vdare--2020-02-28--Iberia 2200 B.C.: Immigration Doesn't Mean Replacement (Until It Does)

See , earlier : `` Actually , There Has Always Been Migration '' —But In Those Days They Called It Invading !
… The research is the latest study of ancient DNA from the lab of David Reich , a professor of genetics in HMS ’ s Blavatnik Institute , who has positioned himself as a juggernaut in the growing field of paleogenomics , the study of these ancient genomes .
… One new story is the case of the vanishing Iberian men .
About 4,500 years ago , a new population group showed up in Iberia .
Unlike the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ be a mix of Iberian hunter-gatherers and farmers who had arrived thousands of years earlier from present-day Turkey , the new group had genes most similar to peoples who had earlier migrated into central Europe from the steppes north and east of the Black Sea .
( Previous research has indicated that this group ’ s movement may have brought Indo-European languages to much of Europe . )
This steppe ancestry group and the preexisting Iberian populations seem to have co-existed throughout the region for centuries , with minimal interbreeding .
But when @ @ @ @ @ @ @ did so in a “ sex-biased ” way , as revealed by the Y chromosomes , present only in men : the steppe group ’ s Y chromosome type became increasingly common , while the preexisting occupants ’ Y chromosome types essentially vanished over the course of barely 200 years .
For some reason the steppe males were fathering far more children than males from the preexisting groups .
( For more on a similar event , see “ Who Killed the Men of England.
” ) A previously unreported migration that replaced @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the size of Texas is the sort of grand addition to the past that has drawn both acclaim and fierce criticism to Reich and paleogenomics .
… But the Harvard researchers are quick to point out that the stories from the Iberia study are more complex than they may look at first .
Whatever happened to the Iberian men , for instance , began only after the two groups had lived together throughout the region for centuries .
“ Iberia at this time , ” Reich said in a phone interview , “ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ “ that population substructure where these groups aren ’ t mixing breaks down everywhere we sampled.
” Something changed dramatically about 4,200 years ago .
What that was is unknown , but the researchers caution against assuming the worst of the interloping males .
“ It would be a mistake to jump to the conclusion that Iberian men were killed or forcibly displaced , ” said Iñigo Olalde , a postdoctoral fellow in Reich ’ s HMS lab and first author of the paper , “ as the archaeological record gives no clear @ @ @ @ @ @ @ this period.
” Genetics , in other words , can tell us when the Iberian males vanished , but not why that didn ’ t happen 300 years earlier , or whether it was due to war , slavery and subjugation , the cultural preferences of Iberian females , or some combination .
… The further revelation that the Basques in northeastern Iberia share significant ancestry with the steppe people of the same Bronze Age migration raises similar questions .
Genetics can indicate that the steppe people mixed with the Basque people ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ tell why the steppe people ’ s Indo-European language , which spread alongside their genes nearly everywhere in Europe , did not spread to the Basque regions .

See, earlier: "Actually, There Has Always Been Migration"—But In Those Days They Called It Invading!
From the Harvard alumni magazine a year ago:
The Lost History of Iberia
by BENNETT MCINTOSH
3.14.19
… The research is the latest study of ancient DNA from the lab of David Reich, a professor of genetics in HMS’s Blavatnik Institute, who has positioned himself as a juggernaut in the growing field of paleogenomics, the study of these ancient genomes. …
One new story is the case of the vanishing Iberian men. About 4,500 years ago, a new population group showed up in Iberia. Unlike the preexisting occupants, whose ancestors seem to be a mix of Iberian hunter-gatherers and farmers who had arrived thousands of years earlier from present-day Turkey, the new group had genes most similar to peoples who had earlier migrated into central Europe from the steppes north and east of the Black Sea. (Previous research has indicated that this group’s movement may have brought Indo-European languages to much of Europe.) This steppe ancestry group and the preexisting Iberian populations seem to have co-existed throughout the region for centuries, with minimal interbreeding. But when the populations did start mixing, they did so in a “sex-biased” way, as revealed by the Y chromosomes, present only in men: the steppe group’s Y chromosome type became increasingly common, while the preexisting occupants’ Y chromosome types essentially vanished over the course of barely 200 years. For some reason the steppe males were fathering far more children than males from the preexisting groups. (For more on a similar event, see “Who Killed the Men of England.”)
A previously unreported migration that replaced the entire male population of a region the size of Texas is the sort of grand addition to the past that has drawn both acclaim and fierce criticism to Reich and paleogenomics. …
But the Harvard researchers are quick to point out that the stories from the Iberia study are more complex than they may look at first. Whatever happened to the Iberian men, for instance, began only after the two groups had lived together throughout the region for centuries. “Iberia at this time,” Reich said in a phone interview, “is a multi-ethnic society” until somehow “that population substructure where these groups aren’t mixing breaks down everywhere we sampled.”
Something changed dramatically about 4,200 years ago. What that was is unknown, but the researchers caution against assuming the worst of the interloping males. “It would be a mistake to jump to the conclusion that Iberian men were killed or forcibly displaced,” said Iñigo Olalde, a postdoctoral fellow in Reich’s HMS lab and first author of the paper, “as the archaeological record gives no clear evidence of a burst of violence in this period.”
Genetics, in other words, can tell us when the Iberian males vanished, but not why that didn’t happen 300 years earlier, or whether it was due to war, slavery and subjugation, the cultural preferences of Iberian females, or some combination.
… The further revelation that the Basques in northeastern Iberia share significant ancestry with the steppe people of the same Bronze Age migration raises similar questions. Genetics can indicate that the steppe people mixed with the Basque people’s ancestors. But it cannot tell why the steppe people’s Indo-European language, which spread alongside their genes nearly everywhere in Europe, did not spread to the Basque regions.


vdare--2020-02-28--Do Pets of Color Need More Diverse Veterinarians?

Adilia E. E. James addresses the overwhelming whiteness of the veterinary profession : pet-human relations are a racialization tool .
@ @ @ @ @ racial/ethnic boundaries .
# esshpe White people use pet ownership to stereotype and police POC @ @ @ @ @ dogs are left outside , etc .
In-depth interviews with veterinary students uncover assumptions about @ @ @ @ @ Asian communities not living up to middle class white norms : “ They don ’ @ @ @ @ @ aeejames There is a need to diversity profession , incorporate diversity training in DVM curriculum @ @ @ @ @ inclusion protocols in workplaces .
92 % of veterinarians in the US are white and @ @ @ @ @ examination of demand-side factors that might explain this outcome , such as systematic racism .
@ @ @ @ @ # esshpe # ESS2020

From Twitter account Sociology of Health Professions Education (@soc_hpe):
Adilia E. E. James addresses the overwhelming whiteness of the veterinary profession: pet-human relations are a racialization tool. Whites use pets to uphold racial/ethnic boundaries. #esshpe
White people use pet ownership to stereotype and police POC communities: calling police when dogs are left outside, etc.
In-depth interviews with veterinary students uncover assumptions about Black, Latinx, and Asian communities not living up to middle class white norms: “They don’t like pets.” @aeejames
There is a need to diversity profession, incorporate diversity training in DVM curriculum, and adopt diversity and inclusion protocols in workplaces.
Sociology of Health Professions Education Retweeted
Tania Jenkins @TaniaMJenkins
92% of veterinarians in the US are white and there’s been little examination of demand-side factors that might explain this outcome, such as systematic racism. Fascinating work by Adilia James #esshpe #ESS2020


vdare--2020-02-28--Good News: Trump To Sign Peace In Afghanistan

From the Associated Press : WASHINGTON ( AP ) — America ’ s longest war may finally be nearing an @ @ @ @ @ and the Islamists it toppled from power in Afghanistan are poised to sign a peace @ @ @ @ @ that outlasted two U.S. commanders in chief and is now led by a third eager @ @ @ @ @ to extricate America from “ endless wars.
” … In the Qatari capital of Doha @ @ @ @ @ diplomat will stand with leaders of the Taliban , Afghanistan ’ s former rulers who @ @ @ @ @ his al-Qaida network as they plotted , and then celebrated , the hijackings of four @ @ @ @ @ lower Manhattan , the Pentagon and a field in western Pennsylvania , killing almost 3,000 @ @ @ @ @ be an uncomfortable appearance for Secretary of State Mike Pompeo , who privately told a @ @ @ @ @ the State Department this week that he was going only because President Donald Trump had @ @ @ @ @ according to two people present .

