vdare--2020-04-01--This Day In VDARE.com History, 2008: Jade Warriors Of The Northern Human Rights Empire

Originally published here on VDARE.com on this day in 2008 .
This is from Mark Steyn 's latest column in Macleans Magazine about the Canadian Human Rights commission which has been harassing him and others for expressing their opinions , ( or for quoting Muslim fanatics expressing theirs ) The lead investigator testifying on Tuesday , Dean Steacy , is blind , but the justice his commission administers certainly is n't : if you 're one of their allies , they 'll start lurking on websites before you 've made a formal complaint ... Marc Lemire then wrote a post @ @ @ @ @ @ @ complaint had been rejected by Dean Steacy .
Up popped `` jadewarr '' with a follow-up post .
Who , you 're wondering , is `` jadewarr '' ?
`` It 's 'jade war ' not 'jade ware , ' `` said Dean Steacy , a little tetchily , to counsel .
Mr. Steacy is the lead Section 13 `` hate '' investigator of the Canadian `` Human Rights '' Commission , but he may be better known— ” at least to the white supremacists and neo-Nazis among you— ” as `` jadewarr @ @ @ @ @ @ @ he goes lurking on the Internet .
`` Jadeware '' sounds like a nice wedding gift from Eaton 's , whereas `` jadewarr '' is an abbreviation for Jade Warrior , who is `` a character out of a novel that I read as a teenager , '' explained Mr. Steacy .
... .
There must be a few genuine white supremacists whooping it up over at `` Stormfront , '' but they seem to be thin on the ground .
Mr. Steacy , the CHRC 's lead investigator , is a member @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Canadian `` human rights '' crusader and plaintiff on every CHRC case since 2002 , is a member of Stormfront ; and Sgt .
Stephen Camp is a member of Stormfront .
What proportion of Canada 's `` white supremacists '' are , in fact , government employees ?
On a quiet day , chances must be pretty good that you 'll log on and find the joint deserted except for `` jadewarr '' ( Mr. Steacy ) trying to entrap `` estate '' ( Sgt .
Camp ) while `` estate '' @ @ @ @ @ @ @ trying to entrap `` axetogrind '' ( Mr. Warman ) .
`` There really should be a register of pseudonyms , '' urged lawyer Doug Christie , `` so that investigators do n't wind up investigating each other .
`` [ Kangaroo court is now in session , By MARK STEYN , Macleans , March 26 , 2008 ] It 's important to note that these undercover officers are not trying to entrap the real neo-Nazis , ( if any ) into bomb plots—they 're trying to entrap them into saying bad things—for @ @ @ @ @ @ @ law , or fired from their jobs .
We have n't been covering this much at VDARE.com because it 's being covered very well by other sites , but I just had to look up the `` Jade Warrior '' thing for myself , and here it is : Now , it happens that I 've read a lot of science fiction , including cheap paperbacks which in come in # 's 1 through 17 , but I 've never read the Richard Blade series , so I had to look it up @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is because it looked like they were all the same book , and this turns out to be the case—the SwordAndSorcery.org story belows says that the books can be read in any order , and they all have exactly the same plot , so here is an inside view of the teenage fantasies of a Canadian Human Rights investigator : The story lines in each book are very similar .
Blade is transported , totally naked , to a strange new dimension where he encounters a set of opposing societies , with one @ @ @ @ @ @ @ what 's morally right leads him to join the oppressed people in their battle over their oppressors .
He becomes involved with the leading ladies in the stories and has sexually explicit encounters with them , regardless if they are the oppressed or the oppressors .
Some of his ladies are killed in some of the books .
The dimensions are very similar to Earth , but with some different types of vegetation and animals , and different skin colorings on some of the peoples he encounters , such as dark blue , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of Fantastic Sword-fighters : ” Jeffrey Lord ’ s ” Blade of Dimension X by Andy Beau ] Of course , for this to work out , the fictional Blade 's sense of `` what 's morally right '' has to be dead-on , or he might accidentally pick the wrong side—in real life Dean Steacy is investigating insults to fanatical Muslims , which Canadian blogger Kathy Shaidle has called `` The moral equivalent of hiding Nazis in your attic during WW2 . ''

Originally published here on VDARE.com on this day in 2008.
This is from Mark Steyn's latest column in Macleans Magazine about the Canadian Human Rights commission which has been harassing him and others for expressing their opinions, (or for quoting Muslim fanatics expressing theirs)
The lead investigator testifying on Tuesday, Dean Steacy, is blind, but the justice his commission administers certainly isn't: if you're one of their allies, they'll start lurking on websites before you've made a formal complaint...Marc Lemire then wrote a post on the Stormfront website explaining that his complaint had been rejected by Dean Steacy. Up popped "jadewarr" with a follow-up post. Who, you're wondering, is "jadewarr"? "It's 'jade war' not 'jade ware,' " said Dean Steacy, a little tetchily, to counsel. Mr. Steacy is the lead Section 13 "hate" investigator of the Canadian "Human Rights" Commission, but he may be better known—” at least to the white supremacists and neo-Nazis among you—” as "jadewarr," his nom de guerre when he goes lurking on the Internet. "Jadeware" sounds like a nice wedding gift from Eaton's, whereas "jadewarr" is an abbreviation for Jade Warrior, who is "a character out of a novel that I read as a teenager," explained Mr. Steacy. .... There must be a few genuine white supremacists whooping it up over at "Stormfront," but they seem to be thin on the ground. Mr. Steacy, the CHRC's lead investigator, is a member of Stormfront; Richard Warman, celebrated Canadian "human rights" crusader and plaintiff on every CHRC case since 2002, is a member of Stormfront; and Sgt. Stephen Camp is a member of Stormfront. What proportion of Canada's "white supremacists" are, in fact, government employees? On a quiet day, chances must be pretty good that you'll log on and find the joint deserted except for "jadewarr" (Mr. Steacy) trying to entrap "estate" (Sgt. Camp) while "estate" (Sgt. Camp) is simultaneously trying to entrap "axetogrind" (Mr. Warman). "There really should be a register of pseudonyms," urged lawyer Doug Christie, "so that investigators don't wind up investigating each other."[Kangaroo court is now in session, By MARK STEYN , Macleans, March 26, 2008]
It's important to note that these undercover officers are not trying to entrap the real neo-Nazis, (if any) into bomb plots—they're trying to entrap them into saying bad things—for which they can be prosecuted under Canadian law, or fired from their jobs. We haven't been covering this much at VDARE.com because it's being covered very well by other sites, but I just had to look up the "Jade Warrior" thing for myself, and here it is:
The Jade Warrior (The second book in the Blade series) (1969) A novel by Jeffrey Lord
When a computer transported Richard Blade to Dimension X, he found himself in Mortal danger. Dimension X was a land in peril. The aristocratic Caths, besieged by the Mongs, a cruel and mindless people, were constantly engulfed in wars and violence. Richard Blade was their only hope. But he was a man alone - and time was running out . . .
Now, it happens that I've read a lot of science fiction, including cheap paperbacks which in come in #'s 1 through 17, but I've never read the Richard Blade series, so I had to look it up. The reason I never read it is because it looked like they were all the same book, and this turns out to be the case—the SwordAndSorcery.org story belows says that the books can be read in any order, and they all have exactly the same plot, so here is an inside view of the teenage fantasies of a Canadian Human Rights investigator:
The story lines in each book are very similar. Blade is transported, totally naked, to a strange new dimension where he encounters a set of opposing societies, with one oppressing the other. His sense of what's morally right leads him to join the oppressed people in their battle over their oppressors. He becomes involved with the leading ladies in the stories and has sexually explicit encounters with them, regardless if they are the oppressed or the oppressors. Some of his ladies are killed in some of the books. The dimensions are very similar to Earth, but with some different types of vegetation and animals, and different skin colorings on some of the peoples he encounters, such as dark blue, red, etc.
[ Forgotten Stories of Fantastic Sword-fighters: ”Jeffrey Lord’s” Blade of Dimension X by Andy Beau ]
Of course, for this to work out, the fictional Blade's sense of "what's morally right" has to be dead-on, or he might accidentally pick the wrong side—in real life Dean Steacy is investigating insults to fanatical Muslims, which Canadian blogger Kathy Shaidle has called "The moral equivalent of hiding Nazis in your attic during WW2."


vdare--2020-04-15--Arrest Eric Garcetti And Lori Lightfoot For Harboring Illegals

The City of Angels and Chiraq are following the lead Governor Gavin Newsom of the State of California and providing direct cash aid to illegal aliens so they can continue to illegally reside in the United States .
That is a violation of Title 8 United States Code Section 1324 , Bringing In or Harboring Certain Aliens , which prohibits such succor to illegal aliens .
First , the City of Angels , whose mayor is providing free debit cards to illegal aliens .
Los Angeles will be doling out pre-paid debit cards to residents who have faced economic hardship @ @ @ @ @ @ @ living in the country illegally won ’ t disqualify you from getting the cash… The “ Angeleno Cards ” will be loaded with $ 700 , $ 1,100 , or $ 1,500 depending on the income and size of each household… Being an illegal alien has no bearing on one ’ s eligibility , Democratic Mayor Eric Garcetti made clear .
“ Applicants will not be asked anything about their immigration status , ” the mayor said Monday when discussing the program .
“ We are all Angelenos.
” [ Illegal Immigrants in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Cards , by Jason Hopkins , The Daily Signal , April 15 , 2020 ] Chiraq , despite ongoing violence by black gangs , will be doling out money to illegal aliens as well.Mayor Lori Lightfoot will see to that : Mayor Lightfoot officially clarifies the policy with an executive order [ . ]
Undocumented immigrants aren ’ t eligible for benefits through the federal government ’ s $ 2 trillion stimulus package , which also includes a relief stipend under the CARES act .
That could have a detrimental effect on Chicago @ @ @ @ @ @ @ president & CEO of the Illinois Restaurant Association , has repeatedly referred to immigrants as “ the backbone of the industry.
” Now , Mayor Lori Lightfoot on Tuesday issued an executive order granting undocumented immigrants and refugees , who are sometimes forgotten , a variety of city benefits , including money from the city ’ s Small Business Resiliency Loan Program .
About 1.3 million hospitality workers lack documentation , according to the Chicago Council on Global Affairs .
Under Lightfoot ’ s order , undocumented immigrants in Chicago officially have access @ @ @ @ @ @ @ city ’ s housing department .
Last month , the city pledged to issue 2,000 grants of $ 1,000 each .
Lightfoot ’ s order was the right move morally , says Toia , who ’ s also working with Gov .
Pritzker on the state level and Florida Sen. Marco Rubio ( chairman of the Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee ) on the federal level .
On the city level , Lightfoot ’ s order on Tuesday “ shows the immigrant community that the city of Chicago has their backs.
” @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Eligible for City Coronavirus Relief Programs , by by Ashok Selvam , Eater , April 8 , 2020 ] However , the real question is how ICE SVU will respond to the criminal activity in Los Angeles and Chiraq .
Discerning readers will know that the ICE SVU Special Agent-in-Charge of the Chicago office is James Gibbons , not known for doing immigration law enforcement and is one of the Dirty 19 who have been attacking President Trump .
Gibbons can be contacted here and at ( 630 ) 574-4600 .
So far @ @ @ @ @ @ @ responsibility lies with another Customs puke , Joe Macias , also one of the Dirty 19 .
Macias can be contacted here and at ( 213 ) 830-5599 .
It is time for Ken The Knife Cuccinelli to start using the state power to make the enemies of President Trump pay the price for their criminal activity .

