vdare--2020-09-23--How Many COVID Fatalities Died in the Prime of Their Careers?

A question that is still largely unanswered about the large death toll from the coronavirus is how much have we lost in terms of societal contribution from people with the prime of their careers still ahead of them .
For example , will anybody write a famous song about the young geniuses struck down by COVID the way “ American Pie ” commemorates the plane crash that killed Buddy Holly , age 22 , and Ritchie “ La Bamba ” Valens , then only 17 and on a trajectory to perhaps be the most famous Mexican-American ever .
This is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ died from coronavirus disease 2019 ( COVID-19 ) , as a result of infection by the virus SARS-CoV-2 during the COVID-19 pandemic .
This article is about deaths of notable people .
…This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness .
You can help by expanding it with reliably sourced entries .
I think their working definition of “ notable ” is having a Wikipedia page already , although I can ’ t confirm that .
This list appears to be updated about a half @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ s not abandoned .
How complete it is , I don ’ t know , but it seems complete for the famous cases I can recall .
One of my usual analytical techniques from the bag of tricks I ’ ve assembled over the decades is to check out my theories against other people ’ s lists which they assembled for purposes not related to my theory .
That way I can ’ t be accused of cherry-picking my data .
( Of course , I still am accused of cherry-picking … @ @ @ @ @ @ @ less American deaths .
The table is organized by country of death , so I ’ m counting everybody who died in the U.S , plus a small number of people whose place of death was not recorded but who are described as Americans .
There are a handful of Americans who died abroad whom I am not including because it would have been more work than it was worth .
The lists include live links to the Wikipedia page of the dead person and the Ref .
column takes you to a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of the death .
So you can read up on the individuals , perhaps find a picture , see what they ’ ve been doing lately , and do your own analyses .
If you aren ’ t American , I encourage you to do your own analysis for the country you know best .
Among these 167 deaths , the mean age of death was 78.6 and the median age was 83.0 .
These are not , on the whole , hugely famous people .
I think I recognized 15 of the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ reasonably well informed .
Many of them were never celebrities but instead high achievers in low profile fields like nephrology or corporate law , or obscure figures in more publicized fields like sports or music .
What strikes me is that only a few of them were struck down in the prime of their careers .
Actor Nick Cordero was 41 and working steadily , songwriter Adam Schlesinger was 52 and had recently done excellent work for Crazy Ex-Girlfriend , Herman Cain was 74 and still doing Herman Cain stuff .
But your @ @ @ @ @ @ @ mine : What do you think ?

A question that is still largely unanswered about the large death toll from the coronavirus is how much have we lost in terms of societal contribution from people with the prime of their careers still ahead of them.
For example, will anybody write a famous song about the young geniuses struck down by COVID the way “American Pie” commemorates the plane crash that killed Buddy Holly, age 22, and Ritchie “La Bamba” Valens, then only 17 and on a trajectory to perhaps be the most famous Mexican-American ever.
Here’s the current version of Wikipedia’s
List of deaths due to COVID-19 This is a list of notable people who have died from coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), as a result of infection by the virus SARS-CoV-2 during the COVID-19 pandemic. This article is about deaths of notable people. …This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by expanding it with reliably sourced entries.
I think their working definition of “notable” is having a Wikipedia page already, although I can’t confirm that. This list appears to be updated about a half dozen times per day, so it’s not abandoned. How complete it is, I don’t know, but it seems complete for the famous cases I can recall.
One of my usual analytical techniques from the bag of tricks I’ve assembled over the decades is to check out my theories against other people’s lists which they assembled for purposes not related to my theory. That way I can’t be accused of cherry-picking my data. (Of course, I still am accused of cherry-picking …)
Below are the 167 more or less American deaths. The table is organized by country of death, so I’m counting everybody who died in the U.S, plus a small number of people whose place of death was not recorded but who are described as Americans. There are a handful of Americans who died abroad whom I am not including because it would have been more work than it was worth.
The lists include live links to the Wikipedia page of the dead person and the Ref. column takes you to a footnote linking you to a news account of the death. So you can read up on the individuals, perhaps find a picture, see what they’ve been doing lately, and do your own analyses.
If you aren’t American, I encourage you to do your own analysis for the country you know best.
Among these 167 deaths, the mean age of death was 78.6 and the median age was 83.0.
These are not, on the whole, hugely famous people. I think I recognized 15 of the 167 names, and I’m reasonably well informed. Many of them were never celebrities but instead high achievers in low profile fields like nephrology or corporate law, or obscure figures in more publicized fields like sports or music.
What strikes me is that only a few of them were struck down in the prime of their careers. Actor Nick Cordero was 41 and working steadily, songwriter Adam Schlesinger was 52 and had recently done excellent work for Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, Herman Cain was 74 and still doing Herman Cain stuff. But your take on this data may differ from mine:
What do you think?


vdare--2020-09-23--Trump Still In Statistical Dead Heat With Biden, But His White Share Weakens

The latest Rasmussen Reports White House Watch , released midday today ( September 23 ) , show Joe Biden leading President Donald Trump by one point , 48 % -47 % .
Rasmussen says its margin of error is ±2.5 % .
, so this is a statistical deadheat .
Last Wednesday , Trump led Biden , also by one point , 47 % -46 % , so that was actually a statististical dead heat too .
But it was Trump 's first-ever lead , which would have been big news except for the Main Stream Media 's exceptionally tight @ @ @ @ @ @ @ available to its Platinum Service subscribers .
Trump continues to do well ( relatively , for a Republican ) among blacks ( 32 % ) and `` Other , '' Rasmussen 's grouping of Asians and Hispanics ( 50 % ) .
But these together make up only 30 % in Rasmussen 's sample .
Trump 's lead among whites continues to be his critical weakness .
Biden actually gained a point this week , so the white vote now divides 50 % -46 % .
For comparison , Trump won 58 % @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and whites made up most of the 5 % of the voters who went for Third Parties .
Currently , only 3 % of voters say they 'll vote Third Party .
So much for tax cuts .

The latest Rasmussen Reports White House Watch, released midday today (September 23), show Joe Biden leading President Donald Trump by one point, 48%–47%. Rasmussen says its margin of error is ±2.5%., so this is a statistical dead heat.
Last Wednesday, Trump led Biden, also by one point, 47%–46%, so that was actually a statististical dead heat too. But it was Trump's first-ever lead, which would have been big news except for the Main Stream Media's exceptionally tight Narrative Control.
Rasmussen makes demographic details available to its Platinum Service subscribers. Trump continues to do well (relatively, for a Republican) among blacks (32%) and "Other," Rasmussen's grouping of Asians and Hispanics (50%). But these together make up only 30% in Rasmussen's sample. Trump's lead among whites continues to be his critical weakness. Biden actually gained a point this week, so the white vote now divides 50%–46%.
For comparison, Trump won 58% of the white vote in 2016—and whites made up most of the 5% of the voters who went for Third Parties. Currently, only 3% of voters say they'll vote Third Party.
Significantly, Trump loses voters making over $200,000 a year by a staggering 37%-62%.
So much for tax cuts.


vdare--2020-09-23--Biden's Corporate Media Collusion

Biden's Corporate Media Collusion

Earlier : Joe Biden Has Left The Building : It Will Be A Kamala Administration On Day One What is happening here in this interview w/ @ JoeBiden ?
After he says he ’ ll freeze deportations once becoming president , he tells someone off camera , “ I lost that line.
” Telemundo ’ s @ jdbalart then tells him “ We can talk you and I on that.
” José , was he reading his responses ?
pic.twitter.com/Yoausx0zTr — Tom Elliott ( @ tomselliott ) September 21 , 2020 The immediate reaction most people have has to do @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , he ’ s really lost a step , the poor guy .
Should he be president ?
Can he be president ?
These are understandable reactions .
While they illustrate the absurdity of democracy , though , they don ’ t destroy it .
The obvious collusion between putative news sources and the Democrat presidential campaign does that .
The only way the campaign is able to come up with written responses for Biden to read while being interviewed by CBS and Telemundo is if his campaign received the questions in advance @ @ @ @ @ @ @ interviews , these are professionally produced campaign ads .
Biden ’ s campaign should report them as in-kind donations .
Not doing so is a blatant violation of campaign finance laws .
Donald Trump needs to sit down and study this well enough to have command of it next week , assuming the first debate takes place as scheduled .
Ask Biden point blank if he uses a teleprompter during media interviews and call him out for lying if he tries to deny it .
People hate the media–for very good reason , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ re predisposed to take the president ’ s side in a rigged game , and people will hone in on all the instances of implicit rigging the rest of the night .
Trump needs to force this issue early , within the first few statements he makes and then hound Biden with it every time he fumbles .

Earlier: Joe Biden Has Left The Building: It Will Be A Kamala Administration On Day One
It’s not hyperbole:
What is happening here in this interview w/ @JoeBiden? After he says he’ll freeze deportations once becoming president, he tells someone off camera, “I lost that line.” Telemundo’s @jdbalart then tells him “We can talk you and I on that.”
José, was he reading his responses? pic.twitter.com/Yoausx0zTr — Tom Elliott (@tomselliott) September 21, 2020
The immediate reaction most people have has to do with Biden’s senility. Whew, he’s really lost a step, the poor guy. Should he be president? Can he be president?
These are understandable reactions. While they illustrate the absurdity of democracy, though, they don’t destroy it. The obvious collusion between putative news sources and the Democrat presidential campaign does that.
The only way the campaign is able to come up with written responses for Biden to read while being interviewed by CBS and Telemundo is if his campaign received the questions in advance. These are not soft or friendly interviews, these are professionally produced campaign ads. Biden’s campaign should report them as in-kind donations. Not doing so is a blatant violation of campaign finance laws.
Donald Trump needs to sit down and study this well enough to have command of it next week, assuming the first debate takes place as scheduled. Ask Biden point blank if he uses a teleprompter during media interviews and call him out for lying if he tries to deny it.
People hate the media—for very good reason, as we see here. They’re predisposed to take the president’s side in a rigged game, and people will home in on all the instances of implicit rigging the rest of the night. Trump needs to force this issue early, within the first few statements he makes and then hound Biden with it every time he fumbles.
[Comment at Unz.com]


vdare--2020-09-23--His Name Is Rowan Sweeney: White Four-Year-Old Randomly Shot and Murdered By Black Male with Crimina

His Name Is Rowan Sweeney: White Four-Year-Old Randomly Shot and Murdered By Black Male with Criminal History