From the Associated Press:
US, Taliban set peace signing for America’s longest war
By MATTHEW LEE
43 minutes ago
WASHINGTON (AP) — America’s longest war may finally be nearing an end.
The United States and the Islamists it toppled from power in Afghanistan are poised to sign a peace deal Saturday after a conflict that outlasted two U.S. commanders in chief and is now led by a third eager to fulfill a campaign promise to extricate America from “endless wars.” …
In the Qatari capital of Doha, America’s top diplomat will stand with leaders of the Taliban, Afghanistan’s former rulers who harbored Osama bin Laden and his al-Qaida network as they plotted, and then celebrated, the hijackings of four airliners that were crashed into lower Manhattan, the Pentagon and a field in western Pennsylvania, killing almost 3,000 people.
It will likely be an uncomfortable appearance for Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, who privately told a conference of U.S. ambassadors at the State Department this week that he was going only because President Donald Trump had insisted on his participation, according to two people present.


vdare--2020-03-01--Disgruntled Minority Massacre Update: 186 Dead, And 59 Wounded Because Minorities Think Being Fired,

Disgruntled Minority Massacre Update: 186 Dead, And 59 Wounded Because Minorities Think Being Fired, Etc. Is "Racist"

Earlier : Did Black Milwaukee Mass Shooter Anthony Ferrill Target Whites ?
( 4 of 5 Dead Are White Males @ @ @ @ @ called What Does VDARE.com Mean By A `` Disgruntled Minority Massacre '' ?
which is @ @ @ @ @ I discussed , and counted incidents , of cases like the case of black gunman @ @ @ @ @ .
The reason for that his that they 've been indoctrinated to regard such actions @ @ @ @ @ The list below includes 131 killed and 31 wounded .
Except for Salvador Tapia , @ @ @ @ @ 2003 , all these killers are black .
This list is incomplete—because it 's not @ @ @ @ @ this happens .
If you know of other cases , write me at jfulford @ @ @ @ @ @ it .
I 've just put in an update there .
UPDATE 2020 : An @ @ @ @ @ wounded , for a total of 186 dead , and 59 wounded .
Two more @ @ @ @ @ , one Mexican , one Chicano .

Earlier: Did Black Milwaukee Mass Shooter Anthony Ferrill Target Whites? (4 of 5 Dead Are White Males)
In a 2016 article called What Does VDARE.com Mean By A "Disgruntled Minority Massacre"? which is part of our FAQ, I discussed, and counted incidents, of cases like the case of black gunman Anthony Ferrill in Milwaukee recently.
A definition of the “Disgruntled Minority Massacre” is that a black—or other minority—employee or co-worker reacts with crazed violence to normal workplace actions like being fired or disciplined.
The reason for that is that they've been indoctrinated to regard such actions as "racist."
I wrote:
The list below includes 131 killed and 31 wounded. Except for Salvador Tapia, a case I covered in 2003, all these killers are black. This list is incomplete—because it's not announced in the media when this happens. If you know of other cases, write me at jfulford@vdare.com and I'll update it.
I've just put in an update there.
UPDATE 2020: An additional 45 dead, 28 wounded, for a total of 186 dead, and 59 wounded. Two more of the killers are Hispanic, one Mexican, one Chicano.


vdare--2020-03-01--A Patriot Lawyer Wonders If Intermarriage Will Postpone "White Minority Status"; Steve Sailer Answer

A Patriot Lawyer Wonders If Intermarriage Will Postpone "White Minority Status"; Steve Sailer Answers

I just read Steve Sailer 's blog post regarding a New York Times columnist of Pakistani heritage who was upset that her three-year daughter could `` pass '' as white .
The author went on a fairly long diatribe about how terrible it is that her daughter will get the supposed benefits of white privilege .
For me , this article is just additional evidence for my proposition that America is never likely to become majority non-white .
There are a number of current demographic trends that increase the chances of America remaining a predominantly European society .
First , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ public pressure on elected officials for immigration restriction .
President Trump 's election is demonstrative of this fact , and many GOP Senators and Congressmen are starting to distance themselves from the corporate lobbyists pushing amnesty .
While there has not been any significant legislation ( yet ! )
, President Trump is starting to get much of his immigration agenda accomplished through the courts ( i.e.
, the public charge rule ) .
Secondly , fertility rates for minorities , as reported by the CDC , are starting to drop , and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ fertility rates .
The trends are most pronounced amongst black and Hispanic women .
And finally , as discussed by the New York Times columnist , the role of intermarriage is also likely to reduce the minority population .
Future generations who are one-half or one-quarter minority , and can `` pass '' as white , are going to face social pressures to self-identify as such .
Actor Rob Schneider , who is one-quarter Filipino , is usually identified as white , as is his daughter , Elle King .
In the future @ @ @ @ @ @ @ have a traceable amount of minority heritage , will probably just be classified as white in the same way that people like Elizabeth Warren are classified as white .
This will be especially true if the Supreme Court eventually ends affirmative action , thereby reducing the incentive to identify as a supposedly aggrieved minority .
Steve Sailer writes : But why would they want to identify as white in an increasingly anti-white culture ?
Perhaps this white-looking half-white daughter will grow up to write op-eds about horrible childhood was because nobody noticed she @ @ @ @

Re: Steve Sailer's blog post NYT: My Daughter Passes for White
From: Fabrizio Evola [Email him]
I just read Steve Sailer's blog post regarding a New York Times columnist of Pakistani heritage who was upset that her three-year daughter could "pass" as white. The author went on a fairly long diatribe about how terrible it is that her daughter will get the supposed benefits of white privilege.
For me, this article is just additional evidence for my proposition that America is never likely to become majority non-white. There are a number of current demographic trends that increase the chances of America remaining a predominantly European society. First, and most importantly, there is increasing public pressure on elected officials for immigration restriction. President Trump's election is demonstrative of this fact, and many GOP Senators and Congressmen are starting to distance themselves from the corporate lobbyists pushing amnesty. While there has not been any significant legislation (yet!), President Trump is starting to get much of his immigration agenda accomplished through the courts (i.e., the public charge rule).
Secondly, fertility rates for minorities, as reported by the CDC, are starting to drop, and they are dropping much faster than white fertility rates. The trends are most pronounced amongst black and Hispanic women.
And finally, as discussed by the New York Times columnist, the role of intermarriage is also likely to reduce the minority population. Future generations who are one-half or one-quarter minority, and can "pass" as white, are going to face social pressures to self-identify as such. Actor Rob Schneider, who is one-quarter Filipino, is usually identified as white, as is his daughter, Elle King. In the future, people who look white, but have a traceable amount of minority heritage, will probably just be classified as white in the same way that people like Elizabeth Warren are classified as white. This will be especially true if the Supreme Court eventually ends affirmative action, thereby reducing the incentive to identify as a supposedly aggrieved minority.
Steve Sailer writes: But why would they want to identify as white in an increasingly anti-white culture? Perhaps this white-looking half-white daughter will grow up to write op-eds about horrible childhood was because nobody noticed she wasn't white?


vdare--2020-03-01--330 Million Residents Times 1 Facemask Per Day = 10 Billion Masks Per Month

Some back of an envelope doodling : What would it take for the US government to build up a reserve of enough disposable N95 facemasks so that everyone in US could wear one everyday for a month ?
They both lessen the chance you ’ ll be infected by somebody else and that you will infect somebody else , so they are a public good .
Also , being able to mask up would lessen the chances of the economy shutting down .
If there are 330 million residents in the US and 30 days in a month , that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
How much do they cost ?
I ’ ve heard figures like one dollar each in normal times , and with mass production they ’ d likely drop to less .
But say that delivery — via America ’ s amazing home delivery logistics ( e.g.
, Amazon ) — would boost the total cost back to $ 1 each .
So that ’ s ten billion bucks for a one month ’ s supply .
Let ’ s say this virus fizzles out and they aren ’ t necessary .
Would @ @ @ @ @ @ @ billion masks sitting in warehouses or in people ’ s homes ?
How long do they last in climate controlled warehouses ?
How fast could America gear up ?
By normal 2020 bureaucratic standards , not fast .
All the new workers hired would have to sit through their sexual harassment lectures , and sexual harassment lecturers don ’ t grow on trees , you know .
( This sounds like a joke , but I knew a Los Angeles Fire Department captain and scoutmaster who in 2005 flew to Louisiana to rescue @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Hurricane Katrina .
But when he landed in Louisiana , he first had to sit through a 2 hour sexual harassment course before he was allowed to start rescuing people from the flood . )
But by the standards of the U.S. building aircraft carriers during WWII , we could probably amaze ourselves .
Anyway , we ought to have these kind of supplies stored away before The Next One .

