vdare--2020-10-15--The Asian in the Living Room....Who Owns The Black Store

Earlier ( 2006 ) : Andrew Young Was Right , Not That Anyone Dare Admit It One of the more noticeable aspects of the media ’ s hyping of 2020 ’ s Racial Reckoning is the need to not mention Asians .
For example , you know and I know that high schools for the gifted like Manhattan ’ s Stuyvesant and the D.C. suburbs ’ Thomas Jefferson are dominated by Asians .
But that doesn ’ t fit the Narrative so it is seldom mentioned .
Business journalists , however , have a harder time ignoring the Asian in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the New York Times ’ business news section : Black Products .
Black Shoppers .
Black Workers .
But Who Owns the Store ?
At a Chicago beauty supply shop , one American dream has come true .
Another is still waiting for its chance .
The crowd was growing impatient as Crystal Holmes fumbled with the keys to the store .
Dozens of people were swarming the street around Western Beauty Supply , the Chicago shop where Ms. Holmes works .
She had persuaded some of them to let her open the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ breaking the windows .
“ She ’ s taking too long , ” someone yelled .
“ Let ’ s go in and get it.
” Western Beauty Supply sells products like wigs , hair extensions and combs mostly to Black women .
Most of the employees , like Ms. Holmes , are also Black , but the owner is a Korean-American man , Yong Sup Na .
When a few young men appeared outside the store earlier that evening in May , Mr. Na went out to speak with them .
He @ @ @ @ @ @ @ they walked away .
At that point , Mr. Na told Ms. Holmes that he felt confident his business was safe .
“ They are not going to break into the store , ” he told her .
A few minutes later , though , a larger group showed up .
A woman snatched Mr. Na ’ s keys , but Ms. Holmes persuaded her to give them back .
Then she ordered Mr. Na , her boss , to leave .
“ You don ’ t know what could happen , ” @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Holmes tried to save the store from ruin that evening , when protests and looting followed the police killing of George Floyd , she understood what was causing the turmoil roiling Chicago and dozens of other cities .
“ I understand where the rage is coming from , ” Ms. Holmes , 40 , said in an interview .
“ We don ’ t have any businesses in the community and we are getting killed by the police and killing each other , and we are just getting tired.
” In the years @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , customers have constantly told her that she should open her own store .
But she has watched some Black women struggle as owners in the industry , and her priority has been keeping a steady job to support her family .
Outside the store , people in the crowd kept pushing for Ms. Holmes to let them in .
But she couldn ’ t get the keys into the lock .
Her hands were shaking too much .
‘ The same small slice of pie ’ Mr. Na , who is 65 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a home with an outhouse .
He watched television by standing outside a neighbor ’ s window and peering in at the set .
Mr. Na was in his late 20s when he arrived in the United States .
He knew only one person , a friend from his village who had moved to Chicago .
I saw the same phenomenon in Chicago ’ s extremely diverse Uptown neighborhood almost three decades ago .
Our drycleaners were run by a pleasant Korean family .
They mentioned that their in-laws had just opened a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ wife and I promised to go buy something to help their in-laws get off to a good start .
But when we looked in the beautifully set-up new shop , we discovered there wasn ’ t a single hair care product in the store for naturally straight hair .
The owners and employees didn ’ t speak English , but clearly Korean wholesalers were publishing three ring binders of how to run a black hair care products that anybody off the 747 from Seoul could follow perfectly .
That led me to some @ @ @ @ @ @ @ was as beneficial for Americans as we had been told .
Retailing black hair care products had traditionally been a fairly easy first rung on the ladder to prosperity for African-Americans , going back to the first black millionaire , Madame CJ Walker , inventor of the conk .
But now workaholics were coming from 10,000 miles across the Pacific to crush our black fellow citizen retailers .
Sure , black customers would get cheaper prices and longer store hours from Korean retailers , but how big would the price of foreclosing black @ @ @

Earlier (2006): Andrew Young Was Right, Not That Anyone Dare Admit It
One of the more noticeable aspects of the media’s hyping of 2020’s Racial Reckoning is the need to not mention Asians. For example, you know and I know that high schools for the gifted like Manhattan’s Stuyvesant and the D.C. suburbs’ Thomas Jefferson are dominated by Asians. But that doesn’t fit the Narrative so it is seldom mentioned. Business journalists, however, have a harder time ignoring the Asian in the Living Room. Thus, from the New York Times’ business news section:
Black Products. Black Shoppers. Black Workers. But Who Owns the Store? At a Chicago beauty supply shop, one American dream has come true. Another is still waiting for its chance. Michael Corkery
By Michael Corkery
Oct. 15, 2020, 5:00 a.m. ET The crowd was growing impatient as Crystal Holmes fumbled with the keys to the store. Dozens of people were swarming the street around Western Beauty Supply, the Chicago shop where Ms. Holmes works. She had persuaded some of them to let her open the store so they could rob it without breaking the windows. “She’s taking too long,” someone yelled. “Let’s go in and get it.” Western Beauty Supply sells products like wigs, hair extensions and combs mostly to Black women. Most of the employees, like Ms. Holmes, are also Black, but the owner is a Korean-American man, Yong Sup Na. When a few young men appeared outside the store earlier that evening in May, Mr. Na went out to speak with them. He offered some of them cash, and they walked away. At that point, Mr. Na told Ms. Holmes that he felt confident his business was safe. “They are not going to break into the store,” he told her. A few minutes later, though, a larger group showed up. A woman snatched Mr. Na’s keys, but Ms. Holmes persuaded her to give them back. Then she ordered Mr. Na, her boss, to leave. “You don’t know what could happen,” she told him. Even as Ms. Holmes tried to save the store from ruin that evening, when protests and looting followed the police killing of George Floyd, she understood what was causing the turmoil roiling Chicago and dozens of other cities. “I understand where the rage is coming from,” Ms. Holmes, 40, said in an interview. “We don’t have any businesses in the community and we are getting killed by the police and killing each other, and we are just getting tired.” In the years she has spent working for Mr. Na, customers have constantly told her that she should open her own store. But she has watched some Black women struggle as owners in the industry, and her priority has been keeping a steady job to support her family. Outside the store, people in the crowd kept pushing for Ms. Holmes to let them in. But she couldn’t get the keys into the lock. Her hands were shaking too much. ‘The same small slice of pie ’
Mr. Na, who is 65, grew up in South Korea in a home with an outhouse. He watched television by standing outside a neighbor’s window and peering in at the set. Mr. Na was in his late 20s when he arrived in the United States. He knew only one person, a friend from his village who had moved to Chicago.
I saw the same phenomenon in Chicago’s extremely diverse Uptown neighborhood almost three decades ago. Our drycleaners were run by a pleasant Korean family. They mentioned that their in-laws had just opened a hair care products next door. My wife and I promised to go buy something to help their in-laws get off to a good start.
But when we looked in the beautifully set-up new shop, we discovered there wasn’t a single hair care product in the store for naturally straight hair. The owners and employees didn’t speak English, but clearly Korean wholesalers were publishing three-ring binders of how to run a black hair care products store that anybody off the 747 from Seoul could follow perfectly.
That led me to some of my earlier Doubt about whether immigration was as beneficial for Americans as we had been told. Retailing black hair care products had traditionally been a fairly easy first rung on the ladder to prosperity for African-Americans, going back to the first black millionaire, Madame CJ Walker, inventor of the conk. But now workaholics were coming from 10,000 miles across the Pacific to crush our black fellow citizen retailers. Sure, black customers would get cheaper prices and longer store hours from Korean retailers, but how big would the price of foreclosing black entrepreneurship be?
[Comment at Unz.com]


vdare--2020-10-15--Democrats Vote Early and....

Democrats Vote Early and....

Among those polled who have already cast a ballot–one-quarter of the voting electorate claim to have done so–Joe Biden leads @ @ @ @ @ 68 % -29 % margin .
The left is pushing hard for people to request @ @ @ @ @ immediately .
This may negate the seeming election night victory predicted here for Trump , @ @ @ @ @ ‘ overturned ’ in the days following .
On the other hand , mail-ins are @ @ @ @ @ All other things equal , it ’ s preferable to have your supporters out in @ @ @ @ @

Among those polled who have already cast a ballot—one-quarter of the voting electorate claim to have done so—Joe Biden leads Donald Trump by a staggering 68%-29% margin.
The left is pushing hard for people to request ballots and send them in immediately. This may negate the seeming election night victory predicted here for Trump, a victory suspected to be "overturned" in the days following.
On the other hand, mail-ins are where mistakes are made. All other things equal, it’s preferable to have your supporters out in person on election day.
[Comment at Unz.com]


vdare--2020-10-15--Luxury Retailers in New York City Tolerate Black Shoplifting Mobs for Fear of Being Called "Racist"

Every action to benefit civilization is held in a vise , because of the power this word ( and accusation behind any move to retard the degradation of standards safeguarding polite society ) carries to automatically neuter even the most thoughtful , airtight argument on behalf of the continuity of law and order .
In a world where St. George Floyd is a Patron Saint , ordaining every act of civil disobedience against the white patriarchy/systemic racist/implicit bias/structural inequalities created by evil colonizers ( h/t Black Panther ) to unfairly benefit their posterity at the expense of People of Color @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the best high-end boutiques in New York City render unto the new Caesar lording over increasingly explicit Black-Run America .
The disturbing pattern began in late May during the riots that rocked the city in the wake of the George Floyd police custody death .
High-end Celine was looted of $ 1.5 million in merchandise then , and the blatant thievery continues “ every week ” in ritzy stores such as Prada , Moncler , Dior and Balenciaga , one plugged-in local said .
“ This is happening every week .
Walk around @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , Mercer Street .
… You have huge bouncers out there trying to deter hit-and-run activity , ” the source , a restaurateur , said .
But in some cases , the thieves are given carte blanche to steal .
“ If they [ store personnel ] stop them and say anything in the store before they ’ ve left the building then it often gets turned into a racial accusation , ” the source said .
“ The brands … tell their employees to walk away , ” the insider added .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ be the next Instagram video claiming they are a racist brand.
” Soho store managers , especially those employed by national retailers , remain tightlipped for fear of ‘ R-word ’ reprisal , bad publicity or tarnishing their brand , the source said .
NYPD Sgt .
Joseph Imperatrice , founder of Blue Lives Matter NYC , told The Post that investigators are aware that “ mobs of young , transient groups ” have “ bulldozed through aisles grabbing as much as their arms can hold.
” A law enforcement source confirmed that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ recent months in high-end establishments in the neighborhood.
” The source said the victimized stores include Adidas , Fendi and Burberry .
The suspects create a stir and grab as much merchandise as they can , confident they ’ re not going to face resistance or consequences , the same source said , adding “ it ’ s a lucrative business.
” Why not just make it legal for blacks to procure any item they want in any store in America ?
That way , corporate America can truly embrace being financially in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ melt away due to the coercive power of the the word “ racist , ” we ’ ll find out the truth of the term the Visible Black Hand of Economics , as more and more stores close up shop and retail deserts bloom where once commerce thrived .
A nation held hostage by the word “ racist.
” Our future is in jeopardy as our past is rewritten because we can ’ t muster the courage to end this insanity .