The City of Angels and Chiraq are following the lead Governor Gavin Newsom of the State of California and providing direct cash aid to illegal aliens so they can continue to illegally reside in the United States. That is a violation of Title 8 United States Code Section 1324, Bringing In or Harboring Certain Aliens, which prohibits such succor to illegal aliens.
First, the City of Angels, whose mayor is providing free debit cards to illegal aliens.
Criminal Eric Garcetti
Los Angeles will be doling out pre-paid debit cards to residents who have faced economic hardship due to the coronavirus lockdown, and living in the country illegally won’t disqualify you from getting the cash… The “Angeleno Cards” will be loaded with $700, $1,100, or $1,500 depending on the income and size of each household… Being an illegal alien has no bearing on one’s eligibility, Democratic Mayor Eric Garcetti made clear. “Applicants will not be asked anything about their immigration status,” the mayor said Monday when discussing the program. “We are all Angelenos.” [Illegal Immigrants in Los Angeles Can Apply for Pre-Paid Debit Cards, by Jason Hopkins, The Daily Signal, April 15, 2020]
Chiraq, despite ongoing violence by black gangs, will be doling out money to illegal aliens as well.Mayor Lori Lightfoot will see to that:
Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot uses humor to tackle COVID-19. Here’s how https://t.co/ERJTGXEDmp via @DeseretNews — Herb Scribner (@HerbScribner) April 15, 2020
Mayor Lightfoot officially clarifies the policy with an executive order[.] Undocumented immigrants aren’t eligible for benefits through the federal government’s $2 trillion stimulus package, which also includes a relief stipend under the CARES act. That could have a detrimental effect on Chicago’s restaurants; Sam Toia, president & CEO of the Illinois Restaurant Association, has repeatedly referred to immigrants as “the backbone of the industry.” Now, Mayor Lori Lightfoot on Tuesday issued an executive order granting undocumented immigrants and refugees, who are sometimes forgotten, a variety of city benefits, including money from the city’s Small Business Resiliency Loan Program. About 1.3 million hospitality workers lack documentation, according to the Chicago Council on Global Affairs. Under Lightfoot’s order, undocumented immigrants in Chicago officially have access to programs like COVID-19 grants from the city’s housing department. Last month, the city pledged to issue 2,000 grants of $1,000 each. Lightfoot’s order was the right move morally, says Toia, who’s also working with Gov. Pritzker on the state level and Florida Sen. Marco Rubio (chairman of the Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee) on the federal level. On the city level, Lightfoot’s order on Tuesday “shows the immigrant community that the city of Chicago has their backs.” [Chicago’s Undocumented Immigrants Are Eligible for City Coronavirus Relief Programs, by by Ashok Selvam, Eater, April 8, 2020]
However, the real question is how ICE SVU will respond to the criminal activity in Los Angeles and Chiraq. Discerning readers will know that the ICE SVU Special Agent-in-Charge of the Chicago office is James Gibbons, not known for doing immigration law enforcement and is one of the Dirty 19 who have been attacking President Trump.
James Gibbons, ICE SVU Customs Puke
Gibbons can be contacted here and at (630) 574-4600. So far as investigating and arresting Garcetti, the responsibility lies with another Customs puke, Joe Macias, also one of the Dirty 19.
Joe Macias, ICE SVU Deep State Saboteur
Macias can be contacted here and at (213) 830-5599.
It is time for Ken The Knife Cuccinelli to start using the state power to make the enemies of President Trump pay the price for their criminal activity.


vdare--2020-04-15--It’s Official! Young White Leftist Females Are Nuts.

One of the most iconic images of the last decade is the youngish , female Social Justice Warrior collapsing to the ground and emitting what has been described as “ a visceral , primal scream ” [ Protester who screamed at Trump ’ s inauguration : ‘ This is not America , ’ By Martin Geissler , ITV News , January 20 .
2017 ] at the precise moment that Donald Trump was officially inaugurated as President of the United States .
The protestor seemed to embody every stereotype about the young , liberal , Snowflake female : childish , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ all , mentally unstable ; unable to cope with life ’ s disappointments and setbacks .
A body of research of by psychologist Lee Jussim [ Tweet him ] has found most stereotypes are empirically accurate [ Social Perception and Social Reality , by Lee Jussim , 2012 ] .
And new research , so far only tweeted by the researcher in question , has shown that this stereotype to be more accurate than most .
If you meet a liberal female under the age of 30 , there is a more than @ @ @ @ @ @ @ been diagnosed with a mental health disorder .
Zach Goldberg—whose Twitter profile explains that he is a “ PhD student/Wokeness Studies scholar researching the ‘ Great Awokening ’ ” —has analysed the latest dataset released by the reputable Pew Research Center .
This is the Pew Research Panel , Wave 64 , which interviewed a representative sample of 11,537 American adults between March 19th and March 24th .
In analysing the dataset , what really caught Goldberg ’ s attention was differences in whether interviewees had ever been diagnosed with a mental health @ @ @ @ @ @ @ those aged 18 to 29 , some 20.9 % of those who described themselves as “ Conservative ” answered “ Yes ” to the question “ Has a doctor or healthcare provider ever told you that you have a mental health condition ?
” For those in this age group who were political “ Moderates , ” 26.3 % answered “ Yes.
” But among those who self-classified as “ Liberal ” those answering “ Yes ” jumped up to an astonishing 45.9 % .
So , to be clear , almost half @ @ @ @ @ @ @ diagnosed with a mental illness .
The same pattern was found among whites aged 30-49 , 50-64 , and 65 and older , except that the numbers with a diagnosis shrank with age .
The only exception was among Moderates , where 26 % of those in both of the two youngest age groups had been diagnosed with a mental illness .
In general , females are more likely to suffer from mental health conditions than males , because one of the most common of these conditions is depression .
According to psychologist @ @ @ @ @ @ @ : What Makes You the Way You Are , females , being more prone to worry and anxiety , are more prone to depression than males .
So Jonathan Haidt , known for his Moral Foundations Theory of political preferences whereby Liberals and Conservatives have a fundamentally different system of morality , asked Goldberg if he had broken down the data by sex .
And Goldberg—who is doing a PhD in Political Science at Georgia State University—analysed the data again , breaking it down by gender .
The results were as predicted and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
According to Pew Research Center data , 56 % of Liberal females aged 18 to 29 have been diagnosed with a mental health condition , compared to 33.6 % of Liberal males in this age band .
Goldberg commented that this is the biggest sex gap by far in this particular dataset , meaning that young , Liberal females are , for some reason , particularly strongly prone to mental illness .
Even among Liberal females aged 30 to 49 , over 39 % have suffered from a mental illness .
The @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Conservative ” males over the age of 65 , 4.5 % of whom have ever been told by a doctor that they have a mental health condition .
Again , there are some interesting anomalies .
Liberal females aged 65 and over are equally as mentally unhealthy as comparable Liberal males .
Moderate women aged 30 to 49 have worse mental health than Moderate women aged 18 to 29 .
But the most striking result , according to Goldberg , is high levels of mental ill health among young , female , Liberal @ @ @ @ @ @ @ off a refreshingly intelligent and reasoned Twitter debate with other researchers regarding the causes .
Dr. Emily Ekins , right , of the Cato Institute , presented evidence that poor mental ill health is correlated with perceiving the world as beyond one ’ s control .
She demonstrated that this is how American Liberals see the world—as controlled by Conservative forces—whereas Conservatives feel that they have agency , and can impact the world , and their place in it , if they work hard enough .
In other words , Liberals are fatalistic @ @ @ @ @ @ @ What Americans Think Cause Wealth and Poverty , by Emily Ekins , September 27 , 2019 ] One possible excuse : Liberals tend to be wealthier and more educated and this may mean that they have better health insurance and are more likely to go to the doctor , thus getting themselves diagnosed .
But this would be unlikely to explain such huge differences in mental ill health .
Nor would it make sense of the enormous difference that Goldberg between young Liberal females and young Liberal males .
A simpler explanation : @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of seeing the world .
Liberalism is associated with ideas such as socialism ( putting the interests of other families above your own ) , Multiculturalism ( placing the interests of other ethnic groups above your own ) , extreme environmentalism ( putting the interests of other species above your own ) and anti-natalism ( believing that it is morally wrong to breed ) .
In terms of passing on your genes , these are maladaptive ways of seeing the world , so we would expect them to correlate with other maladaptive ways @ @ @ @ @ @ @ depression and the concomitant belief that life is futile and that you may as well kill yourself .
Indeed , this would be in line with evidence that being left wing and atheistic is associated with mutant genes which would have been washed out under high levels of child mortality and in previous generations due to the strong relationship between mutations of the body ( and thus a poor immune system ) and mutations of the mind .
With the collapse of child mortality , these mental mutations—whether depression or maladaptive ideas—have built @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Mutant Says in His Heart , ‘ There is No God , ’ ” by Edward Dutton et al.
, Evolutionary Psychological Science , 2018 ] .
The stereotype that young , Liberal females have mental health problems is clearly true .
But we are left with difficult questions .
Why are these problems so much more elevated among young Liberal females than any other group in our country ?
Why are they so unhappy and unstable , even compared to the male fellow-travellers of the same age ?
Could it be that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a society where female influence is a bit less ?
Lance Welton [ email him ] is the pen name of a freelance journalist living in New York .

