Church was a separate secular as well as religious power and check on the monarchs and nobility , a sanctuary as it was from abuses at the time .
Sadly though , saboteurs like Macias pushed through a policy under Barack Hussein Obama to protect churches from investigation and raids when aiding and abetting illegal aliens , in violation of Federal criminal @ @ @ @ @ @ @ illegals .
It is clearly time for Ken The Knife Cuccinelli to end the immunity churches have concerning immigration fraud and aiding illegal aliens .

While ICE SVU is trying to replace the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and take over the child porn and terrorism cases that the FBI is supposed to investigate, the FBI apparently has seen that ICE SVU is refusing to do immigration fraud investigations, and decided to move in on those cases to make stats.
Stats, or statistics, meaning the number of arrests and convictions an agency has, is the sine qua non of Federal law enforcement. Managers and agents need to make cases to get awards and promotions. And when ICE SVU leaves an area of investigations open to other agencies, the stat hungry FBI sees an opportunity. Better yet, the FBI has no problem raiding churches who aid and abet immigration fraud, unlike ICE SVU who give churches a pass on criminal activity.
In this latest case, a Protestant church created and run by immigrants from the Philippines was raided by the FBI for engaging in immigration fraud, including illegal work in the United States and immigration benefits fraud, to wit marriage fraud.
Federal agents raided a Philippines-based church in Los Angeles Wednesday in a human trafficking investigation that led to arrests of three church leaders in what prosecutors said was a decades-long scheme to trick followers into becoming fundraisers and arrange sham marriages to keep them in the U.S. The local leader of the Kingdom of Jesus Christ church was arrested on immigration fraud charges in the early morning bust along with a worker who confiscated passports of the victims of the scheme and another who handled finances, the U.S. attorney’s office said. Workers who managed to escape from the church told the FBI that they had been sent across the U.S. to work long hours soliciting donations for the church’s charity and were beaten and psychologically abused if they didn’t make daily quotas, according to an affidavit filed in support of the charges. Some described having to live in cars at truck stops. The immigrants essentially became full-time workers, sometimes referred to as “miracle workers,” in a crusade to raise money for the nonprofit Children’s Joy Foundation USA, which was supposed to benefit poor children in their homeland. But the complaint said most of the money raised was used to finance church operations and the lavish lifestyle of church leader Apollo Quiboloy. [FBI Raids Los Angeles Church To Make Immigration Fraud Bust, by Brian Melley, AP/ABC News, January 29, 2020]
Notably missing in this case of immigration fraud is ICE SVU and the Special Agent-in-Charge for their Los Angeles Office, Joe Macias. Macias is one of the notorious Dirty 19 who attacked immigration enforcement priorities under President Trump. Macias is, of course, a legacy U.S. Customs Service (USCS) agent who came over to ICE SVU after the creation of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).
The FBI has no problem raiding churches, and there is nothing in the law or the Constitution that prohibits such raids. We do not live in a medieval society where the One True Roman Catholic Church was a separate secular as well as religious power and check on the monarchs and nobility, a sanctuary as it was from abuses at the time. Sadly though, saboteurs like Macias pushed through a policy under Barack Hussein Obama to protect churches from investigation and raids when aiding and abetting illegal aliens, in violation of Federal criminal laws that criminalized fraud and assistance to illegals.
It is clearly time for Ken The Knife Cuccinelli to end the immunity churches have concerning immigration fraud and aiding illegal aliens.


vdare--2020-01-30--Senator Cotton Calls for Stop to Air Travel from Red China for Duration of Coronavirus