Some back of an envelope doodling: What would it take for the US government to build up a reserve of enough disposable N95 facemasks so that everyone in US could wear one every day for a month? They both lessen the chance you’ll be infected by somebody else and that you will infect somebody else, so they are a public good. Also, being able to mask up would lessen the chances of the economy shutting down.
If there are 330 million residents in the US and 30 days in a month, that’s 10 billion for one month. How much do they cost? I’ve heard figures like one dollar each in normal times, and with mass production they’d likely drop to less. But say that delivery — via America’s amazing home delivery logistics (e.g., Amazon) — would boost the total cost back to $1 each.
So that’s ten billion bucks for a one month’s supply.
Let’s say this virus fizzles out and they aren’t necessary. Would it be so bad to have 10 billion masks sitting in warehouses or in people’s homes? How long do they last in climate-controlled warehouses?
How fast could America gear up? By normal 2020 bureaucratic standards, not fast. All the new workers hired would have to sit through their sexual harassment lectures, and sexual harassment lecturers don’t grow on trees, you know. (This sounds like a joke, but I knew a Los Angeles Fire Department captain and scoutmaster who in 2005 flew to Louisiana to rescue people from drowning in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. But when he landed in Louisiana, he first had to sit through a 2 hour sexual harassment course before he was allowed to start rescuing people from the flood.)
But by the standards of the U.S. building aircraft carriers during WWII, we could probably amaze ourselves.
Anyway, we ought to have these kind of supplies stored away before The Next One.
[Comment at Unz.com]


vdare--2020-03-01--Greeks Resist Invasion from the East

Greeks Resist Invasion from the East

Two and a half millennia ago , the Greeks defended Europe against invaders from the east .
One example was the Battle of Thermopylae in which the famous 300 Spartans and other Greeks fought to the death against a much larger Persian force .
Now , in 2020 , the Greeks are resisting invasion from the east again .
Greece blocked nearly 10,000 `` illegal '' entries into the European Union from Turkey on Saturday [ February 29 ] and Sunday morning [ March 1 ] , a government official has said .
The statement on Sunday comes a day @ @ @ @ @ @ @ border , following Ankara 's announcement that it will no longer stop refugees from crossing into Europe .
`` From 06:00 [ 04:00 UTC ] Saturday morning to 06:00 Sunday morning , 9,972 illegal entrances have been averted in the Evros area , '' Greek Deputy Defense Minister Alkiviadis Stefanis told local broadcaster Skai ... .But Turkey claims more than 76,000 migrants successfully crossed into Greece .
Maybe they 're both right .
But at least Greece was able to stop nearly 10,000 from crossing .
And their efforts to block the border @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Greek Defense Minister Nikos Panagiotopoulos accused Turkey of intentionally organizing the migrants along the shared border after finding out where Greek troops are posted .
Athens has also accused Ankara of convincing migrants to travel to Greece using incorrect information .
`` The Turkish authorities ' disinformation campaign continues .
The reality : 10,000 people were prevented from entering Greek territory , '' the Greek Foreign Ministry tweeted on Sunday .
If that accusation is true , it could mean that the 76,000 got in where Greek troops are not posted .
And @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Following the military escalation between the Russian-backed Syrian army and the Turkish regime , combined with announcements from Turkey that it would be making good on previous threats to flood Europe with migrants , Greece has completely sealed off its border with Turkey .
The Greek government has deployed fifty navy warships to protect the Greek islands and ten helicopters to guard land borders against foreign invaders sent by the Erdogan regime , German daily tabloid Bild reports .
The army has been called ... .. Greece under siege , deploys army , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Europe from immigrants sent by Turkish regime ( video ) .
Greek City Times , February 29 , 2020 The Greek City Times article has a short video you ought to watch .
It is filmed from the Greek side of the border and shows the peaceful refugees ( mostly 18-25 year old males ) tossing Molotov cocktails to the Greek side of the border .
Greek army and police patrols used tear gas and stun grenades to stop attempts by thousands of refugees to enter the country on Sunday [ March 1 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ on Sunday morning , the afternoon saw more unrest when authorities used tear gas and water cannon to push back crowds .
Migrants threw rocks and other objects at police officers , resulting in one injury .
And check this out : '' The majority from Afghanistan '' ?
The same Afghanistan where the U.S. and allies have been fighting since 2001 , where we have spent a lot of money , where thousands of our soldiers have been killed and wounded ?
The same Afghanistan where we set up a government which @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a new era ?
That Afghanistan ?
People are still leaving it to go to Europe ?
Now that we have a treaty with the Taliban , we could fly soldiers directly out of Afghanistan to Greece to help the Greeks keep Afghans from invading Europe .
Should NATO be helping the Greeks ?
Oh wait , Turkey is also a NATO member !

Two and a half millennia ago, the Greeks defended Europe against invaders from the east. One example was the Battle of Thermopylae in which the famous 300 Spartans and other Greeks fought to the death against a much larger Persian force.
Now, in 2020, the Greeks are resisting invasion from the east again.
From Deutsche Welle:
Greece blocked nearly 10,000 "illegal" entries into the European Union from Turkey on Saturday [February 29] and Sunday morning [March 1], a government official has said. The statement on Sunday comes a day after 13,000 migrants gathered on the Turkish-Greek border, following Ankara's announcement that it will no longer stop refugees from crossing into Europe. "From 06:00 [04:00 UTC] Saturday morning to 06:00 Sunday morning, 9,972 illegal entrances have been averted in the Evros area," Greek Deputy Defense Minister Alkiviadis Stefanis told local broadcaster Skai....But Turkey claims more than 76,000 migrants successfully crossed into Greece. Greece blocks 10,000 migrants at Turkish border, Deutsche Welle, March 1, 2020
Maybe they're both right. But at least Greece was able to stop nearly 10,000 from crossing. And their efforts to block the border may dissuade others from trying.
...Greek Defense Minister Nikos Panagiotopoulos accused Turkey of intentionally organizing the migrants along the shared border after finding out where Greek troops are posted. Athens has also accused Ankara of convincing migrants to travel to Greece using incorrect information. "The Turkish authorities' disinformation campaign continues. The reality: 10,000 people were prevented from entering Greek territory," the Greek Foreign Ministry tweeted on Sunday.
If that accusation is true, it could mean that the 76,000 got in where Greek troops are not posted. And, maybe the Turks are exaggerating.
From Greek City Times:
Following the military escalation between the Russian-backed Syrian army and the Turkish regime, combined with announcements from Turkey that it would be making good on previous threats to flood Europe with migrants, Greece has completely sealed off its border with Turkey. The Greek government has deployed fifty navy warships to protect the Greek islands and ten helicopters to guard land borders against foreign invaders sent by the Erdogan regime, German daily tabloid Bild reports. The army has been called..... Greece under siege, deploys army, helicopters, and naval warships to defend Europe from immigrants sent by Turkish regime (video). Greek City Times, February 29, 2020
The Greek City Times article has a short video you ought to watch. It is filmed from the Greek side of the border and shows the peaceful refugees (mostly 18-25 year old males) tossing Molotov cocktails to the Greek side of the border.
Another Deutsche Welle article reports that
Greek army and police patrols used tear gas and stun grenades to stop attempts by thousands of refugees to enter the country on Sunday [March 1]. While the situation appeared calm on Sunday morning, the afternoon saw more unrest when authorities used tear gas and water cannon to push back crowds. Migrants threw rocks and other objects at police officers, resulting in one injury. [Migrants clash with Greek police at Turkey, Europe border , Deutsche Welle, March 1, 2020]
And check this out:
The United Nation's migration organization reported that at least 13,000 people had gathered on Turkey's 212-kilometer (125-mile) border with Greece by Saturday night, the majority of whom appeared to be from Afghanistan.
"The majority from Afghanistan"? The same Afghanistan where the U.S. and allies have been fighting since 2001, where we have spent a lot of money, where thousands of our soldiers have been killed and wounded? The same Afghanistan where we set up a government which was supposed to bring the country into a new era? That Afghanistan? People are still leaving it to go to Europe?
Now that we have a treaty with the Taliban, we could fly soldiers directly out of Afghanistan to Greece to help the Greeks keep Afghans from invading Europe.
Greece said Sunday [March 1] it had blocked nearly 10,000 migrants from entering. Police and soldiers blocked 9,972 "illegal entrances" from reaching the northeastern Evros region over the past 24 hours, according to a Greek government source.
Should NATO be helping the Greeks? Oh wait, Turkey is also a NATO member!


