vdare--2020-07-27--NYC Beats Chicago in Weekend Murder Tally

Earlier : Who Will Have More Shootings Over The 4th Of July Weekend : Veteran Chicago Or New Contender New York ?
With the lack of baseball statistics this year until just now , I ’ ve gotten into following the weekend murder and wounding counts out of America ’ s great cities .
For most of the 21st Century , New York was an also ran compared to mighty Chicago , but in 2020 New York is making it race .
NYC won this weekend with ten murders versus only four in Chicago .
New York City weekend : @ @ @ @ @ @ @ seems to report shootings in a fashion hard to compare to the gold standard Chicago method .
The New York Times news section is pretty baffled by what could be causing this massive increase in murders since , roughly , May 24 , 2020 : Homicides rose by 29 percent , up to 227 from 176 last year .
… The surge in New York City has been part of a larger trend of shootings in large American cities .
The spike has since become entangled in a fractious debate over the future @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the killing of George Floyd in May while in police custody in Minneapolis .
In New York , gun violence typically does increase in the summer months , when warmer weather lures more people outside and tempers are rankled by sweltering temperatures .
So maybe all the Global Warming since last year ?
Or since May 24 ?
But experts have said the violence has been especially brutal this year as the coronavirus pandemic has exacerbated the socioeconomic problems that often contribute to gun violence .
Senior police officials and Mayor Bill de @ @ @ @ @ @ @ shootings on a slowdown in the court system caused by the pandemic .

Earlier: Who Will Have More Shootings Over The 4th Of July Weekend: Veteran Chicago Or New Contender New York?
With the lack of baseball statistics this year until just now, I’ve gotten into following the weekend murder and wounding counts out of America’s great cities. For most of the 21st Century, New York was an also ran compared to mighty Chicago, but in 2020 New York is making it a race. NYC won this weekend with ten murders versus only four in Chicago.
Chicago weekend: 4 killed, 59 wounded.
New York City weekend: 10 murdered. Unfortunately, New York seems to report shootings in a fashion hard to compare to the gold standard Chicago method.
The New York Times news section is pretty baffled by what could be causing this massive increase in murders since, roughly, May 24, 2020:
Homicides rose by 29 percent, up to 227 from 176 last year. … The surge in New York City has been part of a larger trend of shootings in large American cities. The spike has since become entangled in a fractious debate over the future of policing, which was sparked by the killing of George Floyd in May while in police custody in Minneapolis. In New York, gun violence typically does increase in the summer months, when warmer weather lures more people outside and tempers are rankled by sweltering temperatures.
So maybe all the Global Warming since last year? Or since May 24?
But experts have said the violence has been especially brutal this year as the coronavirus pandemic has exacerbated the socioeconomic problems that often contribute to gun violence. Senior police officials and Mayor Bill de Blasio have also blamed the spike in shootings on a slowdown in the court system caused by the pandemic.
[Comment at Unz.com]


vdare--2020-07-27--Activists Demand Action on Althea Bernstein Hate Crime Investigation

Earlier : The Duke and Duchess of Sussex to Comfort Purported Hate Crime Victim Althea Bernstein I ’ ve figured out how to revive Princess Markle ’ s flagging acting career : she should star in a detective show in which she solves hate crimes that the police are racistishly ignoring .
She could team with an experienced older investigator into unsolved golf course-related murders whose methods might be considered a little old school but who has a proven track record of results , such as getting his Heisman Trophy back .
They report via speakerphone to an unseen boss @ @ @ @ @ @ @ some people , perhaps including Althea Bernstein ’ s parents , regret Princess Markle ’ s initial entree into the shadowy world of hate crimes , but many are keeping the faith .
From the Cap Times of Madison , Wisconsin : A letter signed by several Madison organizations says they have no confidence in the Madison Police Department and Acting Chief Vic Wahl .
The letter , to the Police and Fire Commission , has also been signed by hundreds of individuals , including several candidates for statewide office and current local @ @ @ @ @ @ @ number of individual cases , including how the MPD has handled the arrest of Black Lives Matter activist Yeshua Musa and its response to the attack on Althea Bernstein , that they say “ demonstrate a pattern of anti-Blackness.
” Over the past three months there have been several cases where Chief Wahl ’ s department has treated Black residents with very recognizable attributes of anti-Blackness .
By anti-Black we mean something akin to how Northwestern University African-American Studies professor kihana miraya ross defines it : “ Anti-blackness describes the inability to recognize @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that the kind of violence that saturates black life is not based on any specific thing a black person — better described as “ a person who has been racialized black ” — did .
The violence we experience isn ’ t tied to any particular transgression .
It ’ s gratuitous and unrelenting.
” … In recent weeks , we have seen the following events : … The case of four white men allegedly hurling racist insults while setting a young Biracial woman on fire in her car .
… Attempted Murder @ @ @ @ @ @ @ example that raises the question of what actually counts as a priority for MPD , Dane County non-emergency dispatch received a call from a young Biracial woman who reported being set on fire in her vehicle by four white men yelling racist slurs at her .
Despite the serious nature of this allegation , MPD couldn ’ t have an officer or detective talk to her right away because , according to dispatch , they were busy on “ priority calls ” preparing for protests .
Had an officer been subject to such @ @ @ @ @ @ @ likely all officers would have been warned to be on the lookout .
But MPD did not try to warn the Black residents in the area of the assault .
They did not warn the protestors .
Given the prevalence of city and private surveillance cameras in the downtown area , it ’ s odd that , by comparison to the fire bombing , no photos or videos have been released .
If it weren ’ t for a pattern of MPD protecting property over Black bodies , this would seem an oddly @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of anyone stepping forward to claim the $ 10,000 in rewards offered for information on the Bernstein attempted murder case proves how pervasive systemic racism is in our society .

Earlier: The Duke and Duchess of Sussex to Comfort Purported Hate Crime Victim Althea Bernstein
I’ve figured out how to revive Princess Markle’s flagging acting career: She should star in a detective show in which she solves hate crimes that the police are racistishly ignoring. She could team with an experienced older investigator into unsolved golf course-related murders whose methods might be considered a little old school but who has a proven track record of results, such as getting his Heisman Trophy back. They report via speakerphone to an unseen boss voiced by Oprah Winfrey.
Granted, some people, perhaps including Althea Bernstein’s parents, regret Princess Markle’s initial entree into the shadowy world of hate crimes, but many are keeping the faith. From the Cap Times of Madison, Wisconsin:
Organizations, candidates sign letter declaring ‘non-confidence’ in Madison police
Abigail Becker | The Capital Times Jul 24, 2020 A letter signed by several Madison organizations says they have no confidence in the Madison Police Department and Acting Chief Vic Wahl. The letter, to the Police and Fire Commission, has also been signed by hundreds of individuals, including several candidates for statewide office and current local elected officials. The letter documents a number of individual cases, including how the MPD has handled the arrest of Black Lives Matter activist Yeshua Musa and its response to the attack on Althea Bernstein, that they say “demonstrate a pattern of anti-Blackness.”
From the letter:
Over the past three months there have been several cases where Chief Wahl’s department has treated Black residents with very recognizable attributes of anti-Blackness. By anti-Black we mean something akin to how Northwestern University African-American Studies professor kihana miraya ross defines it: “Anti-blackness describes the inability to recognize black humanity. It captures the reality that the kind of violence that saturates black life is not based on any specific thing a black person — better described as “a person who has been racialized black” — did. The violence we experience isn’t tied to any particular transgression. It’s gratuitous and unrelenting.” … In recent weeks, we have seen the following events: … The case of four white men allegedly hurling racist insults while setting a young Biracial woman on fire in her car. … Attempted Murder by Arson/Hate Crime Case
In another recent example that raises the question of what actually counts as a priority for MPD, Dane County non-emergency dispatch received a call from a young Biracial woman who reported being set on fire in her vehicle by four white men yelling racist slurs at her. Despite the serious nature of this allegation, MPD couldn’t have an officer or detective talk to her right away because, according to dispatch, they were busy on “priority calls” preparing for protests. Had an officer been subject to such an assault, it’s very likely all officers would have been warned to be on the lookout. But MPD did not try to warn the Black residents in the area of the assault. They did not warn the protestors. Given the prevalence of city and private surveillance cameras in the downtown area, it’s odd that, by comparison to the fire bombing, no photos or videos have been released. If it weren’t for a pattern of MPD protecting property over Black bodies, this would seem an oddly unfortunate coincidence.
Indeed. The lack of anyone stepping forward to claim the $10,000 in rewards offered for information on the Bernstein attempted murder case proves how pervasive systemic racism is in our society.
[Comment at Unz.com]


vdare--2020-07-27--Tech Censorship Intensifies—But Trump (And Matt Gaetz) Finally Acting