Here ’ s some common sense about what ’ s important on the world scene .
As Tucker Carlson and Senator Tom Cotton ( R-AR ) agreed , the worsening coronavirus outbreak looks to be more worthy of media coverage that the snooze-worthy lawyer-fest on TV , aka the Trump Impeachment Trial , where the Not Guilty outcome is highly likely in the Republican-majority Senate .
But Democrats hope against hope that some presidential malfeasance will turn up in the process — which hasn ’ t happened yet in three years of searching .
Regarding the somewhat mysterious disease , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ admonition that Prevention is the best policy , and that travel from Red China to the United States should end immediately — particularly when Beijing has a history of dangerous secrecy regarding contagion , such as happened during the 2003 SARS outbreak .
Why hasn ’ t President Trump pulled the plug on Chinese travel yet ?
How many Chinese are thinking now is the time to leave and disappear into one of America ’ s Chinatowns ?
Here ’ s a video from Senator Cotton ’ s Youtube channel , which starts @ @ @ @ @ @ @ so I added a couple preceding sentences from the discussion .
TUCKER CARLSON : Elizabeth Warren ’ s fading presidential campaign , meanwhile , has put out a plan for fighting coronavirus and other potential pandemics .
One top line item is fighting global warming .
Huh ?
Of course , and actually one of the top causes of the disease is apparently racism .
Right ?
Okay .
This is not science obviously , it ’ s religion , but whatever .
In that spirit Warren ’ s plan calls for , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ for emergency preparedness .
What the hell is this ?
Senator Tom Cotton has been following it closely .
He represents the State of Arkansas .
He has a more direct plan for containing the outbreak .
He joins us tonight .
Thank you so much for coming on tonight , Senator .
This Elizabeth Warren plan , parts of it are sort of serious and parts of it — and the main parts are totally deranged .
What does racism and global warming have to do with the coronavirus ?
Any idea @ @ @ @ @ @ @ : Yes , it ’ s hard to figure that one , Tucker .
It seems like no matter what the circumstance is , the answer is always more government and more of your tax dollars .
Look , there ’ s a very simple way to stop this virus from coming to America more than it already has , and that is to stop commercial air travel from the Chinese mainland to the United States .
It ’ s exactly what I ’ ve urged the Trump administration to do today , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ sure that American citizens and their family members can be evacuated and appropriately monitored .
But that ’ s the simple solution to this , not Medicare-for-All , and the Green New Deal to address what as you say , could be a global pandemic .
This is one instance in which Benjamin Franklin ’ s maxim truly is correct , an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure .
CARLSON : Okay , so as we started this show tonight , apparently some American carriers have canceled flights between Mainland @ @ @ @ @ @ @ administration has not , that we know of , weighed in on this yet .
This disease , this virus is spreading at exactly the same moment when a Chinese spy ring has been uncovered , as you know , at Harvard , and in the Boston area .
There ’ s just a lot going on here .
It is very hard to see what would be the argument against taking these precautionary steps , particularly considering Hong Kong , a Chinese satellite has closed the border , like what is going @ @ @ @ @ @ @ So Tucker , the Chinese government has a history of dishonesty and incompetence , not only in general , but specifically related to infectious diseases .
Look at what happened with SARS in 2003 .
China is not acting right now like a government that has control of this outbreak .
As you mentioned , Hong Kong has slashed travel from the Mainland .
China currently has more than 50 million of its own people in quarantine .
That is more than the population of our West Coast combined .
And China has @ @ @ @ @ @ @ they say , China ’ s history and more importantly , their actions in the last few days tell us that this is a severe outbreak that they do not have close to getting under control yet .
CARLSON : Why am I watching impeachment coverage all day ?
I mean , you ’ re in the United States Senate , not your fault of course , but you ’ re in the Senate .
So you ’ re following this actual story .
You ’ re watching this garbage in Washington .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ not the other ?
COTTON : Tucker , that ’ s right .
Anytime I come out of the impeachment trial for our brief breaks , it seems like there ’ s been reports of another thousand people who have contracted this virus and a few more that have been killed , and when we wake up in the morning in America , I assure you , those numbers will go up again .
I suspect that months from now , or perhaps even years from now , when people look back at @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the bigger story than impeachment .
I hope that ’ s wrong .
I hope we can get this epidemic under control before it reaches our shores in wide in far reaching numbers .
But again , we should apply an ounce of prevention here , as opposed to a pound of cure after the fact .
CARLSON : That ’ s exactly right .
And I ’ m totally opposed to alarmism .
There ’ s already too much of it , but we should identify the real risks and focus on @ @ @ @ @ @ @ risk .
So I appreciate your calling attention to it .
Senator , thank you .

Here’s some common sense about what’s important on the world scene. As Tucker Carlson and Senator Tom Cotton (R-AR) agreed, the worsening coronavirus outbreak looks to be more worthy of media coverage that the snooze-worthy lawyer-fest on TV, aka the Trump Impeachment Trial, where the Not Guilty outcome is highly likely in the Republican-majority Senate. But Democrats hope against hope that some presidential malfeasance will turn up in the process — which hasn’t happened yet in three years of searching.
Regarding the somewhat mysterious disease, Senator Cotton recommended Ben Franklin’s admonition that Prevention is the best policy, and that travel from Red China to the United States should end immediately — particularly when Beijing has a history of dangerous secrecy regarding contagion, such as happened during the 2003 SARS outbreak.
Why hasn’t President Trump pulled the plug on Chinese travel yet? How many Chinese are thinking now is the time to leave and disappear into one of America’s Chinatowns?
Here’s a video from Senator Cotton’s Youtube channel, which starts a little late in the introduction, so I added a couple preceding sentences from the discussion.
TUCKER CARLSON: Elizabeth Warren’s fading presidential campaign, meanwhile, has put out a plan for fighting coronavirus and other potential pandemics. One top line item is fighting global warming. Huh? Of course, and actually one of the top causes of the disease is apparently racism. Right? Okay.
This is not science obviously, it’s religion, but whatever. In that spirit Warren’s plan calls for, “building equity protections” into funding for emergency preparedness. What the hell is this?
Senator Tom Cotton has been following it closely. He represents the State of Arkansas. He has a more direct plan for containing the outbreak. He joins us tonight.
Thank you so much for coming on tonight, Senator. This Elizabeth Warren plan, parts of it are sort of serious and parts of it — and the main parts are totally deranged. What does racism and global warming have to do with the coronavirus? Any idea?
SEN. TOM COTTON (R-AR): Yes, it’s hard to figure that one, Tucker. It seems like no matter what the circumstance is, the answer is always more government and more of your tax dollars.
Look, there’s a very simple way to stop this virus from coming to America more than it already has, and that is to stop commercial air travel from the Chinese mainland to the United States. It’s exactly what I’ve urged the Trump administration to do today, with of course, caveats to make sure that American citizens and their family members can be evacuated and appropriately monitored.
But that’s the simple solution to this, not Medicare-for-All, and the Green New Deal to address what as you say, could be a global pandemic.
This is one instance in which Benjamin Franklin’s maxim truly is correct, an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.
CARLSON: Okay, so as we started this show tonight, apparently some American carriers have canceled flights between Mainland China and the United States. The administration has not, that we know of, weighed in on this yet.
This disease, this virus is spreading at exactly the same moment when a Chinese spy ring has been uncovered, as you know, at Harvard, and in the Boston area. There’s just a lot going on here. It is very hard to see what would be the argument against taking these precautionary steps, particularly considering Hong Kong, a Chinese satellite has closed the border, like what is going on here?
COTTON: Sure. So Tucker, the Chinese government has a history of dishonesty and incompetence, not only in general, but specifically related to infectious diseases.
Look at what happened with SARS in 2003. China is not acting right now like a government that has control of this outbreak. As you mentioned, Hong Kong has slashed travel from the Mainland. China currently has more than 50 million of its own people in quarantine. That is more than the population of our West Coast combined.
And China has canceled school indefinitely. No matter what they say, China’s history and more importantly, their actions in the last few days tell us that this is a severe outbreak that they do not have close to getting under control yet.
CARLSON: Why am I watching impeachment coverage all day? I mean, you’re in the United States Senate, not your fault of course, but you’re in the Senate. So you’re following this actual story. You’re watching this garbage in Washington. Why are people focused on one and not the other?
COTTON: Tucker, that’s right. Anytime I come out of the impeachment trial for our brief breaks, it seems like there’s been reports of another thousand people who have contracted this virus and a few more that have been killed, and when we wake up in the morning in America, I assure you, those numbers will go up again.
I suspect that months from now, or perhaps even years from now, when people look back at this time, coronavirus will be considered the bigger story than impeachment. I hope that’s wrong. I hope we can get this epidemic under control before it reaches our shores in wide in far reaching numbers.
But again, we should apply an ounce of prevention here, as opposed to a pound of cure after the fact.
CARLSON: That’s exactly right. And I’m totally opposed to alarmism. There’s already too much of it, but we should identify the real risks and focus on them, and this is a real risk.
So I appreciate your calling attention to it. Senator, thank you.


