vdare--2020-03-14--National Data: Pre-Corona, Immigrant Population DOWN For SIXTH Straight Month—But Wage Growth Slowed

National Data: Pre-Corona, Immigrant Population DOWN For SIXTH Straight Month—But Wage Growth Slowed, Displacement Up.

Incredibly , President Trump ’ s stealth triumph on immigration has continued—the February job report , released early March [ PDF ] , shows once again that the immigrant workforce population is falling , year over-year .
However , a sizable rise in displacement of American workers by immigrants is evident for the month .
And wage growth is still slow .
Additionally , of course , the February data were collected before the Coronavirus panic .
“ There is a red line in the calendar , ” said Ian Shepherdson , chief economist at Pantheon Macroeconomics .
“ The @ @ @ @ @ @ @ gives us kind of a benchmark of where we were before things began to go wrong.
” [ U.S. Added 273,000 Jobs in February Before Coronavirus Spread Widely , by Patricia Cohen , New York Times , March 6 , 2020 ] .
The Coronavirus panic will certainly hit the economy .
But its impact on the immigrant population and American worker displacement are less clear .
It may be that immigrants will get squeezed out in a downturn , as they were in the 2008-2009 Great Recession February marked the sixth straight @ @ @ @ @ @ @ working-age population ( 16 years+ ) .
It dropped by 499,000 , a 1.15 % decline compared to the same month last year .
( In both January and December foreign-born employment dropped by 547,000 , year-over-year . )
This six-month decline follows a protracted slowing in the immigrant workforce growth rate that can be traced back to early 2018 .
This current immigrant workforce decline now actually exceeds that seen in the 2008 Great Recession .
Back then immigrants were leaving at the rate of 300,000 to 400,000 a month , year-over-year @ @ @ @ @ @ @ at 400,000 to 725,000 a month .
And back in 2008-9 , the outflux was driven by economic malaise .
Now the economy is strong ( or was , pre-Corona ) .
Meanwhile , the BLS Payroll Survey found a booming labor market in February : 273,000 jobs added , blowing past the 165,000 estimate of so-called experts .
The unemployment rate declined to 3.5 % from January ’ s 3.6 % .
Revisions to data from prior months added another 85,000 to payroll employment growth of the prior three months .
However @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of Employment , on which our monthly displacement analysis rests , shows a modest 45,000 overall job gain for the month of February , with native-born Americans losers while immigrants were big gainers .
• com ’ s immigrant employment index , set at 100.0 in January 2009 , rose to 128.6 from January ’ s 126.4 , a 1.7 % gain .
• The Native-born American employment index fell to 108.6 from January ’ s 108.9 , a 0.3 % loss .
• The New VDARE American Worker Displacement Index ( NVDAWDI @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of immigrant to Native-born American employment growth indexes since Jan. 2009 , rose to 118.4 from January ’ s 116.0 , a rise of 2.1 % .
It had been moving sideways in a narrow range since mid-2019 .
While February was a bad month for native-born workers relative to their immigrant competitors , the past 12 months was great for them : natives gained 1.969 million jobs , while immigrants lost 120,000 .
The chart shows Native-born American workers lost ground to their foreign-born competitors throughout the Obama years .
This accelerated @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the 2016 election .
Trump has not yet reversed the Obama damage , but he did seem to have gotten the displacement deterioration in his own first years under control .
It ’ s odd on its face that immigrants would be displacing more American workers while their own presence in the workforce is falling .
It may be just statistical noise to be washed out in future months , or possibly the unusually mild winter is benefitting industries that employ disproportionate numbers of immigrants , like construction .
From January 2017 through @ @ @ @ @ @ @ market in which immigrants gained 1.841 million jobs , a 7.1 % increase , while native-born Americans gained 4.837 million , a rise of 3.8 % .
In percentage terms , the immigrant/native-born job creation gap under Trump — currently 3.3 percentage points in favor of immigrants—is comparatively low .
As recently as April it was 7.1 percentage points , with immigrant employment rising 8.9 % since the start of his administration , while native-born American employment rose 1.8 % .
Another way of looking at American worker displacement : The immigrant share @ @ @ @ @ @ @ immigrant share denotes less displacement of native-born American workers : Since peaking at 17.8 % in February 2019 , the immigrant share of total employment has drifted downward .
This February immigrants held 17.5 % of all jobs .
May through July 2020 were particularly good—native-born Americans gained jobs each month , while immigrants lost them .
More good news : data in the February report show that on two important metrics—working-age population and employment—native-born American workers outpaced immigrants by comfortable margins over the past 12 months .
• The native-born American working-age @ @ @ @ @ @ @ gain of 0.81 % ; the corresponding immigrant population fell by 499,000—a 1.15 % loss .
For the sixth consecutive month , the number of working age immigrants declined , year-over-year .
• Native-born American employment rose by nearly 2 million , up 1.5 % ; Foreign-born employment fell 120,000 , off by 0.43 % .
Another comeback month for American workers ; as recently as last June immigrants gained jobs nearly three times as fast , year-over-year .
• The immigrant labor force ( working or looking for work ) fell by @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the native-born labor force jumped by 1.62 million , a 1.21 % gain .
• Unemployment rates fell for both immigrants and native-born , but the native-born rate fell by 7.32 % ( from 4.1 % to 3.8 % ) while immigrant unemployment dropped by only 2.70 % ( from 3.7 % to 3.6 . )
Advantage native-born—especially noteworthy at a period when the native labor force is growing rapidly and the immigrant labor force is in decline .
• Labor-force participation rates rose for both immigrants and native-born , with the immigrant @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in percentage terms—0.60 % versus 0.32 % .
Another month of increased confidence ( vis a vis the same month last year ) on the part of all workers .
Immigrant Labor force Participation Rate in February 2020 ( 66.9 % ) is well above that of native-born ( 62.5 % ) , reflecting the larger fraction of retirees in the native-born labor force .
The data also show that 5.20 million native-born and 1.02 million immigrants were unemployed in February 2020 , but over the last year the number of unemployed persons @ @ @ @ @ @ @ terms , the number of native-born unemployed dropped by 6.38 % , slightly more than the 4.93 % drop for immigrants .
How is this happening when Trump has not passed any legislation reducing immigration and when a recent record illegal surge ( which reversed the panicky post-election “ Trump Effect ” outflow ) is only just receding ?
Apparently through relentless administrative action—for example Trump ’ s Muslim ban ( upheld by the Supreme Court ) and ever more thorough adjudication by USCIS .
Since January 1st the travel ban has been @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Africa ’ s most populous , Nigeria .
Note also that Trump has sharply reduced the “ refugee ” intake , from Obama ’ s peak of 85,000 to a proposed 18,000 for fiscal 2020 .
There have been disapproving discussions of this phenomenon in the Leftist media where it has been described as the “ invisible wall ” : Trump Got His Wall , After All , by Rachel Morris , Huffington Post , Nov 24 , 2019 .
But the wealth test—AKA the public charge rule—may be far more consequential .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ were banned from applying for a Green Card only if they failed to demonstrate income above 125 % of the poverty line .
Now immigration officials can weigh dozens of factors , including age , health , English language skills , credit score , and health insurance coverage .
[ Immigration By Legal Path Begins to Fall , by Zolan Kanno-Youngs , New York Times , February 25 , 2020 . ]
According to an analysis by the Migration Policy Institute , the changes could cut legal immigration by up to 65 % @ @ @ @ @ @ @ immigrants already here [ Millions Will Feel Chilling Effects of U.S. Public-Charge Rule That Is Also Likely to Reshape Legal Immigration , by Jeanne Batalova , Michael Fix , and Mark Greenberg , August 2019 ] In the bad old days “ public charge ” was defined narrowly , counting only cash benefits .
This conveniently left out big ticket transfer payments like Medicaid , housing subsidies and food stamps .
( VDARE.com pointed out that the “ public charge ” rule had been sabotaged by bureaucrats back in 2001 .
All but @ @ @ @ @ @ @ news for struggling native-born Americans .
They need it .
The discouraging news in the February report : anemic wage growth .
Despite a hot job market , wage growth continues to be slow .
The increase over the last year was 3.0 % —not adjusted for inflation .
This compares with a peak pace of 3.5 % hit last February .
Trump ’ s “ Invisible Wall ” must be helping reduce the supply of labor , and hence increase its price .
But it ’ s still no substitute for cutting @ @ @ @ @ @ @ moratorium .
In other news , apprehensions at the southern border—a proxy for illegal border crossings—appear to be bottoming out , far below the mid-2019 peak , but still above the early 2017 lows , when the late lamented “ Trump Effect ” was in full force Edwin S. Rubenstein ( email him ) is President of ESR Research Economic Consultants

edwin@esrresearch.com (Edwin S. Rubenstein)

