vdare--2020-08-24--Patrick J. Buchanan: A Most Consequential Presidency

As Donald Trump is about to be nominated for a second term , how his presidency has already altered the orientation of his party is on display .
Under Trump , the GOP ceased to be a party of small government whose yardstick of success was how close it came to a balanced budget .
Trump signed on this spring to $ 3 trillion in deficit spending to rescue the economy from a depression into which the government had shoved it to control the spread of the coronavirus .
He is prepared to spend a trillion dollars more .
By @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , building pipelines , permitting fracking and slashing regulations , Trump has brought the U.S. to an energy independence which other presidents only promised .
The Trump GOP has abandoned an ideological commitment to free trade that dates back to the Kennedy administration and reembraced the economic nationalism of the 19th-century Republicans who built the world 's greatest industrial and manufacturing power .
Globalism has been relegated to the ash heap of history as our populist president trashed the Trans-Pacific Partnership , the Iran nuclear deal and the Paris climate accords , and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ have looted America 's manufacturing base .
While Trump has been prevented by the Russophobia of our Beltway elites from seeking a detente with Vladimir Putin , he has managed to avoid a military collision .
Trump has also ended the decades-long freeriding of NATO allies on the U.S. defense budget , convincing many of them to contribute more .
He has made the Republican Party the pro-Israel Party , recognizing Israel 's annexation of the occupied Golan Heights and East Jerusalem by moving the U.S. embassy there .
He effected the recognition @ @ @ @ @ @ @ for Bibi Netanyahu 's postponement of the annexation of the 30 % of the West Bank envisioned in Trump 's own `` Deal of the Century . ''
While Trump has not extracted this country from the forever wars of the Middle East—Afghanistan , Iraq , Syria—he routed ISIS and kept us out of Libya 's civil war .
Unlike his predecessors , Trump has tabled the issue of immigration , especially mass illegal migration across the Southern border , and made progress on the border wall he made a feature of his @ @ @ @ @ @ @ been replaced by a new trade deal , and a leftist government in Mexico City is helping prevent migrants from entering southern Mexico on their way to the United States .
Trump has done as much as Reagan to deregulate the U.S. economy and reduce taxes on workers , producers , and investors .
Before COVID-19 hit in force in March , stock markets were hitting all-time highs and unemployment rates all-time lows .
He has nominated and elevated two Supreme Court justices and hundreds of federal judges .
The horizon , however @ @ @ @ @ @ @ perils .
Bellicosity toward Beijing is being reciprocated , and China appears ready for confrontation to validate its claims in the South and East China seas and Taiwan Strait .
What Beijing is doing to America—espionage , intellectual property theft , forced technology transfers , running up $ 600 billion trade surpluses at our expense—is Trump 's concern , not what Beijing is doing to restrict democracy in Hong Kong .
While his outreach to North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un failed to persuade Kim to surrender his nuclear arsenal in return for @ @ @ @ @ @ @ some of Trump 's enemies applauded his effort .
If Trump loses in November , however , much of what he has done will be undone .
The U.S. will agree anew to abide by the Paris climate accords and the Iran nuclear deal of John Kerry and Barack Obama will be revived .
Joe Biden says that only those making above $ 400,000 will pay higher taxes .
Yet , the Democrats ' economic plan envisions higher payroll and personal income tax rates , higher capital gains and corporate tax rates , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Trump has also changed the character and composition of the GOP , making it more of a working- and middle-class party .
Where George H.W .
Bush sought to build a `` New World Order '' with America as global hegemon and George W. Bush peached a global crusade for democracy `` to end tyranny in our world , '' Trump is all-in on `` America first . ''
Bush transnationalism belongs to yesterday .
Even in confronting Xi Jinping 's China , Trump 's primary concern is not on how Beijing @ @ @ @ @ @ @ treats us .
America has a history of such cold realism .
FDR recognized Stalin 's regime in the USSR in 1933 , when Hitler rose to power in Germany .
Ike invited Nikita Khrushchev to tour the U.S. after the `` Butcher of Budapest '' had drowned the Hungarian Revolution in blood .
During the Cold War , we partnered with Somoza , the Shah , Gen. Pinochet and Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek .
Trump , too , sees himself not as a moral crusader for human rights but as a defender of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ J. Buchanan needs no introduction to VDARE.COM readers ; his books State of Emergency : The Third World Invasion and Conquest of America , and Suicide of a Superpower : Will America Survive to 2025 ?
are available from Amazon.com .
Patrick J. Buchanan is the author of “ The Greatest Comeback : How Richard Nixon Rose From Defeat to Create the New Majority .
His latest book , published May , 2018 , is “ Nixon ’ s White House Wars : The Battles That Made and Broke a President and Divided @ @ @ @ @ @ @ s review : “ Wheel And Fight ” —Pat Buchanan ’ s Nixon Book Provides Road Map For Trump .

As Donald Trump is about to be nominated for a second term, how his presidency has already altered the orientation of his party is on display.
Under Trump, the GOP ceased to be a party of small government whose yardstick of success was how close it came to a balanced budget.
Trump signed on this spring to $3 trillion in deficit spending to rescue the economy from a depression into which the government had shoved it to control the spread of the coronavirus. He is prepared to spend a trillion dollars more.
By opening new lands and seas to exploration, building pipelines, permitting fracking and slashing regulations, Trump has brought the U.S. to an energy independence which other presidents only promised.
The Trump GOP has abandoned an ideological commitment to free trade that dates back to the Kennedy administration and reembraced the economic nationalism of the 19th-century Republicans who built the world's greatest industrial and manufacturing power.
Globalism has been relegated to the ash heap of history as our populist president trashed the Trans-Pacific Partnership, the Iran nuclear deal and the Paris climate accords, and began to impose tariffs on countries that have looted America's manufacturing base.
While Trump has been prevented by the Russophobia of our Beltway elites from seeking a detente with Vladimir Putin, he has managed to avoid a military collision.
Trump has also ended the decades-long freeriding of NATO allies on the U.S. defense budget, convincing many of them to contribute more.
He has made the Republican Party the pro-Israel Party, recognizing Israel's annexation of the occupied Golan Heights and East Jerusalem by moving the U.S. embassy there. He effected the recognition of Israel by the UAE in return for Bibi Netanyahu's postponement of the annexation of the 30% of the West Bank envisioned in Trump's own "Deal of the Century."
While Trump has not extracted this country from the forever wars of the Middle East—Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria—he routed ISIS and kept us out of Libya's civil war.
Unlike his predecessors, Trump has tabled the issue of immigration, especially mass illegal migration across the Southern border, and made progress on the border wall he made a feature of his 2016 campaign.
A discredited NAFTA has been replaced by a new trade deal, and a leftist government in Mexico City is helping prevent migrants from entering southern Mexico on their way to the United States.
Trump has done as much as Reagan to deregulate the U.S. economy and reduce taxes on workers, producers, and investors. Before COVID-19 hit in force in March, stock markets were hitting all-time highs and unemployment rates all-time lows.
He has nominated and elevated two Supreme Court justices and hundreds of federal judges.
The horizon, however, does not appear to be without perils.
Bellicosity toward Beijing is being reciprocated, and China appears ready for confrontation to validate its claims in the South and East China seas and Taiwan Strait.
What Beijing is doing to America—espionage, intellectual property theft, forced technology transfers, running up $600 billion trade surpluses at our expense—is Trump's concern, not what Beijing is doing to restrict democracy in Hong Kong.
While his outreach to North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un failed to persuade Kim to surrender his nuclear arsenal in return for recognition, trade and aid, even some of Trump's enemies applauded his effort.
If Trump loses in November, however, much of what he has done will be undone.
The U.S. will agree anew to abide by the Paris climate accords and the Iran nuclear deal of John Kerry and Barack Obama will be revived.
Joe Biden says that only those making above $400,000 will pay higher taxes. Yet, the Democrats' economic plan envisions higher payroll and personal income tax rates, higher capital gains and corporate tax rates, and even higher death taxes on estates.
Trump has also changed the character and composition of the GOP, making it more of a working- and middle-class party.
Where George H.W. Bush sought to build a "New World Order" with America as global hegemon and George W. Bush peached a global crusade for democracy "to end tyranny in our world," Trump is all-in on "America first." Bush transnationalism belongs to yesterday.
Even in confronting Xi Jinping's China, Trump's primary concern is not on how Beijing treats its people but on how it treats us.
America has a history of such cold realism.
FDR recognized Stalin's regime in the USSR in 1933, when Hitler rose to power in Germany. Ike invited Nikita Khrushchev to tour the U.S. after the "Butcher of Budapest" had drowned the Hungarian Revolution in blood. During the Cold War, we partnered with Somoza, the Shah, Gen. Pinochet and Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek.
Trump, too, sees himself not as a moral crusader for human rights but as a defender of American interests in the world.
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Patrick J. Buchanan needs no introduction to VDARE.COM readers; his books State of Emergency: The Third World Invasion and Conquest of America, and Suicide of a Superpower: Will America Survive to 2025? are available from Amazon.com. Patrick J. Buchanan is the author of “The Greatest Comeback: How Richard Nixon Rose From Defeat to Create the New Majority.
His latest book, published May, 2018, is “Nixon’s White House Wars: The Battles That Made and Broke a President and Divided America Forever.”
See Peter Brimelow’s review: “Wheel And Fight”—Pat Buchanan’s Nixon Book Provides Road Map For Trump.


vdare--2020-08-24--Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers Urges, in Effect, Blacks to Riot