Earlier : Facebook Blocks VDARE.com , But Allows Antifa To ORGANIZE RIOTS Big Tech is intensifying its censorship .
Google hid several conservative websites from search results for several hours last week .
Twitter banned thousands of accounts associated with the “ QAnon ” conspiracy crowd and threatened to suppress thousands more .
The shutdown of conservative , pro-Trump opinion has occurred during the middle of an election year .
In other words , President Trump and the GOP can no longer hope that public criticism will deter Tech Totalitarianism .
They must act—and there are small signs they ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ s anti-conservative bias is nothing new .
The tech giant manipulated search results to favor Democrats in 2016 and has maintained blacklists that hide conservative sources for years .
Its “ fact-check ” feature targets right-wing media almost exclusively [ Trump is right : More than Facebook & Twitter , Google threatens democracy , online freedom , by Brad Parscale , USA Today , September 10 , 2018 ] .
Searching for VDARE articles is more likely to bring you yet another $ PLC hit job than an actual piece from our site @ @ @ @ @ @ @ housebroken conservative sites .
Thus last Monday and Tuesday , Google searches blocked Breitbart , The Blaze , The Daily Caller , and others for several hours .
The blackout hit VDARE and a few independent Leftist outlets , too .
It was a “ glitch , ” Google claimed , that mysteriously targeted only conservatives and the independent left .
Main Stream Media were unaffected [ Just a glitch ?
Google hides conservative & alt-media websites from search results for hours , RT , July 21 , 2020 ] .
The Federalist @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that this was a test run by Google to interfere in the 2020 election .
A former Google engineer said the “ glitch ” likely revealed another blacklist [ Ex-Google Engineer Says Glitch Blocking Websites Including Drudge , Breitbart Could Have Revealed a Mysterious List , by Rudy Takala , Mediaite , Jul 21 , 2020 ] .
This latest move continues what Google has been doing for some time , particularly since the advent of the Floyd-Hoax Riots .
In June , the company cut off advertising to the popular ZeroHedge and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Matter material .
Google restored ads to The Federalist after the site scrapped its comments section [ Google penalizes right-wing sites over ‘ derogatory content ’ , by Steven Overly , Politico , June 16 , 2020 ] .
That same month , its subsidiary YouTube banned Stefan Molyneux , American Renaissance , and many other Dissident Right channels .
YouTube ’ s explanation : Twitter ’ s action last week was even more radical .
It banned more than 7,000 accounts and limited the engagement of at least 150,000 accounts associated with @ @ @ @ @ @ @ shadowban terms associated with and block all links from QAnon sites [ Twitter bans 7,000 QAnon accounts , limits 150,000 others as part of broad crackdown , by Ben Collins and Brandy Zadrozny , NBC News , July 21 , 2020 ] .
QAnon conspiracy buffs believe a secret good Deep State working against the bad Deep State on Trump ’ s behalf .
The community believes a lot of silly things .
But so what ?
( Russia Hoax , anyone ? )
TV personality Chrissy Teigen is largely responsible for the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ were harassing her .
Teigen herself often insults President Trump and his supporters in vulgar fashion , but Twitter hasn ’ t banned the intemperate ditz [ Chrissy Teigen calls Trump a ' p—— a— b—— ' for insulting her in a tweet without tagging her , by Tom Porter , Business Insider , September 9 , 2019 ] .
And so Twitter wiped out some of Trump ’ s most devoted supporters , including conservatives and others who have no use for QAnon , in the middle of a presidential election year—using @ @ @ @ @ @ @ This would have been unthinkable back when Big Tech ’ s execs said they valued free speech .
But now they want Trump defeated , so free speech is out the window Trump knows what ’ s happening .
Big Tech has even censored him and his campaign for some months .
Multiple platforms have deep-sixed his ads , Twitter has censored several tweets , and Twitch temporarily banned him [ Twitch temporarily bans President Trump , by Jacob Kastrenakes , The Verge , June 29 , 2020 ] .
The questions : @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Trump do ?
The one thing he can not do : hope for Big Tech to back off .
In the past , corporations feared Trump ’ s wrath because critical tweets could hurt their stocks .
That fear has dissipated , largely due to the president ’ s criticism no longer impacting stock performance [ How Companies Learned to Stop Fearing Trump ’ s Twitter Wrath , by Alan Rappeport , The New York Times , March 20 , 2019 ] .
This change is all-too apparent in Silicon Valley .
Up @ @ @ @ @ @ @ rushed to soothe Trump ’ s anger and swore they didn ’ t censor his supporters [ Trump met with Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey — and complained about his follower count , by Tony Romm , The Washington Post , April 23 , 2019 ] .
Not anymore .
The tech tyrants think Trump is all bluster and likely headed for defeat in November .
They think Biden ’ s the man to worry about .
Fortunately , an executive petition is expected to be released this week expanding on Trump ’ s @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Stung By Twitter , Trump Signs Executive Order To Weaken Social Media Companies , by Bobby Allyn , NPR , May 28 , 2020 ] .
The new order will direct the Federal Communications Commission to investigate the tech platforms for violating Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act , which provides them with immunity from defamation suits because they are politically neutral .
( Gab founder Andrew Torba is skeptical of this approach—he prefers the idea of antitrust action against Big Tech . )
We all know now that Twitter , Facebook @ @ @ @ @ @ @ neutral .
Which invites the question of why they continue to receive such special protection .
Despite the general skepticism about the Executive Order ( not least from Trump ’ s long-suffering supporters ) , it could make a difference .
FCC action could dramatically reduce censorship .
Platforms would be forced to protect political speech and explain with much greater specificity the speech that violates their terms of service .
Losing Section 230 protection could put a social media platform out of business .
Twitter or Facebook , for instance , would @ @ @ @ @ @ @ their platforms , making them vulnerable to thousands of potentially ruinous defamation claims .
But will the FCC act ?
The majority of commissioners are Republicans and would be inclined to want a fair election this year .
If Trump and conservative media can pressure the FCC to act , tech tyrants might pull in their fangs .
Problem is , Trump can only ask the FCC to act .
The agency operates independently of the executive branch , and Trump can ’ t fire commissioners for failing to act on his executive @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
( One of the Republican commissioners , Michael O ’ Rielly , is skeptical about the order , but he is helpfully up for reappointment , which Trump can refuse if he doesn ’ t play ball ) .
This executive order is probably this election year ’ s best chance to stop Big Tech Tyranny .
Josh Hawley ’ s bill aiming to ensure tech platforms ’ respect free speech or lose their Section 230 protections won ’ t pass Congress .
House Democrats are not going to pass a bill @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Senate Leader McConnell apparently not interested enough to bring it up there .
( In an encouraging development , Rep. Matt Gaetz has just called for the prosecution of Facebook ’ s Mark Zuckerberg after whistleblowers apparently revealed that he lied to Congress about censorship—Veritas Video Heartens Congressman To Solicit AG Barr For Criminal Referral Related To Zuckerberg , Project Veritas , July 27 , 2020 . )
Some people want Trump to leave Twitter and Facebook for Gab or Parler to send a message .
My opinion : that won ’ t @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Trump and his supporters to leave .
Preaching to the choir , he would interact with far fewer people , and worse still , leave the major platforms the domain of liberals .
Noble efforts they are , but Gab and Parler are right-wing ghettoes .
Twitter , Facebook and the rest are the public forums of our era .
The tech tyrants know that .
Ensuring Big Tech respects free speech is the First Amendment fight of our time .
The tech tyrants have shown can literally shut down conservative ideas if @ @ @ @ @ @ @ can not win an election if he and his supporters are silenced .
It ’ s time for Trump and the GOP to kick the FCC in the seat of the pants and push the free-speech issue until the commissioners are too embarrassed not to act .
An election , and the future of the America , might well depend on it .
Washington Watcher II [ Email him ] is an anonymous DC insider .

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Earlier: Facebook Blocks VDARE.com, But Allows Antifa To ORGANIZE RIOTS
Big Tech is intensifying its censorship. Google hid several conservative websites from search results for several hours last week. Twitter banned thousands of accounts associated with the “QAnon” conspiracy crowd and threatened to suppress thousands more. The shutdown of conservative, pro-Trump opinion has occurred during the middle of an election year. In other words, President Trump and the GOP can no longer hope that public criticism will deter Tech Totalitarianism. They must act—and there are small signs they’ve got this message.
Google’s anti-conservative bias is nothing new. The tech giant manipulated search results to favor Democrats in 2016 and has maintained blacklists that hide conservative sources for years. Its “fact-check” feature targets right-wing media almost exclusively [Trump is right: More than Facebook & Twitter, Google threatens democracy, online freedom, by Brad Parscale, USA Today, September 10, 2018]. Searching for VDARE articles is more likely to bring you yet another $PLC hit job than an actual piece from our site.
Likewise for even more milquetoast or housebroken conservative sites. Thus last Monday and Tuesday, Google searches blocked Breitbart, The Blaze, The Daily Caller, and others for several hours. The blackout hit VDARE and a few independent Leftist outlets, too. It was a “glitch,” Google claimed, that mysteriously targeted only conservatives and the independent left. Main Stream Media were unaffected [Just a glitch? Google hides conservative & alt-media websites from search results for hours, RT, July 21, 2020]. The Federalist’s Mollie Hemingway and others speculated that this was a test run by Google to interfere in the 2020 election. A former Google engineer said the “glitch” likely revealed another blacklist [Ex-Google Engineer Says Glitch Blocking Websites Including Drudge, Breitbart Could Have Revealed a Mysterious List, by Rudy Takala, Mediaite, Jul 21, 2020].
This latest move continues what Google has been doing for some time, particularly since the advent of the Floyd-Hoax Riots. In June, the company cut off advertising to the popular ZeroHedge and The Federalist because of their anti-Black Lives Matter material. Google restored ads to The Federalist after the site scrapped its comments section [Google penalizes right-wing sites over ‘derogatory content’, by Steven Overly, Politico, June 16, 2020]. That same month, its subsidiary YouTube banned Stefan Molyneux, American Renaissance, and many other Dissident Right channels. YouTube’s explanation:
We have strict policies prohibiting hate speech. “After updating our guidelines to better address supremacist content, we saw a 5x spike in video removals and have terminated over 25,000 channels for violating our hate speech policies” [YouTube bans Stefan Molyneux, David Duke, Richard Spencer, and more for hate speech, by Julia Alexander, The Verge, June 29, 2020].
Twitter’s action last week was even more radical. It banned more than 7,000 accounts and limited the engagement of at least 150,000 accounts associated with QAnon. Twitter said it would also shadowban terms associated with and block all links from QAnon sites [Twitter bans 7,000 QAnon accounts, limits 150,000 others as part of broad crackdown, by Ben Collins and Brandy Zadrozny, NBC News, July 21, 2020].
QAnon conspiracy buffs believe a secret good Deep State is working against the bad Deep State on Trump’s behalf. The community believes a lot of silly things. But so what? (Russia Hoax, anyone?)
TV personality Chrissy Teigen is largely responsible for the ban. She complained that QAnon sites were harassing her. Teigen herself often insults President Trump and his supporters in vulgar fashion, but Twitter hasn’t banned the intemperate ditz [Chrissy Teigen calls Trump a 'p—— a— b——' for insulting her in a tweet without tagging her, by Tom Porter, Business Insider, September 9, 2019].
And so Twitter wiped out some of Trump’s most devoted supporters, including conservatives and others who have no use for QAnon, in the middle of a presidential election year—using the excuse of one irate celebrity.
This would have been unthinkable back when Big Tech’s execs said they valued free speech. But now they want Trump defeated, so free speech is out the window
Trump knows what’s happening. Big Tech has even censored him and his campaign for some months. Multiple platforms have deep-sixed his ads, Twitter has censored several tweets, and Twitch temporarily banned him [Twitch temporarily bans President Trump, by Jacob Kastrenakes, The Verge, June 29, 2020].
The questions: What should Trump do? What can Trump do?
The one thing he cannot do: hope for Big Tech to back off. In the past, corporations feared Trump’s wrath because critical tweets could hurt their stocks. That fear has dissipated, largely due to the president’s criticism no longer impacting stock performance [How Companies Learned to Stop Fearing Trump’s Twitter Wrath, by Alan Rappeport, The New York Times, March 20, 2019]. This change is all-too apparent in Silicon Valley.
Up to last year, the tech giants rushed to soothe Trump’s anger and swore they didn’t censor his supporters [Trump met with Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey — and complained about his follower count, by Tony Romm, The Washington Post, April 23, 2019].
Not anymore. The tech tyrants think Trump is all bluster and likely headed for defeat in November. They think Biden’s the man to worry about.
Fortunately, an executive petition is expected to be released this week expanding on Trump’s May executive order on tech censorship [Stung By Twitter, Trump Signs Executive Order To Weaken Social Media Companies, by Bobby Allyn, NPR, May 28, 2020]. The new order will direct the Federal Communications Commission to investigate the tech platforms for violating Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, which provides them with immunity from defamation suits because they are politically neutral. (Gab founder Andrew Torba is skeptical of this approach—he prefers the idea of antitrust action against Big Tech.) We all know now that Twitter, Facebook, and others aren’t politically neutral. Which invites the question of why they continue to receive such special protection.
Despite the general skepticism about the Executive Order (not least from Trump’s long-suffering supporters), it could make a difference. FCC action could dramatically reduce censorship. Platforms would be forced to protect political speech and explain with much greater specificity the speech that violates their terms of service. Losing Section 230 protection could put a social media platform out of business. Twitter or Facebook, for instance, would be liable for all material published on their platforms, making them vulnerable to thousands of potentially ruinous defamation claims.
But will the FCC act? The majority of commissioners are Republicans and would be inclined to want a fair election this year. If Trump and conservative media can pressure the FCC to act, tech tyrants might pull in their fangs.
Problem is, Trump can only ask the FCC to act. The agency operates independently of the executive branch, and Trump can’t fire commissioners for failing to act on his executive order. Persuasion is his only option. (One of the Republican commissioners, Michael O’Rielly, is skeptical about the order, but he is helpfully up for reappointment, which Trump can refuse if he doesn’t play ball).
This executive order is probably this election year’s best chance to stop Big Tech Tyranny. Josh Hawley’s bill aiming to ensure tech platforms’ respect free speech or lose their Section 230 protections won’t pass Congress. House Democrats are not going to pass a bill that could cost them an election—and GOP Senate Leader McConnell apparently not interested enough to bring it up there. (In an encouraging development, Rep. Matt Gaetz has just called for the prosecution of Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg after whistleblowers apparently revealed that he lied to Congress about censorship—Veritas Video Heartens Congressman To Solicit AG Barr For Criminal Referral Related To Zuckerberg, Project Veritas, July 27, 2020.)
Some people want Trump to leave Twitter and Facebook for Gab or Parler to send a message. My opinion: that won’t work. The tech tyrants probably want Trump and his supporters to leave. Preaching to the choir, he would interact with far fewer people, and worse still, leave the major platforms the domain of liberals.
Noble efforts they are, but Gab and Parler are right-wing ghettoes. Twitter, Facebook and the rest are the public forums of our era. The tech tyrants know that.
Ensuring Big Tech respects free speech is the First Amendment fight of our time. The tech tyrants have shown they can literally shut down conservative ideas if something isn’t done. Trump cannot win an election if he and his supporters are silenced.
It’s time for Trump and the GOP to kick the FCC in the seat of the pants and push the free-speech issue until the commissioners are too embarrassed not to act.
An election, and the future of the America, might well depend on it.
Washington Watcher II [Email him] is an anonymous DC insider.