Incredibly, President Trump’s stealth triumph on immigration has continued—the February job report, released early March [PDF], shows, once again , that the immigrant workforce population is falling, year over-year. However, a sizable rise in displacement of American workers by immigrants is evident for the month. And wage growth is still slow.
Additionally, of course, the February data were collected before the Coronavirus panic. “There is a red line in the calendar,” said Ian Shepherdson, chief economist at Pantheon Macroeconomics. “The value of it is that this report gives us kind of a benchmark of where we were before things began to go wrong.” [U.S. Added 273,000 Jobs in February Before Coronavirus Spread Widely, by Patricia Cohen, New York Times, March 6, 2020].
The Coronavirus panic will certainly hit the economy. But its impact on the immigrant population and American worker displacement are less clear. It may be that immigrants will get squeezed out in a downturn, as they were in the 2008-2009 Great Recession
February marked the sixth straight month of absolute decline in the foreign-born working-age population (16 years+). It dropped by 499,000, a 1.15% decline compared to the same month last year. (In both January and December foreign-born employment dropped by 547,000, year-over-year.)
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This six-month decline follows a protracted slowing in the immigrant workforce growth rate that can be traced back to early 2018.
This current immigrant workforce decline now actually exceeds that seen in the 2008 Great Recession. Back then immigrants were leaving at the rate of 300,000 to 400,000 a month, year-over-year. Since September, they have bailed at 400,000 to 725,000 a month.
And back in 2008-9, the outflux was driven by economic malaise. Now the economy is strong (or was, pre-Corona).
Meanwhile, the BLS Payroll Survey found a booming labor market in February: 273,000 jobs added, blowing past the 165,000 estimate of so-called experts. The unemployment rate declined to 3.5% from January’s 3.6%.
Revisions to data from prior months added another 85,000 to payroll employment growth of the prior three months.
However, our analysis of the Household Survey of Employment, on which our monthly displacement analysis rests, shows a modest 45,000 overall job gain for the month of February, with native-born Americans losers while immigrants were big gainers.
In February:
Immigrants gained 465,000 jobs, an increase of 1.7%
Native-born Americans lost 420,000 jobs, a 0.3% decline.
com’s immigrant employment index, set at 100.0 in January 2009, rose to 128.6 from January’s 126.4, a 1.7% gain.
The Native-born American employment index fell to 108.6 from January’s 108.9, a 0.3% loss.
The New VDARE American Worker Displacement Index (NVDAWDI), our name for the ratio of immigrant to Native-born American employment growth indexes since Jan. 2009, rose to 118.4 from January’s 116.0, a rise of 2.1%. It had been moving sideways in a narrow range since mid-2019.
While February was a bad month for native-born workers relative to their immigrant competitors, the past 12 months was great for them: Natives gained 1.969 million jobs, while immigrants lost 120,000.
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The chart shows Native-born American workers lost ground to their foreign-born competitors throughout the Obama years. This accelerated significantly in the months leading up to the 2016 election. Trump has not yet reversed the Obama damage, but he did seem to have gotten the displacement deterioration in his own first years under control.
It’s odd on its face that immigrants would be displacing more American workers while their own presence in the workforce is falling. It may be just statistical noise to be washed out in future months, or possibly the unusually mild winter is benefitting industries that employ disproportionate numbers of immigrants, like construction.
From January 2017 through February 2020 Trump presided over a labor market in which immigrants gained 1.841 million jobs, a 7.1% increase, while native-born Americans gained 4.837 million, a rise of 3.8%. In percentage terms, the immigrant/native-born job creation gap under Trump — currently 3.3 percentage points in favor of immigrants—is comparatively low. As recently as April it was 7.1 percentage points, with immigrant employment rising 8.9% since the start of his administration, while native-born American employment rose 1.8%.
Another way of looking at American worker displacement: the immigrant share of total U.S. employment. A smaller immigrant share denotes less displacement of native-born American workers:
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Since peaking at 17.8% in February 2019, the immigrant share of total employment has drifted downward. This February immigrants held 17.5% of all jobs. May through July 2020 were particularly good—native-born Americans gained jobs each month, while immigrants lost them.
More good news: data in the February report show that on two important metrics—working-age population and employment—native-born American workers outpaced immigrants by comfortable margins over the past 12 months.
Employment Status by Nativity, Feb.2019-Feb.2020 (numbers in 1000s; not seasonally adjusted) Feb-19 Feb-20 Change % Change Foreign born, 16 years and older Civilian population 43,455 42,956 -499 -1.15% Civilian labor force 28,892 28,719 -173 -0.60% Participation rate (%) 66.5 66.9 0.4pts. 0.60% Employed 27,817 27,697 -120 -0.43% Employment/population (%) 64 64.5 0.5pts. 0.78% Unemployed 1,075 1,022 -53 -4.93% Unemployment rate (%) 3.7 3.6 -0.1pts. -2.70% Not in labor force 14,563 14,237 -326 -2.24% Native born, 16 years and older Civilian population 214,937 216,673 1,736 0.81% Civilian labor force 133,901 135,516 1,615 1.21% Participation rate (%) 62.3 62.5 0.2pts. 0.32% Employed 128,351 130,320 1,969 1.53% Employment/population (%) 59.7 60.1 0.4pts. 0.67% Unemployed 5,550 5,196 -354 -6.38% Unemployment rate (%) 4.1 3.8 -0.3pts. -7.32% Not in labor force 81,036 81,157 121 0.15% Source: BLS, The Employment Situation, February,2020. Table A-7, March 6, 2020. http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/empsit.pdf
From February 2019 to February 2020:
The native-born American working-age population grew by 1.736 million, a gain of 0.81%; the corresponding immigrant population fell by 499,000—a 1.15% loss. For the sixth consecutive month, the number of working-age immigrants declined, year-over-year.
Native-born American employment rose by nearly 2 million, up 1.5%; foreign-born employment fell 120,000, off by 0.43%. Another comeback month for American workers; as recently as last June immigrants gained jobs nearly three times as fast, year-over-year.
The immigrant labor force (working or looking for work) fell by 173,000, a 0.6% decline; the native-born labor force jumped by 1.62 million, a 1.21% gain. Advantage native-born Americans.
Unemployment rates fell for both immigrants and native-born, but the native-born rate fell by 7.32% (from 4.1% to 3.8%) while immigrant unemployment dropped by only 2.70% (from 3.7% to 3.6.) Advantage native-born — especially noteworthy at a period when the native labor force is growing rapidly and the immigrant labor force is in decline.
Labor-force participation rates rose for both immigrants and native-born, with the immigrant rate rising by nearly twice as much in percentage terms—0.60% versus 0.32%. Another month of increased confidence (vis-â-vis the same month last year) on the part of all workers.
Immigrant Labor force Participation Rate in February 2020 (66.9%) is well above that of native-born (62.5%), reflecting the larger fraction of retirees in the native-born labor force.
The data also show that 5.20 million native-born and 1.02 million immigrants were unemployed in February 2020, but over the last year the number of unemployed persons fell for both groups. In percentage terms, the number of native-born unemployed dropped by 6.38%, slightly more than the 4.93% drop for immigrants.
How is this happening when Trump has not passed any legislation reducing immigration and when a recent record illegal surge (which reversed the panicky post-election “Trump Effect” outflow) is only just receding?
Apparently through relentless administrative action—for example Trump’s Muslim ban (upheld by the Supreme Court) and ever more thorough adjudication by USCIS. Since January 1st the travel ban has been expanded to six additional countries, including Africa’s most populous, Nigeria.
Note also that Trump has sharply reduced the “refugee” intake, from Obama’s peak of 85,000 to a proposed 18,000 for fiscal 2020. There have been disapproving discussions of this phenomenon in the Leftist media, where it has been described as the “invisible wall”: Trump Got His Wall, After All, by Rachel Morris, Huffington Post, Nov. 24, 2019.
But the wealth test—AKA the public charge rule—may be far more consequential. Before February 24, 2020 legal immigrants were banned from applying for a Green Card only if they failed to demonstrate income above 125% of the poverty line. Now immigration officials can weigh dozens of factors, including age, health, English language skills, credit score, and health insurance coverage [Immigration By Legal Path Begins to Fall, by Zolan Kanno-Youngs, New York Times, February 25, 2020].
According to an analysis by the Migration Policy Institute, the changes could cut legal immigration by up to 65%, and increase the emigration rate of immigrants already here [Millions Will Feel Chilling Effects of U.S. Public-Charge Rule That Is Also Likely to Reshape Legal Immigration, by Jeanne Batalova, Michael Fix, and Mark Greenberg, August 2019].
In the bad old days “public charge” was defined narrowly, counting only cash benefits. This conveniently left out big ticket transfer payments like Medicaid, housing subsidies and food stamps. (VDARE.com pointed out that the “public charge” rule had been sabotaged by bureaucrats back in 2001.)
All but the highest-earning immigrants would be kept out—good news for struggling native-born Americans.
They need it. The discouraging news in the February report: anemic wage growth. Despite a hot job market, wage growth continues to be slow. The increase over the last year was 3.0%—not adjusted for inflation. This compares with a peak pace of 3.5% hit last February.
Trump’s “Invisible Wall” must be helping reduce the supply of labor, and hence increase its price. But it’s still no substitute for cutting back legal immigration—above all, an immigration moratorium.
In other news, apprehensions at the southern border—a proxy for illegal border crossings—appear to be bottoming out, far below the mid-2019 peak, but still above the early 2017 lows, when the late lamented “Trump Effect” was in full force
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Edwin S. Rubenstein (email him) is President of ESR Research Economic Consultants


vdare--2020-03-14--Social Distancing: Please Don't Go Pub-Crawling for St. Patrick's Day

Above , the DropKick Murphys are livestreaming , rather than performing live .
Consider this set of matches near a @ @ @ @ @ all-out blaze , would you focus on moving back green or red matches ?
Whether @ @ @ @ @ not only on its position , but also on how many other matches are lit @ @ @ @ @ by majority retreat [ 5/8 ] pic.twitter.com/X4edadBqjr — Benjamin Kerr ( @ evokerr ) March @ @ @

Above, the DropKick Murphys are livestreaming, rather than performing live.
In Chicago:
Just drove through Wrigleyville. Every bar on Clark Street has a long line of people ingreen regalia waiting to get drunk and spread a virus. pic.twitter.com/m28q5SnF3J — 🇺🇲 Frank 🇺🇦 (@spiderstumbled) March 14, 2020
...we shouldn't ignore effects of low-risk individuals changing behavior. Let’s focus on high-risk infected cases (y-axis scaled as before). If only low-risk individuals limit interaction, this has greater impact on *high-risk cases* than if only high-risk individuals do so [3/8] pic.twitter.com/c09TteCeWo — Benjamin Kerr (@evokerr) March 14, 2020
Consider this set of matches near a flame. To avoid an all-out blaze, would you focus on moving back green or red matches? Whether any given match ignites depends not only on its position, but also on how many other matches are lit, a factor altered more by majority retreat [5/8] pic.twitter.com/X4edadBqjr — Benjamin Kerr (@evokerr) March 14, 2020
[Comment at Unz.com]


vdare--2020-03-13--Should This Black Mom Use the r/K Defense to Child Neglect?