Earlier : His Name Is Cannon Hinnant : Five-Year Old White Boy Shot and Murdered Execution-Style by Black Neighbor ... for Riding His Bike in His Lawn Is there an equivalent of a white person murdering an under five-year-old black child ?
The outrage would be national , no , International news , and justifiably so , for there is nothing as grotesque as a bullet striking a child .
But when a black shooter opens fire in an apparent home invasion and kills a four-year-old white child , the news is barely mentioned even in the local press .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ white four-year-old who died as his mother held him , murdered by Kimonie Bryant , a black male with a criminal history .
A 4-year-old boy was shot and killed and four adults were wounded in a shooting that occurred early Monday at a home near the Ohio-Pennsylvania border .
The shooting occurred around 2 a.m. in the 100 block of Perry Street in Struthers , Ohio .
According to witness statements , a “ young , light-skinned , Black male ” walked into the home and opened fire , police said .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ shot twice in the head , another was shot at least twice in the back , and two women were shot in the “ lower extremities , ” according to Struthers police Chief Tim Roddy .
The child , Rowan Sweeney , died “ tragically ” in his mother ’ s arms , Chief Roddy said .
The four adults — Cassandra Mariscola , 20 ; Alexis Schneider , 22 ; Yarnell Green , 20 ; and Andre McCoy , 20 , were taken to St. Elizabeth Youngstown Hospital .
All four adult @ @ @ @ @ @ @ “ The two males are in critical condition , but the two women are OK , ” Chief Roddy said .
“ The suspects left prior to our arrival .
We didn ’ t stop processing the scene probably until about 10 a.m. , and we ’ ve been following several leads going on 14 hours .
So far no suspects have been arrested.
” The victims reportedly told police they did not know the gunman , who ran away from the home .
Chief Roddy said the suspect likely fled on foot @ @ @ @ @ @ @ no one saw a vehicle driving away or anyone else , ” the chief said .
He said there didn ’ t appear to be forced entry and that the gunman likely walked in the front door , which leads to the living room .
All five victims were shot “ in very close proximity to each other , ” Chief Roddy said .
“ [ The suspect ] entered and began yelling , ” the chief said .
“ Before they had a chance to respond … he began shooting.
” Chief @ @ @ @ @ @ @ for the shooting , but said there was a call about an overdose at the same address just last week .
“ It was not a resident of the house , ” Chief Roddy said .
“ The overdosing person fled while we were arriving , ” but he said authorities were able to apprehend the person .
At around 8 p.m. on Monday , Chief Roddy confirmed that Kimonie Devante Bryant , 24 , turned himself in to the U.S. Marshall Service , according to reporting from the Tribune Chronicle .
Bryant @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , with more charges likely coming , Capt .
Daniel Mamula said , and is expected to be arraigned in Struthers Municipal Court on Friday .
Although Capt .
Mamula said that Bryant has “ familiarity ” with the victims , he did not disclose anymore information .
Is there an equivalent of a white person murdering an under five-year-old black child ?
Seriously ?
If there was , we ’ d never stop hearing about it , for the story would have entered the hallowed halls of redlining , Emmett Till , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a nation with systemic racism , implicit bias , white privilege , and maintained by a white power structure , the only story we ’ d be hearing about right is how a little four-year-old white child was murdered by a black male .
Have you heard his name ?
No .

Earlier: His Name Is Cannon Hinnant: Five-Year Old White Boy Shot and Murdered Execution-Style by Black Neighbor... for Riding His Bike in His Lawn
Is there an equivalent of a white person murdering an under five-year-old black child? The outrage would be national, no, international news, and justifiably so, for there is nothing as grotesque as a bullet striking a child.
But when a black shooter opens fire in an apparent home invasion and kills a four-year-old white child, the news is barely mentioned even in the local press.
His Name is Rowan Sweeney, a white four-year-old who died as his mother held him, murdered by Kimonie Bryant, a black male with a criminal history.
A 4-year-old boy was shot and killed and four adults were wounded in a shooting that occurred early Monday at a home near the Ohio-Pennsylvania border. The shooting occurred around 2 a.m. in the 100 block of Perry Street in Struthers, Ohio. According to witness statements, a “young, light-skinned, Black male” walked into the home and opened fire, police said. At least one of the men was shot twice in the head, another was shot at least twice in the back, and two women were shot in the “lower extremities,” according to Struthers police Chief Tim Roddy. The child, Rowan Sweeney, died “tragically” in his mother’s arms, Chief Roddy said. The four adults — Cassandra Mariscola, 20; Alexis Schneider, 22; Yarnell Green, 20; and Andre McCoy, 20, were taken to St. Elizabeth Youngstown Hospital. All four adult victims were friends, police said. “The two males are in critical condition, but the two women are OK,” Chief Roddy said. “The suspects left prior to our arrival. We didn’t stop processing the scene probably until about 10 a.m., and we’ve been following several leads going on 14 hours. So far no suspects have been arrested.” The victims reportedly told police they did not know the gunman, who ran away from the home. Chief Roddy said the suspect likely fled on foot. “Neighbors heard gunshots, but no one saw a vehicle driving away or anyone else,” the chief said. He said there didn’t appear to be forced entry and that the gunman likely walked in the front door, which leads to the living room. All five victims were shot “in very close proximity to each other,” Chief Roddy said. “[The suspect] entered and began yelling,” the chief said. “Before they had a chance to respond … he began shooting.” Chief Roddy would not speculate about a motive for the shooting, but said there was a call about an overdose at the same address just last week. “It was not a resident of the house,” Chief Roddy said. “The overdosing person fled while we were arriving,” but he said authorities were able to apprehend the person. At around 8 p.m. on Monday, Chief Roddy confirmed that Kimonie Devante Bryant, 24, turned himself in to the U.S. Marshall Service, according to reporting from the Tribune Chronicle. Bryant is facing one charge of aggravated murder, with more charges likely coming, Capt. Daniel Mamula said, and is expected to be arraigned in Struthers Municipal Court on Friday. Although Capt. Mamula said that Bryant has “familiarity” with the victims, he did not disclose anymore information.
Is there an equivalent of a white person murdering an under five-year-old black child? Seriously?
If there was, we’d never stop hearing about it, for the story would have entered the hallowed halls of redlining, Emmett Till, and George Floyd.
Rest in peace, Rowan.
Were America really a nation with systemic racism, implicit bias, white privilege, and maintained by a white power structure, the only story we’d be hearing about right is now a little four-year-old white child was murdered by a black male.
Have you heard his name? No.
That’s the reality of black privilege. That’s Black-Run America (BRA).
[Comment at Unz.com]


vdare--2020-09-23--Protecting Property Is Oppressing People?

From the fairly nationally representative battleground state of North Carolina , we learn most people want to see the police @ @ @ @ @ even if people are out of harm ’ s way : The vast majority of @ @ @ @ @ to see people get hurt , though : One-in-ten people don ’ t want the @ @ @ @ @ even when something like this happens : The streets will settle it .
As the @ @ @ @ @ contingent is disproportionately young , far-left , and non-white .
They ’ re not settling @ @ @ @ @ They ’ re angry and they want to make things happen .
One suspects they @ @ @ @ @ opportunities to do so over the next few months .

From the fairly nationally representative battleground state of North Carolina, we learn most people want to see the police intervene to stop the destruction even if people are out of harm’s way:
The vast majority of people don’t want to see people get hurt, though:
One-in-ten people don’t want the police intervening at all, even when something like this happens:
The streets will settle it.
As the second graph shows, this contingent is disproportionately young, far-left, and non-white. They’re not settling for performative half measures. They’re angry and they want to make things happen. One suspects they’ll have plenty more opportunities to do so over the next few months.
[Comment at Unz.com]


vdare--2020-09-18--Trump Strongest In Rasmussen Poll—But His White Share Is Disgracefully Low

See also : Trump Still In Statistical Dead Heat With Biden , But His White Share Weakens The Main Stream Media has finally discovered that President Donald J. Trump 's real weakness is with whites [ ‘ It ’ s a big , big swing ’ : Trump loses ground with white voters , By David Siders , Politico , September 21 , 2020 ] .
Of course at VDARE.com we ’ ve been calling attention to this for months , and blaming Jared Kushner ’ s strategy of pandering to minorities .
What ’ s really disturbing : even @ @ @ @ @ @ @ with his first-ever lead over Joe Biden ( 47 % -46 % ) and therefore got no MSM publicity , shows this weakness with whites .
The good news : Trump has upside potential .
The bad news : it ’ s awfully late .
Donald Trump won in 2016 because he adopted ( blundered into ? )
what VDARE.com calls the Sailer Strategy and focused on whites , especially in the Rust Belt , rather than Karl Rove-type pandering to minorities .
It ’ s easy to miss how extraordinary Trump ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
He got about 58 % of the white vote , which is roughly about what Romney got .
But there ’ s a paradox that masks Trump ’ s true impact .
You have to consider the effect of Third Parties .
Quite often you hear people say that Reagan got 59 % of the white vote in 1980 and he won in a landslide and Romney got 59 % of the white vote and was defeated , and that this is a measure to the extent to which the country has @ @ @ @ @ @ @ not exactly true—because there was a Third Party candidate in 1980 , John Anderson , who got 6.6 % of the vote , essentially all of it white .
So the Democrats were more damaged by John Anderson and by Reagan in terms of the white vote .
And that ’ s exactly what happened in 2016 .
Green Party candidate Jill Stein and Libertarian Party candidate Gary Johnson , between them , got close to 5 % , There were several states where that was would have tipped the balance .
Nevertheless @ @ @ @ @ @ @ was to drive up the GOP ’ s share of the national white vote .
Steve Sailer has calculated that , without any patriotic immigration reform at all , the GOP/ GAP ( Generic American Party ) could still win nationally as late as 2050 simply by driving its white share up to 70 % -- which it already achieves in several Southern states .
After the 2016 election , I explained in detail to Trump how he could do this .
There are enormous sectional variations in the U.S. white vote .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ New England—the predominantly-white , historically-Democrat states from Portland ME to Portland OR .
But Trump has made no specific effort to win this section .
Indeed , his adoption of the GOP Establishment agenda included Paul Ryan ’ s tax bill , which by attacking the deductibility of state and local taxes from federal taxes ( whatever its theoretical wonkish justification ) actually damaged the very white groups in high-tax Northern states that Trump should have been trying to win .
Looked at in more detail , available to subscribers to its Platinum @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Trump ’ s current position .
Despite beating Biden overall , he only leads the Democrat nominee by a disgraceful 50 % -45 % among white voters .
But he does have , for a Republican , relatively unusual strength among blacks ( 22 % —don ’ t laugh , that is high ) and among Rasmussen ’ s “ Other ” category , which presumably means Hispanics and Asians—an amazing 50 % .
These two groups together make up only 30 % of Rasmussen ’ s sample .
But it seems that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ has counter-acted Trump ’ s weakness among whites .
Of course , we ’ re delighted see Pat McCrory , the former GOP governor of North Carolina , tell POLITICO “ he has been 'very surprised ' that the Trump campaign has not leaned more heavily into immigration . ''
This confirms the point we ’ ve repeatedly made—Trump has real , if negative , achievements on immigration : above all , his anti-unemployment temporary immigration moratorium , his dramatic reduction of the immigrant workforce population , and his effective evisceration of the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ t he ( and Republicans ) campaign on them ?
We ’ ll be revisiting the white share issue frequently from now on .
Peter Brimelow [ Email him ] is the editor of VDARE.com .
His best-selling book , Alien Nation : Common Sense About America ’ s Immigration Disaster , is now available in Kindle format .