A nation held hostage by the word “racist.”
Every action to benefit civilization is held in a vise, because of the power this word (and accusation behind any move to retard the degradation of standards safeguarding polite society) carries to automatically neuter even the most thoughtful, airtight argument on behalf of the continuity of law and order.
In a world where St. George Floyd is a Patron Saint, ordaining every act of civil disobedience against the white patriarchy/systemic racist/implicit bias/structural inequalities created by evil colonizers (h/t Black Panther) to unfairly benefit their posterity at the expense of People of Color, it only makes sense some of the best high-end boutiques in New York City render unto the new Caesar lording over increasingly explicit Black-Run America.
Stealing Soho: Luxury retailers terrorized by shoplifting mobs, New York Post, October 10, 2020
Bands of shoplifters are terrorizing Soho’s high-end boutiques, lifting hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of designer merchandise, and in some cases, threatening security guards to keep quiet — or be labeled racist, The Post has learned.
The disturbing pattern began in late May during the riots that rocked the city in the wake of the George Floyd police custody death. High-end Celine was looted of $1.5 million in merchandise then, and the blatant thievery continues “every week” in ritzy stores such as Prada, Moncler, Dior and Balenciaga, one plugged-in local said. “This is happening every week. Walk around Soho on Wooster Street and Greene Street, Mercer Street. … You have huge bouncers out there trying to deter hit-and-run activity,” the source, a restaurateur, said. But in some cases, the thieves are given carte blanche to steal. “If they [store personnel] stop them and say anything in the store before they’ve left the building then it often gets turned into a racial accusation,” the source said. “The brands … tell their employees to walk away,” the insider added. “They don’t want to be the next Instagram video claiming they are a racist brand.” Soho store managers, especially those employed by national retailers, remain tightlipped for fear of ‘R-word’ reprisal, bad publicity or tarnishing their brand, the source said. NYPD Sgt. Joseph Imperatrice, founder of Blue Lives Matter NYC, told The Post that investigators are aware that “mobs of young, transient groups” have “bulldozed through aisles grabbing as much as their arms can hold.” A law enforcement source confirmed that “dozens of larcenies have occurred in recent months in high-end establishments in the neighborhood.” The source said the victimized stores include Adidas, Fendi and Burberry. The suspects create a stir and grab as much merchandise as they can, confident they’re not going to face resistance or consequences, the same source said, adding “it’s a lucrative business.”
Why not just make it legal for blacks to procure any item they want in any store in America? That way, corporate America can truly embrace being financially in the black. As standards protecting civilization melt away due to the coercive power of the word “racist,” we’ll find out the truth of the term the Visible Black Hand of Economics, as more and more stores close up shop and retail deserts bloom where once commerce thrived.
A nation held hostage by the word “racist.” Our future is in jeopardy as our past is rewritten because we can’t muster the courage to end this insanity.
[Comment at Unz.com]


vdare--2020-10-15--Most Voters Will Not Trust the Official 2020 Election Outcome

Democrats warn that when the election doesn ’ t go Trump ’ s way , he and his supporters are @ @ @ @ @ .
It ’ s going to be , they admonish , a repeat of 2016 @ @ @ @ @ by the results of that election .
To prove how serious they are about the @ @ @ @ @ when things don ’ t go your way , their 2016 candidate–who the reader will @ @ @ @ @ of that election–has urged Joe Biden not to concede defeat on election night under any @ @ @ @ @ ” responses are not shown .
Majorities of both Trump and Biden supporters who plan @ @ @ @ @ streets ” say they will do so peacefully .

Democrats warn that when the election doesn’t go Trump’s way, he and his supporters are going to become #TheResistance. It’s going to be, they admonish, a repeat of 2016 when Trump refused to abide by the results of that election.
To prove how serious they are about the importance of accepting outcomes even when things don’t go your way, their 2016 candidate–who the reader will recall solemnly accepted the results of that election–has urged Joe Biden not to concede defeat on election night under any circumstances!
There’s that psychological projection again:
“Not sure” responses are not shown. Majorities of both Trump and Biden supporters who plan to “take to the streets” say they will do so peacefully.
[Comment at Unz.com]


vdare--2020-10-14--Trump Is Up 11% From 2016 Among Nonwhites; But ...

These results are striking .
They show Trump improving by a net of 11 points among non-whites but declining by @ @ @ @ @ among whites from 2016 to 2020 .
Because whites still comprise nearly three-quarters of the @ @ @ @ @ not a wash for the president .
It represents an apparent decline in total support @ @ @ @ @ exactly the opposite way the major media Narrative would have us believe .
Trump is @ @ @ @ @ men at the expense of everyone else .
To the contrary , he ’ s @ @ @ @ @ as he concedes support among white men .

From Audacious Epigone:
These results are striking. They show Trump improving by a net of 11 points among non-whites but declining by a net of 10 points among whites from 2016 to 2020. Because whites still comprise nearly three-quarters of the voting electorate, this is not a wash for the president. It represents an apparent decline in total support, albeit arrived at in exactly the opposite way the major media Narrative would have us believe. Trump is not doubling down on white men at the expense of everyone else. To the contrary, he’s making inroads with everyone else as he concedes support among white men.


vdare--2020-10-14--Major White Pill: After Going All-In On Black Lives Matter Insanity, NBA Finals Ratings Were Lowest

Major White Pill: After Going All-In On Black Lives Matter Insanity, NBA Finals Ratings Were Lowest In Nearly 40 Years

At a time when the Commissioner of the NBA has admitted the nearly 80 % black league will abandon Black Lives Matter and Social Justice Warrior messaging in the upcoming season , the consequences of wokeness during the Summer of George Floyd have been immense .
As Clay Travis noted , the NBA has lost close to 80 percent of its television audience in the span of 25 years .
Does this correlate to the decline of the white fan as the league went all-in on matters of blackness ?
The answer is obviously “ yes , ” and the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ time of extreme social distancing across America—are a huge white pill for those wondering the direction of the nation .
A rejection of Black Lives Matter/SJW mindset is not so quietly underway , with the NBA ’ s embracing of these ideas a total ratings nonstarter .
LeBron James won his NBA fourth championship on Sunday , with the NBA ’ s marquee franchise , the Los Angeles Lakers .
However , the spectacle of this event was not enough to curb the downward viewership trends for the NBA Finals .
Here is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ year versus the six games last year ( viewership in millions ) : The last time LeBron James played in the NBA Finals , in 2018 Cavs-Warriors , the games averaged 17.56 million viewers .
This year represents a 57.6 % drop from that .
Yes , there are a number of variables affecting the numbers .
The NBA played out of season .
There were no fans at the games , making the viewing experience feel less communal .
There is a glut of live sports and only so many hours in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , even if leagues are not in direct competition .
I also want to be fair and give Adam Silver and the NBA tremendous credit for pulling off the bubble .
There were zero positive tests and the quality of play was consistently excellent .
It would be revisionist history to say everyone thought this would succeed .
Read these stories from USA Today and CNBC if you want to remember the profound skepticism about plans for the NBA .
However , Game 6 of the NBA Finals went up against the NFL @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and Seahawks , which averaged 15.1 million viewers .
You read that right : regular season NFL in primetime nearly doubled Game 6 of the NBA Finals featuring LeBron and the Lakers .
But it warrants mentioning that a per-game average of 7.45 million viewers is the lowest as far as the public numbers go back , which is to 1986 .
The next-lowest was in 2007 , when the Spurs swept the Cavs .
Those four games averaged 9.29 million viewers .
There are also more people at home now than normal @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and all sports are for the first time benefitting from out-of-home viewership getting counted immediately .
Undoubtedly , the factors cited above contributed to the drop .
But , let ’ s say the NFL or SEC or Big Ten football were happening in the spring instead of the fall .
Would they be down by half ?
It is my opinion that there are also a number of viewers out there who do not want social justice messaging directly embedded into sporting events like it was in the NBA bubble .
NBA @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in saying that he expects the messaging to disappear from the court in future seasons .
“ I understand those people who are saying ‘ I ’ m on your side , but I want to watch a basketball game , ’ ” Silver told Rachel Nichols last week .
It later came out in the New York Post that Silver was surprised by the low viewership for the NBA Finals .
Turn off the NBA/NFL/NCAA/MLB/NASCAR and professional sports for good .
Cut the cord and abandon streaming services , too .
Life @ @ @ @ @ @ @ network/cable/streaming television , and the beauty of the NBA ’ s ratings decline—at a moment the league merged with the BLM insanity ( even postponing games to honor Jacob Blake.. ) —is a major , major white pill .