vdare--2020-01-30--Disinformation Online And Jussie Smollett Hate Hoax: Liz Warren's Chronicle of Self-Awareness

Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Elizabeth Warren on Wednesday released a plan to fight disinformation and to hold tech companies accountable @ @ @ @ @ of the 2016 election .
“ Disinformation and online foreign interference erode our democracy , @ @ @ @ @ both , ” Warren said in a Tweet Wednesday .
… Warren proposed to combat @ @ @ @ @ companies like Facebook , Twitter and Google responsible for spreading misinformation designed to suppress voters @ @ @ @ @ added she will also open up data for research so that academics and organizations can @ @ @ @ @ on disinformation .

From CNBC:
Elizabeth Warren proposes criminal penalties for spreading voting disinformation online
PUBLISHED WED, JAN 29 2020
Sunny Kim
Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Elizabeth Warren on Wednesday released a plan to fight disinformation and to hold tech companies accountable for their actions in light of the 2016 election.
“Disinformation and online foreign interference erode our democracy, and Donald Trump has invited both,” Warren said in a Tweet Wednesday. …
Warren proposed to combat disinformation by holding big tech companies like Facebook, Twitter and Google responsible for spreading misinformation designed to suppress voters from turning out.
She added she will also open up data for research so that academics and organizations can provide the public with knowledge on disinformation.


vdare--2020-02-04--So “Liberal Restrictionist” Jerry Kammer Got To Publish A NEW YORK TIMES Op-Ed. But Only By Concedin

So “Liberal Restrictionist” Jerry Kammer Got To Publish A NEW YORK TIMES Op-Ed. But Only By Conceding The Case For Amnesty.