See also: Trump Still In Statistical Dead Heat With Biden, But His White Share Weakens
The Main Stream Media has finally discovered that President Donald J. Trump's real weakness is with whites [‘It’s a big, big swing’: Trump loses ground with white voters, by David Siders, Politico, September 21, 2020]. Of course at VDARE.com we’ve been calling attention to this for months, and blaming Jared Kushner’s strategy of pandering to minorities. What’s really disturbing: even Rasmussen Reports, which recently showed Trump with his first-ever lead over Joe Biden (47%-46%) and therefore got no MSM publicity, shows this weakness with whites. The good news: Trump has upside potential. The bad news: it’s awfully late.
Donald Trump won in 2016 because he adopted (blundered into?) what VDARE.com calls the Sailer Strategy and focused on whites, especially in the Rust Belt, rather than Karl Rove–type pandering to minorities.
It’s easy to miss how extraordinary Trump’s triumph was among whites in 2016. He got about 58% of the white vote, which is roughly about what Romney got. But there’s a paradox that masks Trump’s true impact.
You have to consider the effect of Third Parties. Quite often you hear people say that Reagan got 59% of the white vote in 1980 and he won in a landslide and Romney got 59% of the white vote and was defeated, and that this is a measure to the extent to which the country has changed.
Well, that’s not exactly true—because there was a Third Party candidate in 1980, John Anderson, who got 6.6% of the vote, essentially all of it white. So the Democrats were more damaged by John Anderson and by Reagan in terms of the white vote.
And that’s exactly what happened in 2016. Green Party candidate Jill Stein and Libertarian Party candidate Gary Johnson, between them, got close to 5%. There were several states where that would have tipped the balance.
Nevertheless, Trump’s task in 2020 was to drive up the GOP’s share of the national white vote. Steve Sailer has calculated that, without any patriotic immigration reform at all, the GOP/GAP (Generic American Party) could still win nationally as late as 2050 simply by driving its white share up to 70%—which it already achieves in several Southern states.
After the 2016 election, I explained in detail to Trump how he could do this. There are enormous sectional variations in the U.S. white vote. He simply had to break into Greater New England—the predominantly white, historically Democrat states from Portland ME to Portland OR.
But Trump has made no specific effort to win this section. Indeed, his adoption of the GOP Establishment agenda included Paul Ryan’s tax bill, which by attacking the deductibility of state and local taxes from federal taxes (whatever its theoretical wonkish justification) actually damaged the very white groups in high-tax Northern states that Trump should have been trying to win.
Looked at in more detail, available to subscribers to its Platinum Service, Rasmussen reveals the peculiarity of Trump’s current position. Despite beating Biden overall, he only leads the Democrat nominee by a disgraceful 50%-45% among white voters.
But he does have, for a Republican, relatively unusual strength among blacks (22%—don’t laugh, that is high) and among Rasmussen’s “Other” category, which presumably means Hispanics and Asians—an amazing 50%. These two groups together make up only 30% of Rasmussen’s sample. But it seems that their relative although net negative) Trumpishness has counter-acted Trump’s weakness among whites.
Of course, we’re delighted to see Pat McCrory, the former GOP governor of North Carolina, tell POLITICO “he has been 'very surprised' that the Trump campaign has not leaned more heavily into immigration."
This confirms the point we’ve repeatedly made—Trump has real, if negative, achievements on immigration: above all, his anti-unemployment temporary immigration moratorium, his dramatic reduction of the immigrant workforce population, and his effective evisceration of the Refugee Resettlement Racket.
So why won’t he (and Republicans) campaign on them?
We’ll be revisiting the white share issue frequently from now on.
Peter Brimelow [Email him] is the editor of VDARE.com. His best-selling book, Alien Nation: Common Sense About America’s Immigration Disaster, is now available in Kindle format.


vdare--2020-09-22--NYT: RBG Liked Blacks So Long As They Preferred Glenn Gould's Version Of Bach's Goldberg Variations

NYT: RBG Liked Blacks So Long As They Preferred Glenn Gould's Version Of Bach's Goldberg Variations Rather Than Inferior Renditions

Earlier : As of 2018 , the Late Ruth Bader Ginsburg Had Hired Only One Black Clerk in 38 Years on the Bench My Unlikely Friendship With Ruth Bader Ginsburg I was a young , African-American Southerner , working in a Republican administration .
But I loved Bach ’ s Goldberg Variations , and that was enough for her .
By Eric L. Motley Mr. Motley is the executive vice president of the Aspen Institute .
Our improbable friendship began in 2002 at a Georgetown dinner party , and it began with music .
Ruth Bader Ginsburg was a Jewish @ @ @ @ @ @ @ had been appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court by a Democratic president .
I was a 30-year-old African-American from the rural South who had recently arrived in Washington to serve as a special assistant to George W. Bush .
Aware of my status as the new kid on the block , I soon was put at ease at the dinner by the friendly man seated next to me , Marty Ginsburg .
I ’ ll always remember our conversation .
So what do you do when you ’ re not working at the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ replied that listening to music and reading were my chief interests .
He turned and said , my wife and I love music ; what are you listening to now ?
When he learned that I was researching different renditions of Bach ’ s Goldberg Variations , he asked for my favorite .
Without hesitation , I replied , “ Glenn Gould , 1955.
” Addressing his wife on the other side of the table , he said , “ Ruth , you have to meet Eric.
” We continued to discuss music @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 17 years .
She sent me CDs and articles and sometimes over dinner would explain complicated legal cases .
… She also shared her own recollections that helped me understand the roots of her lifelong passion for equal opportunity for every person .
Once we talked about people who had made lasting impressions on us when we were young .
She recalled being mesmerized by the conductor of a children ’ s concert she attended in Brooklyn in 1944 , when she was 11 years old .
She was both sad and incredulous @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the African-American conductor , Dean Dixon , and his inability to land a conductor ’ s job at a major symphony orchestra simply because of his race .
“ Sit down , ” she said , as I recall .
“ We can not end the evening until you know his story .
Can you imagine someone with so much skill and genius , conducting all over the world , and yet unable to find a job in his own country just because of the color of his skin ?
” …

Earlier: As of 2018, the Late Ruth Bader Ginsburg Had Hired Only One Black Clerk in 38 Years on the Bench
My Unlikely Friendship With Ruth Bader Ginsburg
I was a young, African-American Southerner, working in a Republican administration. But I loved Bach’s Goldberg Variations, and that was enough for her.
By Eric L. Motley
Mr. Motley is the executive vice president of the Aspen Institute.
Sept. 21, 2020
Our improbable friendship began in 2002 at a Georgetown dinner party, and it began with music. Ruth Bader Ginsburg was a Jewish urbanite who had just turned 70 and had been appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court by a Democratic president. I was a 30-year-old African-American from the rural South who had recently arrived in Washington to serve as a special assistant to George W. Bush.
Aware of my status as the new kid on the block, I soon was put at ease at the dinner by the friendly man seated next to me, Marty Ginsburg. I’ll always remember our conversation.
So what do you do when you’re not working at the White House? he asked. I replied that listening to music and reading were my chief interests.
He turned and said, my wife and I love music; what are you listening to now?
When he learned that I was researching different renditions of Bach’s Goldberg Variations, he asked for my favorite. Without hesitation, I replied, “Glenn Gould, 1955.” Addressing his wife on the other side of the table, he said, “Ruth, you have to meet Eric.”
We continued to discuss music and many other interests for the next 17 years. She sent me CDs and articles and sometimes over dinner would explain complicated legal cases. …
She also shared her own recollections that helped me understand the roots of her lifelong passion for equal opportunity for every person. Once we talked about people who had made lasting impressions on us when we were young. She recalled being mesmerized by the conductor of a children’s concert she attended in Brooklyn in 1944, when she was 11 years old. She was both sad and incredulous to learn I had not heard of the African-American conductor, Dean Dixon, and his inability to land a conductor’s job at a major symphony orchestra simply because of his race.
“Sit down,” she said, as I recall. “We cannot end the evening until you know his story. Can you imagine someone with so much skill and genius, conducting all over the world, and yet unable to find a job in his own country just because of the color of his skin?” …


vdare--2020-09-22--What If RBG Had Her Fingers Crossed While Making Her Dying Wish?

Earlier : Justice Ginsburg Dies : `` My Most Fervent Wish Is That I Will Not Be Replaced Until A @ @ @ @ @ '' It ’ s a tragedy Justice Ginsburg is no longer with us to help @ @ @ @ @ the many fascinating legal issues raised by her Dying Wish , such as : What @ @ @ @ @ fingers crossed while making her Dying Wish ?
Does it still count , legally speaking @ @ @ @ @ exactly , did the United States of America adopt the Dying Wish form of government @ @ @ @ @ in which Emperor Richard Harris is going to adopt General Russell Crowe and make him @ @ @ @ @ , but then Prince Joaquin Phoenix kills the elder and steals the crown ?
Ginsburg @ @ @ @ @ means that when the Supreme Court rules on the Constitutionality of her Dying Wish , @ @ @ @ @ they will split 4-4 .