vdare--2020-03-01--Turkey Unleashes The Migrants

Turkey Unleashes The Migrants

From the New York Times : Erdogan Says , ‘ We Opened the Doors , ’ and Clashes Erupt as Migrants Head for Europe Thousands of migrants in Turkey faced off with riot police at the Greek border , and the Turkish leader lashed out at the E.U.
, saying it had not helped him manage a growing crisis in northern Syria .
KASTANIES , Greece — With tear gas clouding the air , thousands of migrants trying to reach Europe clashed with riot police on the Greek border with Turkey on Saturday morning , signaling a new and potentially @ @ @ @ @ @ @ … President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey declared on Saturday that he had opened his country ’ s borders for migrants to cross into Europe , saying that Turkey could no longer handle the numbers fleeing the war in Syria .
“ What did we do yesterday ?
” he said in a televised speech in Istanbul .
“ We opened the doors.
” His comments were his first to acknowledge what he had long threatened to do , push some of the millions of Syrian refugees and other migrants in Turkey toward @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Union to heed Turkey ’ s demands .
He accused European leaders of not keeping their promises to help Turkey bear the load of millions of Syrian refugees .
Mr. Erdogan has also called for European support for his military operations against a Russian and Syrian offensive in northern Syria that has displaced at least a million more Syrians toward Turkey ’ s border .
He has also sought more support for the displaced and the 3.6 million Syrian refugees already in Turkey .
The migrants at the border had heeded Mr. Erdogan @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ s borders with Europe , some on Friday taking free rides on buses organized by Turkish officials .
But once at Europe ’ s doorstep , they were met with a violent crackdown .
Migrants were also heading by sea to the Turkish coast , from where they hope to reach Greek islands , facilitated by the Turkish authorities , but officials reported few arrivals Saturday , perhaps because of poor weather at sea .
The mini-exodus was live-streamed by Turkish state television in scenes reminiscent of the 2015 migrant crisis that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ help .
Syrians shared information , some joking about the Turkish facilitation , suggesting they should publish the telephone numbers of people smugglers , too ... .
Mr. Erdogan is struggling to handle the growing crisis in Idlib , the last Syrian province held by the rebel forces his government has supported .
Turkey has lost more than 50 soldiers in the past two months in Syria , which has angered many Turks , while domestic resentment toward Syrian refugees has grown amid an economic downturn .

From the New York Times:
Erdogan Says, ‘We Opened the Doors,’ and Clashes Erupt as Migrants Head for Europe
Thousands of migrants in Turkey faced off with riot police at the Greek border, and the Turkish leader lashed out at the E.U., saying it had not helped him manage a growing crisis in northern Syria.
By Matina Stevis-Gridneff and Carlotta Gall
Feb. 29, 2020
KASTANIES, Greece — With tear gas clouding the air, thousands of migrants trying to reach Europe clashed with riot police on the Greek border with Turkey on Saturday morning, signaling a new and potentially volatile phase in the migration crisis. …
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey declared on Saturday that he had opened his country’s borders for migrants to cross into Europe, saying that Turkey could no longer handle the numbers fleeing the war in Syria.
“What did we do yesterday?” he said in a televised speech in Istanbul. “We opened the doors.” His comments were his first to acknowledge what he had long threatened to do, push some of the millions of Syrian refugees and other migrants in Turkey toward Europe in order to cajole the European Union to heed Turkey’s demands.
He accused European leaders of not keeping their promises to help Turkey bear the load of millions of Syrian refugees.
Mr. Erdogan has also called for European support for his military operations against a Russian and Syrian offensive in northern Syria that has displaced at least a million more Syrians toward Turkey’s border. He has also sought more support for the displaced and the 3.6 million Syrian refugees already in Turkey. The migrants at the border had heeded Mr. Erdogan’s call and rushed to Turkey’s borders with Europe, some on Friday taking free rides on buses organized by Turkish officials. But once at Europe’s doorstep, they were met with a violent crackdown.
Migrants were also heading by sea to the Turkish coast, from where they hope to reach Greek islands, facilitated by the Turkish authorities, but officials reported few arrivals Saturday, perhaps because of poor weather at sea.
The mini-exodus was live-streamed by Turkish state television in scenes reminiscent of the 2015 migrant crisis that Europe solved only with Turkey’s help. Syrians shared information, some joking about the Turkish facilitation, suggesting they should publish the telephone numbers of people smugglers, too....
Mr. Erdogan is struggling to handle the growing crisis in Idlib, the last Syrian province held by the rebel forces his government has supported. Turkey has lost more than 50 soldiers in the past two months in Syria, which has angered many Turks, while domestic resentment toward Syrian refugees has grown amid an economic downturn.


vdare--2020-03-01--Tucker Carlson Examines Bernie’s Support for Extreme Open Borders Ideology

A lot of political pundits remark about candidate Bernie Sanders that at least he ’ s the same Vermont socialist he has been for the last 30 years .
But that assessment is not true .
Bernie has flipped over to the side of the deep-state globalists who think borders and national sovereignty are obsolete and need to go .
He once supported American workers and understood that excessive immigration drove down wages .
No longer .
He has succumbed to the open-borders insanity of the left including free healthcare and college for the invaders .
Bernie has also embraced @ @ @ @ @ @ @ threatens the basic law and order we all expect .
In 2015 , he objected to open borders as “ a Koch brothers proposal ” but the senator is all the way there now .
Democrats used to be represent American working people , but dropped that allegiance when the party discovered that immigrants , particularly Hispanics , were more dependable big-government voters than picky citizens .
Under Bernie ’ s generous plan , why wouldn ’ t a hundred million foreigners come ?
Or a billion ?
Unlimited free stuff from the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ irresistible .
Not to mention the money-making opportunities in a wide open America for drug cartels and other criminal enterprises from abroad .
However , Tucker did not speculate on why Bernie switched to the dark side .
TUCKER CARLSON : All of a sudden , Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont is the frontrunner in the Democratic race .
As of tonight , Sanders has by far the best chance in the whole Democratic Party of getting the nomination .
So how should you feel about that ?
Well if you ’ re @ @ @ @ @ @ @ little hard to take the whole thing seriously .
For one thing it seemed to come out of nowhere — nobody expected it , nobody on TV warned you it was gon na happen .
For another thing , Sanders isn ’ t half as gut-level offensive as someone like say Elizabeth Warren .
Unlike Warren , Sanders is obviously sincere about what he believes ; he means it .
He ’ s got the right enemies too .
CNN appears to hate Bernie Sanders every bit as much as they hate Donald @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , and unlike everyone else on the left Sanders talks mostly about economics rather than Putin and non-binary bathrooms .
And it ’ s refreshing to hear someone focus on things that matter for once .
Plus it ’ s not like Sanders is gon na win the presidency .
You keep hearing people on both sides saying there is no possibility , no chance in the world that Bernie Sanders will get elected president in November , and that sounds right basically .
The guy calls himself a socialist — come on @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ s what we ’ re telling ourselves , but are we absolutely sure that that ’ s true ?
But ask yourself this — who was the last candidate they told you on television could never ever win ?
— oh yeah , the current president .
So ignore the people on TV .
They ’ re morons , they lack wisdom , they lack imagination , they ’ re almost always wrong about everything .
Of course Bernie Sanders could win the general election .
A year from now we could @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Bernie Sanders administration , and this would be a completely different country .
What kind of country would it be ?
Well tonight we ’ re beginning a series on Bernie Sanders ’ America .
We take Sanders seriously ; we think you should take him seriously too .
So we ’ re starting tonight with Sanders ’ views on immigration .
It ’ s a topic that affects this country on every level .
For decades Sanders had what would now be considered conservative views on immigration : he cared about higher @ @ @ @ @ @ @ issue .
Mass immigration lowers wages , so Sanders was against it .
It ’ s that simple .
Then Sanders ran for president and his views changed completely .
Now Sanders is as radical on immigration as anyone else in the race .
For example , he ’ s come out against virtually all deportations — all .
Watch : SENATOR BERNIE SANDERS : A moratorium on deportations for the 99 percent of the people is nothing to be cynical about .
I think that is a significant step forward , and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of that .
CARLSON : Ending 99 percent of deportations to please the undocumented community .
You should know that that number includes violent felons .
Sanders went on to say only if an illegal alien commits a quote terrible terrible crime — only then , Sanders quote might consider deporting that person — might .
Now Sanders wouldn ’ t have to change any laws to do this ; he could simply order federal authorities to stop deportations .
He could do that day one , and that ’ s his plan @ @ @ @ @ @ @ this country — foreign nationals commit crimes , and we can ’ t send them home .
But Sanders wouldn ’ t stop there .
He ’ s planning to unilaterally enact many pieces of the New Way Forward act — that ’ s the lunatic piece of legislation we ’ ve covered on the show extensively .
It ’ s designed to protect criminal aliens — that ’ s the point of it .
Sanders has pledged to end the ban on deported criminals re-entering the United States .
Why is that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ pledged to eliminate expedited removal — that ’ s the policy that allows obvious illegal aliens to be kicked out of the country swiftly .
Over .
He ’ s promised to give discretion to immigration judges so they can protect any illegal aliens who somehow beat the odds and face actual deportation .
Sanders has also vowed to end all workplace immigration raids so that big business will be able to rely on illegal immigrant labor with impunity .
That ’ s something he spent 30 years attacking — now he ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ immigration raids will be easy since Sanders is planning to abolish ICE .
SANDERS : On day one , through an executive order , we will repeal all of Trump ’ s racist immigration executive orders .
We will end the ICE raids that are terrorizing communities all across America .
CARLSON : Of course businesses will have to import more of that illegal exploited labor that Sanders is suddenly for because Sanders is also promising an amnesty for all current illegal aliens in this country .
That ’ s more than 22 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ s a move that will change the electoral balance in this country permanently — forever — and that ’ s the real point , needless to say .
Bringing in new illegal workers won ’ t be difficult : Sanders plans to decriminalize the illegal border crossings and abolish the Border Patrol .
What is this ?
This is what radical open borders policy looks like .
Sanders is arguing that everyone on earth has the effective right to come to this country anytime and receive the benefits of citizenship .
In the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ but will not be limited to free college , free healthcare , and full eligibility for food stamps and welfare .
Now we ’ re not making this up for partisan reasons or to slam Bernie Sanders because suddenly it looks like he ’ s gon na become the nominee .
This has been out there the whole time , no one ’ s mentioning it , but it ’ s all on tape .
Sanders brags about all of it .
Watch : SANDERS : I believe that healthcare is a human @ @ @ @ @ @ @ you include the 11 million undocumented ?
SANDERS : Absolutely .
When I talk about healthcare being a human right — last time I heard that undocumented people are human beings as well .
We need the best educated population in the world : that means we ’ re going to make our public colleges and universities tuition-free and open that to the undocumented as well .
CARLSON : So why isn ’ t anybody talking about this ?
People are jumping up and down on both sides on television because Sanders praised @ @ @ @ @ @ @ self-described Democratic Socialist — that ’ s bad , there ’ s no doubt .
But is it worse than what he believes on policy ?
It ’ s not even close .
You know what ’ s way worse than anything he ’ s ever said about Fidel Castro ?
His belief , his argument that anyone on the planet who sneaks into the United States should get free healthcare and free college tuition .
That ’ s the case he ’ s making .
So here ’ s the obvious question @ @ @ @ @ @ @ medical system and our universities ?
How long before they collapse ?
Not long .
These are some of the best things in our country , what we brag about — gone .
How do we pay for all of this , by the way ?
And if it ’ s such a great idea , why is no other nation considering doing it ?
Why has no other nation ever done this ?
Sanders has no answers for those questions , the most basic questions , and in fact becomes angry if @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ t care about the consequences of his plans .
Why ?
There ’ s really only one possible answer — because he doesn ’ t care about the United States or its future .
It ’ s obvious that Sanders hates the country he seeks to lead ; there ’ s no other explanation for it , and that is a very dangerous quality in a president .
The show will continue to bring you a series on what life would be like under a Bernie Sanders administration because there ’ s @ @ @ @ @ @ @ it ’ s gotten attention .
It ’ s more than just praising Castro — trust us .