vdare--2020-07-27--Patrick J. Buchanan: American 'Stormtroopers'—A Bright Shining Lie

Earlier : It Has Come To Blood : Riots Are Getting More Dangerous Every Day With the Mark O. Hatfield United States Courthouse under nightly siege from violent radicals , and Portland 's police hard-pressed to protect it , President Trump sent in federal agents to secure the building .
The reaction from Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi : Majority Whip James Clyburn endorsed the speaker 's equating of the U.S. law enforcement officers to Ernst Rohm 's SA thugs being deployed to do the dirty work of Adolph Hitler .
`` Nobody asked the federal government to come @ @ @ @ @ @ @ come to Seattle , '' ranted Clyburn .
`` This is something that 's made up of whole cloth by this administration as an excuse for sending in stormtroopers to incite the people . ''
Clyburn had earlier compared the U.S. officers sent to Portland to Heinrich Himmler 's Nazi secret police : `` This president and this attorney general seem to be doing everything they possibly can to impose Gestapo activities on local communities , and this is what I 've been warning about for a long time . ''
His Gestapo @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of the Chicago police of Mayor Richard J. Daley during the 1968 Democratic National Convention , after police clashed with radicals in Grant Park : `` With George McGovern , we would n't have Gestapo tactics in the streets of Chicago ! ''
What do the men and women of the FBI , DEA , ICE , DHS , CBP and the U.S .
Marshals Service think of congressional leaders who equate them with Nazi stormtroopers and the Gestapo ?
Outraged that Trump sent in federal agents to protect a building they had @ @ @ @ @ @ @ mob came out in even greater numbers and rioted through the weekend .
Saturday night , there were solidarity riots with Portland in Seattle , Oakland , Austin , Richmond , and other cities .
Consider the depth of hatred of Trump that would cause leaders of the Democratic Party to compare U.S. law enforcement to Nazis .
Still , to date , no apologies have been heard .
Yet , as police are again being cursed and showered with debris , it is hard to see how this country reunites , and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ prevails in November .
In addition to the reigniting of protests and riots in urban centers there has come , in tandem with demands to `` defund the police , '' a surge in violent crime .
Last week , Trump offered some staggering statistics : As Black Lives Matter protests revive , ostensibly for greater justice for black folks , a vastly disproportionate number of victims of these urban shootings and killings are black , as are a disproportionate number of the criminals doing the shooting and killing .
The New York @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Majority '' of 2020 , unlike Richard Nixon 's Silent Majority of 1969 , backs the protesters and their causes .
A dissent : While the country was disgusted and outraged at George Floyd 's death from that cop kneeling on his neck , and supported the protests and the calls for police reform , two months of leftist rampages have taken their toll .
When the protests turned into riots , when the looting and arson began , when the statues began to be pulled down , when the rampages went on @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Floyd 's death , support began to wane .
And it is dissipating quickly .
The country is not going to sit still for three more months of this .
At some point soon , America is going to say : Enough is enough .
Moreover , Trump has turned a permanent presidential spotlight on a real outrage : The shootings and killings that go on year in and year out , and are now escalating , especially in poor black neighborhoods of major cities , and are accepted as normal by the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ cities for decades .
Trump has put this issue on the table for the indefinite future .
And the ferocity of the liberal reaction testifies to the validity of the issue and the terror of the left that a consistent stand for law and order—and with the cops who guarantee it against the mobs that threaten it—might turn the tide in Middle America back to where it naturally resides .
The majority of Americans believe , and rightly so , that this is a good country .
And they will eventually tune out @ @ @ @ @ @ @ history and have on offer nothing but their own inchoate rage .
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 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 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: It Has Come To Blood: Riots Are Getting More Dangerous Every Day
With the Mark O. Hatfield United States Courthouse under nightly siege from violent radicals, and Portland's police hard-pressed to protect it, President Trump sent in federal agents to secure the building.
The reaction from Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi:
"The use of stormtroopers under the guise of law and order is a tactic that is not appropriate to our country in any way."
Majority Whip James Clyburn endorsed the speaker's equating of the U.S. law enforcement officers to Ernst Rohm's SA thugs being deployed to do the dirty work of Adolph Hitler.
"Nobody asked the federal government to come into Portland. Nobody asked them to come to Seattle," ranted Clyburn. "This is something that's made up of whole cloth by this administration as an excuse for sending in stormtroopers to incite the people."
Clyburn had earlier compared the U.S. officers sent to Portland to Heinrich Himmler's Nazi secret police: "This president and this attorney general seem to be doing everything they possibly can to impose Gestapo activities on local communities, and this is what I've been warning about for a long time."
His Gestapo comparison recalls Sen. Abe Ribicoff's denunciation of the Chicago police of Mayor Richard J. Daley during the 1968 Democratic National Convention, after police clashed with radicals in Grant Park: "With George McGovern, we wouldn't have Gestapo tactics in the streets of Chicago!"
What do the men and women of the FBI, DEA, ICE, DHS, CBP and the U.S. Marshals Service think of congressional leaders who equate them with Nazi stormtroopers and the Gestapo?
Outraged that Trump sent in federal agents to protect a building they had under siege for weeks, the Portland mob came out in even greater numbers and rioted through the weekend. Saturday night, there were solidarity riots with Portland in Seattle, Oakland, Austin, Richmond, and other cities.
Consider the depth of hatred of Trump that would cause leaders of the Democratic Party to compare U.S. law enforcement to Nazis.
Still, to date, no apologies have been heard.
Yet, as police are again being cursed and showered with debris, it is hard to see how this country reunites, and around what, no matter which party prevails in November.
In addition to the reigniting of protests and riots in urban centers there has come, in tandem with demands to "defund the police," a surge in violent crime. Last week, Trump offered some staggering statistics:
"In New York City, over 300 people were shot in the last month alone, a 277 ... percent increase over the same period of a year ago. Murders this year have spiked 27 percent in Philadelphia and 94 percent in Minneapolis compared to the same period in 2019.
"Perhaps no citizens have suffered more from the menace of violent crime than the wonderful people of Chicago ... At least 414 people have been murdered in the city this year, a roughly 50 percent increase over last year. More than 1,900 people have been shot. These are numbers that aren't even to be believed."
As Black Lives Matter protests revive, ostensibly for greater justice for black folks, a vastly disproportionate number of victims of these urban shootings and killings are black, as are a disproportionate number of the criminals doing the shooting and killing.
The New York Times suggests that a new "Silent Majority" of 2020, unlike Richard Nixon's Silent Majority of 1969, backs the protesters and their causes.
A dissent: While the country was disgusted and outraged at George Floyd's death from that cop kneeling on his neck, and supported the protests and the calls for police reform, two months of leftist rampages have taken their toll.
When the protests turned into riots, when the looting and arson began, when the statues began to be pulled down, when the rampages went on and on for weeks and months after Floyd's death, support began to wane. And it is dissipating quickly.
The country is not going to sit still for three more months of this. At some point soon, America is going to say: Enough is enough.
Moreover, Trump has turned a permanent presidential spotlight on a real outrage: the shootings and killings that go on year in and year out, and are now escalating, especially in poor black neighborhoods of major cities, and are accepted as normal by the same liberal Democrats who have misruled those cities for decades.
Trump has put this issue on the table for the indefinite future. And the ferocity of the liberal reaction testifies to the validity of the issue and the terror of the left that a consistent stand for law and order—and with the cops who guarantee it against the mobs that threaten it—might turn the tide in Middle America back to where it naturally resides.
The majority of Americans believe, and rightly so, that this is a good country. And they will eventually tune out radicals who visibly hate its heroes and history and have on offer nothing but their own inchoate rage.
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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--2020-07-27--It Has Come To Blood: Riots Are Getting More Dangerous Every Day