Numerous friends and colleagues have sent me the recent New York Times op-ed by the Center for Immigration Studies ’ Jerry Kammer , excerpted below .
Some of the hardest men I know are going ga-ga over it .
Old immigration hands , who were breaking bread with the late John Tanton ( 1934-2019 ) , may he rest in peace , when I was barely out of diapers .
Friends of mine who have seen the border and should know better , When you see that someone has managed to get a piece of the NYT op-ed page , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Right .
Reach for your wallet with one hand , and your gun with the other .
Ask yourself , Would the New York Times ever run an op-ed by Peter Brimelow on immigration ?
Did it ever run one by John Tanton ?
What do you think of “ compromise ” on immigration “ reform ” ?
What sort of thoughts do claims that there are “ 11 million ” illegal human beings , make that “ unauthorized immigrants , ” presently residing on American soil inspire in you ?
In fact @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of illegal human beings on American soil are much higher .
A 2018 Yale University study concluded that there are roughly 22 million illegals on American soil .
In a 2014 interview I conducted with Fred Elbel , the old immigration patriot hand who runs the Colorado Alliance for Immigration Reform ( CAIRCO ) , Elbel guesstimated that there were already at least 50 million illegals here .
Very presciently , D.A .
King suggested 20 million in VDARE.com back in 2004 , .
The thing about such estimates is that if you @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in your country , there ’ s no cost , but if you underestimate them , it could cost you your country .
[ Yale study : Illegal immigrant population likely double , possibly triple previous estimates , by Stephen Dinan , Washington Times , September 24 , 2018 ; and The Myth of the 11 Million : Wall Street Analyst Estimates 21-25 Million Illegals Now in U.S. , by Nicholas Stix , VDARE.com , November 23 , 2014 . ]
Kammer writes as if this were 1985 , or even 1964 , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Granted , Kammer does recount his experience in 2001 of being present at a soiree in which Left and Right were gleefully conspiring to destroy the country through mass Third-World immigration : Kammer recalls statements made years ago by leading Democrats like Walter Mondale and Hillary Clinton about how impoverished , Third-World immigrants were bringing mass poverty to America .
And he says nice things about the American working class .
He even notes that in the 1986 IRCA amnesty , the Open Borders Lobby got what it wanted , but the patriots @ @ @ @ @ @ @ But here ’ s where things go off the rails .
After Kammer admits that the 1986 compromise was a wholly one-sided deal , and emphasizes his support of the American working class , he calls for…another Amnesty dwarfing INA !
This is Lucy-Charlie Brown stuff here .
First of all , the Open Borders Lobby owes all American patriots an immigration moratorium , while immigration patriots owe the Open Borders zealots nothing .
The 1986 Reagan ( Simpson-Mazzoli ) Amnesty has cost white American taxpayers hundreds of billions of dollars , and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in perpetuity ; it has cost us the rule of law ; and the economic dispossession and legal disenfranchisement of white Americans .
We still have ever more chain migration and anchor babies .
Kammer then proceeds to undercut his own employer : But Kammer ’ s “ generous welcome ” would go to at least a million illegals , right off the bat , plus at least another 10 million of their “ relatives , ” through chain migration , plus millions of anchor babies .
How could any immigration patriot fall @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Kammer ’ s essay runs 1,444 words , an eternity for an op-ed , much of which he used to build up his credibility as a restrictionist , only to smuggle in the big con .
Maybe some of my friends read his thing superficially , after he threw them a bone or two , or even stopped reading at that point .
This is not the first time that Kammer has done this sort of thing .
In 2015 , he attacked the heroic Ann Coulter and her great book Adios America @ @ @ @ @ @ @ inspired Donald Trump ’ s famous campaign announcement , surely the most successful in American history and by far the best thing that has ever happened to immigration patriotism .
In 2010 , he attacked John Tanton despite the fact that Tanton had founded and organized funding for CIS , the organization that pays his salary .
Obviously by “ liberal restrictionist , ” Kammer means a “ restrictionist who doesn ’ t want to win.
” There are actually some great people at CIS , but I won ’ t praise them @ @ @ @ @ @ @ t want them to get into trouble for being associated with yours truly .
However , CIS bosses Mark Krikorian and Steven Camarota have a long record of triangulating , against other immigration patriots in order to get table scraps from Leftist media organizations .
So it ’ s ironic that Kammer is now triangulating against them .
But no matter how much they beg for respectability , Treason Lobby groups like the SPLC will always whip them with the “ hate group ” label .
Here ’ s an example : Times @ @ @ @ @ @ @ on Immigration , by Ben Mathis-Lilley , Slate , January 17 , 2020 .
Just give up triangulating , CIS !
And rein in Kammer .
We don ’ t need another mass Amnesty .
We need a moratorium—no net immigration—a wall , and a new Operation Wetback to send the criminals of all ages , and their anchor babies , home .
Nicholas Stix [ email him ] is a New York City-based journalist and researcher , much of whose work focuses on the nexus of race , crime , and education @ @ @ @ @ @ @ teaching college in New York and New Jersey .
His work has appeared in Chronicles , The New York Post , Weekly Standard , Daily News , New York Newsday , American Renaissance , Academic Questions , Ideas on Liberty and many other publications .
Stix was the project director and principal author of the NPI report , The State of White America-2007 .
He blogs at Nicholas Stix , Uncensored .