One of the most iconic images of the last decade is the youngish, female Social Justice Warrior collapsing to the ground and emitting what has been described as “a visceral, primal scream” [Protester who screamed at Trump’s inauguration: ‘This is not America,’ By Martin Geissler, ITV News, January 20. 2017] at the precise moment that Donald Trump was officially inaugurated as President of the United States. The protestor seemed to embody every stereotype about the young, liberal, Snowflake female: childish, attention-seeking, and, most obviously of all, mentally unstable; unable to cope with life’s disappointments and setbacks. A body of research of by psychologist Lee Jussim [Tweet him] has found most stereotypes are empirically accurate [Social Perception and Social Reality, by Lee Jussim, 2012]. And new research, so far only tweeted by the researcher in question, has shown that this stereotype to be more accurate than most. If you meet a liberal female under the age of 30, there is a more than 50% chance that she will have been diagnosed with a mental health disorder.
Zach Goldberg—whose Twitter profile explains that he is a “PhD student/Wokeness Studies scholar researching the ‘Great Awokening’”—has analysed the latest dataset released by the reputable Pew Research Center. This is the Pew Research Panel, Wave 64, which interviewed a representative sample of 11,537 American adults between March 19th and March 24th. In analysing the dataset, what really caught Goldberg’s attention was differences in whether interviewees had ever been diagnosed with a mental health condition among the white sample.
11/n Overall, and with one exception (white moderates), those in 18-29 age group are more likely to report being diagnosed with a mental health condition. The differences among white liberals, though, are striking: almost half of white liberals in this cohort report a diagnosis. pic.twitter.com/eKFG1GZF8t — Zach Goldberg (@ZachG932) April 11, 2020
Among those aged 18 to 29, some 20.9% of those who described themselves as “Conservative” answered “Yes” to the question “Has a doctor or healthcare provider ever told you that you have a mental health condition?” For those in this age group who were political “Moderates,” 26.3% answered “Yes.” But among those who self-classified as “Liberal” those answering “Yes” jumped up to an astonishing 45.9%.
So, to be clear, almost half of young white American Leftists have been diagnosed with a mental illness.
The same pattern was found among whites aged 30-49, 50-64, and 65 and older, except that the numbers with a diagnosis shrank with age. The only exception was among Moderates, where 26% of those in both of the two youngest age groups had been diagnosed with a mental illness.
In general, females are more likely to suffer from mental health conditions than males, because one of the most common of these conditions is depression. According to psychologist Daniel Nettle in his 2007 book Personality: What Makes You the Way You Are, females, being more prone to worry and anxiety, are more prone to depression than males. So Jonathan Haidt, known for his Moral Foundations Theory of political preferences whereby Liberals and Conservatives have a fundamentally different system of morality, asked Goldberg if he had broken down the data by sex.
This age analysis is super interesting. it fits with what else we know about Gen Z and the sharp rise in depression and anxiety that began around 2012. Have you broken this down by gender as well? The rise for gen Z is biggest for women. — Jonathan Haidt (@JonHaidt) April 13, 2020
And Goldberg—who is doing a PhD in Political Science at Georgia State University—analysed the data again, breaking it down by gender. The results were as predicted and were all the more striking for it. According to Pew Research Center data, 56% of Liberal females aged 18 to 29 have been diagnosed with a mental health condition, compared to 33.6% of Liberal males in this age band. Goldberg commented that this is the biggest sex gap by far in this particular dataset, meaning that young, Liberal females are, for some reason, particularly strongly prone to mental illness.
Even among Liberal females aged 30 to 49, over 39% have suffered from a mental illness. The most mentally stable of all are “Conservative” males over the age of 65, 4.5% of whom have ever been told by a doctor that they have a mental health condition.
Again, there are some interesting anomalies. Liberal females aged 65 and over are equally as mentally unhealthy as comparable Liberal males. Moderate women aged 30 to 49 have worse mental health than Moderate women aged 18 to 29. But the most striking result, according to Goldberg, is high levels of mental ill health among young, female, Liberal Whites.
Goldberg’s findings set off a refreshingly intelligent and reasoned Twitter debate with other researchers regarding the causes. Dr. Emily Ekins, right, of the Cato Institute, presented evidence that poor mental ill health is correlated with perceiving the world as beyond one’s control.
You should check out literature on locus of control, there is a correlation between mental health & belief that individuals have agency. Liberals emphasize whats beyond their control, conservatives emphasize whats within. I write about this here (scroll) https://t.co/kvvv57DdJy pic.twitter.com/Dsjw6rnQw2 — Emily Ekins (@emilyekins) April 11, 2020
She demonstrated that this is how American Liberals see the world—as controlled by Conservative forces—whereas Conservatives feel that they have agency, and can impact the world, and their place in it, if they work hard enough. In other words, Liberals are fatalistic and this makes them depressed. [What Americans Think Cause Wealth and Poverty, by Emily Ekins, September 27, 2019]
One possible excuse: Liberals tend to be wealthier and more educated and this may mean that they have better health insurance and are more likely to go to the doctor, thus getting themselves diagnosed. But this would be unlikely to explain such huge differences in mental ill health. Nor would it make sense of the enormous difference that Goldberg finds between young Liberal females and young Liberal males.
A simpler explanation: extreme left-wing ideas reflect a maladaptive way of seeing the world. Liberalism is associated with ideas such as socialism (putting the interests of other families above your own), Multiculturalism (placing the interests of other ethnic groups above your own), extreme environmentalism (putting the interests of other species above your own) and anti-natalism (believing that it is morally wrong to breed). In terms of passing on your genes, these are maladaptive ways of seeing the world, so we would expect them to correlate with other maladaptive ways of seeing the world, such as depression and the concomitant belief that life is futile and that you may as well kill yourself.
Indeed, this would be in line with evidence that being left wing and atheistic is associated with mutant genes which would have been washed out under high levels of child mortality and in previous generations due to the strong relationship between mutations of the body (and thus a poor immune system) and mutations of the mind. With the collapse of child mortality, these mental mutations—whether depression or maladaptive ideas—have built up in the population [“The Mutant Says in His Heart, ‘There is No God,’” by Edward Dutton et al., Evolutionary Psychological Science, 2018].
The stereotype that young, Liberal females have mental health problems is clearly true. But we are left with difficult questions.
Why are these problems so much more elevated among young Liberal females than any other group in our country? Why are they so unhappy and unstable, even compared to the male fellow-travellers of the same age?
Could it be that they are, ultimately, happier in a society where female influence is a bit less?
Lance Welton [email him] is the pen name of a freelance journalist living in New York.


vdare--2020-04-10--Kritarch John E. Jones III Strikes Again: Releasing Immigrants Into The Community BECAUSE They Might

Kritarch John E. Jones III Strikes Again: Releasing Immigrants Into The Community BECAUSE They Might Have Coronavirus

Kritarch John E. Jones III has struck again .
Kritarch Jones has ordered 22 illegal aliens likely contaminated with the China Flu into the public with only the assurance they will self-quarantine , on their honor as illegal aliens apparently .
This is not the first attack on the United States by Kritarch Jones .
If the Chinese Flu is as bad as Kritarch Jones claims , his order to release will eventually kill Americans , and that is terrorism .
Kritarch Jones has done this before , and he apparently doesn ’ t care that the American people are @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in decisions not under his jurisdiction .
The highly politicized Kritarch Jones has no concern for Americans , and nothing but contempt for the impact of illegal alien disease vectors has on Americans .
“ We are mindful that judicial decisions such as these are both controversial and difficult for the public to absorb , ” Jones wrote in the 15-page memo and order .
“ It is all too easy for some to embrace the notion that individuals such as Petitioners should be denied relief simply because they lack citizenship in this @ @ @ @ @ @ @ added , “ Courts do not operate according to polls or the popular will , but rather to do justice and to rule according to the facts and the law.
” The Treason Bar , ethnic lobbies , and anti-American hate groups are leading this charge to release illegal aliens by falsely claiming that the Wu Flu is a major public health problem , which many people have argued it is not .
“ Our clients are at great risk of getting sick or even dying if they remain in immigration detention .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ the preventive measures in the jails are not working , ” said Witold “ Vic ” Walczak , legal director of the ACLU of Pennsylvania , in a statement .
“ Today ’ s ruling underscores the very real public health crisis that is occurring and will continue to occur in jails and prisons if corrections officials do not respond appropriately.
” The left uses any reason , real or imagined , to benefit illegal aliens and this is an orchestrated campaign across the nation .
Another organization , CASA , has stated @ @ @ @ @ @ @ alarm since the pandemic started about what it describes as a lack of protections there .
“ This coronavirus case in the York County Prison is just another example of how ICE endangers the lives of people in its custody , ” said Thais Carrero , CASA Pennsylvania director , in a statement .
“ If news reports are true , then there must be more cases – and more deaths – on the horizon.
” Time not only for the Department of Justice to appeal these illegal orders : the judiciary has @ @ @ @ @ @ @ under the law , only the Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security ( DHS ) , or his designate , may make such a determination , but , in the end this is an Andrew Jackson moment , President Trump should put the Kritarchs who want to expose Americans to the allegedly deadly Chinese Virus in their place .

Kritarch John E. Jones III has struck again. Kritarch Jones has ordered 22 illegal aliens likely contaminated with the China Flu into the public with only the assurance they will self-quarantine, on their honor as illegal aliens apparently. This is not the first attack on the United States by Kritarch Jones. If the Chinese Flu is as bad as Kritarch Jones claims, his order to release will eventually kill Americans, and that is terrorism. Kritarch Jones has done this before, and he apparently doesn’t care that the American people are outraged at his illegal and unconstitutional meddling in decisions not under his jurisdiction.
Kritarch John E. Jones III
The highly politicized Kritarch Jones has no concern for Americans, and nothing but contempt for the impact of illegal alien disease vectors has on Americans.
“We are mindful that judicial decisions such as these are both controversial and difficult for the public to absorb,” Jones wrote in the 15-page memo and order. “It is all too easy for some to embrace the notion that individuals such as Petitioners should be denied relief simply because they lack citizenship in this country.” “However,” he added, “Courts do not operate according to polls or the popular will, but rather to do justice and to rule according to the facts and the law.”
The Treason Bar, ethnic lobbies, and anti-American hate groups are leading this charge to release illegal aliens by falsely claiming that the Wu Flu is a major public health problem, which many people have argued it is not.
“Our clients are at great risk of getting sick or even dying if they remain in immigration detention. The court understood that and recognized that the preventive measures in the jails are not working,” said Witold “Vic” Walczak, legal director of the ACLU of Pennsylvania, in a statement. “Today’s ruling underscores the very real public health crisis that is occurring and will continue to occur in jails and prisons if corrections officials do not respond appropriately.”
The left uses any reason, real or imagined, to benefit illegal aliens and this is an orchestrated campaign across the nation.
Another organization, CASA, has stated that it’s been sounding the alarm since the pandemic started about what it describes as a lack of protections there. “This coronavirus case in the York County Prison is just another example of how ICE endangers the lives of people in its custody,” said Thais Carrero, CASA Pennsylvania director, in a statement. “If news reports are true, then there must be more cases – and more deaths – on the horizon.”
Time not only for the Department of Justice to appeal these illegal orders: the judiciary has no authority to review a custody decision under the law, only the Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), or his designate, may make such a determination, but, in the end this is an Andrew Jackson moment, President Trump should put the Kritarchs who want to expose Americans to the allegedly deadly Chinese Virus in their place.