In yet another case that appears to me to be pretty unremarkable black ( and perhaps any race ) behavior , a mother in Pennsylvania is charged with crimes after her kids were found wandering ... gasp !
with no shoes .
[ Facebook video of shoeless children outside gets Pa. mom charged : cops Updated , March 12 , 2020 ] I ’ ve been seeing this exact case for years now , and I have some thoughts .
One , I am unconvinced that simply because a kid is found wandering outside means that the parent on duty @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Kids can slip away from even very careful parents .
You might be surprised to find out how many police and prosecutors think otherwise , not to mention judgmental busybodies who like to post things on Facebook and make ridiculous virtue-signaling comments of the “ well , I never !
” type .
And who probably do n't have kids themselves , mind you .
I personally attribute some of that to the heightened fears felt by white parents in a society that is increasingly multiracial , but that ’ s another discussion @ @ @ @ @ @ @ how much the r/K scale might explain this in the case of black parents .
It ’ s an evolutionary theory that says that some groups survive by producing a large number of offspring and mostly ignoring them , then surviving to the next generation on the few survivors .
Other groups , meanwhile , have fewer offspring but pay close attention to them and nurture them carefully .
It ’ s been observed ( by Philippe Rushton , among others ) that you can see this scale at work in human groups @ @ @ @ @ @ @ `` K '' , and blacks and Hispanics are more `` r '' .
It 's very hard to deny that black people produce a large number of children , with the usual pattern for poorer blacks being a black male who impregnates many black women and is nowhere to be found when the children are born .
Welfare and lax social attitudes worsen the problem , but there could be an evolutionary basis for it .
So why impose hyper-sniffy white values on black people ?
Relatedly , jails across America are @ @ @ @ @ @ @ paid child support Of course , we know why the Legal Aid attorney is n't going to mention this as a way to mitigate her black client 's guilt .
To suggest that there are inherent racial differences is n't a place our society is prepared to go in 2020 .
But it seems that if human suffering can spring from obsessing over differences , human suffering can also spring from dismissing them completely .

In yet another case that appears to me to be pretty unremarkable black (and perhaps any race) behavior, a mother in Pennsylvania is charged with crimes after her kids were found wandering... gasp! with no shoes. [ Facebook video of shoeless children outside gets Pa. mom charged: cops Updated, March 12, 2020 ]
I’ve been seeing this exact case for years now, and I have some thoughts.
One, I am unconvinced that simply because a kid is found wandering outside means that the parent on duty should be charged with a crime. Kids can slip away from even very careful parents.
You might be surprised to find out how many police and prosecutors think otherwise, not to mention judgmental busybodies who like to post things on Facebook and make ridiculous virtue-signaling comments of the “well, I never!” type. And who probably don't have kids themselves, mind you.
It’s really a cultural determination of very recent vintage that kids should not be allowed outside without supervision, as the Free-Range Parenting Movement would note.
I personally attribute some of that to the heightened fears felt by white parents in a society that is increasingly multiracial, but that’s another discussion.
The other thought I have is how much the r/K scale might explain this in the case of black parents. It’s an evolutionary theory that says that some groups survive by producing a large number of offspring and mostly ignoring them, then surviving to the next generation on the few survivors.
Other groups, meanwhile, have fewer offspring but pay close attention to them and nurture them carefully.
For the "r" end of the equation, think of the baby turtles crawling up the beach. For "K" end of the equation, think of elephants.
It’s been observed (by Philippe Rushton, among others) that you can see this scale at work in human groups, where Asians and whites are more "K", and blacks and Hispanics are more "r". It's very hard to deny that black people produce a large number of children, with the usual pattern for poorer blacks being a black male who impregnates many black women and is nowhere to be found when the children are born. Welfare and lax social attitudes worsen the problem, but there could be an evolutionary basis for it.
So why impose hyper-sniffy white values on black people?
Relatedly, jails across America are filled with black males who haven't paid child support
Of course, we know why the Legal Aid attorney isn't going to mention this as a way to mitigate her black client's guilt. To suggest that there are inherent racial differences isn't a place our society is prepared to go in 2020.
But it seems that if human suffering can spring from obsessing over differences, human suffering can also spring from dismissing them completely.


vdare--2020-03-15--The Skier Menace: International Travelers Who Ski Italy, Etc. Brought Coronavirus To Aspen

Nine individuals in Aspen tested “ presumptive positive ” for coronavirus , or COVID-19 , on Wednesday , making Aspen the site of the state ’ s largest outbreak cluster , Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment officials said Wednesday .
All told , 13 people were in state-ordered isolation in Aspen at various locations Wednesday , including The Little Nell hotel .
… Meanwhile , the couple is being fed by placing food outside their room .
The food is served in disposable containers .
… CDPHE officials have ordered three individuals who refused to be tested held @ @ @ @ @ @ @ will have to pass two consecutive tests certifying they are free of the virus , according to Pitkin County Public Health Director Karen Koenemann .
The three who exhibited symptoms of COVID-19 did not give a reason why they refused the tests , officials said .
All 13 are Australians who visited Aspen recently with a 21-year-old fellow Australian woman who tested positive for COVID-19 when she returned home , according to state and local public health officials .
… A total of 18 people were traveling with the Australian woman .
Five @ @ @ @ @ @ @ not tested or placed in isolation .
… Still , state and local officials can rely on a statute that mandates individuals must remain in isolation or quarantine .
If they don ’ t , an action can be filed in district court to enforce the orders aimed at protecting public health .
In addition to being in contact with those in isolation in Aspen , authorities are in contact with local properties where they are staying , the news release states .
“ The property managers have been given information on how @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to prevent the spread of coronavirus , ” the release reads .

From the Aspen Times:
Aspen tests reveal largest virus cluster in state
News NEWS | March 12, 2020
Carolyn Sackariason and Jason Auslander
Nine individuals in Aspen tested “presumptive positive” for coronavirus, or COVID-19, on Wednesday, making Aspen the site of the state’s largest outbreak cluster, Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment officials said Wednesday.
All told, 13 people were in state-ordered isolation in Aspen at various locations Wednesday, including The Little Nell hotel. …
Meanwhile, the couple is being fed by placing food outside their room. The food is served in disposable containers. …
CDPHE officials have ordered three individuals who refused to be tested held in isolation until March 18 when they will have to pass two consecutive tests certifying they are free of the virus, according to Pitkin County Public Health Director Karen Koenemann.
The three who exhibited symptoms of COVID-19 did not give a reason why they refused the tests, officials said.
All 13 are Australians who visited Aspen recently with a 21-year-old fellow Australian woman who tested positive for COVID-19 when she returned home, according to state and local public health officials. …
A total of 18 people were traveling with the Australian woman. Five did not exhibit any symptoms and were not tested or placed in isolation. …
Still, state and local officials can rely on a statute that mandates individuals must remain in isolation or quarantine. If they don’t, an action can be filed in district court to enforce the orders aimed at protecting public health.
In addition to being in contact with those in isolation in Aspen, authorities are in contact with local properties where they are staying, the news release states.
“The property managers have been given information on how to protect themselves and proper cleaning procedures to prevent the spread of coronavirus,” the release reads.


vdare--2020-03-15--More from Derb's Email Bag: Samoa And The Covidissident Right, Etc

( 1 ) In the March 6th Radio Derb I reported that : [ Michael Bloomberg 's ] Super Tuesday performance was so bad it was comical .
The only place he won was American Samoa , population 55,000 .
Bloomie could have bought every one of them a house , and perhaps he did .
At any rate , he got the enthusiastic endorsement of the territory 's leader , Chief Fa'alagiga Nina Tua-au Glaude .
Chief Glaude — or Chief Fa'alagiga , however the names work down there — is one of those mysterious persons , like Judge @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Images returns no results at all .
Possibly she fears that if someone takes a picture of her , the camera will steal her soul .
Or perhaps she does n't exist .
Perhaps she is a fictional creation of the Bloomberg media empire , so he can boast of having gathered at least one enthusiastic endorsement .
As with Judge Burke , a Radio Derb follower has leapt to my assistance .
Here she is : Chief Fa'alagiga Nina Tua-au Glaude , with her hubby .
( 2 ) Following the aegrotat @ @ @ @ @ @ @ friend emailed in with : Thank you , Sir .
I rather like that … though not enough to want to get the damn virus .
( 3 ) After noting the passing of physicist Freeman Dyson in my March 6th podcast , I added the following footnote : I just learned this week that the theory of supersymmetry in modern physics requires that ordinary particles like electrons and positrons all have supersymmetric partners .
The supersymmetric partner of a positron is called … a spositron .
A spositron .
Say it with @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Listeners have not been forthcoming with spositron jokes , which is a bit disappointing .
I worked up a few myself ; but they were all unsuitable for a family website , so I have stuffed them into a place where they will not be found .