While we do not have all of the details yet , what we know for certain is that he is not the first Black man or person to have been shot or injured or mercilessly killed at the hands of individuals in law enforcement in our state or our country .
We stand with all those who have and continue to demand justice , equity , and accountability for Black lives in our country—lives like those of George Floyd , of Breonna Taylor , Tony Robinson , Dontre Hamilton , Ernest Lacy , and Sylville Smith .
And we stand @ @ @ @ @ @ @ escalation when engaging with Black Wisconsinites .
I have said all along that although we must offer our empathy , equally important is our action .
In the coming days , we will demand just that of elected officials in our state who have failed to recognize the racism in our state and our country for far too long .
That ’ s it , that ’ s the whole thread .
No call for peace or warning against rioting .
The governor ’ s tweets didn ’ t do much good for @ @ @ @ @ @ @ church : Here ’ s a posting on Saturday on that Unitarian-Universalist church ’ s Facebook page : Here ’ s my 2016 essay “ What ’ s the Matter With Wisconsin ?
” explaining why Wisconsin ( and Minnesota ) tend to have blacks more dysfunctional than the national black average .
This was not the first time Jacob Blake made the news .
From the Racine County Eye in 2015 : Racine police say K9 Dozer had to help officers take a man into custody when the man refused to go @ @ @ @ @ @ @ gun at a local bar .
Jacob Blake , 24 , of Racine , was charged Monday in Racine County Circuit Court with one felony count of resisting arrest , causing a soft tissue injury to a police officer and one misdemeanor count each of carrying a concealed weapon , carrying a firearm while intoxicated , endangering safety , use of a dangerous weapon , and disorderly conduct .
If convicted , he will face up to 8-1/2 years in prison and/or up to $ 50,000 in fines .
According to the criminal @ @ @ @ @ @ @ at the Brass Monkey tavern , 1436 Junction Avenue , Saturday when Blake got into an argument with another patron and pulled a black handgun .
Blake pointed the gun at the other man , and the magazine fell to the floor .
The bartender told Blake to leave , and he did but then pointed the gun through the window at patrons inside the bar before walking south on Junction Avenue .
Police say they encountered a woman walking on Junction who was in the bar with Blake , but she said @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and that her friends left without her in a silver SUV .
A few moments later , officers were advised that a silver SUV was traveling north on Junction with a male subject driving who matched the description of Blake , and they initiated a traffic stop in the 1200 block of Racine Avenue .
Believing the driver was armed , police conducted a high risk traffic stop , the complaint reads , and ordered Blake to put his hands out the window of the vehicle .
Instead , Blake exited the SUV @ @ @ @ @ @ @ commands to get down on the ground .
Officers forced Blake to the ground and ordered him to put his hands behind his back .
When Blake refused to comply , K9 Dozer was deployed to force the defendant into compliance .
While police were at the hospital with Blake so he could be treated for the wound he obtained from K9 Dozer … Blake was searched and police say he had a holster on his hip but no gun .
A subsequent search of the SUV turned up a black handgun on @ @ @ @ @ @ @ seat .
Judging by all the search hits , I ’ m finding , Dozer appears to have been one of Racine ’ s more famous residents .

Trucks set on fire in Kenosha riots. pic.twitter.com/TFhB0AkIRA — Ian Miles Cheong (@stillgray) August 24, 2020
Tonight, Jacob Blake was shot in the back multiple times, in broad daylight, in Kenosha, Wisconsin. Kathy and I join his family, friends, and neighbors in hoping earnestly that he will not succumb to his injuries. — Governor Tony Evers (@GovEvers) August 24, 2020
Democratic Gov. Evers went on:
While we do not have all of the details yet, what we know for certain is that he is not the first Black man or person to have been shot or injured or mercilessly killed at the hands of individuals in law enforcement in our state or our country. We stand with all those who have and continue to demand justice, equity, and accountability for Black lives in our country—lives like those of George Floyd, of Breonna Taylor, Tony Robinson, Dontre Hamilton, Ernest Lacy, and Sylville Smith. And we stand against excessive use of force and immediate escalation when engaging with Black Wisconsinites. I have said all along that although we must offer our empathy, equally important is our action. In the coming days, we will demand just that of elected officials in our state who have failed to recognize the racism in our state and our country for far too long.
That’s it, that’s the whole thread. No call for peace or warning against rioting.
The governor’s tweets didn’t do much good for the parking lot of the Unitarian Universalist church:
Note the sign. Kenosha burns. pic.twitter.com/9IYPewPOFI — Ian Miles Cheong (@stillgray) August 24, 2020
Here’s a posting on Saturday on that Unitarian-Universalist church’s Facebook page:
Here’s my 2016 essay “What’s the Matter With Wisconsin?” explaining why Wisconsin (and Minnesota) tend to have blacks more dysfunctional than the national black average.
This was not the first time Jacob Blake made the news. From the Racine County Eye in 2015:
Police: K9 Dozer Helps Subdue Man Who Pulled Gun at Bar
by Racine County Eye
September 22nd, 2015 Racine police say K9 Dozer had to help officers take a man into custody when the man refused to go quietly into custody after he pulled a gun at a local bar. Jacob Blake, 24, of Racine, was charged Monday in Racine County Circuit Court with one felony count of resisting arrest, causing a soft tissue injury to a police officer and one misdemeanor count each of carrying a concealed weapon, carrying a firearm while intoxicated, endangering safety, use of a dangerous weapon, and disorderly conduct. If convicted, he will face up to 8-1/2 years in prison and/or up to $50,000 in fines. According to the criminal complaint, Blake and two women were at the Brass Monkey tavern, 1436 Junction Avenue, Saturday when Blake got into an argument with another patron and pulled a black handgun. Blake pointed the gun at the other man, and the magazine fell to the floor. The bartender told Blake to leave, and he did but then pointed the gun through the window at patrons inside the bar before walking south on Junction Avenue. Police say they encountered a woman walking on Junction who was in the bar with Blake, but she said she didn’t know what happened and that her friends left without her in a silver SUV. A few moments later, officers were advised that a silver SUV was traveling north on Junction with a male subject driving who matched the description of Blake, and they initiated a traffic stop in the 1200 block of Racine Avenue. Believing the driver was armed, police conducted a high risk traffic stop, the complaint reads, and ordered Blake to put his hands out the window of the vehicle. Instead, Blake exited the SUV and started walking toward officers and ignored commands to get down on the ground. Officers forced Blake to the ground and ordered him to put his hands behind his back. When Blake refused to comply, K9 Dozer was deployed to force the defendant into compliance. While police were at the hospital with Blake so he could be treated for the wound he obtained from K9 Dozer … Blake was searched and police say he had a holster on his hip but no gun. A subsequent search of the SUV turned up a black handgun on the floor behind the driver’s seat.
Sadly, Dozer was unavailable today in Kenosha.
Judging by all the search hits, I’m finding, Dozer appears to have been one of Racine’s more famous residents.
[Comment at Unz.com]


vdare--2020-08-24--NYT: Biden-Voting Mom Worries Her 3 White Sons, Ages 8, 5, and 1, Have Too Much White Privilege

From the New York Times news section : In Ohio , a Father and Stepdaughter Show the Political Shifts in the Trump Era He ’ s a union worker and former Democrat now solidly behind President Trump .
She ’ s a onetime Republican now worried about her sons growing up in the Trump era .
Family get-togethers can be difficult .
… Ms. Boorn was apprehensive , worried about climate change , about what her sons were learning by growing up white in America .
Now she is worried about the prospect of four more years with Mr. Trump @ @ @ @ @ @ @ husband and I both grew up in northeast Ohio and it ’ s rural , ” she said .
“ There are people who are openly racist .
Coming down to Columbus , we made friends with people of all colors and all religions and it ’ s so hard to tell people who don ’ t see that these are just people — it ’ s not what you see on Fox News.
” Then came the coronavirus pandemic , which wreaked havoc on the state ’ s economy , while protests @ @ @ @ @ @ @ place in cities both large and small .
Mr. Moore complained on his Facebook profile page about being forced to wear a mask at work , while Ms. Boorn put a Black Lives Matter sign on her car .
“ It ’ s hard raising white men in America , ” she said of her three boys , ages 8 , 5 and 16 months .
“ You want to understand that they understand their position as an ally.
” … Last week Ms. Boorn watched most of the virtual Democratic National Convention @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , the 13-year-old whom Mr. Biden helped deal with a severe stutter , and was moved by Ms. Harris ’ s stories of her upbringing in the civil rights movement .
“ She inspired me when she said that someday we will look back at this time and remember what we did , not what we thought , ” she said .
“ That ’ s what pushed me out of my comfort zone previously .
I want my boys to remember this .
”

From the New York Times news section:
In Ohio, a Father and Stepdaughter Show the Political Shifts in the Trump Era
He’s a union worker and former Democrat now solidly behind President Trump. She’s a onetime Republican now worried about her sons growing up in the Trump era. Family get-togethers can be difficult.
By Reid J. Epstein
Aug. 23, 2020
… Ms. Boorn was apprehensive, worried about climate change, about what her sons were learning by growing up white in America. Now she is worried about the prospect of four more years with Mr. Trump in the White House.
“My husband and I both grew up in northeast Ohio and it’s rural,” she said. “There are people who are openly racist. Coming down to Columbus, we made friends with people of all colors and all religions and it’s so hard to tell people who don’t see that these are just people — it’s not what you see on Fox News.”
Then came the coronavirus pandemic, which wreaked havoc on the state’s economy, while protests against police treatment of Black Americans took place in cities both large and small. Mr. Moore complained on his Facebook profile page about being forced to wear a mask at work, while Ms. Boorn put a Black Lives Matter sign on her car.
“It’s hard raising white men in America,” she said of her three boys, ages 8, 5 and 16 months. “You want to understand that they understand their position as an ally.”
… Last week Ms. Boorn watched most of the virtual Democratic National Convention. She was inspired by Brayden Harrington, the 13-year-old whom Mr. Biden helped deal with a severe stutter, and was moved by Ms. Harris’s stories of her upbringing in the civil rights movement.
“She inspired me when she said that someday we will look back at this time and remember what we did, not what we thought,” she said. “That’s what pushed me out of my comfort zone previously. I want my boys to remember this.”


vdare--2020-08-21--John Derbyshire: GOP Has The National Anthem. Democrats Have The National Lie