vdare--2020-01-06--The Fulford File | Wikipedia’s “Tainted Sources” On VDARE.com And “White Supremacy”

See also : Is VDARE.COM `` White Nationalist '' ?
One of the things we have to deal with on a regular basis—like taking out the trash—is answering attacks on us .
This is our answer to the current Wikipedia item about VDARE.com .
Wikipedia has developed from its earlier wildness to a relatively useful general reference on uncontroversial matters .
However , on Right-vs-Left issues , and especially on racial issues , its editors , mostly SWPL types , squash all Wrongthinkful facts .
See Nicholas Stix ’ s attempt to correct them here , and John Derbyshire ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Male ” who edited his Wikipedia entry here .
In an infamous attack on Charles Murray and Richard Herrnstein ’ s unimpeachable book The Bell Curve , journalist Charles Lane wrote a piece called “ The Tainted Sources of ‘ The Bell Curve ’ ” [ December 1 , 1994—Full Text ] in the far-Left New York Review Of Books , which said that the book was “ tainted ” because investigation of quoted scientists ’ pasts showed that some of them were in favor of white people .
Ever since then , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of a joke on the Dissident Right : VDARE.com Editor Peter Brimelow quipped in 1996 that Michael Lind , a liberal who had reservations about mass immigration , might be attacked by a younger , more vicious journalist with an article called `` Michael Lind 's Tainted Sources . ''
And American Renaissance Editor Jared Taylor actually did publish an article called The ‘ Tainted ’ Sources of The End of Racism , American Renaissance , November 1995 , in response to Dinesh D ’ Souza ’ s libels against American Renaissance .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ links to original sources .
( We ’ re big on links to original sources here . )
But Wikipedia ’ s sources on us are seriously “ tainted ” .
The Wikipedia article on VDARE.com [ Current Revision , January 6 , 2020 , last edited November 15 , 2019 ] says we 're associated with white supremacy , [ 2 ] [ 3 ] white nationalism , [ 4 ] [ 5 ] [ 6 ] '' and the Alt Right and that we have been `` described as white supremacist @ @ @ @ @ @ @ go to these notes : • Holly Folk , The Religion of Chiropractic : Populist Healing from the American Heartland ( University of North Carolina Press , 2017 ) , p. 64 : `` the white nationalist website VDARE.com . ''
• Robert W. Sussman , The Myth of Race : The Troubling Persistence of an Unscientific Idea ( Harvard University Press , 2014 ) , p. 299 .
[ 2 ] , The Sam Frizell headline is about some other group 's Tweet being displayed in the Cleveland Arena where the RNC @ @ @ @ @ @ @ hashtag # RNCinCLE , which also why our Tweet was appeared on the RNC Jumbotron , causing Leftists to swoon—but Frizell does casually refer to us as white supremacist .
Kathleen Arnold 's main entry on VDARE on page 481 of her Encyclopedia does not say we 're white supremacist , but the cited page 81 note [ 3 ] on Peter Brimelow says that in 2003 the SPLC `` labeled '' us as a hate site .
Of course , the SPLC was employing what we call the `` Ransom Note Racism @ @ @ @ @ @ @ together without proper sourcing to so label us .
Holly Folk 's anti-chiropractic book [ 4 ] apparently disagrees with Pastor Chuck Baldwin about `` The Right to Determine One 's Own Healthcare '' in a column of his that we posted in 2010 .
Skipping over [ 5 ] , the Washington Post story , [ 6 ] , which recounts the story of our Colorado conference being cancelled as result of the post-Charlottesville pogrom against the Alt Right , also does n't say that we 're white nationalist .
It includes @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the effect that we 're not , and the usual libels from the SPLC .
When a headline says “ Resort cancels 'white nationalist ' organization 's first-ever conference ” the little quote marks around `` white nationalist '' mean that someone else is saying it , not the reporter .
Finally , footnote [ 5 ] which I saved for last , is the most `` tainted source '' of all .
It 's The Myth of Race : The Troubling Persistence of an Unscientific Idea , by the late Robert W. @ @ @ @ @ @ @ when it was published five years ago .
In Robert Sussman ’ s “ Tainted Sources ” —Playing The Telephone Game Against AMERICAN RENAISSANCE ’ s Jared Taylor and Robert Sussman ’ s `` Tainted Sources '' Continued : Plagiarizing Brian Tashman , I showed that Sussman , who died in 2016 after being hospitalized following a stroke , was guilty both in his book , and the excerpt from it that still appears on Salon.com , of serious , checkable factual errors , and of a degree of plagiarism that would have @ @ @ @ @ @ @ if they cared about Leftists committing plagiarism.. Wikipedia is relying on page 299 of Sussman ’ s book , which said That was the piece I dealt with in my Plagiarizing Brian Tashman post .
Sussman 's book has appendices , an index , and a lengthy list of sources , but no footnotes .
The first thing is that I found the source Sussman was using , which was Steve King and White Nationalist CPAC Panel Warn that America 's Greatest Threat is its Diversity , rightwingwatch.org , Brian Tashman , February @ @ @ @ @ @ @ this source appears in his book , but I was able to find it by Googling on `` rambling '' `` Trifkovic '' and Brimelow .
I just did n't believe Sussman was in the audience to hear it the talk .
I knew he must have ripped off some source which called Trifkovic 's speech `` rambling . ''
By the plagiarism standards of St. Louis University , where Sussman was a professor , the done thing in a case like this is to say “ What Brian Tashman characterized as a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ” ( I have no idea if it actually rambled—Tashman may have not been paying attention ) .
However , the name Tashman doesn ’ t appear in Sussman 's book when I search for it .
Sussman was stealing , but he was also getting it wrong .
This is yet another example of Sussman playing what I called the `` Telephone Game , '' whereby Leftist True Believers endlessly repeat each other 's smears , improving them in the process .
Thus , Sussman , above , says However , Tashman @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 2012 speech was , as Tashman , who attended it , wrote , about something completely different : the Public Choice consequences of institutional bilingualism : “ Canadian Bilingualism & Multiculturalism as it Relates to America “ —sort of a non-racially inflammatory subject , especially since in Canada , we 're talking about `` two nations '' ( French and English ) which are basically the same white race .
So all of Wikipedia 's evidence for us being either `` white supremacist '' or `` white nationalist '' is either inaccurate or @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the editors , who skew very far Left , especially on race , are more interested in fighting what they think of as `` white nationalism '' than in factual accuracy [ Wikipedia wars : inside the fight against far-right editors , vandals and sock puppets , by Justin Ward , SPLC , March 12 , 2018 ] Whatever Wikipedia ’ s motivation , it lowers whatever credibility Wikipedia had .
Twenty-five years ago , VDARE.com Editor Peter Brimelow wrote that the modern definition of “ racist ” is The modern definition of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ white supremacist ” is the same person , still winning the argument—after calling him racist didn ’ t work .
At least , that ’ s the answer you ’ d get from Wikipedia .
James Fulford [ Email him ] is a writer and editor for VDARE.com .