A lot of political pundits remark about candidate Bernie Sanders that at least he’s the same Vermont socialist he has been for the last 30 years.
But that assessment is not true. Bernie has flipped over to the side of the deep-state globalists who think borders and national sovereignty are obsolete and need to go. He once supported American workers and understood that excessive immigration drove down wages.
No longer. He has succumbed to the open-borders insanity of the left including free healthcare and college for the invaders. Bernie has also embraced the scary-bad New Way Forward Act that threatens the basic law and order we all expect.
In 2015, he objected to open borders as “a Koch brothers proposal” but the senator is all the way there now.
Democrats used to be represent American working people, but dropped that allegiance when the party discovered that immigrants, particularly Hispanics, were more dependable big-government voters than picky citizens.
Under Bernie’s generous plan, why wouldn’t a hundred million foreigners come? Or a billion? Unlimited free stuff from the most desirable nation on earth would be irresistible.
Not to mention the money-making opportunities in a wide open America for drug cartels and other criminal enterprises from abroad.
On Thursday Tucker Carlson examined Bernie’s embrace of extreme open borders:
However, Tucker did not speculate on why Bernie switched to the dark side.
TUCKER CARLSON: All of a sudden, Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont is the frontrunner in the Democratic race. As of tonight, Sanders has by far the best chance in the whole Democratic Party of getting the nomination. So how should you feel about that?
Well if you’re conservative, it’s probably a little hard to take the whole thing seriously. For one thing it seemed to come out of nowhere — nobody expected it, nobody on TV warned you it was gonna happen.
For another thing, Sanders isn’t half as gut-level offensive as someone like say Elizabeth Warren. Unlike Warren, Sanders is obviously sincere about what he believes; he means it.
He’s got the right enemies too. CNN appears to hate Bernie Sanders every bit as much as they hate Donald Trump. That’s a plus, and unlike everyone else on the left Sanders talks mostly about economics rather than Putin and non-binary bathrooms. And it’s refreshing to hear someone focus on things that matter for once. Plus it’s not like Sanders is gonna win the presidency. You keep hearing people on both sides saying there is no possibility, no chance in the world that Bernie Sanders will get elected president in November, and that sounds right basically.
The guy calls himself a socialist — come on now, this is America. That’s what we’re telling ourselves, but are we absolutely sure that that’s true? But ask yourself this — who was the last candidate they told you on television could never ever win? — oh yeah, the current president. So ignore the people on TV. They’re morons, they lack wisdom, they lack imagination, they’re almost always wrong about everything.
Of course Bernie Sanders could win the general election. A year from now we could be in the first months of a Bernie Sanders administration, and this would be a completely different country. What kind of country would it be?
Well tonight we’re beginning a series on Bernie Sanders’ America. We take Sanders seriously; we think you should take him seriously too.
So we’re starting tonight with Sanders’ views on immigration. It’s a topic that affects this country on every level. For decades Sanders had what would now be considered conservative views on immigration: he cared about higher wages for workers — that was his issue.
Mass immigration lowers wages, so Sanders was against it. It’s that simple. Then Sanders ran for president and his views changed completely. Now Sanders is as radical on immigration as anyone else in the race.
For example, he’s come out against virtually all deportations — all. Watch:
SENATOR BERNIE SANDERS: A moratorium on deportations for the 99 percent of the people is nothing to be cynical about. I think that is a significant step forward, and the undocumented community would be very proud of that.
CARLSON: Ending 99 percent of deportations to please the undocumented community. You should know that that number includes violent felons. Sanders went on to say only if an illegal alien commits a quote terrible terrible crime — only then, Sanders quote might consider deporting that person — might.
Now Sanders wouldn’t have to change any laws to do this; he could simply order federal authorities to stop deportations. He could do that day one, and that’s his plan. Imagine what that would mean for this country — foreign nationals commit crimes, and we can’t send them home.
But Sanders wouldn’t stop there. He’s planning to unilaterally enact many pieces of the New Way Forward act — that’s the lunatic piece of legislation we’ve covered on the show extensively. It’s designed to protect criminal aliens — that’s the point of it.
Sanders has pledged to end the ban on deported criminals re-entering the United States. Why is that a good idea? He’s pledged to eliminate expedited removal — that’s the policy that allows obvious illegal aliens to be kicked out of the country swiftly. Over.
He’s promised to give discretion to immigration judges so they can protect any illegal aliens who somehow beat the odds and face actual deportation. Sanders has also vowed to end all workplace immigration raids so that big business will be able to rely on illegal immigrant labor with impunity.
That’s something he spent 30 years attacking — now he’s for it, and ending those immigration raids will be easy since Sanders is planning to abolish ICE.
SANDERS: On day one, through an executive order, we will repeal all of Trump’s racist immigration executive orders. We will end the ICE raids that are terrorizing communities all across America.
CARLSON: Of course businesses will have to import more of that illegal exploited labor that Sanders is suddenly for because Sanders is also promising an amnesty for all current illegal aliens in this country. That’s more than 22 million people.
Of course that’s a move that will change the electoral balance in this country permanently — forever — and that’s the real point, needless to say.
Bringing in new illegal workers won’t be difficult: Sanders plans to decriminalize the illegal border crossings and abolish the Border Patrol.
What is this? This is what radical open borders policy looks like. Sanders is arguing that everyone on earth has the effective right to come to this country anytime and receive the benefits of citizenship.
In the Sanders administration, those benefits would include but will not be limited to free college, free healthcare, and full eligibility for food stamps and welfare.
Now we’re not making this up for partisan reasons or to slam Bernie Sanders because suddenly it looks like he’s gonna become the nominee. This has been out there the whole time, no one’s mentioning it, but it’s all on tape. Sanders brags about all of it. Watch:
SANDERS: I believe that healthcare is a human right.
QUESTIONER: Senator, would you include the 11 million undocumented?
SANDERS: Absolutely. When I talk about healthcare being a human right — last time I heard that undocumented people are human beings as well. We need the best educated population in the world: that means we’re going to make our public colleges and universities tuition-free and open that to the undocumented as well.
CARLSON: So why isn’t anybody talking about this? People are jumping up and down on both sides on television because Sanders praised Fidel Castro, because Sanders is a self-described Democratic Socialist — that’s bad, there’s no doubt. But is it worse than what he believes on policy? It’s not even close.
You know what’s way worse than anything he’s ever said about Fidel Castro? His belief, his argument that anyone on the planet who sneaks into the United States should get free healthcare and free college tuition. That’s the case he’s making.
So here’s the obvious question — what would that do to our medical system and our universities? How long before they collapse? Not long.
These are some of the best things in our country, what we brag about — gone. How do we pay for all of this, by the way? And if it’s such a great idea, why is no other nation considering doing it? Why has no other nation ever done this?
Sanders has no answers for those questions, the most basic questions, and in fact becomes angry if you ask him. He clearly doesn’t care about the consequences of his plans.
Why? There’s really only one possible answer — because he doesn’t care about the United States or its future. It’s obvious that Sanders hates the country he seeks to lead; there’s no other explanation for it, and that is a very dangerous quality in a president.
The show will continue to bring you a series on what life would be like under a Bernie Sanders administration because there’s a lot there, and none of it’s gotten attention. It’s more than just praising Castro — trust us.