Earlier: Justice Ginsburg Dies: "My Most Fervent Wish Is That I Will Not Be Replaced Until A New President Is Installed."
It’s a tragedy Justice Ginsburg is no longer with us to help the Supreme Court deliberate over the many fascinating legal issues raised by her Dying Wish, such as: What if Justice Ginsburg had her fingers crossed while making her Dying Wish? Does it still count, legally speaking?
Also, when, exactly, did the United States of America adopt the Dying Wish form of government in the movie Gladiator, in which Emperor Richard Harris is going to adopt General Russell Crowe and make him his heir to the throne, but then Prince Joaquin Phoenix kills the elder and steals the crown?
Ginsburg’s death of course means that when the Supreme Court rules on the Constitutionality of her Dying Wish, as it inevitably must, they will split 4-4.
So civil war is inevitable.
[Comment at Unz.com]


vdare--2020-09-24--Seattle Pays a Pimp $150k to Serve as Street Czar

From the New York Post : Andre Taylor — who appeared in the documentary “ American Pimp ” about his life as “ Gorgeous Dre ” — is getting $ 12,500 per month for a year , along with an office in Seattle ’ s Municipal Tower , according to the contract published by PubliCola .
Seattle now has a convicted pimp who once vowed to “ go to war ” with the city on its payroll — a $ 150,000 “ Street Czar , ” whose mission is to come up with “ alternatives to policing , ” reports @ @ @ @ @ @ @ can go talk to gangbangers in their territory , and then go talk to the government in their territory , ” Taylor also told the Seattle Times .
“ Black people as a whole have not been in a place to be compensated for their genius or their work for a very very long time , ” he said .
The new Street Czar justified the contract to KOMO News as payment for his “ particular genius in a particular area ” — saying he can talk to “ gang members , pimps @ @ @ @ @ @ @ t sit down with anybody else.
” Those same militants then accused him of betraying the , too , when he appeared at a press conference with the mayor to tell them to shut-down CHOP — the same day he was given his six-figure contract , the paper said .
“ Don ’ t just leave .
Leave with something , ” he told activists in a meeting caught in a recording , telling them to demand $ 2 million to exit the hub of much of the city ’ s worst violence @ @ @ @ @ @ @ They ignored his advice , the paper said , with one saying the money grab felt “ off.
” He was later accused of trying to get millions from the city for militants who set up the controversial police-free Capitol Hill Occupied Protest ( CHOP ) zone , the Seattle Times said .
It comes just a year after his organization , Not This Time , was paid $ 100,000 to sponsor a speaker series that was called “ Conversations with the Streets.
” And how could they find out the identity of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
In their righteous wrath they would rise up and confront you .
It was a beautiful piece of circular reasoning .
The real leaders of the ghetto will rise up and confront you … Therefore , when somebody rises up in the ghetto and confronts you , then you know he ’ s a leader of the people .
So the poverty program not only encouraged mau-mauing , it practically demanded it .
Subconsciously , for administrators in the poverty establishment , public and private , confrontations became a ritual .
That @ @ @ @ @ @ @ By 1968 it was standard operating procedure .
To get a job in the post office , you filled out forms and took the civil-service exam .
To get into the poverty scene , you did some mau-mauing .
If you could make the flak catchers lose control of the muscles around their mouths , if you could bring fear into their faces , your application was approved .
But the idea that the real leadership in the ghetto might be the gangs hung on with the poverty-youth-welfare establishment .
It was considered @ @ @ @ @ @ @ gangs weren ’ t petty criminals … there were “ social bandits , ” primitive revolutionaries … Of course , they were hidden from public view .
That was why the true nature of ghetto leadership had eluded everyone for so long … So the poverty professionals were always on the lookout for the bad-acting dudes who were the “ real leaders , ” the “ natural leaders , ” the “ charismatic figures ” in the ghetto jungle .
These were the kind of people the social-welfare professionals in the Kennedy Administration @ @ @ @ @ @ @ poverty program in the first place .
It was a truly adventurous and experimental approach they had .
Instead of handing out alms , which never seemed to change anything , they would encourage the people in the ghettos to organize .
They would help them become powerful enough to force the Establishment to give them what they needed .
From the beginning the poverty program was aimed at helping ghetto people rise up against their oppressors .
It was a scene in which the federal government came into the ghetto and said @ @ @ @ @ @ @ some field advisors .
Now you organize your own pressure groups.
” It was no accident that Huey Newton and Bobby Seale drew up the ten-point program of the Black Panther Party one night in the offices of the North Oakland Poverty Center .
… Then they figured the leadership of the riot was “ the gangs , ” so they went in the “ ex-gang leaders ” from groups like Youth for Service to make a “ liaison with the key gang leaders.
” What they didn ’ t know was that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ were so disorganized , there weren ’ t even any “ key gangs , ” much less “ key gang leaders , ” in there .
That riot finally just burnt itself out after five days , that was all .
Whites were still in the dark about the ghettos .
They had been studying the “ urban Negro ” in every way they could think of for fifteen years , but they found out they didn ’ t know any more about the ghettos than when they started .
Every time there @ @ @ @ @ @ @ on “ Negro leaders ” to try to cool it , only to find out that the Negro leaders didn ’ t have any followers .
They sent Martin Luther King into Chicago and the people ignored him .
They sent Dick Gregory into Watts and the people hooted at him and threw beer cans .
During the riot in Hunters Point , the mayor of San Francsco , John Shelley , went into Hunters Point with the only black member of the Board of Supervisors , and the brothers threw rocks at @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the middle-class black members of the Human Rights Commission , and the brothers laughed at them and called them Toms .
Back to the Post in 2020 : Taylor ’ s group was chosen because of its “ lived experience with the criminal legal system , and their history of successful advocacy and activism on issues of policing and dismantling systemic racism , ” Nyland added , noting that the city is spending millions this year on similar contracts with various groups .
Sometimes a group of buddies who ran together , who @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the phrase went , would move straight into the poverty program .
They would do some fabulous , awesome , inspired mau-mauing , and the first thing you knew , they would be hanging out in the poverty scene .
The middle-class bureaucrats , black and white , would never know what do make of an organization like this .
They couldn ’ t figure them out .
There was one organization in a city just outside of San Francisco , in the kind of section that catches the bums , the winos @ @ @ @ @ @ @ gravy skin , the gay boys , the flaming lulus , the bike riders , the porno shops , peep shows , $ 8-a-week hotels with the ripped window shades flapping out .
This area had everything you needed for a successful application for a poverty-program grant except for the one thing you need the most , namely , the militant youth .
So that was when a remarkable ace known as Dudley showed up with a couple of dozen bonafide spurious aristocrats … his Ethnic Catering Service for skid row … There @ @ @ @ @ @ @ looked much under thirty , and nobody had ever heard of any black youth in that area before anyway , but they could mau-mau as if they had been trained by the great Chaser himself … They got a grant of nearly $ 100,000 .
Every now and then the poverty bureaucrats from the Economic Opportunity Council or from City Hall would hold an area executive board meeting or some other kind of session at their clubhouse , and it was always a bear .
There would be Dudley and his boys … @ @ @ @ @ @ @ his welts .
Dudley was a powerful man with big slabs of muscle like Sonny Liston and these long welts , like the welted seams on top of a pair of moccasins , on his cheeks , his neck , on the backs of his fists .
These welts were like a historical map of fifteen years of Saturday night knife-fighting in the Bay Area .
… Dudley was the fiercest looking man in the Bay Area , but there would be him and all his boys sitting around like a covey of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ look , the look of hip and supercool and so fine .
The white bureaucrats , and the black ones , too , walked in trying to look as earthy and rugged as they could , in order to be “ with the people.
” They tried to walk in like football players , like they had a keg of beer between their legs .
They rounded their shoulders over so it made their necks look bigger .
… But the pimp-style aristocrats had taken the manhood thing through so many numbers that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the other side .
To them , by now , being hip was striking poses that were so cool , so languid , they were almost feminine .
It was like saying , “ We ’ ve got masculinity to spare.
” We ’ ve been through so much shit , we ’ re so confident of our manhood , we ’ re so hip and so suave and wise in the ways of the street , that we can afford to be refined and not sit around here trying to look like @ @ @ @ @ @ @ they would not only cross their legs , they ’ d cross them further than a woman would .
They would cross them so far , it looked like one leg was wrapped around the other one three or four times .
One leg would seem to wrap around the other one and disappear in the back of the knee socket .
And they ’ d be leaning forward in the chair with their heads cocked to one side and their chins hooked over their collarbones and their shades riding low on their @ @ @ @ @ @ @ peering out over the upper rim of the shades .
And they ’ d have one hand cocked in front of their chins , hanging limp at the wrist with the forefinger sticking out like like some kind of curved beak .
They would look like one of those supercool secretary birds that stand around on one long A-1 racer leg with everything else drawn up into a beautiful supercool little bunch of fluffy feathers at the top .
… Anyway , the dude comes lollygagging in , as cool as you please @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is sitting like a secretary bird and leans over and whispers something to him .
… “ Say what , man ?
” says Dudley .
“ Don ’ t you see I ’ m trying to hold a con-fer-ence in here ?
” “ But like man , ” says the Dude , “ this is ve-ry im-por-tant.
” “ What the hell you into that ’ s so im-por-tant , sucker ?
” “ Well , man , just wait a min-ute and let me tell you .
You know that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ hangs out in the alley ?
” “ Well , man , he ’ s out there in the alley trying to burn down the buil-ding.
” Dudley doesn ’ t even move at first .
He just peers out over his shades at his boys and at all the bureaucrats from downtown , and then he cocks his head and cocks his index finger in front of his chin and says , “ We gon na have a tem-po-rary re-cess .
The brother ask me to take care some business.
” Then @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , and he and the brother start walking toward the back door , but so cool and so slow , with the whole rolling gait , that it looks like Marcel Marceau doing one of those walks where he doesn ’ t actually move off the spot he started on .
They open the door like they ’ re going out to check out the weather , but once they ’ re on the other side–whoosh !
–it ’ s like somebody lit their after-burners .
They ’ re up those stairs like @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and on top of the wino , Half and Half , in just under one half a second .
… The old crock hates these black studs who have turned up down on his skid-row cul-de-sac , and he keeps trying to burn up the building .
He has a big pile of paper and excelsior and other stuff shoved up against the wall and he has it smoldering in a kind of fogged-in wino way , trying to in-cin-e-rate the mother .
All of that is going on outside in the alley @ @ @ @ @ @ @ there ’ s nothing : silence .
Then you start to hear a sound that sounds like there is a paddlewheel from off a Mississippi steamboat out there in the alley , and to every paddle is attached a size 12E motorcycle boot , and as the wheel goes around every one of these boots hits the wino … thunk … thunk … whop … whump … thunk … thunk … whop … whump … And then the white bureaucrats look at the black bureaucrats and the black bureaucrats look at the white @ @ @ @ @ @ @ who is dressed in the Roos-Atkins Ivy League clothes and the cordovan shoes starts going “ Unh , unh , unh.
” The thing is , the man thinks he doesn ’ t have any more middle-class Uncle Tom mannerisms and attributes , but he just can ’ t help going into that old preachery “ Unh , unh , unh.
” Then it stops and the door opens again , and Dudley and the Dude come walking back in even slower and more cool except for the fact that they ’ re @ @ @ @ @ @ @ seats and cross their legs and get wound back up and cocked and perched , and Dudley peers out over his shades and says , “ The meeting is resumed .
”