[ Excerpted from the latest Radio Derb , now available exclusively through VDARE.com ] There was n't actually as much WhoWeAre-ism at this week 's Democratic National Convention as I anticipated .
Incredibly , Barack Obama got through a whole 19-minute speech without a single Who We Are .
His lady Michelle made up for it with three Who We Ares in her speech , while the nominee himself , Joe Biden , emitted just one .
A Hollywood bimbo named Kerry Washington ( who is black ) matched Michelle 's three .
Hakeem Jeffries , a black congressman from @ @ @ @ @ @ @ with just two Who We Ares [ Transcript : Rep. Hakeem Jeffries , Rep. Pramila Jayapal and Rep. Karen Bass , Washington Post , August 20 2020 ] .
Pete Buttigieg could only manage one [ Transcript : Pete Buttigieg 's DNC remarks , CNN , August 20 , 2020 ] But by way of compensation for a falling-off in Who We Ares , we got a glimpse of the new-rising cliché among progressive Leftists : `` The Work . ''
• Kerry Washington again : `` The Work must continue . ''
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ ] has shown no interest in putting in The Work . ''
• Congressman Jeffries told us we must `` put in The Work to end our long national nightmare . ''
• Joe Biden : `` it will be The Work of the next president to restore the promise of America to everyone . ''
• Kamala Harris `` We 've got ta do The Work to fulfill that promise of equal justice under law . ''
And so on .
They make it all sound very strenuous , do n't they @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
I do n't have much taste for the gassy , whiny style of political rhetoric that today 's Democrats go in for .
And there were sins here of both Commission and Omission .
• None The Sins of Commission were lies .
Battered , rusty old lies that have been exposed so often , anyone who pays much attention must know they are lies by now .
Yet speakers here brought them out as if they were shiny and new , to make us gasp and shriek .
Their great favorite @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Mrs. Obama dragged this one out too : Hoo-kay .
One more time , with weary resignation : Next up behind the Fine People lie was the Children in Cages lie , another old favorite .
( Briefly , Obama put kids [ unaccompanied teenagers during a border surge in 2014 ] in cages , which the Associated Press , in its most recent of many fact-checks called `` chain-link enclosures inside border facilities where migrants were temporarily housed , separated by sex and age , '' i.e , to prevent rape @ @ @ @ @ @ @ . )
And then , the events of this past few months have given them yet another lie to pad out their speeches with and excite the indignation of the faithful : the Peaceful Protest lie .
Yeah , peaceful protestors .
We saw those peaceful protestors on the YouTube clips , Michelle : smashing , burning , looting , assaulting .
How stupid do you think we are ?
Which brings us to the The little pork pies were bad enough ; but where was any mention of the utter breakdown of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ politics is totally dominated by the party whose convention we were watching ?
That omission is itself rooted in a lie—the biggest lie of all , what I think of privately as our National Lie .
Yes : Just as we have a National Flag , a National Anthem , a National Capital , and a National Father , we have a National Lie—a great big brazen whopper that no one who wants a career in the public realm dares deny .
Certainly , no one of any public influence does deny it @ @ @ @ @ @ @ no TV talking head—no , not even Tucker Carlson .
The lie is that different outcomes by race are caused by something other than biology .
What , exactly , is the “ something other ” ?
That depends who you ask .
The viewpoint represented at this week 's Democratic Party convention is that the something-else causing chronic academic failure and antisocial behavior among American blacks is racism—malice , conscious or unconscious , on the part of whites .
An alternative view—call it the Tucker Carlson view—is that yes , there may @ @ @ @ @ @ @ but not enough to account for the chronic , intractable , unfixable quality of black dysfunction—not to mention the superiority of East Asians over whites in educational attainment and law-abiding sociality .
So what accounts for these things ?
Culture !
Some people do n't behave right , because … culture .
They need to get their thinking straight .
I do n't myself see much difference between these two alternative supports for the National Lie .
In the imaginations of those who take these positions , both “ white racism ” and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in the realm of magic .
They are invisible vapors seeping up out of the soil , fogging our vision and muddling our brains .
They are the phlogiston , the luminiferous æther , of modern social science .
Get their thinking straight ?
Thinking happens in the brain , which is an organ , a biological object , with an ontogeny and a phylogeny .
I 'm an old-line British empiricist .
Race is real , and it makes a difference .
Not always at the individual level : Plenty of black @ @ @ @ @ @ @ me .
When a population of millions is under discussion , though , the law of averages kicks in , and you get…Well , we all know what you get .
As an old friend of mine is wont to say when the social dysfunction of black Americans comes up : `` It 's a different critter . ''
Another old friend , a retired academic , in an email exchange with me the other day , said the following thing , which I think is wise and true : Wise words , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of the National Lie .
And that great big National Lie breeds lesser lies .
Most in evidence at this convention was the lesser lie that whites are dangerous to blacks .
Mrs. Obama again : Well , yes .
It meets with derision for perfectly good reasons , again to do with the law of averages .
Whatever happened to George Floyd and Breonna Taylor , the statistics show that by far the greatest danger to the lives of American blacks comes from other American blacks ; AND that blacks are ten @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to whites than vice versa , depending on the style of interpersonal violence we 're talking about .
We 've presented those statistics many , many times over here at VDARE.com ; other investigators have reported them elsewhere—Heather Mac Donald for example at City Journal ; and Jared Taylor has a concise and characteristically eloquent presentation of them on his current BitChute video ( YouTube having suppressed him just as it has suppressed VDARE TV ) —link here .
Yet facts , statistics , and empirical inquiry ca n't leave a bruise on @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the people speaking to us from this week 's Democratic National Convention .
For them , our National Lie is too precious to discard—more precious to them than the National Flag or the National Anthem , for sure .
The more the National Lie is challenged ( to the degree anyone dares challenge it ) , the tighter our elites clutch it .
Hence the Church of Antiracism .
Being essentially a metaphysical doctrine indifferent to empirical verification , Antiracism has naturally assumed some of the aspects of a religion .
That is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the same psychological rewards to believers that religions do .
To say that Antiracism is a religion , or at any rate an ersatz religion , is by now a cliché .
Certainly you 've heard it from me before ; and as before , if you want to read a good brief argument for Antiracism 's religious nature , I recommend John McWhorter 's article at the Daily Beast , posted July 2015 , updated April 2017 : `` Antiracism , Our Flawed New Religion . ''
This religious aspect came to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ about Jack Dorsey , co-founder and CEO of Twitter , donating ten million dollars to something called the Center for Antiracist Research at Boston University .
Hey , I thought , that 's just like some grandee aristocrat in medieval Europe donating a cartload of silver coin , or a patch of good farming land , to a monastery .
Dorsey is worth billions , so ten million dollars is just dinner and a movie to him .
The donation is pretty impressive none the less .
What is this Center for Antiracist @ @ @ @ @ @ @ they actually do ?
Now my imagination is drifting towards the Academy of Lagado in Book Three of Gulliver 's Travels , where scholars occupied themselves with such projects as extracting sunbeams out of cucumbers .
That is unkind of me , though—probably racist , in fact .
Let 's take a closer look .
The Center seems to be the brainchild of professional black guy Ibram X. Kendi , author of the Number Two antiracist bestseller How to Be an Antiracist .
Number One is of course professional white ethnomasochist Robin DiAngelo @ @ @ @ @ @ @ think either title has yet outsold the Bible , but they are headed that way .
No , I have n't read Mr. Kendi 's book , and do n't plan to .
Three hundred and twenty pages of magical-thinking woo would be several hours out of my life , and I do n't have all that many hours left .
I did read Coleman Hughes ' withering review of the book in City Journal [ How to Be an Anti-Intellectual : A lauded book about antiracism is wrong on its facts and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 2019 ] .
He quotes Kendi as writing : Given that Jack Dorsey acquired his billions by sheer capitalist enterprise , you have to wonder whether he 's read Kendi 's book .
But I guess if you can hate your own race as much as these white ethnomasochists do , hating your own path to a colossal fortune comes easily .
Kendi also wants an anti-racist amendment to the U.S. Constitution and the establishment of a federal Department of Anti-racism empowered with As Coleman Hughes says : `` Kendi 's goals are @ @ @ @ @ @ @ on Steve Sailer 's comment thread have predicted that Dorsey 's ten million dollars will go the way money generally goes when it falls into the hands of black grifters : on bling , dope , fancy hookers , rowdy parties where someone gets shot , and bribes to public officials .
I hope they 're right .
At least that way , the money will do no serious social harm .
Bringing up the website of the Center for Antiracist Research , I saw that one of their projects is a National @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and Robin DiAngelo are not the only ones cashing in on the Antiracism cult .
There are enough antiracist books on the market for an entire festival : That mention of “ leading book editors and literary agents , ” if not bogus , suggests that the market for antiracist literature is still not saturated .
There is still gold in them thar hills !
It looks , in fact , as though Antiracism is not one of those sackcloth and ashes kinds of religion , with a strict rule of poverty and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Bundy 's Church of NO MA'AM , right up to the point where Rev 'm Al whispers to his helpers that `` this is where we eece-flay the ongregation-cay . ''
If this is your kind of thing , though , listeners , by all means go to the website of the Center for Antiracist Research and get a ticket for the National Antiracist Book Festival , to be held in Washington DC next April 24th .
An all-access ticket , with which you can attend all those vibrant discussions and workshops , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ get a free tote bag and a copy of Mr. Kendi 's book !
Hard to resist , eh ?
Go for it , true believers !
You may come home financially poorer , but you will be spiritually richer .
And—who knows ?
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There wasn't actually as much WhoWeAre-ism at this week's Democratic National Convention as I anticipated. Incredibly, Barack Obama got through a whole 19-minute speech without a single Who We Are. His lady Michelle made up for it with three Who We Ares in her speech, while the nominee himself, Joe Biden, emitted just one. A Hollywood bimbo named Kerry Washington (who is black) matched Michelle's three. Hakeem Jeffries, a black congressman from New York City, did his best with just two Who We Ares [Transcript: Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, Rep. Pramila Jayapal and Rep. Karen Bass, Washington Post, August 20 2020]. Pete Buttigieg could only manage one [Transcript: Pete Buttigieg's DNC remarks, CNN, August 20, 2020]
But by way of compensation for a falling-off in Who We Ares, we got a glimpse of the new-rising cliché among progressive Leftists: "The Work."
Kerry Washington again: "The Work must continue."
Barack Obama: "[Trump] has shown no interest in putting in The Work."
Congressman Jeffries told us we must "put in The Work to end our long national nightmare."
Joe Biden: "it will be The Work of the next president to restore the promise of America to everyone."
Kamala Harris "We've gotta do The Work to fulfill that promise of equal justice under law."
And so on. They make it all sound very strenuous, don't they?
Or maybe it's just me. I don't have much taste for the gassy, whiny style of political rhetoric that today's Democrats go in for. And there were sins here of both Commission and Omission.
The Sins of Commission were lies.
Battered, rusty old lies that have been exposed so often, anyone who pays much attention must know they are lies by now. Yet speakers here brought them out as if they were shiny and new, to make us gasp and shriek.
Their great favorite is of course the Fine People lie.
Clip of Joe Biden speaking: Just a week ago yesterday was the third anniversary of the events in Charlottesville … Remember the violent clash that ensued between those spreading hate and those with the courage to stand against it? Remember what the president said? There were, quote, "very fine people on both sides."
Mrs. Obama dragged this one out too:
Clip of Michelle speaking: Kids in this country … see our leaders labeling fellow citizens enemies of the state while emboldening torch-bearing white supremacists.
Hoo-kay. One more time, with weary resignation:
Clip of Trump speaking: You had people—and I'm not talking about the neo-Nazis and the white nationalists, because they should be condemned totally—but you had many people in that group other than neo-Nazis and white nationalists, okay? And the press has treated them absolutely unfairly …
Next up behind the Fine People lie was the Children in Cages lie, another old favorite. (Briefly, Obama put kids [unaccompanied teenagers during a border surge in 2014] in cages, which the Associated Press, in its most recent of many fact-checks called "chain-link enclosures inside border facilities where migrants were temporarily housed, separated by sex and age," i.e, to prevent rape and child molestation by older male teens.)
And then, the events of this past few months have given them yet another lie to pad out their speeches with and excite the indignation of the faithful: the Peaceful Protest lie.
Mrs. Obama packed both lies into a single sentence:
Clip of Michelle speaking: They watch in horror as children are torn from their families and thrown into cages, and pepper spray and rubber bullets are used on peaceful protestors for a photo-op.
Yeah, peaceful protestors. We saw those peaceful protestors on the YouTube clips, Michelle: smashing, burning, looting, assaulting. How stupid do you think we are?
Which brings us to the
Sin of Omission.
The little pork pies were bad enough; but where was any mention of the utter breakdown of public order in big cities—big cities whose politics is totally dominated by the party whose convention we were watching?
That omission is itself rooted in a lie—the biggest lie of all, what I think of privately as our National Lie.
Yes: Just as we have a National Flag, a National Anthem, a National Capital, and a National Father, we have a National Lie—a great big brazen whopper that no one who wants a career in the public realm dares deny.
Certainly, no one of any public influence does deny it: no politician, no celebrity, no TV talking head—no, not even Tucker Carlson.
The lie is that different outcomes by race are caused by something other than biology.
What, exactly, is the “something other”? That depends who you ask.
The viewpoint represented at this week's Democratic Party convention is that the something-else causing chronic academic failure and antisocial behavior among American blacks is racism—malice, conscious or unconscious, on the part of whites.
An alternative view—call it the Tucker Carlson view—is that yes, there may be some malicious white racists around, but not enough to account for the chronic, intractable, unfixable quality of black dysfunction—not to mention the superiority of East Asians over whites in educational attainment and law-abiding sociality.
So what accounts for these things? Culture! Some people don't behave right, because … culture. They need to get their thinking straight.
I don't myself see much difference between these two alternative supports for the National Lie. In the imaginations of those who take these positions, both “white racism” and “culture” belong, metaphysically, in the realm of magic. They are invisible vapors seeping up out of the soil, fogging our vision and muddling our brains. They are the phlogiston, the luminiferous æther, of modern social science.
Get their thinking straight? Thinking happens in the brain, which is an organ, a biological object, with an ontogeny and a phylogeny.
I'm an old-line British empiricist. Race is real, and it makes a difference. Not always at the individual level: Plenty of black Americans are smarter and better socialized than me. When a population of millions is under discussion, though, the law of averages kicks in, and you get…Well, we all know what you get.
As an old friend of mine is wont to say when the social dysfunction of black Americans comes up: "It's a different critter."
Another old friend, a retired academic, in an email exchange with me the other day, said the following thing, which I think is wise and true:
The entire civil rights movement has evolved from passing laws to prescribing totalitarian schemes for transforming blacks into whites, and this has been a disaster for both races. Let them be who they naturally are.
Wise words, but of course flagrantly, shockingly disrespectful of the National Lie.
And that great big National Lie breeds lesser lies. Most in evidence at this convention was the lesser lie that whites are dangerous to blacks. Mrs. Obama again:
[Clip of Michelle speaking: And here at home, as George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and a never-ending list of innocent people of color continue to be murdered, stating the simple fact that a Black life matters is still met with derision from the nation's highest office.]
Well, yes. It meets with derision for perfectly good reasons, again to do with the law of averages. Whatever happened to George Floyd and Breonna Taylor, the statistics show that by far the greatest danger to the lives of American blacks comes from other American blacks; AND that blacks are ten, twenty, thirty times more dangerous to whites than vice versa, depending on the style of interpersonal violence we're talking about.
We've presented those statistics many, many times over here at VDARE.com; other investigators have reported them elsewhere—Heather Mac Donald for example at City Journal; and Jared Taylor has a concise and characteristically eloquent presentation of them on his current BitChute video (YouTube having suppressed him just as it has suppressed VDARE TV)—link here.
Yet facts, statistics, and empirical inquiry can't leave a bruise on the National Lie, certainly not for the people speaking to us from this week's Democratic National Convention.
For them, our National Lie is too precious to discard—more precious to them than the National Flag or the National Anthem, for sure. The more the National Lie is challenged (to the degree anyone dares challenge it), the tighter our elites clutch it.
Hence the Church of Antiracism.
Being essentially a metaphysical doctrine indifferent to empirical verification, Antiracism has naturally assumed some of the aspects of a religion. That is to say, it delivers some of the same psychological rewards to believers that religions do.
To say that Antiracism is a religion, or at any rate an ersatz religion, is by now a cliché. Certainly you've heard it from me before; and as before, if you want to read a good brief argument for Antiracism's religious nature, I recommend John McWhorter's article at the Daily Beast, posted July 2015, updated April 2017: "Antiracism, Our Flawed New Religion."
This religious aspect came to mind when I saw the news item about Jack Dorsey, co-founder and CEO of Twitter, donating ten million dollars to something called the Center for Antiracist Research at Boston University.
Hey, I thought, that's just like some grandee aristocrat in medieval Europe donating a cartload of silver coin, or a patch of good farming land, to a monastery.
Dorsey is worth billions, so ten million dollars is just dinner and a movie to him. The donation is pretty impressive none the less. What is this Center for Antiracist Research? What kind of research will they actually do?
Now my imagination is drifting towards the Academy of Lagado in Book Three of Gulliver's Travels, where scholars occupied themselves with such projects as extracting sunbeams out of cucumbers.
That is unkind of me, though—probably racist, in fact. Let's take a closer look.
The Center seems to be the brainchild of professional black guy Ibram X. Kendi, author of the Number Two antiracist bestseller How to Be an Antiracist.
Number One is of course professional white ethnomasochist Robin DiAngelo's White Fragility. I don't think either title has yet outsold the Bible, but they are headed that way.
No, I haven't read Mr. Kendi's book, and don't plan to. Three hundred and twenty pages of magical-thinking woo would be several hours out of my life, and I don't have all that many hours left. I did read Coleman Hughes' withering review of the book in City Journal [How to Be an Anti-Intellectual: A lauded book about antiracism is wrong on its facts and in its assumptions, October 27, 2019]. He quotes Kendi as writing:
Capitalism is essentially racist and racism is essentially capitalist.
Given that Jack Dorsey acquired his billions by sheer capitalist enterprise, you have to wonder whether he's read Kendi's book.
But I guess if you can hate your own race as much as these white ethnomasochists do, hating your own path to a colossal fortune comes easily.
Kendi also wants an anti-racist amendment to the U.S. Constitution and the establishment of a federal Department of Anti-racism empowered with
…disciplinary tools to wield over and against policymakers and public officials who do not voluntarily change their racist policy and ideas.
As Coleman Hughes says: "Kendi's goals are openly totalitarian."
Some unkind spirits on Steve Sailer's comment thread have predicted that Dorsey's ten million dollars will go the way money generally goes when it falls into the hands of black grifters: on bling, dope, fancy hookers, rowdy parties where someone gets shot, and bribes to public officials.
I hope they're right. At least that way, the money will do no serious social harm.
FOOTNOTE:
Bringing up the website of the Center for Antiracist Research, I saw that one of their projects is a National Antiracist Book Festival. Apparently Ibram Kendi and Robin DiAngelo are not the only ones cashing in on the Antiracism cult. There are enough antiracist books on the market for an entire festival:
The festival assembles a day full of author panels and editorial workshops. A vibrant crowd of authors and attendees engage in antiracist dialogue that will challenge, inspire, and mobilize. Workshops bring together leading book editors and literary agents to provide insight and guidance for aspiring writers.
“Vibrant”!
That mention of “leading book editors and literary agents,” if not bogus, suggests that the market for antiracist literature is still not saturated. There is still gold in them thar hills!
It looks, in fact, as though Antiracism is not one of those sackcloth and ashes kinds of religion, with a strict rule of poverty and obedience. It more closely resembles Al Bundy's Church of NO MA'AM, right up to the point where Rev'm Al whispers to his helpers that "this is where we eece-flay the ongregation-cay."
If this is your kind of thing, though, listeners, by all means go to the website of the Center for Antiracist Research and get a ticket for the National Antiracist Book Festival, to be held in Washington DC next April 24th.
An all-access ticket, with which you can attend all those vibrant discussions and workshops, costs only $250, and you get a free tote bag and a copy of Mr. Kendi's book!
Hard to resist, eh? Go for it, true believers! You may come home financially poorer, but you will be spiritually richer.
And—who knows?—perhaps Jack Dorsey will show up to add some billionaire glamor to the event.
John Derbyshire [ email him] writes an incredible amount on all sorts of subjects for all kinds of outlets. (This no longer includes National Review, whose editors had some kind of tantrum and fired him.) He is the author of We Are Doomed: Reclaiming Conservative Pessimism and several other books. He has had two books published by VDARE.com com: FROM THE DISSIDENT RIGHT (also available in Kindle) and FROM THE DISSIDENT RIGHT II: ESSAYS 2013.
For years he’s been podcasting at Radio Derb, now available at VDARE.com for no charge. His writings are archived at JohnDerbyshire.com.
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vdare--2020-08-20--What Time Is Willie Brown's Speech to the DNC?