At a time when the Commissioner of the NBA has admitted the nearly 80% black league will abandon Black Lives Matter and Social Justice Warrior messaging in the upcoming season, the consequences of wokeness during the Summer of George Floyd have been immense.
As Clay Travis noted, the NBA has lost close to 80 percent of its television audience in the span of 25 years.
Does this correlate to the decline of the white fan as the league went all-in on matters of blackness? The answer is obviously “yes,” and the disastrous ratings for the NBA Finals—during a time of extreme social distancing across America—are a huge white pill for those wondering the direction of the nation.
A rejection of Black Lives Matter/SJW mindset is not so quietly underway, with the NBA’s embracing of these ideas a total ratings nonstarter.
NBA Finals Ratings Were Officially the Lowest in Modern History, Outkick.com, October 13, 2020
LeBron James won his NBA fourth championship on Sunday, with the NBA’s marquee franchise, the Los Angeles Lakers. However, the spectacle of this event was not enough to curb the downward viewership trends for the NBA Finals. Here is a look at the six games this year versus the six games last year (viewership in millions): The last time LeBron James played in the NBA Finals, in 2018 Cavs-Warriors, the games averaged 17.56 million viewers. This year represents a 57.6% drop from that. Yes, there are a number of variables affecting the numbers. The NBA played out of season. There were no fans at the games, making the viewing experience feel less communal. There is a glut of live sports and only so many hours in the week with which to watch them, even if leagues are not in direct competition. I also want to be fair and give Adam Silver and the NBA tremendous credit for pulling off the bubble. There were zero positive tests and the quality of play was consistently excellent. It would be revisionist history to say everyone thought this would succeed. Read these stories from USA Today and CNBC if you want to remember the profound skepticism about plans for the NBA. However, Game 6 of the NBA Finals went up against the NFL Sunday Night Football game between the Vikings and Seahawks, which averaged 15.1 million viewers. You read that right: regular season NFL in primetime nearly doubled Game 6 of the NBA Finals featuring LeBron and the Lakers. But it warrants mentioning that a per-game average of 7.45 million viewers is the lowest as far as the public numbers go back, which is to 1986. The next-lowest was in 2007, when the Spurs swept the Cavs. Those four games averaged 9.29 million viewers. There are also more people at home now than normal due the pandemic, and the NBA and all sports are for the first time benefitting from out-of-home viewership getting counted immediately. Undoubtedly, the factors cited above contributed to the drop. But, let’s say the NFL or SEC or Big Ten football were happening in the spring instead of the fall. Would they be down by half? It is my opinion that there are also a number of viewers out there who do not want social justice messaging directly embedded into sporting events like it was in the NBA bubble. NBA commissioner Adam Silver tacitly acknowledged this, in saying that he expects the messaging to disappear from the court in future seasons. “I understand those people who are saying ‘I’m on your side, but I want to watch a basketball game,’” Silver told Rachel Nichols last week. It later came out in the New York Post that Silver was surprised by the low viewership for the NBA Finals.
Turn off the NBA/NFL/NCAA/MLB/NASCAR and professional sports for good. Cut the cord and abandon streaming services, too. Life is too short to stay plugged into network/cable/streaming television, and the beauty of the NBA’s ratings decline—at a moment the league merged with the BLM insanity (even postponing games to honor Jacob Blake..)—is a major, major white pill.
[Comment at Unz.com]


vdare--2020-10-13--Sailer In Taki's: Slaughter In The Cities

Earlier : NYT : Trump Is Wrong !
Crime Is Down !
( Except for Homicides , Which Are Up 28 % ) From my new Taki ’ s Magazine column : Establishment voices are finally , grudgingly admitting that murders and shootings are up spectacularly in 2020 .
But the reasons , they all agree , are immensely complicated and rather boring .
Perhaps , they muse , it has something to do with lockdowns .
Or there could be any number of other subtly interacting factors .
Who can tell ?
In any case , this mysterious rise @ @ @ @ @ @ @ much less the control , of politicians .
For example , Nate Silver ’ s FiveThirtyEight headlined : Trump Doesn ’ t Know Why Crime Rises or Falls .
Neither Does Biden .
Or Any Other Politician .
…We don ’ t actually know why crime went up this year .
To be fair , we don ’ t truly know why crime goes up…well , ever .
Nor do we know how to make it go down in the long term .
So there ’ s no reason to consider the sudden @ @ @ @ @ @ @ casting your vote this fall .
Crime isn ’ t something immediately threatening like climate change , where voting matters .
Instead , the rise and fall of crime is a vast , mysterious process , reminiscent of continental drift in its inevitability , which public policy and media opinion couldn ’ t possibly affect .
Indeed , wouldn ’ t you rather read about some outrageous tweet by Trump than about this intensely tedious giant outbreak of gunfire ?
Seriously , the current shooting spree in our cities is one of the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the history of the social sciences .
… Here ’ s the NYPD ’ s graph of shooting victims in New York City with 2019 in red and 2020 in yellow :

Earlier: NYT: Trump Is Wrong! Crime Is Down! (Except for Homicides, Which Are Up 28%)
From my new Taki’s Magazine column:
Slaughter in the Cities
Steve Sailer
October 14, 2020
Establishment voices are finally, grudgingly admitting that murders and shootings are up spectacularly in 2020. But the reasons, they all agree, are immensely complicated and rather boring.
Perhaps, they muse, it has something to do with lockdowns. Or there could be any number of other subtly interacting factors. Who can tell? In any case, this mysterious rise in violence is beyond the comprehension, much less the control, of politicians. For example, Nate Silver’s FiveThirtyEight headlined:
Trump Doesn’t Know Why Crime Rises or Falls. Neither Does Biden. Or Any Other Politician.
…We don’t actually know why crime went up this year. To be fair, we don’t truly know why crime goes up…well, ever. Nor do we know how to make it go down in the long term.
So there’s no reason to consider the sudden rise in slaughter in the cities when casting your vote this fall. Crime isn’t something immediately threatening like climate change, where voting matters. Instead, the rise and fall of crime is a vast, mysterious process, reminiscent of continental drift in its inevitability, which public policy and media opinion couldn’t possibly affect. Indeed, wouldn’t you rather read about some outrageous tweet by Trump than about this intensely tedious giant outbreak of gunfire?
Seriously, the current shooting spree in our cities is one of the simplest, most flagrantly obvious phenomena in the history of the social sciences. …
Here’s the NYPD’s graph of shooting victims in New York City with 2019 in red and 2020 in yellow:


vdare--2020-10-13--Deadspin: A More Successful Sportswriter Whose Job I Hunger for Is A Vacuous Turd Who Embodies White

Deadspin: A More Successful Sportswriter Whose Job I Hunger for Is A Vacuous Turd Who Embodies White Male Privilege

From Deadspin , a site for Woke sportswriters ( whose numbers are Legion even if their readers are not so much ) : Adam Schefter is a popular reporter and analyst for ESPN who covers the NFL as well as the NBA .
iSteve commenter Lot points out that Schefter has 7.9 million Twitter followers , an enormous number .
Apparently , he ’ s the guy who breaks the most stories about what ’ s going on in the NFL , such as injury and trade reports , news that ’ s hungered after by fans and bettors .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ people , myself included .
But it ’ s especially populated by privileged white men , who are never called to account for their privilege or use it in any constructive way .
America seems , by and large , OK with this : The “ leave politics out of sports !
” crowd has effectively shouted down and exhausted those of us who keep insisting that sports is not , and has never been , apolitical .
For the most part , we try to pick our battles and ignore the rest @ @ @ @ @ @ @ media person does something that evidences such terrible judgment , such lack of compassion or care for the people they cover , that it merits calling them out on it .
Witness , then , this tweet from ESPN ’ s Adam Schefter : See , because you think he means the Presidential Election , but he actually means the NFL trade deadline !
This is a poor attempt at humor during a good year , and a “ fuck you ” to every non-white person who has been and continues to be @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of Donald Trump in 2020 .
While the President continues to refuse to disavow white supremacy ( shoutout to Jemele Hill , who was light years ahead of the rest of America on this one ) , while COVID continues to ravage Black and brown communities at two and a half times more than white ones , while people wait in line to vote for upwards of 11 hours in Marietta , Ga. , this is the joke Adam Schefter decided to make .
He doesn ’ t have to worry about these @ @ @ @ @ @ @ white man with a high-paying gig , he doesn ’ t have to think about the same things you do .
He ’ ll continue to do well no matter who sits on the Supreme Court , no matter who occupies the Oval Office .
Schefter has built his career and reputation on covering a league that is 70 percent Black .
It ’ s also a league that is run , coached , and covered overwhelmingly by white men .
I have a pretty good idea who the audience was intended to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ but I hope the guys he covers in the league see it as well — and remember it next time they decide who they trust with their stories and information .
I know , I know , he was just joking , right ?
Okay , it was a bad joke , but he didn ’ t mean anything by it .
At what point , though , do we start holding people accountable for bad jokes that actively ignore harm to others in the name of scoring some Twitter likes ?
When @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Black leagues have to walk a mile in the players ’ shoes ?
And , my God , when will sports media stop being a haven for mediocre white men to make hay off the suffering of others ?
I don ’ t subscribe to cable TV and I don ’ t pay much attention to the NFL or NBA in recent years , so I ’ d never heard of Adam Schefter , age 53 , but by glancing at some background on him , he doesn ’ t seem to be @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to be a white man who is very good at his highly competitive job .
Lots of people would love to be paid to talk about football and basketball on TV , and out of all that competition , Schefter has , over the decades , worked his way up to very near the top of his field .
A couple of questions : Do many Jews ever get worried that open season on white men with good jobs is turning out to be bad for Jews like Schefter , who , after @ @ @ @ @ @ @ jobs most lusted after by the Woke mob ?
Or does the notion that Jews tend to be , by current use of the term “ privileged , ” quite privileged and thus endangered by the War on White Privilege just Does Not Compute for most Jews ?
We saw with the # MeToo cancellations of older white men with good jobs like Harvey Weinstein ( deserved ) and Senator Al Franken ( undeserved ) that a very high proportion were Jewish , in part because Jews disproportionately fill a lot of the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Larry David dared mention it in public .
But at least those victims did something to get in trouble .
Now , the Woke are turning on apparently perfectly innocent white men like Schefter in the hopes of ruining their careers by accusing them of White Male Privilege and getting their jobs instead .
Once again , a high proportion of the targeted are Jewish .
Do Jews grasp that they comprise a remarkably high percentage of people with enviable jobs ?
Or , in deriding that fact as a “ stereotype ” @ @ @ @ @ @ @ come to believe their own propaganda , so it seldom occurs to them that they are promoting a job market pogrom against themselves ?
Do you think Michael Bloomberg , Mark Zuckerberg , Chuck Schumer , Larry Ellison , Sergey Brin , and/or George Soros ever worry that all this is turning out to be bad for the Jews ?
Do any of them have a plan for after the election to slow this runaway train down ?
Second , as I said , I ’ m guessing that Schefter doesn ’ t @ @ @ @ @ @ @ white man.
” But I can think of somebody who does embody the meme of the Mediocre White Man being elevated far above his deserved station in life : Joe Biden .
Biden got elected to the Senate from a tiny state at age 29 and held that post for 36 years , then got a no-work job as vice president .
He ’ s currently running for President by sitting in his basement .
How will having the epitome of a Michael Scott–style genuine Mediocre White Man as President going to work @ @ @