From the New York Post:
Seattle pays ex-pimp $150,000 to offer ‘alternatives to policing’
By Lee Brown September 22, 2020 | 8:28am | Updated Seattle now has a convicted pimp who once vowed to “go to war” with the city on its payroll — a $150,000 “Street Czar,” whose mission is to come up with “alternatives to policing,” reports said. Andre Taylor — who appeared in the documentary “American Pimp” about his life as “Gorgeous Dre” — is getting $12,500 per month for a year, along with an office in Seattle’s Municipal Tower, according to the contract published by PubliCola.
It comes just a year after his organization, Not This Time, was paid $100,000 to sponsor a speaker series that was called “Conversations with the Streets.” Taylor led one of the first rallies in Seattle after the police-custody death of George Floyd, the Seattle Times said. He was later accused of trying to get millions from the city for militants who set up the controversial police-free Capitol Hill Occupied Protest (CHOP) zone, the Seattle Times said. “Don’t just leave. Leave with something,” he told activists in a meeting caught in a recording, telling them to demand $2 million to exit the hub of much of the city’s worst violence this year, the report said. They ignored his advice, the paper said, with one saying the money grab felt “off.” Those same militants then accused him of betraying the, too, when he appeared at a press conference with the mayor to tell them to shut-down CHOP — the same day he was given his six-figure contract, the paper said. The new Street Czar justified the contract to KOMO News as payment for his “particular genius in a particular area” — saying he can talk to “gang members, pimps and prostitutes” who “won’t sit down with anybody else.” “Black people as a whole have not been in a place to be compensated for their genius or their work for a very very long time,” he said. “Not too many people can go talk to gangbangers in their territory, and then go talk to the government in their territory,” Taylor also told the Seattle Times.
From Tom Wolfe’s 1970 book Mau-Mauing the Flak Catchers:
Whites were still in the dark about the ghettos. They had been studying the “urban Negro” in every way they could think of for fifteen years, but they found out they didn’t know any more about the ghettos than when they started. Every time there was a riot, whites would call on “Negro leaders” to try to cool it, only to find out that the Negro leaders didn’t have any followers. They sent Martin Luther King into Chicago and the people ignored him. They sent Dick Gregory into Watts and the people hooted at him and threw beer cans. During the riot in Hunters Point, the mayor of San Francsco, John Shelley, went into Hunters Point with the only black member of the Board of Supervisors, and the brothers threw rocks at both of them. They sent in the middle-class black members of the Human Rights Commission, and the brothers laughed at them and called them Toms. Then they figured the leadership of the riot was “the gangs,” so they went in the “ex-gang leaders” from groups like Youth for Service to make a “liaison with the key gang leaders.” What they didn’t know was that Hunters Point and a lot of ghettos were so disorganized, there weren’t even any “key gangs,” much less “key gang leaders,” in there. That riot finally just burnt itself out after five days, that was all. But the idea that the real leadership in the ghetto might be the gangs hung on with the poverty-youth-welfare establishment. It was considered a very sophisticated insight. The youth gangs weren’t petty criminals … there were “social bandits,” primitive revolutionaries … Of course, they were hidden from public view. That was why the true nature of ghetto leadership had eluded everyone for so long … So the poverty professionals were always on the lookout for the bad-acting dudes who were the “real leaders,” the “natural leaders,” the “charismatic figures” in the ghetto jungle. These were the kind of people the social-welfare professionals in the Kennedy Administration had in mind when they planned the poverty program in the first place. It was a truly adventurous and experimental approach they had. Instead of handing out alms, which never seemed to change anything, they would encourage the people in the ghettos to organize. They would help them become powerful enough to force the Establishment to give them what they needed. From the beginning the poverty program was aimed at helping ghetto people rise up against their oppressors. It was a scene in which the federal government came into the ghetto and said, “Here is some money and some field advisors. Now you organize your own pressure groups.” It was no accident that Huey Newton and Bobby Seale drew up the ten-point program of the Black Panther Party one night in the offices of the North Oakland Poverty Center. … And how could they find out the identity of these leaders of the people? Simple. In their righteous wrath they would rise up and confront you. It was a beautiful piece of circular reasoning. The real leaders of the ghetto will rise up and confront you … Therefore, when somebody rises up in the ghetto and confronts you, then you know he’s a leader of the people. So the poverty program not only encouraged mau-mauing, it practically demanded it. Subconsciously, for administrators in the poverty establishment, public and private, confrontations became a ritual. That was the way the system worked. By 1968 it was standard operating procedure. To get a job in the post office, you filled out forms and took the civil-service exam. To get into the poverty scene, you did some mau-mauing. If you could make the flak catchers lose control of the muscles around their mouths, if you could bring fear into their faces, your application was approved.
Back to the Post in 2020:
As Street Czar, his contract tasks him to “provide recommendations to the City on de-escalation, community engagement, and alternatives to policing.” Mayor Jenny Durkan’s spokesperson Kelsey Nyland told the Seattle Times the contract was offered because of an “existing working partnership.” Taylor’s group was chosen because of its “lived experience with the criminal legal system, and their history of successful advocacy and activism on issues of policing and dismantling systemic racism,” Nyland added, noting that the city is spending millions this year on similar contracts with various groups.
From Mau-Mauing:
Sometimes a group of buddies who ran together, who were “stone pimp,” as the phrase went, would move straight into the poverty program. They would do some fabulous, awesome, inspired mau-mauing, and the first thing you knew, they would be hanging out in the poverty scene. The middle-class bureaucrats, black and white, would never know what do make of an organization like this. They couldn’t figure them out. There was one organization in a city just outside of San Francisco, in the kind of section that catches the bums, the winos, the prostitutes with the biscuits & gravy skin, the gay boys, the flaming lulus, the bike riders, the porno shops, peep shows, $8-a-week hotels with the ripped window shades flapping out. This area had everything you needed for a successful application for a poverty-program grant except for the one thing you need the most, namely, the militant youth. So that was when a remarkable ace known as Dudley showed up with a couple of dozen bonafide spurious aristocrats … his Ethnic Catering Service for skid row … There wasn’t one of them that looked much under thirty, and nobody had ever heard of any black youth in that area before anyway, but they could mau-mau as if they had been trained by the great Chaser himself … They got a grant of nearly $100,000. Every now and then the poverty bureaucrats from the Economic Opportunity Council or from City Hall would hold an area executive board meeting or some other kind of session at their clubhouse, and it was always a bear. There would be Dudley and his boys … Dudley, with his Fuzzy-Wuzzy natural and his welts. Dudley was a powerful man with big slabs of muscle like Sonny Liston and these long welts, like the welted seams on top of a pair of moccasins, on his cheeks, his neck, on the backs of his fists. These welts were like a historical map of fifteen years of Saturday night knife-fighting in the Bay Area. … Dudley was the fiercest looking man in the Bay Area, but there would be him and all his boys sitting around like a covey of secretary birds. That was the pimp look, the look of hip and supercool and so fine. The white bureaucrats, and the black ones, too, walked in trying to look as earthy and rugged as they could, in order to be “with the people.” They tried to walk in like football players, like they had a keg of beer between their legs. They rounded their shoulders over so it made their necks look bigger. … But the pimp-style aristocrats had taken the manhood thing through so many numbers that it was beginning to come out through the other side. To them, by now, being hip was striking poses that were so cool, so languid, they were almost feminine. It was like saying, “We’ve got masculinity to spare.” We’ve been through so much shit, we’re so confident of our manhood, we’re so hip and so suave and wise in the ways of the street, that we can afford to be refined and not sit around here trying to look like a bunch of stud brawlers. So they would not only cross their legs, they’d cross them further than a woman would. They would cross them so far, it looked like one leg was wrapped around the other one three or four times. One leg would seem to wrap around the other one and disappear in the back of the knee socket. And they’d be leaning forward in the chair with their heads cocked to one side and their chins hooked over their collarbones and their shades riding low on their noses, and they’d be peering out over the upper rim of the shades. And they’d have one hand cocked in front of their chins, hanging limp at the wrist with the forefinger sticking out like like some kind of curved beak. They would look like one of those supercool secretary birds that stand around on one long A-1 racer leg with everything else drawn up into a beautiful supercool little bunch of fluffy feathers at the top. … Anyway, the dude comes lollygagging in, as cool as you please, and walks over to where Dudley is sitting like a secretary bird and leans over and whispers something to him. … “Say what, man?” says Dudley. “Don’t you see I’m trying to hold a con-fer-ence in here?” “But like man,” says the Dude, “this is ve-ry im-por-tant.” “What the hell you into that’s so im-por-tant, sucker?” “Well, man, just wait a min-ute and let me tell you. You know that wino, Half and Half, that hangs out in the alley?” “Yeah, I know him.” “Well, man, he’s out there in the alley trying to burn down the buil-ding.” Dudley doesn’t even move at first. He just peers out over his shades at his boys and at all the bureaucrats from downtown, and then he cocks his head and cocks his index finger in front of his chin and says, “We gonna have a tem-po-rary re-cess. The brother ask me to take care some business.” Then Dudley unwinds very casually and stands up, and he and the brother start walking toward the back door, but so cool and so slow, with the whole rolling gait, that it looks like Marcel Marceau doing one of those walks where he doesn’t actually move off the spot he started on. They open the door like they’re going out to check out the weather, but once they’re on the other side–whoosh!–it’s like somebody lit their after-burners. They’re up those stairs like a rocket and out into the alley and on top of the wino, Half and Half, in just under one half a second. … The old crock hates these black studs who have turned up down on his skid-row cul-de-sac, and he keeps trying to burn up the building. He has a big pile of paper and excelsior and other stuff shoved up against the wall and he has it smoldering in a kind of fogged-in wino way, trying to in-cin-e-rate the mother. All of that is going on outside in the alley. From inside the clubhouse at first there’s nothing: silence. Then you start to hear a sound that sounds like there is a paddlewheel from off a Mississippi steamboat out there in the alley, and to every paddle is attached a size 12E motorcycle boot, and as the wheel goes around every one of these boots hits the wino … thunk … thunk … whop … whump … thunk … thunk … whop … whump … And then the white bureaucrats look at the black bureaucrats and the black bureaucrats look at the white bureaucrats, and one of the bureaucrats who is dressed in the Roos-Atkins Ivy League clothes and the cordovan shoes starts going “Unh, unh, unh.” The thing is, the man thinks he doesn’t have any more middle-class Uncle Tom mannerisms and attributes, but he just can’t help going into that old preachery “Unh, unh, unh.” thunk … thunk … whop … whump … “Unh, unh, unh.” thunk … thunk … whop … whump … “Unh, unh, unh.” Then it stops and the door opens again, and Dudley and the Dude come walking back in even slower and more cool except for the fact that they’re breathing hard, and they take their seats and cross their legs and get wound back up and cocked and perched, and Dudley peers out over his shades and says, “The meeting is resumed.”
The more things change, the more they stay the same.
[Comment at Unz.com]


vdare--2020-09-24--NYT: Bad People Are Skeptical of the Sainthood of Breonna Taylor and Michael Brown