Earlier : Sailer : If Kamala Gets to be VP Nominee , I Get to Use Old Willie Brown Stories @ @ @ @ @ Dare Joke About Kamala Harris and Willie Brown ?
I am looking forward to watching @ @ @ @ @ Brown , the first black speaker of the California assembly , address the Democratic Convention @ @ @ @ @ “ If You Knew Kamala Like I Know Kamala.
” But I ’ m starting @ @ @ @ @ won ’ t happen .
By the way , contrasting prompts from Duck Duck Go @ @ @ @ @ :

Earlier: Sailer: If Kamala Gets to be VP Nominee, I Get to Use Old Willie Brown Stories and Will Late Night Comedians Dare Joke About Kamala Harris and Willie Brown?
I am looking forward to watching former San Francisco Mayor Willie Brown, the first black speaker of the California assembly, address the Democratic Convention on the topic of: “If You Knew Kamala Like I Know Kamala.”
But I’m starting to get the impression that won’t happen.
By the way, contrasting prompts from Duck Duck Go, Bing, and Google:
[Comment at Unz.com]


vdare--2020-08-27--Tale Of Two Conspiracy Theories: QAnon Is Harmless, “White Privilege” Provokes Riots. Guess Which On

Tale Of Two Conspiracy Theories: QAnon Is Harmless, “White Privilege” Provokes Riots. Guess Which One GOP Leadership Denounces?