(1) In the March 6th Radio Derb I reported that:
[Michael Bloomberg's] Super Tuesday performance was so bad it was comical. The only place he won was American Samoa, population 55,000. Bloomie could have bought every one of them a house, and perhaps he did. At any rate, he got the enthusiastic endorsement of the territory's leader, Chief Fa'alagiga Nina Tua-au Glaude. Chief Glaude — or Chief Fa'alagiga, however the names work down there — is one of those mysterious persons, like Judge James Burke, to whose name Google Images returns no results at all. Possibly she fears that if someone takes a picture of her, the camera will steal her soul. Or perhaps she doesn't exist. Perhaps she is a fictional creation of the Bloomberg media empire, so he can boast of having gathered at least one enthusiastic endorsement.
As with Judge Burke, a Radio Derb follower has leapt to my assistance. Here she is: Chief Fa'alagiga Nina Tua-au Glaude, with her hubby.
(2) Following the aegrotat post on Friday, a verbally ingenious friend emailed in with:
If you do have the Wuhan Virus, you can blog and tweet as the Covidissident Right.
Thank you, Sir. I rather like that … though not enough to want to get the damn virus.
(3) After noting the passing of physicist Freeman Dyson in my March 6th podcast, I added the following footnote:
I just learned this week that the theory of supersymmetry in modern physics requires that ordinary particles like electrons and positrons all have supersymmetric partners. The supersymmetric partner of a positron is called … a spositron. A spositron. Say it with care, and write your own jokes.
Listeners have not been forthcoming with spositron jokes, which is a bit disappointing. I worked up a few myself; but they were all unsuitable for a family website, so I have stuffed them into a place where they will not be found.


vdare--2020-03-15--“That’s Exactly Our Intention”—Arrest Chicago’s Defiant, Illegal Immigrant Harboring Mayor Lori Ligh

“That’s Exactly Our Intention”—Arrest Chicago’s Defiant, Illegal Immigrant Harboring Mayor Lori Lightfoot

Above , Christopher Puente , 34 , of Mexico , and Lori Lightfoot [ Tweet her ] of Chicago , Chicago is a war zone , black crime is rampant and dozens die on most weekends .
In spite of that , Lori Lightfoot , the black lesbian Mayor of Chiraq , is more concerned about protecting illegal aliens from arrest .
And by protecting , she does not mean just not cooperating with immigration enforcement efforts and with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement ( ICE ) , but actively interfering with Federal officials executing their duty to enforce Federal @ @ @ @ @ @ @ an important legal distinction .
While the Federal government may not commandeer a State official to execute Federal law , similarly , a State official may not interfere with the enforcement of Federal law , nor may a State commit a Federal crime .
A State may say it will not get involved , but if it gets involved , it is subject to legal liabilities .
And Lightfoot has crossed that clear legal boundary .
In response to an illegal alien who was released by Chicago Police Department after an arrest for @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a child .
In an interview with Fox News this week , the head of Immigration and Customs Enforcement ( ICE ) ripped into Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot for her response to the sexual assault of a 3-year-old girl , allegedly at the hands of an illegal immigrant who had been sprung from custody by the city ’ s sanctuary policies .
The Democratic mayor had attempted to shift the blame to ICE in the aftermath .
“ I think it ’ s the height of hypocrisy , ” acting ICE Director Matthew @ @ @ @ @ @ @ can tell you , I ’ ve been firsthand trying to work with the city of Chicago for the better part of a decade to get them to cooperate with us so we can get criminals off the streets.
” [ ICE Chief Scorches Chicago Mayor For Glib Response To Latest Sanctuary City Horror Crime , by Adam Shaw , Fox News , March 13 , 2020 ] Thankfully , the low IQ Lightfoot admits to the purpose of not providing information to ICE , stating publicly that she wants to interfere with @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
That is a Federal crime ; a violation of Title 18 United States Code ( USC ) Section 1505 Obstruction of Proceedings , in the case of deportation orders from the Executive Office for Immigration Review ( EOIR ) , Title 18 USC 1509 , Obstruction of Court Orders , and , in the case of illegal aliens who have committed Federal criminal violations , a violation of Title 18 USC 1510 , Obstruction of Criminal Investigations .
But Lightfoot , asked about the policies that prevented the man from being removed @ @ @ @ @ @ @ by the policies and shifted the blame to ICE .
“ They ’ re critical because we have said very clearly we are a welcoming city , a sanctuary city .
Chicago Police Department will not cooperate with ICE on any immigration-related business , ” she said when asked about the case .
“ And that ’ s affected their ability to conduct immigration raids across the city .
But that ’ s exactly our intention .
We have to make sure that our police department is seen as a legitimate force in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , before saying she is open to federal partnerships but only “ in a way that is consistent with our values as a city.
” That is what is called a “ confession “ in the law enforcement business .
She quite openly admitted to the essential elements of the above crimes , including the most important , intent .
Now Mayor Lightfoot and any member of her administration and the Chicago Police Department who implemented any policy of not providing information to ICE with the intent of obstructing immigration raids , is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of conspiracy , Title 18 USC Section 371 , Conspiracy .
So , now is the time to arrest Lightfoot and make an example of her .

Above, Christopher Puente, 34, of Mexico, and Lori Lightfoot [Tweet her] of Chicago,
Chicago is a war zone, black crime is rampant and dozens die on most weekends. In spite of that, Lori Lightfoot, the black lesbian Mayor of Chiraq, is more concerned about protecting illegal aliens from arrest. And by protecting, she does not mean just not cooperating with immigration enforcement efforts and with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), but actively interfering with Federal officials executing their duty to enforce Federal law. There is where we make an important legal distinction.
While the Federal government may not commandeer a State official to execute Federal law, similarly, a State official may not interfere with the enforcement of Federal law, nor may a State commit a Federal crime. A State may say it will not get involved, but if it gets involved, it is subject to legal liabilities. And Lightfoot has crossed that clear legal boundary.
In response to an illegal alien who was released by Chicago Police Department after an arrest for theft who then went on to rape a child. In an interview with Fox News this week, the head of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) ripped into Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot for her response to the sexual assault of a 3-year-old girl, allegedly at the hands of an illegal immigrant who had been sprung from custody by the city’s sanctuary policies. The Democratic mayor had attempted to shift the blame to ICE in the aftermath. “I think it’s the height of hypocrisy,” acting ICE Director Matthew Albence told Fox News. “I can tell you, I’ve been firsthand trying to work with the city of Chicago for the better part of a decade to get them to cooperate with us so we can get criminals off the streets.” [ICE Chief Scorches Chicago Mayor For Glib Response To Latest Sanctuary City Horror Crime, by Adam Shaw, Fox News, March 13, 2020]
Thankfully, the low IQ Lightfoot admits to the purpose of not providing information to ICE, stating publicly that she wants to interfere with the identification and arrest of illegal aliens. That is a Federal crime; a violation of Title 18 United States Code (USC) Section 1505 Obstruction of Proceedings, in the case of deportation orders from the Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR), Title 18 USC 1509, Obstruction of Court Orders, and, in the case of illegal aliens who have committed Federal criminal violations, a violation of Title 18 USC 1510, Obstruction of Criminal Investigations.
But Lightfoot, asked about the policies that prevented the man from being removed from the country long ago, stood by the policies and shifted the blame to ICE. “They’re critical because we have said very clearly we are a welcoming city, a sanctuary city. Chicago Police Department will not cooperate with ICE on any immigration-related business,” she said when asked about the case. “And that’s affected their ability to conduct immigration raids across the city. But that’s exactly our intention. We have to make sure that our police department is seen as a legitimate force in all our communities,” she said, before saying she is open to federal partnerships but only “in a way that is consistent with our values as a city.”
That is what is called a “confession “ in the law enforcement business. She quite openly admitted to the essential elements of the above crimes, including the most important, intent. Now Mayor Lightfoot and any member of her administration and the Chicago Police Department who implemented any policy of not providing information to ICE with the intent of obstructing immigration raids, is now liable, including the additional offense of conspiracy, Title 18 USC Section 371, Conspiracy.
So, now is the time to arrest Lightfoot and make an example of her.


vdare--2020-03-15--NEW YORK TIMES: China Has A “Chokehold” On Pharmaceutical Manufacturing

It ’ s fascinating the news that comes out during times of media excitement , and the coronavirus situation is certainly one .
Many Americans have known about the Made in ( Red ) China problem in production generally , but pharmaceuticals , maybe not so much .
Interestingly , Chinese economist Li Daokui suggested last year that medicine could be used as a weapon against the West , remarking , “ If we cut back exports , some western countries ’ medical system won ’ t operate well.
” So it seems unwise to allow Red China to be @ @ @ @ @ @ @ The real news here is the New York Times taking the side of America and not the Chinese in a recent news article where the word “ Chokehold ” was used in a headline to describe the relationship .
Apparently the Times must see the situation as serious to use such language — good !
Coronavirus Spurs U.S. Efforts to End China ’ s Chokehold on Drugs , New York Times , March 11 , 2020 WASHINGTON — The global spread of the coronavirus is reigniting efforts by the Trump administration to encourage @ @ @ @ @ @ @ dependence on China for the drugs and medical products that fuel the federal health care system .
The effort includes a push by the White House trade adviser Peter Navarro to tighten “ Buy American ” laws so federal agencies are required to purchase American-made pharmaceuticals and medical equipment , according to people with knowledge of the plans .
The administration has been preparing an executive order , which could be released in the coming days , that would close loopholes allowing the government to purchase pharmaceuticals , face masks , ventilators and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ The hope is that increasing government demand for American-made drugs and medical products will provide an incentive for companies to make their products in the United States , rather than China .
To help facilitate such production , the White House is also pushing for streamlined regulatory approvals for American-made products and more detailed labeling of the origin of products made offshore , these people said .
“ China has managed to dominate all aspects of the supply chain using the same unfair trade practices that it has used to dominate other sectors @ @ @ @ @ @ @ regulations and massive government subsidies , ” Mr. Navarro said in an interview .
“ As President Trump has said , what we need to do is bring those jobs home so that we can protect the public health and the economic and national security of the country.
” China is known as the world ’ s factory for car parts , toys and electronics , but it also churns out much of the penicillin , antibiotics and pain medicines used across the globe , as well as surgical masks and medical devices @ @ @ @ @ @ @ global leader in drug discovery , much of the manufacturing has moved offshore .
The last American plant to make key ingredients for penicillin announced it would close its doors in 2004 .
Chinese pharmaceutical companies have supplied more than 90 percent of U.S. antibiotics , vitamin C , ibuprofen and hydrocortisone , as well as 70 percent of acetaminophen and 40 to 45 percent of heparin in recent years , according to Yanzhong Huang , a senior fellow for global health at the Council on Foreign Relations .
( Continues )

Earlier: Tucker Carlson—America’s Medical Dependence on China Is Dangerous
It’s fascinating the news that comes out during times of media excitement, and the coronavirus situation is certainly one.
Many Americans have known about the Made in (Red) China problem in production generally, but pharmaceuticals, maybe not so much.
Interestingly, Chinese economist Li Daokui suggested last year that medicine could be used as a weapon against the West, remarking, “If we cut back exports, some western countries’ medical system won’t operate well.” So it seems unwise to allow Red China to be in charge of producing our medicine.
The real news here is the New York Times taking the side of America and not the Chinese in a recent news article where the word “Chokehold” was used in a headline to describe the relationship.
Apparently the Times must see the situation as serious to use such language — good!