Earlier , by Peter Brimelow : `` It Will Come To Blood '' —Reflections On The Left 's Anti-Trump Inauguration Tantrum What ’ s happening across America is difficult for even the most hardened chronicler of what Michelle Malkin dubs # EndStageAmerica to comprehend .
Andy Ngo , one of the most courageous journalists in the country , has long documented the militancy of Antifa/Black Lives Matter terrorists , having once been hospitalized after being attacked by Antifa .
On July 26 , 2020 , Ngo Tweeted out an incredible video of two armed Americans pointing guns at one another @ @ @ @ @ @ @ supporter who had been blocking traffic in Eugene , Oregon ; the other was a white man who simply drove into the wrong blockade at the wrong time .
It ’ s a chilling , tense 10 seconds , with both men firmly holding their pistols and each pointing the muzzle directly at the other .
Does it capture Peter Brimelow ’ s inauguration day prophecy that “ it will come to blood ?
” Here ’ s a story detailing how this “ peaceful rally ” turned into a riot , with @ @ @ @ @ @ @ showcasing two people brandishing guns on each other : Eight were arrested Saturday night in Eugene , one for firing a gun in the crowd during the confrontation with counter protesters and others for vandalism of property downtown early Sunday morning A protest for the Black Lives Matter movement held in solidarity with Portland protesters Saturday night in Eugene was a night of clashing and close calls , as it almost immediately devolved into aggressive confrontation with counterprotesters and later property destruction downtown by some .
The deliberate property destruction was reminiscent of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the killing of George Floyd on May 29 , where several businesses on Sixth Avenue were vandalized .
Eugene police initially stayed away from the groups courthouse Saturday night during a face-off between pro-Black Lives Matter protesters and counterprotesters who waved American flags and held All Lives Matter signs .
Police monitored the situation remotely using drones , Eugene police said , and only made their presence known later that night just before midnight , after protesters had marched throughout downtown spray painting property , breaking windows and lighting trash cans on fire @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a total of eight people Saturday night .
Seven , including one juvenile , were arrested for rioting .
The other person was arrested for unlawful use of a weapon , related to a gun fired during the counter protest confrontation .
But things boiled over when a counterprotester tried to cross through the protester ’ s line , protesters pushed back and a physical fight ensued between the two groups .
Even before this , one counterprotester had pulled out what appeared to be a Taser and used it on people in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ At one point , a shot was fired into the air , and a University of Oregon Daily Emerald journalist also captured a short video showing a man in a truck and a protester clad in black pointing guns at each other .
As of 9:30 p.m. , Eugene police were not present at the scene , but a Eugene police news release said police were monitoring from further away .
Eventually , the group of protesters ( which spanned at least three blocks ) pushed counterprotesters back from the courthouse and up @ @ @ @ @ @ @ counterprotesters at this time .
Protesters later took to the streets and broke or vandalized the property of several businesses after speakers called on people to dismantle the capitalistic systems in Eugene during a regrouping rally at the courthouse .
“ We are here because we believe our community deserves the money from the police department , ” one speaker said .
“ Not a cent should go to the police , to the prison system or to ICE.
” They said Black and Indigenous people deserve liberation , and urged the crowd @ @ @ @ @ @ @ state does not care about us — the state cares about property , ” they yelled into a megaphone .
“ Property does not feel .
Property destruction is not violent.
” Eugene protest declared riot following night of confrontations , by Jordyn Brown , RegisterGuard.com , July 26 , 2020 “ Property does not feel .
Property destruction is not violent.
” It ’ s already come to blood .
People just don ’ t want to admit how extreme the situation is as we come to the close of July 2020 @

Earlier, by Peter Brimelow: "It Will Come To Blood"—Reflections On The Left's Anti-Trump Inauguration Tantrum
What’s happening across America is difficult for even the most hardened chronicler of what Michelle Malkin dubs #EndStageAmerica to comprehend.
Andy Ngo, one of the most courageous journalists in the country, has long documented the militancy of Antifa/Black Lives Matter terrorists, having once been hospitalized after being attacked by Antifa.
On July 26, 2020, Ngo Tweeted out an incredible video of two armed Americans pointing guns at one another. One was a Black Lives Matter/Antifa supporter who had been blocking traffic in Eugene, Oregon; the other was a white man who simply drove into the wrong blockade at the wrong time.
This was in Eugene, Ore. yesterday at the violent antifa gathering. They blocked off the streets and prevented a driver from using the road. When they surrounded him, he brandished a gun. One of the far-left protesters then brandished a gun back. https://t.co/WY1TgdI738 — Andy Ngô 🏳🌈 (@MrAndyNgo) July 26, 2020
It’s a chilling, tense 10 seconds, with both men firmly holding their pistols and each pointing the muzzle directly at the other.
Does it capture Peter Brimelow’s inauguration day prophecy that “it will come to blood?”
Yes.
Quite well.
Here’s a story detailing how this “peaceful rally” turned into a riot, with a lone paragraph dedicated to the video showcasing two people brandishing guns on each other:
Eight were arrested Saturday night in Eugene, one for firing a gun in the crowd during the confrontation with counter protesters and others for vandalism of property downtown early Sunday morning A protest for the Black Lives Matter movement held in solidarity with Portland protesters Saturday night in Eugene was a night of clashing and close calls, as it almost immediately devolved into aggressive confrontation with counterprotesters and later property destruction downtown by some. The deliberate property destruction was reminiscent of the first night of protests following the killing of George Floyd on May 29, where several businesses on Sixth Avenue were vandalized. Eugene police initially stayed away from the groups courthouse [sic] Saturday night during a face-off between pro-Black Lives Matter protesters and counterprotesters who waved American flags and held All Lives Matter signs. Police monitored the situation remotely using drones, Eugene police said, and only made their presence known later that night just before midnight, after protesters had marched throughout downtown spray painting property, breaking windows and lighting trash cans on fire along the way. Eugene police arrested a total of eight people Saturday night. Seven, including one juvenile, were arrested for rioting. The other person was arrested for unlawful use of a weapon, related to a gun fired during the counter protest confrontation. But things boiled over when a counterprotester tried to cross through the protester’s line, protesters pushed back and a physical fight ensued between the two groups. Even before this, one counterprotester had pulled out what appeared to be a Taser and used it on people in the crowd a little before 9 p.m. At one point, a shot was fired into the air, and a University of Oregon Daily Emerald journalist also captured a short video showing a man in a truck and a protester clad in black pointing guns at each other. As of 9:30 p.m., Eugene police were not present at the scene, but a Eugene police news release said police were monitoring from further away. Eventually, the group of protesters (which spanned at least three blocks) pushed counterprotesters back from the courthouse and up Pearl Street. There were about 30 counterprotesters at this time. Phase 2: Property damage, clash of ideals Protesters later took to the streets and broke or vandalized the property of several businesses after speakers called on people to dismantle the capitalistic systems in Eugene during a regrouping rally at the courthouse. “We are here because we believe our community deserves the money from the police department,” one speaker said. “Not a cent should go to the police, to the prison system or to ICE.” They said Black and Indigenous people deserve liberation, and urged the crowd to dismantle the state. “The state does not care about us — the state cares about property,” they yelled into a megaphone. “Property does not feel. Property destruction is not violent.” Eugene protest declared riot following night of confrontations, by Jordyn Brown, RegisterGuard.com, July 26, 2020
“Property does not feel. Property destruction is not violent.”
It’s already come to blood. People just don’t want to admit how extreme the situation is as we come to the close of July 2020.


vdare--2020-07-27--Who Are We? Enter Our Book Club Raffle And Find Out!

In 2004 , the late Samuel P. Huntington asked , Who Are We ?
: The Challenges to America 's National Identity .
In 2020 , the American Nation is still asking this question .
Our statues are being toppled , and Americans are told it is racist to have our own unique , defensible national interests and culture .
One wonders , is it too late ?
`` Who Are We ?
stridently defends an Anglo-Protestant , English-speaking , law-abiding , god-fearing , moralistic work-oriented culture in which a limited government deeply respects individual rights .
It similarly stands @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Creed ” –the principles of liberty , equality , individualism , representative government , and private property . ''
The late Sam Francis reviews Who Are We : `` The hunt is on for Samuel P. Huntington , the distinguished Harvard political scientist whose new book Who Are We ?
lifts a skeptical eyebrow at mass immigration and the cultural devastation it inflicts ... '' One thing 's for sure : It is not too late to enter our raffle !
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In 2004, the late Samuel P. Huntington asked, Who Are We?: The Challenges to America's National Identity.
In 2020, the American Nation is still asking this question. Our statues are being toppled, and Americans are told it is racist to have our own unique, defensible national interests and culture. One wonders, is it too late?
From Bob Weissberg's review in Human Events: "Who Are We? stridently defends an Anglo-Protestant, English-speaking, law-abiding, god-fearing, moralistic work-oriented culture in which a limited government deeply respects individual rights. It similarly stands up for what Huntington labels “The Creed”—the principles of liberty, equality, individualism, representative government, and private property."
The late Sam Francis reviews Who Are We: "The hunt is on for Samuel P. Huntington, the distinguished Harvard political scientist whose new book Who Are We? lifts a skeptical eyebrow at mass immigration and the cultural devastation it inflicts..."
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vdare--2020-07-27--Indian Doctor In Coronavirus Medical Fraud Scandal