From Deadspin, a site for Woke sportswriters (whose numbers are Legion even if their readers are not so much):
BREAKING: Adam Schefter is a vacuous turd who embodies white male privilege Julie DiCaro
Today 3:14PM Adam Schefter doesn’t get that the election has real consequences for people who aren’t white.
Adam Schefter is a popular reporter and analyst for ESPN who covers the NFL as well as the NBA. iSteve commenter Lot points out that Schefter has 7.9 million Twitter followers, an enormous number. Apparently, he’s the guy who breaks the most stories about what’s going on in the NFL, such as injury and trade reports, news that’s hungered after by fans and bettors.
Sports media is overpopulated by privileged white people, myself included. But it’s especially populated by privileged white men, who are never called to account for their privilege or use it in any constructive way. America seems, by and large, OK with this: The “leave politics out of sports!” crowd has effectively shouted down and exhausted those of us who keep insisting that sports is not, and has never been, apolitical. For the most part, we try to pick our battles and ignore the rest of it. But sometimes a white media person does something that evidences such terrible judgment, such lack of compassion or care for the people they cover, that it merits calling them out on it. Witness, then, this tweet from ESPN’s Adam Schefter:
Three weeks from today is a hugely significant day, with potential ramifications for years to come.
The NFL trade deadline. — Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) October 13, 2020
See, because you think he means the Presidential Election, but he actually means the NFL trade deadline! This is a poor attempt at humor during a good year, and a “fuck you” to every non-white person who has been and continues to be deeply affected by the actions and policies of Donald Trump in 2020. While the President continues to refuse to disavow white supremacy (shoutout to Jemele Hill, who was light years ahead of the rest of America on this one), while COVID continues to ravage Black and brown communities at two and a half times more than white ones, while people wait in line to vote for upwards of 11 hours in Marietta, Ga., this is the joke Adam Schefter decided to make. He doesn’t have to worry about these things, you see. As a white man with a high-paying gig, he doesn’t have to think about the same things you do. He’ll continue to do well no matter who sits on the Supreme Court, no matter who occupies the Oval Office. Schefter has built his career and reputation on covering a league that is 70 percent Black. It’s also a league that is run, coached, and covered overwhelmingly by white men. I have a pretty good idea who the audience was intended to be for Schefter’s tweet, but I hope the guys he covers in the league see it as well — and remember it next time they decide who they trust with their stories and information. I know, I know, he was just joking, right? Okay, it was a bad joke, but he didn’t mean anything by it. At what point, though, do we start holding people accountable for bad jokes that actively ignore harm to others in the name of scoring some Twitter likes? When do the white men who cover largely Black leagues have to walk a mile in the players’ shoes? And, my God, when will sports media stop being a haven for mediocre white men to make hay off the suffering of others?
I don’t subscribe to cable TV and I don’t pay much attention to the NFL or NBA in recent years, so I’d never heard of Adam Schefter, age 53, but by glancing at some background on him, he doesn’t seem to be a mediocre white man, he seems to be a white man who is very good at his highly competitive job. Lots of people would love to be paid to talk about football and basketball on TV, and out of all that competition, Schefter has, over the decades, worked his way up to very near the top of his field.
A couple of questions: Do many Jews ever get worried that open season on white men with good jobs is turning out to be bad for Jews like Schefter, who, after all, disproportionately fill many of the jobs most lusted after by the Woke mob? Or does the notion that Jews tend to be, by current use of the term “privileged,” quite privileged and thus endangered by the War on White Privilege just Does Not Compute for most Jews?
We saw with the #MeToo cancellations of older white men with good jobs like Harvey Weinstein (deserved) and Senator Al Franken (undeserved) that a very high proportion were Jewish, in part because Jews disproportionately fill a lot of the really good jobs. But nobody except Larry David dared mention it in public.
But at least those victims did something to get in trouble.
Now, the Woke are turning on apparently perfectly innocent white men like Schefter in the hopes of ruining their careers by accusing them of White Male Privilege and getting their jobs instead. Once again, a high proportion of the targeted are Jewish.
Do Jews grasp that they comprise a remarkably high percentage of people with enviable jobs? Or, in deriding that fact as a “stereotype” and a “trope” have they come to believe their own propaganda, so it seldom occurs to them that they are promoting a job market pogrom against themselves?
Do you think Michael Bloomberg, Mark Zuckerberg, Chuck Schumer, Larry Ellison, Sergey Brin, and/or George Soros ever worry that all this is turning out to be bad for the Jews? Do any of them have a plan for after the election to slow this runaway train down?
Second, as I said, I’m guessing that Schefter doesn’t deserve to be called a “mediocre white man.” But I can think of somebody who does embody the meme of the Mediocre White Man being elevated far above his deserved station in life: Joe Biden.
Biden got elected to the Senate from a tiny state at age 29 and held that post for 36 years, then got a no-work job as vice president. He’s currently running for President by sitting in his basement.
How will having the epitome of a Michael Scott–style genuine Mediocre White Man as President going to work out anyway?
[Comment at Unz.com]


vdare--2020-10-15--Allum Bokhari’s DELETED: GOP, Trump Learn The Hard Way—Laura Loomer Was Right!