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Does Trump’s Wooing Of Indians Mean He Will Support Treason Lobby’s Indian Overclass Importation Bill?

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More 100,000 Indians roared for President Trump when he spoke alongside India ’ s Prime Minister Nareendra Modi last week [ Trump dazzled by 'stunning display of India 's culture and kindness ' at welcome rally , by Courtney Subramanian , USA Today , February 23 , 2020 ] .
The meeting was Trump ’ s second with Modi in six months , the first being at a rally in Houston , Texas .
Of course , Trump wants good relations with India , but he ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the Indian-American vote in 2020 .
Unfortunately , this pandering means he might just back a bill that would give more green cards to Indian immigrants .
That would be catastrophic for the American workers who elected him in 2016 .
Trump seems to have a particular affection for Indians .
He has long done business with them here and in India .
He called Indians a “ very , very special people ” in a November 13 , 2018 tweet celebrating a Hindu holiday .
He courted the Indian vote in 2016 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ “ The Indian and Hindu community will have a true friend in the White House , that I can guarantee , ” he said at one event .
Needless to say , this earnest courtship didn ’ t end in electoral nuptials : More than 80 percent of Indians jilted him for Hillary Clinton [ Very Special People , by Meena Venkataramanan , Harvard Political Review , June 26 , 2019 ] .
Why might that be ?
Sixty-two percent of Indians identify as Democrats [ 2018 Asian American Voter Survey , Civic @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to the Left on nearly every issue of importance to the Historic American Nation .
Sixty-five percent of Indians support Amnesty for illegal aliens , 60 percent believe states should issue drivers ’ licenses to illegals , 65 percent have a favorable view of Black Lives Matter , and 55 percent say the visa backlog is a serious issue [ 2016 Post-Election National Asian American Survey , by Karthick Ramakrishnan , Janelle Wong , Jennifer Lee , and Taeku Lee , May 16 , 2017 ] .
Asian-Americans in general overwhelmingly favor stricter @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the 2018 Asian American Voter Survey showed ; 84 percent of Indians would grab your gun given the chance .
No wonder the Asian American Voter Survey also showed that just 28 percent of Indians approve of Trump ’ s job performance .
Of course , most Indian-American politicians are hard Leftists .
Every U.S. congressman of Indian descent is a Democrat .
Two of the most high-profile : Ro Khanna of California and Pramila Jayapal of Washington .
Both are far-Left progressives who support Bernie Sanders and Open Borders .
Khanna and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Forward Act , which would decriminalize illegal immigration and make immigration enforcement all but impossible .
Jayapal , an immigrant herself , has bragged that she subverted immigration law to help “ refugees ” from Central America apply for asylum .
Other Indian Democrats are California-born Ami Bera , the child of immigrants who represents California ’ s 7th District , and Raja Krishnamoorthi , who was born in New Delhi and represents Illinois-8 .
California ’ s hard-left Sen. Kamala Harris is the child of an immigrant Indian mother and immigrant Jamaican @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to the Democrat Party new .
The first Indian elected to Congress , Punjabi Sikh Dalip Singh Saund , was a Democrat who represented California-28 from 1957 to 1963 .
Yet Trump still loves these Indians .
He ’ s hired more than two dozen for top jobs and is on pace to break Barack Obama ’ s record of Indian appointments [ Donald Trump praises 'incredible ' role played by Indian-Americans in his administration , Times of India , November 14 , 2018 ] .
They include Nikki Haley , the former @ @ @ @ @ @ @ removed the Confederate Flag from a State Capitol memorial ) and Trump ’ s envoy to the United Nations , Ajit Pai , Medicare and Medicaid Services Administrator Seema Verma , and former deputy press secretary Raj Shah .
Many , of course , are Establishment snakes .
Raj Shah wanted Trump to lose in 2016 .
Nikki Haley compared Trump to Charleston mass shooter Dylann Roof and supported the U.N. ’ s globalist pact on immigration that Trump opposed [ Trump Ignores Nikki Haley , Pulls U.S. Out Of Global Immigration Pact @ @ @ @ @ @ @ December 3 , 2017 ] .
Still , Trump seems to believe that appearances with Modi , tax cuts , differentiating illegal from legal immigration , and , importantly , criticizing Islam , will invite Hindu votes at the polls November .
Many Hindus hate Muslims and some groups praised his travel ban on predominately Muslim nations .
And they certainly like Trump ’ s refusal to condemn Modi ’ s nationalism and anti-Muslim policies [ At a rally like no other , Trump woos Indian American voters ahead of 2020 , by @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , 2019 ] .
But Indian-American politicians are confident these tactics won ’ t work .
They claim Indians are committed to helping their fellow Indian immigrants and non-whites in general .
“ It ’ s the Gandhian philosophy of pluralism , of respect for fellow human beings , of dialogue for peace that define the values of the Indian American community , ” Khanna said after Trump ’ s Houston rally with Modi .
“ The president is misinformed if he thinks showing up at this rally is going to help him @ @ @ @ @ @ @ I believe the Indian American community will overwhelming [ ly ] reject Donald Trump because his anti-immigrant rhetoric and policies run completely counter to our community ’ s story in America , ” Chaudhuri told Politico ’ s Kumar .
“ Not only are they immigrants , but also , they are brown-skinned , often in minority religions and discriminated in society in various ways , ” Ramakrishnan , director of the Asian American Voters Survey at the University of California , told NPR this month .
“ So , yes , people @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Indian Americans and other immigrant communities , but the reality of racial discrimination in the United States makes it more difficult ” [ One Group Whose Political Leanings May Be Changing : Indian Americans Who Are Hindu , by Tom Gjelten , NPR , February 22 , 2020 ] .
On that note , here ’ s another datum from Ramakrishnan ’ s election report to put the Indian vote in perspective : Indians are most likely among Asians to claim employment discrimination in hiring and firing , [ p. 37-38 ] and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ [ p .
48 ] In other words , Indian-Americans are a natural part of the Democrats ’ anti-white fringe coalition of self-proclaimed victims..
The president knows that Indian immigrants are more loyal to their homeland than to America .
Why else would he think a foreign leader gets him votes in America ?
Oddly enough , though , this approach will only help him with less assimilated Indians .
That ’ s because Asians in general are more likely to vote Democrat if they were born in America and speak English well @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 8,058 Asian American voters , by Asian American Legal and Defense Education Fund , December 26 , 2018 ] .
Twenty-six percent of foreign-born Asian-Americans approve of Trump , while only 7 percent of American-born Asians approve of Trump .
Thirty-five percent of Asian-Americans with limited English proficiency support Trump , but only 15 percent of fluent English speakers support him .
So will Trump shape his immigration policy around Indian demands and support Senator Mike Lee ’ s Fairness for High-Skilled Immigrants Act ( FHSIA ) —which should really be called the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ what this atrocious bill would do : Scrap country caps on visas , which prevent certain nationalities monopolizing visas and overwhelming our immigration system .
Under current law , one nationality is limited to 7 percent of visas allocated annually .
By eliminating that ceiling , FHSIA would permit Indians to gobble up more than 90 percent of professional employment green cards for the next 10 years because so many are here already on “ temporary ” H1B visas , waiting to become permanent residents .
The Indian ethnic lobby strongly backs the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ it .
Like Mexico and Central America , India benefits immensely from immigration because remittances are nearly 3 percent of its GDP .
Of course , Big Tech will benefit , too .
About 71 percent of Silicon Valley ’ s workforce is foreign-born .
If FHSIA passes , Big Tech can obtain even more cheap foreign labor rather than hiring actual Americans .
The people who will lose the most are high-skilled American workers , the communities in which Indians settle , and , of course , the GOP .
Indians have @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in—and not for the better .
Many suburbs of Seattle now resemble South Asian colonies , with Indians occupying entire classrooms and apartment complexes .
Towns such as Redmond , Washington used to be Republican strongholds .
Thanks to Indians , these suburbs now elect far-Left Democrats .
If FHSIA passes , those communities will spread like coronavirus—a contagion that invites this observation about Indians : A strikingly high number commit medical fraud .
So they steal not only jobs but also benefits .
Trump should stop wasting his time .
He ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ with American workers against the agenda of this ethnic lobby imported by the disastrous 1965 Immigration Act—whose proportion of the U.S. population , by a pleasing coincidence , now amounts to a literal “ one percent , ” just like the financial elite that the Left claims is running the country .
Washington Watcher II [ Email him ] is an anonymous DC insider .