Dr. Sapan Desai is in the NYT with this story .
When I see a headline like The Doctor Behind the Disputed Covid Data , my policy is always to ask `` What kind of doctor ? ''
The answer in this case is an Indian doctor , but that 's not the whole story : whatever kind of trouble Dr. Desai gets into because of his medical misdeeds , he ca n't be deported—he was born in Evanston , Illinois .
That is , he 's `` not an Indian '' in the sense that Judge Curiel was `` @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Mateen was `` not an Afghan '' , and the disloyal ( to her State and Party ) Governor Nikki Haley was `` Not an immigrant '' .
Indeed , Wikipedia describes him as an `` American physician '' .
But he acted like an Indian doctor—Indian doctors have a horrible record in the US for just this kind of behavior .
For reports of them placing profits or career ahead of patient welfare , see : • Indian Diversity Superstars And The Cancer Of Dishonesty At The Heart Of American Medical Research @ @ @ @ @ @ @ importing doctors from the Indian subcontinent : • `` The Community '' —Detroit FGM Doctor A Member Of Dawoodi Bohras , An Indian Shiite Sect That Refuses To Stop Cutting Little Girls • `` Ohio '' Doctor Accused Of Rape Would Be `` Indian '' Doctor If Victim Of Alleged Of Hate Crime • Pakistani Doctor Sikander Imran Gets 3 Years For Spiking White Girlfriend ’ s Drink To Induce Abortion • Pakistani Immigrant Doctor Kills , THEN Rapes Pregnant Blonde Woman In Ohio ; `` Ohio Doctor '' In Headlines

Dr. Sapan Desai is in the NYT with this story.
#medicine & #publichealth need to root out these individuals...“many who have known Dr. Desai, 41, described him as a man in a hurry, a former whiz kid willing to cut corners, misrepresent information or embellish his credentials as he pursued ambitions” https://t.co/m5ceBf7HRp — Dr. Beth S. Linas(she/her) (@bethlinas) July 27, 2020
When I see a headline like The Doctor Behind the Disputed Covid Data, my policy is always to ask "What kind of doctor?"
The answer in this case is an Indian doctor, but that's not the whole story: Whatever kind of trouble Dr. Desai gets into because of his medical misdeeds, he can't be deported—he was born in Evanston, Illinois.
That is, he's "not an Indian" in the sense that Judge Curiel was "not a Mexican," and Omar Mateen was "not an Afghan," and the disloyal (to her State and Party) Governor Nikki Haley was "Not an immigrant." Indeed, Wikipedia describes him as an "American physician."
But he acted like an Indian doctor—Indian doctors have a horrible record in the US for just this kind of behavior.
For reports of them placing profits or career ahead of patient welfare, see:
This is not the only problem with importing doctors from the Indian subcontinent:


vdare--2020-07-26--Gratitude: Rwandan Refugee Housed by Nantes Diocese Confesses to Setting Nantes Cathedral Ablaze

Rwandan refugee , 39 , faces up to 10 years in prison after admitting arson attack on Nantes cathedral By Peter Allen and Lydia Catling For Mailonline 06:50 26 Jul 2020 , A Rwandan refugee could face up to 10 years in prison after admitting setting fire to Nantes cathedral .
He ’ d been arrested before , denied his crime , and was let go .
But now they had more forensic evidence , so when arrested a second time , he broke down and confessed .
The 39-year-old man , who has solely been identified by his first @ @ @ @ @ @ @ security guard at the 15th-century Cathedral of Saint Peter and Saint Paint which set alight last week .
… Emmanuel was being housed by the Nantes diocese , having arrived in France five years ago , and was one of seven security guards at the cathedral .
Meanwhile , in the arson investigation of the fire that gutted the San Gabriel Mission , one of the oldest buildings in Southern California , the police have arrested a suspect .
They first arrested him for another fire-starting incident and now he think he also @ @ @ @ @ @ @ identity has not been released .
Whether these best known of the glut of church-burnings recently were ideologically-motivated or were merely the work of the usual nuts , perhaps excited by the media-endorsed craziness of 2020 , is unknown .

From the Daily Mail:
Rwandan refugee, 39, faces up to 10 years in prison after admitting arson attack on Nantes cathedral
By Peter Allen and Lydia Catling For Mailonline
06:50 26 Jul 2020, A Rwandan refugee could face up to 10 years in prison after admitting setting fire to Nantes cathedral.
He’d been arrested before, denied his crime, and was let go. But now they had more forensic evidence, so when arrested a second time, he broke down and confessed.
The 39-year-old man, who has solely been identified by his first name Emmanuel, worked as a volunteer security guard at the 15th-century Cathedral of Saint Peter and Saint Paint which set alight last week. … Emmanuel was being housed by the Nantes diocese, having arrived in France five years ago, and was one of seven security guards at the cathedral.
Meanwhile, in the arson investigation of the fire that gutted the San Gabriel Mission, one of the oldest buildings in Southern California, the police have arrested a suspect. They first arrested him for another fire-starting incident and now he think he also did the big one too. His identity has not been released.
Whether these best known of the glut of church-burnings recently were ideologically motivated or were merely the work of the usual nuts, perhaps excited by the media-endorsed craziness of 2020, is unknown.
[Comment at Unz.com]


vdare--2020-07-26--Olivia de Havilland, RIP

Olivia de Havilland, RIP

The movie star , who played played Maid Marian in 1938 ’ s Robin Hood and Melanie in 1939 ’ s Gone With the Wind , has died at 104 .
She was admired by other actors not just for her skills but for her courage in winning a major employment lawsuit in the California Supreme Court over the movie studios , who took their revenge upon her career .
David Niven explained this in his 1975 book Bring on the Empty Horses .
Before de Havilland ’ s victory in 1943 , most actors were signed to seven year @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the studio to plunge an actor into an interminable purgatory if he didn ’ t like the roles he was assigned : Certainly if an actor refused to perform , he could not expect to be paid , but the monstrous thing was … not only was he suspended for the duration of the filming of the picture ( probably at least four months ) , but he was also suspended for an additional 50 percent of the time as a punishment … and the entire period of six months was added to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of us gave twelve or fourteen sulfurous years of our short actors ’ lives working off a seven-year contract which had originally been conceived in mutual admiration and respect .
After one important actress had the guts to take her case against Warner Brothers all the way to the Supreme Court , a ruling was handed down that no contract with an employee could be extended without the employee ’ s consent , and every contract actor in Hollywood blessed Olivia de Havilland … but after her courageous stand , she was seldom @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
She won Oscars in 1946 and 1949 , so she wasn ’ t wholly unemployed .
Her sister Joan Fontaine won an Oscar in 1941 too .
And their cousin Geoffrey de Havilland designed the de Havilland Mosquito , a successful WWII warplane .
De Havilland must have been a glamorous name in the 1940s .

The movie star who played played Maid Marian in 1938’s Robin Hood and Melanie in 1939’s Gone With the Wind has died at 104.
She was admired by other actors not just for her skills but for her courage in winning a major employment lawsuit in the California Supreme Court over the movie studios, who took their revenge upon her career.
David Niven explained this in his 1975 book Bring on the Empty Horses. Before de Havilland’s victory in 1943, most actors were signed to seven year contracts, but the fine print allowed the studio to plunge an actor into an interminable purgatory if he didn’t like the roles he was assigned:
Certainly if an actor refused to perform, he could not expect to be paid, but the monstrous thing was … not only was he suspended for the duration of the filming of the picture (probably at least four months), but he was also suspended for an additional 50 percent of the time as a punishment … and the entire period of six months was added to the end of the contract. Some of us gave twelve or fourteen sulfurous years of our short actors’ lives working off a seven-year contract which had originally been conceived in mutual admiration and respect. After one important actress had the guts to take her case against Warner Brothers all the way to the Supreme Court, a ruling was handed down that no contract with an employee could be extended without the employee’s consent, and every contract actor in Hollywood blessed Olivia de Havilland … but after her courageous stand, she was seldom offered a role in a Hollywood picture.
She won Oscars in 1946 and 1949, so she wasn’t wholly unemployed.
Her sister Joan Fontaine won an Oscar in 1941 too. And their cousin Geoffrey de Havilland designed the de Havilland Mosquito, a successful WWII warplane.
De Havilland must have been a glamorous name in the 1940s.
[Comment at Unz.com]


vdare--2020-07-26--MIT Catholic Chaplain Canceled for Not Worshipping St. George Floyd Fervently Enough

Here ’ s What the M.I.T .
Catholic Chaplain Got Fired Over By NBP Staff | June 19 , 2020 , 4:02 EDT [ Editor ’ s Note : Below is the text of an email message that Father Daniel Moloney , the Catholic chaplain at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology , sent to Catholics at the university ( a group known as the Tech Catholic Community , or TCC ) on Sunday , June 7 , 2020 .
Two days later , the Archdiocese of Boston forced him to resign because of it . ]
From : Daniel P @ @ @ @ @ @ @ > Date : June 7 , 2020 at 6:01:06 AM EDT To : tccm < [ EMAIL ADDRESS OMITTED ] > Subject : [ TCCM ] Blessed are the peacemakers My brothers and sisters in Christ , It pains me not to be able to preach at a time like this .
The Gospel says one thing , and everyone else is saying partial truths , at most .
George Floyd was killed by a police officer , and shouldn ’ t have been .
He had not lived a virtuous life .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ including armed robbery , which he seems to have committed to feed his drug habit .
And he was high on drugs at the time of his arrest .
But we do not kill such people .
He committed sins , but we root for sinners to change their lives and convert to the Gospel .
Catholics want all life protected from conception until natural death .
The police officer who knelt on his neck until he died acted wrongly .
I do not know what he was thinking .
The charges filed @ @ @ @ @ @ @ say nothing about his state of mind .
He might have killed George Floyd intentionally , or not .
He hasn ’ t told us .
But he showed disregard for his life , and we can not accept that in our law enforcement officers .
It is right that he has been arrested and will be prosecuted .
In the wake of George Floyd ’ s death , most people in the country have framed this as an act of racism .
I don ’ t think we know that .
Many @ @ @ @ @ @ @ problem in police forces .
I don ’ t think we know that .
Police officers deal with dangerous and bad people all the time , and that often hardens them .
They do this so that the rest of us can live in peace , but sometimes at a cost to their souls .
Some of them certainly develop attitudes towards the people they investigate and arrest that are unjust and sinful .
We should pray that never happens , but we can see how it does .
Many parts of our @ @ @ @ @ @ @ wave