vdare--2020-03-14--A Former Border Patrolman Remembers Some Rocks Thrown At Him By Mexicans

Re : Federale 's blog post Yes , Mr. President , Border Guards Can Shoot Rock Throwers In Self-Defence From : A Former Border Patrolman [ Email him ] A quick thought on Federale 's article on the Border Patrol being allowed to shoot rock throwers .
When I was down on the Southern Border going up and down the Rio Grande near the Hidalgo bridge I got more than a few rocks thrown at me .
There was one bend in the river with a cliff on the Mexican side allowing them to throw downward as we came by @ @ @ @ @ @ @ full plane .
Because we would put our boat in at a ramp underneath the bridge and then head up river past them , they knew we would eventually have to come down river to pull the boats out of the water because that 's where our trailers were .
Also , they would often hear the outboard coming and set up for us .
I can remember one time coming down the river and we had passed the cliff , we should have been in a safe area .
I saw a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to the river .
He was swinging a cloth with a rock in it .
It was sort of like what I had seen in depictions of David vs. Goliath from my childhood bible days .
He swung it around a couple of times and then released .
The rock was well ahead of us and I thought he had totally miscalculated .
Then , like a pitcher ’ s curve ball or a boomerang , the spin on the rock caused it to arc back towards us .
Then next thing I @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of us and smashed into the cowling on the outboard .
It hit with such force it sounded like a gun shot .
I was amazed it did n't crack the cowling .
We came off of plane and went back to find where the rock thrower had gone to .
My partner had pulled out his M-4 and fully intended to shoot him if he tried it again .
The thrower had disappeared .
I was impressed with his skill .
I had tried using a rag around a rock to throw @ @ @ @ @ @ @ never had any luck .
It must have taken a lot of practice to get that down right .
I was told in the old days of the Patrol , the Agents would load up shotguns with rock salt in them .
The salt does n't have the ballistics of lead and can not penetrate as far so it 's not as deadly .
I 'm told that it hurts like hell .
Family lore has it that my Grandfather got shot with one by a farmer when my Grandfather was young and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ I can remember another time when we were drifting down river at night .
We were trying to keep an eye out for anyone swimming or using an innertube to cross .
It had been a quiet night when I heard splashing in the water .
I thought some fish were jumping nearby .
My partner said `` They 're throwing rocks at us !
! ''
While he fired up the engine , I took out a spotlight and lit up the Mexican side .
The beam helped to blind them like @ @ @ @ @ @ @ your eyes in the dark .
As I recall , there were about 10 teenagers on the Mexican side who had lined up to throw rocks at us .
Fortunately , they all missed .
I tried to get a Pepperball gun to shoot back at rock throwers .
Instead , my gutless supervisor found out what I was trying to do and had us pulled out of the area for a while .
We did get back to patrolling there eventually .
( In some sectors , they authorized Pepperball guns for @ @ @ @ @ @ @ complaints from George P. Bush , son of Jeb and Columba , nephew of the then-President , and currently an elected official in Texas . )
After I had left the southern border , our boat patrol got rocked so many times ( and shot at ) that they pulled the boat patrol out of that stretch of water .
This emboldened the rock throwers , so , they came across and rocked our horse patrol .
Rather than demonstrate any spine , they pulled the horse patrol out of the area .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ now , so , they came across and started rocking the vehicles .
It culminated in an incident where a couple of our Agents got out on foot and got rocked .
They shot back and the rock throwers ran to the river and swam back to Mexico .
The Reynosa newspaper reported that these teenagers were innocently swimming in the river when the Border Patrol opened fire on them wounding one in the leg .
As I recall , the Agent who actually shot the kid in the leg had taken a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ dripping down his forehead into his eyes when he was trying to shoot .
J ames Fulford writes : The rock-thrower with the cloth was definitely a lethal force attack .
Aside from Goliath , a lot of people in the ancient world used slings as extremely deadly weapons , as you can see on Wikipedia .
Slings have been used as weapons by Palestinian and Kenyan rioters against modern armies—who shot back with rifles .

Re: Federale's blog post Yes, Mr. President, Border Guards Can Shoot Rock Throwers In Self-Defence
From: A Former Border Patrolman [Email him]
A quick thought on Federale's article on the Border Patrol being allowed to shoot rock throwers. When I was down on the Southern Border going up and down the Rio Grande near the Hidalgo bridge I got more than a few rocks thrown at me. There was one bend in the river with a cliff on the Mexican side allowing them to throw downward as we came by, usually with the outboard revving on full plane. Because we would put our boat in at a ramp underneath the bridge and then head up river past them, they knew we would eventually have to come down river to pull the boats out of the water because that's where our trailers were. Also, they would often hear the outboard coming and set up for us.
I can remember one time coming down the river and we had passed the cliff, we should have been in a safe area. I saw a guy coming down out of the brush to the river. He was swinging a cloth with a rock in it. It was sort of like what I had seen in depictions of David vs. Goliath from my childhood bible days.
He swung it around a couple of times and then released. The rock was well ahead of us and I thought he had totally miscalculated. Then, like a pitcher’s curve ball or a boomerang, the spin on the rock caused it to arc back towards us. Then next thing I knew, it came right in front of us and smashed into the cowling on the outboard. It hit with such force it sounded like a gun shot. I was amazed it didn't crack the cowling. We came off of plane and went back to find where the rock thrower had gone to. My partner had pulled out his M-4 and fully intended to shoot him if he tried it again. The thrower had disappeared.
I was impressed with his skill. I had tried using a rag around a rock to throw it when I was a kid and never had any luck. It must have taken a lot of practice to get that down right.
I was told in the old days of the Patrol, the Agents would load up shotguns with rock salt in them. The salt doesn't have the ballistics of lead and cannot penetrate as far so it's not as deadly. I'm told that it hurts like hell. Family lore has it that my Grandfather got shot with one by a farmer when my Grandfather was young and stealing vegetables out of the field.
I can remember another time when we were drifting down river at night. We were trying to keep an eye out for anyone swimming or using an innertube to cross. It had been a quiet night when I heard splashing in the water. I thought some fish were jumping nearby. My partner said "They're throwing rocks at us!!" While he fired up the engine, I took out a spotlight and lit up the Mexican side. The beam helped to blind them like when you get a flashlight shone in your eyes in the dark. As I recall, there were about 10 teenagers on the Mexican side who had lined up to throw rocks at us. Fortunately, they all missed.
I tried to get a Pepperball gun to shoot back at rock throwers. Instead, my gutless supervisor found out what I was trying to do and had us pulled out of the area for a while. We did get back to patrolling there eventually. (In some sectors, they authorized Pepperball guns for self-defense in 2004, leading to bitter complaints from George P. Bush, son of Jeb and Columba, nephew of the then-President, and currently an elected official in Texas.)
After I had left the southern border, our boat patrol got rocked so many times (and shot at) that they pulled the boat patrol out of that stretch of water. This emboldened the rock throwers, so, they came across and rocked our horse patrol. Rather than demonstrate any spine, they pulled the horse patrol out of the area.
The rock throwers were even more emboldened now, so, they came across and started rocking the vehicles. It culminated in an incident where a couple of our Agents got out on foot and got rocked. They shot back and the rock throwers ran to the river and swam back to Mexico. The Reynosa newspaper reported that these teenagers were innocently swimming in the river when the Border Patrol opened fire on them wounding one in the leg.
As I recall, the Agent who actually shot the kid in the leg had taken a rock to the forehead and had blood dripping down his forehead into his eyes when he was trying to shoot.
J ames Fulford writes: The rock-thrower with the cloth was definitely a lethal force attack. Aside from Goliath, a lot of people in the ancient world used slings as extremely deadly weapons, as you can see on Wikipedia. Slings have been used as weapons by Palestinian and Kenyan rioters against modern armies—who shot back with rifles.


vdare--2020-03-15--Not from the Babylon Bee: Isis Issues Coronavirus Travel Advice—Terrorists Should Avoid Europe

The Isis terrorist group is steering clear of Europe because of the coronavirus .
Having previously urged its supporters to @ @ @ @ @ group is now advising members to “ stay away from the land of the epidemic @ @ @ @ @ infected .

The Sunday Times of London reports:
Isis issues coronavirus travel advice: terrorists should avoid Europe
Tom Harper, Home Affairs Correspondent
Sunday March 15 2020, 12.01am GMT, The Sunday Times
The Isis terrorist group is steering clear of Europe because of the coronavirus. Having previously urged its supporters to attack European cities, the group is now advising members to “stay away from the land of the epidemic” in case they become infected.


vdare--2020-03-15--Old White Male Stephen King Attacks Coronavirus Team For Being Old White Males

Earlier CNN : Fewer White Faces Is More Important Than Stopping a Global Pandemic PK Note : This blog stays on topic , but just know we are thinking about each and every one of our readers across this planet tonight .
Stay safe .
Were a bunch of white guys to save the world from a meteorite , they wouldn ’ t be celebrated .
No , their efforts would be denounced , for their successful mission to save the planet lacked the requiste diversity , inclusion and equity .
On March 13 , 2020 , President Trump gave @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of his presidency , concerning the coronavirus/Wuhan Virus and his administration ’ s decision to declare a national emergency to deal with this growing threat .
I ’ m not a virologist .
I ’ m not an epidemiologist .
But it ’ s good to know we have an administration taking extraordinary steps to try and stop the growing threat of disease originating in China from becoming a pandemic in our nation .
However , the efforts of Trump administration were of little concern to best-selling author Stephen King .
The horror @ @ @ @ @ @ @ coronavirus team–the individuals with him at the March 13 , 2020 press conference–as “ Note that Trump ’ s coronavirus team is all male , all old , and all white.
” This Tweet received 114,00+ “ likes ” and more than 13,800+ re-tweets… for those unfamiliar with Twitter lexicon , this means the Tweet went not only viral , but was received overwhelmingly positive .
“ White ” is a regarded as a negative , universally denounced by the woke amongst us .
The question you must consider asking at this point @ @ @ @ @ @ @ amongst us rather tens of millions of people needlessly die from the coronavirus/Wuhan Virus spreading across America or would they rather white people in leadership positions stop the pandemic from happening ?
Stephen King ( not to be confused with the Congressman from Iowa ) lives and writes from Maine , one of the whitest and safest states in America .
Replete with social capital , Maine will have no problem weathering the coronavirus storm .
But his Tweet reveals the real bigotry in America , where it is not only acceptable to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ but considered part of the zeitgeist to question any activity collecting too many white people in positions of authority ( or to celebrate , when you consider the # OscarsSoWhite hysteria surrounding the Academy Awards ) as illegitimate .
The day is rapidly approaching when this era ends .
Perhaps the coronavirus/Wuhan Virus hysteria will accelerate this moment .
Until then , the anti-white paradigm will continue , even if it means large segments of American society harbor extreme animosity toward whites ( even among the whitest of white people , like Stephen @ @ @ @ @ @ @ leadership to stop the pandemic from taking an unnecessarily significant number of lives across this nation .
Because in the eyes of shocking number of white people in America : fighting white racism > stopping a pandemic from taking American lives .