From the New York Times news section : Disinformation in the 2020 Presidential Election : Latest Updates The Truth About ‘ The Truth About ’ Memes This week , protests erupted around the nation after a Louisville grand jury did not charge any police officers in the killing of Breonna Taylor .
And on social media , false and exaggerated claims about Ms. Taylor began recirculating , using a years-old format that was popularized years ago by far-right YouTube personalities .
… This playbook is not new .
Years ago , Stefan Molyneux , a right-wing podcaster and YouTube personality @ @ @ @ @ @ @ series of videos claiming to tell “ the truth about ” various prominent news stories , including the killing of Michael Brown , an unarmed Black man whose killing by police in Ferguson , Mo.
, set off the original Black Lives Matter protests .
Michael Brown was unarmed only because he didn ’ t quite manage to steal the policeman ’ s gun .
In other words , it appealed to bad people .
How dare somebody question Black Lives Matter , Oprah , or Modern Art ?
Most “ Truth About @ @ @ @ @ @ @ standard format .
In each case , an influencer calls into question the mainstream media ’ s framing of the episode , and barrages the audience with details about the victims ’ pasts and the circumstances of their deaths in an attempt to prove that , while they may not have deserved to die , they were far from innocent .
… Like Mr. Molyneux ’ s videos half a decade ago , the “ Truth About Breonna Taylor ” content going viral on social media this week contains a mixture of truths @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and outright falsehoods .
… Mr. Tatum also claims that Ms. Taylor was “ knee deep in criminal/drug dealing activities ” with her ex-boyfriend .
This claim is exaggerated at best .
Ms. Taylor ’ s ex-boyfriend , Jamarcus Glover , was a convicted drug dealer and had been in and out of jail during the four years that they dated , but it ’ s unclear if Ms. Taylor was involved in his criminal activity .
In 2016 , she was interrogated alongside him by police officers after she rented a car @ @ @ @ @ @ @ he in turn handed the keys to another suspected drug dealer , who was found dead in the car hours later .
Don ’ t you just hate when that happens to you ?
Who hasn ’ t rented a car that winds up with a dead body in the trunk ?
It ’ s so annoying when the cops ask a lot of impertinent questions .
Also , Angela Davis was completely innocent when the shotgun she bought earlier in the week was used by her boyfriend ’ s 17-year-old brother to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ off .
What ?
Are we supposed to not honor , respect , and pay lots of money to hear the speeches of Dr. Davis just because of a decapitated judge ?
But the right-wing misinformation is more ambitious , in that it seeks to reframe the Black Lives Matter movement entirely , drawing attention away from police officers ’ actions and onto the personal lives of Ms. Taylor and other victims of police shootings .
In this , it is similar to Mr. Molyneux ’ s videos , which sought to justify @ @ @ @ @ @ @ painting them as criminals whose actions played a role in their own deaths .
They are Black , people !
That means they have no responsibility for their crimes .
More white supremacists dogwhistling the r-word “ responsibility ” again .

From the New York Times news section:
Disinformation in the 2020 Presidential Election: Latest Updates
The Truth About ‘The Truth About’ Memes Sept. 24, 2020, 5:04 p.m. ET1 hour ago
By Kevin Roose This week, protests erupted around the nation after a Louisville grand jury did not charge any police officers in the killing of Breonna Taylor. And on social media, false and exaggerated claims about Ms. Taylor began recirculating, using a years-old format that was popularized years ago by far-right YouTube personalities. … This playbook is not new. Years ago, Stefan Molyneux, a right-wing podcaster and YouTube personality, got millions of views with a series of videos claiming to tell “the truth about” various prominent news stories, including the killing of Michael Brown, an unarmed Black man whose killing by police in Ferguson, Mo., set off the original Black Lives Matter protests.
Michael Brown was unarmed only because he didn’t quite manage to steal the policeman’s gun.
The “Truth About” format, which promised a kind of secret knowledge to viewers, was appealing to those who distrusted the mainstream media and wanted to hear an alternative explanation for police violence.
In other words, it appealed to bad people.
And it was ultimately mimicked by other right-wing influencers, including the far-right conspiracy theorist Paul Joseph Watson, whose videos include “The Truth About Black Lives Matter,” “The Truth About Oprah” and “The Truth About Modern Art.”
How dare somebody question Black Lives Matter, Oprah, or Modern Art?
Most “Truth About” treatments of police killings follow a standard format. In each case, an influencer calls into question the mainstream media’s framing of the episode, and barrages the audience with details about the victims’ pasts and the circumstances of their deaths in an attempt to prove that, while they may not have deserved to die, they were far from innocent. … Like Mr. Molyneux’s videos half a decade ago, the “Truth About Breonna Taylor” content going viral on social media this week contains a mixture of truths, half-truths, exaggerations, red herrings and outright falsehoods. … Mr. Tatum also claims that Ms. Taylor was “knee deep in criminal/drug dealing activities” with her ex-boyfriend. This claim is exaggerated at best. Ms. Taylor’s ex-boyfriend, Jamarcus Glover, was a convicted drug dealer and had been in and out of jail during the four years that they dated, but it’s unclear if Ms. Taylor was involved in his criminal activity. In 2016, she was interrogated alongside him by police officers after she rented a car, lent it to Mr. Glover and he in turn handed the keys to another suspected drug dealer, who was found dead in the car hours later.
Don’t you just hate when that happens to you? Who hasn’t rented a car that winds up with a dead body in the trunk? It’s so annoying when the cops ask a lot of impertinent questions.
But police then concluded that Ms. Taylor had no foreknowledge of how the rental car would be used, and she had no criminal convictions of her own.
Also, Angela Davis was completely innocent when the shotgun she bought earlier in the week was used by her boyfriend’s 17-year-old brother to kidnap a judge and blow his head off. What? Are we supposed to not honor, respect, and pay lots of money to hear the speeches of Dr. Davis just because of a decapitated judge?
But the right-wing misinformation is more ambitious, in that it seeks to reframe the Black Lives Matter movement entirely, drawing attention away from police officers’ actions and onto the personal lives of Ms. Taylor and other victims of police shootings. In this, it is similar to Mr. Molyneux’s videos, which sought to justify the killings of unarmed Black men by painting them as criminals whose actions played a role in their own deaths.
They are Black, people! That means they have no responsibility for their crimes.
“This is a case that comes down to personal responsibility,” Ms. Owens said of Ms. Taylor’s killing, in a video posted Wednesday that got more than a million views on Facebook.
More white supremacists dogwhistling the r-word “responsibility” again.
[Comment at Unz.com]


vdare--2020-09-24--Lèse-Majesté: Media Outraged Black Man To Executed For Mere Double Murder Of Whites

U.S. set to execute Black man for double murder committed at 19 Christopher Vialva , 40 , was scheduled to be the first Black inmate put to death at the federal prison in Indiana this year .
A Black man is set to be executed by the federal government Thursday for a crime he committed at age 19 , even though his attorney said prosecutors used inflammatory racial stereotypes during the trial 20 years ago to land her client on death row .
The man , Christopher Vialva , 40 , is scheduled to be executed Thursday evening at the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
He would be the first Black inmate put to death since the Trump administration ’ s revival of federal executions this year .
Vialva was sentenced to death in the 1999 killing in Texas of Todd and Stacie Bagley , a white couple who were youth ministers .
There were 11 white jurors and one Black juror in the 2000 federal trial , said Vialva ’ s attorney , Susan Otto .
Prosecutors portrayed Vialva “ as if he were the leader of a violent and well-organized street gang , ” Otto @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the year 2000 , the theme of the super predator , that there were these kids that just marauded through our communities wreaking havoc , was a very powerful and very convincing narrative , ” she said .
Otto said there was no evidence that Vialva was a leader or a real member of the so-called 212 PIRU Bloods gang .
She said that he and his friends encountered the couple after Vialva was kicked out of his mother ’ s home and that , having nowhere to go , the group made @ @ @ @ @ @ @ This is a product of a person , a child , with very disorganized thinking , in a full-on panic , surrounded by a bunch of other kids whose ideas are just as bad as his , ” she said .
Otto said it was a very convincing narrative to frame to the jury that Vialva and Brandon Bernard , his co-defendant , who is also Black , were part of a violent gang .
Bernard was also sentenced to death ; his execution date has not been set , according to the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ than 46 percent of the 56 inmates on federal death row are Black .
Black people make up about 13 percent of the U.S. population .
… According to the Justice Department , Todd and Stacie Bagley were killed in Fort Hood , Texas , in 1999 after having agreed to give Vialva and two of his friends a ride in their car .
Vialva pulled out a gun and forced the couple into the trunk , and the group of teenagers drove around for a few hours , stopping to try to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ account and to pawn Stacie Bagley ’ s ring , according to the Justice Department .
Vialva eventually parked at the site of the Fort Hood military reservation and shot the couple while another man set the car on fire , according to the Justice Department .