See also: Is VDARE.COM "White Nationalist"?
One of the things we have to deal with on a regular basis—like taking out the trash—is answering attacks on us. This is our answer to the current Wikipedia item about VDARE.com.
Wikipedia has developed from its earlier wildness to a relatively useful general reference on uncontroversial matters. However, on Right-vs-Left issues, and especially on racial issues, its editors, mostly SWPL types, squash all Wrongthinkful facts. See Nicholas Stix’s attempt to correct them here, and John Derbyshire’s struggles with the “Angry Asian Male” who edited his Wikipedia entry here.
In an infamous attack on Charles Murray and Richard Herrnstein’s unimpeachable book The Bell Curve, journalist Charles Lane wrote a piece called “The Tainted Sources of ‘The Bell Curve’” [December 1, 1994—Full Text] in the far-Left New York Review Of Books, which said that the book was “tainted” because investigation of quoted scientists’ pasts showed that some of them were in favor of white people.
Ever since then, “tainted sources” has been something of a joke on the Dissident Right: VDARE.com Editor Peter Brimelow quipped in 1996 that Michael Lind, a liberal who had reservations about mass immigration, might be attacked by a younger, more vicious journalist with an article called "Michael Lind's Tainted Sources." And American Renaissance Editor Jared Taylor actually did publish an article called The ‘Tainted’ Sources of The End of Racism, American Renaissance, November 1995, in response to Dinesh D’Souza’s libels against American Renaissance.
I use Wikipedia mostly as source of links to original sources. (We’re big on links to original sources here.) But Wikipedia’s sources on us are seriously “tainted.”
The Wikipedia article on VDARE.com [Current Revision, January 6, 2020, last edited November 15, 2019] says we're associated with white supremacy,[2][3] white nationalism,[4][5][6]" and the Alt Right and that we have been "described as white supremacist.[2]
Those little superscripts go to these notes:
Well, let’s factcheck those.
[2], The Sam Frizell headline is about some other group's Tweet being displayed in the Cleveland Arena where the RNC was being held—because the tweet included the hashtag #RNCinCLE, which also why our Tweet appeared on the RNC Jumbotron, causing Leftists to swoon—but Frizell does casually refer to us as white supremacist.
Kathleen Arnold's main entry on VDARE on page 481 of her Encyclopedia does not say we're white supremacist, but the cited page 81 note [3] on Peter Brimelow says that in 2003 the SPLC "labeled" us as a hate site. Of course, the SPLC was employing what we call the "Ransom Note Racism" technique—quotes with no context, pasted together without proper sourcing to so label us.
Holly Folk's anti-chiropractic book [4] apparently disagrees with Pastor Chuck Baldwin about "The Right to Determine One's Own Healthcare" in a column of his that we posted in 2010.
Skipping over [5], the Washington Post story, [6], which recounts the story of our Colorado conference being cancelled as result of the post-Charlottesville pogrom against the Alt Right, also doesn't say that we're white nationalist. It includes statements by Peter and Lydia Brimelow to the effect that we're not, and the usual libels from the SPLC.
When a headline says “Resort cancels 'white nationalist' organization's first-ever conference” the little quote marks around "white nationalist" mean that someone else is saying it, not the reporter.
Finally, footnote [5], which I saved for last, is the most "tainted source" of all. It's The Myth of Race: The Troubling Persistence of an Unscientific Idea, by the late Robert W. Sussman, which I debunked here extensively when it was published five years ago.
In Robert Sussman’s “Tainted Sources”—Playing The Telephone Game Against AMERICAN RENAISSANCE’s Jared Taylor and Robert Sussman’s "Tainted Sources" Continued: Plagiarizing Brian Tashman, I showed that Sussman, who died in 2016 after being hospitalized following a stroke, was guilty both in his book, and the excerpt from it that still appears on Salon.com, of serious, checkable factual errors, and of a degree of plagiarism that would have gotten him in trouble with his university if they cared about Leftists committing plagiarism..
Wikipedia is relying on page 299 of Sussman’s book, which said
"Besides this session, [then Pro-English head Robert] Vandervoort also hosted the panel at the Conservative Political Action Conference entitled "The Failure of Multiculturalism: How the Pursuit of Diversity Is Weakening the American Identity." Peter Brimelow, founder and head of the White nationalist website VDARE, participated in this panel. Brimelow reflected during the panel that after "Obama's racial-socialist coup," he feared that the United States was doomed to face a "minority occupation government." He called on the Republican Party to focus on becoming the party of white voters by attacking "ethnic lobbies," affirmative action, bilingual education, and "taxpayer subsidies to illegal aliens." Earlier in the session, Vandervoort delivered a rambling presentation from Serge Trifkovic (a conservative commentator who was unable to attend the conference). This paper focused on how the "cult of non-white, non-male, non-heterosexual victimhood" and "multiculturalist indoctrination" was ruining the West and predicted that "the native Western majorities will melt away." [Emphases added]
That was the piece I dealt with in my Plagiarizing Brian Tashman post. Sussman's book has appendices, an index, and a lengthy list of sources, but no footnotes.
The first thing is that I found the source Sussman was using, which was Steve King and White Nationalist CPAC Panel Warn that America's Greatest Threat is its Diversity, rightwingwatch.org, Brian Tashman, February 9, 2012. No reference to this source appears in his book, but I was able to find it by Googling on "rambling" "Trifkovic" and Brimelow. I just didn't believe Sussman was in the audience to hear it the talk. I knew he must have ripped off some source which called Trifkovic's speech "rambling."
By the plagiarism standards of St. Louis University, where Sussman was a professor, the done thing in a case like this is to say “What Brian Tashman characterized as a “rambling presentation” from Serge Trifkovic.” (I have no idea if it actually rambled—Tashman may have not been paying attention.) However, the name Tashman doesn’t appear in Sussman's book when I search for it.
Sussman was stealing, but he was also getting it wrong.
This is yet another example of Sussman playing what I called the "Telephone Game," whereby Leftist True Believers endlessly repeat each other's smears, improving them in the process.
Thus, Sussman, above, says
"Brimelow reflected during the panel that after “Obama’s racial-socialist coup,” he feared that the United States was doomed to face a “minority occupation government.”" (Emphasis added)
However, Tashman, above, says
In 2009, Brimelow reflected on CPAC after “Obama’s racial-socialist coup” and expressed his fear that the U.S. is doomed to face a “minority occupation government.” (Emphasis added, links in original.)
Brimelow's actual 2012 speech was, as Tashman, who attended it, wrote, about something completely different: the Public Choice consequences of institutional bilingualism: “Canadian Bilingualism & Multiculturalism as it Relates to America“—sort of a non-racially inflammatory subject, especially since in Canada, we're talking about "two nations" (French and English) which are basically the same white race.
So all of Wikipedia's evidence for us being either "white supremacist" or "white nationalist" is either inaccurate or tainted.
You have to suspect that the editors, who skew very far Left, especially on race, are more interested in fighting what they think of as "white nationalism" than in factual accuracy [Wikipedia wars: inside the fight against far-right editors, vandals and sock puppets, by Justin Ward, SPLC, March 12, 2018].
Whatever Wikipedia’s motivation, it lowers whatever credibility Wikipedia had.
Twenty-five years ago, VDARE.com Editor Peter Brimelow wrote that the modern definition of “racist” is
anyone who is winning an argument with a liberal. Or, too often, a libertarian. And, on the immigration issue, even some confused conservatives.
The modern definition of both “white nationalist” and “white supremacist” is the same person, still winning the argument—after calling him racist didn’t work.
At least, that’s the answer you’d get from Wikipedia.
James Fulford [Email him] is a writer and editor for VDARE.com.


vdare--2020-01-06--Miami Pushes "Disparate Impact" Shakedown Suit Against Big Banks

The City of Miami is suing Bank of America and Wells Fargo for Fair Housing Act violations , with a Rube Goldberg-causation argument that goes like this : • The banks `` racistly '' lent money to blacks for home mortgages • The mortgages were n't paid and the homes foreclosed • Which the banks should now pay to Miami See Bank of America v. Miami , by Ilya Shapiro , Trevor Burrus , and Sam Spiegelman , Cato Legal Briefs , December 20 , 2019 It 's absurd on a few levels , but I never fail to be @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to minorities , it 's `` redlining '' —and racist .
When they do lend money , it 's `` predatory '' —and racist .
Racist if you do , racist if you do n't .
To get their win , Miami 's lawyers are relying on `` disparate impact ” theory .
Under the theory , private business decisions or local government policies that aren ’ t motivated by race are tagged unlawful anyway because they have a statistically different impact on members of a given racial group .
In other words @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ratings , and as a result are charged higher mortgage rates , that ’ s “ disparate impact ” .
The theory assumes perfect racial equality and explains away any differences in result by race as racism .
Another piquant example is differential rates of school discipline on black and Hispanic students .
Nobody bothers to ask whether black or Hispanic kids simply behave worse to begin with .
The folks at Cato are warning that if the 11th Circuit ’ s loosey-goosey causation formula is upheld by the Supreme Court , it @ @ @ @ @ @ @ unfairness .

The City of Miami is suing Bank of America and Wells Fargo for Fair Housing Act violations, with a Rube Goldberg-causation argument that goes like this:
The banks "racistly" lent money to blacks for home mortgages
The mortgages weren't paid and the homes foreclosed
Thus depriving Miami of tax revenue
Which the banks should now pay to Miami
See Bank of America v. Miami, by Ilya Shapiro, Trevor Burrus, and Sam Spiegelman, Cato Legal Briefs, December 20, 2019.
It's absurd on a few levels, but I never fail to be amused that when banks don't lend to minorities, it's "redlining"—and racist. When they do lend money, it's "predatory"—and racist.
Racist if you do, racist if you don't.
To get their win, Miami's lawyers are relying on "disparate impact” theory.
Under the theory, private business decisions or local government policies that aren’t motivated by race are tagged unlawful anyway because they have a statistically different impact on members of a given racial group.
In other words, if blacks simply have worse credit ratings, and as a result are charged higher mortgage rates, that’s “disparate impact.”
The theory assumes perfect racial equality and explains away any differences in result by race as racism.
Another piquant example is differential rates of school discipline on black and Hispanic students. Nobody bothers to ask whether black or Hispanic kids simply behave worse to begin with.
The folks at Cato are warning that if the 11th Circuit’s loosey-goosey causation formula is upheld by the Supreme Court, it could create a lot of chaos and unfairness.


vdare--2020-01-06--The Latest Hill Woke Twitter Intends To Die On

And now Twitter wants to cancel Andrew Sullivan for his skepticism about the Conventional Wisdom ’ s blanket dismissal of @ @ @ @ @ about racial differences , even though I presume Sullivan has done a lot of first-hand @ @ @ @ @ over the decades … Personally , I defer to Sullivan ’ s expertise on this @ @ @ @ @ , Ida Bae Wells ( N. Hanna Jones ) is the New York Times ’ @ @ @ @ @ history .

She decided to include what she calls a "myth" about "large sex organs" among African-Americans. As a test to see just how fact-checked these essays were, I merely asked her what sources she had that this is indeed a "myth." 2/ — Andrew Sullivan (@sullydish) January 6, 2020
And now Twitter wants to cancel Andrew Sullivan for his skepticism about the Conventional Wisdom’s blanket dismissal of a certain “myth” about racial differences, even though I presume Sullivan has done a lot of first-hand hands-on fact-checking of this question over the decades …
Personally, I defer to Sullivan’s expertise on this subject.
By the way, Ida Bae Wells (N. Hanna Jones) is the New York Times’ 1619 Project expert on American history.
[Comment at Unz.com]


vdare--2020-01-06--Oklahoma Is Already Taxing Remittances, Why Can't President Trump?