Numerous friends and colleagues have sent me the recent New York Times op-ed by the Center for Immigration Studies’ Jerry Kammer, excerpted below. Some of the hardest men I know are going ga-ga over it. Old immigration hands, who were breaking bread with the late John Tanton (1934-2019), may he rest in peace, when I was barely out of diapers. Friends of mine who have seen the border and should know better,
When you see that someone has managed to get a piece of the NYT op-ed page, what should your initial response be? Right. Reach for your wallet with one hand, and your gun with the other.
Ask yourself, Would the New York Times ever run an op-ed by Peter Brimelow on immigration? Did it ever run one by John Tanton?
What do you think of “compromise” on immigration “reform”? What sort of thoughts do claims that there are “11 million” illegal human beings, make that “unauthorized immigrants,” presently residing on American soil inspire in you?
In fact, of course, the real numbers of illegal human beings on American soil are much higher. A 2018 Yale University study concluded that there are roughly 22 million illegals on American soil. In a 2014 interview I conducted with Fred Elbel, the old immigration patriot hand who runs the Colorado Alliance for Immigration Reform (CAIRCO), Elbel guesstimated that there were already at least 50 million illegals here. Very presciently, D.A. King suggested 20 million in VDARE.com back in 2004,.
The thing about such estimates is that if you overestimate the number of illegal human beings in your country, there’s no cost, but if you underestimate them, it could cost you your country. [Yale study: Illegal immigrant population likely double, possibly triple previous estimates, by Stephen Dinan, Washington Times, September 24, 2018; and The Myth of the 11 Million: Wall Street Analyst Estimates 21-25 Million Illegals Now in U.S., by Nicholas Stix, VDARE.com, November 23, 2014.]
Kammer writes as if this were 1985, or even 1964, and he’s Ted Kennedy.
Granted, Kammer does recount his experience in 2001 of being present at a soiree in which Left and Right were gleefully conspiring to destroy the country through mass Third-World immigration:
Kammer recalls statements made years ago by leading Democrats like Walter Mondale and Hillary Clinton about how impoverished, Third-World immigrants were bringing mass poverty to America.
And he says nice things about the American working class.
He even notes that in the 1986 IRCA amnesty, the Open Borders Lobby got what it wanted, but the patriots who compromised with them got nothing.
This mismatch of political influence, combined with the social and fiscal consequences of a wave of low-skilled immigrants, led me to believe that immigration should be restricted so that its power to invigorate our country is not eclipsed by its potential to harm workers. I think immigration, like capitalism itself, should be regulated in the national interest, not shaped to serve the free-market libertarianism of the right or the post-national humanitarianism of the left. That’s why I call myself a liberal restrictionist.” [I’m a Liberal Who Thinks Immigration Must Be Restricted, by Jerry Kammer, New York Times, January 16, 2020.]
But here’s where things go off the rails. After Kammer admits that the 1986 compromise was a wholly one-sided deal, and emphasizes his support of the American working class, he calls for…another Amnesty dwarfing INA!
This is Lucy-Charlie Brown stuff here.
First of all, the Open Borders Lobby owes all American patriots an immigration moratorium, while immigration patriots owe the Open Borders zealots nothing.
The 1986 Reagan (Simpson-Mazzoli) Amnesty has cost white American taxpayers hundreds of billions of dollars, and will cost us billions and billions more in perpetuity; it has cost us the rule of law; and the economic dispossession and legal disenfranchisement of white Americans. We still have ever more chain migration and anchor babies.
Kammer then proceeds to undercut his own employer:
I disagree with some of the center’s [CIS’] hard-line [?!] positions. I favor a generous welcome for those who were brought here illegally as children and support comprehensive reform that would reprise the 1986 amnesty-plus-enforcement compromise. But restrictionists are right to insist that any new reform must guarantee work-site controls. They also make valid points in pushing for a system of legal immigration like the one developed by Canada, which favors people with education and skills.
But Kammer’s “generous welcome” would go to at least a million illegals, right off the bat, plus at least another 10 million of their “relatives,” through chain migration, plus millions of anchor babies.
In other words, it’s a nation-breaking Amnesty.
How could any immigration patriot fall for such a load of hooey?
Kammer’s essay runs 1,444 words, an eternity for an op-ed, much of which he used to build up his credibility as a restrictionist, only to smuggle in the big con. Maybe some of my friends read his thing superficially, after he threw them a bone or two, or even stopped reading at that point.
This is not the first time that Kammer has done this sort of thing. In 2015, he attacked the heroic Ann Coulter and her great book Adios America, despite the evidence that it had inspired Donald Trump’s famous campaign announcement, surely the most successful in American history and by far the best thing that has ever happened to immigration patriotism. In 2010, he attacked John Tanton despite the fact that Tanton had founded and organized funding for CIS, the organization that pays his salary.
Obviously by “liberal restrictionist,” Kammer means a “restrictionist who doesn’t want to win.”
There are actually some great people at CIS, but I won’t praise them by name, because I don’t want them to get into trouble for being associated with yours truly.
However, CIS bosses Mark Krikorian and Steven Camarota have a long record of triangulating, against other immigration patriots in order to get table scraps from Leftist media organizations. So it’s ironic that Kammer is now triangulating against them. But no matter how much they beg for respectability, Treason Lobby groups like the SPLC will always whip them with the “hate group” label.
Here’s an example: Times Taps White Nationalist Organization for Thought-Provoking Perspective on Immigration, by Ben Mathis-Lilley, Slate, January 17, 2020.
New York Times Taps White Nationalist Organization for Thought-Provoking Perspective on Immigration
https://t.co/aW9OxNQK61 — Juan Escalante (@JuanSaaa) January 18, 2020
Just give up triangulating, CIS! And rein in Kammer.
We don’t need another mass Amnesty. We need a moratorium—no net immigration—a wall, and a new Operation Wetback to send the criminals of all ages, and their anchor babies, home.
Nicholas Stix [email him] is a New York City-based journalist and researcher, much of whose work focuses on the nexus of race, crime, and education. He spent much of the 1990s teaching college in New York and New Jersey. His work has appeared in Chronicles, The New York Post, Weekly Standard, Daily News, New York Newsday, American Renaissance, Academic Questions, Ideas on Liberty and many other publications. Stix was the project director and principal author of the NPI report, The State of White America-2007. He blogs at Nicholas Stix, Uncensored.


vdare--2020-02-04--Two Cheers For Trump At The SOTU 2020: Especially Because He Said Americans Are Pioneers

President Donald Trump sounded almost all the right notes from a nationalist perspective in his State of the Union tonight .
It is especially important that he identified Americans as pioneers , not merely immigrants .
This framing is key .
America was not built by `` immigrants '' or `` slaves '' but pioneers and settlers .
In fact , the only mention of `` immigrants '' was when President Trump said `` the state of California passed an outrageous law declaring their whole state to be a sanctuary for criminal illegal immigrants , a very terrible sanctuary , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ an example , President Trump stated : `` I ask Congress to pass the Justice for Victims of Sanctuary Cities Act immediately .
The United States of America should be a sanctuary for law-abiding Americans , not criminal aliens . ''
President Trump also took credit for efforts to secure the southern border , though , of course , we wish he was doing more .
`` If you come illegally , '' he said , `` you will now be promptly removed from our country . ''
Tens of millions of illegals @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Peter Brimelow always reminds me , President Hillary Clinton would have already given them citizenship .
Still , some strategic deportation would be welcome .
President Trump also praised the Border Patrol and ICE , pinning the Democrats ( especially Bernie Sanders ) down on their extreme position to abolish ICE [ Ilhan Omar at Sanders Rally : 'We Need to Abolish ICE ' and 'We Should All Be Proud to Be Radicals ' , by Michael Van Der Galien , PJ Media , December 18 , 2019 ] .
This is something @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Unfortunately , official English was not mentioned .
Neither was a remittance tax .
I 've been assured by journos that the White House is reading VDARE.com , so I expected at least some rhetoric on this .
Instead , in the last State of the Union before the 2020 election , President Trump leaves a wildly popular issue on the table and allows the Democrats to push back on President Trump 's campaign promise that `` Mexico will pay for the wall . ''
These are both things that could have been @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Congress and had they been done , the GOP would probably still control Congress .
However , we are where we are , and look at the alternative .
President Trump also said that he would replace America 's `` randomized '' immigration system with a merit-based system .
This is certainly more rational than the absurd system we have now , but it 's questionable whether it is really better .
America needs a moratorium , not more immigrants to compete with educated Americans .
President Trump 's boasting about improving education @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to turn around and undercut them with overseas competition .
President Trump is clearly shifting back to campaign mode , which is a good thing .
However , he still needs nationalist pressure to go in the right direction .
The 2020 election is going to be about the Rust Belt , and if President Trump wants to win , he needs to turn the GOP into the Workers ' Party he promised , not the party of H1-B Visas .