From New Boston Post:
Here’s What the M.I.T. Catholic Chaplain Got Fired Over
By NBP Staff | June 19, 2020, 4:02 EDT
[Editor’s Note: Below is the text of an email message that Father Daniel Moloney, the Catholic chaplain at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, sent to Catholics at the university (a group known as the Tech Catholic Community, or TCC) on Sunday, June 7, 2020. Two days later, the Archdiocese of Boston forced him to resign because of it.]
From: Daniel P Moloney <[EMAIL ADDRESS OMITTED]>
Date: June 7, 2020 at 6:01:06 AM EDT
To: tccm <[EMAIL ADDRESS OMITTED]>
Subject: [TCCM] Blessed are the peacemakers
My brothers and sisters in Christ,
It pains me not to be able to preach at a time like this. The Gospel says one thing, and everyone else is saying partial truths, at most. George Floyd was killed by a police officer, and shouldn’t have been. He had not lived a virtuous life. He was convicted of several crimes, including armed robbery, which he seems to have committed to feed his drug habit. And he was high on drugs at the time of his arrest. But we do not kill such people. He committed sins, but we root for sinners to change their lives and convert to the Gospel. Catholics want all life protected from conception until natural death. The police officer who knelt on his neck until he died acted wrongly. I do not know what he was thinking. The charges filed against him allege dangerous negligence, but say nothing about his state of mind. He might have killed George Floyd intentionally, or not. He hasn’t told us. But he showed disregard for his life, and we cannot accept that in our law enforcement officers. It is right that he has been arrested and will be prosecuted.
In the wake of George Floyd’s death, most people in the country have framed this as an act of racism. I don’t think we know that. Many people have claimed that racism is major problem in police forces. I don’t think we know that. Police officers deal with dangerous and bad people all the time, and that often hardens them. They do this so that the rest of us can live in peace, but sometimes at a cost to their souls. Some of them certainly develop attitudes towards the people they investigate and arrest that are unjust and sinful. We should pray that never happens, but we can see how it does. Many parts of our country have been experiencing a five-year crime wave


vdare--2020-07-26--Bar Exams Are Racist: The Great 2020 Lowering of Standards Intensifies

By easing its bar exam score , will California produce more Black and Latino lawyers ?
For more than three decades , California has clung to one of the nation ’ s toughest testing standards for law school students hoping to practice law in the most populous state in the country .
But this month , the California Supreme Court , which oversees the state bar , agreed to lower the passing score for the exam , a victory for law school deans who have long hoped the change would raise the number of Black and Latino people practicing law… @ @ @ @ @ @ @ population is white , 60 % are people of color .
But 68 % of California lawyers are white , and only 32 % are people of color , according to a new report by the State Bar of California ... .
Some speculated that the results of the February bar exam may also have influenced the court .
In February , a time when many graduates who failed the bar the first time retake it , only 26.8 % of all test takers passed .
5.0 % is really low .
But @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 20 .
Here ’ s the bar exam for February 2020 : The bright kids tend to take and pass the July bar exam on their first try .
For some reason , a huge fraction of first-time takers in July 2019 wound up in the Other ethnicity , which includes decline to state .
So here is July 2018 : So , 69.5 % of whites from top law schools in California passed the California bar exam on their first try in July 2018 vs. 45.1 % of blacks .
So that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a huge one .
But while 57 % of white bar exam takers were first-timers from in-state or out-of-state ABA Approved schools , only 38 % of blacks fell into that fortunate category .
Here ’ s the July 2018 data in a more useful format : So , among first timers , 63.5 % of whites passed compared to 33.0 % of blacks .
Among repeaters , 18.
% of whites passed vs. 8.1 % of blacks .
Overall , 49.4 % of whites passed vs. 20.0 % of blacks .
Whether @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a question for law journals over the years , and critics have written that it fails to measure the real abilities required to be good lawyers .
The average national bar exam passing score is 1350 .
New York ’ s is 1330 .
California ’ s was 1440 until the court permanently reduced it to 1390 .
Both Chemerinsky and Mnookin estimated that change will raise the pass rate by 10 % .
The court did not apply the new score retroactively .
Victor D. Quintanilla , a professor at Indiana University @ @ @ @ @ @ @ an adjunct faculty member of the Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences , said pass rates for the California bar have been falling for all applicants , but the effects of California ’ s particularly high test score have disproportionately hurt racial and ethnic minorities .
He is part of a foundation-funded team of law professors and social psychologists who have been studying California ’ s bar exam results for the last 10 years .
He said 19.5 % of white test takers never pass the bar even after multiple attempts .
By @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of Black test takers and 30.5 % of Latinos never pass .
Quintanilla , who also chairs the Assn .
of American Law Schools section on the empirical study of legal education , said Black people and Latinos generally do worse than white counterparts on “ high-stakes ” standardized tests , such as the SAT .
Studies attribute the differences to disparities in educational opportunities and other socioeconomic factors .
Social psychologists also have found that people of color worry when taking standardized tests if the results might reinforce negative stereotypes , and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ said .
“ There is social psychological research that shows that even when people of color take an exam and do well , that exam may not reflect their true potential , ” said Quintanilla , who has a law degree and is getting his doctorate in social psychology .
The team studying the bar , which includes faculty from Stanford University and USC , will deliver findings to the California Supreme Court next month .
Quintanilla said he was glad that the court lowered the score , but added : “ It @ @ @ @ @ @ @ are substantial benefits to be gained by moving further still.
” The seven-member state high court has two white justices , one Black justice , one Latino and three Asian Americans .

From the L.A. Times news section:
By easing its bar exam score, will California produce more Black and Latino lawyers? By MAURA DOLAN STAFF WRITER
JULY 26, 20205 AM For more than three decades, California has clung to one of the nation’s toughest testing standards for law school students hoping to practice law in the most populous state in the country. But this month, the California Supreme Court, which oversees the state bar, agreed to lower the passing score for the exam, a victory for law school deans who have long hoped the change would raise the number of Black and Latino people practicing law…. Forty percent of California’s population is white, 60% are people of color. But 68% of California lawyers are white, and only 32% are people of color, according to a new report by the State Bar of California.... Some speculated that the results of the February bar exam may also have influenced the court. In February, a time when many graduates who failed the bar the first time retake it, only 26.8% of all test takers passed.
Of the first-time test takers from law schools accredited by the American Bar Assn., considered the top schools in the state, 51.7% of white graduates passed, compared with 5% of Black grads, 32.6% of Latinos and 42.2% of Asians.
5.0% is really low. But it was a sample size of only 20. Here’s the bar exam for February 2020:
The bright kids tend to take and pass the July bar exam on their first try. For some reason, a huge fraction of first-time takers in July 2019 wound up in the Other ethnicity, which includes decline to state. So here is July 2018:
So, 69.5% of whites from top law schools in California passed the California bar exam on their first try in July 2018 vs. 45.1% of blacks. So that’s a sizable gap but not a huge one.
But while 57% of white bar exam takers were first-timers from in-state or out-of-state ABA Approved schools, only 38% of blacks fell into that fortunate category.
Here’s the July 2018 data in a more useful format:
Cal Bar July 2018 White White % Black Black Black Black % / First timers Took passed Passed Took Passed % White % CA ABA App 1650 1,147 69.5% 153 69 45.1% 64.9% Out of State ABA App 498 336 67.5% 72 18 25.0% 37.0% CA Accedited 108 23 21.3% 15 3 20.0% 93.9% CA Unaccredited 35 6 17.1% – Other 284 122 43.0% 45 4 8.9% 20.7% Total 2575 1,634 63.5% 285 94 33.0% 52.0% – – Repeaters – – CA ABA App 425 101 23.8% 95 10 10.5% 44.1% Out of State ABA App 142 22 15.5% 66 6 9.1% 58.7% CA Accedited 258 31 12.0% 61 4 6.6% 55.0% CA Unaccredited 125 12 9.6% 29 – 0.0% 0.0% Other 223 51 22.9% 59 5 8.5% 37.1% Total 1173 217 18.5% 310 25 8.1% 43.6% Both Total 3,748 1,851 49.4% 595 119 20.0% 40.5% First Timers / Total 68.7% 88.3% #### 79.0% Repeaters / Total 31.3% 11.7% #### 21.0%
So, among first timers, 63.5% of whites passed compared to 33.0% of blacks.
Among repeaters, 18.% of whites passed vs. 8.1% of blacks.
Overall, 49.4% of whites passed vs. 20.0% of blacks.


vdare--2020-07-26--Latin America Now Surpasses COVID-19 Total of U.S. and Canada. Keep That Southern Border Tight.

The COVID-19 coronavirus got started later in Latin America than in the United States , but it is now the @ @ @ @ @ raw numbers of COVID-19 infections .
Sounds like we better keep the southern border as @ @ @ @ @ America now has 4,327,160 total cases of the novel coronavirus compared to 4,308,495 infections in @ @ @ @ @ according to the count based on data provided by the governments of each country .
@ @ @ @ @ be the individual country with the highest number of infections and deaths from COVID-19 , @ @ @ @ @ the virus , with more than 4.2 million cases and roughly 146,000 deaths , followed @ @ @ @ @ million cases and nearly 87,000 dead .
Mexico , Peru and Chile also are among @ @ @ @ @ COVID-19 cases .
Mexico is now # 4 in coronavirus deaths , after the U.S. @ @ @ @ @ .

The COVID-19 coronavirus got started later in Latin America than in the United States, but it is now the region leading the world in raw numbers of COVID-19 infections.
From Reuters:
Coronavirus cases in Latin America for the first time have surpassed the combined infections in the United States and Canada, a Reuters tally showed on Sunday [July 26], amid a surge of infections in Brazil, Mexico, Peru, Colombia and Argentina. The quickly growing number of cases make Latin America the region most impacted by the pandemic globally, with 26.83% of worldwide cases. [Latin America leads world in coronavirus cases, Reuters count shows, (Reporting by Daniela Desantis and Javier Leira; Writing by Dave Sherwood; Editing by Will Dunham), Reuters, July 26, 2020]
Sounds like we better keep the southern border as tight as possible.
Latin America now has 4,327,160 total cases of the novel coronavirus compared to 4,308,495 infections in United States and Canada, according to the count based on data provided by the governments of each country. The United States continues to be the individual country with the highest number of infections and deaths from COVID-19, the respiratory disease caused by the virus, with more than 4.2 million cases and roughly 146,000 deaths, followed by Brazil, with 2.4 million cases and nearly 87,000 dead. Mexico, Peru and Chile also are among the top 10 nations in COVID-19 cases.
Mexico is now #4 in coronavirus deaths, after the U.S., Brazil and the UK.
According to the Reuters count, the number of people known to have been infected worldwide exceeds 16.1 million. Health experts have said that official data almost certainly under-reports infections and deaths, particularly in countries with limited testing capacity.
Keep that southern border tight.


vdare--2020-07-26--Peter Brimelow On The Riots: We Predicted This When The Left Rioted At The Inauguration

A Twitter thread , screenshotted for the permanent record .
The same thread appeared on Gab , with a slightly @ @ @ @ @ on Gab here .