Earlier CNN: Fewer White Faces Is More Important Than Stopping a Global Pandemic
PK Note: This blog stays on topic, but just know we are thinking about each and every one of our readers across this planet tonight. Stay safe.
“White” is a pejorative now.
“White” is a regarded as a negative, universally denounced.
Were a bunch of white guys to save the world from a meteorite, they wouldn’t be celebrated.
No, their efforts would be denounced, for their successful mission to save the planet lacked the requiste diversity, inclusion and equity.
On March 13, 2020, President Trump gave his most important address to the nation of his presidency, concerning the coronavirus/Wuhan Virus and his administration’s decision to declare a national emergency to deal with this growing threat.
I’m not a virologist. I’m not an epidemiologist.
But it’s good to know we have an administration taking extraordinary steps to try and stop the growing threat of disease originating in China from becoming a pandemic in our nation.
Note that Trump’s coronavirus team is all male, all old, and all white. — Stephen King (@StephenKing) March 13, 2020
However, the efforts of Trump administration were of little concern to best-selling author Stephen King. The horror author decided to attack Trump’s coronavirus team–the individuals with him at the March 13, 2020 press conference–as “Note that Trump’s coronavirus team is all male, all old, and all white.”
This Tweet received 114,00+ “likes” and more than 13,800+ re-tweets… for those unfamiliar with Twitter lexicon, this means the Tweet went not only viral, but was received overwhelmingly positive.
“White” is a pejorative now.
“White” is a regarded as a negative, universally denounced by the woke amongst us.
The question you must consider asking at this point is simple: would those anti-white individuals amongst us rather tens of millions of people needlessly die from the coronavirus/Wuhan Virus spreading across America or would they rather white people in leadership positions stop the pandemic from happening?
Stephen King (not to be confused with the Congressman from Iowa) lives and writes from Maine, one of the whitest and safest states in America. Replete with social capital, Maine will have no problem weathering the coronavirus storm.
But his Tweet reveals the real bigotry in America, where it is not only acceptable to direct antipathy and hatred at whites, but considered part of the zeitgeist to question any activity collecting too many white people in positions of authority (or to celebrate, when you consider the #OscarsSoWhite hysteria surrounding the Academy Awards) as illegitimate.
The day is rapidly approaching when this era ends.
Perhaps the coronavirus/Wuhan Virus hysteria will accelerate this moment.
Until then, the anti-white paradigm will continue, even if it means large segments of American society harbor extreme animosity toward whites (even among the whitest of white people, like Stephen King) who dare try and provide leadership to stop the pandemic from taking an unnecessarily significant number of lives across this nation.
Because in the eyes of shocking number of white people in America: fighting white racism > stopping a pandemic from taking American lives.
[Comment at Unz.com]


vdare--2020-03-15--“Never Let A Crisis Go To Waste”—Trump Should Listen To Salvini On Coronavirus, Impose Nationalist A

“Never Let A Crisis Go To Waste”—Trump Should Listen To Salvini On Coronavirus, Impose Nationalist Agenda

See , earlier : Salvini Is n't `` Italy 's Trump '' ; We Need `` America 's Salvini '' “ We ’ re all nationalists now , ” said Nigel Farage , as countries around the world are implementing containment programs on a national level , without bothering with supranational bodies like the EU [ Farage on Coronavirus : “ We Are All Nationalists Now , ’ Boris Negligent , by Victoria Friedman , Breitbart , March 14 , 2020 ] .
But President Trump has been fairly restrained—thus his travel ban , only directed against Europe , is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ [ Trump ’ s Europe travel ban explained , by Saim Saeed , Politico , March 13 , 2020 ] .
In contrast , European populists are hammering their governments for not being nationalist enough and calling for sweeping crackdowns on migration [ How European populists are using coronavirus as a political tool , by Ylenia Gostoli , Al Jazeera , March 3 , 2020 ] .
As usual , Italy is leading the way , with sabotaged immigration patriot leader Matteo Salvini crusading against the too-little-too-late approach of Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte @ @ @ @ @ @ @ wants to clear his conscience ’ over Italy ’ s coronavirus crisis , by Alana Mastrangelo , Breitbart , February 25 , 2020 ] .
In contrast , Trump may have waited too long .
Trump initially tried to downplay the crisis to protect the stock market and the economy .
It didn ’ t work [ Poof .
A huge chunk of stock market gains under Trump are gone .
By Christine Romans , CNN , March 12 , 2020 ] .
A more charitable reading is that President Trump was trying @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
If he was a Democrat , many of the same journalists and politicians who are criticizing Trump today would be praising him for his courage [ Trump , self-professed germaphobe , continues shaking hands amid coronavirus concerns , by Lauren Lantry , ABCNews , March 6 , 2020 ] .
After all , it ’ s no small thing for President Trump , a self-confessed germophobe , to keep shaking hands and remain available for meetings with people around the world [ The Purell presidency : Trump aides learn the president ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Lippman , Politico , July 7 , 2019 ] .
Still , for a supposed “ authoritarian , ” President Trump has not used massive state power to stop this epidemic .
He has imposed a travel ban on Europe but not on China .
( Because a European travel ban can ’ t be called racist ? )
Travelers from China have been entering American airports without any screening .
This first-known American case and the first case in Chicago were both travelers who had recently been through Wuhan [ Thousands arriving @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , have faced no coronavirus screening , Associated Press , March 14 , 2020 ] .
It ’ s outrageous that there has not been a travel ban from China nor increased efforts to protect America ’ s porous southern border .
Instead , we face the humiliating spectacle of Mexico considering securing its border to keep us out [ Could Mexico close its border with the US ?
, by Richard Allyn , Associated Press , March 13 , 2020 ] .
Despite Trump ’ s caution , journalists are still worrying @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ” and “ nationalism.
” • Be careful .
Trump may exploit the coronavirus crisis for authoritarian ends , by Andrew Gawthorpe , The Guardian , March 14 , 2020 ] • Opinion : Resist the Authoritarian Response to the Coronavirus , by Dan Werb , Buzzfeed , March 5 , 2020 • Coronavirus crisis has been exacerbated by rise in authoritarianism and nationalism , by Paul Gillespie , The Irish Times , March 14 , 2020 ] Paradoxically , others claim that it was Trump ’ s “ authoritarianism ” that caused @ @ @ @ @ @ @ severity [ Trump ’ s efforts to muzzle health officials and downplay coronavirus mirror the tactics of an authoritarian regime , experts say , by Sonam Sheth and John Haltiwanger , Business Insider , March 1 , 2020 ] .
Well , which is it ?
Is downplaying the crisis and trying to pretend that it ’ s business as usual “ authoritarian , ” or is imposing sweeping controls “ authoritarian ?
” Even “ experts ” should recognize it can ’ t be both .
Contrast this with the approach Matteo @ @ @ @ @ @ @ s earliest days .
In late February , he demanded the government “ seal our borders now , ” a policy program that CNN obviously hates [ This pandemic risks bring out the worst in humanity , by Angela Dewan , CNN , March 15 , 2020 ] .
However , had it been done , the entire country would probably not be locked down today .
Salvini also called on Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte to resign , after the PM said he was “ surprised ” by what ’ s happening [ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ from Coronovirus Outbreak , by Ciara Nugent , Time , February 24 , 2020 ] .
“ It ’ s simply insane that the landings [ of migrants ] continue as if nothing he happened , ” said Salvini , “ this government is every day more reckless and deplorable.
” Salvini is also advocating a huge economic program to help Italians ravaged by the crisis , as he clearly understands economic populism is needed along with national security [ Salvini demands $ 11 billion aid for Italians hit by coronavirus lockdown , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 26 , 2020 ] .
Granted , Matteo Salvini enjoys the advantage of not being in power .
He doesn ’ t have to worry about keeping the markets happy .
Yet this just shows the larger point .
Economies built on the free movement of goods and peoples have vulnerabilities they don ’ t tell you about in Reason Magazine .
We ’ ve long know that capitalists who want cheap labor are ultimately the “ rope sellers ” who import an underclass that will vote for socialism .
Now we see @ @ @ @ @ @ @ The market ’ s desire for a borderless world encourages national leaders to avoid forceful , disruptive actions because they might hurt their domestic economies .
Ultimately , this means problems which could have been stopped early become catastrophes .
The MSM , of course , says that “ migrants ” aren ’ t spreading the coronavirus and says that border controls and nationalism are the wrong response [ Migrants aren ’ t spreading coronavirus—but nationalists are blaming them anyway , by Daniel Trilling , The Guardian , February 28 , 2020 ] @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ?
Currently , Iran is being ravaged by the virus , and we do know that the migrant wave being orchestrated by Turkey isn ’ t “ Syrian ” but is a mass movement from the Middle East .
What sense does it make to demand testing within the country while not demanding testing or even tracking of those trying to break into Western countries ?
Those of us who support a border wall have often said that you either have one big wall outside to protect the country ( John Derbyshire ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ you will have lots of little walls inside the country as the middle class and rich try to build barriers between them and the Third World poor .
Now , we have the absurd situation of cities , states ( in the American sense ) , and countries trying to impose quarantines and track what people are doing without any attempt to close external borders .
One of the most stringent comes from New York Governor Andrew Cuomo , who has imposed a quarantine on the town of New Rochelle , but would @ @ @ @ @ @ @ immigration [ N.Y .
Creates ‘ Containment Zone ’ Limiting Large Gatherings in New Rochelle , New York Times , March 11 , 2019 ] .
The scale of the Coronavirus outbreak is so unprecedented that it ’ s already made me agree with Meghan McCain and Rich Lowry—two people whose opinions I normally consider a sure guide as to what is wrong .
Meghan McCain argued “ there are no libertarians in a pandemic ” because there is an obvious need for government infrastructure to track disease vectors and impose containment policies @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a pandemic ’ : Meghan McCain Says When Crisis Hits , Everyone Wants Infrastructure , by Virginia Krutua , Daily Caller , March 13 , 2020 ] .
This is true but presupposes government competence .
The problem is that an incompetent government hampered by Political Correctness and diversity could make things worse .
Unfortunately , we may be already at that point—it ’ s why President Trump couldn ’ t take strong measures at the beginning .
And Rich Lowry is correct when he says the populist nationalist movement isn ’ t @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Coronavirus , the Nationalists Aren ’ t Nationalist Enough , by Rich Lowry , National Review , March 13 , 2020 ] .
He ’ s right that President Trump should not adapt some “ free market ” approach to this problem but should take decisive action because this crisis validates “ his key [ nationalist ] assumptions.
” One of the most important : America ’ s extreme dependence on China , especially for medical supplies , has had disastrous consequences [ Coronavirus shows Donald Trump was right all this time about @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Hill , March 9 , 2020 ] .
Madison Gesiotto serves on the advisory board of the Trump campaign , so perhaps there ’ s a dawning awareness within the White House that pollical advantage and national interests align in this case .
The MSM is going to criticize political leaders like Donald Trump or Matteo Salvini no matter what they do—especially if they advocate border controls and migrant screening .
If President Trump is going to be accused of authoritarianism for not acting , he might as well act and deal with @ @ @ @ @ @ @ with Tucker Carlson , President Trump needs to talk to Matteo Salvini .
Especially given the ( literal ) incoherence of his probable Democratic challenger Joe Biden , now ’ s the time for President Trump to stop with the half-measures .
Ban legal immigrants and refugees , impose real border controls , strict screenings for disease , and national control over medical supplies—and while you ’ re at it , sweep out Politically Correct policies in government hiring and staffing .
And publish data on the disease ’ s racial incidence .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ waste ” —especially when one proves that nationalists have been right all along .
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 .