Earlier ( 2019 ) : “ I BEGGED PRESIDENT TRUMP TO DO SOMETHING BEFORE IT WAS TOO LATE !
” Laura Loomer Appeals To Trump On Tech Totalitarianism ( Which Also Threatens VDARE.com ) Laura Loomer was right !
She was deplatformed by Twitter and Big Tech but turned it into a central plank in her congressional run .
However , even after she won the GOP primary in President Trump ’ s own district , Big Tech arrogantly maintained its ban .
And GOP politicians who are considered strong on this issue—like Senator Josh Hawley—remained silent [ Laura Loomer @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Who Are ‘ All Talk , No Action ’ on censorship , by Cassandra Fairbanks , The Gateway Pundit , October 14 , 2020 ] .
The GOP was similarly silent when Twitter suspended GOP Delaware Senate nominee and immigration moratorium supporter Lauren Witzke : So , naturally , Big Tech has moved on to censoring the President himself and launching an unprecedented effort to repress new evidence that Democrat Presidential candidate Joe Biden co-operated with his son Hunter ’ s influence peddling [ Twitter Censors Again : Blocks Second New York Post @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Chinese Firm , by Jordan Davidson , The Federalist , October 15 , 2020 ] .
This problem is not going away .
Which is good news for Allum Bokhari and his vital new book # Deleted : Big Tech ’ s Battle to Erase the Trump Movement and Steal the Election .
Right now , Twitter and Facebook are openly flaunting their power .
These companies have the power not just to suppress information but to shape it , determining culture from the top down .
Time is almost out for President @ @ @ @ @ @ @ been handed a gift for the closing argument of the campaign .
As Bokhari notes , tech giants weren ’ t just shocked after Donald Trump ’ s 2016 victory .
They were horrified that their companies may have enabled his successful campaign .
In 2018 , a whistleblower sent Bokhari a Google document entitled “ The Good Censor , ” which “ admits that Google , Facebook , and Twitter now ‘ control the majority of online conversations.
’ ” It described free speech as a “ social , economic , and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ be controlled to allow for “ rational debate.
” Of course , this means that tech companies themselves get to decide what is “ rational ” and permissible to say , and what is not .
Bokhari reports that in December 2016 , Facebook had already set up task force to remove “ fake news.
” Just a month later , Randall Rothenbeg of the Interactive Advertising Bureau told tech executives to work together to remove “ hatred ” and “ fake news.
” Around the same time , the Leftist thug group @ @ @ @ @ @ @ an impact on Google , Facebook and other companies .
Media Matters also vowed that it would make sure social media companies could no longer “ uncritically and without consequence host and enrich fake news sites and propogandists ” [ Read the Confidential David Brock Memo Outlining Plans to Attack Trump , by Joe Schoffstall , Washington Free Beacon , January 26 , 2020 ] .
Bokhari makes a defense of partisanship that James Burnham would recognize : Ultimately , liberty and truth are the byproducts of competition and clashing powers .
Bokhari @ @ @ @ @ @ @ truth .
Only by allowing partisan media to fact-check and argue with each other can we discover new information and break out of our own confirmation bias .
Bokhari also correctly argues that the burden of proof is more consistently applied to “ right-wing media ” [ his term ] , which makes right-wingers generally more accurate : Conservatives don ’ t often use this defense , but the late maverick Leftist Christopher Hitchens made a similar argument when he defended free speech , even for the most extreme views .
He argued @ @ @ @ @ @ @ speech , but extra protection .
One wonders when Slate , The Atlantic , and Vanity Fair will get around to purging his archives .
However , “ bias ” is not what is terrifying about Big Tech .
What is truly remarkable is the way Google/YouTube and other companies have limited speech and changed language itself in the name of “ safety.
” As Michael Rectenwald showed in Google Archipelago , Big Tech possesses near-total control over human information , including what people are and are not allowed to see .
It @ @ @ @ @ @ @ censorship , which the Left does well .
“ The Left excels at inventing new terminology to demonize its political opponents , ” Bokhari writes , “ and then uses its new , invented labels to get them censored and deplatformed.
” Thus , tech companies continuously expand what counts as “ Harassment ” and “ Hate Speech.
” This supposed “ danger ” provides the justification for Leftists to pressure private corporations into banning an ever-greater number of nationalist and conservative commentators .
“ [ A ] survey of political and social @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that Democratic women were more than twice as likely as the average American to block or unfriend someone on social media because of a political disagreement , ” Bokhari notes .
If a social media company responds to complaints , those who are the most easily offended have the most power .
Indeed , we saw this happen just a few days ago , when the term “ sexual preference ” went from approved Politically Correct term to wildly offensive within a day , just so Congress could force prospective Supreme Court justice @ @ @ @ @ @ @ changes its definition of ‘ sexual preference ’ as Barrett gets called out for using term , by Morgan Phillips , Fox News , October 14 , 2020 ] .
Whether Leftists are sincerely offended or acting in bad faith is irrelevant .
Either way , conservatives end up being deplatformed or cowed by whatever new rules Leftists just invented .
By far , the most chilling section of Bokhari ’ s book is the chapter which shares the title—Deleted .
Twitter and YouTube remove videos that investigate their own conduct .
Numerous @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the 2016 election—including Alex Jones , Milo Yiannopoulos , Gavin McInnes , and others—have been banned on several platforms .
Bokhari points out that in some cases , media outlets or commentators were banned only after “ Democratic politicians and mainstream media reporters… agitated ” for them .
“ When the silencing of those voices is added to the countless banned grassroots Trump supporters who lack the clout or connections wielded by major media figures , ” he writes , “ the collective impact is enormous.
” It ’ s not just Twitter @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Lauren Southern for supposedly endangering the lives of migrants , a ludicrous charge but one that served to hamper her work .
Leftists know what they are doing .
By banning influential figures who can “ serve as network hubs for a larger movement ” they are stripping away the foundation of any political campaign .
In 2016 , President Trump owned Twitter .
In 2020 , the bluechecks do .
Bokhari has the courage to use a term I think Peter Brimelow came up with— “ hate facts.
” Specifically , Bokhari @ @ @ @ @ @ @ journalist Andy Ngo tweeted pointing out that the U.S. “ is one of the safest countries for trans people , ” that the murder rate is higher for the “ cis population , ” and that “ black men ” are disproportionately responsible for murders .
Which was true , but Twitter locked Ngo out of his account until he deleted the tweet .
Andy Ngo puts himself at great physical risk to show what is happening during “ peaceful protests.
” Leftists would clearly be delighted if he were banned completely .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ primary isn ’ t enough to be allowed on the platform .
the next question is : will Twitter eventually ban President Donald Trump ?
It presumably won ’ t while he is in office .
However , one could easily see Twitter banning him for citing any number of “ Hate Facts ” once he no longer has power .
You would expect the Left would have toned down its censorship before an election that President Trump appears to be losing .
But the fact is that they just can ’ t @ @ @ @ @ @ @ resist censoring even The New York Post and the president ’ s official twitter account .
And note that this censorship was then cited by the Biden campaign as evidence the story was false [ Joe Biden Campaign Claims New York Post Hunter Biden Article ‘ False ’ Because Twitter Censored It , by Sean Moran , Breitbart , October 15 , 2020 ] .
Thus , not only is Twitter serving as an arbiter of who can speak , it is becoming a de-facto Ministry of Truth , determining the party line @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
When we see that CEO Jack Dorsey is donating $ 10 million to the ferociously anti-white Ibram X. Kendi , we can see how this will end for all of us who still have an account .
Luckily , it does seem that some action is forthcoming .
FCC Chairman Ajit Pai says he will be “ clarifying ” Section 230 of the Communications Act , which could potentially strip social media sites of liability protections unless they stop acting like publishers .
However , this is just the start .
The @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Roger Wicker of Mississippi , has not yet even scheduled hearings for Nathan Simington , President Trump ’ s nominee for the FCC .
Simington is another social media hawk who can be expected to hold Big Tech accountable—possibly the same reason that donor-driven Republican Senators don ’ t want him confirmed [ GOP Sen. Roger Wicker Has Not Scheduled Confirmation Hearing For Trump FCC Nominee Crucial To Talking On Big Tech , by Allum Bokhari , Breitbart , October 8 , 2020 ] As Bokhari points out , it ’ s very @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ” But even those companies that have tried to build their own platform , notably Andrew Torba ’ s Gab , suffer political harassment in the shape the loss of payment processors , servers , the domain-name , and all the other basic infrastructure that any Internet user relies on .
The Internet itself , Bokhari explained , is built in a way that makes it vulnerable to centralization .
In time , the blockchain may allow for alternatives to be created .
However , in the current situation , dissidents are like @ @ @ @ @ @ @ electricity because the power company disagrees with your politics .
Perhaps patriots need to start thinking about social media platforms as natural monopolies , and thus , utilities .
Reinterpreting Section 230 of the Communications Act is a start , but it ’ s not enough .
Big Tech poses a unique challenge not just to dissidents and small businesses .
It poses a challenge to democracy itself .
If private interests can determine what information people can see , then they rule .
My view : if it is too messy to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ run as semi-public utilities .
To paraphrase what was once said about big banks , Big Tech is too large to be allowed to exist without being under state control .
Every American should enjoy the right to free speech on these platforms .
Platform access isn ’ t just basic fairness , but a civil right .
Bokhari ’ s # Deleted makes a powerful , persuasive case about what ’ s at stake .
If President Trump wants to keep his Twitter account , let alone the White House—and if Americans @ @ @ @ @ @ @ will come if Biden wins—we all need to think carefully about Bokhari ’ s warning .
James Kirkpatrick [ Email him |Tweet him @ VDAREJamesK ] is a Beltway veteran and a refugee from Conservatism Inc. His latest book is Conservatism Inc. : The Battle for the American Right .
Read VDARE.com Editor Peter Brimelow 's Preface here .