By far the most infuriating shortcoming of the Trump Administration has been its baffling and inexplicable refusal to tax remittances .
Regardless of which Democrat wins the nomination , he or she will obviously score points in the debates by hitting President Trump 's vow that there would be a `` powerful '' border wall that would n't cost Americans anything , because `` Mexico is going to pay for it . ''
A remittance tax would be an easy way to accomplish this .
It would also force Democrats to defend foreigners sending money out of the country in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ legal and illegal immigration .
This is already government policy in Oklahoma , so we should n't hear any excuses about how this is impossible .
Oklahoma sets a modest ( too modest , really ) fee of 1 percent on all outgoing wire transfers .
The fee is a withholding against the state income tax ; to the extent that those remitting money pay their state income taxes the fee is not a tax .
But since most of the transfers are outside the state tax system , it works as a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Now , there are comparatively few illegal aliens in Oklahoma , and were such a fee established nationally at , say , 2 percent , it would bring in more than $ 3 billion a year to the federal government .
The Pew Research Center estimated that in 2017 remittances from the United States were more than $ 148 billion .
Sadly , neither the Obama nor the Trump administrations has moved in this direction .
The most recent report of the Oklahoma State Tax Commission , for the year 2018-2019 , shows @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , an increase from the total of $ 12,874,000 two years earlier .
( See p. 11 of the 2018-2019 report . )
[ Oklahoma Still Shows the Way on Collecting Taxes from Illegal Aliens , by David North , Center for Immigration Studies , January 4 , 2020 ] Of course , besides foreigners , some people are benefiting from remittances .
Financial companies are already competing for the lucrative market .
Among them is Paypal , which wo n't let us use their services ( we 're suing and you can @ @ @ @ @ @ @ happy to facilitate American money being sent abroad .
Ripple & XRP researcher , Crypto Eri , recently uploaded a video regarding PayPal ’ s new commercial agreement with “ one of the largest online commerce and payments ecosystems in Latin America ” and the eighth largest marketplace in the world , MercadoLibre .
In March 2019 , PayPal had made a $ 750 million investment into MercadoLibre as part of a $ 1.85 billion equity stake in the Argentinian e-commerce giant .
This investment was supposed to support its goal of becoming @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Soon after , in May , we learned that Ripple had signed a partnership with Ria , a financial services firm which has the second-largest money transfer network in the world , to enable instant payments worldwide .
Later in October , Ripple and Coinbase provided capital to cryptocurrency exchange , Bitso , to help expand their operations into Argentina and Brazil .
Earlier in the year , Ripple had launched its On-Demand Liquidity ( ODL ) product for Mexican users with MoneyGram , and Bitso ’ s function as a liquidity @ @ @ @ @ @ @ corridor .
In November , just a month later , PayPal partnered with Ria to help boost the adoption of its payments app , Xoom , which has been positioned as a market competitor to Ripple .
On 30 December , PayPal announced that it had signed a commercial agreement with MercadoLibre to “ offer innovative financial solutions to help people who are underserved by the traditional financial system.
” This development contributed to PayPal ’ s stock value rising by over 2.5 % in just one day .
Further , as part @ @ @ @ @ @ @ it will be made available as a payment option on the Mercado Pago online checkout page for people in Brazil and Mexico .
This would expose PayPal ’ s 300 million users to hundreds of thousands of new merchants , but more importantly , expedite the adoption of Xoom in Latin America .
[ Ripple , PayPal will compete for Latin America ’ s remittance market , by Manu Naik , AMBCrypto , January 6 , 2020 ] Unfortunately , this may just be another example of the Trump Administration rewarding Woke Capital @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the president will need if he wants another term .
At the very least , he 's enabling an easy Democrat line of attack that anyone from Bernie Sanders to Michael Blommberg would be crazy to ignore .

Oklahoma continues to do what @realDonaldTrump promised he would do 3 yrs ago: tax remittances. Last year, OK collected $13 million fees on such money transfers. FYI: In 2018, nationwide remittances from illegal & legal alien workers in the US to Mexico totaled $34 billion. https://t.co/JFDHaGAj5l — Michelle Malkin (@michellemalkin) January 6, 2020
By far the most infuriating shortcoming of the Trump Administration has been its baffling and inexplicable refusal to tax remittances. Regardless of which Democrat wins the nomination, he or she will obviously score points in the debates by hitting President Trump's vow that there would be a "powerful" border wall that wouldn't cost Americans anything, because "Mexico is going to pay for it." A remittance tax would be an easy way to accomplish this. It would also force Democrats to defend foreigners sending money out of the country in a process that fuels dependence and continued legal and illegal immigration.
This is already government policy in Oklahoma, so we shouldn't hear any excuses about how this is impossible.
Oklahoma sets a modest (too modest, really) fee of 1 percent on all outgoing wire transfers. The fee is a withholding against the state income tax; to the extent that those remitting money pay their state income taxes the fee is not a tax. But since most of the transfers are outside the state tax system, it works as a de facto tax on untaxed income. Now, there are comparatively few illegal aliens in Oklahoma, and were such a fee established nationally at, say, 2 percent, it would bring in more than $3 billion a year to the federal government. The Pew Research Center estimated that in 2017 remittances from the United States were more than $148 billion. Sadly, neither the Obama nor the Trump administrations has moved in this direction. The most recent report of the Oklahoma State Tax Commission, for the year 2018-2019, shows wire transfer fee receipts of $13,147,000, an increase from the total of $12,874,000 two years earlier. (See p. 11 of the 2018-2019 report.) [Oklahoma Still Shows the Way on Collecting Taxes from Illegal Aliens, by David North, Center for Immigration Studies, January 4, 2020]
Of course, besides foreigners, some people are benefiting from remittances. Financial companies are already competing for the lucrative market. Among them is PayPal, which won't let us use their services (we're suing and you can help us) but is more than happy to facilitate American money being sent abroad.
Ripple & XRP researcher, Crypto Eri, recently uploaded a video regarding PayPal’s new commercial agreement with “one of the largest online commerce and payments ecosystems in Latin America” and the eighth largest marketplace in the world, MercadoLibre. In March 2019, PayPal had made a $750 million investment into MercadoLibre as part of a $1.85 billion equity stake in the Argentinian e-commerce giant. This investment was supposed to support its goal of becoming the primary online retailer in Latin America. Soon after, in May, we learned that Ripple had signed a partnership with Ria, a financial services firm which has the second-largest money transfer network in the world, to enable instant payments worldwide. Later in October, Ripple and Coinbase provided capital to cryptocurrency exchange, Bitso, to help expand their operations into Argentina and Brazil. Earlier in the year, Ripple had launched its On-Demand Liquidity (ODL) product for Mexican users with MoneyGram, and Bitso’s function as a liquidity provider had been crucial for the U.S-Mexico corridor. In November, just a month later, PayPal partnered with Ria to help boost the adoption of its payments app, Xoom, which has been positioned as a market competitor to Ripple. On 30 December, PayPal announced that it had signed a commercial agreement with MercadoLibre to “offer innovative financial solutions to help people who are underserved by the traditional financial system.” This development contributed to PayPal’s stock value rising by over 2.5% in just one day. Further, as part of the agreement, PayPal announced that it will be made available as a payment option on the Mercado Pago online checkout page for people in Brazil and Mexico. This would expose PayPal’s 300 million users to hundreds of thousands of new merchants, but more importantly, expedite the adoption of Xoom in Latin America. [Ripple, PayPal will compete for Latin America’s remittance market, by Manu Naik, AMBCrypto, January 6, 2020]
Unfortunately, this may just be another example of the Trump Administration rewarding Woke Capital at the expense of the nationalist supporters the president will need if he wants another term. At the very least, he's enabling an easy Democrat line of attack that anyone from Bernie Sanders to Michael Bloomberg would be crazy to ignore.


vdare--2020-01-06--Patrick J. Buchanan:  If Baghdad Wants Us Out, Let's Go!

Earlier ( 2003 ) by the late Sam Francis : What If A Democratic Iraq Does n't Like Us ?
Fifteen years after the U.S. invaded Iraq to turn Saddam Hussein 's dictatorship into a beacon of democracy , Iraq 's Parliament , amid shouts of `` Death to America ! ''
voted to expel all U.S. troops from the country .
Though nonbinding , the expulsion vote came after mobs trashed the U.S. embassy in an assault that recalled Tehran 1979 .
What provoked Iraq 's Parliament into demanding the ouster of all U.S. troops ?
First , the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Popular Mobilization Forces in retaliation for a dozen Kataib Hezbollah rocket attacks on U.S. bases , which killed a contractor and wounded four U.S. soldiers .
Then came President Donald Trump 's decision to launch a drone-strike and kill Iranian General Qassem Soleimani at Baghdad International Airport .
Killed in the same strike was the Shiite Iraqi leader of Kataib Hezbollah .
During his return flight to Washington Sunday , Trump warned Iraq : Follow through on your demand that all U.S. troops get out , and we will insist that Baghdad repay @ @ @ @ @ @ @ major air base .
Moreover , said Trump , if Iraqis expel U.S. troops , then we will impose upon them `` sanctions like they 've never seen before , ever .
It 'll make Iranian sanctions look somewhat tame . ''
Where do we stand now in Iraq ?
Though Sunnis and Kurds abstained , the Iraqi parliament has voted to expel all our troops .
The State Department has urged U.S. civilians to flee Iraq .
82nd Airborne units have moved into the region to protect the U.S. embassy .
U.S. @ @ @ @ @ @ @ separated themselves and stood down .
In Iraq , the war on terrorism is on hold .
Across the Middle East , U.S. diplomats , soldiers and civilians are on alert .
The acting prime minister of Iraq , in an echo of Tehran and radical Shiites , is demanding that all 5,200 U.S. soldiers in Iraq depart .
How can our troops , detested by the PMF militias and their thousands of fighters , unwanted by the Iraqi Parliament majority , the acting prime minister , and much of the Shiite majority @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of Baghdad or the country ?
Two months ago , crowds were in the streets of Iraq protesting Iran 's dominance of their politics .
Crowds were in the streets of Iran cursing that regime for squandering the nation 's resources on imperial adventures in Iraq , Syria , Lebanon , Yemen .
Things were going America 's way .
Now it is the Americans who are the targets of protests .
Over three days , crowds numbering in the hundreds of thousands and even millions have packed Iraqi and Iranian streets and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to curse the Americans who killed him .
As emotions are running high and America 's friends in the region are mute , the twin goals of Iran and its militia allies appear clear : Tehran wants to avoid a war with the United States , but to direct the passions of the moment toward forcing an expulsion of the Americans from the Middle East , beginning with their ouster from Iraq .
Thus , Tehran has signaled that its retaliation , its revenge for the death of Soleimani , a military man @ @ @ @ @ @ @ telegraphing an attack on the U.S. military .
Hassan Nasrallah , the head of Hezbollah in Lebanon , has called on his followers not to attack innocent Americans in the region but to zero in on U.S. military targets .
Oddly , what the America-haters of the Middle East seek is what Soleimani wanted , and what Trump promised in his campaign of 2016—an end to U.S. involvement in the forever wars of the Middle East .
Perhaps , rather than sending troops into Iraq and Kuwait to defend U.S. troops already there @ @ @ @ @ @ @ nationalist demands , start bringing our troops home , and let Iranians , Iraqis , Libyans , Syrians , Yemenis and Afghans settle their quarrels .
Despite the rage in Iran over the killing of Soleimani , the political imperatives that existed before last Friday 's drone strike remain .
Iran does not want war with the United States .
And Trump wants no war with Iran .
But Iran made a mistake in its extrapolation from that truth .
Assuming that because Trump did not want war , he would recoil from @ @ @ @ @ @ @ kill Americans with impunity , as long as his fingerprints were not on the murder weapon .
Killing Soleimani was just .
But what is just is not always wise .
Yet , his killing restores Trump 's credibility as a Jacksonian who avoids wars but who , wounded , will stab the enemy who cut him .
Trump has a red line .
It is not shooting at American drones but shooting at American soldiers , the drawing of American blood .
The message the rulers of Iran should have received ?
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ American soldiers , diplomats or civilians , using either Iranian troops or proxy militias , Trump will retaliate against Iran itself .
Otherwise , `` Come Home , America , '' George McGovern 's slogan from the 1972 presidential campaign , has rarely seemed more relevant .
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 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ : 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 .