“ The wicked flee when no man pursueth ” and the Republicans surrender when no one is demands it .
During the worst sustained riots since the 1960s , the Republican Party is showily denouncing the harmless “ QAnon ” conspiracy theory .
But there ’ s been no pushback from the GOP against the actually powerful “ white privilege ” conspiracy theory , which is even taking root in the federal government .
Worse , the Kushner Administration is enabling it by groveling before NBA players and launching federal civil rights investigations to fuel more Black Lives Matter riots @ @ @ @ @ @ @ human toll of the BLM riots is almost beyond calculation now , but the Republican leadership has still leapt to denounce “ QAnon.
” Denouncers include Liz Cheney , Kevin McCarthy , Karl Rove , Ari Fleischer , and of all irrelevant people , Jeb Bush : Here Are The Republicans Who Have Denounced QAnon , Jack Brewster , Forbes , Aug 21 , 2020 And GOP Congressman Denver Riggleman [ Tweet him ] has introduced a bipartisan bill condemning the theory [ Lawmakers introduce bipartisan measure condemning right-wing theory QAnon , by @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 26 , 2020 ] .
It ’ s hard not to see this as an act of spite after his primary defeat ( by an immigration patriot ) [ Update : Challenger Bob Good ousts Rep. Denver Riggleman at 5th District GOP nominating convention , by Amy Friedenberger , Richmond.com , June 14 , 2020 ] .
One could dismiss it as an empty cuckservative gesture—except H. Res .
1094 is clearly totalitarian : it calls on the FBI to “ continue to strengthen their focus on preventing violence , threats , harassment @ @ @ @ @ @ @ by fringe conspiracy theories ” and to encourage Americans to seek information from “ authoritative sources ” and a “ common factual foundation.
” Is it not enough to simply prevent crimes as such , regardless of their motivation ?
And why should the government be in the business of determining what is “ authoritative ” and what ’ s not , especially given that we already have entire legal doctrines ( like Disparate Impact ) built on objective lies ?
QAnon ’ s premise : Trump Administration is waging a shadow war @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ; and that there is a shadowy insider ( Q ) “ dropping ” information to the masses through various websites , notably the chans ( 4chan , 8kun , etc. )
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President Trump is also secretly communicating with his followers by using certain gestures or phrases , or selectively retweeting certain things .
Main Stream Media journalists are oddly worried about this seemingly unlikely theory [ QAnon , the scarily popular pro-Trump conspiracy theory , explained , by Jane Coaston , Vox , August 21 , 2020 ] .
Indeed , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ [ Who ’ s Afraid of QAnon ?
By Gregory Hood , American Renaissance , August 14 , 2020 ] .
They might be infuriated simply because the movement encourages people to do independent research .
The MSM believes that it has an exclusive right to tell Americans what they are allowed to see , hear , and think .
The QAnon theory also implies that disturbing things are happening in elite power circles—which , after Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell , to say nothing of NXIVM doesn ’ t sound so crazy @ @ @ @ @ @ @ kind of stand-in for supporting President Trump himself .
However , it ’ s ultimately something of a mystery why journalists are so infuriated .
The theory ’ s premise is that there is a powerful insider assuring everyone that President Trump has things well in hand and that any minute now , he ’ ll launch some stunning initiative that will expose everything .
There ’ s also confirmation bias .
If you are convinced that that President Trump is communicating with you , you will find evidence for it .
It @ @ @ @ @ @ @ As Morgoth ’ s Review has pointed out , in 2016 , Trump supporters were generating new content .
But in 2020 , partly because of massive deplatforming by Big Tech , they ’ re passively waiting for “ drops ” from an unknown source .
Unfortunately , President Trump ’ s countercoup will probably come around the same time as he taxes remittances , signs a Birthright Citizenship executive order , or does something about Big Tech – which is to say , never .
Perhaps I ’ m being overly pessimistic @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and fight , rather than being complacent .
It ’ s complacency which has destroyed the American Right , as Republicans smugly tweet about “ soy boy ” leftists , smelly hippies or crazy intellectuals , without realizing that the supposed losers are the ones with real social , economic , and political power .
Possibly some people might use some QAnon theory to do something dangerous or stupid .
However , even if we take the most expansive definition of the movement , most Americans hadn ’ t heard of it until @ @ @ @ @ @ @ conspiracy theories have seeped into U.S. politics , but most don ’ t know what it is , Pew Research Center , March 30 , 2020 ] .
Those aren ’ t QAnon mobs burning cities and rioting nonstop .
Besides , as President Trump himself put it , is opposing child sex trafficking “ supposed to be a bad thing ?
” If people believe something terrible is happening and the truth is that it ’ s not , what ’ s the problem ?
In contrast , the most powerful conspiracy @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ” which holds that the only reason blacks and Hispanics aren ’ t achieving the same level of success as whites is because of white racism .
( Asians are conveniently ignored . )
It legitimizes violence against women .
It inspires self-hatred and even suspicion of one ’ s own white children .
It radicalizes people to murder whites , even five-year-olds , with the indifference ( or silent approval ) of the MSM .
Brittany Watts was murdered by a black man because he was taught to hate whites in college @ @ @ @ @ @ @ way to force whites to “ mend.
” More generally , that ’ s precisely the rationale behind the riots taking place today , where riots are excused because blacks feel aggrieved .
This insane “ white privilege ” lie is government policy .
Critical race theory and deconstructing “ white privilege ” is taught to employees in the Treasury Department , the Office of the Comptroller , and other public and quasi-public bodies ( like the Federal Reserve ) at outrageous expense [ Obscene Federal ‘ Diversity Training ’ Scam Prospers–Even Under @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Institute , July 17 , 2020 ] .
Even now , there is a massive controversy at Sandia Labs , a federally-funded research laboratory because one brave engineer pushed back against critical race theory with a video denouncing critical race theory .
He may lose his job—and thus far , I have seen no support from the GOP for this patriot .
There is certainly nothing coming from the Trump Administration .
Instead , Jared Kushner , who sometimes seems like the real President of the United States , is reportedly reaching out @ @ @ @ @ @ @ effort to keep the NBA season going and prevent a player strike [ Kushner says he will reach out to LeBron James amid boycott over Jacob Blake shooting , by Justin Wise , The Hill , August 27 , 2020 ] .
The Department of Justice is also launching a “ civil rights investigation ” into the shooting of Jacob Blake [ DOJ announces federal civil rights investigation into shooting of Jacob Blake , Fox8 , August 26 , 2020 ] .
This is after we know there was a warrant against him @ @ @ @ @ @ @ call from his girlfriend saying he was not supposed to be at her house , that he was tasered before officers used lethal force , and that he had a knife on the driver ’ s side floorboard of his car [ Jacob Blake : What we know about Wisconsin police shooting , BBC , August 27 , 2020 ] .
Meanwhile , Black Lives Matter was losing political support in Wisconsin even before the shooting and subsequent riots in Kenosha [ Black Lives Matter Protests in Wisconsin , by Charles Franklin , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , 2020 ] .
At a time when President Trump could really push for Law and Order ( or , if that phrase is too charged , call it Safety and Security ) , the Trump Administration is still pandering and bragging about how many criminals it ’ s let out of prison [ Criminal justice reform on display at GOP convention , in panel with Ohioans , by Anna Staver , The Columbus Dispatch , August 26 , 2020 ] .
Where is the criticism from Republicans for a conspiracy theory that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , right now , there are riots because blacks are determined to view a suicide as a police shooting , all evidence to the contrary [ Minneapolis police say shooting suspect died by suicide on Nicollet Mall , video released , Fox 9 , August 26 , 2020 ] .
We have blacks protesting that whites are slaughtering them , even though FBI statistics show blacks disproportionately commit the crime .
Kamala Harris said today that we still don ’ t have “ equal justice under law.
” [ Kamala Harris : People @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 27 , 2020 ] She ’ s right of course–being legally classified as black brings a host of privileges , which is why people fake it , including , arguably , the would-be VP herself .
“ White privilege ” is the conspiracy theory that ’ s destroying America right now—not QAnon .
The only thing worse than the “ white privilege ” conspiracy theory : the conspiracy of silence among Republicans who are too cowardly to confront the real problem .
James Kirkpatrick [ Email him |Tweet him @ VDAREJamesK ] is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Conservatism Inc. His latest book is Conservatism Inc. : The Battle for the American Right .
Read VDARE.com Editor Peter Brimelow 's Preface here .