Earlier (2019): “I BEGGED PRESIDENT TRUMP TO DO SOMETHING BEFORE IT WAS TOO LATE!” Laura Loomer Appeals To Trump On Tech Totalitarianism (Which Also Threatens VDARE.com)
Laura Loomer was right! She was deplatformed by Twitter and Big Tech but turned it into a central plank in her congressional run. However, even after she won the GOP primary in President Trump’s own district, Big Tech arrogantly maintained its ban. And GOP politicians who are considered strong on this issue—like Senator Josh Hawley—remained silent [Laura Loomer Blasts Republican Party Leadership for Being Hypocrites Who Are ‘All Talk, No Action’ on censorship, by Cassandra Fairbanks, Gateway Pundit, October 14, 2020]. The GOP was similarly silent when Twitter suspended GOP Delaware Senate nominee and immigration moratorium supporter Lauren Witzke:
I was locked out my account for twelve hours for stating something that was a standard line in Trump's 2016 rallies.
Where is the GOP?
Silent. Hiding under their desks.
This is why we lose. — Lauren Witzke (@LaurenWitzkeDE) October 11, 2020
So, naturally, Big Tech has moved on to censoring the President himself and launching an unprecedented effort to repress new evidence that Democrat Presidential candidate Joe Biden cooperated with his son Hunter’s influence peddling [Twitter Censors Again: Blocks Second New York Post Story On Hunter Biden Seeking Cash From Chinese Firm, by Jordan Davidson, The Federalist, October 15, 2020]. This problem is not going away.
Which is good news for Allum Bokhari and his vital new book #Deleted: Big Tech’s Battle to Erase the Trump Movement and Steal the Election. Right now, Twitter and Facebook are openly flaunting their power. These companies have the power not just to suppress information but to shape it, determining culture from the top down. Time is almost out for President Trump. However, he’s been handed a gift for the closing argument of the campaign.
As Bokhari notes, tech giants weren’t just shocked after Donald Trump’s 2016 victory. They were horrified that their companies might have enabled his successful campaign. In 2018, a whistleblower sent Bokhari a Google document entitled “The Good Censor,” which “admits that Google, Facebook, and Twitter now ‘control the majority of online conversations.’” It described free speech as a “social, economic, and political weapon,” one which must be controlled to allow for “rational debate.”
Of course, this means that tech companies themselves get to decide what is “rational” and permissible to say, and what is not. Bokhari reports that in December 2016, Facebook had already set up task force to remove “fake news.” Just a month later, Randall Rothenberg of the Interactive Advertising Bureau told tech executives to work together to remove “hatred” and “fake news.” Around the same time, the Leftist thug group Media Matters was boasting it was having an impact on Google, Facebook and other companies. Media Matters also vowed that it would make sure social media companies could no longer “uncritically and without consequence host and enrich fake news sites and propogandists” [Read the Confidential David Brock Memo Outlining Plans to Attack Trump, by Joe Schoffstall, Washington Free Beacon, January 26, 2020].
Bokhari makes a defense of partisanship that James Burnham would recognize: Ultimately, liberty and truth are the byproducts of competition and clashing powers. Bokhari argues that conflict is necessary to discover truth. Only by allowing partisan media to fact-check and argue with each other can we discover new information and break out of our own confirmation bias.
Bokhari also correctly argues that the burden of proof is more consistently applied to “right-wing media” [his term], which makes right-wingers generally more accurate:
[I]f you slip into right-wing extremism, you are likely to be totally ostracized, excluded from polite society, and unable to earn a living. Tech platforms will ban you; payment processors will refuse you service; advertising networks will pull out of your website [whereas] if you slip into left-wing extremism, that is, communism, you can go on to have a very successful career as a college professor, author or podcast host. And if you get things factually wrong? You’re a conspiracy theorist, a ‘Pizzagater,’ a misinformation peddler. [Links added]
Conservatives don’t often use this defense, but the late maverick Leftist Christopher Hitchens made a similar argument when he defended free speech, even for the most extreme views. He argued that outrageous views not only deserve free speech, but extra protection. One wonders when Slate, The Atlantic, and Vanity Fair will get around to purging his archives.
However, “bias” is not what is terrifying about Big Tech. What is truly remarkable is the way Google/YouTube and other companies have limited speech and changed language itself in the name of “safety.” As Michael Rectenwald showed in Google Archipelago, Big Tech possesses near total control over human information, including what people are and are not allowed to see.
It only remains to invent a justification for censorship, which the Left does well. “The Left excels at inventing new terminology to demonize its political opponents,” Bokhari writes, “and then uses its new, invented labels to get them censored and deplatformed.”
Thus, tech companies continuously expand what counts as “Harassment” and “Hate Speech.” This supposed “danger” provides the justification for Leftists to pressure private corporations into banning an ever greater number of nationalist and conservative commentators.
“[A] survey of political and social behavior conducted after the 2016 election found that Democratic women were more than twice as likely as the average American to block or unfriend someone on social media because of a political disagreement,” Bokhari notes.
If a social media company responds to complaints, those who are the most easily offended have the most power.
Indeed, we saw this happen just a few days ago, when the term “sexual preference” went from approved Politically Correct term to wildly offensive within a day, just so Congress could force prospective Supreme Court justice Amy Coney Barrett to grovel [Merriam-Webster changes its definition of ‘sexual preference’ as Barrett gets called out for using term, by Morgan Phillips, Fox News, October 14, 2020].
Whether Leftists are sincerely offended or acting in bad faith is irrelevant. Either way, conservatives end up being deplatformed or cowed by whatever new rules Leftists just invented.
By far, the most chilling section of Bokhari’s book is the chapter which shares the title—Deleted. Twitter and YouTube remove videos that investigate their own conduct. Numerous commentators who played an important part in the 2016 election—including Alex Jones, Milo Yiannopoulos, Gavin McInnes, and others—have been banned on several platforms. Bokhari points out that in some cases, media outlets or commentators were banned only after “Democratic politicians and mainstream media reporters… agitated” for them. “When the silencing of those voices is added to the countless banned grassroots Trump supporters who lack the clout or connections wielded by major media figures,” he writes, “the collective impact is enormous.”
It’s not just Twitter or even social media. Patreon deplatformed Lauren Southern for supposedly endangering the lives of migrants, a ludicrous charge but one that served to hamper her work.
Leftists know what they are doing. By banning influential figures who can “serve as network hubs for a larger movement” they are stripping away the foundation of any political campaign. In 2016, President Trump owned Twitter. In 2020, the bluechecks do.
Bokhari has the courage to use a term I think Peter Brimelow came up with—“hate facts.” Specifically, Bokhari highlights a case where the courageous citizen journalist Andy Ngo tweeted pointing out that the U.S. “is one of the safest countries for trans people,” that the murder rate is higher for the “cis population,” and that “black men” are disproportionately responsible for murders. Which was true, but Twitter locked Ngo out of his account until he deleted the tweet.
Andy Ngo puts himself at great physical risk to show what is happening during “peaceful protests.” Leftists would clearly be delighted if he were banned completely.
Of course, if even winning a primary isn’t enough to be allowed on the platform. The next question is: will Twitter eventually ban President Donald Trump? It presumably won’t while he is in office. However, one could easily see Twitter banning him for citing any number of “Hate Facts” once he no longer has power.
You would expect the Left would have toned down its censorship before an election that President Trump appears to be losing. But the fact is that they just can’t help themselves. Thus Twitter could not resist censoring even the New York Post and the president’s official twitter account.
And note that this censorship was then cited by the Biden campaign as evidence the story was false [Joe Biden Campaign Claims New York Post Hunter Biden Article ‘False’ Because Twitter Censored It, by Sean Moran, Breitbart, October 15, 2020]. Thus, not only is Twitter serving as an arbiter of who can speak, it is becoming a de facto Ministry of Truth, determining the party line on controversial issues in an election year. When we see that CEO Jack Dorsey is donating $10 million to the ferociously anti-white Ibram X. Kendi, we can see how this will end for all of us who still have an account.
Luckily, it does seem that some action is forthcoming. FCC Chairman Ajit Pai says he will be “clarifying” Section 230 of the Communications Act, which could potentially strip social media sites of liability protections unless they stop acting like publishers.
I intend to move forward with an @FCC rulemaking to clarify the meaning of #Section230.
Read my full statement below. pic.twitter.com/LhUz5XMdSC — Ajit Pai (@AjitPai) October 15, 2020
However, this is just the start. The Senate Commerce Committee, led by Republican Roger Wicker of Mississippi, has not yet even scheduled hearings for Nathan Simington, President Trump’s nominee for the FCC. Simington is another social media hawk who can be expected to hold Big Tech accountable—possibly the same reason that donor-driven Republican Senators don’t want him confirmed [GOP Sen. Roger Wicker Has Not Scheduled Confirmation Hearing For Trump FCC Nominee Crucial To Talking On Big Tech, by Allum Bokhari, Breitbart, October 8, 2020]
As Bokhari points out, it’s very difficult to “build your own platform.” But even those companies that have tried to build their own platform, notably Andrew Torba’s Gab, suffer political harassment in the shape the loss of payment processors, servers, the domain-name, and all the other basic infrastructure that any Internet user relies on.
The Internet itself, Bokhari explained, is built in a way that makes it vulnerable to centralization. In time, the blockchain may allow for alternatives to be created. However, in the current situation, dissidents are like a customer who is cut off from electricity because the power company disagrees with your politics.
Perhaps patriots need to start thinking about social media platforms as natural monopolies, and thus, utilities. Reinterpreting Section 230 of the Communications Act is a start, but it’s not enough. Big Tech poses a unique challenge not just to dissidents and small businesses. It poses a challenge to democracy itself.
If private interests can determine what information people can see, then they rule. My view: if it is too messy to break them up, they should be run as semi-public utilities. To paraphrase what was once said about big banks, Big Tech is too large to be allowed to exist without being under state control.
Every American should enjoy the right to free speech on these platforms. Platform access isn’t just basic fairness, but a civil right. Bokhari’s #Deleted makes a powerful, persuasive case about what’s at stake.
If President Trump wants to keep his Twitter account, let alone the White House—and if Americans want to survive the totalitarian storm that will come if Biden wins—we all need to think carefully about Bokhari’s warning.
James Kirkpatrick [Email him |Tweet him @VDAREJamesK] is a Beltway veteran and a refugee from Conservatism Inc. His latest book is Conservatism Inc.: The Battle for the American Right. Read VDARE.com Editor Peter Brimelow's Preface here.


vdare--2020-10-16--A Reader Says NATIONAL REVIEW Is STILL Trying To Tone-Police "Anti-Immigrant" Republicans—Including

A Reader Says NATIONAL REVIEW Is STILL Trying To Tone-Police "Anti-Immigrant" Republicans—Including Lauren Witzke

Re : VDARE.com Interviews GOP Senate Candidate Lauren Witzke On Her Call For An Immigration Moratorium With the clear and present danger of the election of the senile Joe Biden and the `` woke '' Kamala Harris as consecutive presidents with their attendant radical left politics to include virtually eliminating border enforcement National Review has deemed it more important to do hit pieces on four ( ! )
Republican immigration patriot women who are running for office in 2020 !
Specifically , in the article 'The GOP is Not Destined to Be Dominated by Cranks ' , author Isaac Schorr @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Laura Loomer ( FL 21st CD ) as `` execrable '' .
Her crime , I suppose , is correlating the horrors of the 9/11 attacks with the immigrants that perpetrated them and not wanting that repeated .
Lauren Witzke is damned by Schorr for her frank assessment of the negative impacts of third world immigration , and for ... gasp ... participating in a VDARE interview with Peter Brimelow !
The also `` execrable '' Marjorie Taylor Greene , ( GA 14th CD ) is excoriated by Schorr for believing in the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ `` Editors '' have hypocritically gone full `` cancel culture '' on her stating : I am not a believer in the QAnon theory , but if a representative has the right positions on the critical issue of immigration I could not care less about QAnon .
And Schorr goes absolutely rabid in attacking Kelly Loeffler ( Numbers USA Rating A+ ) who is running for US Senate in GA .
In his article `` Kelly Loeffler Is Unfit for Office '' Schorr states the following : It ’ s just my luck @ @ @ @ @ @ @ publish an article entitled “ The GOP Is Not Destined to Be Dominated by Cranks , ” an incumbent Republican senator is celebrating an endorsement from the execrable Marjorie Tayor [ Sic ] Greene .
I stand behind the thesis of my piece , but for now I ’ ll move on to the more important business of stating the obvious : Kelly Loeffler is unfit for office .
Articles such as these may cause one to believe National Review 's primary charter is still `` keeping the right in line '' even @ @ @ @ @ @ @ elections and the ascendancy of the left .
Although , in facct it may actually prefer that status of dhimmitude .
As to the writing style of Issac Schorr I keep asking myself ... is this all a joke ?
It 's as if he is channeling George Costanza of Seinfeld .