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More 100,000 Indians roared for President Trump when he spoke alongside India’s Prime Minister Nareendra Modi last week [Trump dazzled by 'stunning display of India's culture and kindness' at welcome rally, by Courtney Subramanian, USA Today, February 23, 2020]. The meeting was Trump’s second with Modi in six months, the first being at a rally in Houston, Texas. Of course, Trump wants good relations with India, but he’s also angling, foolishly, for the Indian-American vote in 2020. Unfortunately, this pandering means he might just back a bill that would give more green cards to Indian immigrants. That would be catastrophic for the American workers who elected him in 2016.
Trump seems to have a particular affection for Indians. He has long done business with them here and in India. He called Indians a “very, very special people” in a November 13, 2018 tweet celebrating a Hindu holiday. He courted the Indian vote in 2016 and even released ads in Hindi. “The Indian and Hindu community will have a true friend in the White House, that I can guarantee,” he said at one event. Needless to say, this earnest courtship didn’t end in electoral nuptials: More than 80 percent of Indians jilted him for Hillary Clinton [Very Special People, by Meena Venkataramanan, Harvard Political Review, June 26, 2019].
Why might that be? Sixty-two percent of Indians identify as Democrats [2018 Asian American Voter Survey, Civic Leadership USA]. And they lean to the Left on nearly every issue of importance to the Historic American Nation. Sixty-five percent of Indians support Amnesty for illegal aliens, 60 percent believe states should issue drivers’ licenses to illegals, 65 percent have a favorable view of Black Lives Matter, and 55 percent say the visa backlog is a serious issue [2016 Post-Election National Asian American Survey, by Karthick Ramakrishnan, Janelle Wong, Jennifer Lee, and Taeku Lee, May 16, 2017]. Asian-Americans in general overwhelmingly favor stricter gun control by a 7-to-1 margin, the 2018 Asian American Voter Survey showed; 84 percent of Indians would grab your gun given the chance.
“Guns, that is the most pressing issue for me,” said Vijay Katkuri, 38, a software engineer from southern India, explaining why he voted for a Democratic challenger on Tuesday. “There are lots of other issues, but you can only fix them if you are alive.” https://t.co/QAa0sendYQ — Shannon Watts (@shannonrwatts) November 11, 2019
No wonder the Asian American Voter Survey also showed that just 28 percent of Indians approve of Trump’s job performance.
Of course, most Indian-American politicians are hard Leftists. Every U.S. congressman of Indian descent is a Democrat. Two of the most high-profile: Ro Khanna of California and Pramila Jayapal of Washington. Both are far-Left progressives who support Bernie Sanders and Open Borders. Khanna and Jayapal are co-sponsors of the New Way Forward Act, which would decriminalize illegal immigration and make immigration enforcement all but impossible. Jayapal, an immigrant herself, has bragged that she subverted immigration law to help “refugees” from Central America apply for asylum.
Other Indian Democrats are California-born Ami Bera, the child of immigrants who represents California’s 7th District, and Raja Krishnamoorthi, who was born in New Delhi and represents Illinois-8.
California’s hard-left Sen. Kamala Harris is the child of an immigrant Indian mother and immigrant Jamaican father.
Nor is the Indian attachment to the Democrat Party new. The first Indian elected to Congress, Punjabi Sikh Dalip Singh Saund, was a Democrat who represented California-28 from 1957 to 1963.
(Indian Leftists are also penetrating state legislatures. In November, Del. Ghazala Hashmi, an Indian Muslim from Hyderabad, unseated an incumbent Republican to represent Virginia’s 10th House district in the Old Dominion’s General Assembly. Tennessee-born Jay Chaudhuri represents North Carolina’s 10th Senate district and is the party’s Minority Whip.)
Yet Trump still loves these Indians. He’s hired more than two dozen for top jobs and is on pace to break Barack Obama’s record of Indian appointments [Donald Trump praises 'incredible' role played by Indian-Americans in his administration, Times of India, November 14, 2018]. They include Nikki Haley, the former governor of South Carolina (where she removed the Confederate Flag from a State Capitol memorial) and Trump’s envoy to the United Nations, Ajit Pai, Medicare and Medicaid Services Administrator Seema Verma, and former deputy press secretary Raj Shah.
Many, of course, are Establishment snakes. Raj Shah wanted Trump to lose in 2016. Nikki Haley compared Trump to Charleston mass shooter Dylann Roof and supported the U.N.’s globalist pact on immigration that Trump opposed [Trump Ignores Nikki Haley, Pulls U.S. Out Of Global Immigration Pact, by Carlos Ballestros, Newsweek, December 3, 2017].
Still, Trump seems to believe that appearances with Modi, tax cuts, differentiating illegal from legal immigration, and, importantly, criticizing Islam, will invite Hindu votes at the polls November. Many Hindus hate Muslims and some groups praised his travel ban on predominately Muslim nations. And they certainly like Trump’s refusal to condemn Modi’s nationalism and anti-Muslim policies [At a rally like no other, Trump woos Indian American voters ahead of 2020, by Anita Kumar, Politico, September 22, 2019].
But Indian-American politicians are confident these tactics won’t work. They claim Indians are committed to helping their fellow Indian immigrants and non-whites in general.
“It’s the Gandhian philosophy of pluralism, of respect for fellow human beings, of dialogue for peace that define the values of the Indian American community,” Khanna said after Trump’s Houston rally with Modi. “The president is misinformed if he thinks showing up at this rally is going to help him with the Indian American vote.”
.@RoKhanna points out that 80% of our Indian-American brothers & sisters oppose Trump despite this Houston Trump/ Modi rally pic.twitter.com/RyLU4V8GpG — Secular Talk🎙 (@KyleKulinski) September 23, 2019
“I believe the Indian American community will overwhelming[ly] reject Donald Trump because his anti-immigrant rhetoric and policies run completely counter to our community’s story in America,” Chaudhuri told Politico’s Kumar.
“Not only are they immigrants, but also, they are brown-skinned, often in minority religions and discriminated in society in various ways,” Ramakrishnan, director of the Asian American Voters Survey at the University of California, told NPR this month. “So, yes, people could try to drive a wedge between Indian Americans and other immigrant communities, but the reality of racial discrimination in the United States makes it more difficult” [One Group Whose Political Leanings May Be Changing: Indian Americans Who Are Hindu, by Tom Gjelten, NPR, February 22, 2020].
On that note, here’s another datum from Ramakrishnan’s election report to put the Indian vote in perspective: Indians are most likely among Asians to claim employment discrimination in hiring and firing, [p. 37-38] and to suffer the injustice of name mispronunciation.[p. 48]
In other words, Indian-Americans are a natural part of the Democrats’ anti-white fringe coalition of self-proclaimed victims.
The president knows that Indian immigrants are more loyal to their homeland than to America. Why else would he think a foreign leader gets him votes in America? Oddly enough, though, this approach will only help him with less assimilated Indians.
That’s because Asians in general are more likely to vote Democrat if they were born in America and speak English well [New results—AALDEF 2018 exit poll of 8,058 Asian American voters, by Asian American Legal and Defense Education Fund, December 26, 2018]. Twenty-six percent of foreign-born Asian-Americans approve of Trump, while only 7 percent of American-born Asians approve of Trump. Thirty-five percent of Asian-Americans with limited English proficiency support Trump, but only 15 percent of fluent English speakers support him.
So will Trump shape his immigration policy around Indian demands and support Senator Mike Lee’s Fairness for High-Skilled Immigrants Act (FHSIA)—which should really be called the Indian Overclass Importation bill?.
Recall what this atrocious bill would do: Scrap country caps on visas, which prevent certain nationalities monopolizing visas and overwhelming our immigration system. Under current law, one nationality is limited to 7 percent of visas allocated annually. By eliminating that ceiling, FHSIA would permit Indians to gobble up more than 90 percent of professional employment green cards for the next 10 years because so many are here already on “temporary” H1B visas, waiting to become permanent residents.
The Indian ethnic lobby strongly backs the bill and is pushing Republicans to support it. Like Mexico and Central America, India benefits immensely from immigration because remittances are nearly 3 percent of its GDP.
Of course, Big Tech will benefit, too. About 71 percent of Silicon Valley’s workforce is foreign-born. If FHSIA passes, Big Tech can obtain even more cheap foreign labor rather than hiring actual Americans.
The people who will lose the most are high-skilled American workers, the communities in which Indians settle, and, of course, the GOP. Indians have transformed many of the communities they live in—and not for the better. Many suburbs of Seattle now resemble South Asian colonies, with Indians occupying entire classrooms and apartment complexes. Towns such as Redmond, Washington used to be Republican strongholds. Thanks to Indians, these suburbs now elect far-Left Democrats.
If FHSIA passes, those communities will spread like coronavirus—a contagion that invites this observation about Indians: A strikingly high number commit medical fraud. So they steal not only jobs but also benefits.
Trump should stop wasting his time. He’ll get more votes if he stands with American workers against the agenda of this ethnic lobby imported by the disastrous 1965 Immigration Act—whose proportion of the U.S. population, by a pleasing coincidence, now amounts to a literal “one percent,” just like the financial elite that the Left claims is running the country.
Washington Watcher II [Email him] is an anonymous DC insider.