See, earlier: Salvini Isn't "Italy's Trump"; We Need "America's Salvini"
“We’re all nationalists now,” said Nigel Farage, as countries around the world are implementing containment programs on a national level, without bothering with supranational bodies like the EU [Farage on Coronavirus: “We Are All Nationalists Now,’ Boris Negligent, by Victoria Friedman, Breitbart, March 14, 2020]. But President Trump has been fairly restrained—thus his travel ban, only directed against Europe, is probably too late to contain the virus [Trump’s Europe travel ban explained, by Saim Saeed, Politico, March 13, 2020]. In contrast, European populists are hammering their governments for not being nationalist enough and calling for sweeping crackdowns on migration [How European populists are using coronavirus as a political tool, by Ylenia Gostoli, Al Jazeera, March 3, 2020]. As usual, Italy is leading the way, with sabotaged immigration patriot leader Matteo Salvini crusading against the too-little-too-late approach of Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte [Salvini attacks Conte: ‘He wants to clear his conscience’ over Italy’s coronavirus crisis, by Alana Mastrangelo, Breitbart, February 25, 2020]. In contrast, Trump may have waited too long.
Trump initially tried to downplay the crisis to protect the stock market and the economy. It didn’t work [Poof. A huge chunk of stock market gains under Trump are gone, by Christine Romans, CNN, March 12, 2020]. A more charitable reading is that President Trump was trying to project calm and avoid a panic. If he was a Democrat, many of the same journalists and politicians who are criticizing Trump today would be praising him for his courage [Trump, self-professed germaphobe, continues shaking hands amid coronavirus concerns, by Lauren Lantry, ABCNews, March 6, 2020]. After all, it’s no small thing for President Trump, a self-confessed germophobe, to keep shaking hands and remain available for meetings with people around the world [The Purell presidency: Trump aides learn the president’s real red line, by Daniel Lippman, Politico, July 7, 2019].
Still, for a supposed “authoritarian,” President Trump has not used massive state power to stop this epidemic. He imposed travel restrictions on China in January, but it wasn't a full "ban," as there were numerous exceptions [Proclamation on Suspension of Entry as Immigrants and Nonimmigrants of Persons who Pose a Risk of Transmitting 2019 Novel Coronavirus, White House, January 31, 2020]. It was also too late. The first-known American case and the first case in Chicago were both travelers who had recently been through Wuhan [Thousands arriving from China and Europe at U.S. airports, have faced no coronavirus screening, Associated Press, March 14, 2020]. It’s outrageous that there has not been increased efforts to protect America’s porous southern border. Instead, we face the humiliating spectacle of Mexico considering securing its border to keep us out [Could Mexico close its border with the US?, by Richard Allyn, Associated Press, March 13, 2020].
Despite Trump’s caution, journalists are still worrying about the president’s “authoritarianism” and “nationalism.”
Paradoxically, others claim that it was Trump’s “authoritarianism” that caused him to downplay the coronavirus’s severity [Trump’s efforts to muzzle health officials and downplay coronavirus mirror the tactics of an authoritarian regime, experts say, by Sonam Sheth and John Haltiwanger, Business Insider, March 1, 2020].
Well, which is it? Is downplaying the crisis and trying to pretend that it’s business as usual “authoritarian,” or is imposing sweeping controls “authoritarian?” Even “experts” should recognize it can’t be both.
Contrast this with the approach Matteo Salvini has taken from the crisis’s earliest days. In late February, he demanded the government “seal our borders now,” a policy program that CNN obviously hates [This pandemic risks bringing out the worst in humanity, by Angela Dewan, CNN, March 15, 2020]. However, had it been done, the entire country would probably not be locked down today.
Salvini also called on Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte to resign, after the PM said he was “surprised” by what’s happening [Italy’s Far-Right Seeks to Gain from Coronovirus Outbreak, by Ciara Nugent, Time, February 24, 2020]. “It’s simply insane that the landings [of migrants] continue as if nothing he happened,” said Salvini, “this government is every day more reckless and deplorable.”
Salvini is also advocating a huge economic program to help Italians ravaged by the crisis, as he clearly understands economic populism is needed along with national security [Salvini demands $11 billion aid for Italians hit by coronavirus lockdown, by John Follain, Bloomberg, February 26, 2020].
Granted, Matteo Salvini enjoys the advantage of not being in power. He doesn’t have to worry about keeping the markets happy. Yet this just shows the larger point. Economies built on the free movement of goods and peoples have vulnerabilities they don’t tell you about in Reason Magazine.
We’ve long know that capitalists who want cheap labor are ultimately the “rope sellers” who import an underclass that will vote for socialism. Now we see another way capitalism can destroy itself. The market’s desire for a borderless world encourages national leaders to avoid forceful, disruptive actions because they might hurt their domestic economies. Ultimately, this means problems which could have been stopped early become catastrophes.
The MSM, of course, says that “migrants” aren’t spreading the coronavirus and says that border controls and nationalism are the wrong response [Migrants aren’t spreading coronavirus—but nationalists are blaming them anyway, by Daniel Trilling, The Guardian, February 28, 2020].
The obvious retort—how do they know? Currently, Iran is being ravaged by the virus, and we do know that the migrant wave being orchestrated by Turkey isn’t “Syrian” but is a mass movement from the Middle East. What sense does it make to demand testing within the country while not demanding testing or even tracking of those trying to break into Western countries?
Those of us who support a border wall have often said that you either have one big wall outside to protect the country (John Derbyshire’s Libertarianism in One Country) or you will have lots of little walls inside the country as the middle class and rich try to build barriers between them and the Third World poor. Now, we have the absurd situation of cities, states (in the American sense), and countries trying to impose quarantines and track what people are doing without any attempt to close external borders.
One of the most stringent comes from New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, who has imposed a quarantine on the town of New Rochelle, but would never extend this logic to Third World immigration [N.Y. Creates ‘Containment Zone’ Limiting Large Gatherings in New Rochelle, New York Times, March 11, 2019].
The scale of the Coronavirus outbreak is so unprecedented that it’s already made me agree with Meghan McCain and Rich Lowry—two people whose opinions I normally consider a sure guide as to what is wrong.
Meghan McCain argued “there are no libertarians in a pandemic” because there is an obvious need for government infrastructure to track disease vectors and impose containment policies [‘There are no libertarians in a pandemic’: Meghan McCain Says When Crisis Hits, Everyone Wants Infrastructure, by Virginia Krutua, Daily Caller, March 13, 2020]. This is true but presupposes government competence. The problem is that an incompetent government hampered by Political Correctness and diversity could make things worse. Unfortunately, we may be already at that point—it’s why President Trump couldn’t take strong measures at the beginning.
And Rich Lowry is correct when he says the populist nationalist movement isn’t being “nationalist enough” [On Coronavirus, the Nationalists Aren’t Nationalist Enough, by Rich Lowry, National Review, March 13, 2020]. He’s right that President Trump should not adapt some “free market” approach to this problem but should take decisive action because this crisis validates “his key [nationalist] assumptions.”
One of the most important: America’s extreme dependence on China, especially for medical supplies, has had disastrous consequences [Coronavirus shows Donald Trump was right all this time about China, by Madison Gesiotto, The Hill, March 9, 2020]. Madison Gesiotto serves on the advisory board of the Trump campaign, so perhaps there’s a dawning awareness within the White House that pollical advantage and national interests align in this case.
The MSM is going to criticize political leaders like Donald Trump or Matteo Salvini no matter what they do—especially if they advocate border controls and migrant screening. If President Trump is going to be accused of authoritarianism for not acting, he might as well act and deal with the same political consequences anyway.
As well as with Tucker Carlson, President Trump needs to talk to Matteo Salvini.
Especially given the (literal) incoherence of his probable Democratic challenger Joe Biden, now’s the time for President Trump to stop with the half-measures. Ban legal immigrants and refugees, impose real border controls, strict screenings for disease, and national control over medical supplies—and while you’re at it, sweep out Politically Correct policies in government hiring and staffing. And publish data on the disease’s racial incidence.
“Never let a crisis go to waste”—especially when one proves that nationalists have been right all along.
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--2020-03-16--Patrick J. Buchanan: In the Pandemic, It's Every Nation for Itself