“The wicked flee when no man pursueth” and the Republicans surrender when no one is demands it. During the worst sustained riots since the 1960s, the Republican Party is showily denouncing the harmless “QAnon” conspiracy theory. But there’s been no pushback from the GOP against the actually powerful “white privilege” conspiracy theory, which is even taking root in the federal government. Worse, the Kushner Administration is enabling it by groveling before NBA players and launching federal civil rights investigations to fuel more Black Lives Matter riots. Why?
The economic damage and human toll of the BLM riots is almost beyond calculation now, but the Republican leadership has still leapt to denounce “QAnon.”
Denouncers include Liz Cheney, Kevin McCarthy, Karl Rove, Ari Fleischer, and of all irrelevant people, Jeb Bush:
Why in the world would the President not kick Q’anon supporters’ butts? Nut jobs, rascists, haters have no place in either Party. https://t.co/uWIMg7clJz — Jeb Bush (@JebBush) August 19, 2020
Here Are The Republicans Who Have Denounced QAnon, Jack Brewster, Forbes, Aug 21, 2020
And GOP Congressman Denver Riggleman [Tweet him]has introduced a bipartisan bill condemning the theory [Lawmakers introduce bipartisan measure condemning right-wing theory QAnon, by Nicholas Wu, USA Today, August 26, 2020]. It’s hard not to see this as an act of spite after his primary defeat (by an immigration patriot) [Update: Challenger Bob Good ousts Rep. Denver Riggleman at 5th District GOP nominating convention, by Amy Friedenberger, Richmond.com, June 14, 2020].
One could dismiss it as an empty cuckservative gesture—except H. Res. 1094 is clearly totalitarian: It calls on the FBI to “continue to strengthen their focus on preventing violence, threats, harassment, and other criminal activity by extremists motivated by fringe conspiracy theories” and to encourage Americans to seek information from “authoritative sources” and a “common factual foundation.”
Is it not enough to simply prevent crimes as such, regardless of their motivation? And why should the government be in the business of determining what is “authoritative” and what’s not, especially given that we already have entire legal doctrines (like Disparate Impact) built on objective lies?
QAnon’s premise, as explicated by websites like NeonRevolt.com: The Trump Administration is waging a shadow war against the Deep State and its crimes; and that there is a shadowy insider (Q) “dropping” information to the masses through various websites, notably the chans (4chan, 8kun, etc.). President Trump is also secretly communicating with his followers by using certain gestures or phrases, or selectively retweeting certain things.
Main Stream Media journalists are oddly worried about this seemingly unlikely theory [QAnon, the scarily popular pro-Trump conspiracy theory, explained, by Jane Coaston, Vox, August 21, 2020]. Indeed, it’s an obsession with them [Who’s Afraid of QAnon? by Gregory Hood, American Renaissance, August 14, 2020].
They might be infuriated simply because the movement encourages people to do independent research. The MSM believes that it has an exclusive right to tell Americans what they are allowed to see, hear, and think. The QAnon theory also implies that disturbing things are happening in elite power circles—which, after Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell, to say nothing of NXIVM, doesn’t sound so crazy.
Finally, QAnon is also a kind of stand-in for supporting President Trump himself.
However, it’s ultimately something of a mystery why journalists are so infuriated. The theory’s premise is that there is a powerful insider assuring everyone that President Trump has things well in hand and that any minute now, he’ll launch some stunning initiative that will expose everything. There’s also confirmation bias. If you are convinced that that President Trump is communicating with you, you will find evidence for it. It encourages complacency, rather than resistance.
As Morgoth’s Review has pointed out, in 2016, Trump supporters were generating new content. But in 2020, partly because of massive deplatforming by Big Tech, they’re passively waiting for “drops” from an unknown source. Unfortunately, President Trump’s countercoup will probably come around the same time as he taxes remittances, signs a Birthright Citizenship executive order, or does something about Big Tech—which is to say, never.
Perhaps I’m being overly pessimistic. But pessimism encourages people to resist and fight, rather than being complacent. It’s complacency which has destroyed the American Right, as Republicans smugly tweet about “soy boy” leftists, smelly hippies or crazy intellectuals, without realizing that the supposed losers are the ones with real social, economic, and political power.
Possibly some people might use some QAnon theory to do something dangerous or stupid. However, even if we take the most expansive definition of the movement, most Americans hadn’t heard of it until journalists began panicking [QAnon’s conspiracy theories have seeped into U.S. politics, but most don’t know what it is, Pew Research Center, March 30, 2020]. Those aren’t QAnon mobs burning cities and rioting nonstop. Besides, as President Trump himself put it, is opposing child sex trafficking “supposed to be a bad thing?” If people believe something terrible is happening and the truth is that it’s not, what’s the problem?
In contrast, the most powerful conspiracy theory today is “white privilege,” which holds that the only reason blacks and Hispanics aren’t achieving the same level of success as whites is because of white racism. (Asians are conveniently ignored.) It legitimizes violence against women. It inspires self-hatred and even suspicion of one’s own white children. It radicalizes people to murder whites, even five-year-olds, with the indifference (or silent approval) of the MSM.
Brittany Watts was murdered by a black man because he was taught to hate whites in college and thought his actions were the right way to force whites to “mend.” More generally, that’s precisely the rationale behind the riots taking place today, where riots are excused because blacks feel aggrieved.
This insane “white privilege” lie is government policy. Critical race theory and deconstructing “white privilege” is taught to employees in the Treasury Department, the Office of the Comptroller, and other public and quasi-public bodies (like the Federal Reserve) at outrageous expense [Obscene Federal ‘Diversity Training’ Scam Prospers–Even Under Trump, by Christopher Rufo, Manhattan Institute, July 17, 2020].
Even now, there is a massive controversy at Sandia Labs, a federally funded research laboratory because one brave engineer pushed back against critical race theory with a video denouncing critical race theory.
On Tuesday, Peterson made a YouTube video "pushing back back on the narrative of modern systemic racism and white privilege."
The video quickly hit 10,000 views within the labs and dozens of Sandia employees contacted Peterson to express support.https://t.co/vMDH2vILB7 — Christopher F. Rufo ⚔ (@realchrisrufo) August 27, 2020
He may lose his job—and thus far, I have seen no support from the GOP for this patriot. There is certainly nothing coming from the Trump Administration.
Instead, Jared Kushner, who sometimes seems like the real President of the United States, is reportedly reaching out to basketball player Lebron James in an effort to keep the NBA season going and prevent a player strike [Kushner says he will reach out to LeBron James amid boycott over Jacob Blake shooting, by Justin Wise, The Hill, August 27, 2020]. The Department of Justice is also launching a “civil rights investigation” into the shooting of Jacob Blake [DOJ announces federal civil rights investigation into shooting of Jacob Blake, Fox8, August 26, 2020]. This is after we know there was a warrant against him, that police were responding to a call from his girlfriend saying he was not supposed to be at her house, that he was tasered before officers used lethal force, and that he had a knife on the driver’s side floorboard of his car [Jacob Blake: What we know about Wisconsin police shooting, BBC, August 27, 2020].
Meanwhile, Black Lives Matter was losing political support in Wisconsin even before the shooting and subsequent riots in Kenosha [Black Lives Matter Protests in Wisconsin, by Charles Franklin, Marquette Law School Poll, August 26, 2020].
At a time when President Trump could really push for Law and Order (or, if that phrase is too charged, call it Safety and Security), the Trump Administration is still pandering and bragging about how many criminals it’s let out of prison [Criminal justice reform on display at GOP convention, in panel with Ohioans, by Anna Staver, Columbus Dispatch, August 26, 2020].
Where is the criticism from Republicans for a conspiracy theory that is destroying entire communities? In Minneapolis, right now, there are riots because blacks are determined to view a suicide as a police shooting, all evidence to the contrary [Minneapolis police say shooting suspect died by suicide on Nicollet Mall, video released, Fox 9, August 26, 2020]. We have blacks protesting that whites are slaughtering them, even though FBI statistics show blacks disproportionately commit the crime.
Kamala Harris said today that we still don’t have “equal justice under law.” [Kamala Harris: People are rightfully angry and exhausted, August 27, 2020]
She’s right of course–being legally classified as black brings a host of privileges, which is why people fake it, including, arguably, the would-be VP herself.
“White privilege” is the conspiracy theory that’s destroying America right now—not QAnon.
The only thing worse than the “white privilege” conspiracy theory: the conspiracy of silence among Republicans who are too cowardly to confront the real problem.
James Kirkpatrick [Email him |Tweet him @VDAREJamesK] is a Beltway veteran and a refugee from Conservatism Inc. His latest book is Conservatism Inc.: The Battle for the American Right. Read VDARE.com Editor Peter Brimelow's Preface here.


vdare--2020-08-27--A Reader Wonders What The New, Woke Air Force Would Think Of General Hap Arnold

Re : A Military Reader Says The US Air Force Is Getting Woke , Training Airmen To Be Sensitive To what Fulford said about him : indeed .
in the portrait is General of The Air Force Thein the portrait is General of The Air Force Hap Arnold , ( 1886 –1950 ) taught to fly by the Wright brothers , commander of the Army Air Forces in WWII , first chief of staff of the independent Air Force after WWII , first and only Air Force five-star general .
Probably the most important Air Force leader in American history @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , no doubt , soon to be memory holed so our feminized , blackenized , & trannified USAF wo n't be disturbed by the image of an old-fashioned white guy who could boot-stomp the whole lot of them in about five seconds .
Here 's his actual uniform , on display in the Smithsonian : There 's a qualification badge below the medal ribbons on the left breast that I had never seen before : I assume Arnold is guilty of racism , because he 's a white male , and dead at @ @

Re: A Military Reader Says The US Air Force Is Getting Woke, Training Airmen To Be Sensitive
From: Wilburn Sprayberry [Email him]
James Fulford wrote of that Air Force Materiel Command diversity conference:
Here's the photograph of the leadership of the Materiel Command, four or five white guys in fatigues (for no reason) and a white civilian employee in a suit. The portrait on the wall shows a white guy from an era when Air Force Generals dressed like grownups. (I think it may be a USAF Shade 193 Summer Service Dress uniform , but whatever it is, it doesn't look like pajamas .)
To what Fulford said about him: indeed.
white guy in the portrait is General of The Air Force Thein the portrait is General of The Air Force Hap Arnold (1886 –1950), taught to fly by the Wright brothers, commander of the Army Air Forces in WWII, first chief of staff of the independent Air Force after WWII, first and only Air Force five-star general. Probably the most important Air Force leader in American history, surpassing even Curtis Lemay.
And, no doubt, soon to be memory holed so our feminized, blackenized, & trannified USAF won't be disturbed by the image of an old-fashioned white guy who could boot-stomp the whole lot of them in about five seconds.
James Fulford: This is true. Here's a close up of Hap Arnold, who was able to stay on active duty in spite of four heart attacks during WWII:
Here's his actual uniform, on display in the Smithsonian:
There's a qualification badge below the medal ribbons on the left breast that I had never seen before:


vdare--2020-08-27--Kamala Harris Declared in June That the Protests Will Not and Should Not Stop