Earlier (2003) by the late Sam Francis: What If A Democratic Iraq Doesn't Like Us?
Fifteen years after the U.S. invaded Iraq to turn Saddam Hussein's dictatorship into a beacon of democracy, Iraq's Parliament, amid shouts of "Death to America!" voted to expel all U.S. troops from the country.
Though nonbinding, the expulsion vote came after mobs trashed the U.S. embassy in an assault that recalled Tehran 1979.
What provoked Iraq's Parliament into demanding the ouster of all U.S. troops?
First, the five December U.S. strikes on Iraq's Popular Mobilization Forces in retaliation for a dozen Kataib Hezbollah rocket attacks on U.S. bases, which killed a contractor and wounded four U.S. soldiers.
Then came President Donald Trump's decision to launch a drone-strike and kill Iranian General Qassem Soleimani at Baghdad International Airport. Killed in the same strike was the Shiite Iraqi leader of Kataib Hezbollah.
During his return flight to Washington Sunday, Trump warned Iraq: Follow through on your demand that all U.S. troops get out, and we will insist that Baghdad repay the money we just spent on a major air base.
Moreover, said Trump, if Iraqis expel U.S. troops, then we will impose upon them "sanctions like they've never seen before, ever. It'll make Iranian sanctions look somewhat tame."
Where do we stand now in Iraq?
Though Sunnis and Kurds abstained, the Iraqi parliament has voted to expel all our troops. The State Department has urged U.S. civilians to flee Iraq. 82nd Airborne units have moved into the region to protect the U.S. embassy. U.S. troops fighting ISIS alongside Iraqi troops have separated themselves and stood down. In Iraq, the war on terrorism is on hold.
Across the Middle East, U.S. diplomats, soldiers and civilians are on alert. The acting prime minister of Iraq, in an echo of Tehran and radical Shiites, is demanding that all 5,200 U.S. soldiers in Iraq depart.
How can our troops, detested by the PMF militias and their thousands of fighters, unwanted by the Iraqi Parliament majority, the acting prime minister, and much of the Shiite majority, remain safely inside the capital city of Baghdad or the country?
What a difference a presidential decision can make.
Two months ago, crowds were in the streets of Iraq protesting Iran's dominance of their politics. Crowds were in the streets of Iran cursing that regime for squandering the nation's resources on imperial adventures in Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Yemen. Things were going America's way.
Now it is the Americans who are the targets of protests.
Over three days, crowds numbering in the hundreds of thousands and even millions have packed Iraqi and Iranian streets and squares to pay tribute to Soleimani and to curse the Americans who killed him.
As emotions are running high and America's friends in the region are mute, the twin goals of Iran and its militia allies appear clear:
Tehran wants to avoid a war with the United States, but to direct the passions of the moment toward forcing an expulsion of the Americans from the Middle East, beginning with their ouster from Iraq.
Thus, Tehran has signaled that its retaliation, its revenge for the death of Soleimani, a military man, will be proportionate. Tehran is telegraphing an attack on the U.S. military. Hassan Nasrallah, the head of Hezbollah in Lebanon, has called on his followers not to attack innocent Americans in the region but to zero in on U.S. military targets.
Oddly, what the America-haters of the Middle East seek is what Soleimani wanted, and what Trump promised in his campaign of 2016—an end to U.S. involvement in the forever wars of the Middle East.
Perhaps, rather than sending troops into Iraq and Kuwait to defend U.S. troops already there, we should accede to the local nationalist demands, start bringing our troops home, and let Iranians, Iraqis, Libyans, Syrians, Yemenis and Afghans settle their quarrels.
Despite the rage in Iran over the killing of Soleimani, the political imperatives that existed before last Friday's drone strike remain.
Iran does not want war with the United States. And Trump wants no war with Iran.
But Iran made a mistake in its extrapolation from that truth.
Assuming that because Trump did not want war, he would recoil from a fight, Soleimani believed he could kill Americans with impunity, as long as his fingerprints were not on the murder weapon.
Killing Soleimani was just. But what is just is not always wise.
Yet, his killing restores Trump's credibility as a Jacksonian who avoids wars but who, wounded, will stab the enemy who cut him.
Trump has a red line. It is not shooting at American drones but shooting at American soldiers, the drawing of American blood.
The message the rulers of Iran should have received?
If they retaliate for Soleimani by killing American soldiers, diplomats or civilians, using either Iranian troops or proxy militias, Trump will retaliate against Iran itself.
Otherwise, "Come Home, America," George McGovern's slogan from the 1972 presidential campaign, has rarely seemed more relevant.
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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--2020-01-06--Donald "The Biggest Gift" Trump: He Fights Back, And So Can We

Comment of the Week is originally from Slate Star Codex but made its way here via Anatoly Karlin , the silver standard in journalism on human intelligence .
Scott Alexander wrote this in the Fall of 2016 : One more warning for conservatives who still aren ’ t convinced .
If the next generation is radicalized by Trump being a bad president , they ’ re not just going to lean left .
They ’ re going to lean regressive , totalitarian , super-social-justice left .
Everyone has already constructed the narrative : Trump is the anti-PC , anti-social-justice candidate @ @ @ @ @ @ @ s going to be the anti-PC , anti-social-justice President .
And he will fail .
First of all , because he doesn ’ t really show much sign of knowing what he ’ s doing .
Second of all , because all presidents fail in a sense – 80 % of Americans consistently believe the country is headed the wrong direction and the president is the natural fall guy for this trend .
And third of all , because even if by some miracle Trump avoids the first two failure modes , the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ will believe them .
And when the anti-PC , anti-social-justice President fails , the reaction will be a giant “ we told you so ” from the social justice movement , and a giant shift of all the disillusioned young people right into their fold .
Trump is all set to be the biggest gift to the social justice movement in history .
They thrive on claims of persecution , claims that they ’ re the ones fighting a stupid hateful regressive culture that controls everything .
And people think that bringing their @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in the Oval Office is going to help ?
Maybe .
From someone who spends an inordinate amount of time combing through surveys and polling , though , there is a glaring problem–the Great Awokening began years before Trump announced his candidacy , let alone won the presidency .
It ’ s detectable in the GSS in 2012 and definitely by 2014 .
Did Trump send SJWs into high tension mode or was he made possible by it ?
Trump also thrives on claims of persecution .
Almost uniquely among Republicans , he @ @ @ @ @ @ @ an honor culture nor a dignity culture .
We are in a victim culture .
“ So unfair !
” , “ Presidential harassment !
” , “ Witch hunt !
” .
Wokeists claim they ’ re being persecuted , but so does Trump–and it works .
At some point very soon , those on the right will have to start responding to accusations of racism , etc not with impotent denials or lame accusations about how it ’ s really the Democrats who are racist against non-whites , but by firing @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
There are fairly mainstream black figures who ’ ve been quite successful doing this–Candace Owens , Jesse Lee Peterson , Jon Miller–and mainstream white conservatives will start doing the same .

Comment of the Week is originally from Slate Star Codex but made its way here via Anatoly Karlin, the silver standard in journalism on human intelligence. Scott Alexander wrote this in the Fall of 2016:
One more warning for conservatives who still aren’t convinced. If the next generation is radicalized by Trump being a bad president, they’re not just going to lean left. They’re going to lean regressive, totalitarian, super-social-justice left. Everyone has already constructed the narrative: Trump is the anti-PC, anti-social-justice candidate. If he wins, he’s going to be the anti-PC, anti-social-justice President. And he will fail. First of all, because he doesn’t really show much sign of knowing what he’s doing. Second of all, because all presidents fail in a sense – 80% of Americans consistently believe the country is headed the wrong direction and the president is the natural fall guy for this trend. And third of all, because even if by some miracle Trump avoids the first two failure modes, the media will say he failed and people will believe them. And when the anti-PC, anti-social-justice President fails, the reaction will be a giant “we told you so” from the social justice movement, and a giant shift of all the disillusioned young people right into their fold. Trump is all set to be the biggest gift to the social justice movement in history. They thrive on claims of persecution, claims that they’re the ones fighting a stupid hateful regressive culture that controls everything. And people think that bringing their straw man to life and putting him in the Oval Office is going to help?
Maybe. From someone who spends an inordinate amount of time combing through surveys and polling, though, there is a glaring problem–the Great Awokening began years before Trump announced his candidacy, let alone won the presidency. It’s detectable in the GSS in 2012 and definitely by 2014. Did Trump send SJWs into high tension mode or was he made possible by it?
Trump also thrives on claims of persecution. Almost uniquely among Republicans, he instinctively understands that we are in neither an honor culture nor a dignity culture. We are in a victim culture. “So unfair!,” “Presidential harassment!,” “Witch hunt!.” Wokeists claim they’re being persecuted, but so does Trump–and it works.
At some point very soon, those on the right will have to start responding to accusations of racism, etc. not with impotent denials or lame accusations about how it’s really the Democrats who are racist against non-whites, but by firing back that the left hates white people. There are fairly mainstream black figures who’ve been quite successful doing this–Candace Owens, Jesse Lee Peterson, Jon Miller–and mainstream white conservatives will start doing the same.
[Comment at Unz.com]


vdare--2020-01-06--Was Mark Schlemmer's Killing A MURDER Gone Wrong?