President Donald Trump sounded almost all the right notes from a nationalist perspective in his State of the Union tonight. It is especially important that he identified Americans as pioneers, not merely immigrants.
The American nation was carved out of the vast frontier by the toughest, strongest, fiercest, and most determined men and women ever to walk on the face of the Earth. Our ancestors braved the unknown, tamed the wilderness, settled the Wild West, lifted millions from poverty, disease, and hunger, vanquished tyranny and fascism, ushered the world to new heights of science and medicine, laid down the railroads, dug out the canals, raised up the skyscrapers -- and, ladies and gentlemen, our ancestors built the most exceptional republic ever to exist in all of human history.
This framing is key. America was not built by "immigrants" or "slaves" but pioneers and settlers. In fact, the only mention of "immigrants" was when President Trump said "the state of California passed an outrageous law declaring their whole state to be a sanctuary for criminal illegal immigrants, a very terrible sanctuary, with catastrophic results." After giving an example, President Trump stated: "I ask Congress to pass the Justice for Victims of Sanctuary Cities Act immediately. The United States of America should be a sanctuary for law-abiding Americans, not criminal aliens."
President Trump also took credit for efforts to secure the southern border, though, of course, we wish he was doing more. "If you come illegally," he said, "you will now be promptly removed from our country." Tens of millions of illegals already here disagree, though, as Peter Brimelow always reminds me, President Hillary Clinton would have already given them citizenship. Still, some strategic deportation would be welcome.
President Trump also praised the Border Patrol and ICE, pinning the Democrats (especially Bernie Sanders) down on their extreme position to abolish ICE [Ilhan Omar at Sanders Rally: 'We Need to Abolish ICE' and 'We Should All Be Proud to Be Radicals', by Michael Van Der Galien, PJ Media, December 18, 2019]. This is something to hammer on during the election.
Unfortunately, official English was not mentioned. Neither was a remittance tax. I've been assured by journos that the White House is reading VDARE.com, so I expected at least some rhetoric on this. Instead, in the last State of the Union before the 2020 election, President Trump leaves a wildly popular issue on the table and allows the Democrats to push back on President Trump's campaign promise that "Mexico will pay for the wall."
These are both things that could have been done in 2017 when the GOP controlled Congress and had they been done, the GOP would probably still control Congress. However, we are where we are, and look at the alternative.
President Trump also said that he would replace America's "randomized" immigration system with a merit-based system. This is certainly more rational than the absurd system we have now, but it's questionable whether it is really better. America needs a moratorium, not more immigrants to compete with educated Americans. President Trump's boasting about improving education is pointless if he's just going to turn around and undercut them with overseas competition.
President Trump is clearly shifting back to campaign mode, which is a good thing. However, he still needs nationalist pressure to go in the right direction. The 2020 election is going to be about the Rust Belt, and if President Trump wants to win, he needs to turn the GOP into the Workers' Party he promised, not the party of H1-B Visas.


vdare--2020-02-04--PA Officials:  All Races On Earth Equally Likely to Carry Coronavirus

You could have set your watch by this one .
Pennsylvania officials are very helpfully telling residents of the Commonwealth @ @ @ @ @ to assume that Chinese people are any more likely to carry the coronavirus than Guatemalans @ @ @ @ @ often , national security and public health crises have led to the demonization of particular @ @ @ @ @ we are committed to ensuring that that does not happen here , '' said Mohan @ @ @ @ @ an adviser to ( Governor Tom ) Wolf .
[ Don ’ t demonize Asians @ @ @ @ @ officials , by David Wenner , PennLive.com , February 2 , 2020 ] Of course @ @ @ @ @ , the White Man 's carrying of diseases to the New World was an undeniable @ @ @ @ @ might ask Mohan if he thinks it 's OK to demonize them .

You could have set your watch by this one.
Pennsylvania officials are very helpfully telling residents of the Commonwealth that it would be racist to assume that Chinese people are any more likely to carry the coronavirus than Guatemalans or Norwegians.
"Too often, national security and public health crises have led to the demonization of particular groups of people, and we are committed to ensuring that that does not happen here," said Mohan Seshadri,[right] an adviser to (Governor Tom) Wolf.[ Don’t demonize Asians over coronavirus fears: Pa. officials, by David Wenner, PennLive.com, February 2, 2020]
Of course, from a leftist perspective, the White Man's carrying of diseases to the New World was an undeniable angle of genocide. You might ask Mohan if he thinks it's OK to demonize them.


vdare--2020-02-04--Michelle Malkin: What Will It Take to Stop Google's Kiddie Predators?