Re: VDARE.com Interviews GOP Senate Candidate Lauren Witzke On Her Call For An Immigration Moratorium
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With the clear and present danger of the election of the senile Joe Biden and the "woke" Kamala Harris as consecutive presidents with their attendant radical left politics to include virtually eliminating border enforcement, National Review has deemed it more important to do hit pieces on four(!) Republican immigration patriot women who are running for office in 2020!
Specifically, in the article 'The GOP is Not Destined to Be Dominated by Cranks', author Isaac Schorr [Tweet him] trashes the courageous Laura Loomer (FL 21st CD) as "execrable." Her crime, I suppose, is correlating the horrors of the 9/11 attacks with the immigrants that perpetrated them and not wanting that repeated.
Lauren Witzke is damned by Schorr for her frank assessment of the negative impacts of third world immigration, and for...gasp...participating in a VDARE interview with Peter Brimelow!
Last Wednesday, Witzke tweeted, “Most third-world migrants can not assimilate into civil societies. Prove me wrong.” This wasn’t the first time she made plain her disgustingly disparaging views on immigrants.
The also "execrable" Marjorie Taylor Greene (GA 14th CD) is excoriated by Schorr for believing in the QAnon theory, and the National Review "Editors" have hypocritically gone full "cancel culture" on her stating:
House Republicans should go further and deny Greene committee assignments when she arrives in Congress in January. Stripping Iowa Republican Steve King of his committee seats in 2019 sent a message that there are boundaries of decency in the GOP that should not be crossed, and it signaled to GOP primary voters in Iowa that they should choose more wisely next time they had an opportunity.
I am not a believer in the QAnon theory, but if a representative has the right positions on the critical issue of immigration I could not care less about QAnon.
And Schorr goes absolutely rabid in attacking Kelly Loeffler (Numbers USA Rating A+), who is running for US Senate in GA. In his article "Kelly Loeffler Is Unfit for Office" Schorr states the following:
It’s just my luck that on the very day that I publish an article entitled “The GOP Is Not Destined to Be Dominated by Cranks,” an incumbent Republican senator is celebrating an endorsement from the execrable Marjorie Tayor [sic] Greene. I stand behind the thesis of my piece, but for now I’ll move on to the more important business of stating the obvious: Kelly Loeffler is unfit for office.
Articles such as these may cause one to believe National Review's primary charter is still "keeping the right in line" even if it results in the loss of elections and the ascendancy of the left. Although, in fact it may actually prefer that status of dhimmitude. As to the writing style of Isaac Schorr I keep asking myself...is this all a joke? It's as if he is channeling George Costanza of Seinfeld.


vdare--2020-10-16--Biden: Instead of Anybody Coming at You and the First Thing You Do Is Shoot to Kill, You Shoot Them

Biden: Instead of Anybody Coming at You and the First Thing You Do Is Shoot to Kill, You Shoot Them in the Leg.

Earlier ( June 2 ) : Biden Suggests Cops Shoot `` Unarmed '' Persons Coming At Them With A Knife In The Leg Instead Of The Heart From Joe Biden ’ s Town Hall transcript on how to reform the police : There ’ s a lot of things we ’ ve learned and it takes time , but we can do this .
You can ban chokeholds , you can — but — but beyond that , you have to teach people how to de-escalate circumstances , de-escalate .
So , instead of anybody coming at you and the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ kill , you shoot them in the leg .
Why not just shoot the knife or gun out of the bad guy ’ s hand like on the TV Westerns that Joe avidly watched in 1955 ?
Discussed in Blue Bloods after Jamie kills a man for the first time .
A reporter at a press briefing asks Frank why Jamie shot to kill instead of trying to shoot the gun out of the man ’ s hand .
Frank just sort of gives him an exasperated look before explaining that Jamie followed @ @ @ @ @ @ @ until the threat is neutralized .
Then , when the reporter keeps trying to press the issue , Frank shuts him up for good : Joe has been expounding upon his “ shoot them in the leg ” reform for months on the campaign trail .
Does it focus group well ?
Has nobody asked him about how it is supposed to work in the real world ?
And how would an announced police policy of Don ’ t Shoot to Kill de-escalate circumstances ?
Wouldn ’ t it incentivize crooks to try @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the way , I could imagine a policy of shooting out tires on getaway cars might be worth considering .
For example , in the Jacob Blake case in Kenosha , you have Blake ’ s ex-girlfriend screaming that this man is stealing her car with her children inside it .
Maybe in these kind of cases where the cops arrive and they can ’ t tell if it ’ s really a kidnapping or just a domestic dispute , shooting out a tire would buy some time to sort things out .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ a car with three children it it … By the way , my mother was selected for the jury to try Richard Pryor in the January 1 , 1978 incident in which , after a tumultuous New Year ’ s Eve , his wife climbed in her car to leave him for good , but Pryor , wishing to slow things down , shot the engine of her car in his driveway .
( But the trial was then delayed , so the jury my mom was on was dismissed . )

Earlier (June 2) : Biden Suggests Cops Shoot "Unarmed" Persons Coming At Them With A Knife In The Leg Instead Of The Heart
From Joe Biden’s Town Hall transcript on how to reform the police:
There’s a lot of things we’ve learned and it takes time, but we can do this. You can ban chokeholds, you can — but — but beyond that, you have to teach people how to de-escalate circumstances, de-escalate. So, instead of anybody coming at you and the first thing you do is shoot to kill, you shoot them in the leg.
Why not just shoot the knife or gun out of the bad guy’s hand like on the TV Westerns that Joe avidly watched in 1955?
From TV Tropes:
Discussed in Blue Bloods after Jamie kills a man for the first time. A reporter at a press briefing asks Frank why Jamie shot to kill instead of trying to shoot the gun out of the man’s hand. Frank just sort of gives him an exasperated look before explaining that Jamie followed department policy, which is to shoot until the threat is neutralized. Then, when the reporter keeps trying to press the issue, Frank shuts him up for good:
Frank: There’s a man in front of you waving a gun in your direction. You have a second to react. What do you do? Reporter: Well, first I’d- Frank: [interrupts] Too late. You’re dead.
Joe has been expounding upon his “shoot them in the leg” reform for months on the campaign trail. Does it focus group well? Has nobody asked him about how it is supposed to work in the real world? And how would an announced police policy of Don’t Shoot to Kill de-escalate circumstances? Wouldn’t it incentivize crooks to try their luck charging the cops?
By the way, I could imagine a policy of shooting out tires on getaway cars might be worth considering. For example, in the Jacob Blake case in Kenosha, you have Blake’s ex-girlfriend screaming that this man is stealing her car with her children inside it. Maybe in these kinds of cases where the cops arrive and they can’t tell if it’s really a kidnapping or just a domestic dispute, shooting out a tire would buy some time to sort things out.
But, of course, shooting at a car with three children in it …
By the way, my mother was selected for the jury to try Richard Pryor in the January 1, 1978 incident in which, after a tumultuous New Year’s Eve, his wife climbed in her car to leave him for good, but Pryor, wishing to slow things down, shot the engine of her car in his driveway. (But the trial was then delayed, so the jury my mom was on was dismissed.)
[Comment at Unz.com]


vdare--2020-10-16--Hoping For A Biden Amnesty: Border Apprehension Numbers Up As Election Day Draws Nearer

Earlier : Border Apprehensions Up , But Small Surge Is NOTHING To Massive Rush That Would Happen If Biden Elected @ @ @ @ @ ) Bush 's Promise of Amnesty Caused Rush For the Border The NumbersUSA weekly newsletter @ @ @ @ @ Apprehensions made by Border Patrol along the U.S.-Mexico border continued to decline in the month @ @ @ @ @ drastic decrease over the past year compared to the record-breaking FY 2019 .
Even with @ @ @ @ @ by the Administration ’ s tough stance on asylum fraud and illegal border crossing , @ @ @ @ @ caught than in any September since 2006 .
‘ Acting Customs and Border Protection Commissioner @ @ @ @ @ warning that as Covid-19 continues to ravage the economies of Central American nations , he @ @ @ @ @ , “ get ready , ” he stated , ’ as reported by the Washington @ @

Earlier: Border Apprehensions Up, But Small Surge Is NOTHING To Massive Rush That Would Happen If Biden Elected and much earlier (2004) Bush's Promise of Amnesty Caused Rush For the Border
The NumbersUSA weekly newsletter, in email, says
Border apprehensions are on the rise as election day draws nearer, signaling that migrants believe a Democratic sweep in November will result in a mass amnesty for illegal aliens.
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vdare--2020-10-16--People Of Identity Weaponize The Power Of Tiredness

One of the stranger tropes of recent years is People of Identity demanding they be given work because they are tired .
For example , from the Los Angeles Times news section : ‘ We are tired ’ : Read the open letter 270 fed-up Latinx writers just sent Hollywood Lin-Manuel Miranda , John Leguizamo and “ One Day at a Time ” co-creator Gloria Gloria Calderón Kellett are among 270 showrunners , creators , television and film writers who are calling for systemic change in the entertainment industry in regard to Latinx artists .
The group of writers and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ letter to Hollywood written in conjunction with Hispanic Heritage Month , which ends today .
“ We are tired , ” they write .
Generally speaking , most people looking for jobs try to act like energetic eager beavers ready to go , but lately , PoI ’ s demanding more affirmative action sinecures tend to emphasize how exhausted they are .
Maybe that ’ s actually a clever ploy in that it could imply that they won ’ t insist on screwing things up too badly as long as they are allowed @ @ @ @ @ @ @ real workers get the job done ?
But I suspect the People of Identity see themselves as Heroes of Exhaustion , like Indiana Jones :