From NBC News:
U.S. set to execute Black man for double murder committed at 19
Christopher Vialva, 40, was scheduled to be the first Black inmate put to death at the federal prison in Indiana this year.
Sept. 24, 2020, 12:56 PM PDT
By Daniella Silva
A Black man is set to be executed by the federal government Thursday for a crime he committed at age 19, even though his attorney said prosecutors used inflammatory racial stereotypes during the trial 20 years ago to land her client on death row.
The man, Christopher Vialva, 40, is scheduled to be executed Thursday evening at the federal prison in Terre Haute, Indiana. He would be the first Black inmate put to death since the Trump administration’s revival of federal executions this year.
Vialva was sentenced to death in the 1999 killing in Texas of Todd and Stacie Bagley, a white couple who were youth ministers. There were 11 white jurors and one Black juror in the 2000 federal trial, said Vialva’s attorney, Susan Otto.
Prosecutors portrayed Vialva “as if he were the leader of a violent and well-organized street gang,” Otto said.
“Of course, in the year 2000, the theme of the super predator, that there were these kids that just marauded through our communities wreaking havoc, was a very powerful and very convincing narrative,” she said.
Otto said there was no evidence that Vialva was a leader or a real member of the so-called 212 PIRU Bloods gang. She said that he and his friends encountered the couple after Vialva was kicked out of his mother’s home and that, having nowhere to go, the group made a plan to rob someone.
“This is a product of a person, a child, with very disorganized thinking, in a full-on panic, surrounded by a bunch of other kids whose ideas are just as bad as his,” she said.
Otto said it was a very convincing narrative to frame to the jury that Vialva and Brandon Bernard, his co-defendant, who is also Black, were part of a violent gang. Bernard was also sentenced to death; his execution date has not been set, according to the Federal Bureau of Prisons. …
More than 46 percent of the 56 inmates on federal death row are Black. Black people make up about 13 percent of the U.S. population. …
According to the Justice Department, Todd and Stacie Bagley were killed in Fort Hood, Texas, in 1999 after having agreed to give Vialva and two of his friends a ride in their car.
Vialva pulled out a gun and forced the couple into the trunk, and the group of teenagers drove around for a few hours, stopping to try to withdraw money from the Bagleys’ bank account and to pawn Stacie Bagley’s ring, according to the Justice Department. Vialva eventually parked at the site of the Fort Hood military reservation and shot the couple while another man set the car on fire, according to the Justice Department.


vdare--2020-09-24--British Oscars Announce News Steps to Increase Plaques for Blacks

Earlier : Plaques for Blacks at the Golden Globe Awards and Awards Show Cancelled Because No Blacks Won Since the indigenous peoples of the British Isles have never been very good at acting , the British Academy of Film and Television Arts is taking steps to insure more Plaques for Blacks : Voters in Britain ’ s version of the Oscars will have to take unconscious bias training , and there will be a quota for women in the first round of voting for best director .
LONDON — The world ’ s major movie awards are trying to put @ @ @ @ @ @ @ shortlists their voting members frequently draw up… .
Starting with the awards in 2021 , all 6,700 voting members of BAFTA will have to undergo unconscious bias training before casting any ballots .
… For best director , for example , half of the spots on the 20-person longlist will go to women .
For the acting prizes , the longlist will be selected by a hybrid of member votes and jury selection , before the nominees and the winner are determined by the membership in the following rounds .
… Actors will @ @ @ @ @ @ @ once in each acting category to prevent a recurrence of this year ’ s events , when Margot Robbie was nominated twice for the best supporting actress award , and no people of color were .
You might almost believe that Margot Robbie represents an unusual combination of beauty and acting talent that makes her the most sought-after actress by the best directors at the current moment , but , of course , it ’ s really just her White Privilege .
… “ This is a watershed moment , ” Krishnendu Majumdar @ @ @ @ @ @ @ on Thursday , in a news release announcing the changes .
“ This creative renewal is not just about changes to the awards , ” he added .
“ This is a reappraisal of our values.
” I.e.
, we now value race and sex over performance .

Earlier: Plaques for Blacks at the Golden Globe Awards and Awards Show Cancelled Because No Blacks Won
Since the indigenous peoples of the British Isles have never been very good at acting, the British Academy of Film and Television Arts is taking steps to insure more Plaques for Blacks:
BAFTA Takes Steps on Diversity, After All-White, All-Male Shortlists Voters in Britain’s version of the Oscars will have to take unconscious bias training, and there will be a quota for women in the first round of voting for best director. By Alex Marshall
Sept. 24, 2020 LONDON — The world’s major movie awards are trying to put a stop to the all-white, all-male shortlists their voting members frequently draw up…. Starting with the awards in 2021, all 6,700 voting members of BAFTA will have to undergo unconscious bias training before casting any ballots. … For best director, for example, half of the spots on the 20-person longlist will go to women. For the acting prizes, the longlist will be selected by a hybrid of member votes and jury selection, before the nominees and the winner are determined by the membership in the following rounds. … Actors will also only be allowed to be longlisted once in each acting category to prevent a recurrence of this year’s events, when Margot Robbie was nominated twice for the best supporting actress award, and no people of color were.
You might almost believe that Margot Robbie represents an unusual combination of beauty and acting talent that makes her the most sought-after actress by the best directors at the current moment, but, of course, it’s really just her White Privilege.
… “This is a watershed moment,” Krishnendu Majumdar, BAFTA’s chair, said on Thursday, in a news release announcing the changes. “This creative renewal is not just about changes to the awards,” he added. “This is a reappraisal of our values.”
I.e., we now value race and sex over performance.
[Comment at Unz.com]


vdare--2020-09-24--Diversity for Thee But Not for We at the New York Times

After a long and arduous search to inject Diverse fresh blood into the leadership of the New York Times , the Times has announced : Arthur Sulzberger Jr. to Retire as New York Times Company Chairman A changing of the guard is complete as he steps back from the board of the news organization he led to 61 Pulitzer Prizes .
Arthur Sulzberger Jr. will be succeeded as board chairman by his son , A. G. Sulzberger .
Credit…Damon Winter/The New York Times Because Diversity is our strength , the New York Times is replacing its white male chairman Arthur @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Sulzberger , but one with much less hair .
No mention of the Sulzbergers ’ most harrowing moment : when the NY Times had to be bailed out by Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim in 2009 .
From Time Magazine : The 2009 TIME 100 In our annual TIME 100 issue , we do the impossible : name the people who most affect our world I recently had the great pleasure of meeting Carlos Slim .
He had decided to invest in the New York Times Co. and thought it would be a good @ @ @ @ @ @ @ my senior colleagues .
It was obvious from the moment we met that he was a true Times loyalist .
We had an enjoyable conversation about what was happening in this country and everywhere else in the world .
Carlos , a very shrewd businessman with an appreciation for great brands , showed a deep understanding of the role that news , information and education play in our interconnected global society .
What also became apparent is that for Carlos , insight and understanding are catalysts for action and accomplishment .
This speaks @ @ @ @ @ @ @ education programs and why he ’ s helped thousands of students throughout Latin America get their own laptops and learn more about digital technology .
Carlos , 69 , believes that as people know more , they have a far better opportunity to change and improve their lives .
As he spoke at our meeting , he conveyed the quiet but fierce confidence that has enabled him to have a profound and lasting effect on millions of individuals in Mexico and neighboring countries .
Carlos knows very well how much one person with @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
And I am delighted that he brings those attributes to the New York Times Co. , to Mexico and to the world .
Sulzberger is chairman of the New York Times Co. and publisher of the New York Times Interestingly , the NYT never mentioned that Slim was married into Lebanon ’ s most notorious Fascist warlord dynasty , the Gemayels , even after that was documented in a 2015 biography of Slim .
It ’ s not as if the Times had never heard of the the Gemayels before .
When @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Israeli invasion of Lebanon , Bashir Gemayel ( the President-Elect of Lebanon and Slim ’ s cousin-in-law ) was blown up , which set off a notorious massacre of Palestinians , the headline on the New York Times ’ obituary read : Also , the NYT lost interest in reporting on how Slim exploited Mexican illegal aliens in the U.S. by charging exorbitant phone rates for them to speak with their loved ones back home .
And beginning about 2010 , the Times , which had recently as 2000 editorialized against amnesty for @ @ @ @ @ @ @ against anybody trying to reduce the influx of Slim ’ s Customers into the U.S .

After a long and arduous search to inject Diverse fresh blood into the leadership of the New York Times, the Times has announced:
Arthur Sulzberger Jr. to Retire as New York Times Company Chairman A changing of the guard is complete as he steps back from the board of the news organization he led to 61 Pulitzer Prizes.
Arthur Sulzberger Jr. will be succeeded as board chairman by his son, A. G. Sulzberger. Credit…Damon Winter/The New York Times By Marc Tracy
Sept. 23, 2020
Because Diversity is our strength, the New York Times is replacing its white male chairman Arthur Sulzberger with a different white male Arthur Sulzberger, but one with much less hair.
No mention of the Sulzbergers’ most harrowing moment: when the NY Times had to be bailed out by Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim in 2009. From Time Magazine:
The 2009 TIME 100
In our annual TIME 100 issue, we do the impossible: name the people who most affect our world BUILDERS & TITANS
Carlos Slim
By Arthur Sulzberger Jr. Thursday, Apr. 30, 2009 I recently had the great pleasure of meeting Carlos Slim. He had decided to invest in the New York Times Co. and thought it would be a good idea to get to know me and my senior colleagues. It was obvious from the moment we met that he was a true Times loyalist. We had an enjoyable conversation about what was happening in this country and everywhere else in the world. Carlos, a very shrewd businessman with an appreciation for great brands, showed a deep understanding of the role that news, information and education play in our interconnected global society. What also became apparent is that for Carlos, insight and understanding are catalysts for action and accomplishment. This speaks to why Carlos has funded extensive public-health education programs and why he’s helped thousands of students throughout Latin America get their own laptops and learn more about digital technology. Carlos, 69, believes that as people know more, they have a far better opportunity to change and improve their lives. As he spoke at our meeting, he conveyed the quiet but fierce confidence that has enabled him to have a profound and lasting effect on millions of individuals in Mexico and neighboring countries. Carlos knows very well how much one person with courage, determination and vision can achieve. And I am delighted that he brings those attributes to the New York Times Co., to Mexico and to the world. Sulzberger is chairman of the New York Times Co. and publisher of the New York Times
Interestingly, the NYT never mentioned that Slim was married into Lebanon’s most notorious Fascist warlord dynasty, the Gemayels, even after that was documented in a 2015 biography of Slim.
It’s not as if the Times had never heard of the the Gemayels before. When, at the climax of the 1982 Israeli invasion of Lebanon, Bashir Gemayel (the president-elect of Lebanon and Slim’s cousin-in-law) was blown up, which set off a notorious massacre of Palestinians, the headline on the New York Times’ obituary read:
Also, the NYT lost interest in reporting on how Slim exploited Mexican illegal aliens in the U.S. by charging exorbitant phone rates for them to speak with their loved ones back home. And beginning about 2010, the Times, which had recently as 2000 editorialized against amnesty for illegal aliens, mounted a fierce campaign against anybody trying to reduce the influx of Slim’s customers into the U.S.


vdare--2020-09-24--Quebec Perspective On The Ricin Mailing Women: The French-Canadian Media Has A Lot To Answer For