From the Hollywood Reporter in June : Kamala Harris Says Protests Won ’ t Stop Despite Lack of News Coverage 10:29 AM PDT 6/18/2020 by Katherine Schaffstall “ They ’ re not going to stop before Election Day in November and they ’ re not going to stop after Election Day , ” Harris told Stephen Colbert about protestors during Wednesday ’ s episode of ‘ The Late Show.
’ California Sen. Kamala Harris spoke about the recent decrease in news coverage of the Black Lives Matter protests when she virtually visited The Late Show on Wednesday .
Host Stephen @ @ @ @ @ @ @ has seemingly moved away from covering the protests across the country that began following the death of George Floyd .
The senator agreed that there has been a lack of reporting about the protests .
“ They ’ re not going to stop , ” she said of the protests .
“ This is a movement.
” “ They ’ re not going to stop before Election Day in November , and they ’ re not going to stop after Election Day , ” Harris continued .
“ Everyone should take note of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ re not going to let up and they should not and we should not .
”

From the Hollywood Reporter in June:
Kamala Harris Says Protests Won’t Stop Despite Lack of News Coverage
10:29 AM PDT 6/18/2020 by Katherine Schaffstall
“They’re not going to stop before Election Day in November and they’re not going to stop after Election Day,” Harris told Stephen Colbert about protestors during Wednesday’s episode of ‘The Late Show.’
California Sen. Kamala Harris spoke about the recent decrease in news coverage of the Black Lives Matter protests when she virtually visited The Late Show on Wednesday.
Host Stephen Colbert said that he noticed the media has seemingly moved away from covering the protests across the country that began following the death of George Floyd.
The senator agreed that there has been a lack of reporting about the protests. “They’re not going to stop,” she said of the protests. “This is a movement.”
“They’re not going to stop before Election Day in November, and they’re not going to stop after Election Day,” Harris continued. “Everyone should take note of that on both levels, that they’re not going to let up and they should not and we should not.”


vdare--2020-08-27--Althea Bernstein Speaks: Does My Skin Color Offend You? Does My Success Scare You?

MADISON , Wis. ( AP ) — A crowd demonstrating for racial justice blocked traffic , but otherwise remained relatively peaceful in downtown Madison .
… The protest was in contrast to three previous nights when demonstrations turned destructive with some people shattering windows , lighting fires and looting stores .
One of the demonstrators was Althea Bernstein , the 18-year-old Black woman who was lit on fire as she sat in her car at a Madison intersection waiting for the light to change in June .
Bernstein told police a group of white men squirted lighter fluid in her @ @ @ @ @ @ @ released little information about the attack .
Bernstein said she only recently returned downtown to protest and that it felt empowering , the State Journal reported .
“ It ’ s been mentally exhausting .
There ’ s good days and bad days , ” Bernstein told the crowd .
“ I realized I need to be down here .
I ’ m an EMT , I ’ m here for medical service .
Does my skin color offend you ?
Does my success scare you ?
Does the fact that I ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that change in going to happen ?
”

From the Eau Claire Leader-Telegram:
Demonstration in Madison remains relatively peaceful
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A crowd demonstrating for racial justice blocked traffic, but otherwise remained relatively peaceful in downtown Madison.
… The protest was in contrast to three previous nights when demonstrations turned destructive with some people shattering windows, lighting fires and looting stores.
One of the demonstrators was Althea Bernstein, the 18-year-old Black woman who was lit on fire as she sat in her car at a Madison intersection waiting for the light to change in June. Bernstein told police a group of white men squirted lighter fluid in her face and ignited it. Police have released little information about the attack.
Bernstein said she only recently returned downtown to protest and that it felt empowering, the State Journal reported.
“It’s been mentally exhausting. There’s good days and bad days,” Bernstein told the crowd. “I realized I need to be down here. I’m an EMT, I’m here for medical service. Does my skin color offend you? Does my success scare you? Does the fact that I’m a Black woman make you worried that change in going to happen?”


vdare--2020-08-27--Patrick J. Buchanan: Is Biden Ceding the Law-and-Order Issue?

Is Joe Biden forfeiting the law-and-order issue to Donald Trump ?
So it would seem .
`` Republicans Use Law and Order As Rallying Cry '' was the top headline on The New York Times ' front-page story on Vice President Mike Pence 's acceptance speech at Fort McHenry Wednesday night .
The Wall Street Journal Page One headline echoed the Times : `` Pence Accepts Nomination as GOP Puts Focus on Police . ''
In his address , Pence charged Biden with sinning by silence in failing to denounce the rioters , looters and arsonists who have for months @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , Minneapolis , Kenosha and other cities .
Said Pence : `` Last week , Joe Biden did not say one word about the violence and chaos engulfing cities across this country .
`` Joe Biden says that America is systemically racist , and that law enforcement in America has ... 'implicit bias against minorities . '
When asked whether he 'd support cutting funding to law enforcement , Joe Biden replied , 'Yes , absolutely . '
`` Joe Biden would double down on the very policies that are leading to unsafe @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ... You will not be safe in Joe Biden 's America .
`` [ Full Transcript ] Now , it is inexact to say Biden would `` defund '' the police .
When the big agenda item of Black Lives Matter was first raised , Biden rushed to say he would reform the police and increase spending .
And , late Wednesday afternoon , probably after seeing an advance of Pence 's speech , Biden tweeted from Delaware about the chaos that has engulfed Kenosha since Sunday night 's police shooting of Jacob @ @ @ @ @ @ @ heal us .
We need to end the violence . ''
Biden 's belated and tepid condemnations of the riots and pillaging of America 's cities by `` peaceful protesters '' gone rogue night after night testifies to the dilemma in which he finds himself .
It is three months since George Floyd ceased to breathe under the knee of that Minneapolis cop .
But it is also three months to the election .
And the political tide is turning , visibly and hard , against the arsonists and anarchists conducting the nightly @ @ @ @ @ @ @ weariness of the public with the riots is palpable .
The claim that these are but the understandable excesses of `` peaceful protests '' is getting stale .
And the reaction against the riots and ruin in the Black communities , for whom they are allegedly being conducted , is growing .
Black leaders in urban areas are saying we want good cops , but we also want more cops to protect our people from gun-toting gangbangers who are running up rising weekly kill rates .
Tuesday , video surfaced of a mob @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and threatening a woman at a D.C. diner .
Her crime ?
She had refused to submit to demands she raise her fist in a Black Power salute and proclaim , `` Black Lives Matter ! ''
It looked like a training exercise for aspiring Nazi Brown Shirts .
We are beginning to see how this all unfolds .
And from here , it looks like the Democratic left is going to be the loser on all counts .
First , the big mandate— '' Defund the police !
`` —has backfired .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ unpopularity by insisting Biden never endorsed it .
Where police department budgets have been cut , shooting and homicide rates have soared .
And Biden 's refusal to endorse the mandate tells you what Democrats ' polls are telling them .
The police bill passed by Nancy Pelosi 's House featuring restrictions on chokeholds has been ignored by the Senate , and Republicans do not appear to be suffering for having ignored it .
The smashing of statues , which has escalated from Columbus to Catholic missionaries and saints , to Confederate generals @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Jefferson Davis , to the four presidents on Mount Rushmore—Washington , Jefferson , Lincoln , TR—is now seen even by liberal elites as excessive .
Eventually , the country is going to go with law and order , for , no matter how the liberals ' recoil from the phrase and its associations with Barry Goldwater and Richard Nixon , without law and order there is no justice and there is no peace .
What Nixon said in '68 remains true : `` The first civil right of every American is to be @ @ @ @ @ @ @ mega-demand of BLM and its collaborators—reparations for slavery and segregation—is not wildly popular .
Yet , reparations , which ultimately involves trillions in wealth transfers , is an issue on which Biden will have to choose between the Bernie-BLM-AOC wing of his party and the Scranton Democrats among whom he was raised .
Are the nation 's police forces shot through with systemic racism and overpopulated by white cops who relish using violence on Black folks ?
Or are our police the first of the first responders , the thin blue line standing @ @ @ @ @ @ @ have chosen .
They stand with the cops .
And if and when Biden comes out of the basement again , he is going to have to take a stand .
Declaring evenhanded neutrality wo n't cut it .
Patrick J. Buchanan needs no introduction to VDARE.COM readers ; his books State of Emergency : The Third World Invasion and Conquest of America , and Suicide of a Superpower : Will America Survive to 2025 ?
are available from Amazon.com .
Patrick J. Buchanan is the author of “ The Greatest Comeback : @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Create the New Majority .
His latest book , published May , 2018 , is “ Nixon ’ s White House Wars : The Battles That Made and Broke a President and Divided America Forever.
” See Peter Brimelow ’ s review : “ Wheel And Fight ” —Pat Buchanan ’ s Nixon Book Provides Road Map For Trump .