Earlier by Patrick J. Buchanan : Will the Coronavirus Kill the New World Order ?
`` The lamps are going out all over Europe , we shall not see them lit again in our life-time , '' said Foreign Secretary Sir Edward Grey to a friend on the eve of Britain 's entry into the First World War .
Observing from afar as the coronavirus pandemic ravages the Old Continent , Grey 's words return to mind .
And as the Great War changed Europe forever , the COVID-19 pandemic seems to be changing the way European peoples see each @ @ @ @ @ @ @ one for all ! ''
These were the words by which `` The Three Musketeers '' of Alexandre Dumas lived their lives .
This was the ideal upon which the EU and NATO were built .
An attack against one is an attack against all .
The Schengen Agreement by which citizens of Europe are as free to travel through the countries of their continent as Americans are to travel from Maryland to Virginia is rooted in that ideal .
Yet , suddenly , all that seems to belong to yesterday .
How @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the coronavirus crisis brings to mind another phrase , a French phrase , `` Sauve qui peut , '' a rough translation of which is , `` Every man for himself . ''
The New York Times has written of the new reality .
In Sunday 's top story , `` Europe Locks Up and Faces Crisis as Virus Spread , '' the Times wrote : Describing a host of countries heeding the call of tribalism and nationalism , the Times laments Monday : In a few days , the Europe of open @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the pandemic spreads from Italy to Spain , France , Germany , '' reports the Times , `` there is a growing sense of the need for harsh , even authoritarian methods , many of them taken from China .
`` Europe has been terrified by Italy .
Suddenly , many of the continent 's countries are trying to lock down , to protect themselves and their citizens .
The idea of European solidarity , and of a borderless Europe where citizens are free to travel and work , seems very far away @ @ @ @ @ @ @ China , is on lockdown .
Germany is closing its borders with Austria , Denmark , France , Luxembourg and Switzerland .
The Czech Republic , Cyprus , Denmark , Latvia , Lithuania , Poland and Slovakia have announced they will close borders to all foreigners .
President Donald Trump has expanded his travel ban on Europe to include two of America 's oldest friends , Britain and Ireland .
Slovenia has closed its border with Italy .
Norway is on lockdown .
International travelers who arrive in Norway risk a mandatory 14-day @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has announced that Canada is barring entry to all travelers who are not citizens or permanent residents .
The only exceptions are air crews , diplomats , and , `` at this time , '' U.S. citizens .
What we are witnessing is the clash of the claims of human nature and of ideology .
Through history , most men have put attachments of family , tribe , faith , country , race and nation above the claims of liberal ideology .
But while all citizens may have the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ right to `` equal protection of the laws , '' all people do not have equal rights to our affections or concerns .
For most men , the claims of the heart are superior to those of the mind .
Foreign folks do not have the same claims upon us as our own .
In a crisis , people put families , friends and country first .
In the Declaration of Independence , Jefferson declares that , `` all men are created equal . ''
Yet , what truly seems to enrage him @ @ @ @ @ @ @ III are the crimes the king had committed and that he had been `` deaf to the voice of justice and of consanguinity . ''
The king had violated the claims of our common blood while we Americans had not been `` wanting in attentions to our British brethren . ''
Closing borders is a grievous offense against liberalism that is supposedly rooted in the sin of xenophobia .
But what governments in Europe are saying by closing their borders , what Americans are saying by banning travel from Europe , is that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , we will always put our own people first , ahead of the rest .
When a crisis comes , be it a war in which the survival of the nation is at stake or an epidemic where the health and survival of our people is at stake , we take care of our own first .
This is human nature .
This is the way the world works .
Patrick J. Buchanan needs no introduction to VDARE.COM readers ; his books State of Emergency : The Third World Invasion and Conquest of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ : Will America Survive to 2025 ?
are available from Amazon.com .
Patrick J. Buchanan is the author of “ The Greatest Comeback : How Richard Nixon Rose From Defeat to Create the New Majority .
His latest book , published May , 2018 , is “ Nixon ’ s White House Wars : The Battles That Made and Broke a President and Divided America Forever.
” See Peter Brimelow ’ s review : “ Wheel And Fight ” —Pat Buchanan ’ s Nixon Book Provides Road Map For Trump .

Earlier by Patrick J. Buchanan: Will the Coronavirus Kill the New World Order?
"The lamps are going out all over Europe, we shall not see them lit again in our life-time," said Foreign Secretary Sir Edward Grey to a friend on the eve of Britain's entry into the First World War.
Observing from afar as the coronavirus pandemic ravages the Old Continent, Grey's words return to mind. And as the Great War changed Europe forever, the COVID-19 pandemic seems to be changing the way European peoples see each other.
"All for one and one for all!" These were the words by which "The Three Musketeers" of Alexandre Dumas lived their lives.
This was the ideal upon which the EU and NATO were built. An attack against one is an attack against all. The Schengen Agreement by which citizens of Europe are as free to travel through the countries of their continent as Americans are to travel from Maryland to Virginia is rooted in that ideal.
Yet, suddenly, all that seems to belong to yesterday.
How the EU's nation-states are reacting to the coronavirus crisis brings to mind another phrase, a French phrase, "Sauve qui peut," a rough translation of which is, "Every man for himself."
The New York Times has written of the new reality. In Sunday's top story, "Europe Locks Up and Faces Crisis as Virus Spread," the Times wrote:
"While some European leaders, like President Emmanuel Macron of France, have called for intensifying cooperation across nations, others are trying to close their countries off. "From Denmark to Slovakia, governments went into aggressive virus-fighting mode with border closings."
Describing a host of countries heeding the call of tribalism and nationalism, the Times laments Monday:
"Today, Europeans are... erecting borders between countries, inside their cities and neighborhoods, around their homes—to protect themselves from their neighbors, even from their own grandchildren." "Confronting a virus that knows no borders, this modern Europe without borders is building them everywhere."
In a few days, the Europe of open borders has become history.
"As the pandemic spreads from Italy to Spain, France, Germany," reports the Times, "there is a growing sense of the need for harsh, even authoritarian methods, many of them taken from China.
"Europe has been terrified by Italy. Suddenly, many of the continent's countries are trying to lock down, to protect themselves and their citizens. The idea of European solidarity, and of a borderless Europe where citizens are free to travel and work, seems very far away."
Italy, hardest-hit country after China, is on lockdown. Germany is closing its borders with Austria, Denmark, France, Luxembourg and Switzerland. The Czech Republic, Cyprus, Denmark, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland and Slovakia have announced they will close borders to all foreigners. President Donald Trump has expanded his travel ban on Europe to include two of America's oldest friends, Britain and Ireland.
Slovenia has closed its border with Italy. Norway is on lockdown. International travelers who arrive in Norway risk a mandatory 14-day quarantine, regardless of their health.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has announced that Canada is barring entry to all travelers who are not citizens or permanent residents. The only exceptions are air crews, diplomats, and, "at this time," U.S. citizens.
What we are witnessing is the clash of the claims of human nature and of ideology.
Through history, most men have put attachments of family, tribe, faith, country, race and nation above the claims of liberal ideology.
But while all citizens may have the same God-given right to life and constitutional right to "equal protection of the laws," all people do not have equal rights to our affections or concerns.
For most men, the claims of the heart are superior to those of the mind. Foreign folks do not have the same claims upon us as our own. In a crisis, people put families, friends and country first.
In the Declaration of Independence, Jefferson declares that, "all men are created equal." Yet, what truly seems to enrage him and to justify the rebellion against George III are the crimes the king had committed and that he had been "deaf to the voice of justice and of consanguinity."
The king had violated the claims of our common blood while we Americans had not been "wanting in attentions to our British brethren."
Closing borders is a grievous offense against liberalism that is supposedly rooted in the sin of xenophobia. But what governments in Europe are saying by closing their borders, what Americans are saying by banning travel from Europe, is that while all men may be created equal, we will always put our own people first, ahead of the rest.
When a crisis comes, be it a war in which the survival of the nation is at stake or an epidemic where the health and survival of our people is at stake, we take care of our own first.
This is human nature. This is the way the world works.
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Patrick J. Buchanan needs no introduction to VDARE.COM readers; his books State of Emergency: The Third World Invasion and Conquest of America, and Suicide of a Superpower: Will America Survive to 2025? are available from Amazon.com. Patrick J. Buchanan is the author of “The Greatest Comeback: How Richard Nixon Rose From Defeat to Create the New Majority.
His latest book, published May, 2018, is “Nixon’s White House Wars: The Battles That Made and Broke a President and Divided America Forever.”
See Peter Brimelow’s review: “Wheel And Fight”—Pat Buchanan’s Nixon Book Provides Road Map For Trump.