A Twitter thread, screenshotted for the permanent record. The same thread appeared on Gab, with a slightly different ending.
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vdare--2020-07-26--Hispanic Immigrant Says 1964 Civil Rights Act Enabled BLM War Against Historic American Nation And I

Hispanic Immigrant Says 1964 Civil Rights Act Enabled BLM War Against Historic American Nation And It Should Be Repealed.

See also : Jefferson 's Prophecy , The Rest Of The Story : `` The Two Races , Equally Free , Can not Live In The Same Government '' President Donald Trump ’ s strong defense of Western civilization during his speech at Mount Rushmore back on July 3 provoked the usual caterwauling from the Dem/ Mainstream Media Treason Lobby Complex .
Yet that likely wouldn ’ t have been possible were it not for a seminal event almost exactly 56 years earlier : on July 2 , 1964 , President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ predicted it , open warfare against the Historic American Nation .
As a practical matter , as Christopher Caldwell wrote in his latest book The Age Of Entitlement , the Civil Rights Act has now supplanted the real Constitution to the long-term detriment of the country , not least from supposedly unintended consequences .
For the past 56 years , America has undergone a Great Leap Forward in social engineering that has thoroughly destabilized the American body politic .
The new federal protections meant to stop discrimination did not have the intended effect @ @ @ @ @ @ @ promptly inverted by federal courts and bureaucrats to mean preferences for blacks and other “ protected classes , ” apparently did not satisfy blacks .
Despite whites ’ genuflecting to blacks with all sorts of concessions , anti-white animus has intensified to the level of outright , visceral hatred that we see today .
Thus , Leftist commentators now claim that the fight for civil rights is not over and even more inequalities and injustices that must be addressed [ The Fight For Civil Rights Is Far From Over , by Jon Else @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ] .
The recent wave of BLM protests have descended into arson , looting , and iconoclastic vandalism in the name of fighting “ systemic racism ” and “ white supremacy.
” Nothing changed , if you believe the Black Lives Matter narrative—despite 56 years of concessions to angry blacks .
Granted , blacks have faced and still face considerable struggles in terms of unemployment , gang and other violence , and fatherless and broken families , the last largely because of rampant bastardy [ The Black Family : 40 Years Of Lies @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Journal , Summer 2005 ] .
But we all know none of those pathologies are related to “ systemic racism ” or oppression or white privilege .
Indeed , they likely stem from the Civil Rights movement itself and its underlying ideological assumptions .
The CRA , for instance , contains provisions that violate the property rights of private business , as former Rep. Ron Paul and his son , Kentucky Senator Rand Paul , have correctly observed [ Paul says he would have opposed 1964 Civil Rights Act , by Michael O @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 13 , 2011 ] .
From the point of view of classical liberal theory , the state should not compel business owners to serve people with whom they don ’ t wish to associate or do business .
Free individuals can shop elsewhere or organize peaceful protests against these businesses .
Other commentators on the Dissident Right such as Ilana Mercer and Paul Gottfried specifically take issue with the provisions that have destroyed freedom of association and the social engineering they have unleashed .
Beyond that , the successors to Martin Luther King @ @ @ @ @ @ @ power of the managerial state , under the guise of enforcing the CRA , as a blunt weapon against the Historic American Nation .
Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson have dialed up anti-white hate with their race hustling and calls for increased government intervention to address the alleged scourge of “ systemic racism.
” But they were not the inventors .
The war against Free Association and private enterprise began the champion of the Civil Rights movement : MLK himself .
As the historian Tom Woods demonstrated in 33 Questions About American History @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , King was no fan of Western-style capitalism : In fact , the Universal Basic Income currently widely discussed was one of King ’ s greatest political objectives .
In his 1967 book , Where Do We Go from Here : Chaos or Community , King was transparent about his redistributionist vision , writing Nor did King stop with proto-UBI proposals .
He demanded reparations on ethno-Marxist lines .
[ Continuing MLK ’ s demand for reparations , by Kalonda Mulamba , Medium.com , January 20 , 2020.He did not believe the managerial @ @ @ @ @ @ @ enough to address the plight of African Americans [ Exclusive : Martin Luther King Jr. Talks Reparations in Previously Unheard Speech , The Root , September 6 , 2019 ] .
In other words , King ’ s redistributionist ideas live on in American political discourse , and radical groups such as BLM , whose leaders explicitly identify as “ trained Marxists , ” have taken up his mantle of radical racial redistribution .
They ’ re rolling full-speed ahead with plenty of corporate and media support [ These are the major brands @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , by Mercey Livingston , CNET , June 16 , 2020 ] .
So none of America ’ s concessions either in the Civil Rights Act or afterward in myriad other laws and court rulings , from Affirmative Action to subsidized housing , have proved to be enough—as the renewed call for “ reparations ” quite plainly shows .
So-called black leaders are even more explicit in expressing their desire to gobble up the fruits of American labor .
At every opportunity , a predatory minority politician blames minority poverty and other pathologies @ @ @ @ @ @ @ step in and level the playing field at white Americans ’ expense .
[ John Conyers re-introduces H.R .
40 on reparations for slavery and discrimination , Tracing Center , January 4th , 2013 ] The terrible turn of events of the past few weeks was entirely predictable , as the late Sam Francis suggested in his 1998 takedown of the King Holiday .
But now the results of the ideological push toward total equality , then redistribution through welfare and Affirmative Action , are all too obvious : • 70 percent of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , as City Journal ’ s Hymowitz reported above .
• Broken schools in urban centers like Baltimore that struggle to produce adequate graduates , despite having the third-highest spending per pupil in the nation [ Black Self-Sabotage , by Walter Williams , Creators.com , November 29 , 2017 ] .
• Blacks leading all ethnic groups as net recipients of welfare , at approximately 40 percent [ 23 Shocking Statistics of Welfare in America , by Rebecca Lake , Ccom , May 23 , 2016 ] .
Far from acknowledging these facts @ @ @ @ @ @ @ help blacks , BLM and its white Leftist allies continue rampaging against the phantoms of “ white supremacy , ” as if tearing down the statues of long-dead Confederates will lift a single black mom and her children out of poverty , or save another little black girl in Chicago from another stray bullet [ 18 dead , 47 wounded in Chicago weekend shootings , Chicago Sun-Times , June 29 , 2020 ] .
And once the dust settles from the BLM riots , now that we ’ ve added lack of policing @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ideological foundations , blacks will continue their downward spiral into Banana Republic oblivion .
That will be the result when Caldwell ’ s “ Civil Rights Constitution completely replaces the real Constitution .
Blacks and other minorities have no intention of curtailing their use of the administrative state as a battering ram against the Historic American Nation .
Thanks to relentless indoctrination from the MSM and the Education establishment , millions of American are in a drunken stupor that prevents them from recognizing the reality of race and why America ’ s founding @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Founding stock—I say this as an immigrant from Latin America ) must be defended until the bitter end .
If it doesn ’ t sober up , America is destined to tumble into the abyss of multicultural chaos [ No Go Zones : A Guide to Western Failed States and European Secessionist Movements , Ammo.com ] .
Nothing short of the overthrow of the modern-day managerial state will save us from impending doom .
Face it ( as Christopher Caldwell did , to his credit , albeit discreetly ) : that means repealing @ @ @ @ @ @ @ de Alvarado [ Email him ] is a Hispanic dissident who is well aware of the realities of race from his experience living throughout Latin America and in the United States .
As a native of lands conquered by brave Spaniards but later subverted by centuries of multi-racial trickery and despotic governance , Pedro offers clear warnings to Americans about the perils of multi-racialism .

pedrodealvarado@protonmail.com (Pedro  de Alvarado)