vdare--2020-03-02--Louvre Staffers Shut Down Museum

Louvre Staffers Shut Down Museum

PARIS — The spreading coronavirus outbreak shut down France ’ s Louvre Museum on Sunday , with workers who guard @ @ @ @ @ fearful of being contaminated by the museum ’ s flow of tourists from around the @ @ @ @ @ the Louvre ’ s 9.6 million visitors last year came from abroad .
The world @ @ @ @ @ welcomes tens of thousands of fans daily in Paris .
A short statement from the @ @ @ @ @ about virus prevention efforts stopped the museum from opening as scheduled Sunday morning .
When @ @ @ @ @ 1980 , Paris was having a bus strike , so the museum workers kicked everybody @ @ @ @ @ middle of the afternoon , the security guards did that famous “ broom ” sweep @ @ @ @ @ march dozens abreast through each huge gallery forcing all visitors out the front door .
@ @ @ @ @ , so it ’ s not surprising that this kind of employee action started in @ @ @ @ @ interesting to see how far it spreads within France and around the world .

From the L.A. Times:
Coronavirus fears close down France’s famed Louvre Museum By ASSOCIATED PRESS
MARCH 1, 20202:05 PM PARIS — The spreading coronavirus outbreak shut down France’s Louvre Museum on Sunday, with workers who guard its famous trove of artworks fearful of being contaminated by the museum’s flow of tourists from around the world. Almost three-quarters of the Louvre’s 9.6 million visitors last year came from abroad. The world’s most popular museum welcomes tens of thousands of fans daily in Paris. A short statement from the Louvre said a staff meeting about virus prevention efforts stopped the museum from opening as scheduled Sunday morning.
When I visited the Louvre in 1980, Paris was having a bus strike, so the museum workers kicked everybody out early. In the middle of the afternoon, the security guards did that famous “broom” sweep where they link arms and march dozens abreast through each huge gallery forcing all visitors out the front door.
France has particularly uppity employees, so it’s not surprising that this kind of employee action started in France. It will be interesting to see how far it spreads within France and around the world.
[Comment at Unz.com]


vdare--2020-03-02--His Name Is Kristopher Dacus:  White Cemetery Employee In Arkansas Murdered by Black Teen For Asking

His Name Is Kristopher Dacus:  White Cemetery Employee In Arkansas Murdered by Black Teen For Asking Him To Leave

Four black males trespassing in a cemetery in North Little Rock , Arkansas .
A white employee of the cemetery , Kristopher Dacus , asked them to leave .
Kelton Ahmad McIntire refused to comply and after a brief altercation , pulled out a gun and shot Dacus “ multiple times.
” Police : 15-year-old charged with murder of North Little Rock cemetery worker , Arkansas Online , February 26 , 2020 A North Little Rock teenager is facing first-degree murder charges in the Wednesday afternoon shooting death of a cemetery employee , according to a news release from North @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , 15 , is charged with shooting 33-year-old Kristopher Dacus of North Little Rock just after 2 p.m. in Edgewood Cemetery , the release from department spokesman Sgt .
Amy Cooper said .
Dacus was an employee at the cemetery at 4200 Division St .
According to the news release , McIntire and three other juveniles were walking through the cemetery when Dacus approached them and told them to leave the property .
While the others ran toward the exit , McIntire continued on his way .
The release said Dacus approached the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ then pulled out a gun and shot Dacus “ multiple times , ” the release said .
Officers arriving at the scene at 2:25 p.m. found Dacus , the release said .
He was taken to an area hospital , where he died from his injuries .
Police were notified that a juvenile black male was seen running from the cemetery immediately following the shooting , the releas said .
Officers arrested McIntire a short time later at an apartment at 2000 Parkway Dr. , less than a block from the cemetery .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ adult , is being held at the Pulaski County jail with no bond .
Does this story have George Zimmerman/Trayvon Martin-vibes ?
If the latter was armed ( or had wrestled Zimmerman ’ s gun from him ) , the altercation back in 2012 might have ended quite differently .
Perhaps as the Dacus/McIntire one did in a cemetery in North Little Rock .
We aren ’ t supposed to notice Kristopher Dacus was a white male and his murderer was black .
In fact , in the current year , to notice @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a far graver sin than the murder of Mr. Dacus itself .
Nonetheless , His Name is Kristopher Dacus .
Were the races reversed , his death would be a national story , with the media trying to find ways to connect this modern-day lynching to Emmett Till .
As is it , few outside of Little Rock and those reading piece will ever stumble across how you died and who took your life .
There is no double standard in America , only The Standard , dictating white people have no collective @ @ @ @ @ @ @ interracial crime can only be reported if a white person ( thereby all white people in the USA are guilty ) is the suspect .
And remember : Their Lives Matter Too .

Four black males trespassing in a cemetery in North Little Rock, Arkansas. A white employee of the cemetery, Kristopher Dacus, asked them to leave. Kelton Ahmad McIntire refused to comply and after a brief altercation, pulled out a gun and shot Dacus “multiple times.”
Police: 15-year-old charged with murder of North Little Rock cemetery worker, Arkansas Online, February 26, 2020 A North Little Rock teenager is facing first-degree murder charges in the Wednesday afternoon shooting death of a cemetery employee, according to a news release from North Little Rock Police. Kelton Ahmad McIntire, 15, is charged with shooting 33-year-old Kristopher Dacus of North Little Rock just after 2 p.m. in Edgewood Cemetery, the release from department spokesman Sgt. Amy Cooper said. Dacus was an employee at the cemetery at 4200 Division St. According to the news release, McIntire and three other juveniles were walking through the cemetery when Dacus approached them and told them to leave the property. While the others ran toward the exit, McIntire continued on his way. The release said Dacus approached the teen and a struggle ensued. McIntire then pulled out a gun and shot Dacus “multiple times,” the release said. Officers arriving at the scene at 2:25 p.m. found Dacus, the release said. He was taken to an area hospital, where he died from his injuries. Police were notified that a juvenile black male was seen running from the cemetery immediately following the shooting, the release said. Officers arrested McIntire a short time later at an apartment at 2000 Parkway Dr., less than a block from the cemetery. McIntire, who is charged as an adult, is being held at the Pulaski County jail with no bond.
Does this story have George Zimmerman/Trayvon Martin-vibes? If the latter had been armed (or had wrestled Zimmerman’s gun from him), the altercation back in 2012 might have ended quite differently. Perhaps as the Dacus/McIntire one did in a cemetery in North Little Rock.
We aren’t supposed to notice Kristopher Dacus was a white male and his murderer was black. In fact, in the current year, to notice such racial realities behind this murder is a far graver sin than the murder of Mr. Dacus itself.
Nonetheless, His Name is Kristopher Dacus. Were the races reversed, his death would be a national story, with the media trying to find ways to connect this modern-day lynching to Emmett Till. As it is, few outside of Little Rock and those reading this piece will ever stumble across how you died and who took your life.
There is no double standard in America, only The Standard, dictating white people have no collective interests or concerns, and that violent interracial crime can only be reported if a white person (thereby all white people in the USA are guilty) is the suspect.
And remember: Their Lives Matter Too.
[Comment at Unz.com]