Earlier : Quebec Woman Who Mailed Ricin , Tried To Cross Border With Gun , Was Illegal Alien Deported By Trump !
A Quebec perspective : If the target had been somebody other than Donald Trump , all Canadian journalists would have eagerly labeled Quebecoise Pascale Ferrier , who recently sent a letter with ricin to and issued death threats against the American president , as a “ terrorist ” and an “ extremist , ” and called for a ban on organizations with which she might have been aligned .
Not necessarily linked to , just in the same @ @ @ @ @ @ @ movement in Canada was implicitly targeted after Corey Barclay Hurren ’ s murder attempt against Justin Trudeau .
But nothing similar happened with Ferrier , despite a previous firearm violation and a clear ideological motive .
Remember she did not send a single poisoned letter , but rather six in total .
My view as a Quebec nationalist : media indoctrination explains why she attempted to kill the U.S. president .
She is a Francophone ( a French immigrant actually—she is originally from France ) and the French-Canadian media unanimously and constantly spat @ @ @ @ @ @ @ announced his interest in the White House in 2015 .
In French Quebec , Trump is sometimes presented as an incompetent hillbilly or inversely as a dangerous would-be Fascist dictator .
Not a single voice has been heard to defend Trump ’ s legitimacy or any of his actions in the French Canadian media .
Doing so would be equivalent to social suicide and the culprit would immediately face the PC gang and its mob court .
That is not to say that the whole population blindly follows the media and has adopted @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Trump benefits from the sympathy of many French Quebecers who would like to have a leader interested first and foremost in the well-being of his own citizens and who refuses to bow down to political correctness .
But as on many issues , there is a huge gap between the average citizen and the journalistic elite .
J ’ accuse : This climate of Francophone anti-Trumpism , funneled by the corporate media , is surely to blame for Ferrier ’ s attempt to kill the president .

harfang@quebecoisdesouche.info (Rémi  Tremblay)

Earlier: Quebec Woman Who Mailed Ricin, Tried To Cross Border With Gun, Was Illegal Alien Deported By Trump!
A Quebec perspective: if the target had been somebody other than Donald Trump, all Canadian journalists would have eagerly labeled Quebecoise Pascale Ferrier, who recently sent a letter with ricin to and issued death threats against the American president, as a “terrorist” and an “extremist,” and called for a ban on organizations with which she might have been aligned. Not necessarily linked to, just in the same ideological framework. Thus the whole pro-gun movement in Canada was implicitly targeted after Corey Barclay Hurren’s murder attempt against Justin Trudeau.
But nothing similar happened with Ferrier, despite a previous firearm violation and a clear ideological motive. Remember she did not send a single poisoned letter, but rather six in total.
My view as a Quebec nationalist: media indoctrination explains why she attempted to kill the U.S. president. She is a Francophone (a French immigrant actually—she is originally from France) and the French-Canadian media unanimously and constantly spat hate on the American President since he announced his interest in the White House in 2015.
In French Quebec, Trump is sometimes presented as an incompetent hillbilly or inversely as a dangerous would-be Fascist dictator. Not a single voice has been heard to defend Trump’s legitimacy or any of his actions in the French Canadian media. Doing so would be equivalent to social suicide and the culprit would immediately face the PC gang and its mob court.
That is not to say that the whole population blindly follows the media and has adopted an anti-Trump stance. In fact, Trump benefits from the sympathy of many French Quebecers who would like to have a leader interested first and foremost in the well-being of his own citizens and who refuses to bow down to political correctness. But as on many issues, there is a huge gap between the average citizen and the journalistic elite.
J’accuse: This climate of Francophone anti-Trumpism, funneled by the corporate media, is surely to blame for Ferrier’s attempt to kill the president.


vdare--2020-09-24--Feds Bust Aliens Voting Illegally

Feds Bust Aliens Voting Illegally

The U.S. Attorney ’ s Office for the Middle District of North Carolina has indicted a score or more of aliens , presumably both legal and illegal , for illegally voting .
It is important to know that an alien in the United States lawfully , including a Lawful Permanent Resident ( LPR ) , can not vote legally in a Federal election .
Many LPRs think they can legally vote , either through ignorance or arrogance , some even think they automatically become U.S. Citizens after a certain period of time .
The problem with voting by legal and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ arrogant Deferred Action For Childhood Arrivals ( DACA ) illegal aliens are the most arrogant and forthright about their fraud .
They think they are Americans , and commonly register and vote .
Sadly , it appears that only Eastern District of North Carolina and the Middle District of North Carolina are doing anything about this .
A total of 19 non-citizens in the swing state of North Carolina have been charged with voter fraud after allegedly voting in the 2016 presidential election .
This week , the U.S. District Court for the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ voter fraud charges against 19 non-citizens , from a variety of countries , whom they allege cast votes in the 2016 election after a years-long federal investigation .
Seven of the 19 non-citizens were charged with falsely claiming American citizenship or making false statements on voter registration applications .
The seven were also charged with a misdemeanor for unlawfully casting ballots in the 2016 presidential election .
[ Feds : 19 Non-Citizens Charged with Voting in 2016 Election in Swing State , by John Binder , Breitbart , September 3 , 3030 ] @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ t the Attorney General ordered other U.S .
Attorneys to pursue these grievous crimes that strike at the heart of the political system ? ''
Of course the Lying Press is defending these illegal and legal aliens ; repeating absurd claims that they did not know it was illegal to vote and nobody told me it was illegal .
And solicitous kritarchs gave slaps on the wrists in previous cases .
In August 2018 , Higdon announced the fruits of his labors : 19 foreign nationals were charged with voting illegally in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ U.S. citizen was charged with helping a non-citizen register to vote under false pretenses .
The press release spoke of severe penalties—years-long imprisonment , lofty fines in the tens of thousands .
As those cases have gone to trial over the past year , a different picture has emerged .
72-year-old Diudonne Sofils , a Haitian immigrant and legal permanent resident of the U.S. since 1976 , pleaded guilty to voting and was sentenced to 12 months ’ probation and a $ 25 fine .
Korean native Hyo Suk George presented her green @ @ @ @ @ @ @ realizing it was against the law .
A judge aghast that a poll worker failed to intervene fined George only $ 100 .
Denslo Allen Paige , 66 , was sentenced to two months in prison and a $ 250 fine for helping her Mexican citizen boyfriend register to vote .
At her hearing , Paige , a Walmart employee and volunteer seasonal poll worker , said she ’ d never been trained on whether legal permanent residents could vote , as HuffPost reported .
[ Meet The Lone US Attorney Leading Trump @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Allegra Kirkland , TPM , February 22 , 2019 ] The next question is has ICE SVU taken action and placed these aliens in removal proceedings ?
Besides being illegal , it is a deportable offense for an alien to vote under Title 8 United States Code Section 1227 ( a ) ( 6 ) ( A ) , Unlawful Voters ?
This is the Deep State actively resisting a Presidential policy imperative .
It also reflects , as yet again , on President Trump and the people he appoints .
Why out @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the United States , why have only two brought charges against illegal voting by aliens ?
Personnel is policy .
Good personnel , like U.S .
Attorneys Martin and Bobby Higdon , produce good policy results .
And good political results .
Bad personnel produce only backstabbers and failed policy .
President Trump should ruminate on that .

The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of North Carolina has indicted a score or more of aliens, presumably both legal and illegal, for illegally voting. It is important to know that an alien in the United States lawfully, including a Lawful Permanent Resident (LPR), cannot vote legally in a Federal election.
Many LPRs think they can legally vote; either through ignorance or arrogance, some even think they automatically become U.S. Citizens after a certain period of time. The problem with voting by legal and illegal aliens is widespread.
And the arrogant Deferred Action For Childhood Arrivals (DACA) illegal aliens are the most arrogant and forthright about their fraud. They think they are Americans, and commonly register and vote. Sadly, it appears that only Eastern District of North Carolina and the Middle District of North Carolina are doing anything about this.
Matthew Martin, Bane of Alien Voters
A total of 19 non-citizens in the swing state of North Carolina have been charged with voter fraud after allegedly voting in the 2016 presidential election. This week, the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina prosecutors announced voter fraud charges against 19 non-citizens, from a variety of countries, whom they allege cast votes in the 2016 election, after a years-long federal investigation. Seven of the 19 non-citizens were charged with falsely claiming American citizenship or making false statements on voter registration applications. The seven were also charged with a misdemeanor for unlawfully casting ballots in the 2016 presidential election. [Feds: 19 Non-Citizens Charged with Voting in 2016 Election in Swing State, by John Binder, Breitbart, September 3, 3030]
The real question is "Why hasn’t the Attorney General ordered other U.S. Attorneys to pursue these grievous crimes that strike at the heart of the political system?"
Of course the Lying Press is defending these illegal and legal aliens; repeating absurd claims that they did not know it was illegal to vote and nobody told them it was illegal. And solicitous kritarchs gave slaps on the wrists in previous cases.
In August 2018, Higdon announced the fruits of his labors: 19 foreign nationals were charged with voting illegally in the 2016 presidential election, and one U.S. citizen was charged with helping a non-citizen register to vote under false pretenses. The press release spoke of severe penalties—years-long imprisonment, lofty fines in the tens of thousands. As those cases have gone to trial over the past year, a different picture has emerged. 72-year-old Dieudonne Sofils, a Haitian immigrant and legal permanent resident of the U.S. since 1976, pleaded guilty to voting and was sentenced to 12 months’ probation and a $25 fine. Korean native Hyo Suk George presented her green card while attempting to vote, not realizing it was against the law. A judge aghast that a poll worker failed to intervene fined George only $100. Denslo Allen Paige, 66, was sentenced to two months in prison and a $250 fine for helping her Mexican citizen boyfriend register to vote. At her hearing, Paige, a Walmart employee and volunteer seasonal poll worker, said she’d never been trained on whether legal permanent residents could vote, as HuffPost reported. [Meet The Lone US Attorney Leading Trump’s Non-Citizen Voting Crusade, by Allegra Kirkland, TPM, February 22, 2019]
The next question is has ICE SVU taken action and placed these aliens in removal proceedings? Besides being illegal, it is a deportable offense for an alien to vote under Title 8 United States Code Section 1227(a)(6)(A), Unlawful Voters.
This is the Deep State actively resisting a Presidential policy imperative. It also reflects, as yet again, on President Trump and the people he appoints. Why out of all the U.S. Attorneys in the United States, have only two brought charges against illegal voting by aliens? Personnel is policy. Good personnel, like U.S. Attorneys Martin and Bobby Higdon, produce good policy results. And good political results. Bad personnel produce only backstabbers and failed policy. President Trump should ruminate on that.