See also: Jefferson's Prophecy, The Rest Of The Story: "The Two Races, Equally Free, Cannot Live In The Same Government"
President Donald Trump’s strong defense of Western civilization during his speech at Mount Rushmore back on July 3 provoked the usual caterwauling from the Dem/ Mainstream Media Treason Lobby Complex. Yet that likely wouldn’t have been possible were it not for a seminal event almost exactly 56 years earlier: On July 2, 1964, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964—in effect beginning, although almost no one predicted it, open warfare against the Historic American Nation.
As a practical matter, as Christopher Caldwell wrote in his latest book The Age Of Entitlement, the Civil Rights Act has now supplanted the real Constitution to the long-term detriment of the country, not least from supposedly unintended consequences. For the past 56 years, America has undergone a Great Leap Forward in social engineering that has thoroughly destabilized the American body politic.
The new federal protections meant to stop discrimination did not have the intended effect. Newly-won equality under the law, promptly inverted by federal courts and bureaucrats to mean preferences for blacks and other “protected classes,” apparently did not satisfy blacks. Despite whites’ genuflecting to blacks with all sorts of concessions, anti-white animus has intensified to the level of outright, visceral hatred that we see today.
Thus, Leftist commentators now claim that the fight for civil rights is not over and even more inequalities and injustices that must be addressed [The Fight For Civil Rights Is Far From Over, by Jon Else, HuffPost, March 27, 2017]. The recent wave of BLM protests have descended into arson, looting, and iconoclastic vandalism in the name of fighting “systemic racism” and “white supremacy.”
Nothing changed, if you believe the Black Lives Matter narrative—despite 56 years of concessions to angry blacks.
Granted, blacks have faced and still face considerable struggles in terms of unemployment, gang and other violence, and fatherless and broken families, the last largely because of rampant bastardy [The Black Family: 40 Years Of Lies, by Kay S. Hymowitz, City Journal, Summer 2005].
But we all know none of those pathologies are related to “systemic racism” or oppression or white privilege. Indeed, they likely stem from the Civil Rights movement itself and its underlying ideological assumptions.
The CRA, for instance, contains provisions that violate the property rights of private business, as former Rep. Ron Paul and his son, Kentucky Senator Rand Paul, have correctly observed [Paul says he would have opposed 1964 Civil Rights Act, by Michael O’Brien, The Hill, May 13, 2011]. From the point of view of classical liberal theory, the state should not compel business owners to serve people with whom they don’t wish to associate or do business. Free individuals can shop elsewhere or organize peaceful protests against these businesses.
Other commentators on the Dissident Right such as Ilana Mercer and Paul Gottfried specifically take issue with the provisions that have destroyed freedom of association and the social engineering they have unleashed.
Beyond that, the successors to Martin Luther King Jr.’s movement have used the power of the managerial state, under the guise of enforcing the CRA, as a blunt weapon against the Historic American Nation. Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson have dialed up anti-white hate with their race hustling and calls for increased government intervention to address the alleged scourge of “systemic racism.”
But they were not the inventors. The war against Free Association and private enterprise began with the champion of the Civil Rights movement: MLK himself.
As the historian Tom Woods demonstrated in 33 Questions About American History You’re Not Supposed to Ask, King was no fan of Western-style capitalism:
In fact, the Universal Basic Income currently widely discussed was one of King’s greatest political objectives. In his 1967 book, Where Do We Go from Here: Chaos or Community, King was transparent about his redistributionist vision, writing
“I’m now convinced that the simplest approach will prove to be the most effective — the solution to poverty is to abolish it directly by a now widely discussed measure: the guaranteed income.”
Nor did King stop with proto-UBI proposals. He demanded reparations on ethno-Marxist lines. [Continuing MLK’s demand for reparations, by Kalonda Mulamba, Medium.com, January 20, 2020. He did not believe the managerial constraints of the Civil Rights Act were enough to address the plight of African Americans [Exclusive: Martin Luther King Jr. Talks Reparations in Previously Unheard Speech, The Root, September 6, 2019].
In other words, King’s redistributionist ideas live on in American political discourse, and radical groups such as BLM, whose leaders explicitly identify as “trained Marxists,” have taken up his mantle of radical racial redistribution.
They’re rolling full-speed ahead with plenty of corporate and media support [These are the major brands donating to the Black Lives Matter movement, by Mercey Livingston, CNET, June 16, 2020].
So none of America’s concessions either in the Civil Rights Act or afterward in myriad other laws and court rulings, from Affirmative Action to subsidized housing, have proved to be enough—as the renewed call for “reparations” quite plainly shows. So-called black leaders are even more explicit in expressing their desire to gobble up the fruits of American labor. At every opportunity, a predatory minority politician blames minority poverty and other pathologies on whites, demanding that government step in and level the playing field at white Americans’ expense [John Conyers re-introduces H.R. 40 on reparations for slavery and discrimination, Tracing Center, January 4th, 2013].
The terrible turn of events of the past few weeks was entirely predictable, as the late Sam Francis suggested in his 1998 takedown of the King Holiday. But now the results of the ideological push toward total equality, then redistribution through welfare and Affirmative Action, are all too obvious:
70 percent of black children are born to single mothers, as City Journal’s Hymowitz reported above.
Broken schools in urban centers like Baltimore that struggle to produce adequate graduates, despite having the third-highest spending per pupil in the nation [Black Self-Sabotage, by Walter Williams, Creators.com, November 29, 2017].
Blacks leading all ethnic groups as net recipients of welfare, at approximately 40 percent [23 Shocking Statistics of Welfare in America, by Rebecca Lake, Ccom, May 23, 2016].
Far from acknowledging these facts and responding with policies and programs to help blacks, BLM and its white Leftist allies continue rampaging against the phantoms of “white supremacy,” as if tearing down the statues of long-dead Confederates will lift a single black mom and her children out of poverty, or save another little black girl in Chicago from another stray bullet [18 dead, 47 wounded in Chicago weekend shootings, Chicago Sun-Times, June 29, 2020].
And once the dust settles from the BLM riots, now that we’ve added lack of policing and anarcho-tyranny to the CRA’s ideological foundations, blacks will continue their downward spiral into Banana Republic oblivion.
That will be the result when Caldwell’s “Civil Rights Constitution ” completely replaces the real Constitution. Blacks and other minorities have no intention of curtailing their use of the administrative state as a battering ram against the Historic American Nation.
Thanks to relentless indoctrination from the MSM and the Education establishment, millions of American are in a drunken stupor that prevents them from recognizing the reality of race and why America’s founding values (and, ultimately, its Founding stock—I say this as an immigrant from Latin America) must be defended until the bitter end. If it doesn’t sober up, America is destined to tumble into the abyss of multicultural chaos [No Go Zones: A Guide to Western Failed States and European Secessionist Movements, Ammo.com].
Nothing short of the overthrow of the modern-day managerial state will save us from impending doom.
Face it (as Christopher Caldwell did, to his credit, albeit discreetly): that means repealing the 1964 Civil Rights Act.
Pedro de Alvarado [Email him] is a Hispanic dissident who is well aware of the realities of race from his experience living throughout Latin America and in the United States. As a native of lands conquered by brave Spaniards but later subverted by centuries of multi-racial trickery and despotic governance, Pedro offers clear warnings to Americans about the perils of multi-racialism.


vdare--2020-07-26--How Is Antifa Organized?

How Is Antifa Organized?

Earlier : Facebook Blocks VDARE.com , But Allows Antifa To ORGANIZE RIOTS iSteve commenter Muggles speculates on the nature of Antifa : > > It seems to be a type of leaderless resistance and the MSM has no interest in probing that.
< < This is what we are being fed , but as most here suspect this may be a scam or con .
You would expect that by now , were these groups labeled “ alt right ” or neo nazi , entire issues of establishment publications and websites would have elaborate tables of organization and leadership .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ LEOs have informants and agents working with these groups from the inside .
For what reason remains the real mystery .
a .
“ Anarchist ” left ideology claims to be leaderless by design .
On the street level this isn ’ t true , but few “ leaders ” willing to accept that label .
b .
The reason for a. is mainly the federal RICO statutes .
If you claim no “ organization ” then you can ’ t be legally responsible for the acts of “ members.
” Smart if @ @ @ @ @ @ @

Earlier: Facebook Blocks VDARE.com, But Allows Antifa To ORGANIZE RIOTS
iSteve commenter Muggles speculates on the nature of Antifa:
>>It seems to be a type of leaderless resistance and the MSM has no interest in probing that.<<
This is what we are being fed, but as most here suspect this may be a scam or con. You would expect that by now, were these groups labeled “alt right” or neo nazi, entire issues of establishment publications and websites would have elaborate tables of organization and leadership.
Also I believe both federal and local LEOs have informants and agents working with these groups from the inside. For what reason remains the real mystery.
Several major factors:
a. “Anarchist” left ideology claims to be leaderless by design. On the street level this isn’t true, but few “leaders” willing to accept that label.
b. The reason for a. is mainly the federal RICO statutes. If you claim no “organization” then you can’t be legally responsible for the acts of “members.” Smart if you can get away with that.


vdare--2020-07-26--NYT: Racial Slurs Are Clever as Long as They Demean White Women

Earlier : `` And Five Minutes Later She Is Dead '' —The Dead Beckys Who Should Have Called 911 From the New York Times news pages : Will It Take a Clever Acronym to Stop Racially Motivated 911 Calls ?
A San Francisco politician thinks a new bill — named the “ CAREN Act ” — could be what it takes to get people ’ s attention , and limit potential harm .
The stories showed up in Shamann Walton ’ s social media feeds with alarming regularity : An eight-year-old selling water to raise money to go to Disneyland @ @ @ @ @ @ @ charcoal grill near Lake Merritt .
A man bird watching in Central Park .
A woman sitting , leisurely , on a public bench in Manhattan .
All of these activities — and several more like them — had been reported to law enforcement , often by strangers passing by .
In elementary school , these 911-dialers might have been labeled a tattletale .
Today , a more widely used term is “ Karen ” : It ’ s internet shorthand for a white woman who embodies entitled “ Can-I-speak-to-the-manager ?
” energy @ @ @ @ @ @ @ concern .
Mr. Walton , who is a Democrat on the San Francisco board of supervisors , is well aware that this behavior can lead to real consequences for Black Americans : They are disproportionately likely to be killed by the police , according to analysis by the news media and academic research .
Enter Karen .
Or CAREN .
Mr. Walton [ Tweet him ] recently proposed a new ordinance , named the “ CAREN Act , ” to discourage and penalize people for making racially motivated 911 calls without reasonable suspicion @ @ @ @ @ @ @ are a little less catchy , burdened by phrases like “ planning code.
” But Mr. Walton ’ s proposal speaks to the meme-ified trope those who are online can readily identify .
He wouldn ’ t comment specifically on the ordinance ’ s wink of a name — which stands for Caution Against Racially Exploitative Non-Emergencies — or talk about how many drafts he went through before landing on this acronym .
He did note the dangers represented by the “ Karen ” meme , and this ordinance certainly gathered more national @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , whether that was the intention or not .

Earlier: "And Five Minutes Later She Is Dead"—The Dead Beckys Who Should Have Called 911
From the New York Times news pages:
Will It Take a Clever Acronym to Stop Racially Motivated 911 Calls?
A San Francisco politician thinks a new bill — named the “CAREN Act” — could be what it takes to get people’s attention, and limit potential harm.
By Evan Nicole Brown
July 24, 2020
The stories showed up in Shamann Walton’s social media feeds with alarming regularity: An eight-year-old selling water to raise money to go to Disneyland. A family barbecuing food on a charcoal grill near Lake Merritt. A man bird watching in Central Park. A woman sitting, leisurely, on a public bench in Manhattan. All of these activities — and several more like them — had been reported to law enforcement, often by strangers passing by.
In elementary school, these 911-dialers might have been labeled a tattletale. Today, a more widely used term is “Karen”: It’s internet shorthand for a white woman who embodies entitled “Can-I-speak-to-the-manager?” energy, cloaking prejudice in feigned innocence and concern.
Mr. Walton, who is a Democrat on the San Francisco board of supervisors, is well aware that this behavior can lead to real consequences for Black Americans: They are disproportionately likely to be killed by the police, according to analysis by the news media and academic research.
Enter Karen. Or CAREN. Mr. Walton [Tweet him] recently proposed a new ordinance, named the “CAREN Act,” to discourage and penalize people for making racially motivated 911 calls without reasonable suspicion of a crime.
Most municipal bills are a little less catchy, burdened by phrases like “planning code.” But Mr. Walton’s proposal speaks to the meme-ified trope those who are online can readily identify.
He wouldn’t comment specifically on the ordinance’s wink of a name — which stands for Caution Against Racially Exploitative Non-Emergencies — or talk about how many drafts he went through before landing on this acronym. He did note the dangers represented by the “Karen” meme, and this ordinance certainly gathered more national attention than other board of supervisors business, whether that was the intention or not.