If I understand Paul Kersey 's post about the man `` mistakenly '' shot by a murder aiming at someone @ @ @ @ @ shot near St. Louis nightclub had been at Halloween party with friends , by Kim @ @ @ @ @ 2019 ] I fully expect the coverage of the suspect 's trial to include the @ @ @ @ @ locution , as in `` robbery gone wrong '' or `` drug deal gone wrong @ @ @ @ @ though , the `` gone wrong '' meme will have reached peak absurdity as the @ @ @ @ @ planned shooting gone wrong , '' or better yet , `` premeditated murder gone wrong @ @

If I understand Paul Kersey's post about the man "mistakenly" shot by a murder aiming at someone else [Collinsville man fatally shot near St. Louis nightclub had been at Halloween party with friends, by Kim Bell, November 4, 2019] I fully expect the coverage of the suspect's trial to include the usual "gone wrong" locution, as in "robbery gone wrong" or "drug deal gone wrong."
This time, though, the "gone wrong" meme will have reached peak absurdity as the leftist media describe a "planned shooting gone wrong," or better yet, "premeditated murder gone wrong."


vdare--2020-01-06--Kritarch Patti Saris Strikes Again, Banning Detention Of Illegals In Removal Proceedings

Kritarch Patti Saris has struck again , this time in an effort to end the detention of illegal aliens so they can continue working illegally , popping out anchor babies , and commit crime .
Kritarch Saris has a long history ; see here , here , here , here , and here .
Kritarch Saris has an agenda , which is electing a new people by mass third world immigration , which is not in the purview of a Federal Judge .
Congress has the Constitutional authority to make immigration law , but those laws matter not to Kritarch @ @ @ @ @ @ @ rampage against the detention of illegal aliens during their removal proceedings , in violation of years of precedent , something judges are supposed to respect .
For the first time in at least two decades , lawyers for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement are required to justify the detainment of noncitizens who are awaiting court proceedings in New England .
In immigration proceedings , unlike in criminal courts , immigrants bear the burden of proving to the satisfaction of a judge that that they do not pose a danger or a flight risk @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and locked up .
But a November decision by a judge in the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts reversed the burden of proof , instead calling on ICE to establish why someone ought to be detained .
The ruling came in a class-action lawsuit filed by the American Civil Liberties Union of Massachusetts last June and went into effect on December 13 .
[ At Boston Immigration Court , Ice Must Now Justify Detaining Noncitizens — Reversing Decades Of Precedent , by Maryam Saleh , The Intercept , January 6 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to get illegal aliens back in the community , the safety of the public be damned .
The Treason Bar is crowing that they can now slack off , not have to worry about old crimes , and get their criminal clients back on the street to rape , rob , and murder .
“ It still doesn ’ t really feel quite real , ” said Matt Cameron , a Boston-based immigration attorney .
For years , Cameron said , he has had to work quickly to obtain every page of a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ pertaining to charges that had been dropped — to prove that the client deserved their liberty .
“ I ’ m so trained that you just do not show up with anything less than an absolutely 100 percent complete case , because you only get one chance at a bond hearing .
You don ’ t get to do it again .
So , you know , I ’ m always very careful in making sure that I don ’ t do it halfway.
” Now , if an ICE attorney is unable @ @ @ @ @ @ @ noncitizen poses a danger or a flight risk — a noncitizen is likely to be granted release .
What is the cost of releasing illegal aliens ?
It does not matter to the Treason Bar—they get their clients released and Americans be damned .
It is a reflection on the collapse of our society where a mercenary class has such low regard for the community and nation where they live .
It is a reflection on the Treason Bar .
This is not about due process or presumption of innocence , this is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is what impeachment and conviction are for : an activist judge , unbound by the Constitution , law , and precedent ; a kritarch with a nation breaking agenda .
On an aside , let me note the low quality of the reporting by the article ’ s Muslim immigrant author , Saleh .
In her article she keeps referring to “ noncitizens ; ” this is an inaccurate term when referring to aliens .
There is a little known provision in immigration law that distinguishes between aliens , those persons not American @ @ @ @ @ @ @ with the emphasis on the nationals part .
In immigration law all American citizens are also nationals of the United States .
However , persons born in American Samoa or the Swains Islands are nationals of the United States , but not citizens , therefore they are neither citizens or aliens , which makes “ noncitizen ” improper to use .
In the case of this story , the reporter should refer to the persons in removal proceedings before the Executive Office for Immigration Review ( EOIR ) , the immigration courts as @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to removal from the United States in the EOIR or other method .
Neither citizens nor nationals can be removed .
So , besides the immigration press being generally unethical , it is also basically stupid .
Not a good way to go through life , both dumb and immoral .

Kritarch Patti Saris has struck again, this time in an effort to end the detention of illegal aliens so they can continue working illegally, popping out anchor babies, and commit crime. Kritarch Saris has a long history; see here, here, here, here, and here. Kritarch Saris has an agenda, which is electing a new people by mass third world immigration, which is not in the purview of a Federal Judge. Congress has the Constitutional authority to make immigration law, but those laws matter not to Kritarch Saris. Now she is on a rampage against the detention of illegal aliens during their removal proceedings, in violation of years of precedent, something judges are supposed to respect.
For the first time in at least two decades, lawyers for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement are required to justify the detainment of noncitizens who are awaiting court proceedings in New England. In immigration proceedings, unlike in criminal courts, immigrants bear the burden of proving to the satisfaction of a judge that that they do not pose a danger or a flight risk — or else they are denied bond and locked up. But a November decision by a judge in the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts reversed the burden of proof, instead calling on ICE to establish why someone ought to be detained. The ruling came in a class-action lawsuit filed by the American Civil Liberties Union of Massachusetts last June and went into effect on December 13. [At Boston Immigration Court, Ice Must Now Justify Detaining Noncitizens — Reversing Decades Of Precedent, by Maryam Saleh, The Intercept, January 6, 2020]
Kritarch Saris
And the goal is to get illegal aliens back in the community, the safety of the public be damned. The Treason Bar is crowing that they can now slack off, not have to worry about old crimes, and get their criminal clients back on the street to rape, rob, and murder.
“It still doesn’t really feel quite real,” said Matt Cameron, a Boston-based immigration attorney. For years, Cameron said, he has had to work quickly to obtain every page of a client’s criminal record — even pertaining to charges that had been dropped — to prove that the client deserved their liberty. “I’m so trained that you just do not show up with anything less than an absolutely 100 percent complete case, because you only get one chance at a bond hearing. You don’t get to do it again. So, you know, I’m always very careful in making sure that I don’t do it halfway.” Now, if an ICE attorney is unable to prove the inverse — that a noncitizen poses a danger or a flight risk — a noncitizen is likely to be granted release.
What is the cost of releasing illegal aliens? It does not matter to the Treason Bar—they get their clients released and Americans be damned. It is a reflection on the collapse of our society where a mercenary class has such low regard for the community and nation where they live. It is a reflection on the Treason Bar. This is not about due process or presumption of innocence, this is about hating America and Americans.
This is what impeachment and conviction are for: an activist judge, unbound by the Constitution, law, and precedent; a kritarch with a nation breaking agenda.
On an aside, let me note the low quality of the reporting by the article’s Muslim immigrant author, Saleh. In her article she keeps referring to “noncitizens;” this is an inaccurate term when referring to aliens. There is a little known provision in immigration law that distinguishes between aliens, those persons not American citizens or nationals, and foreigners, with the emphasis on the nationals part.
In immigration law all American citizens are also nationals of the United States. However, persons born in American Samoa or the Swains Islands are nationals of the United States, but not citizens, therefore they are neither citizens or aliens, which makes “noncitizen” improper to use.
In the case of this story, the reporter should refer to the persons in removal proceedings before the Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR), the immigration courts as aliens, as only aliens are subject to removal from the United States in the EOIR or other method. Neither citizens nor nationals can be removed.
So, besides the immigration press being generally unethical, it is also basically stupid. Not a good way to go through life, both dumb and immoral.


vdare--2020-01-06--Almost 400K Anchor Babies; Where's That Executive Order?

Close to 400,000 anchor babies were born in the United States in 2019 as an executive order to end birthright citizenship gets kicked down the road for another year by President Donald Trump ’ s administration .
Analysis conducted by the Center for Immigration Studies revealed in 2018 that about 300,000 U.S.-born children of illegal aliens are born every year .
These children , often referred to as “ anchor babies , ” immediately obtain American citizenship and anchor their illegal or foreign parents in the country .
In addition , about 72,000 anchor babies are born to foreign tourists @ @ @ @ @ @ @ students every year — all of whom obtain immediate American citizenship simply for being born within the parameters of the country .
Altogether , about 372,000 anchor babies are estimated to have been born last year despite a commitment by Trump to sign an executive order ending the nation ’ s “ anchor baby policy ” that incentivizes pregnant migrant women to cross the U.S.-Mexico border in the hopes of securing American citizenship for their children .
This indicates that there were more anchor babies born in 2019 than births in each of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
[ Nearly 400K Anchor Babies Born In 2019 , Exceeding U.S .
Births In 48 States , by John Binder , Breitbart , January 5 , 2020 ] Ending birthright citizenship was one of President Trump 's campaign promises .
Media outlets reported in October 18 that President Donald Trump was going to sign an executive order to end birthright citizenship .
President Trump said he was `` seriously '' considering doing something about it last August , prompting much wailing from Conservatism Inc .
Most recently , acting director of U.S @ @ @ @ @ @ @ believes ending birthright citizenship would not require a constitutional amendmnet .
“ I do not think you need an amendment to the Constitution .
I think the question is do you need congressional action or can the executive act , ” he said [ Ken Cuccinelli : We can end birthright citizenship without Constitution amendment [ sic ] , by Stephen Dinan , Washington Times , October 16 , 2019 ] Unfortunately , this smacks of President Trump `` monitoring '' social media , while not doing much about it .
We are @ @ @ @ @ @ @ administration .
Public support for his removal has spiked in recent days , and at least part of his base is deeply disturbed about the president 's foreign policy .
Incredibly , the Democrats and the Main Stream Media have provided the incumbent president with an opportunity to run as an `` outsider '' against the System with their transparent coup attempt .
However , President Trump needs to give his base a reason to fight for him the way he did in 2016 .
An executive order on birthright citizenship would be @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to ask permission , he does n't need to go to Congress , and if it goes to the courts , then he can at least wage that fight there .
What , exactly , is he waiting for ?
It 's time for the base to speak up .

The Great [Redacted] continues without interruption.
Close to 400,000 anchor babies were born in the United States in 2019 as an executive order to end birthright citizenship gets kicked down the road for another year by President Donald Trump’s administration.
Analysis conducted by the Center for Immigration Studies revealed in 2018 that about 300,000 U.S.-born children of illegal aliens are born every year. These children, often referred to as “anchor babies,” immediately obtain American citizenship and anchor their illegal or foreign parents in the country.
In addition, about 72,000 anchor babies are born to foreign tourists, foreign visa workers, and foreign students every year — all of whom obtain immediate American citizenship simply for being born within the parameters of the country.
Altogether, about 372,000 anchor babies are estimated to have been born last year despite a commitment by Trump to sign an executive order ending the nation’s “anchor baby policy” that incentivizes pregnant migrant women to cross the U.S.-Mexico border in the hopes of securing American citizenship for their children.
This indicates that there were more anchor babies born in 2019 than births in each of the 50 states except California and Texas.
[Nearly 400K Anchor Babies Born In 2019, Exceeding U.S. Births In 48 States, by John Binder, Breitbart, January 5, 2020]