Earlier , by Michelle Malkin : Stop Google 's Kiddie Data Predators , The Student Data-Mining Scandal Under Our Noses , and How to Protect Your Kids From Google Predators and by James Kirkpatrick : The Rise Of Tech Totalitarianism : Michael Rectenwald ’ s GOOGLE ARCHIPELAGO How much more evidence do we need to compile before the federal government protects our children and fully deplatforms Google from American public schools ?
The Silicon Valley behemoth has already admitted it illegally collected children 's personal information on YouTube without parental consent , mines students ' browsing habits and emails , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and search history through Google educational apps and logons that are required for millions of students to participate in public schools .
Well , there 's more .
Much more .
Let us review the most recent alarming disclosures that expose grave public health and safety threats posed by the near-trillion-dollar company with its tentacles tightly wrapped around our kids ' eyeballs , brains and behavioral data .
This week , the tech giant admitted for the first time that its data export service , Google Takeout , had accidentally sent the private @ @ @ @ @ @ @ users to other strangers ' accounts .
The breach occurred in late November , but users only started receiving notices and apologies on Monday—nearly three months later .
`` We are notifying people about a bug that may have affected users who used Google Takeout to export their Google Photos content between November 21 and November 25 , '' an email sheepishly explained .
`` These users may have received either an incomplete archive , or videos—not photos—that were not theirs .
We fixed the underlying issue and have conducted an in-depth analysis @ @ @ @ @ @ @ again .
We are very sorry this happened . ''
Can you imagine a similar breach of minors ' photos and videos stored on students ' Google Drives or Chromebooks or smartphones or home computers used to log on to mandatory learning management systems integrated with Google , such as Canvas or Schoology or Blackboard ?
It 's easy if you try .
Will `` upsy-daisy '' suffice when schoolkids ' pictures , embedded with geolocation data , end up on a friendly neighborhood registered sex offender 's Google Photos album ?
Two @ @ @ @ @ @ @ reported that Google had secretly harvested `` tens of millions of medical records '' with identifying names , lab results , diagnoses , immunization records and prescriptions from thousands of hospitals across 21 states .
`` Project Nightingale '' was a partnership with Ascension health system to build a search tool and data analytics using machine-learning algorithms .
At least 150 Google employees had access to confidential patient data .
Amazon , Microsoft and IBM have acquired private health data as well .
It 's a massive Big Tech bonanza .
The implications @ @ @ @ @ @ @ information are chilling .
Like federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act protections for patients , federal Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act protections have been sabotaged by `` public-private partnerships '' between government education officials and tech companies with insatiable appetites for data .
Will `` trust us '' cut it when Google gets access to your kids ' school-based health records ?
Meet `` Gaggle . ''
Fully integrated with Google Apps for Education and designated as a Google `` Premier Partner , '' this snooping system is marketed to school @ @ @ @ @ @ @ for students .
Through 24/7 monitoring of kids ' online use , Gaggle `` alerts school officials when students show signs of self-harm , depression , thoughts of suicide , substance abuse , cyberbullying , unhealthy relationships , and credible threats of violence against others . ''
Privacy experts for a pro-digital learning nonprofit called Common Sense determined that it is `` unclear '' whether Gaggle `` allows users to control how their data are displayed , '' `` whether this product allows parents to withdraw consent for the further collection of their @ @ @ @ @ @ @ this product provides parental consent notice . ''
Despite all of that uncertainty , 1,400 school districts use Gaggle to mine `` social media , browsing history , email , homework documents , uploads , chats , pictures , and calendars '' —and put untold tens of thousands of students at risk of privacy breaches that could do damage for a lifetime .
Last spring , Google reported at an education conference that it had started making its cloud platform program accessible to K-12 school districts .
Evergreen , Washington , public schools @ @ @ @ @ @ @ about his district 's data-mining pilot program with Google .
`` We have tons of data in our school districts , '' he is quoted outlining in Education Week , citing information gathered through `` student information systems , instructional software programs , online surveys of children 's social-emotional well-being , and special-needs students ' individualized education plans . ''
`` All that data needs to go in a container , '' Brown explained .
And that container will be Google Cloud Platform .
Now , imagine questionnaires and tests stored in the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ children and their families according to politically correct ideology .
Imagine being a parent who objects to mandatory vaccine laws or who holds `` America first '' views deemed `` extremist '' and `` hateful '' or who stores guns responsibly in your home—information that is not the business of a school district or Silicon Valley giant .
Where 's the protection for such families ?
What 's the academic justification for gathering it ?
Brown has n't bothered to figure out yet how parents will be able to maintain control over the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ bother ?
It 's free !
What possible academic benefits could outweigh the real harm posed by school officials ' addiction to `` free '' Google services ?
Understand this before it 's too late : When the educational products are `` free , '' it 's our children who are the products—or the prey .
Michelle Malkin [ Email her ] is the author of Invasion : How America Still Welcomes Terrorists , Criminals , and Other Foreign Menaces to Our Shores .
Click here for Peter Brimelow ’ s review .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Michelle Malkin is also the author of Unhinged : Exposing Liberals Gone Wild , Culture of Corruption : Obama and his Team of Tax Cheats , Crooks & Cronies , , Who Built That : Awe-Inspiring Stories of American Tinkerpreneurs , and Sold Out : How High-Tech Billionaires & Bipartisan Beltway Crapweasels Are Screwing America 's Best & Brightest Workers .
Malkin is author of the book , `` Open Borders , Inc. : Who 's Funding America 's Destruction , '' available directly from VDARE.com in hardcover .
To find out @ @ @ @ @ @ @ by other Creators Syndicate writers and cartoonists , visit the Creators Syndicate website at www.creators.com .