Earlier (2016): Trump Finds His Message: Law and Order
Is Joe Biden forfeiting the law-and-order issue to Donald Trump?
So it would seem.
"Republicans Use Law and Order As Rallying Cry" was the top headline on the New York Times' front-page story on Vice President Mike Pence's acceptance speech at Fort McHenry Wednesday night.
The Wall Street Journal Page One headline echoed the Times: "Pence Accepts Nomination as GOP Puts Focus on Police."
In his address, Pence charged Biden with sinning by silence in failing to denounce the rioters, looters and arsonists who have for months attacked police and pillaged Portland, Seattle, Minneapolis, Kenosha and other cities.
Said Pence: "Last week, Joe Biden did not say one word about the violence and chaos engulfing cities across this country.
"Joe Biden says that America is systemically racist, and that law enforcement in America has... 'implicit bias against minorities.' When asked whether he'd support cutting funding to law enforcement, Joe Biden replied, 'Yes, absolutely.'
"Joe Biden would double down on the very policies that are leading to unsafe streets and violence in American cities. ... You will not be safe in Joe Biden's America." [Full Transcript]
Now, it is inexact to say Biden would "defund" the police. When the big agenda item of Black Lives Matter was first raised, Biden rushed to say he would reform the police and increase spending.
And, late Wednesday afternoon, probably after seeing an advance of Pence's speech, Biden tweeted from Delaware about the chaos that has engulfed Kenosha since Sunday night's police shooting of Jacob Blake:
"Needless violence won't heal us. We need to end the violence."
Biden's belated and tepid condemnations of the riots and pillaging of America's cities by "peaceful protesters" gone rogue night after night testifies to the dilemma in which he finds himself.
It is three months since George Floyd ceased to breathe under the knee of that Minneapolis cop. But it is also three months to the election. And the political tide is turning, visibly and hard, against the arsonists and anarchists conducting the nightly rampages against cops across America.
The weariness of the public with the riots is palpable. The claim that these are but the understandable excesses of "peaceful protests" is getting stale. And the reaction against the riots and ruin in the Black communities, for whom they are allegedly being conducted, is growing.
Black leaders in urban areas are saying we want good cops, but we also want more cops to protect our people from gun-toting gangbangers who are running up rising weekly kill rates.
Tuesday, video surfaced of a mob of radicals surrounding, berating, cursing and threatening a woman at a D.C. diner. Her crime? She had refused to submit to demands she raise her fist in a Black Power salute and proclaim, "Black Lives Matter!"
"White silence is violence!" screamed the mob.
It looked like a training exercise for aspiring Nazi Brown Shirts.
We are beginning to see how this all unfolds. And from here, it looks like the Democratic left is going to be the loser on all counts.
First, the big mandate—"Defund the police!"—has backfired.
The Biden media daily testify to its unpopularity by insisting Biden never endorsed it. Where police department budgets have been cut, shooting and homicide rates have soared. And Biden's refusal to endorse the mandate tells you what Democrats' polls are telling them.
The police bill passed by Nancy Pelosi's House featuring restrictions on chokeholds has been ignored by the Senate, and Republicans do not appear to be suffering for having ignored it.
The smashing of statues, which has escalated from Columbus to Catholic missionaries and saints, to Confederate generals and statesmen like Lee, Jackson and Jefferson Davis, to the four presidents on Mount Rushmore—Washington, Jefferson, Lincoln, TR—is now seen even by liberal elites as excessive.
Eventually, the country is going to go with law and order, for, no matter how the liberals' recoil from the phrase and its associations with Barry Goldwater and Richard Nixon, without law and order there is no justice and there is no peace. What Nixon said in '68 remains true: "The first civil right of every American is to be free from domestic violence."
The mega-demand of BLM and its collaborators—reparations for slavery and segregation—is not wildly popular. Yet, reparations, which ultimately involves trillions in wealth transfers, is an issue on which Biden will have to choose between the Bernie-BLM-AOC wing of his party and the Scranton Democrats among whom he was raised.
The decisive question:
Are the nation's police forces shot through with systemic racism and overpopulated by white cops who relish using violence on Black folks? Or are our police the first of the first responders, the thin blue line standing between America and anarchy?
The Republicans have chosen. They stand with the cops.
And if and when Biden comes out of the basement again, he is going to have to take a stand. Declaring evenhanded neutrality won't cut it.
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Patrick J. Buchanan needs no introduction to VDARE.COM readers; his books State of Emergency: The Third World Invasion and Conquest of America, and Suicide of a Superpower: Will America Survive to 2025? are available from Amazon.com. Patrick J. Buchanan is the author of “The Greatest Comeback: How Richard Nixon Rose From Defeat to Create the New Majority.
His latest book, published May, 2018, is “Nixon’s White House Wars: The Battles That Made and Broke a President and Divided America Forever.”
See Peter Brimelow’s review: “Wheel And Fight”—Pat Buchanan’s Nixon Book Provides Road Map For Trump.


vdare--2020-08-27--A Pennsylvanian Writes With Local News Of Shooting In Bedford, PA

Re : James Fulford ’ s Blog Post Bedford , PA , Kenosha , WI : Violence `` Increases '' As Whites Forced To Fight Back For Lack Of Police Protection From : An Anonymous Rural Pennsylvanian [ Email him ] It 's calm now .
The group of 30-50 is walking/driving from Milwaukee to DC .
They came over Rt 30 from the west side and stopped at the Myers garage at about 11:00 at night and began milling around because there 's a wide spot to park .
Myers lives across the street and called the PSP at @ @ @ @ @ @ @ time and place ) huge crowd of people .
Response times are terrible and 20 minutes later , no police were there yet .
Someone from the house went outside and apparently fired a warning shot and told them to leave .
This , by the way , is not legal .
Someone from the crowd returned directed fire at the Myers home and Myers , or a family member , shot a protestor with birdshot causing a minor wound .
The crowd dispersed and the news cycle began .
All of this @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of the demonstrators began doxxing the Myers family online , posting pictures of the home , garage , etc.
, with comments about effecting `` hood justice '' and things like `` it 'd be a shame if their house disappeared '' and `` antifa should come to town and burn down their courthouse . ''
Later the next day , the protesters were at the Hampton Inn by the Bedford interchange and were live streaming about their outrage and divulging their location , and the social media pot had been stirred .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ felon ) showed up and drove around the hotel being assholes .
The aforementioned convicted felon shot some 9mm rounds off in the air and left .
Police apprehended him a short time later and it turned out it was illegal for him to own a gun , and he 'll face lots of serious charges and likely go to state prison .
At the same time , a large , peaceful group of locals assembled in the town square armed with many AR-15s and assorted armaments to protect against alleged BLM/Antifa people @ @ @ @ @ @ @ coming to Bedford since it is too far from their mothers ' basements and their stashes of Hot Pockets .
Everything calmed down and I was in town yesterday and it was like nothing happened .
Everyone went crazy for a day , but it appears to be over .
James Fulford writes : Once again , we can see why rural Pennsylvanians ca n't be blamed for clinging to guns .

Re: James Fulford’s Blog Post Bedford, PA, Kenosha, WI: Violence "Increases" As Whites Forced To Fight Back For Lack Of Police Protection
From: An Anonymous Rural Pennsylvanian [Email him]
It's calm now. The group of 30-50 is walking/driving from Milwaukee to DC. They came over Rt 30 from the west side and stopped at the Myers garage at about 11:00 at night and began milling around because there's a wide spot to park. Myers lives across the street and called the PSP at 11:18 upon seeing a (for the time and place) huge crowd of people.
Response times are terrible and 20 minutes later, no police were there yet. Someone from the house went outside and apparently fired a warning shot and told them to leave. This, by the way, is not legal.
Someone from the crowd returned directed fire at the Myers home and Myers, or a family member, shot a protester with birdshot causing a minor wound.
The crowd dispersed and the news cycle began.
All of this was posted to social media and followers of the demonstrators began doxxing the Myers family online, posting pictures of the home, garage, etc., with comments about effecting "hood justice" and things like "it'd be a shame if their house disappeared" and "antifa should come to town and burn down their courthouse."
Later the next day, the protesters were at the Hampton Inn by the Bedford interchange and were live streaming about their outrage and divulging their location, and the social media pot had been stirred. Some local clowns (including a convicted felon) showed up and drove around the hotel being assholes. The aforementioned convicted felon shot some 9mm rounds off in the air and left. Police apprehended him a short time later and it turned out it was illegal for him to own a gun, and he'll face lots of serious charges and likely go to state prison.
At the same time, a large, peaceful group of locals assembled in the town square armed with many AR-15s and assorted armaments to protect against alleged BLM/Antifa people who, of course, were never coming to Bedford since it is too far from their mothers' basements and their stashes of Hot Pockets.
Everything calmed down and I was in town yesterday and it was like nothing happened. Everyone went crazy for a day, but it appears to be over.
James Fulford writes: Once again, we can see why rural Pennsylvanians can't be blamed for clinging to guns.


vdare--2020-08-27--Third Night Of RNC FINALLY Features Victim Of Immigrant Crime

Previously : Second Night Of RNC Disappointing On Immigration—And Cancel Culture The Republican National Convention shamefully disinvited angel mom Mary Ann Mendoza Tuesday night over a media hit job .
It partially made up for this disgrace by featuring Sam Vigil as a Wednesday night speaker .
Vigil ’ s wife was murdered by an illegal immigrant , a crime which he retold in grim detail [ RNC 2020 : Widower Sam Vigil endorses Trump , lauds ‘ Operation Legend ’ , by Ebony Bowden , New York Post , August 26 , 2020 ] .
Vigil thanked Trump for @ @ @ @ @ @ @ illegal immigrant crimes like that of his wife ’ s murder and bringing her killer to justice .
: Sorry , that page does not exist It was a moving speech that reinforced Trump ’ s law and order appeal and reminded Americans of the dangers of illegal immigration .
It ’ s unfortunate this message hasn ’ t been conveyed every night of the convention , but it is still good that it ’ s being conveyed at all .
The Democrats , of course , would never even acknowledge the heartbreak @ @ @ @ @ @ @ who lost loved ones to non-citizens .
They ’ re just a statistic .

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Previously: Second Night Of RNC Disappointing On Immigration—And Cancel Culture
The Republican National Convention shamefully disinvited angel mom Mary Ann Mendoza Tuesday night over a media hit job. It partially made up for this disgrace by featuring Sam Vigil as a Wednesday night speaker. Vigil’s wife was murdered by an illegal immigrant, a crime which he retold in grim detail [RNC 2020: Widower Sam Vigil endorses Trump, lauds ‘Operation Legend,’ by Ebony Bowden, New York Post, August 26, 2020].
Vigil thanked Trump for devoting federal law enforcement resources to solving illegal immigrant crimes like that of his wife’s murder and bringing her killer to justice.
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It was a moving speech that reinforced Trump’s law and order appeal and reminded Americans of the dangers of illegal immigration. It’s unfortunate this message hasn’t been conveyed every night of the convention, but it is still good that it’s being conveyed at all. The Democrats, of course, would never even acknowledge the heartbreak of Vigil and thousands of other Americans who lost loved ones to noncitizens. They’re just a statistic.