One of the stranger tropes of recent years is People of Identity demanding they be given work because they are tired.
For example, from the Los Angeles Times news section:
‘We are tired’: Read the open letter 270 fed-up Latinx writers just sent Hollywood By GREG BRAXTON STAFF WRITER OCT. 15, 202011 AM Lin-Manuel Miranda, John Leguizamo and “One Day at a Time” co-creator Gloria Gloria Calderón Kellett are among 270 showrunners, creators, television and film writers who are calling for systemic change in the entertainment industry in regard to Latinx artists. The group of writers and producers outlined their concerns in an open letter to Hollywood written in conjunction with Hispanic Heritage Month, which ends today. “We are tired,” they write.
Generally speaking, most people looking for jobs try to act like energetic eager beavers ready to go, but lately, PoI’s demanding more affirmative action sinecures tend to emphasize how exhausted they are.
Maybe that’s actually a clever ploy in that it could imply that they won’t insist on screwing things up too badly as long as they are allowed to nap in the corner while the real workers get the job done?
But I suspect the People of Identity see themselves as Heroes of Exhaustion, like Indiana Jones:
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vdare--2020-10-16--Biden: There Must be No Discrimination Against 8-Years-Olds Who Decide They Are Transgender

STEPHANOPOULOS : I want to get one more question this segment and it comes from Mieke Haeck .
She ’ s from state college Pennsylvania .
This is your first presidential election that you ’ re voting .
BIDEN : Hi , Mieke , how are you ?
HAECK : I ’ m good , thank you .
I ’ m the proud mom of two girls , 8 and 10 .
My youngest daughter is transgender .
The Trump administration has attacked the rights of transgender people , banning them from military service , weakening non discrimination protections and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ government websites .
How will you as president reverse this dangerous and discriminatory agenda and insure that the lives and rights of LGBTQ people are protected under U.S. law ?
BIDEN : I will flat out just change the law .
Every — eliminate those executive orders , number one .
You may recall I ’ m the guy who said — I was raised by a man who I remember I was being dropped off , my — my dad was a high school educated , well read man who was a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ being dropped off to get an application in the center of our city ; Wilmington , Delaware , the corporate capital of the world at the time .
And these two men , I ’ m getting out to get an application to be a lifeguard in the African American community because there was a big swimming pool complex .
And these two men , well dressed , leaned up and hugged one another and kissed one another .
And I ’ m getting out of the car at the light and I @ @ @ @ @ @ @ looked at me and said Joey , it ’ s simple .
They love each other .
The idea that an 8-year-old child or a 10-year-old child decides , you know I decided I want to be transgender .
That ’ s what I think I ’ d like to be .
It would make my life a lot easier .
There should be zero discrimination .

From Joe Biden’s town hall:
STEPHANOPOULOS: I want to get one more question this segment and it comes from Mieke Haeck. She’s from state college Pennsylvania. This is your first presidential election that you’re voting.
MIEKE HAECK: It is.
BIDEN: Hi, Mieke, how are you?
HAECK: I’m good, thank you. I’m the proud mom of two girls, 8 and 10. My youngest daughter is transgender. The Trump administration has attacked the rights of transgender people, banning them from military service, weakening non discrimination protections and even removing the word transgender from some government websites.
How will you as president reverse this dangerous and discriminatory agenda and insure that the lives and rights of LGBTQ people are protected under U.S. law?
BIDEN: I will flat out just change the law. Every — eliminate those executive orders, number one. You may recall I’m the guy who said — I was raised by a man who I remember I was being dropped off, my — my dad was a high school educated, well read man who was a really decent guy.
And I was being dropped off to get an application in the center of our city; Wilmington, Delaware, the corporate capital of the world at the time. And these two men, I’m getting out to get an application to be a lifeguard in the African American community because there was a big swimming pool complex.
And these two men, well dressed, leaned up and hugged one another and kissed one another. And I’m getting out of the car at the light and I turn to my dad. My dad looked at me and said Joey, it’s simple. They love each other.
The idea that an 8-year-old child or a 10-year-old child decides, you know I decided I want to be transgender. That’s what I think I’d like to be. It would make my life a lot easier. There should be zero discrimination.


vdare--2020-10-16--Peter Brimelow And AMERICAN GREATNESS On FBI Entrapment (Remember The Hutaree Militia?)

Peter Brimelow Tweeted this link to the Gatestone Institute 's The FBI , Militias , Truth and Comey 's Legacy , by Chris Farrell , October 15 , 2020 See our coverage of the so-called Hutaree Militia ( local patriots in Michigan . )
When Chuck Baldwin wrote Update On The Hutaree Hullabaloo ( Remember The Hutaree Hullabaloo ? )
in May , 2010 , we included this Peter Brimelow comment [ VDARE.COM Note : Peter Brimelow 's comment on the Hutaree arrests [ March 30 , 2010 ] was this : `` I 'm now old and scarred enough @ @ @ @ @ @ @ editor I would merely have cunningly proposed as an interesting hypothesis to some energetic young reporter : I do n't believe that any group of white blue collar workers would naturally want to attack the local police , another blue collar group .
`` I think , as Richard Hoste has argued , that it 's far more likely to turn out to be a case of entrapment by some ambitious prosecutor trying to please his/her political masters.
`` ] See also Hutaree Militiamen Cleared In Court and Left : Get The Tea @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Peter Brimelow .
And now Angelo Codevilla , who was on the inside of the National Security Establishment for years , writes During the eight years I spent supervising the intelligence agencies for the Senate Intelligence Committee , I watched as what had been a clerisy of strait-laced guardians of truth and justice was becoming a bunch of lazy bureaucrats eager to serve the ruling class ’ prejudices .
No longer doing the hard and dangerous work of investigating deeply connected criminals and subversives such as the Mafia and well-financed , politically supported @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to politically correct “ profiles , ” and started chasing small fry .
Easy targets , defended by no one .
What ’ s not to like ?
After 9/11 , the FBI spent few years going after very petty Islamists while covering its collective eyes to the work of major sources of trouble , such as the Muslim Brotherhood , the Palestinian Authority , and Saudi Arabia—each beloved by parts of the ruling class .
But before and after this period , these profiles more often than not pointed to the ruling @ @ @ @ @ @ @ “ excessively concerned with their liberties.
” The FBI ’ s method ?
Place agents among the target group , stoke their sentiments , and lead them to say or do something that could be characterized as a crime , then arrest them and claim credit for foiling a plot .
In intelligence lingo , that is provocation .
In legal terms , it ’ s entrapment .
By whatever name , this is the work of cheap , dirty cops .
Your FBI Will Entrap You , American Greatness , October 15 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ FBI has announced some plot , it 's usually a plot they created themselves .

Peter Brimelow Tweeted this link to the Gatestone Institute's The FBI, Militias, Truth and Comey's Legacy, by Chris Farrell,October 15, 2020
With this comment:
See our coverage of the so-called Hutaree Militia (local patriots in Michigan.)
When Chuck Baldwin wrote Update On The Hutaree Hullabaloo (Remember The Hutaree Hullabaloo?) in May, 2010, we included this Peter Brimelow comment
[VDARE.COM Note: Peter Brimelow's comment on the Hutaree arrests [March 30, 2010] was this: "I'm now old and scarred enough to say openly what as an MSM editor I would merely have cunningly proposed as an interesting hypothesis to some energetic young reporter: I don't believe it. I don't believe that any group of white blue collar workers would naturally want to attack the local police, another blue collar group. "I think, as Richard Hoste has argued, that it's far more likely to turn out to be a case of entrapment by some ambitious prosecutor trying to please his/her political masters."]
See also Hutaree Militiamen Cleared In Court and Left: Get The Tea Partiers—Keep Up The Skeer!, by Peter Brimelow.
The Gatestone Institute, above, asks
Is it possible that the militia story [about planning to kidnap the governor of Michigan] is another contrived, anti-Trump, smear job by elements within the FBI?...
The FBI's reputation has been destroyed through blatant politicization. Here are the corrupt political police: Comey, McCabe, Strzok, Page, Clinesmith, Pientka, Brower, Baker, et al. That is a collection of various dirty cops, oath-breakers, coup-plotters, and persons "lacking candor" in FBI parlance.
Of course, the presumption of innocence is foundational to our system of justice. Comey's living legacy, and the permanent institutional stain on the FBI more generally, is that we cannot take the Bureau's claims as truthful. We used to give due credence to sworn Special Agents of the FBI. No more.
And now Angelo Codevilla, who was on the inside of the National Security Establishment for years, writes
During the eight years I spent supervising the intelligence agencies for the Senate Intelligence Committee, I watched as what had been a clerisy of strait-laced guardians of truth and justice was becoming a bunch of lazy bureaucrats eager to serve the ruling class’ prejudices. No longer doing the hard and dangerous work of investigating deeply connected criminals and subversives such as the Mafia and well-financed, politically supported subversives, the FBI limited its vision to politically correct “profiles,” and started chasing small fry. Easy targets, defended by no one. What’s not to like? After 9/11, the FBI spent few years going after very petty Islamists while covering its collective eyes to the work of major sources of trouble, such as the Muslim Brotherhood, the Palestinian Authority, and Saudi Arabia—each beloved by parts of the ruling class. But before and after this period, these profiles more often than not pointed to the ruling class’ favorite enemy: fellow Americans “excessively concerned with their liberties.” The FBI’s method? Place agents among the target group, stoke their sentiments, and lead them to say or do something that could be characterized as a crime, then arrest them and claim credit for foiling a plot. In intelligence lingo, that is provocation. In legal terms, it’s entrapment. By whatever name, this is the work of cheap, dirty cops. Your FBI Will Entrap You, American Greatness, October 15, 2020
If you hear that the FBI has announced some plot, it's usually a plot they created themselves.