Earlier, by Michelle Malkin: Stop Google's Kiddie Data Predators, The Student Data-Mining Scandal Under Our Noses, and How to Protect Your Kids From Google Predators and by James Kirkpatrick: The Rise Of Tech Totalitarianism: Michael Rectenwald’s GOOGLE ARCHIPELAGO
How much more evidence do we need to compile before the federal government protects our children and fully deplatforms Google from American public schools?
The Silicon Valley behemoth has already admitted it illegally collected children's personal information on YouTube without parental consent, mines students' browsing habits and emails, and tracks kids' locations, audio and search history through Google educational apps and logons that are required for millions of students to participate in public schools.
Well, there's more. Much more. Let us review the most recent alarming disclosures that expose grave public health and safety threats posed by the near-trillion-dollar company with its tentacles tightly wrapped around our kids' eyeballs, brains and behavioral data.
This week, the tech giant admitted for the first time that its data export service, Google Takeout, had accidentally sent the private information and videos of untold thousands of users to other strangers' accounts. The breach occurred in late November, but users only started receiving notices and apologies on Monday—nearly three months later.
"We are notifying people about a bug that may have affected users who used Google Takeout to export their Google Photos content between November 21 and November 25," an email sheepishly explained. "These users may have received either an incomplete archive, or videos—not photos—that were not theirs. We fixed the underlying issue and have conducted an in-depth analysis to help prevent this from ever happening again. We are very sorry this happened."
Can you imagine a similar breach of minors' photos and videos stored on students' Google Drives or Chromebooks or smartphones or home computers used to log on to mandatory learning management systems integrated with Google, such as Canvas or Schoology or Blackboard? It's easy if you try.
Will "upsy-daisy" suffice when schoolkids' pictures, embedded with geolocation data, end up on a friendly neighborhood registered sex offender's Google Photos album?
Two months ago, The Wall Street Journal reported that Google had secretly harvested "tens of millions of medical records" with identifying names, lab results, diagnoses, immunization records and prescriptions from thousands of hospitals across 21 states. "Project Nightingale" was a partnership with Ascension health system to build a search tool and data analytics using machine-learning algorithms. At least 150 Google employees had access to confidential patient data. Amazon, Microsoft and IBM have acquired private health data as well. It's a massive Big Tech bonanza.
The implications for selling off children's private health information are chilling. Like federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act protections for patients, federal Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act protections have been sabotaged by "public-private partnerships" between government education officials and tech companies with insatiable appetites for data.
Will "trust us" cut it when Google gets access to your kids' school-based health records?
Meet "Gaggle." Fully integrated with Google Apps for Education and designated as a Google "Premier Partner," this snooping system is marketed to school districts as a "safety" mechanism for students. Through 24/7 monitoring of kids' online use, Gaggle "alerts school officials when students show signs of self-harm, depression, thoughts of suicide, substance abuse, cyberbullying, unhealthy relationships, and credible threats of violence against others."
Privacy experts for a pro-digital learning nonprofit called Common Sense determined that it is "unclear" whether Gaggle "allows users to control how their data are displayed," "whether this product allows parents to withdraw consent for the further collection of their child's information" and "whether this product provides parental consent notice."
Despite all of that uncertainty, 1,400 school districts use Gaggle to mine "social media, browsing history, email, homework documents, uploads, chats, pictures, and calendars"—and put untold tens of thousands of students at risk of privacy breaches that could do damage for a lifetime.
Last spring, Google reported at an education conference that it had started making its cloud platform program accessible to K-12 school districts. Evergreen, Washington, public schools chief Derrick Brown (right) bragged about his district's data-mining pilot program with Google. "We have tons of data in our school districts," he is quoted outlining in Education Week, citing information gathered through "student information systems, instructional software programs, online surveys of children's social-emotional well-being, and special-needs students' individualized education plans."
"All that data needs to go in a container," Brown explained. And that container will be Google Cloud Platform. Now, imagine questionnaires and tests stored in the G-container measuring "social-emotional well-being" of children and their families according to politically correct ideology. Imagine being a parent who objects to mandatory vaccine laws or who holds "America first" views deemed "extremist" and "hateful" or who stores guns responsibly in your home—information that is not the business of a school district or Silicon Valley giant. Where's the protection for such families? What's the academic justification for gathering it?
Brown hasn't bothered to figure out yet how parents will be able to maintain control over the data or contemplating privacy concerns. Why bother? It's free!
What possible academic benefits could outweigh the real harm posed by school officials' addiction to "free" Google services? Understand this before it's too late: When the educational products are "free," it's our children who are the products—or the prey.
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Michelle Malkin [Email her] is the author of Invasion: How America Still Welcomes Terrorists, Criminals, and Other Foreign Menaces to Our Shores. Click here for Peter Brimelow’s review. Click here for Michelle Malkin's website. Michelle Malkin is also the author of Unhinged: Exposing Liberals Gone Wild, Culture of Corruption: Obama and his Team of Tax Cheats, Crooks & Cronies, ,Who Built That: Awe-Inspiring Stories of American Tinkerpreneurs, and Sold Out: How High-Tech Billionaires & Bipartisan Beltway Crapweasels Are Screwing America's Best & Brightest Workers.
Malkin is author of the book, "Open Borders, Inc.: Who's Funding America's Destruction," available directly from VDARE.com in hardcover. To find out more about Michelle Malkin and read features by other Creators Syndicate writers and cartoonists, visit the Creators Syndicate website at www.creators.com.
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